Needle Arm (move)

Needle Arm ニードルアーム Needle Arm

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Battles Type  Grass Category  Physical PP  15 (max. 24) Power  60 Accuracy  100% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)

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

Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  4 ♥♥♥♥ Badly startles the Pokémon in front.

Super Contests Condition  Smart Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Smart Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Needle Arm (Japanese: ニードルアーム Needle Arm) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III. It is the signature move of Cacnea and Cacturne.

Effect

Needle Arm inflicts damage and has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.

In the anime

Cacnea. Cacnea's limbs glow white, then Cacnea strikes the foe.

• Used by James's Cacnea from A Poached Ego! to Once There Were Greenfields.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0331 Cacnea Grass 37 0332 Cacturne Grass Dark 41 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 IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0331 Cacnea Grass 45 0332 Cacturne Grass Dark 53 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In other languages

• Spanish: Brazo Pincho
• German: Nietenranke
• French: Poing dard