Pin Missile (move)

Pin Missile ミサイルばり Missile Needle

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Battles Type  Bug Category  Physical PP  20 (max. 32) Power  25 Accuracy  95% Priority  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Startles the Pokémon that has the Judge's attention.

Super Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Allows performance of the same move twice in a row.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Pin Missile (Japanese: ミサイルばり Missile Needle) is a damage-dealing Bug-type multi-strike move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Pin Missile inflicts damage, hitting the target 2-5 times per use. There is a 37.5% chance that it will hit 2 times, a 37.5% chance that it will hit 3 times, a 12.5% chance that it will hit 4 times, and a 12.5% chance that it will hit 5 times. Ignoring the possibility of missing, it will hit 3 times on average, giving it an average power of 42. Although only the first strike can be a critical hit, each successive one will deal the same amount of damage.

Pin Missile will end immediately if it breaks a substitute. Bide and Counter will only acknowledge the last strike of this move.

Pin Missile has a base power of 14 and an accuracy of 85%.

Generation II

All strikes now do damage independently, consequently enabling any of them to be critical.

Generation III

Pin Missile may now continue attacking after breaking a substitute.

Generation IV

Pokémon with the Ability Skill Link will always hit five times when using Pin Missile, if it does not miss. However, no Pokémon could naturally possess both Skill Link and Pin Missile until Generation VI.

Generation V

There is now a 33.3% chance that it will hit 2 times, a 33.3% chance it will hit 3 times, a 16.7% chance it will hit 4 times, and a 16.7% chance it will hit 5 times. Ignoring the possibility of missing, it will hit 3.168 times on average, giving it an average power of 44.352.

If a Focus Sash, Focus Band, or Sturdy activates before the last strike is dealt, the following strike will cause the defending Pokémon to faint. A Focus Band can still activate repeatedly to prevent fainting, but each chance is independent of the previous one.

If the target has Weak Armor, each strike will activate it.

Generation VI

Pin Missile now has a base power of 25 and an accuracy of 95%. Ignoring the possibility of missing, it will hit 3.168 times on average, giving it an average power of 79.2.

Description

Games Description An attack that fires many needle-like projectiles from the body. Strikes several times. Fires pins that strike 2-5 times. RSE Sharp pins are fired to strike 2 to 5 times. FRLG Sharp pins are shot at the foe and hit two to five times at once. PMDRB Inflicts damage on the target, even at a distance. It hits two to five times in succession. Sharp pins are shot at the foe in rapid succession. They hit two to five times in a row. Sharp spikes are shot at the target in rapid succession. They hit two to five times in a row.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
015		Beedrill	Bug	Poison	30			35			35			28				28			28
135		Jolteon	Electric		Electric	48	36	36			36			36				36	25	25
167		Spinarak	Bug	Poison										36				36			36
168		Ariados	Bug	Poison										41				41			41
211		Qwilfish	Water	Poison				28			28	21	37				37			37
214		Heracross	Bug	Fighting																	31
263		Zigzagoon	Normal		Normal							25			25				25			25 19
331		Cacnea	Grass		Grass							21			21				21			21 38
332		Cacturne	Grass	Dark							21			21				21			21 38
451		Skorupi	Poison	Bug										12				12	9	9
452		Drapion	Poison	Dark										--, 12		12	12	9	9
556		Maractus	Grass		Grass														10			10
597		Ferroseed	Grass	Steel														18			18
598		Ferrothorn	Grass	Steel														18			18
650		Chespin	Grass		Grass																	18
651		Quilladin	Grass		Grass																	20
652		Chesnaught	Grass	Fighting																	20
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.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
204		Pineco	Bug		Bug
315		Roselia	Grass	Poison
406		Budew	Grass	Poison
543		Venipede	Bug	Poison
595		Joltik	Bug	Electric
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 the anime

Jolteon Chespin Ferrothorn Drapion
The opponent is hit with a massive amount of pins.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Jolteon's fur becomes spiky and fires yellow needles at the opponent.
Sparky's Jolteon	The Battling Eevee Brothers		Debut
Ethan's Jolteon	Get Along, Little Pokémon		None
	Qwilfish sucks up water to expand its body. Then, it glows white and shoots white needles at the opponent, its body gradually shrinking to regular size.
Harrison's Qwilfish	Dueling Heroes		None
Dorian's Qwilfish	Just Add Water		None
	Beedrill's stingers glow white and shoot either multiple small, white needles or two large needles the size of its stingers at the opponent.
Jimmy's Beedrill	The Legend of Thunder!		None
Galen's two Beedrill	Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea		None
	The spikes on Cacnea's arms glow white and shoot either a barrage of white needles or white, arrow-shaped streams of pins at the opponent. Sometimes the pins are fired from the spikes on its head.
James's Cacnea	A Poached Ego!		None
	Cacturne shoots white streams of pins from its spikes at the opponent.
Harley's Cacturne	Rhapsody in Drew		None
	Drapion's claws glow white and are raised above its head, where a thin, white line forms and connects them. Drapion thrusts its claws forward and shoots white streams of pins at the opponent. It can also fire from its tail claw.
J's Drapion	Ill-Will Hunting!		None
Aaron's Drapion	A Trainer and Child Reunion!		None
Paul's Drapion	Familiarity Breeds Strategy!		None
	The ball on Mime Jr.'s head glows white. Its hands glow white and shoot white streams of pins at the opponent.
James's Mime Jr.	Dawn's Early Night!		Used via Mimic
	Skorupi's claws glow white and fire white, arrow-shaped streams of pins at the opponent.
A Coordinator's Skorupi	Another One Gabites the Dust!		None
	Maractus's claws glow white and fire three streams of white pins at the opponent. Maractus sometimes raises its arms before firing.
Toby's Marra	A Maractus Musical!		None
Toby's Racca	A Maractus Musical!		None
Toby's Tussy	A Maractus Musical!		None
	The ends of Ferrothorn's vines glow white and fire white, arrow-shaped streams at the opponent.
Cameron's Ferrothorn	The Road to Humilau!		None
	The spikes on Chespin's head stiffen and glow white. It then fires white orbs trailing green streams of light at the opponent.
Clemont's Chespin	Mega-Mega Meowth Madness!		None
Mairin's Chespie	Mega Evolution Special I		None

In the manga

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga

Jolteon Eevee
The user fires pins from their body at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	The fur on Jolteon's backside grows longer and sharper and points forward, then fires spear-like pins at the opponent.
Sparky's Jolteon	To Evolve or Not to Evolve, That is the Question!		Debut
	The fur on Eevee's backside and tail grows longer, sharpens, and points forward, then fires spear-like pins at the opponent.
Mikey's Eevee	To Evolve or Not to Evolve, That is the Question!		Used via Mimic

In the How I Became a Pokémon Card manga

• Jolteon was revealed to have used Pin Missile in PW31 but only the move itself was shown.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Jolteon Qwilfish
The user fires pins from their body at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Jolteon fires large, triangle-shaped pins from the white fur around its neck at the opponent.
Red's Vee	Clefabulous Clefable		Debut
	Qwilfish releases two beams of energy from its eyes at the opponent.
The Battle Factory's Qwilfish	Uprooting Seedot		None

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

Beedrill
The user attacks with its stingers.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Beedrill pokes its stingers at the opponent.
A wild Beedrill	Clefairy's New Power!		Debut

In the Pokémon Try Adventure manga

Drapion
The user fires spikes from their body at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Drapion fires large spikes from its body at the opponent.
Soro's Drapion	TA16		Debut

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, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

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, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

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, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Before Generation VI, Pin Missile was the only move with a base power of 14. It was also one of three moves in the core series games to have a base power that is not a multiple of 5, the other two being Comet Punch and Fury Swipes.
  • All of these moves happen to be multi-strike moves.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 飛彈針 Fēi​dàn​ Zhēn​ Danish Nålemissil Dutch Naaldraket Finnish Neulaohjus (original series) Piikkiohjus (Advanced Generation) French Dard-Nuée German Nadelrakete Greek Βλήματα Βελόνες Indonesian Jarum Rudal Peluru Jarum Italian Missilspillo Korean 바늘미사일 Bineul Missile Norwegian Nålestikk Polish Szpilo Pocisk Portuguese Brazil Míssil de Espinhos Portugal Ataque Míssil Míssil (Black and White series) Romanian Proiectilul Ascuțit Serbian Bodljikavi Projektil Spanish Latin America Misiles Aguja (EP040) Ataque Misil (EP101) Misil de Agua (EP216) Misiles Pin (EP256) Misil Aguja (TLoT, AG123-present) Spain Pin Misil

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