Wring Out (move)

Wring Out
しぼりとる Wring Out
Wring Out VII.png
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Type  Normal
Category  Special
PP  5 (max. 8)
Power  —
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation IV
Condition  Smart
Appeal  0  
Jam  0  
Condition  Smart
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Earn +3 if the Pokémon that just went hit max Voltage.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jamming  1
Badly startles Pokémon that the audience has high expectations of.

Wring Out (Japanese: しぼりとる Wring Out) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation IV.

Effect

Generation IV

Wring Out deals damage. Its power varies between 1 and 121, and is greater the more HP the target has:

 

Generation V to VII

Wring Out's power is now calculated as

 

However, its power cannot be less than 1. Consequently, its power now varies between 1 and 120.

Generation VIII onwards

Wring Out cannot be selected in a battle.

Description

Games Description
DPPtHGSSPBR The user powerfully wrings the foe. The more HP the foe has, the greater this attack's power.
BWB2W2 The user powerfully wrings the target. The more HP the target has, the greater this attack's power.
XYORAS
SMUSUMPE
The user powerfully wrings the target. The more HP the target has, the greater the move's power.
SwShBDSPLA
SV
This move can't be used. It's recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can't be remembered.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
069   Bellsprout
 
 
Grass Grass 47 47 47 50SMUSUM
070   Weepinbell
 
 
Grass Grass 47 47 47 58SMUSUM
072   Tentacool
 
 
Water 3 Water 3 43 54 54XY
49ORAS
49SMUSUM
073   Tentacruel
 
 
Water 3 Water 3 55 61 1, 61XY
1, 56ORAS
1, 56SMUSUM
108   Lickitung
  Monster Monster 53 57 57 57SMUSUM
114   Tangela
  Grass Grass 50 50BW
49B2W2
46 46SMUSUM
124   Jynx
 
 
Human-Like Human-Like 44 49 49 49SMUSUM
140   Kabuto
 
 
Water 1 Water 3 51 51 50 50SMUSUM
141   Kabutops
 
 
Water 1 Water 3 63 63 63 63SMUSUM
224   Octillery
  Water 1 Water 2 36 36BW
28B2W2
28 28
316   Gulpin
  Amorphous Amorphous 49 54 54XY
44ORAS
44
317   Swalot
  Amorphous Amorphous 59 66 1, 66XY
1, 54ORAS
1, 54
336   Seviper
  Field Dragon 55 61BW
53B2W2
50XY
49ORAS
46
345   Lileep
 
 
Water 3 Water 3 64 64 64XY
52ORAS
52
346   Cradily
 
 
Water 3 Water 3 76 76 1, 76XY
1, 61ORAS
1, 61
455   Carnivine
  Grass Grass 41 47 47 47
463   Lickilicky
  Monster Monster 53 57 1, 57 1, 57
465   Tangrowth
  Grass Grass 50 50BW
49B2W2
49 49
495   Snivy
  Field Grass 37 37 37
496   Servine
  Field Grass 44 44 44
497   Serperior
  Field Grass 50 50 50
592   Frillish
 
 
Amorphous Amorphous 55 55 55
593   Jellicent
 
 
Amorphous Amorphous 61 1, 61 1, 61
799   Guzzlord
 
 
No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 67
800   Necrozma
  No Eggs Discovered No Eggs Discovered 67
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.


By breeding

# Pokémon Types Parent
Egg Groups
Egg Move
II III IV V VI VII VIII IX
138   Omanyte
 
 
Water 1 Water 3
152   Chikorita
  Monster Grass
336   Seviper
  Field Dragon
345   Lileep
 
 
Water 3 Water 3
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.


In other games

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series

In Explorers of Time, Darkness and Sky, Wring Out is a move with 1 base power, 88% accuracy, and 10 PP. The user attacks enemy in the front, with the final damage being multiplied by ½ if the enemy's HP is at 75-51%, 51/256 (~0.2x) when at 50-26% and 25/256 (~0.1x) when at 25% or lower.

Pokémon Rumble Rush

  Wring Out
★★★★★
Attack power 65.43634
Charge time 0.74 seconds
Range type Arc (melee)
Number of hits 1
Number of projectiles 1
Critical hit rate 1.5%
Additional effect Power decreases the lower the foe's HP

Description

Games Description
MDTDS Inflicts damage on the target. The higher the target's HP, the greater the damage it inflicts.
BSL てきポケモンに ダメージをあたえる あいての HPが のこりすくないほど あたえるダメージが ちいさい
MDGtI It damages an enemy. The more HP the enemy has, the greater the damage the move causes.
SMD
MDRTDX
It damages an enemy. The more HP the enemy has, the greater the damage caused by the move.


In the manga

Pokémon Adventures


  • Red's Weepinbell were revealed to know Wring Out on the official web site, but they were never shown using the move.

In other generations

Core series games

Side series games

Spin-off series games

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 絞緊 Gáaugán *
擰乾 Nìhnggōn' *
Mandarin 絞緊 / 绞紧 Jiǎojǐn *
擰乾 Nínggān' *
  French Essorage
  German Auswringen
  Greek Στυπτηρία
  Italian Strizzata
  Korean 쥐어짜기 Jwi-eojjagi
  Polish Wykręcenie*
  Brazilian Portuguese Torcer Fora
  Serbian Zavrtanje
  Spanish Estrujón
  Vietnamese Vắt Kiệt



Variations of the move Wring Out
  Crush Grip
  Wring Out


  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.