Constrict (move)

Constrict
からみつく Coil Around
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Type  Normal
Category  Physical
PP  35 (max. 56)
Power  10
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Makes contact
  • Affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Not affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone but the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Condition  Tough
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jam  3 ♥♥♥
Subtracts 3 appeal points from the Pokémon who appealed right before the user.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  0  
Earn a higher score the later the Pokémon performs.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Constrict (Japanese: からみつく Coil Around) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Constrict inflicts damage and has a 9.8% chance of lowering the target's Speed stat by one stat level.

Constrict will not be able to lower the target's Speed stat if it has reached a stat level of -6, a value of 1, or if the target has a Substitute.

In the anime

Pokémon

Tangela. Tangela spins around fast, sucking in anything near it.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0072   Tentacool
Water Poison 27
0073   Tentacruel
Water Poison --
27
0114   Tangela
Grass --
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0072   Tentacool
Water Poison 12
0073   Tentacruel
Water Poison --
12
0114   Tangela
Grass --
0138   Omanyte
Rock Water --
0139   Omastar
Rock Water --
0167   Spinarak
Bug Poison 11
0168   Ariados
Bug Poison --
11
0213   Shuckle
Bug Rock --
0224   Octillery
Water 11
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0072   Tentacool
Water Poison 12
0073   Tentacruel
Water Poison --
12
0114   Tangela
Grass --
0138   Omanyte
Rock Water --
0139   Omastar
Rock Water --
0167   Spinarak
Bug Poison 11
0168   Ariados
Bug Poison --
11
0213   Shuckle
Bug Rock --
0224   Octillery
Water 11
0345   Lileep
Rock Grass 8
0346   Cradily
Rock Grass --
8
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level
0072   Tentacool
Water Poison 8
0073   Tentacruel
Water Poison --
8
0114   Tangela
Grass --
0138   Omanyte
Rock Water --
0139   Omastar
Rock Water --
0167   Spinarak
Bug Poison 8
0168   Ariados
Bug Poison --
8
0213   Shuckle
Bug Rock --
0224   Octillery
Water --
6
0345   Lileep
Rock Grass --
0346   Cradily
Rock Grass --
0425   Drifloon
Ghost Flying --
0426   Drifblim
Ghost Flying --
0465   Tangrowth
Grass --
Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB
from this move.


Trivia

  • Although Constrict is a Template:Type2 move, no Normal-type Pokémon can legally learn the move, with the obvious exception of Smeargle. Also, although its entry states that it involves the user attacking the foe with long tentacles or vines, it is not a Template:Type2 move.
  • Constrict has the lowest base power out of all damage-dealing moves, along with Fury Cutter. However, Constrict's power does not increase with consecutive usage, as Fury Cutter's does.

In other languages

  • Spanish: Restricción
  • French: Constriction
  • German: Umklammerung
  • Italian: Limitazione

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