Constrict (move)

Constrict からみつく Coil Around

The foe is attacked with long, creeping tentacles or vines. It may also lower the target's Speed.

Battles 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 Affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  3 ♥♥♥ Subtracts 3 appeal points from the Pokémon who appealed right before the user.

Super Contests Category  Tough Appeal  0 Earn a higher score the later the Pokémon performs.

Constrict on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Constrict on Eevee's Movedex

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

Effect

Constrict inflicts damage and has a 10% 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.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 072 Tentacool Water Poison 27 073 Tentacruel Water Poison -- 27 114 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 072 Tentacool Water Poison 12 073 Tentacruel Water Poison -- 12 114 Tangela Grass -- 138 Omanyte Rock Water -- 139 Omastar Rock Water -- 167 Spinarak Bug Poison 11 168 Ariados Bug Poison -- 11 213 Shuckle Bug Rock -- 224 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 072 Tentacool Water Poison 12 073 Tentacruel Water Poison -- 12 114 Tangela Grass -- 138 Omanyte Rock Water -- 139 Omastar Rock Water -- 167 Spinarak Bug Poison 11 168 Ariados Bug Poison -- 11 213 Shuckle Bug Rock -- 224 Octillery Water 11 345 Lileep Rock Grass 8 346 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 072 Tentacool Water Poison 8 073 Tentacruel Water Poison -- 8 114 Tangela Grass -- 138 Omanyte Rock Water -- 139 Omastar Rock Water -- 167 Spinarak Bug Poison 8 168 Ariados Bug Poison -- 8 213 Shuckle Bug Rock -- 224 Octillery Water -- 6 345 Lileep Rock Grass -- 346 Cradily Rock Grass -- 425 Drifloon Ghost Flying -- 426 Drifblim Ghost Flying -- 465 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.

In the anime

	Tangela
The foe is attacked with long, creeping tentacles or vines.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Tangela	Tangela spins around quickly, sucking in anything near it.
Erika's Tangela	Pokémon Scent-sation		Debut
Octillery	Octillery wraps its tentacles around the opponent.
A wild Octillery	Which Wurmple's Which?		None
Harley's Octillery	Harley Rides Again		None
Drifloon	Drifloon spins around fast and spins its arms, then it floats over and wraps its arms around the opponent.
Kylie's Drifloon	A Full Course Tag Battle!		None

Trivia

• Although Constrict is a Normal-type 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 Grass-type 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

This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move.