Pin Missile (move)
| Pin Missile ミサイルばり Missile Needle | ||||||||||||
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Pin Missile (Japanese: ミサイルばり Missile Needle) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.
Effect
Generation I
Pin Missile inflicts damage, hitting the target between 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. Although only the first hit can be a critical hit, each hit per use will deal the same amount of damage.
Pin Missile will end immediately if it breaks a Substitute. Bide and Counter will only acknowledge one hit of this move.
Generation II and III
Same as Generation I, but all hits will do damage independently, consequently enabling any of them to be critical.
Generation IV
Same as the previous generations, except it will continue attacking after a Substitute is broken.
Generation V
Unlike previous generations, if Focus Sash, Focus Band, or Sturdy activate before the last hit is dealt, the following hit will cause the defending Pokémon to faint. Each hit will also cause Weak Armor to activate.
Learnset
Generation I
By leveling up
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Generation II
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0204
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Pineco
| colspan="2" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug
| style="background: #FFF" | Beedrill
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| colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.
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Generation III
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0204
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Pineco
| colspan="2" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug
| style="background: #FFF" | Beedrill
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0315
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Roselia
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison
| style="background: #FFF" | Cacnea, Cacturne
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| colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.
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Generation IV
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0204
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Pineco
| colspan="2" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug
| style="background: #FFF" | Beedrill
Spinarak, Ariados
Skorupi, Drapion
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0315
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Roselia
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison
| style="background: #FFF" | Cacnea, Cacturne
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0406
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Budew
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison
| style="background: #FFF" | Roselia, Roserade
Cacnea, Cacturne
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| colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.
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Generation V
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0204
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Pineco
| colspan="2" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug
| style="background: #FFF" | Beedrill
Spinarak, Ariados
Skorupi, Drapion
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0315
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Roselia
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison
| style="background: #FFF" | Cacnea, Cacturne
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0406
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Budew
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison
| style="background: #FFF" | Roselia, Roserade
Cacnea, Cacturne
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0543
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Venipede
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#9141CB" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Poison
| style="background: #FFF" | Beedrill
Spinarak, Ariados
Skorupi, Drapion
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0595
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Joltik
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#FAC000" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Electric
| style="background: #FFF" | Beedrill
Spinarak, Ariados
Skorupi, Drapion
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| colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.
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In the anime
 Skorupi | |||
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| Pokémon | Method | ||
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Jolteon's fur becomes spiky and it fires yellow needles from its fur at the opponent. | ||
| Sparky's Jolteon | The Battling Eevee Brothers | Debut | |
| Ethan's Jolteon | Get Along, Little Pokémon | None | |
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Qwilfish sucks up water to make its body expand. Then, it glows white and shoots white needles from its body at the opponent. As it's shooting the Pin Missiles, its body shrinks back to regular size. | ||
| Harrison's Qwilfish | Dueling Heroes | None | |
| Dorian's Qwilfish | Just Add Water | None | |
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The two large stingers on Beedrill's arms glow white and they release multiple white needles or large needles the size of the arm 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 | |
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Cacnea points one or two of its arms out and the dark green spikes on its hands glow white. It then shoots a barrage of white needles at the opponent. Sometimes the pins are fired from the dark spines in its head. | ||
| James's Cacnea | A Poached Ego! | None | |
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Cacturne releases multiple white glowing pins from the dark green patches on its arms and legs at the opponent. | ||
| Harley's Cacturne | Rhapsody in Drew | None | |
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Drapion's claws glow white and it releases multiple glowing white pins from them at the opponent. It can also releases glowing white pins from the claw at the end of its tail. | ||
| J's Drapion | Ill-Will Hunting! | None | |
| Aaron's Drapion | A Trainer and Child Reunion! | None | |
| Paul's Drapion | Familiarity Breeds Strategy! | None | |
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The ball on Mime Jr.'s head glow white. Its hands also glow white and it releases glowing white pins from its hands at the opponent. | ||
| James's Mime Jr. | Dawn's Early Night! | Used via Mimic | |
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The claws on Skorupi's arms glow white and it fires multiple white pins from the claws at the opponent. | ||
| A Coordinator's Skorupi | Another One Gabites the Dust! | None | |
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
 Jolteon
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| The user fires pins from their body at the opponent. | |||
| Pokémon | Method | ||
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Jolteon fires multiple large triangle-shaped pins from the collar around its neck at the opponent. | ||
| Red's Vee | Clefabulous Clefable | Debut | |
In other languages
- Chinese: 飛彈針 Fēidàn Zhēn
- Dutch: Naaldraket
- Finnish: Neulaohjus, Piikkiohjus
- French: Dard-nuée
- German: Nadelrakete
- Greek: Βελόνες Πύραυλοι
- Italian: Missilspillo
- Korean: 바늘미사일 Bineul Missile
- Norwegian: Nålestikk
- Portuguese (Brazilian): Míssil de Espinhos
- Portuguese (European): Ataque Míssil
- Spanish: Pin Misil
- Spanish (Latin American): Misil Aguja (anime)
- Serbian: Bodljikavi Projektil
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