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| Tinted Lens
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いろめがね
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| Tinted Glasses
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| Generation IV
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| Doubles the power of this Pokémon's "not very effective" attacks.
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| Generation VII
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| The Pokémon can use "not very effective" moves to deal regular damage.
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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
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
