Essentials
Summary
Hits twice in the same turn. Has a 20% chance to poison the target.
Damage Dealt
Stats
- Power
- 25; percentile 5.8
- Accuracy
- 100%
- PP
- 20, up to 32 with PP Up
- Target
- Selected Pokémon
- Effect chance
- 20
- Priority
- 0 (normal)
Flags
- Makes contact
- Has a charging turn
- Must recharge
- Blocked by Detect and Protect
- Reflectable
- Snatchable
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Copied by Mirror Move
A Pokémon targeted by this move can use Mirror Move to copy it.
- Punch-based
- Sound-based
- Unusable during Gravity
- Defrosts when used
- Targets opposite side in triples
- Heals
- Ignores Substitute
- Powder-based
- Jaw-based
- Pulse-based
- Ballistics-based
- Mental effects
- Unusable during Sky Battles
- Dance
Machines
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Not a TM
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Not a TM
Effect
Inflicts regular damage. Hits twice in the same turn. Has a 20% chance to poison the target.
Meta
This reflects how the games treat moves and may be somewhat idealistic.
Flavor
Flavor Text
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Jabs the foe twice using stingers.
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Stingers on the forelegs jab the foe twice.
The foe is stabbed twice with foreleg stingers. It may poison the foe.
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The foe is stabbed twice by a pair of stingers. It may also poison the target.
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The user damages the target twice in succession by jabbing it with two spikes. It may also poison the target.
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The user damages the target twice in succession by jabbing it with two spikes. This may also poison the target.
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The user damages the target twice in succession by jabbing it with two spikes. This may also poison the target.
Foreign Names
- Japanese
- ダブルニードル (daburuniidoru)
- ダブルニードル
- Korean
- 더블니들
- Chinese
- 雙針
- 双针
- French
- Double-Dard
- German
- Duonadel
- Spanish
- Doble Ataque
- Italian
- Doppio Ago
- Czech
- Dvojehla
Contests
Contest
- Type
- Appeal
- ♡♡
- Jam
- ♥♥♥
- Flavor text
- Startles the Pokémon that appealed before the user.
- Use after
- None
- Use before
- None
Super Contest
- Type
- Appeal
- ♡♡
- Flavor text
- Allows performance of the same move twice in a row.
- Use after
- None
- Use before
- None
Similar moves
No other moves have the same effect as Twineedle.
Pokémon
Bug Pokémon get STAB, and have their types highlighted in green.
Pokémon with higher Attack are more suited to Twineedle's physical damage, and have the stat highlighted in green.
Pokémon | Type | Ability | Gender | Egg Group | HP | Atk | Def | SpA | SpD | Spd | Total | |||||||||
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Level up: Learned when a Pokémon reaches a certain level. | ||||||||||||||||||||
20 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 0 | Beedrill |
Swarm
Sniper |
Bug | 65 | 90 | 40 | 45 | 80 | 75 | 395 | |||
16 | 0 | Mega Beedrill | Adaptability | Bug | 65 | 150 | 40 | 15 | 80 | 145 | 495 | |||||||||
— | — | — | — | Escavalier |
Swarm
Shell Armor Overcoat |
Bug | 70 | 135 | 105 | 60 | 105 | 20 | 495 | |||||||
Pokémon | Type | Ability | Gender | Egg Group | HP | Atk | Def | SpA | SpD | Spd | Total | |||||||||
Egg: Appears on a newly-hatched Pokémon, if the father had the same move. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Shellder |
Shell Armor
Skill Link Overcoat |
Water 3 | 30 | 65 | 100 | 45 | 25 | 40 | 305 | |||||||||||
Spinarak |
Swarm
Insomnia Sniper |
Bug | 40 | 60 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 30 | 250 | |||||||||||
Skorupi |
Battle Armor
Sniper Keen Eye |
Bug
Water 3 |
40 | 50 | 90 | 30 | 55 | 65 | 330 | |||||||||||
Venipede |
Poison Point
Swarm Speed Boost |
Bug | 30 | 45 | 59 | 30 | 39 | 57 | 260 | |||||||||||
Togedemaru |
Iron Barbs
Lightning Rod Sturdy |
Field
Fairy |
65 | 98 | 63 | 40 | 73 | 96 | 435 |
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