Tinted Lens (Ability)

Tinted Lens	いろめがね
	Tinted Glasses
Flavor text Generation III Currently unknown 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 Currently unknown Generation IX Currently unknown

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 Lens	Run Away
0049		Venomoth	Bug	Poison	Shield Dust	Tinted Lens	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 Lens	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
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.

Origin

This 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 Portuguese Olhos Escuros 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.