Keen-Eye
Keen Eye is an ability in the Pokémon series that serves primarily to enhance a Pokémon’s accuracy and hinder an opponent’s attempts to lower it. Below is a detailed summary of Keen Eye:
Effects: 1. Accuracy Prevention: Keen Eye prevents the Pokémon’s accuracy from being lowered by opponent’s moves or abilities. This means that moves like Sand Attack and abilities like Intimidate (when used in tandem with accuracy-lowering moves) will not affect a Pokémon with Keen Eye. 2. Bypassing Evasion Boosts (Generation VI onward): From Generation VI onwards, Pokémon with Keen Eye can land their moves on opponents that have raised their evasion stats as if there was no such increase. For instance, a Pokémon with double evasion would still be hit by a Keen Eye user as though its evasion were at the base level.
Interesting Facts: - Pokémon Species: Keen Eye is commonly found in bird Pokémon, such as Pidgey,
Effects
- This Pokémon cannot have its accuracy lowered. This ability does not prevent any accuracy losses other than stat modifiers, such as the accuracy cut from fog; nor does it prevent other Pokémon's evasion from making this Pokémon's moves less accurate. This Pokémon can still be passed negative accuracy modifiers through heart swap. Overworld: If the first Pokémon in the party has this ability, any random encounter with a Pokémon five or more levels lower than it has a 50% chance of being skipped.
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- black-2-white-2: Prevents other Pokémon from lowering accuracy.
- ruby-sapphire: Prevents loss of accuracy.
- emerald: Prevents loss of accuracy.
- firered-leafgreen: Prevents loss of accuracy.
- diamond-pearl: Prevents the Pokémon from losing accuracy.
- platinum: Prevents the Pokémon from losing accuracy.
- heartgold-soulsilver: Prevents the Pokémon from losing accuracy.
- black-white: Prevents other Pokémon from lowering accuracy.
- x-y: Prevents other Pokémon from lowering accuracy.
- omega-ruby-alpha-sapphire: Prevents other Pokémon from lowering accuracy.
- sun-moon: Keen eyes prevent other Pokémon from lowering this Pokémon’s accuracy.
- ultra-sun-ultra-moon: Keen eyes prevent other Pokémon from lowering this Pokémon’s accuracy.
- lets-go-pikachu-lets-go-eevee: Keen eyes prevent other Pokémon from lowering this Pokémon’s accuracy.
- sword-shield: Keen eyes prevent other Pokémon from lowering this Pokémon’s accuracy.
- scarlet-violet: The Pokémon's keen eyes prevent its accuracy from being lowered.
Pokémon with the Keen-Eye ability
Pidgey
16 - Normal, Flying
Pidgeotto
17 - Normal, Flying
Pidgeot
18 - Normal, Flying
Spearow
21 - Normal, Flying
Fearow
22 - Normal, Flying
Farfetchd
83 - Normal, Flying
Hitmonchan
107 - Fighting
Sentret
161 - Normal
Furret
162 - Normal
Hoothoot
163 - Normal, Flying
Noctowl
164 - Normal, Flying
Sneasel
215 - Dark, Ice
Skarmory
227 - Steel, Flying
Wingull
278 - Water, Flying
Pelipper
279 - Water, Flying
Sableye
302 - Dark, Ghost
Starly
396 - Normal, Flying
Glameow
431 - Normal
Stunky
434 - Poison, Dark
Skuntank
435 - Poison, Dark
Chatot
441 - Normal, Flying
Skorupi
451 - Poison, Bug
Drapion
452 - Poison, Dark
Patrat
504 - Normal
Watchog
505 - Normal
Ducklett
580 - Water, Flying
Swanna
581 - Water, Flying
Rufflet
627 - Normal, Flying
Braviary
628 - Normal, Flying
Espurr
677 - Psychic
Meowstic-Male
678 - Psychic
Pikipek
731 - Normal, Flying
Trumbeak
732 - Normal, Flying
Toucannon
733 - Normal, Flying
Rockruff
744 - Rock
Lycanroc-Midday
745 - Rock
Rookidee
821 - Flying
Corvisquire
822 - Flying
Bombirdier
962 - Flying, Dark
Meowstic-Female
10025 - Psychic
Lycanroc-Midnight
10126 - Rock
Sneasel-Hisui
10235 - Fighting, Poison
Braviary-Hisui
10240 - Psychic, Flying