Constrict (move)

Constrict からみつく Coil Around

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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 Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Category  Tough Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  3 ♥♥♥ Startles the Pokémon that appealed 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.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
072		Tentacool	Water	Poison	27			12			12			8				8
073		Tentacruel	Water	Poison	--, 27			--, 12			--, 12			--, 8				--, 8
114		Tangela	Grass		Grass	--			--			--			--				--
138		Omanyte	Rock	Water	no			--			--			--				--
139		Omastar	Rock	Water	no			--			--			--				--
167		Spinarak	Bug	Poison	no			11			11			8				8
168		Ariados	Bug	Poison	no			--, 11			--, 11			--, 8				--, 8
213		Shuckle	Bug	Rock	no			--			--			--				--
224		Octillery	Water		Water	no			11			11			--, 6				--, 6
345		Lileep	Rock	Grass	no			no			8			--				--
346		Cradily	Rock	Grass	no			no			--, 8			--				--
425		Drifloon	Ghost	Flying	no			no			no			--				--
426		Drifblim	Ghost	Flying	no			no			no			--				--
465		Tangrowth	Grass		Grass	no			no			no			--				--
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		Type		Father
					I		II		III		IV		V
592		Frillish	Water	Ghost	no			no			no
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In the anime

Drifloon	Tangela	Octillery
The foe is attacked with long, creeping tentacles or vines.
Pokémon	Method
User	First 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
Shuckle	Shuckle extends its tentacles to extremely long lengths and wraps them around the opponent.
Rebecca's Shuckle	Double-Time Battle Training!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Tangela
The user wraps a body part around the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Tangela	Tangela wraps its vines around the opponent.
Erika's Angela	Striking Golduck		Debut
Cradily	Cradily extends and wraps all of its tentacles on its head around the opponent and squeezes it.
Roxanne's Cradily	VS. Kyogre & Groudon X		None

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (International)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (International)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (International)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (International)	HGSS	Generation V	BW	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (International)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (Alternative animation)	Battrio	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

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 is one of two moves that has the lowest base power out of all damage-dealing moves. The other is Triple Kick.
• This move shares its Japanese translation with another move, Coil.

In other languages

Language Title Dutch Klem vast French Constriction German Umklammerung Greek Σύσφιξη Indonesian Gulung Italian Limitazione Korean 휘감기 Hwigamgi Serbian Stezanje Spanish Restricción

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