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|japanese=いとをはく ''Spit Thread''
  
|japanese=いとをはく ''Spit Thread''
 
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|contestdesc3=Startles the last Pokémon to act before the user.}}
  
|contestdesc3=Startles the last Pokémon to act before the user.}}
 
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'''String Shot''' is a {{Type|Bug}}-type [[move]] introduced in [[Generation I]].
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'''String Shot''' is a {{Type|Bug}}-[[Types|type]] [[move]] introduced in [[Generation I]].
   
 
==Description==
  
==Description==
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{{Movedescmid|{{BW}}{{B2W2}}|The targets are bound with silk blown from the user's mouth. This silk reduces the targets' Speed stat.}}
  
{{Movedescmid|{{BW}}{{B2W2}}|The targets are bound with silk blown from the user's mouth. This silk reduces the targets' Speed stat.}}
 
{{Movedescmid|{{XY}}{{ORAS}}|The opposing Pokémon are bound with silk blown from the user's mouth that harshly lowers the Speed stat.}}
  
{{Movedescmid|{{XY}}{{ORAS}}|The opposing Pokémon are bound with silk blown from the user's mouth that harshly lowers the Speed stat.}}
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{{Movedescmid|{{SM}}{{USUM}}{{PE}}|The opponents are bound with a white silk from the user's mouth. This will also lower their Speed stat.}}
 
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==Gallery==
  
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|2 = Anime
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|3 = Manga
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|4 = Other
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String Shot I.png {{!}} String Shot depicted in [[Pokémon Red and Blue Version|Red, Blue]] and [[Pokémon Yellow Version: Special Pikachu Edition|Yellow]]
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|file1=Janine's Ariados String Shot.PNG
  
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String Shot III.png {{!}} String Shot depicted in [[Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire Version|Ruby, Sapphire]], [[Pokémon Emerald Version|Emerald]], [[Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Version|FireRed and LeafGreen]]
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|type=Bug
  
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String Shot V.png {{!}} String Shot depicted in [[Pokémon Black and White Version|Black, White]], [[Pokémon Black and White Version 2|Black 2 and White 2]]
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|caption1=Butterfree (anime){{!}}Ash's Caterpie
  
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|file2=Bugsy Spinarak String Shot.png
  
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String Shot VI.png {{!}} String Shot depicted in [[Pokémon X and Y|X, Y]], [[Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire|Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire]]
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|file3=May's Beautifly String Shot.png
  
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|caption3=May's Beautifly
  
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String Shot VII.png {{!}} String Shot depicted in [[Pokémon Sun and Moon|Sun and Moon]], [[Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon|Ultra Sun and Moon]]
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|caption4=Shiny Ariados{{!}}Ariados
  
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|file5=Ash Leavanny String Shot.png
  
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Ash Caterpie String Shot.png {{!}} String Shot being used by [[Butterfree (anime)|Ash's Caterpie]]
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|file6=Spewpa's String Shot.png
  
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|caption6=Vivillon (XY012){{!}}Spewpa}}
  
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Officer Jenny Spinarak String Shot.png {{!}} String Shot being used by [[Officer Jenny's Spinarak]]
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Bugsy Spinarak String Shot.png {{!}} String Shot being used by [[Bugsy's Spinarak]]
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Bucky Caterpie String Shot.png {{!}} String Shot being used String Shot by [[Bucky's Caterpie]]
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Janet Beautifly String Shot.png {{!}} String Shot being used by [[Janet's Beautifly]]
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May Wurmple String Shot.png {{!}} String Shot being used by [[May's Beautifly|May's Wurmple]]
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Jessie Wurmple String Shot.png {{!}} String Shot being used by [[Jessie's Dustox|Jessie's Wurmple]]
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May Silcoon String Shot.png {{!}} String Shot being used by [[May's Beautifly|May's Silcoon]]
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Jessie Cascoon String Shot.png {{!}} String Shot being used by [[Jessie's Dustox|Jessie's Cascoon]]
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May's Beautifly String Shot.png {{!}} String Shot being used by [[May's Beautifly]]
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May Skitty Assist String Shot.png {{!}} String Shot being used by [[May's Skitty]] via [[Assist]]
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Harley's Ariados String Shot.png {{!}} String Shot being used by [[Harley's Ariados]]
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J Ariados String Shot.png {{!}} String Shot being used by [[J's Ariados]]
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Ash Sewaddle String Shot.png {{!}} String Shot being used by [[Ash's Leavanny|Ash's Sewaddle]]
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Ash Swadloon String Shot.png {{!}} String Shot being used by [[Ash's Leavanny|Ash's Swadloon]]
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Burgh Leavanny String Shot.png {{!}} String Shot being used by [[Burgh's Leavanny (anime)|Burgh's Leavanny]]
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Luke Larvesta String Shot.png {{!}} String Shot being used by [[Luke's Larvesta]]
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Ash Leavanny String Shot.png {{!}} String Shot being used by [[Ash's Leavanny]]
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Spewpa's String Shot.png {{!}} String Shot being used by [[Vivillon (XY012)|a wild Spewpa]]
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Sophocles Vikavolt String Shot.png {{!}} String Shot being used by [[Sophocles' Vikavolt]]
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Janine's Ariados String Shot.PNG {{!}} String Shot being used by [[Janine's Ariados]]
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String Shot XD.png {{!}} String Shot depicted in [[Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness|XD]]
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|games2 = String Shot II.PNG}}
 
[[Category:Moves that lower Speed]]
  
[[Category:Moves that lower Speed]]

Revision as of 15:26, 26 November 2019

String Shot
{{{ja_name}}} {{{ja_trans}}}
Introduced: Generation I
Battle Data
Type: Type Bug
Category: Type Special
Power: --
Accuracy: 95%
PP: 40 (Max. 64), max: {{{max_pp}}}
Priority: 0
Contact: No
Affected by
Magic Coat: Yes
Magic Bounce: Yes
Bright Powder: Yes
Detect/Protect: Yes
Snatch: No
Mirror Move: Yes
King's Rock: No
Contest Data
Contests (RSE)
Condition: Smart
Appeal: 2 ♥♥
Jam: 3 ♥♥♥
Startles the Pokémon that appealed before the user.
Super Contests (DPPt)
Condition: Smart
Appeal: 2 ♥♥
Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.
Contest Spectaculars (ORAS)
Condition: Clever
Appeal: 2 ♥♥
Jam: 3 ♥♥♥
Startles the last Pokémon to act before the user.

String Shot is a Bug-type move introduced in Generation I.

Description

Games Description
Template:GSC A move that lowers the foe's SPEED.
Template:RSE Binds the foe with string to reduce its SPEED.
Template:FRLG The foe is bound with strings shot from the mouth to reduce SPEED.
Template:DPPtTemplate:HGSS The foe is bound with silk blown from the user's mouth. It reduces the target's Speed stat.
Template:BWTemplate:B2W2 The targets are bound with silk blown from the user's mouth. This silk reduces the targets' Speed stat.
Template:XYTemplate:ORAS The opposing Pokémon are bound with silk blown from the user's mouth that harshly lowers the Speed stat.
Template:SMTemplate:USUMTemplate:PE The opponents are bound with a white silk from the user's mouth. This will also lower their Speed stat.

Effect

In battle

From Generation I to Generation V, String Shot lowers the target's Speed by 1 stage. As of Generation VI, String Shot lowers the target's Speed by 2 stages. In a Double Battle, String Shot targets both foes. In a Triple Battle, String Shot only targets adjacent foes.

Learnset

By leveling up

Pokémon Type Egg groups Level
VII VIII IX
010 Caterpie bug 1 1 1 1
013 Weedle bug/poison 1 1 1 1
167 Spinirak bug/poison 1 1 1
168 Ariados bug/poison 1 1 1
265 Wurmple bug 1 1
540 Sewaddle bug/grass
541 Swadloon bug/grass
542 Leavanny bug/grass
595 Joltik bug/electric
596 Galvantula bug/electric
636 Larvesta bug/fire
637 Volcarona bug/fire
664 Scatterbug bug
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.
Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

Pokémon Type Egg Groups Father
III IV V VI VII VIII
636 Larvesta bug/fire 010013167
168265540
541542595
596636637 		010013167
168265540
541542595
596636637
664 		TBA
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.
Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.
* indicates a Pokémon that can only learn this move through chain breeding.

Gallery

Template:Move gallery

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