Needle Arm
Move data
| Type | grass |
| Category | Physical |
| Power | 60 |
| Accuracy | 100 |
| PP | 15 |
| Introduced | Generation 3 |
Needle Arm deals damage and has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch (if the target has not yet moved).
Pokémon with the ability Inner Focus or those behind a Substitute cannot be made to flinch.
When a Pokémon is holding Grassium Z and uses its Z-Power, Needle Arm turns into Bloom Doom and has base power 120.
Game descriptions
| Ruby Sapphire Emerald | Attacks with thorny arms. May cause flinching. |
| FireRed LeafGreen | An attack using thorny arms. It may make the foe flinch. |
| Diamond Pearl Platinum HeartGold SoulSilver | The user attacks by wildly swinging its thorny arms. It may also make the target flinch. |
| Black White Black 2 White 2 | The user attacks by wildly swinging its thorny arms. It may also make the target flinch. |
| X Y O.Ruby A.Sapphire | The user attacks by wildly swinging its thorny arms. This may also make the target flinch. |
| Sun Moon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon | The user attacks by wildly swinging its thorny arms. This may also make the target flinch. |
| Sword Shield B.Diamond S.Pearl | This move can’t be used. It’s recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can’t be remembered. |
Other languages
| English | Needle Arm |
|---|---|
| Spanish | Brazo Pincho |
| Italian | Pugnospine |
| Japanese | ニードルアーム (Needle Arm) |
| German | Nietenranke |
| French | Poing Dard |
