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Focus Sash Effect and How to Get It

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This is a page on the Battle Item Focus Sash and its location in Pokemon Sword and Shield, Isle of Armor, and the Crown Tundra DLC. Read on to see Focus Sash effects, how to get it, and how to use it competitively.

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Focus Sash Effect

Focus Sash ImageFocus Sash
Effect An item to be held by a Pokemon. If the holder has full HP, it will endure a potential KO attack with 1 HP. The item then disappears.

How to Get Focus Sash

Locations

Places This Item Can Be Found
Hammerlocke
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You can get Focus Sash in Hammerlocke, .

How to Get To Focus Sash Location

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 Enter the house to the left of the Pokemon Center in Hammerlocke.
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 After obtaining Focus Sash, the Trainer residing in that house will challenge you to a Pokemon battle.

Found in the Lake of Outrage

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You can obtain Focus Sash in the lower left area of the Lake of Outrage. However, you need to have the second Rotom Bike, obtainable on Route 9, to move across water.
Lake of Outrage Map and Obtainable Pokemon

Purchase at BP Shop

BP Shop
You can exchange 15 BP to get Focus Sash in BP Shops in Hammerlocke and Wyndon.

How to Use Focus Sash

Give to a Utility Pokemon

Focus Sash gives you a chance to survive a potential one-hit knockout. Note however, that his only works if the user's health is full.

This item is often used on utility Pokemon such as Landorus-T. The reason behind this is because Landorus' role is to set up hazards like Stealth Rock. In addition to this, Landorus is 4x weak to Ice-types.

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