Vise Grip (move)

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Vice Grip
はさむ Clamp
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Type  Normal
Category  Physical
PP  30 (max. 48)
Power  55
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Condition  Tough
Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥
Jam  0  
A highly appealing move.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥
Jamming  0  
Quite an appealing move.

Vice Grip (Japanese: はさむ Clamp), formatted as ViceGrip prior to Pokémon X and Y, is a damage-dealing Normal-type move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Vice Grip inflicts damage and has no secondary effect.

Description

Games Description
A Normal-type attack used only by Pokémon with pincers. The target is gripped and injured.
Grips with powerful pincers.
RSE Grips the foe with large and powerful pincers.
Grips the target with large and powerful pincers.
FRLG
Huge, impressive pincers grip and squeeze the foe.
PMDRB Inflicts damage on the target.

The target is gripped and squeezed from both sides to inflict damage.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V VI
098 Krabby Krabby Water Water 20 12 12 5 5 5
099 Kingler Kingler Water Water --, 20 --, 12 --, 12 --, 5 --, 5 --, 5
127 Pinsir Pinsir Bug Bug -- -- -- -- -- --
303 Mawile Mawile Steel Fairy     21 21 21 21
341 Corphish Corphish Water Water     10 10 10 10
342 Crawdaunt Crawdaunt Water Dark     --, 10 --, 10 --, 10 --, 10
599 Klink Klink Steel Steel         -- --
600 Klang Klang Steel Steel         -- --
601 Klinklang Klinklang Steel Steel         -- --
632 Durant Durant Bug Steel         -- --
692 Clauncher Clauncher Water Water           9
693 Clawitzer Clawitzer Water Water           9
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 the anime

Rodman Clauncher Vice Grip.png
Clauncher
Ash Corphish ViceGrip.png
Corphish
Ash Kingler ViceGrip.png
Kingler
Ash Krabby ViceGrip.png
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
Clauncher Clauncher pinches the opponent with one of its claws.
Rodman's Clauncher Going for the Gold! None


In the manga

In the Ash and Pikachu manga


In the Pokémon Adventures manga


In other generations

Trivia

  • Despite the official English translation of the games normally using American English spelling, the word "vice" in Vice Grip is rendered with the Commonwealth English spelling instead, which is rendered in American English as "vise"[1] since it's referring to the mechanical tool.
  • This move's Japanese name is also used as the English name of another move.

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 剪斷 Jiǎnduàn
Denmark Flag.png Danish Skruestik
The Netherlands Flag.png Dutch Handgreep
Finland Flag.png Finnish Kuristusote*
France Flag.png European French Force Poigne
Germany Flag.png German Klammer
Greece Flag.png Greek Λαβή Σφιγκτήρας
India Flag.png Hindi दमदार शिकंजा Damdaar Shikanja
Italy Flag.png Italian Presa
South Korea Flag.png Korean 찝기 Jjipgi
Brazil Flag.png Brazilian Portuguese Vice-Agarrar
Serbia Flag.png Serbian Stega
Spain Flag.png Spanish Agarre
Turkey Flag.png Turkish Kıskaç Kolu

References


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