Needle Arm (move)

Needle Arm ニードルアーム Needle Arm

The user attacks by wildly swinging its thorny arms. It may also make the target flinch.

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 Affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation III Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

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

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

Needle Arm on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Needle Arm on Eevee's Movedex

Needle Arm (Japanese: ニードルアーム Needle Arm) is a damage-dealing Grass-type 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.

Learnset

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 331 Cacnea Grass 37 332 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 331 Cacnea Grass 45 332 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 the anime

	Cacturne
The user attacks by wildly swinging its thorny arms.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Cacnea	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	The dark green patches on Cacturne's arms and legs glow white and grow into huge needles.
Harley's Cacturne	A Hurdle for Squirtle		None
Mime Jr.	The ball on top of Mime Jr's head glows white, and both of its arms glow white as well.
James's Mime Jr.	Dawn's Early Night!		Used via Mimic

In other languages

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

This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move.