My question: Why in the world do you people use this move so much? In MY OPINION it's silly and a waste of time. Brick Break is entirely more efficient than Focus Punch.

Let me back up my opinion.

Brick Break's base power is 75. It requires no backup moves, it can hold it's own. You don't need to Paralyze or Confuse or put the opponant to Sleep or any of that garbage before using it. After two turns of using Brick Break, you have delt 150 damage and gotten rid of any Barriers ect.

Focus Punch cannot be put into a moveset without some kind of backup move; for example with Breloom you must have Spore with Focus Punch or you're never gonna pull it off. People put Focus Punch on Raichu but they need to put Thunderwave there with it, too. I've seen movesets like this, where people have something like

Raichu
Thunder Wave
Thunderbolt
Focus Punch
Light Screen

...So all you have to back up Focus Punch with is Thunderwave? So you have a, what is it, 30% chance of pulling off this move? While with Brick Break you have a 100% chance of doing damage, and you don't need to set anything up, or "tighten your focus".

So, in my opinion, Focus Punch has no point. Even if your foe is asleep, it could still wake up, attack you, and screw you over. Both moves do 150 damage in two turns. One is like 90% more reliable than the other and doesn't require back up from another move.

So, all you Focus Punch users, why do you use it? Am I missing something?