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 onwards
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
Constrict deals damage and can lower the target's Travel Speed by one stage.
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Pokémon Rumble Rush
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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Categories:
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- Moves that can target any adjacent Pokémon
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- Moves in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX
- Moves in Pokémon Rumble Rush
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- Moves that can jam
- Moves that can lower the target's Speed
- Moves in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
- Moves unusable in Pokémon Sword and Shield