Spikes (move)

Spikes まきびし Caltrop

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

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Other Side: Affects the opponent's side of the field

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

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0   Makes all Pokémon after the user nervous.

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Prevents the Voltage from going up in the same turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Spikes (Japanese: まきびし Spikes) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation II. Prior to Pokémon Crystal, it was the signature move of the Pineco evolutionary line.

Effect

Generation II

Spikes sets spikes around the enemy team's field. Pokémon who switch into the spike-ridden field take 12.5% of their maximum HP in damage. Template:Type2 Pokémon are immune to this damage. The move Rapid Spin removes spikes around the user.

Generation III

Spikes can now be set up to three times, each increasing the damage done to the opponent upon switching in. One layer of Spikes will damage the opponent Pokémon by 12.5% of its maximum HP, two layers will deal 18.75%, and three layers will deal 25%. Levitate will prevent spike damage.

Generation IV

The move Defog will remove spikes around its target.

Generation V

Spikes can now be reflected with Magic Coat.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

Spikes creates a Spiked Tile underneath the user.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0091 Cloyster Water Ice 33 0204 Pineco Bug 43 0205 Forretress Bug Steel 49 0211 Qwilfish Water Poison -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By event

#   Pokémon Type Obtained with 0225 Delibird Ice Flying New York City Pokémon Center Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0091 Cloyster Water Ice 33 0091 Cloyster Water Ice 36 0204 Pineco Bug 43 0205 Forretress Bug Steel 49 0211 Qwilfish Water Poison -- 0227 Skarmory Steel Flying 42 0331 Cacnea Grass 33 0332 Cacturne Grass Dark 35 0386 Deoxys Psychic 20 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0138 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Cloyster |- | 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 |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0361 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Snorunt
| colspan="2" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice | style="background: #FFF" | Roselia

|- | 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. |} |}

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0091 Cloyster Water Ice 28 0204 Pineco Bug 23 0204 Pineco Bug 28 0205 Forretress Bug Steel 23 0205 Forretress Bug Steel 28 0211 Qwilfish Water Poison -- 0227 Skarmory Steel Flying 27 0227 Skarmory Steel Flying 28 0331 Cacnea Grass 33 0332 Cacturne Grass Dark 35 0386 Deoxys Psychic 33 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0138 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Cloyster |- | 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 |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0361 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Snorunt
| colspan="2" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice | style="background: #FFF" | Roselia, Roserade |- | 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" | Cacnea, Cacturne

|- | 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. |} |}

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0091 Cloyster Water Ice 28 0204 Pineco Bug 28 0205 Forretress Bug Steel 28 0211 Qwilfish Water Poison -- 0227 Skarmory Steel Flying 28 0331 Cacnea Grass 33 0332 Cacturne Grass Dark 35 0386 Deoxys Psychic 33 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0138 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Omanyte
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#2980EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Water | style="background: #FFF" | Cloyster |- | 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 |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0361 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Snorunt
| colspan="2" style="background:#3DCEF3; text-align: center;" | Ice | style="background: #FFF" | Roselia, Roserade |- | 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" | Cacnea, Cacturne |- | 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" | Pineco, Forretress |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0556 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Maractus
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Cacnea, Cacturne |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0557 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Dwebble
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Pineco, Forretress |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0568 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Trubbish
| colspan="2" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison | style="background: #FFF" | Dwebble, Crustle, Ferroseed, Ferrothorn |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0597 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Ferroseed
| colspan="1" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass || style="background:#60A1B8" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Steel | style="background: #FFF" | Cacnea, Cacturne |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0616 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shelmet
| colspan="2" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | Pineco, Forretress

|- | 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. |} |}

In the anime

File:Skarmory Spikes.png Skarmory File:Spikes setup anime.png Set up File:Spikes effect anime.png Effect File:Forretress Spikes.png Forretress
The user lays a trap of spikes at the foe's feet.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Pineco spins around and purple spikes come out of its body and hit the opponent.
Brock's Pineco	Ariados, Amigos		Debut
	Forretress spins around and glowing white spikes comes out of its body and hit the opponent, or Forretress fires black spikes at the opponent that surround it. When the opponent gets pricked by them, it hurts them.
Brock's Forretress	A Tail with a Twist		None
	Skarmory spins its body rapidly and multiple glowing metallic red spikes come out of its body and fall onto the battlefield. The spikes sink into the ground when they land. When the opponent switches to another Pokémon, small explosions go off under their feet, hurting them.
Barry's Skarmory	Casting a Paul on Barry!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Forretress Spikes Adventures.png Forretress
The user spins its body around rapidly and releases multiple spikes onto the battlefield.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Forretrees spins its body rapidly, and multiple pyramid-shaped spikes come out of its body and onto the battlefield. The spikes make the opponent's movements restricted, or Forretress shoots out spikes from the horns sticking out of its body and onto the battleifield.
The Pokémon Association's Forretress	Forretress of Solitude		Debut
Janine's Forretress	Crossing Crobat		None
Carr's Forretress	Breaking the Restraint		None

In other languages

• Chinese: 滿地星 Mǎn​dì​xīng​
• French: Picots
• German: Stachler
• Greek: Καρφιά
• Italian: Punte
• Korean: 압정뿌리기 Apjeong Ppurigi
• Spanish: Púas
• Serbian: Šiljci

Variations of the move Spikes
Spikes • Stealth Rock • Toxic Spikes • Sticky Web

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