Twineedle (move)

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 Pokemon or those with the ability Immunity cannot be poisoned.

Each hit of Twineedle is treated like a separate attack:

• Each blow can get a critical hit independently.
• Abilities that activate on contact (Static, Weak Armor, Iron Barbs etc.) activate for each blow.
• If the Sturdy ability or Focus Sash/Band items activate 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 Pokemon.

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 the Focus Sash/Band items activate 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.