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  0 Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Cool Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  3 ♥♥♥ Startles the Pokémon that appealed before the user.

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

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cool Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

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 An attack that strikes twice. The target may occasionally become poisoned. 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. Foreleg stingers jab twice and may poison. The foe is stabbed twice by a pair of stingers. It may also poison the target. 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		VI
015		Beedrill	Bug	Poison	20			20			20			16				16			''''
589		Escavalier	Bug	Steel														--, 13			''''
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
090		Shellder	Water		Water
167		Spinarak	Bug	Poison
451		Skorupi	Poison	Bug
543		Venipede	Bug	Poison
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

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 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
The user stabs the opponent with a pair of stingers.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Beedrill rapidly stabs the opponent with its stingers.
Giovanni's Beedrill	The Beedrill All and End All		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)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

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)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

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, as it is a Bug-type move instead of a Poison-type move. However, this only works in Generation II.
• Shellder's evolutionary line are the only non Bug-type Pokémon able to learn Twineedle.

*Of those,Escavalier is the only Bug-type that's not also Poison

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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