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String Shot いとをはく
The foe is bound with silk blown from the user's mouth. It reduces the target's Speed stat.
Battles
Type	Bug
Category	Status
PP	40 (max. 64)
Power	—
Accuracy	95%
Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock
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Contests
Category	Smart
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Jam	3 ♥♥♥
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Super Contests
Category	Smart
Appeal	2 ♥♥
Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.
String Shot on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex String Shot on Eevee's Movedex

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

Contents 1 Effect 2 Learnset 2.1 Generation I 2.1.1 By leveling up 2.2 Generation II 2.2.1 By leveling up 2.3 Generation III 2.3.1 By leveling up 2.4 Generation IV 2.4.1 By leveling up 3 In other languages

Effect

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.

Learnset

Generation I

Generation II

Generation III

Generation IV

In other languages

Spanish: Disp. Demora. French: Sécrétion. German: Fadenschuss.

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