Compound Eyes (Ability)

Compoundeyes (Japanese: ふくがん Compound Eyes) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. Seven Pokémon can have this Ability, all of which are Bug-type.

Effect

In battle

Compoundeyes raises accuracy by 30% of a move's original accuracy in battles. This means that Thunder, for example, has 91% accuracy as opposed to the usual 70% (70 x 1.3 = 91%). A move with a theoretical accuracy of 77% or higher will have its accuracy set to 100% (77% x 1.3 = 100.1%).

Outside of battle

In Pokémon Emerald and all Generation IV games, if the Pokémon with the Ability leads the party, even if it has fainted, the chance of finding a Pokémon in the wild holding an item increases by 50%.

In Black and White, if the Pokémon with the Ability leads the party, even if it has fainted, the chance of finding a Pokémon in the wild holding an item increases from 50%/5%/1% to 60%/20%/5%. This makes rare items easier to find.

Pokémon with Compoundeyes

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0012		Butterfree	Bug	Flying	Compoundeyes	None	Tinted Lens
0048		Venonat	Bug	Poison	Compoundeyes	Tinted Lens	Run Away
0193		Yanma	Bug	Flying	Speed Boost	Compoundeyes	Frisk
0269		Dustox	Bug	Poison	Shield Dust	None	Compoundeyes
0290		Nincada	Bug	Ground	Compoundeyes	None	Run Away
0595		Joltik	Bug	Electric	Compoundeyes	Unnerve	Swarm
0596		Galvantula	Bug	Electric	Compoundeyes	Unnerve	Swarm
Please note that abilities marked with a superscript are only available in the stated generation or later. For Generation III and IV games, ignore Hidden Abilities.

In other languages

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