Silk Trap (move)

Silk Trap スレッドトラップ Thread Trap

Battles Type  Bug Category  Status PP  10 (max. ) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  +4 Does not make contact Not affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by Mirror Move Not affected by King's Rock

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

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

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

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

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

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation IX

Silk Trap (Japanese: スレッドトラップ Thread Trap) is a non-damaging Bug-type move introduced in Generation IX. It is the signature move of Spidops.

Effect

Silk Trap protects the user from any moves except status moves for that turn. Additionally, if Silk Trap blocks an attack that would make contact with the user, the attacker's Speed stat is lowered by one stage.

Using Silk Trap, Protect, Detect, Endure, Spiky Shield, King's Shield, Baneful Bunker, Wide Guard, Quick Guard, or Obstruct consecutively divides the chance of success of Protect, Detect, Endure, Spiky Shield, King's Shield, Baneful Bunker, Obstruct, and Silk Trap by 3 for each consecutive use, with a minimum (1/3)^6 (1/729 or ~0.1%) chance.

Description

Games Description SV The user spins a silken trap, protecting itself from damage while lowering the Speed stat of any attacker that makes direct contact.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
0000	Spidops	Spidops		Bug		Bug	Evo.
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 languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 線阱 Sinjehng Mandarin 線阱 / 线阱 Xiànjǐng French Piège de Fil German Fadenfalle Italian Telatrappola Korean 스레드트랩 Thread Trap Spanish Telatrampa

Variations of the move Protect
Protect • Detect • King's Shield • Spiky Shield • Baneful Bunker • Obstruct • Silk Trap • Burning Bulwark

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