Tinted Lens (Ability)

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Tinted Lens いろめがね
Tinted Glasses
Flavor text
Generation IV
Doubles the power of this Pokémon's "not very effective" attacks.
Generation V
Powers up "not very effective" moves.
Generation VI
Currently unknown
Generation VII
Currently unknown
Generation VIII
Currently unknown
Generation IX
Currently unknown

Tinted Lens (Japanese: いろめがね Tinted Glasses) is an ability introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

In battle

Tinted Lens doubles the power of any moves that the Pokémon uses that are "not very effective" against its targets. If a move is regularly not very effective, and thus normally does half damage, it would therefore do normal damage, while a doubly-resisted move (such as a Template:Type2 move against the Steel/Flying Skarmory) will do half damage rather than one quarter damage.

Outside of battle

Tinted Lens has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Tinted Lens

# Pokémon Types First Ability Second Ability Hidden Ability
0012 Butterfree Butterfree
Bug Flying Compoundeyes None Tinted Lens
0048 Venonat Venonat
Bug Poison Compoundeyes Tinted Lens Run Away
0049 Venomoth Venomoth
Bug Poison Shield Dust Tinted Lens Wonder Skin
0163 Hoothoot Hoothoot
Normal Flying Insomnia Keen Eye Tinted Lens
0164 Noctowl Noctowl
Normal Flying Insomnia Keen Eye Tinted Lens
0314 Illumise Illumise
Bug Bug Oblivious Tinted Lens Prankster
0414 Mothim Mothim
Bug Flying Swarm None Tinted Lens
0469 Yanmega Yanmega
Bug Flying Speed Boost Tinted Lens Frisk
0561 Sigilyph Sigilyph
Psychic Flying Wonder Skin Magic Guard Tinted Lens
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.

Origin

This is probably a reference to the idiom "viewing the world through rose-tinted glasses," an expression which means to see good where there is none.

In other languages

  • French: Lentiteintée
  • German: Aufwertung
  • Greek: Φιμέ Φακοί
  • Italian: Lentifumé
  • Korean: 색안경 Saek'angyeong
  • Spanish: Cromolente
  • Portuguese: Lentes Escurecidas
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