String Shot
いとをはく Spit Thread

Battles

Type	Bug
Category	Status
PP	40 (max. 64)
Power	—
Accuracy	95%
Priority	{{{priority}}}
Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target

Foe	Foe	Foe
Self	Ally	Ally
Does not affect any Pokémon*

Availability

Introduced	[[Generation {{{gen}}}]]
Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests

Condition	Smart
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Jam	3 ♥♥♥
???

Super Contests

Condition	Smart
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Smart
Appeal	0
Jamming	0

On Smogon's Movedex:
- Generation IX

String Shot (Japanese: いとをはく Spit Thread) is a slightly inaccurate non-damaging Bug-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

String Shot decreases the opponent's speed by 1 level.

String Shot will do nothing if the opponent's speed has reached a level of -6 or a value of 1, and will fail if the opponent has a substitute or is under the effect of Mist.