Twineedle (move)

Twineedle ダブルニードル Double Needle

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Battles Type  Bug Category  Physical PP  20 (max. 32) Power  25 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not 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  3 ♥♥♥ Startles the Pokémon that appealed before the user.

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

Twineedle on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Twineedle on Eevee's Movedex

Twineedle (Japanese: ダブルニードル Double Needle) is a damage-dealing Bug-type multi-strike move introduced in Generation I. Prior to Generation V, it was Beedrill's signature move.

Effect

Generation I

Twineedle inflicts damage, striking twice per use. Each hit has a 20% chance of poisoning the target. Although only the first hit can be a critical hit, the second hit will deal the same amount of damage.

Twineedle will not hit twice if the first hit breaks a substitute. Bide and Counter will only acknowledge the second hit of this move.

Generation II

Same as Generation I, except now it can poison Steel- and Poison-type Pokémon. Also, both hits will do damage independently, consequently enabling either of them to be critical.

Generation III

Same as Generation II, but it cannot poison Steel- and Poison-type Pokémon.

Generation IV

Same as Generation III, except it will continue attacking after a substitute is broken.

Generation V

Unlike previous generations, if the first hit activates the target's Focus Sash, Focus Band, or Sturdy, the second hit will cause the defending Pokémon to faint; however, Focus Band can still activate again to prevent fainting, but each chance is independent of the previous one. Each hit will cause Weak Armor to activate.

Description

Games Description StadStad2 An attack that strikes twice. The target may occasionally become poisoned. GSC Jabs the foe twice using stingers. RSE Stingers on the forelegs jab the foe twice. FRLG The foe is stabbed twice with foreleg stingers. It may poison the foe. Colo.XD Foreleg stingers jab twice and may poison. DPPtHGSS The foe is stabbed twice by a pair of stingers. It may also poison the target. BWB2W2 The user damages the target twice in succession by jabbing it with two spikes. It may also poison the target. Conq The enemy is stabbed twice by a pair of stingers. It may also poison the target.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
015		Beedrill	Bug	Poison	20			20			20			16				16
589		Escavalier	Bug	Steel	no			no			no			no				--, 13
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
090		Shellder*	Water		Water	no			no			no
167		Spinarak	Bug	Poison	no			no			no
451		Skorupi	Poison	Bug	no			no			no
543		Venipede	Bug	Poison	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 other games

Pokémon Conquest

Twineedle is the only move of Beedrill.

In the anime

Jeanette's Beedrill	Beedrill	Casey's Beedrill	Beedrill
The foe is stabbed twice by a pair of stingers.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Beedrill	Beedrill charges at the opponent with the large stingers on its arms, or Beedrill repeatedly stabs the opponent with the arm stingers on its arms.
A wild Beedrill	Challenge of the Samurai		Debut
A wild Beedrill	The Purr-fect Hero		None
Jeanette Fisher's Beedrill	The Fourth Round Rumble		None
Unknown Trainer's Beedrill	A Shipful of Shivers		None
Jimmy's Beedrill	The Legend of Thunder!		None
Casey's Beedrill	The Bug Stops Here		None
Unknown Trainer's Beedrill	In the Knicker of Time!		None
Multiple wild Beedrill	Cutting the Ties That Bind!		None
Multiple wild Beedrill	Second Time's the Charm!		None

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

	Beedrill	Escavalier
The user stabs the opponent with a pair of stingers.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Beedrill	Beedrill rapidly stabs the opponent with its stingers.
Giovanni's Beedrill	The Beedrill All and End All		Debut
Escavalier	Escavalier launches itself and jabs the opponents with the back of its arms.
Alder's Escavalier	Black & White chapter		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)	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

• Twineedle is the only non-Poison-type move that can poison under normal conditions.
  • Twineedle is the only move that can poison a Steel-type Pokémon. However, this only occurs in Generation II.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 雙針 Shuāngzhēn Dutch Dubbelnaald Finnish Kaksoispistin (EP002) Kaksoisneula (EP077) French Double-Dard German Duonadel Greek Δίδυμα Κεντριά Indonesian Jarum Ganda Italian Doppio Ago Korean 더블니들 Double Needle Portuguese Brazil Agulhas Gêmeas Portugal Agulhas Gêmeas Serbian Dvostruka Bodlja Spanish Doble Ataque

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