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  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Unknown

Availability Introduced  Generation I Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

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

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

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Tough Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

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

Effect

Generation I

Constrict does damage and has a 9.8% chance of lowering the opponent's speed by 1 level.

Constrict will not be able to lower the opponent's speed if it has reached a level of -6 or a value of 1, or if the opponent 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

• Tentacool at Lv.8
• Tentacruel at Lv.--
• Tentacruel at Lv.8
• Tangela at Lv.--
• Omanyte at Lv.--
• Omastar at Lv.--
• Spinarak at Lv.8
• Ariados at Lv.--
• Ariados at Lv.8
• Shuckle at Lv.--
• Octillery at Lv.--
• Octillery at Lv.6
• Lileep at Lv.--
• Cradily at Lv.--
• Drifloon at Lv.--
• Drifblim at Lv.--
• Tangrowth at Lv.--

Trivia

Constrict has the lowest base power out of all damage-dealing moves, along with Fury Cutter.

In other languages

• Spanish: Restricción
• French: Constriction
• German: Umklammerung

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