Spike Cannon (move)

Spike Cannon とげキャノン Spike Cannon

Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  15 (max. 24) Power  20 Accuracy  100% 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

Spike Cannon (Japanese: とげキャノン Spike Cannon) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 multi-hit move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generations I-III

Spike Cannon 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. Although only the first hit can be a critical hit, each hit per use will deal the same amount of damage.

Spike Cannon will end immediately if it breaks a Substitute. Bide and Counter will only acknowledge the last hit of this move.

Generation IV and on

The effects are the same as the previous generations, except it will continue attacking after a Substitute is broken.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
091		Cloyster	Water	Ice	50			41			41	43	40				13			'
138		Omanyte	Rock	Water	46																'
139		Omastar	Rock	Water	44			40			40			40				40			'
222		Corsola	Water	Rock				31			28			40				40			'
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

Corsola Cloyster
Sharp spikes are fired at the foe in rapid succession.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Corsola's whole body glows white and its points all the horns on its body toward the opponent. It then fires multiple white spikes from its horns at the opponent. Sometimes, its body just becomes outlined in white before attacking.
Professor Elm's Corsola	Around the Whirlpool		Debut
Misty's Corsola	A Corsola Caper!		None
Multiple Corsola trained by Andrea	A Corsola Caper!		None
A Coordinator's Corsola	Yes in Dee Dee, It's Dawn!		None
	Cloyster closes its shell and the shell glows white. Cloyster then fires multiple white spikes from the shell at the opponent.
Kyle's Cloyster	Staging a Heroes' Welcome!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

File:Cloyster Spike Cannon Adventures.png Cloyster
The user fires a spike or horn at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Cloyster fires the horn on its head at the opponent. A new horn then appears and takes its place.
Lorelei's Cloyster	Cloystered		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

Trivia

• Despite being a Normal-type move, no Normal-type Pokémon (besides Smeargle) can legally learn this move, meaning that Smeargle is the only Pokémon to get a STAB from it.
• All of the Pokémon capable of learning this move naturally are part Template:Type2 and in the Water 3 egg group.

In other languages

Language Title Dutch Spijkerkanon Finnish Piikkitykki French Picanon German Dornkanone Greek Κανόνι Ακίδων Italian Sparalance Korean 가시대포 Gasi Daepo Serbian Bacač Šiljaka Spanish Clavo Cañón

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