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ViceGrip (move)

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ViceGrip
はさむ Clamp
ViceGrip.png
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Battles
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
Contests
Category  Tough
Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥
Jam  0  
A highly appealing move.
Super Contests
Category  Tough
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

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

Contents

Effect

ViceGrip inflicts damage and has no secondary effect.

Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V
098 Krabby Krabby Water Water 20 12 12 5 5
099 Kingler Kingler Water Water --, 20 --, 12 --, 12 --, 5 --, 5
127 Pinsir Pinsir Bug Bug -- -- -- -- --
303 Mawile Mawile Steel Steel no no 21 21 21
341 Corphish Corphish Water Water no no 10 10 10
342 Crawdaunt Crawdaunt Water Dark no no --, 10 --, 10 --, 10
599 Klink Klink Steel Steel no no no no --
600 Klang Klang Steel Steel no no no no --
601 Klinklang Klinklang Steel Steel no no no no --
632 Durant Durant Bug Steel no 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

Howie Pinsir ViceGrip.png Ash Corphish ViceGrip.png Ash Kingler ViceGrip.png Ash Krabby ViceGrip.png
Pinsir Corphish Kingler Krabby
Huge, impressive pincers grip and squeeze the foe.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
098 Krabby Krabby pinches the opponent with one or both of its claws.
Ash's Krabby Round One - Begin! Debut
A wild Krabby The Evolution Solution None
099 Kingler Kingler pinches the opponent with one or both of its claws.
Ash's Kingler Round One - Begin! None
341 Corphish 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
342 Crawdaunt Crawdaunt slams one of its claws into the opponent.
Mr. Saridakis's Crawdaunt On Olden Pond None
127 Pinsir Pinsir grabs the opponent with the horns on its head.
Howie's Pinsir The Ole' Berate and Switch! None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures


In other generations

ViceGrip I.png ViceGrip II.png ViceGrip III.png ViceGrip IV.png
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

  • 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".

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 剪斷 Jiǎnduàn
The Netherlands Flag.png Dutch Handgreep
Finland Flag.png Finnish Kuristusote
France Flag.png European French Force Poigne
Germany Flag.png German Klammer
Greece Flag.png Greek Λαβή Σφιγκτήρας
India Flag.png Hindi दमदार शिकंजा Damdaar Shikanja
Italy Flag.png Italian Presa
South Korea Flag.png Korean 찝기 Jjipgi
Brazil Flag.png Brazilian Portuguese Vice Agarrar
Serbia Flag.png Serbian Stega
Spain Flag.png Spanish Agarre


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