String Shot (move)

String Shot いとをはく Spit Thread

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Battles Type  Bug Category  Status PP  40 (max. 64) Power  — Accuracy  95% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally Affects all adjacent foes, but not allies

Availability Introduced  Generation I Move Tutor in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver

Contests Category  Smart Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  3 ♥♥♥ Startles the Pokémon that appealed before the user.

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 non-damaging Bug-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

String Shot decreases the target's Speed stat by one stage.

String Shot hits both opponents in a Double Battle. In a Triple Battle, String Shot will only hit opposing adjacent Pokémon.

Description

Games Description StadStad2 Strings are sprayed out and wrapped around the target to reduces its Speed. GSC A move that lowers the foe's Speed. RSEColo.XD Binds the foe with string to reduce its Speed. FRLG The foe is bound with strings shot from the mouth to reduce its Speed. DPPtHGSS The foe is bound with silk blown from the user’s mouth. It reduces the target’s Speed stat. BWB2W2 The targets are bound with silk blown from the user's mouth. This silk reduces the targets' Speed stat.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
010		Caterpie	Bug		Bug	--			--			--			--				--
013		Weedle	Bug	Poison	--			--			--			--				--
167		Spinarak	Bug	Poison	no			--			--			--				--
168		Ariados	Bug	Poison	no			--			--			--				--
265		Wurmple	Bug		Bug	no			no			--			--				--
540		Sewaddle	Bug	Grass	no			no			no			no				--
541		Swadloon	Bug	Grass	no			no			no			no				--
542		Leavanny	Bug	Grass	no			no			no			no				--
595		Joltik	Bug	Electric	no			no			no			no				--
596		Galvantula	Bug	Electric	no			no			no			no				--
636		Larvesta	Bug	Fire	no			no			no			no				--
637		Volcarona	Bug	Fire	no			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.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					I		II		III		IV		V
636		Larvesta	Bug	Fire	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.

By Move Tutor

#	Pokémon		Type		Game
					DP	Pt	HGSS
001		Bulbasaur	Grass	Poison									✔
002		Ivysaur	Grass	Poison									✔
003		Venusaur	Grass	Poison									✔
010		Caterpie	Bug		Bug									✔
011		Metapod	Bug		Bug									✔
012		Butterfree	Bug	Flying									✔
013		Weedle	Bug	Poison									✔
014		Kakuna	Bug	Poison									✔
015		Beedrill	Bug	Poison									✔
046		Paras	Bug	Grass									✔
047		Parasect	Bug	Grass									✔
048		Venonat	Bug	Poison									✔
049		Venomoth	Bug	Poison									✔
127		Pinsir	Bug		Bug									✔
151		Mew	Psychic		Psychic									✔
165		Ledyba	Bug	Flying									✔
166		Ledian	Bug	Flying									✔
167		Spinarak	Bug	Poison									✔
168		Ariados	Bug	Poison									✔
193		Yanma	Bug	Flying									✔
204		Pineco	Bug		Bug									✔
205		Forretress	Bug	Steel									✔
213		Shuckle	Bug	Rock									✔
223		Remoraid	Water		Water									✔
224		Octillery	Water		Water									✔
226		Mantine	Water	Flying									✔
265		Wurmple	Bug		Bug									✔
266		Silcoon	Bug		Bug									✔
267		Beautifly	Bug	Flying									✔
268		Cascoon	Bug		Bug									✔
269		Dustox	Bug	Poison									✔
283		Surskit	Bug	Water									✔
284		Masquerain	Bug	Flying									✔
290		Nincada	Bug	Ground									✔
291		Ninjask	Bug	Flying									✔
292		Shedinja	Bug	Ghost									✔
313		Volbeat	Bug		Bug									✔
314		Illumise	Bug		Bug									✔
345		Lileep	Rock	Grass									✔
346		Cradily	Rock	Grass									✔
347		Anorith	Rock	Bug									✔
348		Armaldo	Rock	Bug									✔
401		Kricketot	Bug		Bug									✔
402		Kricketune	Bug		Bug									✔
412		Burmy	Bug		Bug									✔
413		Wormadam Plant Cloak	Bug	Grass									✔
413		Wormadam Sandy Cloak	Bug	Ground									✔
413		Wormadam Trash Cloak	Bug	Steel									✔
414		Mothim	Bug	Flying									✔
415		Combee	Bug	Flying									✔
416		Vespiquen	Bug	Flying									✔
422		Shellos	Water		Water									✔
423		Gastrodon	Water	Ground									✔
469		Yanmega	Bug	Flying									✔
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

Leavanny	Ariados	Caterpie, Weedle, Metapod and Kakuna	Larvesta
The foe is bound with silk blown from the user's mouth.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Caterpie	Caterpie shoots white string from its mouth at the opponent, tying them up. Caterpie can also shoot it from its rear end to hang from trees.
Ash's Caterpie	Ash Catches a Pokémon!		Debut
Multiple Caterpie from the Azalea Gym	Gettin' the Bugs Out		None
Bucky's Caterpie	The Dunsparce Deception		None
Multiple wild Caterpie	Celebi: Voice of the Forest		None
Multiple wild Caterpie	For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll!		None
Xander's Caterpie	Caterpie's Big Dilemma		None
A wild Caterpie	BW130		None
Spinarak	Spinarak shoots a white string from its mouth or its abdomen and ties the opponent up.
Officer Jenny's Spinarak	Spinarak Attack		None
Bugsy's Spinarak	Gettin' the Bugs Out		None
A wild Spinarak	Pikachu and Pichu		None
Dr. Anna's Spinarak	Hassle in the Castle		None
Multiple wild Spinarak	Ariados, Amigos		None
Multiple wild Spinarak	Celebi: Voice of the Forest		None
Multiple wild Spinarak	For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll!		None
Three wild Spinarak	Hocus Pokémon		None
A wild Spinarak	Abandon Ship!		None
Sebastian's Spinarak	The Treasure Is All Mine!		None
Metapod	Metapod shoots white string from the middle of its body and ties up the opponent.
Multiple Metapod from the Azalea Gym	Gettin' the Bugs Out		None
Weedle	Weedle shoots white string from its mouth and ties up the opponent.
Multiple Weedle from the Azalea Gym	Gettin' the Bugs Out		None
Multiple wild Weedle	Celebi: Voice of the Forest		None
Multiple wild Weedle	For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll!		None
Kakuna	Kakuna shoots white string from the hole right below its head at the opponent, tying it up. It can also shoot string from the back of its head to hang from trees.
Multiple Kakuna from the Azalea Gym	Gettin' the Bugs Out		None
Ariados	Ariados shoots multiple white strings from its mouth or its abdomen at the opponent, tying it up.
Tōkichi's Ariados	Ariados, Amigos		None
Multiple wild Ariados	For Ho-Oh the Bells Toll!		None
Oakley's Ariados	Pokémon Heroes		None
Forrester Franklin's Ariados	All in a Day's Wurmple		None
Harley's Ariados	A Hurdle for Squirtle		None
Unknown Trainer's Ariados	From Cradle to Save		None
Multiple wild Ariados	Following a Maiden's Voyage!		None
J's Ariados	Mutiny in the Bounty!		None
An Ariados captured by Kellyn's Capture Styler	Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! Part 1		None
An Ariados Angie used briefly	One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team!		None
A wild Ariados	Historical Mystery Tour!		None
Multiple wild Ariados	SS024		None
Beautifly	Beautifly shoots a white string from its mouth at the opponent, tying it up.
Janet's Beautifly	All Things Bright and Beautifly!		None
May's Beautifly	Now That's Flower Power!		None
Wurmple	Wurmple shoots white string from its mouth at the opponent. It can also shoot string from in between the two large horns behind it to hang from trees.
May's Wurmple	All in a Day's Wurmple		None
Jessie's Wurmple	Which Wurmple's Which?		None
Silcoon	One of Silcoon's horns come out and it releases a thin white string from it and it can hang from it, or it shooots white string from the front of its face at the opponent, tying it up.
May's Silcoon	A Mudkip Mission		None
Cascoon	Cascoon releases a thin white string from the front of its face at the opponent, tying it up.
Jessie's Cascoon	The Three Team Scheme!		None
Skitty	Skitty releases a white string from a white orb on its paw at the opponent, tying it up.
May's Skitty	All Torkoal, No Play		Used via Assist
Sewaddle	Sewaddle releases a stream of white sticky string from its mouth at the opponent. It can also shoot string from the back of its head to hang from trees.
Ash's Sewaddle	Sewaddle and Burgh in Pinwheel Forest!		None
Leavanny	Leavanny releases a stream of sticky white string from its mouth at the opponent.
Burgh's Leavanny	Sewaddle and Burgh in Pinwheel Forest!		None
Ash's Leavanny	Rocking the Virbank Gym! Part 1		None
Unknown Trainer's Leavanny	Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot!		None
Swadloon	Swadloon opens its mouth and fires three or one white sticky strings from its mouth at the opponent. When the strings reach the opponent, they wrap themselves around its body.
Ash's Swadloon	Battling For The Love of Bug-Types!		None
Unknown Trainer's Swadloon	Lost at the Stamp Rally!		None
Unknown Trainer's Swadloon	Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot!		None
Larvesta	Larvesta releases a white stream of sticky string from its mouth at the opponent. When the string hits the opponent, it wraps itself around its body.
Luke's Larvesta	The Club Battle Hearts of Fury: Emolga Versus Sawk!		None
Galvantula	Galvantula releases a thick white stream of sticky string from its mouth at the opponent. When the string gets near the opponent, it wraps itself around its body.
Two wild Galvantula	Crisis at Chargestone Cave!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

	Caterpie	Galvantula
The user shoots white thread at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Caterpie	Caterpie shoots a thick white thread from its mouth at the opponent.
Yellow's Kitty	Ekans the Ecstasy		Debut
Galvantula	Galvantula shoots an electrically-charged thread from its mouth at the opponent.
Black's Tula	ABW34		None

In the Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure! manga

	Wurmple
The user shoots white thread at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Wurmple	Wurmple releases sticky thread from its mouth, tying up the opponent.
Team Galactic's Wurmple	Hareta's Very First Pokémon Battle		Debut

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

	Spinarak
The user shoots out string to bind the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Spinarak	Spinarak shoots out white string to tie up the foe.
Giovanni's Spinarak	Showdown at the Radio Tower!!		Debut

In the Pokémon RéBURST manga

	Galvantula
The user shoots white thread at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Galvantula	Galvantula releases sticky thread from its mandibles.
Tougo's Galvantula	RB05		Debut

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)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	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)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Trivia

• String Shot is the only Bug-type status move that can miss.
• Even though Larvesta can learn String Shot by leveling up, data entry in Black and White shows that it can also learn it via breeding.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 吐絲 Tǔsī Dutch Bindschot Finnish Rihmaisku (also used for Vine Whip) Narulaukaus (M05) French Sécrétion German Fadenschuss Greek Νηματική Έκκριση Hindi धागा छोरो Dhaga Choro Indonesian Benang Sutra Italian Millebave Korean 실뿜기 Silppumgi Polish Pajęcza Nić Portuguese Brazil Jato de Seda Tiro de Seda Portugal Arremesso de Teia Romanian Salva de Lovituri Serbian Struna Spanish Latin America Disparo Seda (Original Series) Ataque de Hilo (Advanced Generation Series) Lanza Seda (Diamond & Pearl series) Disparo de Seda (Best Wishes! series - present) Spain Disp. Demora

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