Spider Web (move)

Spider Web クモのす Spider Web

The user ensnares the foe with a thin, gooey silk so it can't flee from battle.

Battles Type  Bug Category  Status PP  10 (max. 16) Power  — Accuracy  —% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect either foe, but not the ally

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

Contests Category  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  0 Makes all Pokémon after the user nervous.

Super Contests Category  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Prevents the Voltage from going up in the same turn.

Spider Web on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Spider Web on Eevee's Movedex

Spider Web (Japanese: クモのす Spider Web) is a non-damaging Bug-type move introduced in Generation II. It is the signature move of the Spinarak evolution family.

Effect

Spider Web prevents the target from switching out. The effect applies as long as the user remains in battle. The target can still switch out by using Baton Pass, but in that case, the Pokémon that switches in will become trapped.

If the user switches out using Baton Pass, the effects of Spider Web will still apply to the target. Also, if the target is hit with Roar or Whirlwind, they will still be switched out.

If a wild Pokémon uses Spider Web on the player's Pokémon, the player will be unable to escape, unless the player's Pokémon has Run Away.

Learnset

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 167 Spinarak Bug Poison 37 168 Ariados Bug Poison 43 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 III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 167 Spinarak Bug Poison 37 168 Ariados Bug Poison 43 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 167 Spinarak Bug Poison 29 168 Ariados Bug Poison 32 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

	Ariados
The user ensnares the foe with a thin, gooey silk so it can't flee.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Spinarak	Spinarak shoots multiple string shots and eventually they form into a spider web.
Officer Jenny's Spinarak	Spinarak Attack		Debut
Ariados	White string is shot from its mouth or back. The string then splits to form a web.
Tōkichi's Ariados	Ariados, Amigos		None
Harley's Ariados	The Saffron Con		None
Multiple wild Ariados	Following a Maiden's Voyage!		None
Multiple wild Ariados	Stopped in the Name of Love!		None
Multiple wild Ariados	DP140		None

In other languages

• French: Toile
• German: Spinnennetz
• Italian: Ragnatela
• Spanish: Telaraña
• Brazilian Portuguese: Teia de Aranha

Variations on the move Mean Look
	Mean Look | Spider Web | Block

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