Pin Missile (move)

Pin Missile ミサイルばり Missile Needle

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Battles Type  Bug Category  Physical PP  20 (max. 32) Power  14 Accuracy  85% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Category  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Startles the Pokémon that has the Judge's attention.

Super Contests Category  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Allows performance of the same move twice in a row.

Pin Missile on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Pin Missile on Eevee's Movedex

Pin Missile (Japanese: ミサイルばり Missile Needle) is a damage-dealing Bug-type multi-hit move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Pin Missile inflicts damage, hitting the target between 2-5 times per use. There is a 37.5% chance that it will hit 2 times, a 37.5% chance that it will hit 3 times, a 12.5% chance that it will hit 4 times, and a 12.5% chance that it will hit 5 times. Therefore, on average the attack will hit three times, with a total base power of 42. Although only the first hit can be a critical hit, each hit per use will deal the same amount of damage.

Pin Missile will end immediately if it breaks a Substitute. Bide and Counter will only acknowledge one hit of this move.

Generation II and III

Same as Generation I, but all hits will do damage independently, consequently enabling any of them to be critical.

Generation IV

Same as the previous generations, except it will continue attacking after a Substitute is broken.

Generation V

Unlike previous generations, if Focus Sash, Focus Band, or Sturdy activate before the last hit is dealt, the following hit will cause the defending Pokémon to faint. Each hit will also cause Weak Armor to activate.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
015		Beedrill	Bug	Poison	30			35			35			28				28
135		Jolteon	Electric		Electric	48	36	36			36			36				36
211		Qwilfish	Water	Poison	no			28			28	21	37				37
263		Zigzagoon	Normal		Normal	no			no			25			25				25
331		Cacnea	Grass		Grass	no			no			21			21				21
332		Cacturne	Grass	Dark	no			no			21			21				21
167		Spinarak	Bug	Poison	no			no			no			36				36
168		Ariados	Bug	Poison	no			no			no			41				41
451		Skorupi	Poison	Bug	no			no			no			12				12
452		Drapion	Poison	Dark	no			no			no			--, 12				12
556		Maractus	Grass		Grass	no			no			no			no				10
597		Ferroseed	Grass	Steel	no			no			no			no				18
598		Ferrothorn	Grass	Steel	no			no			no			no				18
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					I		II		III		IV		V
204		Pineco	Bug		Bug
315		Roselia	Grass	Poison	no
406		Budew	Grass	Poison	no			no
543		Venipede	Bug	Poison	no			no			no
595		Joltik	Bug	Electric	no			no			no
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In the anime

Jolteon	Cacnea	Skorupi	Drapion
The opponent is hit with a massive amount of pins.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Jolteon	Jolteon's fur becomes spiky and it fires yellow needles from its fur at the opponent.
Sparky's Jolteon	The Battling Eevee Brothers		Debut
Ethan's Jolteon	Get Along, Little Pokémon		None
Qwilfish	Qwilfish sucks up water to make its body expand. Then, it glows white and shoots white needles from its body at the opponent. As it's shooting the Pin Missiles, its body shrinks back to regular size.
Harrison's Qwilfish	Dueling Heroes		None
Dorian's Qwilfish	Just Add Water		None
Beedrill	Beedrill puts its arms in front of it and the arm stingers on its arms start to glow white. It then releases multiple white needles from the arm stingers all over the battlefield, or Beedrill's arm stingers start to glow white and it releases two large needles the size of the arm stingers at the opponent.
Jimmy's Beedrill	The Legend of Thunder!		None
Galen's two Beedrill	Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea		None
Cacnea	Cacnea points one or two of its arms out and the dark green spikes on its hands glow white. It then shoots a barrage of white needles at the opponent. Sometimes the pins are fired from the dark spines in its head.
James's Cacnea	A Poached Ego!		None
Cacturne	Cacturne releases multiple white glowing pins from the dark green patches on its arms and legs at the opponent.
Harley's Cacturne	Rhapsody in Drew		None
Drapion	Drapion's claws glow white and it releases multiple glowing white pins from them at the opponent. It can also releases glowing white pins from the claw at the end of its tail.
J's Drapion	Ill-Will Hunting!		None
Aaron's Drapion	A Trainer and Child Reunion!		None
Paul's Drapion	Familiarity Breeds Strategy!		None
Mime Jr.	The ball on Mime Jr.'s head glow white. Its hands also glow white and it releases glowing white pins from its hands at the opponent.
James's Mime Jr.	Dawn's Early Night!		Used via Mimic
Skorupi	The claws on Skorupi's arms glow white and it fires multiple white pins from the claws at the opponent.
A Coordinator's Skorupi	Another One Gabites the Dust!		None
Maractus	The claws on Maractus's arms glow white and it fires multiple white pins from the claws at the opponent.
Tobio's Maa-kun	BW053		None
Tobio's Raa-kun	BW053		None

In the manga

The Electric Tale of Pikachu

	Jolteon	Eevee
The user fires pins from their body at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Jolteon	Jolteon raises its backside in the air slightly and the fur around it grows longer and sharp. Jolteon then fires multiple spear-like pins from the spiked fur at the opponent.
Sparky's Jolteon	To Evolve or Not to Evolve, That is the Question!		Debut
Eevee	Eevee raises its backside in the air slightly and its grows longer and spikes out. Eevee then fires multiple spear-like pins from the spiked fur at the opponent.
Mikey's Eevee	To Evolve or Not to Evolve, That is the Question!		Used via Mimic

Pokémon Adventures

	Jolteon	Qwilfish
The user fires pins from their body at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Jolteon	Jolteon fires multiple large triangle-shaped pins from the collar around its neck at the opponent.
Red's Vee	Clefabulous Clefable		Debut
Qwilfish	Qwilfish releases two beams of energy from its eyes at the opponent.
The Battle Factory's Qwilfish	VS. Seedot		None

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (International)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (International)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (International)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (International)	HGSS	Generation V	BW	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (International)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (Alternative animation)	Battrio	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (International)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (International)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (International)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (International)	HGSS	Generation V	BW	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (International)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (Alternative animation)	Battrio	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Trivia

• Pin Missile is one of three moves in the main series games to have a base power that is not a multiple of 5, the other two being Comet Punch and Fury Swipes.
  • All of these moves happen to be multi-hit moves.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 飛彈針 Fēi​dàn​ Zhēn​ Danish Nålemissil Dutch Naaldraket Finnish Neulaohjus Piikkiohjus French Dard-Nuée German Nadelrakete Greek Βελόνες Πύραυλοι Indonesian Jarum Rudal Peluru Jarum Italian Missilspillo Korean 바늘미사일 Bineul Missile Norwegian Nålestikk Polish Szpilo Pocisk Portuguese Brazil Míssil de Espinhos Portugal Ataque Míssil Serbian Bodljikavi Projektil Spanish Latin America Misil Aguja (anime) Spain Pin Misil

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