Needle Arm (move)

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Needle Arm
ニードルアーム Needle Arm
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Type  Grass
Category  Physical
PP  15 (max. 24)
Power  60
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Makes contact
  • Affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Not affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation III
Condition  Smart
Appeal  1
Jam  4 ♥♥♥♥
Badly startles the Pokémon in front.
Condition  Smart
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.
Condition  Clever
Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥
Jamming  0  
Quite an appealing move.

Needle Arm (Japanese: ニードルアーム Needle Arm) is a damage-dealing Grass-type move introduced in Generation III. Prior to Generation V, it was the signature move of Cacnea and Cacturne.

Effect

Needle Arm inflicts damage and has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.

Generation III

Needle Arm will deal double the damage if its target had previously used Minimize.

Generation IV onward

Needle Arm will now deal regular damage if its target had previously used Minimize.

Description

Games Description
RSEColo.XD Attacks with thorny arms. May cause flinching.
FRLG An attack using thorny arms. It may make the foe flinch.
DPPtHGSS
BWB2W2
The user attacks by wildly swinging its thorny arms. It may also make the target flinch.
XYORAS The user attacks by wildly swinging its thorny arms. This may also make the target flinch.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0331     Grass Human-Like 37 45 45 45XY
16ORAS
16
0332     Grass Human-Like 41 53 53 53XY
16ORAS
16
0556     Grass Grass 22 22 22
0651     Field Field 26 1
0652     Field Field 26 1
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


In other games

Description

Games Description
MDRB Inflicts damage on the target. It may also cause the target to cringe, making it incapable of action.


In the anime

 
Mime Jr.
 
Cacturne
 
Cacnea
 
Quilladin
The user attacks by wildly swinging its thorny arms.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  One of Cacnea's arms glows white. It then swings its arm and hits the opponent with it.
James's Cacnea A Mudkip Mission Debut
  The dark green patches on Cacturne's arms and legs glow white and grow into huge needles.
Harley's Cacturne A Hurdle for Squirtle None
  The ball on top of Mime Jr's head glows white, and both of its arms glow white as well. It then hits the opponent with one of its arms.
James's Mime Jr. Dawn's Early Night! Used via Mimic
  A light green orb of energy with four spikes on it forms around both of Quilladin's arms. It then hits the opponent with its arms.
A wild Quilladin Love Strikes! Eevee, Yikes! None


In the manga

In the Let's Play the Pokémon Card Game XY! manga


In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In other generations

Trivia

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 針葉暗器 Zhēnyè Ànqì
  Dutch Naaldarm
  Finnish Piikki-isku (S06; S08)
Neulamäjäys (S07)
  French Poing Dard
  German Nietenranke
  Greek Βελονογροθιά
  Hindi सुइओं की बाहें Suion Ki Baahein
  Italian Pugnospine
  Korean 바늘 팔 Baneul Pal
  Polish Igłoramię
Portuguese   Brazil Braço Agulha
Braço de Agulha (XY series and TCG)
  Portugal Braço Agulha
  Serbian Bodljikava ruka
Spanish   Latin America Brazo Aguja
  Spain Brazo Pincho


Variations of the move Needle Arm
  Needle ArmForce Palm


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