Tinted Lens (Ability)

Tinted Lens いろめがね
Tinted Glasses
Flavor text
Generation IV
Doubles the power of this Pokémon's "not very effective" attacks.
Generation V
Powers up "not very effective" moves.
Generation VI
Powers up "not very effective" moves.
Generation VII
The Pokémon can use "not very effective" moves to deal regular damage.
Generation VIII
The Pokémon can use "not very effective" moves to deal regular damage.
Generation IX
The Pokémon can use "not very effective" moves to deal regular damage.

Tinted Lens (Japanese: いろめがね Tinted Glasses) is an Ability introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

In battle

Tinted Lens doubles the damage done by any moves that the Pokémon uses which are "not very effective". This effect is independent of whether the type effectiveness is ½× or less.

Outside of battle

Tinted Lens has no effect outside of battle.

Pokémon with Tinted Lens

# Pokémon Types First Ability Second Ability Hidden Ability
0012   Butterfree
Bug Flying Compound Eyes None Tinted Lens
0048   Venonat
Bug Poison Compound Eyes Tinted LensGen IV+ Run Away
0049   Venomoth
Bug Poison Shield Dust Tinted LensGen IV+ Wonder Skin
0163   Hoothoot
Normal Flying Insomnia Keen Eye Tinted Lens
0164   Noctowl
Normal Flying Insomnia Keen Eye Tinted Lens
0314   Illumise
Bug Bug Oblivious Tinted LensGen IV+ Prankster
0414   Mothim
Bug Flying Swarm None Tinted Lens
0469   Yanmega
Bug Flying Speed Boost Tinted Lens Frisk
0561   Sigilyph
Psychic Flying Wonder Skin Magic Guard Tinted Lens
0628   Braviary
Hisuian Form
Psychic Flying Keen Eye Sheer Force Tinted LensGen IX+
0919   Nymble
Bug Bug Swarm None Tinted Lens
0920   Lokix
Bug Dark Swarm None Tinted Lens
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

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, Tinted Lens boosts the damage of not very effective moves by about 20%.

In Pokémon Super Mystery Dungeon, the boost is 40%.

Description

Games Description
MDTDS Boosts damage that the Pokémon inflicts with moves that are not very effective.
BSL こうかが いまひとつのときに あたえるダメージが あがる
MDGtI Unavailable
SMD If the Pokémon uses a move that is not very effective, its power goes up!
MDRTDX If the Pokémon uses a move that is not very effective, the move's power goes up.


Trivia

  • This Ability is probably a reference to the idiom "viewing the world through rose-tinted glasses", an expression which means to see good where there is none.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 有色眼鏡 Yáuhsīk Ngáahngeng
Mandarin 有色眼鏡 / 有色眼镜 Yǒusè Yǎnjìng
  French Lentiteintée
  German Aufwertung
  Italian Lentifumé
  Korean 색안경 Saek'angyeong
  Spanish Cromolente
  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.