Twineedle (move)
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| Twineedle ダブルニードル Double Needle | ||||||||||||
| The foe is stabbed twice by a pair of stingers. It may also poison the target. | ||||||||||||
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Twineedle (Japanese: ダブルニードル Double Needle) is a damage-dealing Bug-type move introduced in Generation I. It is Beedrill's signature move.
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Effect
Generation I
Twineedle does damage, and has a 19.9% chance of poisoning the target. Twineedle hits twice per use. Though technically only the first hit can critical hit, each hit per use will do the same amount of damage.
Twineedle will end immediately if it breaks a Substitute. Bide and Counter will only acknowledge one hit of this move.
Twineedle can't poison a target that has a Substitute, already has a major status ailment, or is a Poison-type.
Generation II
Same as Generation I, but a 20% chance of causing poisoning instead.
Generation III
Same as Generation II, but it cannot poison Steel- and Poison-types.
Generation IV
Same as Generation III, except it will continue attacking after a Substitute is broken.
In the anime
 Beedrill using Twineedle |
Pokémon
Beedrill. Beedrill charges at the foe with its enlarged stingers, or it repeatedly tries to stab the opponent with them.
- Used by a wild Beedrill in Challenge of the Samurai Debut.
- Used by a wild Beedrill in The Purr-fect Hero.
- Used by Jeanette Fisher's Beedrill in The Fourth Round Rumble.
- Used by an Unknown Trainer's Beedrill in A Shipful of Shivers.
Learnset
Generation I
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 015 | 
| Beedrill | Bug | Poison | 20 |
| 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 II
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 015 |
| Beedrill | Bug | Poison | 20 |
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 015 |
| Beedrill | Bug | Poison | 20 |
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 015 |
| Beedrill | Bug | Poison | 16 |
| Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move. | |||||
Trivia
- Twineedle is the only Bug-type move so far that can poison.
- Twineedle is the only move that can poison a Steel-type Pokémon, as it is a Bug-type move. However, this only works in Generation II.
In other languages
- Brazilian Portuguese: Agulhas Gêmeas
- Spanish: Doble Ataque
- French: Double-dard
- German: Duonadel
- Italian: Doppio Ago
| This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move. |
