Spikes (move)

Spikes まきびし Caltrop

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Battles Type  Ground Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally Affects all foes

Availability Introduced  Generation II Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   Makes all Pokémon after the user nervous.

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Prevents the Voltage from going up in the same turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Spikes (Japanese: まきびし Caltrop) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II.

Effect

Spikes sets spikes around the target Pokémon. From Generation III onwards, Spikes can be set up to three times, each increasing the damage done to the opponent upon switching in. One layer of Spikes will damage the opponent Pokémon by 12.5% of its maximum HP, two layers will deal 18.75%, and three layers will deal 25%. The damage inflicted upon switching in will not occur on Template:Type2s or Pokémon with Levitate unless Gravity is used. It also does not damage Pokémon with the ability Magic Guard. The moves Rapid Spin and Defog remove the effect of Spikes; Rapid Spin removes Spikes set around the Rapid Spinner while Defog removes Spikes set around the target of Defog.

Generation V

Spikes can now be reflected with Magic Coat.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0091 Cloyster Water Ice 33 0204 Pineco Bug 43 0205 Forretress Bug Steel 49 0211 Qwilfish Water Poison -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0225 Delibird Ice Flying New York City Pokémon Center Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0091 Cloyster Water Ice 33 0091 Cloyster Water Ice 36 0204 Pineco Bug 43 0205 Forretress Bug Steel 49 0211 Qwilfish Water Poison -- 0227 Skarmory Steel Flying 42 0331 Cacnea Grass 33 0332 Cacturne Grass Dark 35 0386 Deoxys Psychic 20 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0138 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Cloyster |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0315 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Roselia
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Cacnea, Cacturne |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0361 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Snorunt
| colspan="2" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice | style="background: #FFF" | Roselia

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0091 Cloyster Water Ice 28 0204 Pineco Bug 23 0204 Pineco Bug 28 0205 Forretress Bug Steel 23 0205 Forretress Bug Steel 28 0211 Qwilfish Water Poison -- 0227 Skarmory Steel Flying 27 0227 Skarmory Steel Flying 28 0331 Cacnea Grass 33 0332 Cacturne Grass Dark 35 0386 Deoxys Psychic 33 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0138 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Cloyster |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0315 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Roselia
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Cacnea, Cacturne |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0361 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Snorunt
| colspan="2" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice | style="background: #FFF" | Roselia, Roserade |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0406 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Budew
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Cacnea, Cacturne

|- | colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. |} |}

In the anime

File:Bonsly Spikes.jpg Spikes File:Spikes setup anime.png Set up File:Spikes effect anime.png Effect File:Skarmory Spikes.png Skarmory
The user lays a trap of spikes at the foe's feet.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Pineco spins around and purple spikes come out of its body and hit the opponent.
Brock's Pineco	Ariados, Amigos		Debut
	Forretress spins around and glowing white spikes comes out of its body and hits the opponent, or Forretress fires black spikes at the opponent that surround it. When the opponent gets pricked by them, it hurts them.
Brock's Forretress	A Tail with a Twist		None
	Skarmory spins around and glowing red spikes comes out of its body and lands around the opponent. Pokémon switching in takes damage.
Barry's Skarmory	DP184		None

In other languages

• Spanish: Púas
• German: Stachler
• Italian: Punte

Variations of the move Spikes
Spikes • Stealth Rock • Toxic Spikes • Sticky Web