Scope Lens

The Scope Lens (Japanese: ピントレンズ Focus Point Lens) is a type of held item introduced in Generation II. It increases the holder's critical hit ratio.

Scope Lens
ピントレンズ
Focus Point Lens
Bag Scope Lens Sprite.png
Scope Lens
Pokémon Global Link artwork
Introduced in Generation II
Pocket
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Fling
Power 30

In the core series games

Price

Games Cost Sell price
GSC
RSEFRLG
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
XYORAS
BDSP
N/A $100
SMUSUM
SwSh
N/A $2,000
SV $15,000 $3,750

Effect

Raises the critical hit ratio of the holder by one stage.

Description

Games Description
GSC Raises critical hit ratio. (HOLD)
RSColo.XD A hold item that raises the critical-hit rate.
E A hold item that improves the critical-hit rate.
FRLG An item to be held by a Pokémon. A lens that boosts the critical-hit ratio of the holding Pokémon.
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
An item to be held by a Pokémon. It is a lens that boosts the holder's critical-hit ratio.
XYORAS
SMUSUM
SwShBDSP
SV
An item to be held by a Pokémon. It's a lens for scoping out weak points. It boosts the holder's critical-hit ratio.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods
GSC Mystery Gift
RSE Battle Tower (35+ win streak)RS, Battle Frontier (64 BP)E
FRLG Trade
Colo. Mt. Battle (10,000 Poké Coupons)
XD Mt. Battle (8,000 Poké Coupons)
DPPt Fight Area Battle ParkDP/FrontierPt (48 BP)
HGSS Battle Frontier (48 BP)
BW Castelia City Battle Subway (48 BP)
B2W2 Castelia City Battle Subway/PWT (8 BP)
XY Lumiose City Battle Maison (48 BP)
ORAS Battle Maison (48 BP)
SMUSUM Paniola Ranch Battle Royal Dome (48 BP)
SwSh Route 9
SwShIA Cram-o-matic (Dark: 82-90 points)
BDSP Fight Area Battle Park (48 BP)
SV Delibird Presents (Levincia Branch)
SVID Item Printer

Gallery

Artwork

 
Artwork from
Scarlet and Violet

In the spin-off games

Pokémon UNITE

 
Scope Lens in Pokémon UNITE

In Pokémon UNITE, the Scope Lens is a held item that increases the damage of basic attack critical hits by % of user's Attack; specifically, 45/60/75% of user's Attack at Grade 1, 10, and 20 respectively. It also increases the user's critical hit rate and damage; by 0.4% and 0.8% respectively at Grade 1, and 6% and 12% at Grade 30.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

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Reason: Blazing Adventure Squad cost/sell price/sprite, Gates to Infinity cost/sell price/sprite

The Scope Lens appears in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time, Explorers of Darkness and Explorers of Sky, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Keep Going! Blazing Adventure Squad, and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity.

Price

Games Cost Sell price
MDRB 1,300  450 
MDTDS 1,000  1 
MDRTDX 2,000  200 

Effect

If held by a Pokémon, the Scope Lens increases the Pokémon's critical hit probability by flat 30%RB/15%TDBSL.

If thrown, it will deal 1 damage (2 if sticky).

Description

Games Description
MDRB A hold item that boosts the Pokémon's critical-hit rate for moves and attacks.
MDTDS A held item that boosts the Pokémon's critical-hit rate for moves and attacks.
MDGtI It boosts the holder's critical-hit rate for moves.
MDRTDX When equipped, it boosts the wearer's critical-hit rate for moves used on enemies.

Acquisition

Games Finite methods Repeatable methods
MDRB Magma Cavern (1-23F; Kecleon Shop: 2-6F), Sky Tower (1-25F), Stormy Sea (1-40F), Silver Trench (1-98F), Northern Range (Kecleon Shop: 1-24F), Pitfall Valley (Kecleon Shop: 1-24F), Buried Relic (1-14, 16-24, 26-34, 36-99F), Wish Cave (1-98F; Kecleon Shop: 1-12, 14-25, 27-32, 35-40, 42-48, 50-58, 60-64, 66-70, 72-77, 79-82, 84-87, 89-92, 94-98F), Wyvern Hill (Kecleon Shop: 4-30F), Solar Cave (1-20F), Darknight Relic (1-15F), Grand Sea (1-30F), Far-off Sea (1-75F), Purity Forest (1-98F; Kecleon Shop: 1-89F), Marvelous Sea (1-20F), Fantasy Strait (1-30F), Oddity Cave (6-10F), Remains Island (Kecleon Shop: 1-20F)
MDT Trade, A-OK Mail, Wonder Mail, Friend Rescue
MDD Crystal Cave (all; Kecleon Shop: B3-B11F), Crystal Crossing (all; Kecleon Shop: B3-B13F), Chasm Cave, Dark Hill, Sealed Ruin, Dusk Forest, Deep Dusk Forest, Treeshroud Forest, Temporal Tower, Temporal Spire, Mystifying Forest, Blizzard Island, Dark Crater, Deep Dark Crater, Marine Resort, Lake Afar (all; Kecleon Shop: B1, B2, B4, B6, B8, B10, B12, B14, B16, B18, B20, B22, B24F), Happy Outlook, Mt. Mistral, Lost Wilderness, Midnight Forest, World Abyss, Sky Stairway, Zero Isle East, Zero Isle West (all except B14, B29, B40F), Zero Isle South (all; Kecleon Shop: B1-89F)
MDS Silver Ticket Big Win prize, Gold Ticket Win prize,
Crystal Cave (all; Kecleon Shop: B3-B11F), Crystal Crossing (all; Kecleon Shop: B3-B13F), Chasm Cave, Dark Hill, Sealed Ruin, Dusk Forest, Deep Dusk Forest, Treeshroud Forest, Temporal Tower, Temporal Spire, Mystifying Forest, Blizzard Island, Dark Crater, Deep Dark Crater, Marine Resort, Lake Afar (all; Kecleon Shop: B1, B2, B4, B6, B8, B10, B12, B14, B16, B18, B20, B22, B24F), Happy Outlook, Mt. Mistral, Lost Wilderness, Midnight Forest, World Abyss, Sky Stairway, Star Cave (Kecleon Shop: B9-15F), Zero Isle East, Zero Isle West (all except B14, B29, B40F), Zero Isle South (all; Kecleon Shop: B1-89F), Zero Isle Center, Destiny Tower (all; Kecleon Shop: all)

Special Episode 1: Star Cave (Deep Star Cave - Kecleon Shop: B2-B4F; Star Cave Depths - Kecleon Shop: all)
Special Episode 2: Murky Forest (Kecleon Shop: all), Eastern Cave (Kecleon Shop: all)
Special Episode 3: Spring Cave (Kecleon Shop: B4F; Upper Spring Cave - Kecleon Shop: B2-B4F)
Special Episode 4: Southern Jungle (Kecleon Shop: all), Boulder Quarry (Kecleon Shop: all), Right Cave Path (Kecleon Shop: all), Left Cave Path (Kecleon Shop: all), Limestone Cavern (Kecleon Shop: all)
B Sunset Rockland, Chocolate Mountain
MDGtI Holehills (1-12F), Tyrian Maze (B1-B12F), Miragesands (1-29F), Moonlit Forest (B1-B27F), Jaws of the Abyss (B1-B29F), Path of No Return (B1-B99F)
MDRTDX Various dungeons

Appearance

   
Sprite from
Red and Blue Rescue Team
Sprite from
Explorers of Time,
Darkness
, and Sky

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Emerald arc

In Interesting Interactions Involving Illumise, a Scope Lens was listed as the held item of a rental Ludicolo that Emerald used at the Battle Factory.

In the TCG

 
Magnifier
Main article: Magnifier (Neo Destiny 101)

The Magnifier, which has the same Japanese name as the Scope Lens, was released as a Trainer card in the Pokémon Trading Card Game during the English Neo Series (the Japanese Neo Era) in Neo Destiny. The card has never been reprinted. It attaches to a Pokémon for one turn; if a Pokémon attached with a Magnifier attacks, it ignores Resistance.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 焦點鏡 Jīudím Geng
Mandarin 焦點鏡 / 焦点镜 Jiāodiǎn Jìng *
對焦鏡片 Duìjiāo Jìngpiàn *
  French Lentilscope
  German Scope-Linse
  Italian Mirino
  Korean 초점렌즈 Chojeom Lens
  Brazilian Portuguese Lente de Alcance
  Spanish Periscopio
  Vietnamese Thấu kính tiêu điểm

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