Needle-Arm Move Detail
Needle-Arm is a Grass-type move with 60 power and 100% accuracy. It has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch, preventing them from acting on that turn. Needle-Arm is notable for its secondary effect and for being the signature move of Cacturne in the earlier generations. While its base power isn't particularly high compared to other Grass-type moves, the added flinch chance can be strategically valuable in battle, especially when used by faster Pokémon or in combination with other flinch-inducing strategies.
Details
- Power: 60
- Accuracy: 100%
- PP: 15
- Priority: 0
- Damage Class: Physical
- Generation: Generation-Iii
Effect
- Inflicts regular damage. Has a 30% chance to make the target flinch.
Category
Flavor Texts
- ruby-sapphire: Attacks with thorny arms. May cause flinching.
- emerald: Attacks with thorny arms. May cause flinching.
- firered-leafgreen: An attack using thorny arms. It may make the foe flinch.
- diamond-pearl: The user attacks by wildly swinging its thorny arms. It may also make the target flinch.
- platinum: The user attacks by wildly swinging its thorny arms. It may also make the target flinch.
- heartgold-soulsilver: The user attacks by wildly swinging its thorny arms. It may also make the target flinch.
- black-white: The user attacks by wildly swinging its thorny arms. It may also make the target flinch.
- black-2-white-2: The user attacks by wildly swinging its thorny arms. It may also make the target flinch.
- x-y: The user attacks by wildly swinging its thorny arms. This may also make the target flinch.
- omega-ruby-alpha-sapphire: The user attacks by wildly swinging its thorny arms. This may also make the target flinch.
- sun-moon: The user attacks by wildly swinging its thorny arms. This may also make the target flinch.
- ultra-sun-ultra-moon: The user attacks by wildly swinging its thorny arms. This may also make the target flinch.
- lets-go-pikachu-lets-go-eevee: The user attacks by wildly swinging its thorny arms. This may also make the target flinch.
- sword-shield: This move can’t be used. It’s recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can’t be remembered.
Needle-Arm Pokémon
Cacnea
331 - Grass
Cacturne
332 - Grass, Dark
Maractus
556 - Grass
Quilladin
651 - Grass
Chesnaught
652 - Grass, Fighting