Coil (move)

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Coil とぐろをまく Coil Up

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

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation V

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Tough Appeal  1 ♥ Jamming  0   Gets the Pokémon pumped up. Helps prevent nervousness too.

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

Coil (Japanese: とぐろをまく Coil Up) is a non-damaging Poison-type move introduced in Generation V.

Effect

Coil raises the user's Attack, Defense, and accuracy stats by one stage each.

If powered up by a Poisonium Z into Z-Coil, all of the user's lowered stats are reset.

Description

Games Description BWB2W2 XYORAS SM The user coils up and concentrates. This raises its Attack and Defense stats as well as its accuracy.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0023		Ekans		Field	Dragon	44	44	44
0024		Arbok		Field	Dragon	53	56	56
0162		Furret		Field		Field			1
0206		Dunsparce		Field		Field	43BW 37B2W2	37	28
0336		Seviper		Field	Dragon	64BW 49B2W2	48XY 46ORAS	44
0350		Milotic		Water 1	Dragon		44ORAS	41
0367		Huntail		Water 1		Water 1		45ORAS	45
0368		Gorebyss		Water 1		Water 1		45ORAS	45
0495		Snivy		Field	Grass	31	31	31
0496		Servine		Field	Grass	36	36	36
0497		Serperior		Field	Grass	38	38	38
0603		Eelektrik		Amorphous		Amorphous	54	54	54
0604		Eelektross		Amorphous		Amorphous		1	1
0718		Zygarde		style="text-align:center; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" width="140px" colspan="2" | Undiscovered	style="text-align:center; display:none; background:#Template:Undiscovered egg color;" | Undiscovered		80	72
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 generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Coil, along with Quiver Dance, Geomancy, and Shell Smash, are the only moves that raise three stats at once.
• This move, along with Hone Claws and Acupressure, are the only moves that raise the accuracy stat.

In other languages

Language Title Dutch Oprollen French Enroulement German Einrollen Italian Arrotola Korean 똬리틀기 Thoari Thulgi Brazilian Portuguese Enroscar Spanish Enrosque

Variations of the move Quiver Dance
Quiver Dance • Coil • Victory Dance

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