Coil (move)

Coil とぐろをまく Coil Around

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Battles Type  Poison Category  Status PP  20 (max. 32) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  0 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Self: Affects the user

Availability Introduced  Generation V

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

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Coil (Japanese: とぐろをまく Coil Around) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation V.

Effect

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

Learnset

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0023 Ekans Poison 44 0024 Arbok Poison 53 0206 Dunsparce Normal 43 0336 Seviper Poison 64 0495 Snivy Grass 31 0496 Servine Grass 36 0497 Serperior Grass 38 0603 Eelektrik Electric 54 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Trivia

• Coil, along with Quiver Dance 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.
• Eelektrik is the only Pokémon to learn Coil that is not based on a snake.

In other languages

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