Constrict (move)
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- This article is about the move in the core games. For the Skill in Pokémon Shuffle, see Skill.
Constrict からみつく Coil Around | ||||||||||||
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Constrict (Japanese: からみつく Coil Around) is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.
Effect
Generation I
Constrict inflicts damage and has a 33.2% chance of lowering the target's Speed stat by one stage.
Generations II to VII
Constrict now has a 10% chance of lowering the target's Speed stat by one stage.
Generation VIII
Constrict cannot be selected in a battle.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Level | ||||||||||
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I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | ||||||
0072 | |
Water 3 | 27 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8XY 7ORAS |
7SMUSUM 4PE |
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0073 | |
Water 3 | 27 | 1, 12 | 1, 12 | 1, 8 | 1, 8 | 1, 8XY 1, 7ORAS |
1, 7SMUSUM 1, 4PE |
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0114 | Grass | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
0138 | |
Water 1 | Water 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
0139 | |
Water 1 | Water 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
0167 | |
Bug | 11 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | ||||||
0168 | |
Bug | 1, 11 | 1, 11 | 1, 8 | 1, 8 | 1, 8 | 1 | ||||||
0213 | |
Bug | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
0224 | Water 1 | Water 2 | 11 | 11 | 1, 6 | 1, 6 | 1, 6 | 1, 6 | ||||||
0345 | |
Water 3 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
0346 | |
Water 3 | 1, 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
0425 | |
Amorphous | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
0426 | |
Amorphous | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
0465 | Grass | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
0686 | |
Water 1 | Water 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
0687 | |
Water 1 | Water 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
0793 | |
No Eggs Discovered | 1 | |||||||||||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. |
By breeding
# | Pokémon | Types | Parent Egg Groups |
Egg Move | |||||||||
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II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | ||||||
0592 | |
Amorphous | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||||||||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. |
In other games
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
In Red Rescue Team and Blue Rescue Team, Constrict is a move with base power of 2, 90% accuracy and 22PP. The user attacks enemy in the front, and might lower their Movement Speed by one level.
In Explorers of Time, of Darkness and Sky, the move's accuracy has been decreased to 79.2%.
Description
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In the anime
The foe is attacked with long, creeping tentacles or vines. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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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 | |
Officer Jenny's Octillery | The Pirates of Decolore! | None | |
Drifloon spins around fast, including 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 | |
Frillish | Frillish wraps its tentacles around the opponent tightly so the opponent can't move. | ||
A wild Frillish | A Fishing Connoisseur in a Fishy Competition! | None |
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
The user wraps a body part around the opponent. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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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 | The Beginning of the End with Kyogre & Groudon X | None | |
Tentacruel wraps its tentacles around the opponent. | |||
Archie's Tentacruel | It All Ends Now VI | None |
In other generations
Core series games
Side series games
Spin-off series games
Trivia
- Constrict has the lowest consistent base power of all damage-dealing moves.
In other languages
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