Silk Trap (move)

Silk Trap スレッドトラップ Thread Trap

Battles Type  Bug Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) 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 one of the signature moves of Spidops.

Effect

Main article: Protection

Silk Trap protects the user from all effects of physical and special moves that target it during the turn it is used. If Silk Trap blocks an attack that would make contact with the user, the attacker's Speed stat is lowered by one stage. (Moves that are blocked do not activate other effects that require making contact, like Rocky Helmet or Rough Skin.)

If the user goes last in the turn, the move will fail. The chance that Silk Trap will succeed also drops each time the user successfully and consecutively uses Endure, any protection move that only affects the user, Quick Guard, or Wide Guard. Each time, the chance of success is divided by 3.

Some moves will do damage through Silk Trap. Moves that break protection, like Feint, will do their full damage and remove the effects of Silk Trap. The Ability Unseen Fist allows contact moves to bypass Silk Trap.

Silk Trap is an increased priority move that will go before most attacks in a turn.

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
0918		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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