Needle Arm (move)

Needle Arm
ニードルアーム Needle Arm

Battles

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

Target

Foe	Foe	Foe
Self	Ally	Ally
May affect anyone but the user

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

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.

#	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.

#	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.

Pokémon	Method
File:Csporecombination.png Cacturne
The user attacks by wildly swinging its thorny arms.
User	First Used In	Notes
	One of Cacnea's arms glow white. It swings its arm and hits the opponent with it.
James's Cacnea	A Mudkip Mission	Debut
	Cacturne's arms and limbs glow white and produce needles to strike the foe.
Harley's Cacturne	Rhapsody in Drew!	None