Vise Grip (move)

ViceGrip
はさむ Clamp
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Type  Normal
Category  Physical
PP  30 (max. 48)
Power  55
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Condition  Tough
Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥
Jam  0  
A highly appealing move.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

ViceGrip (Japanese: はさむ Clamp) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

ViceGrip inflicts damage and has no secondary effect.

Description

Games Description
A Normal-type attack used only by Pokémon with pincers. The target is gripped and injured.
Grips with powerful pincers.
RSE Grips the foe with large and powerful pincers.
Grips the target with large and powerful pincers.
FRLG Huge, impressive pincers grip and squeeze the foe.
The target is gripped and squeezed from both sides to inflict damage.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V VI
098   Krabby Water Water 20 12 12 5 5 '
099   Kingler Water Water --, 20 --, 12 --, 12 --, 5 --, 5 '
127   Pinsir Bug Bug -- -- -- -- -- '
303   Mawile Steel Steel     21 21 21 '
341   Corphish Water Water     10 10 10 '
342   Crawdaunt Water Dark     --, 10 --, 10 --, 10 '
599   Klink Steel Steel         -- '
600   Klang Steel Steel         -- '
601   Klinklang Steel Steel         -- '
632   Durant Bug Steel         -- '
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.
A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method.
An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.


In the anime

 
Pinsir
 
Corphish
 
Kingler
 
Krabby
Huge, impressive pincers grip and squeeze the foe.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Krabby pinches the opponent with one or both of its claws.
A wild Krabby The Evolution Solution Debut
Ash's Krabby Round One - Begin! None
  Kingler pinches the opponent with one or both of its claws.
Ash's Kingler Round One - Begin! None
  Corphish pinches the opponent with one or both of its claws.
A wild Corphish Which Wurmple's Which? None
Ash's Corphish Seeing is Believing! None
  Crawdaunt slams one of its claws into the opponent.
Mr. Saridakis's Crawdaunt On Olden Pond None
  Pinsir grabs the opponent with the horns on its head.
Howie's Pinsir The Ole' Berate and Switch! None


In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In other generations

Trivia

  • Despite the official English translation of the games normally using American English spelling, the word "vice" in ViceGrip is rendered with the Commonwealth English spelling instead, which is rendered in American English as "vise"[1] since it's referring to the mechanical tool.
  • No Pokémon which are capable of learning this move, besides Smeargle, can gain STAB from this move.

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 剪斷 Clamp
  Dutch Handgreep
  Finnish Kuristusote
  European French Force Poigne
  German Klammer
  Greek Λαβή Σφιγκτήρας
  Hindi दमदार शिकंजा Damdaar Shikanja
  Italian Presa
  Korean 찝기 Clamp
  Brazilian Portuguese Agarrar
  Serbian Stega
  Spanish Agarre

References

  This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.