Constrict (move): Difference between revisions

Constrict (Japanese: からみつく Coil Around) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 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 0072 Tentacool Water Poison 27 0073 Tentacruel Water Poison -- 27 0114 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 0072 Tentacool Water Poison 12 0073 Tentacruel Water Poison -- 12 0114 Tangela Grass -- 0138 Omanyte Rock Water -- 0139 Omastar Rock Water -- 0167 Spinarak Bug Poison 11 0168 Ariados Bug Poison -- 11 0213 Shuckle Bug Rock -- 0224 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 0072 Tentacool Water Poison 12 0073 Tentacruel Water Poison -- 12 0114 Tangela Grass -- 0138 Omanyte Rock Water -- 0139 Omastar Rock Water -- 0167 Spinarak Bug Poison 11 0168 Ariados Bug Poison -- 11 0213 Shuckle Bug Rock -- 0224 Octillery Water 11 0345 Lileep Rock Grass 8 0346 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 0072 Tentacool Water Poison 8 0073 Tentacruel Water Poison -- 8 0114 Tangela Grass -- 0138 Omanyte Rock Water -- 0139 Omastar Rock Water -- 0167 Spinarak Bug Poison 8 0168 Ariados Bug Poison -- 8 0213 Shuckle Bug Rock -- 0224 Octillery Water -- 6 0345 Lileep Rock Grass -- 0346 Cradily Rock Grass -- 0425 Drifloon Ghost Flying -- 0426 Drifblim Ghost Flying -- 0465 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.

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0072 Tentacool Water Poison 8 0073 Tentacruel Water Poison -- 8 0114 Tangela Grass -- 0138 Omanyte Rock Water -- 0139 Omastar Rock Water -- 0167 Spinarak Bug Poison 8 0168 Ariados Bug Poison -- 8 0213 Shuckle Bug Rock -- 0224 Octillery Water -- 6 0345 Lileep Rock Grass -- 0346 Cradily Rock Grass -- 0425 Drifloon Ghost Flying -- 0426 Drifblim Ghost Flying -- 0465 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.

By breeding

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In the anime

File:Drifloon Constrict.png Drifloon File:TangelaConstrict.png Tangela File:Octillery Constrict.png Octillery
The foe is attacked with long, creeping tentacles or vines.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Tangela spins around quickly, sucking in anything near it.
Erika's Tangela	Pokémon Scent-sation!		Debut
	Octillery wraps its tentacles around the opponent.
A wild Octillery	Which Wurmple's Which?		None
Harley's Octillery	Harley Rides Again		None
	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 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

File:Tangela Constrict Absorb Adventures.png Tangela
The user wraps a body part around the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Tangela wraps its vines around the opponent.
Erika's Angela	Striking Golduck		Debut
	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
The Cloaked Grunt's Cradily	VS. Cradily		None

Trivia

• Although Constrict is a Template:Type2 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 Template:Type2 move.
• Constrict has the lowest base power out of all damage-dealing moves.
• This move shares its Japanese translation with another move, Coil Around.

In other languages

• French: Constriction
• German: Umklammerung
• Greek: Σύσφιξη
• Italian: Limitazione
• Korean: 휘감기 Hwigamgi
• Spanish: Restricción
• serbian: Stezanje

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