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Needle Arm

General

Needle Arm
grass physical

Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald RSE

Quick Description

Diamond/Pearl Flavor text
The user attacks by wildly swinging its thorny arms. It may also make the target flinch.
Eevine summary
Has a 30% chance to make the target Flinch.

Damage grass Inflicts

0× against
½× against
bug dragon fire flying grass poison steel
2× against
ground rock water

Stats

Power
60
Accuracy
100%
PP
15; maximum is 24
Target
enemy
Effect chance
30%
Power × accuracy
60.0
Power percentile
61.7
Priority
0

Names

Japanese
ニードルアーム
Romaji
Niidoruaamu

Flags

TMs

Red/Blue/Yellow RBY TM
n/a
Gold/Silver/Crystal GSC TM
n/a
Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald RSE TM
Not a TM
Diamond/Pearl DP TM
Not a TM

Effect Details

Has a 30% chance to make the target Flinch.

Notes, Changes, Bugs, Etc

Before D/P: Effect code was 150 (no change in effect).

Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald Flavor Text

Attacks with thorny arms. May cause flinching.

Contest Stuff

Contest Stats

Type
smart
Appeal
1 1
Jam
4 4444
Flavor text
Attempts to jam the Pokemon that appealed before the user.

Similar Moves

beauty
Will-O-Wisp
cool
Brick Break, Crush Claw, Dizzy Punch, Extrasensory, Hyper Fang, Iron Tail, Spark
smart
Acid, Knock Off, Mega Drain, Mist Ball, Pain Split
tough
Body Slam, Crunch, Lick, Low Kick, Skull Bash, Sludge, Stomp

Combos

Use Needle Arm before
none
Use Needle Arm after

Contest Effect

Pokémon

See also: All 2 in the Pokémon search

By leveling up

2 Pokémon

Red/Blue Yellow Gold/Silver Crystal Ruby/Sapphire Fire Red/Leaf Green Diamond/Pearl Pokémon Height Weight Type Gender Egg groups Abilities HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spd Avg
37 37 45 Cacnea 1'3.7" 113.1 lb grass Plant
Humanshape
Sand Veil 50 85 40 85 40 35 55.8
41 41 53 Cacturne 4'3.2" 170.6 lb grass dark Plant
Humanshape
Sand Veil 70 115 60 115 60 55 79.2

Needle Arm in other Pokédexes