ViceGrip (move)

ViceGrip はさむ Clamp

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  30 (max. 48) Power  55 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch 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  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jam  0   A highly appealing move.

Super Contests Category  Tough Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

ViceGrip on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex ViceGrip on Eevee's Movedex

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

Effect

ViceGrip inflicts damage and has no secondary effect.

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. FRLGDPPtHGSS Huge, impressive pincers grip and squeeze the foe. BWB2W2 The target is gripped and squeezed from both sides to inflict damage.

Learnset

By leveling up

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

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

In the manga

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

	Krabby
The user grabs the opponent in its claws or pincers.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Krabby	Krabby grabs the opponent in one of its pincers.
Misty's Krabby	Striking Golduck		Debut

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)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Trivia

• Despite the official English translation of the games normally using American English spelling, the word "vice" in ViceGrip is rendered with the Commonwealth English spelling instead, which is rendered in American English as "vise" since it's referring to the mechanical tool.
• No Pokémon which are capable of learning this move, besides Smeargle, can gain STAB from this move.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 剪斷 Jiǎnduàn 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 Agarrar Serbian Stega Spanish Agarre

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.