Twineedle (move)

Move data

Type	Bug
Category	Physical
Power	25
Accuracy	100
PP	20  (max. 32)
Makes contact?	No
Introduced	Generation 1

Effects

Twineedle deals damage and will strike twice (with 25 base power each time). It has a 20% chance of poisoning the target. Poison or Steel type Pokémon, those with the ability Immunity or those behind a Substitute cannot be poisoned.

Each strike of Twineedle is treated like a separate attack:

• Each strike can get a critical hit independently.
• If the Sturdy ability, Focus Sash, or Focus Band activates before the final hit, the subsequent hit will still deal damage and therefore cause the opponent to faint.
• If the first hit breaks a Substitute, the second hit will deal damage to the target Pokémon.

The move Counter only counters the final hit, but Bide counters the complete damage.

Changes

• In Generations 1-2, Twineedle can poison Poison and Steel types.
• In Generations 2-4, if a Focus Sash or Focus Band activates before the final hit, subsequent hits do not cause the holder to faint.
• In Generations 1-3, Twineedle ends immediately if any hit breaks a Substitute.
• In Generation 1, each hit will always deal the same damage - if the first critical hits, so will the rest.

Z-Move effects

When a Pokémon is holding Buginium Z and uses its Z-Power, Twineedle turns into Savage Spin-Out and has base power 100.

Move target

Targets a single adjacent Pokémon.

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