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The '''Focus Punch glitch''' is a minor glitch regarding the move Focus Punch when the player selects it in a [[bp:double battles|double battles]] in the [[bp:Generation III|third generation]] of Pokémon games. The glitch was fixed in the [[bp:Generation IV|Generation IV]] games.
 
When exploited, although the player cancelled their decision to use Focus Punch, the game will display the message that the relevant Pokémon is 'tightening its focus', and another action will be performed instead of performing the attack, including the player switching the Pokémon or using an item.
 
This glitch occurs because in generation III, Focus Punch's charging turn priority is greater than that of other actions at +8. In later generations the Priority was lowered to -3 to prevent this glitch from occurring.
 
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