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Effect
Generation III to VII
Needle Arm inflicts damage and has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch . In Generation III only, Needle Arm will deal double the damage if its target had previously used Minimize .
Generation VIII onwards
Needle Arm cannot be selected in a battle.
Description
Games
Description
R S E Colo XD
Attacks with thorny arms. May cause flinching.
FR LG
An attack using thorny arms. It may make the foe flinch.
D P Pt HG SS PBR B W B2 W2
The user attacks by wildly swinging its thorny arms. It may also make the target flinch.
X Y OR AS S M US UM P E
The user attacks by wildly swinging its thorny arms. This may also make the target flinch.
Sw Sh BD SP LA S V
This move can't be used. It's recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can't be remembered.
Learnset
In other games
Needle Arm deals damage and may cause the enemy to flinch .
Game
Base Power
Max Power
Base PP
Max PP
Base Accuracy
Max Accuracy
Range
Target
Cuts corners
MD R B
12
-
11
-
88%
-
Front
Enemy
No
MD T D
12
-
11
-
88%
-
Front
Enemy
No
MD S
36
-
11
-
88%
-
Front
Enemy
No
B S L
36
-
11
-
88%
-
Front
Enemy
No
S MD
8
99
20
40
95%
98%
Front
Enemy
No
With some exceptions, Pokémon learnsets match those from the core series games:
Needle Arm
★★★
Attack power
33.04546
Charge time
0.54 seconds
Range type
Square
Number of hits
1
Number of projectiles
1
Critical hit rate
1.5%
Additional effect
May flinch the foe
Description
Games
Description
MD R B
Inflicts damage on the target. It may also cause the target to cringe, making it incapable of action.
MD T D S
Inflicts damage on the target. It may also afflict the targeted enemy with a Cringe status condition, which makes its actions fail.
B S L
てきポケモンに ダメージをあたえる しかも いっていのかくりつで ひるみじょうたいにして わざや こうげきを だせなくする
MD GtI
UNUSED
S MD
It damages an enemy. It could also cause the enemy to flinch.
In the anime
In the manga
Let's Play the Pokémon Card Game XY!
Chesnaught
The user stabs the opponent with its needle-like fingers.
Pokémon
Method
User
First Chapter Used In
Notes
Chesnaught stabs the opponent with its needle-like fingers.
Hiroshi's Chesnaught
CXY01
Debut
Pokémon Adventures
Cacturne
The user releases long needles from its arm at the opponent.
Pokémon
Method
User
First Chapter Used In
Notes
Cacturne reaches out one of its arms and releases multiple long needles from its hand, stabbing the opponent with them.
Wally's Cacturne
Talk About Timing, Treecko
Debut
In other generations
Core series games
Side series games
Spin-off series games
Trivia
In other languages