Compound Eyes (Ability)

Compound Eyes

ふくがん

Compound Eyes

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Generation III
Raises accuracy.


Generation IV
The Pokémon's accuracy is boosted.


Generation V
The Pokémon's accuracy is boosted.


Generation VI
Boosts the Pokémon's accuracy.


Generation VII
The Pokémon's compound eyes boost its accuracy.


Generation VIII
Currently unknown


Generation IX
Currently unknown

Compound Eyes (Japanese: ふくがん Compound Eyes), formatted as Compoundeyes prior to Pokémon X and Y, is an Ability introduced in Generation III. All Pokémon that have this Ability are Bug types.

Effect

In battle

Compound Eyes increases the accuracy of moves used by the Pokémon with this Ability by multiplying the original accuracy by a factor if 1.3. 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

From Pokémon Emerald onward, if a Pokémon with this Ability leads the party (even if fainted), the chances of finding a wild Pokémon holding an item increase from 50%/5% to 60%/20%. In dark grass in Generation V, the chances increase from 50%/5%/1% to 60%/20%/5%.

Pokémon with Compound Eyes

#		Types		First Ability	Second Ability	Hidden Ability
0012	Butterfree	Bug	Flying	Compound Eyes	None	Tinted Lens
0048	Venonat	Bug	Poison	Compound Eyes	Tinted Lens	Run Away
0193	Yanma	Bug	Flying	Speed Boost	Compound Eyes	Frisk
0269	Dustox	Bug	Poison	Shield Dust	None	Compound Eyes
0290	Nincada	Bug	Ground	Compound Eyes	None	Run Away
0595	Joltik	Bug	Electric	Compound Eyes	Unnerve	Swarm
0596	Galvantula	Bug	Electric	Compound Eyes	Unnerve	Swarm
0664	Scatterbug	Bug		Bug	Shield Dust	Compound Eyes	Friend Guard
0666	Vivillon	Bug	Flying	Shield Dust	Compound Eyes	Friend Guard
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 games

Description

Games	Description
MDRB	Boosts the Accuracy of moves.
MDTD S	Boosts the Pokémon's accuracy.
BSL	わざをめいちゅうさせやすい
Conq.	The Pokémon's accuracy is boosted.
MDGtI	Accuracy goes up.* Accuracy goes up!*
SMD	The Pokémon's accuracy goes up!

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

In volume 25, Yellow's Kitty was revealed to have Compound Eyes as his Ability.

In other languages

Language		Title
Chinese	Cantonese	複眼 Fūkngáahn
Chinese	Mandarin	複眼 / 复眼 Fùyǎn
French		Œil Composé
German		Facettenauge
Italian		Insettocchi
Korean		복안 Bok'an
Portuguese		Olho Preciso
Spanish		Ojo Compuesto* Ojocompuesto*
Vietnamese		Mắt kép

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.