Zoom Lens

The Zoom Lens (Japanese: フォーカスレンズ Focus Lens) is a type of held item introduced in Generation IV that boosts the holder's accuracy.

Zoom Lens フォーカスレンズ Focus Lens

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Introduced in Generation IV Pocket Generation IV Items Generation V Items (Held items) Generation VI Items Generation VII Items Generation VIII Other Items Fling Power 10

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price DPPtHGSS BWB2W2 XYORAS N/A $100 SMUSUM SwSh N/A $2,000

Effect

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Boosts the holder's accuracy by 20% against targets that have already moved this turn.

Description

Games Description DP An item to be held by a Pokémon. If the holder moves after the foe, its critical-hit ratio will be boosted. PtHGSS An item to be held by a Pokémon. If the holder moves after the foe, its accuracy will be boosted. BWB2W2 An item to be held by a Pokémon. If the holder moves after its target, its accuracy will be boosted. XYORAS SMUSUM SwSh An item to be held by a Pokémon. If the holder moves after its target moves, its accuracy will be boosted.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods DPPt Veilstone Game Corner (1,000 Coins) HGSS Goldenrod Game Corner/Celadon Game Corner (1,000 Coins) BW Castelia City Pokémon Center (from a man in black for having Pokémon from 20 different original Trainers) Battle Subway (48 BP) B2W2 Battle Subway/PWT (12 BP) XY Lumiose City South Boulevard Battle Maison (48 BP) ORAS Battle Maison (48 BP) SMUSUM Dimensional Research LabUSUM Battle Royal Dome (48 BP)

In the manga

A Zoom Lens in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

A Zoom Lens was seen in Magnificent Meditite & Really Riolu I as a prize Diamond won in the Veilstone Game Corner using the Coins Platinum won from the slot machines. Platinum tried the Zoom Lens on Chimler for training.

Trivia

• In Diamond and Pearl, the description incorrectly states that the Zoom Lens boosts the critical hit ratio rather than accuracy.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 對焦鏡 Deuijīu Geng * Mandarin 對焦鏡 / 对焦镜 Duìjiāo Jìng * 對焦鏡片 Duìjiāo Jìngpiàn * French Lentil. Zoom* Lentille Zoom* German Zoomlinse Italian Zoomlente Korean 포커스렌즈 Focus Lens Spanish Telescopio Vietnamese Thấu kính tập trung

External links

• On Smogon's Itemdex:
  • Generation IV
  • Generation V
  • Generation VI
  • Generation VII

This item article is part of Project ItemDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on all items.