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Twineedle

Not in Pokémon ChampionsGen INot in Scarlet & Violet
Game

Sun & Moon and Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon

BugPhysical

Hits 2 times. Each hit has 20% chance to poison.

Power
25
Accuracy
100%
PP
20
Hits
One Pokémon next to the user
Properties
No contactMulti-hit2Secondary effect20%

Changes over time

How Twineedle changed from game to game, newest first.

  1. Gen V

    … take damage for the second hit. dropped: If the target has a Focus Sash and had full HP when this move started, it will not be knocked out regardless of the number of hits.

  2. Gen IV

    … take damage for the second hit. added: If the target has a Focus Sash and had full HP when this move started, it will not be knocked out regardless of the number of hits.

  3. Gen III

    Hits twice, with dropped: the second added: each hit having a 20% chance to … will take damage for the second dropped: hit but the target cannot be poisoned by it. added: hit.

  4. Gen II

    … first hit breaks the target's substitute, added: it will take damage for the dropped: move ends. added: second hit but the target cannot be poisoned by it.

Numbers: PokéAPI’s changelog. Descriptions: Pokémon Showdown’s for each generation, PokéAPI’s notes where Showdown’s don’t differ. Champions: Pokémon Showdown.

See it in the games

No clip of Twineedle here yet. Find Twineedle on YouTube →

How it works in Gen VII

Hits twice, with each hit having a 20% chance to poison the target. If the first hit breaks the target's substitute, it will take damage for the second hit.

“The user damages the target twice in succession by jabbing it with two spikes. This may also poison the target.”

In-game text, Sun & Moon, Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon and Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee

What interacts

Abilities and items that boost Twineedle, block it, punish its user or change how it works.

Boosts it

3

Blocks or weakens it

2

Changes how it works

1

Mold Breaker, Teravolt and Turboblaze ignore the abilities that block or weaken it.

Good to know

Who learns Twineedle

It isn’t in Pokémon Champions.

All 8 Pokémon that learn it in any game →