Needle Arm (move)

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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
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 (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.

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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.

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 other languages

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


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