Fire Blast's 85% accuracy feels like the minimum I can tolerate without closing my eyes and praying whenever I have to click the button.

@Redzpro725

25 күн бұрын

cries in stone edge misses

@gabrielcastillo9745

25 күн бұрын

Cries in Heatwave missing the sash Pokémon in doubles

@jacobmorris6357

25 күн бұрын

Dude I won't even click 95% accurate moves comfortably

@thenotsogreatape933

25 күн бұрын

Cries in missing high horsepower 2/3 of the time despite its 95% accuracy

@thenotsogreatape933

25 күн бұрын

@@jacobmorris6357 High horsepower is supposed to be 5% inaccurate. I ALMOST ALWAYS miss it

99% of focus blast users stop using focus blast right before it lands

@Psychomaniac14

24 күн бұрын

100% of focus blast users that stop using focus blast right before it lands stopped because the pokemon with focus blast fainted

@persuisixh4804

22 күн бұрын

@@Psychomaniac14XD

@iantaakalla8180

20 күн бұрын

Of course, because of the fact that 0% probability does not mean “the event does not happen”, myths about Focus Blast hitting (because they do sometimes) abound.

@ItsJustKaya

14 күн бұрын

We rather pray to flinch and status then trust focusmiss. Most of the time, best you can get it 30%.

In spanish, the move was AWFULLY translated as "Onda Certera", which means..... "Accurate Blast".... Lmao

@nihildwo4874

25 күн бұрын

oh the iron E

@OpaloAzul

25 күн бұрын

I think they were sarcastic

@flyingtypetrainer4072

25 күн бұрын

This pains me

@modestmismagius105

25 күн бұрын

oh my god

@somehistorynerd

25 күн бұрын

It's not Accurate Blast, it's CERTAIN BLAST

It really puts things into perspective when you realize that the odds of Focus Blast missing are the same as the odds of Scald burning.

@EnriiqueMurguia

25 күн бұрын

Yes, and Scald always Burn :(

@indiradevi8136

25 күн бұрын

And focus miss always miss the focus

@jjtheenton

25 күн бұрын

Focus Blast always misses and Scald always burns.

@coffeevie

25 күн бұрын

So 100%, got it

@Jlaps941

24 күн бұрын

And poison sting poisoning. Looking at you all the early game Weedles and Wurmples constantly poisoning me

i always like the quote “focus blast is so rare to hit that you probably didn’t even know it has a chance to lower spDef”

@gigabyte2248

24 күн бұрын

I had to look it up

@SolarManOmega

23 күн бұрын

I was completely certain you were lying

@Joltemon

22 күн бұрын

it can WHAT

@FlamingZelda3

19 күн бұрын

I've been playing pokemon since I was 7 and I didn't know this. This sounds so fake

@DoubleCFiend

17 күн бұрын

I was about to say, i was surprised this wasn't mentioned in the video lmao

If it’s not 100 percent accurate it’s 50 percent accurate

@brooksyang5834

25 күн бұрын

50 percent is too high for focus blast

@3180P5

25 күн бұрын

MandJTV gang

@Penrosian

25 күн бұрын

If it's not focus Blast it's 60x more accurate than focus blast

@Kwabb

25 күн бұрын

The squad

@Jawbreaker8k

25 күн бұрын

Literally hit or miss

Missing 8/8 blasts sounds crazy, what competitive pokemon does to a man

@squeaks5677

25 күн бұрын

Unfortunate doesn’t begin to describe…

@generalsynnacle23

25 күн бұрын

Reminds me of that one player who missed like four Will-o-Wisps in a row during a high-stakes tournament, which led to the move being buffed to its current accuracy.

@Dragonstorm1234

24 күн бұрын

It was on showdown, which is coded wrong

@lookinggr8in2013

24 күн бұрын

​@@generalsynnacle23and got hit in confusion multiple times, and got 2x full paralyzed, Aaron zheng I believe.

@mysticpumpkin8520

24 күн бұрын

It reminds to how in a VGC World championship someone lost because they failed Will o wisp 4 times in a row, and in the next gen they buff its accurancy😂 Someone pls ask wolfey to take Focus Blast to worlds just so that they take notice

Focus Blast is like that one job you hate but gives you good money but once you leave, you find that other jobs don’t pay you that well and so you go back to that job you hated.

@jankiprasadsoni6793

24 күн бұрын

Love-hate relationship

@gramfero

23 күн бұрын

if a move has 60 power and hits every turn, it has 60 power if a move has 120 power but hits once every 3 turns, it effectively has 40 power

@DamonDraven

23 күн бұрын

​@@gramfero More like twice every 3 turns, so it would be 80 power. Which is exactly Aura Sphere's power, funnily enough.

@thedude-nf1uf

22 күн бұрын

​@gramfero yeah but turns matter. The chance of being able to make a 3hko a 1hko can def be worth the risk

@343Films

20 күн бұрын

​@@thedude-nf1ufThat's an excellent point and something that got a bit glossed over in the video

Gamefreak's split opinion on balance like "No, we can't make better physical electric moves, special fighting moves, and accurate rock moves, the balance will get out of hand!" and then make moves like Astral Barrage, abilities like pre-nerf Intrepid Sword, and entire Pokemon like Flutter Mane.

@typemasters2871

25 күн бұрын

The difference is likely this Adding new non-signature moves, “we can’t do that, we might accidentally make an unknown Pokemon stronger than we want them to be” Adding an OP Pokemon, “yes, this is the type of Pokemon we want to see players using”

@Warmaster00

24 күн бұрын

i laugh every time someone talks about gamefreak and balancing their games, lol

@mysticpumpkin8520

24 күн бұрын

To be fair, do you really want to see Flutter Mane rocking a fully accurate special fighting move?😅

@bubby7474

24 күн бұрын

@@mysticpumpkin8520Absolutely, I see no problems with giving it Aura Sphere 🙂 (This is a joke)

@bookwu5133

24 күн бұрын

@@mysticpumpkin8520 As someone who only plays singles you can give Flutter Mane every move you want. Just please release Aura Sphere

I remember a Ditto vs Hydrygon battle, with Ditto trying to revenge kill Hydrygon. Both clicked Focus Blast. It went as follows: Ditto Misses Hydrygon misses Ditto Misses again Hydrygon hits Revenge kill failed.

@shadeslayer2297

24 күн бұрын

The real question is why hydreigon isn't running dragon stab in either pulse or draco..

@axis8396

24 күн бұрын

Was prolly specs

@henriquepacheco7473

22 күн бұрын

​@@shadeslayer2297 coverage in fairy metas. Many drei sets drop dragon stab in order to get that extra coverage move. While Draco Meteor is really strong, it doesn't hit much that dark pulse doesn't already hit, and sometimes you need to hit stuff with super effective coverage more than you need a big neutral hit.

@doodlesyoru2108

16 күн бұрын

The chance to miss Focus Blast twice is 9%.

@mr.cauliflower3536

16 күн бұрын

@@doodlesyoru2108 the chance to fail the revenge kill was 23.197% though, since the opponent's focus blast could hit, and ditto could run out of PP

Someone missed all 8 focus blasts in a tournament? Unfortunate doesn't begin to describe his series...

@zioplys

25 күн бұрын

I guess we could call that a Focus blast Fumble

@sensei9767

23 күн бұрын

pretty sure they still won

@cielbie8251

22 күн бұрын

Thats 0.006561% chance of happening. A shiny is 0.024%

@vVvYOINK

22 күн бұрын

I understand that reference

The fact that this video came out after Joji lost the Stockholm Regionals because his Chi-Yu's Overheat missed Zamazenta is kinda funny.

@TheSalamanderMenace4

21 күн бұрын

Hey 90% aint bad for a strong move like Overheat, it's just the other 10% can slip you up when you least expect it

@arrownibent5980

21 күн бұрын

He also lost due to a Heatwave miss earlier that same game, his Chi-Yu needs an appointment with the optomologist

@tangerinepaint3643

13 күн бұрын

@@arrownibent5980 that or his opponent’s pokemon just dodged it like in the anime

Focus blast: I am the most inaccurate fighting type move Dynamic Miss (Punch): Amateur.

@maximuscesar

24 күн бұрын

I never missed a dynamic punch 🤭

@TheMightyWobb

24 күн бұрын

Nobody bothers using dynamic punch unless its no guard machamp

@Blade-hf9po

13 күн бұрын

Dynamic punch doesn't miss. If you use it and it misses, you're an idiot.

@handoverthestromboli6715

8 күн бұрын

Dynamix Punch is actually used in gen 2, one of the few things that OHKO snorlax - with a crit and STAB

@alexursu4403

5 күн бұрын

@@maximuscesar You can't miss if you don't use it.

The crazy thing about Focus Blast is if its accuracy was good it would have been one of the most broken moves in the game when it was released. Special fighting coverage is so powerful for so many mons and I think gamefreak was afraid of giving them something super consistent. I think in todays era of Pokemon and power creep they could afford to buff it and it wouldn't be super oppressive.

@lukebytes5366

25 күн бұрын

Especially since fighting has so much coverage offensively, and covers most of psychic's weaknesses. alakazam and reunicles would be practically uncounterable with ghost and fire coverage.

@generalsynnacle23

25 күн бұрын

​@@lukebytes5366Sucker Punch:

@Blue_chess007

24 күн бұрын

​@@generalsynnacle23tera fight kazam 😂

@blaacksugar7714

24 күн бұрын

Or just give a flamethrower equivalent to the fighting type

@gregorymirabella1423

24 күн бұрын

@@generalsynnacle23 yeah, and weavile is a garchomp counter in gen 4. you need to actually switch in to threaten them.

0:43 That meme is right, althought scald's 30% burn chance is a lot and almost guaranted. Everybody that faced toxapex in ou knows that

@iCABALi

25 күн бұрын

It helps that it has higher PP and is generally used on bulkier Pokemon that would get more turns on average to use them.

@Zorothegallade-gg7zg

25 күн бұрын

@@iCABALi Yep. Focus Blast is in most cases your hail mary to drop a Pokémon you have no other answers to. You don't get a redo.

@kaimanthelizardwizard1248

25 күн бұрын

​@@Zorothegallade-gg7zgFurthermore, Scald is guaranteed to do 80 base power chip damage. The burn is an added bonus. A Focus Blast miss means a wasted turn

@glitchedoom

24 күн бұрын

Everyone knows Scald's burn chance is 0% when you use it and 100% when your opponent uses it.

Im surprised with the insane number of focus blasts you hit during the making of this video

@nohrianscum9791

24 күн бұрын

That's the magic of editing.

@trystanclemenceau2071

24 күн бұрын

Probably took about 15 hours of footage to get those after editing

@Sychobi

24 күн бұрын

Actually, if you really pay attention through the entire video, it shows exactly 70% of the 'Focus Blast' attacks hitting!

@jankiprasadsoni6793

24 күн бұрын

​@@trystanclemenceau2071that has to be an understatement. I didn't hit one until 2 months

Honestly, Stone Edge has hit much less than Focus Blast for me...Then again, maybe it's because I was so scared of Focus Blast missing that I used it less. Skewing the data.

@overlord3481

24 күн бұрын

​​@@jaretco6423Why would you use fly or dig 💀

@Blue_chess007

24 күн бұрын

​@@jaretco6423no one uses those trash moves

@mr.redguard6702

23 күн бұрын

​@jaretco6423 They are two turn moves Great against lobotomised NPCs who don't switch Pokémon and take the hit, horrendous against actual functioning humans who can switch out Pokémon for that express purpose

Not Focus Blast, but one time i was using specs noivern against a +3 sp.def gastrodon in gen 6. I locked into Hurricane and hit once, confused gastro, gastro hits itself, i hit second hurricane, gastro hits itself, i hit a third hurricane, critical hit, gastro goes down. I could not believe my luck and neither could my opponent, they were both our last pokemon and his gastro had ice beam, one hit and i lose, i beat literally all odds to win.

@blaacksugar7714

24 күн бұрын

Funny how you mentioned possessing a lucky Noivern: I had one named Bassface that was squared up against my opponent's Mega Blastoise. Bassface survived it's iceberg (with no focus sash), but *then it got frozen*. It thawed out the next turn and boombursted a dub against the Blastoise and our opponent because we were both using our last pokemon.

@johgekpunkt9516

23 күн бұрын

Your Noivern just said Nah I'd win

@tangerinepaint3643

2 күн бұрын

Man I wanna see more comments like these about how people getting extremely lucky (or their opponent getting extremely unlucky) won them a game.

As a Pokemon Stadium 1 GLC speedrunner, we live and breathe 70% accuracy on our main move (Thunder) and feel the pain often. To make it feel worse, whenever you miss a Focus Blast, you hit a OHKO move in another reality.

@justinnzamora5366

25 күн бұрын

Werster can attest to that.

95 accuracy is already a toss up. Anything below that is basically self inflicted damage when missing

@OSCnomore

25 күн бұрын

@CorveganTaking self inflicted a little too seriously 10% or 5% of the time

@HappyIsaac0420

24 күн бұрын

​@Corvegan those both also have the downside of damaging you by half your max health if you miss or attack into protect

@OSCnomore

24 күн бұрын

@@HappyIsaac0420 Yeah I knew that

There's a video where Pimpnite uses a Simisage with Focus Blast to sweep an opponent with six hacked Slakings with Huge Power by hitting all six times.

@marioblaze2723

24 күн бұрын

It would've been Joever if One of those Slackings had Sucker Punch💀

@slimestudios9748

24 күн бұрын

gadzooks! pimpnite also hacker confirmed??!?!

@mangosteak

24 күн бұрын

pimpnite videos are stagged

God focus blast needs a buff or aura sphere needs more distribution

@randallsage2

25 күн бұрын

and give Aura Sphere a buff to at least 90 BP

@Richtofen-gy9cj

25 күн бұрын

@@randallsage2 Aura Sphere used to be 90 BP

@soaringraven0

25 күн бұрын

Or a new special fighting move. Can join the physical electric move, physical fairy and physical ghost ones that are needed

@TheAuron32

25 күн бұрын

@@soaringraven0 i think Fairy's best move is Play Rough... at 90% accurate, cant tell you how often that 10% miss chance has killed me lol

@anzeigefehler6495

25 күн бұрын

@@soaringraven0 Dont forget the special flying type moves. 95% 75 bsp is stupid and hurricane is just a weaker focus blast

That move really needs, at _bare minimum,_ 5 extra points in its Accuracy.

@brendanboomhour7606

25 күн бұрын

Add 10, most other moves of similar power are at least at 80%, and anything else that shares a low 70%, usually have conditions that can override accuracy checks

@lordpyron3934

25 күн бұрын

@@brendanboomhour7606technically this does have an effect though but I agree, 80 accuracy would put it alongside Hydro Pump and make a near special counterpart of Cross Chop

@Breakaway-ic5gj

25 күн бұрын

Make it 100% accurate and just make it special close combat

@mrtrollnator123

25 күн бұрын

​@@Breakaway-ic5gjfr

@brendanboomhour7606

25 күн бұрын

@@Breakaway-ic5gj one issue there, Game Freak doesn't tend to completely change the effects of a move, they may alter the power, accuracy, or chance of a secondary effect, but they've yet to completely change a move

0:15 "Wanna tell me where the focus went?" Tbh, random anime trainer woman (aka Betty), your quote should be more iconic😂 Tbh I had never used Focus Blast for that exact reason, and also why I jumped from joy that Tera Blast exists

@Yoshixandir

25 күн бұрын

Funny thing that’s Dawn voice actress

@Bingus743

25 күн бұрын

I remember when I was a kid watching this episode on cartoon network. Focus Blast girl was probably my first cartoon crush because of thay one line.

@mysticpumpkin8520

25 күн бұрын

​@@Bingus743tbh yeah. I am a bit to gay for that, but she is certainly very pretty Also she is spitting fire in her only anime appearance😂

@primrosevale1995

25 күн бұрын

Her name is Betty

Even with access to Aura Sphere, Magearna usually still uses Focus Blast, because Aura Sphere is just too weak to get it the numbers on Heatran, Ferrothorn, Melmetal, etc that it needs. Something to consider.

@skeetermania3202

24 күн бұрын

Personally I will take the attack that always hits any day.

@nojetplane

17 күн бұрын

Yeah I feel like the idea of competitive optimization should have been covered. Most mons that get Stone edge also get rock slide and yet edge is almost always preferred because the extra damage is just too much to pass up. A mon that hits 100% of its Focus Blasts will be objectively superior to the same mon running aura sphere, and if you're trying to play to win you're gonna play those odds and pray.

@skeetermania3202

17 күн бұрын

@@nojetplane Needless (mis)use of objectively like far too many people here.

Missing all 8 focus blasts would've sent me to my death bed.

New Theorem idea: Pokémon who have middling speed stats (between 50-70) are either too slow to use a Choice Scarf, or too fast to use under Trick Room. Even if they have decent attacking/defensive stats, their middling speed hinders them from high-level success. Title it: Why Middling Speed is Detrimental: The Decidueye Theorem

@darkdragon7210

24 күн бұрын

I'd LOVE to see this!!!

@mapeus

24 күн бұрын

How BAD is middling speed ACTUALLY?

@skeetermania3202

24 күн бұрын

Tailwind tends to help them out in doubles, so I’m not entirely sure if there is such a thing as a “bad” speed tier in a vacuum.

@juannaym8488

24 күн бұрын

50 is actually really good in vgc, because depending on EVs, IVs and natures, you can use a base 50 speed Mon either in trick room or in tailwind

@mapeus

24 күн бұрын

I feel like it's a "jack of all trades, master of none" type deal, but versatility is nice so I can see that working potentially

"If it aint 100% accurayc, its 50% accuracy" -MandJtv

To think that most of the problems everyone has with Focus Blast wouldn't happen if Aura Sphere was just more well distributed Honestly my favorite part about Focus Blast is the animation they made for it on Showdown, love how they gave it that extra tension by making it stay still for a bit before you can tell if it hit

@aghadlarhen9397

25 күн бұрын

Yeah but going from 120/70 to 80 but guaranteed is a HUGE shift for a lot of mons. What they needed to do is make NEW special fighting-type moves and give them good distribution but like physical electric moves, Gamefreak has this weird fear that it would ruin the game or something.... Yet for some reason, we're getting more Special Fairy moves and Physical Fire moves as though most things aren't running Flare Blitz or Moonblast/Dazzling Gleam.

@shujinkoMK

25 күн бұрын

Honestly I think aura sphere should be lucario exclusive. It’s gimmick is aura and nobody else uses that

@brendanboomhour7606

25 күн бұрын

​@@shujinkoMKnot really, Aura as an ability can be learned, that's what an Aura Guardian is, last I checked, so other pokemon being able to learn it via TM, makes sense, Lucario and Legendary Pokemon that can live for, or have lived for, centuries, if not millennia, learning it naturally, makes sense. It being limited to only the pokemon with a natural affinity for it, is just stupid

@enn1924

24 күн бұрын

​@@shujinkoMK just make a new move for lucario and distribute aura sphere, or make a new move similar to aura sphere with wide distribution Or both

@poppyfrancis7338

24 күн бұрын

​@@aghadlarhen9397tbf those moves they're making are either signature or gimmicky, and gimmicky moves need to benefit from it rather than suffer, and outrage clones are no good and no other fairy moves even approach the base power of moonblast. Moves like these aren't intended for just mons of its type after all, and very few mons learn flare blitz or moonblast outside of the type

If only there were some other special fighting move with less power but reliable accuracy. It could be a tm and spread to mons dependant on focus miss ... game freak.

My most hated move in all of pokemon is Dragon Rush because of my PTSD from Cynthia. Her Garchomp’s Dragon Rush hit me without fail, I use it on her and it misses each time.

@BiggerK

25 күн бұрын

And when it doesn't one-shot you, it flinches you 😓

@GaybrohamStinkton

24 күн бұрын

She used bright powder and tinted lens on her garchomp. Skill issue

@DanTheMan33088

24 күн бұрын

Good old AI privilege

@smievil

21 күн бұрын

wild pokemons hit zap cannon or inferno all the time, but you face a lot of wild pokemons meanwhile i occasionally die cause i used high jump kick, but i only have 6 pokemons

Sad thing is that most Pokemon that learn focus blast should be able to learn aura sphere. Psychic and ghost types should have auras. Couldn't we have a special fighting move that's somewhere between the accuracy and power of aura sphere and focus blast

@typemasters2871

25 күн бұрын

75 power, 95 accuracy, special Probably named something like “fighting punch”, “flying punch”, or “throw punch” The idea is the Pokemon is throwing punches like how Shadow Punch is sometimes depicted

@genarorios5055

24 күн бұрын

@@typemasters2871 named Kiai maybe? and with and extra effect : flinch chance

@typemasters2871

24 күн бұрын

@@genarorios5055 Kiai would be an interesting name, having it be a sound based move It would probably be renamed in localisation as something like “Fighting Burst” or “Battle Scream” or “Brawl Voice”

@jonathanmercado8468

24 күн бұрын

Psychic and a lot of ghost types also learn fairy moves so it's not as big of a deal

There is another special fighting move that also has limited distribution: Vacuum Wave. The Scyther line, Mew and Kartana were the only non-fighting types to get it before Gen9, where it was expanded a bit, but not to those that would've appreciated the coverage. It isn't much of an option, but it is there.

@jambon2730

24 күн бұрын

Kinda ironic how Ursaluna blood moon is the only mon who actually use vacuum wave

@raysay1818

24 күн бұрын

​@@jambon2730IT GETS VACUUM WAVE?

@wraith.ferron

24 күн бұрын

@raysay1818 yes, because they decided that a tanky, high SpA, slow pokemon that could hit ghosts with normal and fighting moves and ignore accuracy, with one of the best signature moves in the game needed a priority fighting move.

More pokemon should have aura sphere, especially psychic types like espeon and alakazam, to have a way to deal with dark and steel types

I'll never forget the end of my ultra moon nuzlocke where on turn one, Hau's alolan Raichu OH-KO'd my Krookadile with a critical hit focus blast. I then proceeded to bring out my bulkiest Pokémon and give it 6 roto boosts before sweeping his team. I was done playing fair after that.

They buffed Gunk Shot from 70 to 80 accuracy. So Focus Blast should get the same treatment or a gimmick for example when you hit first the moves accuracy is increased by 20% .

@windhelmguard5295

22 күн бұрын

that would be awful.

@smievil

21 күн бұрын

how often would people use it more than one hit though

0:25 "... your roommate who has to watch videos at 1.5 speed, otherwise they can't concentrate" As someone who watches things at 1.5 speed, I feel called out.

@minicritman999

24 күн бұрын

It’s not about attention span, it’s a matter of saving time.

@rjante2236

24 күн бұрын

It's both. Some don't have time, some don't have the attention span.​@@minicritman999

@AwesomeHairo

24 күн бұрын

He literally talks too slow. I HAVE to put it at 1.5 or higher.

@tripleaaabattery8480

20 күн бұрын

​@@AwesomeHairoare we thinking of the same falseswipegaming? Cuz this man talks pretty fast already. I'd think that if someone was speeding him up they have a negative attention span

@AwesomeHairo

20 күн бұрын

@@tripleaaabattery8480 If I had a short attention span, I wouldn't be speeding up the video. I swear he talks slow, and this is coming from an American English talker with a moderate speaking pace.

When you want it to hit, it doesn't When you dont want it to hit, it does

@ItsYuhBoyyyy

25 күн бұрын

When would you not want it to hit??

@teriso1793

25 күн бұрын

@@ItsYuhBoyyyy when your opponent is using it or maybe When you're making a video and need footage of it missing

@ItsYuhBoyyyy

25 күн бұрын

Oh yea I’m dumb😂😂😂

Man, i really cant imagine how long must have taken to land all those focus blasts so you could have footage for the video

Focus Blast's accuracy itself isn't that bad, it's the accuracy along with it being the only decent special Fighting coverage

@gottesurteil3201

24 күн бұрын

This would be a hydro pump video if surf and scald didn't exist.

Your point about Scald still doing _something_ even when it fails to burn is a good one. IMO, a good change to Focus Blast (and maybe most lower accuracy moves) would be to make them still do a bit of chip damage or something even when they "miss"

@HappyIsaac0420

24 күн бұрын

That could be interesting. Make it 100% accurate, but it has a 30% chance to have 60 base power instead of 120.

i think the only reason focus blast is so hated is that most mons that need it for coverage lack aura sphere, which is also 2/3 of the power. And unlike hurricane it doesnt have a synergistic way to make it more accurate

@dillongage

24 күн бұрын

Thank you for summarizing the video we all just watched.

@windhelmguard5295

22 күн бұрын

focus blast is hated because it makes already powerful pokemon nearly impossible to counter reliably. just let gallade learn aura sphere (and maybe ralts as an egg move) and delete focus blast entirely.

@asmonull

21 күн бұрын

For synergy, Gravity exists - but it's a niche option that's very hard to justify for Focus Blast alone, and I don't think it gets any use outside of very specific doubles comps (trickroom Groudon teams etc).

"The user heightens its mental focus and unleashes its power. This may also lower the target's Sp. Def stat." (Focus Blast, Bulbapedia) You know what's wild: It only has a 10% chance to do so, and only by a single stage, AND most of the time it's gonna oneshot whatever it smacks anyway. So some guy at Gamefreak (During DPP) saw a move with 120 BSP, and freaked out about it so they gave it 5 PP and 70% accuracy. With its only reward (pure damage output) being circumvented by specially defensive pokemon, berries, and items, as you only have a SLIVER of a chance to debuff your opponent. This gets even crazier when you look at some other wildly busted moves and their drawbacks. Blast Burn, Frenzy Plant, and Hydro Cannon all have 150 BSP with 90% accuracy, and their drawback is you need to recharge after using them. Boomburst has 140 BSP with 100% accuracy, no drawback. Brave Bird is 120 BSP with 100% accuracy, and you take 1/4 the damage as recoil. Bolt Strike and Blue Flare have a 30% chance to paralyze and 20% to burn respectively, both having 130 BSP with 85 accuracy and probably one of the weirdest offenders: Future Sight, which has 120 BSP and 100% accuracy, you just have to wait two turns to use it. There were a bajillion better ways to balance Focus Blast dawg. (Okay I'm done yapping.)

Fun fact: the original name for the move is "Kiaidama", which roughly means "Fighting Spirit Bullet".

Focus Blast feels so bad because its the only fighting type coverage for psychic types during the generations with dark type Pursuit users. God I'm glad Pursuit is axed forever now; but gamefreak please give psychic types a better coverage move 😥😥😥😥

Yeah, I lost a small showdown tournament due to me missing 5 crucial focus blasts in a row in the game after I won the first one and the tie breaker. Lovely stuff

The fact he got footage of Focus Blast hitting is nothing short of a miracle.

You know you’re wrong when even a Character of the Day (Or Arc) calls out the accuracy of the move.

It's so weird. I almost always land Hypnosis, even though it's only **60%** accurate. But I have never ever managed to land Focus Blast in all the time I've been a Pokemon fan.

@justinnzamora5366

25 күн бұрын

Hypnosis has 60% accuracy.

@arthropod-doctor

25 күн бұрын

@@justinnzamora5366 Fixed! Thanks for clarifying! Could have sworn it was 55. Can't believe I've spent over 20 years thinking that lol

@justinnzamora5366

25 күн бұрын

@@arthropod-doctor A sleep move with 55% accuracy does exist. It's called Sing.

@BladeTNT2018

24 күн бұрын

And Grasswhistle. Not that it matters much since it got deleted in Gen 8

@darkdragon7210

24 күн бұрын

Dynamic Punch, Zap Cannon, & Inferno all get onto the same Pokemon...

I think that the problem is not only Focus Blast, I think pokemon has a problem with their move variety. You have a million of different moves, but a lot of them are uselesss, ember for example (I got that is an early game move and bla bla bla). However, you can have good physical electric moves, even an accurate “standard” move for flying (physical and special) and so on. It’s funny how a lot of pokemons can’t even use their stabs (gyarados, landorus…).

0:16 This is such an underrated burn from the anime. You can use this on anyone who misses focus blast at a crucial moment before their glass cannon gets wiped off the map.

Very glad you tapped into the Aura Sphere "alternative" point. I've long, LONG since thought Alakazam, Gengar, and many others ought to get the move.

I find it hilarious that fighting has 2 special attacks: one that never missed and one that always misses lol

@ShiningJudgment666

24 күн бұрын

It's got 3 actually. Vacuum Wave which is the Special equivalent of Mach Punch. And 4 if you count the exclusive Secret Sword.

They don't call it "Focus Miss" for nothing!

thought this would be a Rock Slide video, imperfect accuracy, extremely common coverage move, flinch lucksacking and as an added bonus for doubles where it's the most popular, the RNG layers increase exponentially

@petrie911

24 күн бұрын

Rock slide or stone edge. Rock types are stuck with BS RNG no matter what.

Focus miss is a good example of high risk - high reward.

0:27 hey don't call me out

The issue Focus Blast presents to a competitive game is that if you ever wish to perform exceptionally, like in a tournament setting, not only would you have to account for the possibility that Focus Blast can misd whenever you'd want to use it, you'll also have to account for the fact that any Pokemon that's wrecked by special fighting moves cannot reliably deal with a large amount of Pokemon they would otherwise deal with easily. So a move like Focus Blast is not used the most effectively when it's spammed, it's at its best when you're aware of your opponent's fears of the move, how its mere existense shapes their lines of play. This is a lot easier said than done, of course, and a lot of times, a player might be backed into a corner where they'll have to rely on focus blast hitting/missing one way or another. But it's an important thing to bear in mind the implications of its existence and the consequences of clicking it. If you ever find yourself in a situation where your Zam is up against a Conkeldurr and they have a Pursuit TTar in the back. You may have more options on hand than Psychic and Focus Blast, even if you have to look to the rest of your team.

NGL I read "Focus missed blast" on the thumbnail and I didn't even question it

Last week I played a game where I missed three focus blasts in a row, each one would have been a guaranteed OHKO on the opponent's mon, I was pissed.

This video couldn't have came at a batter time. Literally watched my friend miss 3 Focus Blasts in a row last night while playing Gen 4 random battles. He's gonna be so pissed when he sees this video.

That thumbnail is peak

Speaking of Aura Sphere, I think you'd be happy to find that some of the pokes you've spoken of do get access to it via TM/TR (if unavailable as a tutor move anywhere) from Gen 8 & 9 along with Togekiss being able to learn it in some form from its start

If I missed eight focus blasts in one game I think I'd turn into Lavos.

How not to miss Focus Blast? Use No Guard Machamp… 😂🤣

@user-jf7om4lv3n

24 күн бұрын

how terrifying, especially with machamp’s 65 base special attack

@GoldGuard

24 күн бұрын

Or hack the game lol

@ShiningJudgment666

24 күн бұрын

@@user-jf7om4lv3n It can do Dynamic Punch shenanigans with No Guard. And Stone Edge becomes reliable coverage as a bonus.

We need more special fighting moves. Focus miss being the only option for many is ridiculous

@ThisIsntAYoutuber

24 күн бұрын

We also need wider distribution of currently existing fighting moves. Vacuum Wave is a great special priority move that a lot of special mons could stand to use, and Aura Sphere should exist on psychic types at the least.

@gregorymirabella1423

24 күн бұрын

No we don't, they shouldn't have fighting moves.

@gregorymirabella1423

24 күн бұрын

​@@ThisIsntAKZreadrWe just got a vacume wave tm, and that was a mistake.

@Jlaps941

24 күн бұрын

And physical electric moves that don’t have terrible drawbacks or low distribution. Supercell Slam was soooo close but they just had to make ground immunity cause crash damage to rub salt in the wound

@herounited18930

24 күн бұрын

​@@gregorymirabella1423 Can you explain why?

I remember landing like 5 in a row once and just knew all my rng was gone for the rest of the game

It’s almost like the threat of your opponent having Focus Blast is enough to disregard its accuracy.

I feel in love with a Raichu in that has 100% success ratio, in my playthrough I was like, "you miss, I box you".

Before I even clicked on the video I already knew it was Focus Miss lol

It's always a pleasure to hear how hard the colosseum/XD themes slap

When I saw the title I thought this was gonna be a video about double team. Glad I was at least somewhat on the right track

Me: c’mon baby escalators escalators escalators Focus Blast: _EELSSS_

the funny part is that there is probably only two fighting types that use focus blast...

12:39: "Ah! Ah! He said it! He said Focus Miss!"

Having to run Focus blast on Generation 7 kommo-o was actually torture

That Feeling When Black and White of all seasons is the one to portray focus miss 100% accurately.

@theking8347

24 күн бұрын

Only when Scraggy was still new to using the move. Once Scraggy mastered it, or when anyone else used it, it never missed unless it was dodged.

In spanish is Even worse. Its called onda certera (precise Wave) SO we call it onda sarcástica (sarcástic Wave)

We need a new, fairly wide spread, Special Fighting move that works as an in-between of Focus Blast and Aura Sphere.

yeah there is a good reason why fan's like to call Focus Blast "Focus Miss" plus tbh they always tend to balance out high power moves with some kind of drawback be it lower accuracy or some kind of negative effect on the user after it's use

Fun fact: Tornadus-Therian learns both Hurricane and Focus Miss, and uses both somewhat regularly (hurricane more, obviously.) So its not uncommon to just...lose to torn-t rng. I played SS OU for most of the time it was current gen, and I almost never used Tornadus-Therian despite it being arguably busted because hurricane miss

@WhimsicottFanatic

25 күн бұрын

At least Hurricane can have its accuracy worked around by having rain setup [of course, by a similar consequence, it can be made _worse_ with the sun] Meanwhile there's very little that can be done about ol' Focus Miss

It has 100% hit accuracy for hitting the left side of the enemy pokemon on Showdown.

Makes me think of the old Red and Blue days where it was annoying when the 95% accurate Tackle always seemed to miss at the worst times. I know there were less accurate moves but that's always been a memory of the old days going through the game proper.

that's why I'd love to see a good special attacker with no guard

The accuracy broken thing is actually very interesting. I think Focus Miss wouldn't be the laughing stock that it is if it got a Fire Blast or Hydro Pump accuracy. Is anyone really going to argue that the 10 extra BP requires 15% less accuracy. Then again, we could just give Aura Sphere to more damn Pokemon but oh no, it's Lucario's move so it has to still be a little special even though freaking Mienshao gets it. Mienshao most likely isn't even going to *be* a special attacker.

Bro, it's as easy as having good luck. 🙄 Jokes aside, I've always wanted a special-focused pokemon with the likes of inferno, zap cannon and focus blast (maybe not all of them) to get No Guard as an ability, it would be interesting.

10:16 this clip got me so confused until I remembered clefa le used to be normal xD

You can really feel the BKC style coming through on this one 😂

0:28-0:33 You didn't have to call me out like that as I watch this at 1.5x speed.

@cashnelson2306

24 күн бұрын

people actually do that? Tf

@Johncornwell103

24 күн бұрын

@@cashnelson2306 Yes.

Stone miss gonna be up soon 🔥🔥

And the funny thing is focus blast also has a 10% chance to land a sp.def drop by one stage. So more luck

the most insane play happening to me was critting a focus blast with gengar while hitting an incoming azelf into sandstorm range, my enemy was furious

Good old Focus Miss.

In your hands Focus Blast is about as useless as it gets However in the opponents hands its always an undodgeable nuke of a move

@iantaakalla8180

20 күн бұрын

You can tell when a person is a true opp if they hit their Focus Blasts.

4:50 This is such a classic. I love this game so mcuh

Honestly I’m just glad gardevoir got fairy type and moonblast at least she has a chance to go after dark types

Accuracy in Pokemon: 100% = 100% 90% = 90-95% 85% = 85% 80% = 75% 70% = 50-55% That's how I interpret accuracy in Pokemon.

@iamwilson6922

25 күн бұрын

The exceptions are HJK where 90% = 75% and Scald where 70% (not burning) = 30%

The funny thing about Aura Sphere's exclusivity is that it's not like Lucario is doing much with it either. Most of the times it prefers to run physical with close combat.

4:16 when youve only read the word

Imagine if they made a specail equivalent to home claws. Boost your special attack and accuracy by one stage