A question.
For wild pokemon with more than one possible held item, does compoundeyes also increase the odds of the item being rare? - unsigned comment from Kendai (talk • contribs)
No, just increases the possibility of each item to be held. TESHIGIGAS 14:54, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
How does it increase the chance? For example, an item held by 5% of wild pokemon. Is it increased to 50%, 55% or, more likely, 7%? Smythe 19:04, 12 February 2010 (UTC)
If I recall, you still aren't guaranteed a 50% rarity item, which would mean that a 5% item would be boosted to 7-8% Shadowater 17:29, 26 August 2010 (UTC)
Actually, I think its 55% because in my platinum right now I just got 2 Horseas holding dragon scales, (in a row) even though the original chance is 5%. EDIT: 4 in a row, than one without a dragon scale, than another 3 in a row. Phoenixon 10:59, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
Move
In Generation VI the name is changed to Compound Eyes. Can someone please move this page? Lady Ariel 17:36, 12 October 2013 (UTC)
Rare items % + Compound Eyes
I've read through the convo at the top, but I still don't get if it would effect the chances of finding a rarer item or something else. And whatever the answer is, it probably should be clarified in the article here and here, because it is pretty misleading and confusing the way it is stated right now in both articles. ----NateVirus(Talk|Contributions) 21:39, 15 November 2013 (UTC)
Status moves?
This applies to status moves as well, right? For example, I have a Scatterbug with this ability and Stun Spore has yet to miss once.
Assuming it does apply to status moves, it doesn't quite make Stun Spore always hit, but 75% * 1.3=97.5% chance to hit, which is very nice compared to missing 1/4 of the time. Pjwned (talk) 06:21, 30 December 2013 (UTC)
Encounter Rarity
For quite some time now, I've been trying to find a Golett on Route 10 with Light Clay. A friend told me Compound Eyes on the lead pokemon would make this easier, so of course I went and got a CE Vivillion. But then I noticed something odd, suddenly there were no Golett anywhere, and Eevee/Houndour/Snubbull were everywhere, which is weird, because they're supposedly (Very) Rare, whereas Golett is Average. Figured it was just bad luck on the RNG for a while, but then it got to the point where I had to keep track of things to prove to myself I wasn't going crazy. I don't know how to format into a table, so bear with me.
Encounters with Compound Eyes Vivillion in front of party, on Route 10, pokemon X;
- Eevee: 32
- Snubbull: 27
- Houndour: 32
- Sigilyph: 3
- Emolga: 11
- Golett: 4
- Hawlucha: 2
- Total: 111
Encounters with Flame Body Talonflame in front of party, on Route 10, pokemon X;
- Eevee: 4
- Snubbull: 10
- Houndour: 7
- Sigilyph: 29
- Emolga: 3
- Golett: 34
- Hawlucha: 26
- Total: 113
I know this could still possibly be within the bounds of "super ridiculous RNG screw", but it looks like Compound Eyes increases the chances of finding rarer pokemon, as well as items, at least in Gen 6. - unsigned comment from Eazeh (talk • contribs)
- Were you in the tall grass or yellow flowers? --SnorlaxMonster 04:45, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
- Tall grass, going up and down in the first area of menhirs (right next to where the Mind Plate is, that patch of grass only).--Eazeh (talk) 07:04, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
- "but it looks like Compound Eyes increases the chances of finding rarer pokemon, as well as items"...If that's your hypothesis, then you'd do well to test that in a few other places and see if you get similar effects on distributions elsewhere. Tiddlywinks (talk) 07:29, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
- Yep, that's what I'm doing currently. Just figured I'd come ask and see if it was some well-known thing I had somehow missed or something. --Eazeh (talk) 08:36, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
- Well, it's certainly not known, but your findings do give the appearance that something is making rare Pokémon more common (it's hard to say if it's Compound Eyes though). Eevee are usually very rare, but you encountered them most often. --SnorlaxMonster 08:51, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
- 250 encounters in Connecting Cave, since that's an easy one to deal with (4 possible encounters, 3 of which are average and 1 rare), results 69 Zubat, 77 Whismur, 81 Meditite, and 23 Axew, which looks close enough to expected that I'd say earlier was either one hell of a fluke, or something's affecting things but I don't know what it *is*. For the record, the only thing in my party was a L30 Vivillion with Compound Eyes, no item held, and I just ran from every battle after noting what it was. Occam's, I'd say it was a statistical freak, I suppose. Unless someone wants to try replicate it, or has some idea I have missed?--Eazeh (talk) 20:31, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
- Well, it's certainly not known, but your findings do give the appearance that something is making rare Pokémon more common (it's hard to say if it's Compound Eyes though). Eevee are usually very rare, but you encountered them most often. --SnorlaxMonster 08:51, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
- Yep, that's what I'm doing currently. Just figured I'd come ask and see if it was some well-known thing I had somehow missed or something. --Eazeh (talk) 08:36, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
- "but it looks like Compound Eyes increases the chances of finding rarer pokemon, as well as items"...If that's your hypothesis, then you'd do well to test that in a few other places and see if you get similar effects on distributions elsewhere. Tiddlywinks (talk) 07:29, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
- Tall grass, going up and down in the first area of menhirs (right next to where the Mind Plate is, that patch of grass only).--Eazeh (talk) 07:04, 16 March 2014 (UTC)
Stacking
Does Compound Eyes stack with Wide Lens? I.e. does Wide Lens apply before the Compound Eyes, and then Compound Eyes applies on that accuracy value?
E.g. Hurricane = 70%, Wide Lens gives 77%, and Compound Eyes acting on that 77% = 100.1% = 100% accuracy for Compound Eyes Hurricane.
Or, does Compound Eyes apply on the move's accuracy independent of any held item, and Wide Lens apply on the move's accuracy independent of any ability?
E.g. Hurricane = 70%, Wide Lens gives +7%, Compound Eyes gives + 21% = 98% total accuracy. Xolotl (talk) 17:05, 6 August 2015 (UTC)
Compound Eyes and SOS Battles
I'm in Pokémon Moon and I'm looking for an Alolan Grimer with Black Sludge. I thought that I could try with a SOS chain, so I'm leading with my Compound Eyes Butterfree and going through the chain with my False Swipe Smeargle, but for now I have no luck at all. Is the chance of finding the item increased also for the allies or just for the first encounter of the chain? Is there any data to back this up? - unsigned comment from Merione (talk • contribs)
Interaction with Concentrator and other accuracy boosters in Mystery Dungeon
How does Compoundeyes interact with the IQ skill Concentrator and the accuracy boost female Pokémon get in the Explorers games? I'm 99% sure it stacks with Concentrator, and I think it might stack with the female accuracy boost too, but I'm not absolutely sure and some confirmation would be nice. I never add anything to wiki pages unless I know for a fact that I have my facts straight. DetectiveDeoxys (talk) 03:26, 29 July 2021 (UTC)