Keen Eye (Ability)

Keen Eye	するどいめ
	Keen Eye
Flavor text Generation III Prevents loss of accuracy. Generation IV Prevents the Pokémon from losing accuracy. Generation V Prevents other Pokémon from lowering accuracy. Generation VI Currently unknown Generation VII Currently unknown Generation VIII Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

Keen Eye (Japanese: するどいめ Keen Eye) is an Ability introduced in Generation III. Twenty-nine Pokémon can have this Ability.

Effect

In battle

Keen Eye prevents loss of accuracy.

Outside of battle

From Pokémon Emerald onwards, if a Pokémon with Keen Eye is leading the party, then Keen Eye decreases the chance of encountering a lower-level wild Pokémon by 50%. See also Intimidate.

Pokémon with Keen Eye

#	Pokémon		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0016		Pidgey	Normal	Flying	Keen Eye	Tangled Feet	Big Pecks
0017		Pidgeotto	Normal	Flying	Keen Eye	Tangled Feet	Big Pecks
0018		Pidgeot	Normal	Flying	Keen Eye	Tangled Feet	Big Pecks
0021		Spearow	Normal	Flying	Keen Eye	None	Sniper
0022		Fearow	Normal	Flying	Keen Eye	None	Sniper
0083		Farfetch'd	Normal	Flying	Keen Eye	Inner Focus	Defiant
0107		Hitmonchan	Fighting		Fighting	Keen Eye	Iron Fist	Inner Focus
0161		Sentret	Normal		Normal	Run Away	Keen Eye	Frisk
0162		Furret	Normal		Normal	Run Away	Keen Eye	Frisk
0163		Hoothoot	Normal	Flying	Insomnia	Keen Eye	Tinted Lens
0164		Noctowl	Normal	Flying	Insomnia	Keen Eye	Tinted Lens
0215		Sneasel	Dark	Ice	Inner Focus	Keen Eye	Pickpocket
0227		Skarmory	Steel	Flying	Keen Eye	Sturdy	Weak Armor
0278		Wingull	Water	Flying	Keen Eye	None	Rain Dish
0279		Pelipper	Water	Flying	Keen Eye	None	Rain Dish
0302		Sableye	Dark	Ghost	Keen Eye	Stall	Prankster
0396		Starly	Normal	Flying	Keen Eye	None	None
0431		Glameow	Normal		Normal	Limber	Own Tempo	Keen Eye
0434		Stunky	Poison	Dark	Stench	Aftermath	Keen Eye
0435		Skuntank	Poison	Dark	Stench	Aftermath	Keen Eye
0441		Chatot	Normal	Flying	Keen Eye	Tangled Feet	Big Pecks
0451		Skorupi	Poison	Bug	Battle Armor	Sniper	Keen Eye
0452		Drapion	Poison	Dark	Battle Armor	Sniper	Keen Eye
0504		Patrat	Normal		Normal	Run Away	Keen Eye	Analytic
0505		Watchog	Normal		Normal	Illuminate	Keen Eye	Analytic
0580		Ducklett	Water	Flying	Keen Eye	Big Pecks	Hydration
0581		Swanna	Water	Flying	Keen Eye	Big Pecks	Hydration
0627		Rufflet	Normal	Flying	Keen Eye	Sheer Force	Hustle
0628		Braviary	Normal	Flying	Keen Eye	Sheer Force	Defiant
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

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 銳利目光 Ruìlì Mùguāng French Regard Vif German Adlerauge Italian Sguardofermo Korean 날카로운 눈 Nalkaroun Nun Portuguese Olhar Afiado Spanish Vista Lince

Variations of the Ability Hyper Cutter
Hyper Cutter • Keen Eye

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.