Vise Grip (move)

ViceGrip はさむ Clamp

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  30 (max. 48) Power  55 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jam  0   A highly appealing move.

Super Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Tough Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

ViceGrip (Japanese: はさむ Clamp) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

ViceGrip inflicts damage and has no secondary effect.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0098 Krabby Water 20 0099 Kingler Water --, 20 0127 Pinsir Bug -- 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 0098 Krabby Water 12 0099 Kingler Water --, 12 0127 Pinsir Bug -- 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 0098 Krabby Water 12 0099 Kingler Water --, 12 0127 Pinsir Bug -- 0303 Mawile Steel 21 0341 Corphish Water 10 0342 Crawdaunt Water Dark --, 10 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 0098 Krabby Water 5 0099 Kingler Water --, 5 0127 Pinsir Bug -- 0303 Mawile Steel 21 0341 Corphish Water 10 0342 Crawdaunt Water Dark --, 10 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 V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0098 Krabby Water 5 0099 Kingler Water --, 5 0127 Pinsir Bug -- 0303 Mawile Steel 21 0341 Corphish Water 10 0342 Crawdaunt Water Dark --, 10 0599 Klink Steel -- 0600 Klang Steel -- 0601 Klinklang Steel -- 0632 Durant Bug Steel -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

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File:Crawdaunt ViceGrip.png Crawdaunt File:Krabby Vicegrip.jpg Krabby File:Corphish ViceGrip.png Corphish File:Pinsir ViceGrip.png Pinsir
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.
Ash's Krabby	Mystery at the Lighthouse		Debut
A wild Krabby	Island of the Giant Pokémon		None
A wild Krabby	The Evolution Solution		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

Pokémon Adventures

File:Adventures Krabby Vice Grip Crabhammer.png Krabby
The user grabs the opponent in its claws or pincers.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Krabby grabs the opponent in one of its pincers.
Misty's Kra	Striking Golduck		Debut

Trivia

• Though the English translation of the games normally uses American English spelling, ViceGrip uses the Commonwealth English spelling of the word which is rendered in American English as "vise".
• ViceGrip's Japanese name is the same as the English name of Clamp.

In other languages

• Dutch: Handgreep
• Finnish: Kuristusote
• French: Force Poigne
• German: Klammer
• Greek: Λαβή Σφιγκτήρας
• Hindi: दमदार शिकंजा Damdaar Shikanja
• Italian: Presa
• Korean: 찝기 Jjipgi
• Serbian: Stega
• Spanish: Agarre

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.