Vise Grip (move)

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Vice Grip
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  4 ♥♥♥♥
Jamming  0  
Quite an appealing move.

Vice Grip (Japanese: はさむ Clamp), formatted as ViceGrip prior to Pokémon X and Y, is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Vice Grip inflicts damage and has no secondary effect.

Vice Grip can also be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, causing Bind and Guillotine to have their base appeal points doubled if used in the next turn.

Description

Games Description
StadStad2 A Normal-type attack used only by Pokémon with pincers. The target is gripped and injured.
GSC Grips with powerful pincers.
RSE Grips the foe with large and powerful pincers.
Colo.XD Grips the target with large and powerful pincers.
FRLG
DPPtHGSSPBR
Huge, impressive pincers grip and squeeze the foe.
BWB2W2
XYORAS
SMUSUM
The target is gripped and squeezed from both sides to inflict damage.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
0098     Water 3 Water 3 20 12 12 5 5 5 5
0099     Water 3 Water 3 1, 20 1, 12 1, 12 1, 5 1, 5 1, 5 1, 5
0127     Bug Bug 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
0303    
 
Field Fairy 21 21 21 21XY
17ORAS
17
0341     Water 1 Water 3 10 10 10 10XY
7ORAS
7
0342    
 
Water 1 Water 3 1, 10 1, 10 1, 10 1, 10XY
1, 7ORAS
1, 7
0599     Mineral Mineral 1 1 1
0600     Mineral Mineral 1 1 1
0601     Mineral Mineral 1 1 1
0632    
 
Bug Bug 1 1 1
0692     Water 1 Water 3 9 9
0693     Water 1 Water 3 9 1, 9
0736     Bug Bug 1
0737    
 
Bug Bug 1
0738    
 
Bug Bug 1
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 other games

Pokémon GO

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  • Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on July 30, 2016, Vice Grip had a power of 15.
  • Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on February 16, 2017, Vice Grip had a power of 25, an energy bar of  , and a duration of 2.1 seconds.

Description

Games Description
MDRB Inflicts damage on the target.


In the anime

 
Clauncher
 
Corphish
 
Kingler
 
Krabby
Huge, impressive pincers grip and squeeze the foe.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Pinsir grabs the opponent with the horns on its head.
Samurai's Pinsir Challenge of the Samurai Debut
Howie's Pinsir The Ole' Berate and Switch! None
  Krabby pinches the opponent with one or both of its claws.
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
  Clauncher pinches the opponent with one of its claws.
Rodman's Clauncher Going for the Gold! None


In the manga

In the Ash & Pikachu manga


In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In other generations

Core series games

Spin-off series games

Trivia

  • Vice Grip's name refers to the vise, a mechanical tool which firmly holds an object that one is working on; although official English translations normally use American English spelling conventions, the move's name instead uses the Commonwealth English spelling of vice[1].

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 夾住 Gaapjyuh *
剪斷 Jíndyuhn *
鉗住 Kìhmjyuh *
Mandarin 夾住 / 夹住 Jiāzhù *
剪斷 Jiǎnduàn *
  Danish Skruestik
  Dutch Handgreep
  Finnish Kuristusote*
  European French Force Poigne
  German Klammer
  Greek Λαβή Σφιγκτήρας
  Hindi दमदार शिकंजा Damdaar Shikanja
  Italian Presa
  Korean 찝기 Jjipgi
  Brazilian Portuguese Agarramento Viciado (games, TCG, manga)
Vice-Agarrar (anime)
Aperto com Garra (The Official Pokémon Handbook)
Garra Tenaz (The Official Pokémon Handbook)
  Serbian Stega
  Spanish Agarre
  Swedish Kloattack
  Turkish Kıskaç Kolu
  Vietnamese Kẹp

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.