Why didn't thief work in white?

Aug. 6, 2013

I taught my Stantler theif and when I did the boss fight with Cheren after I beat the game at Victory Road, I used theif on his Samurott ( which has a focus slash) and after I beat him, my Stantler didn’t have the focus slash. (and no she didn’t use it up)What happened?! Why don’t I have the focus slash?! Please help me! Thanks! :)

Edit: My Stantler wasn’t holding an item before, also when I used theif, it said “Stantler took Samurott’s focus slash” or something like that.

Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.

The Mechanics of Thief changed in Gen V, so now if you use Thief on an NPC’s Pokemon, all items are returned after the battle. So you can’t get a cheap Focus Sash that way unfortunately.Source:Bulbapedia