Vise Grip (move)

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Vice Grip はさむ Clamp

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Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  30 (max. 48) Power  55 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by Mirror Move Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

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

Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jam  0   A highly appealing move.

Super Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Tough Appeal  4 ♥♥♥♥ Jamming  0   Quite an appealing move.

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

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.

Vice Grip can also be used as part of a Pokémon Contest combination, causing Bind and Guillotine to have their base appeal points doubled if used in the next turn.

Description

Games Description StadStad2 A Normal-type attack used only by Pokémon with pincers. The target is gripped and injured. GSC Grips with powerful pincers. RSE Grips the foe with large and powerful pincers. Colo.XD Grips the target with large and powerful pincers. FRLG DPPtHGSS Huge, impressive pincers grip and squeeze the foe. BWB2W2 XYORAS SM The target is gripped and squeezed from both sides to inflict damage.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Types	Egg Groups		Level
						I	II	III	IV	V	VI	VII	VIII
098		Krabby		Water 3		Water 3	20	12	12	5	5	5	5
099		Kingler		Water 3		Water 3	1, 20	1, 12	1, 12	1, 5	1, 5	1, 5	1, 5
127		Pinsir		Bug		Bug	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
303		Mawile		Field	Fairy			21	21	21	21XY 17ORAS	17
341		Corphish		Water 1	Water 3			10	10	10	10XY 7ORAS	7
342		Crawdaunt		Water 1	Water 3			1, 10	1, 10	1, 10	1, 10XY 1, 7ORAS	1, 7
599		Klink		Mineral		Mineral					1	1	1
600		Klang		Mineral		Mineral					1	1	1
601		Klinklang		Mineral		Mineral					1	1	1
632		Durant		Bug		Bug					1	1	1
692		Clauncher		Water 1	Water 3						9	9
693		Clawitzer		Water 1	Water 3						9	1, 9
736		Grubbin		Bug		Bug							1
737		Charjabug		Bug		Bug							1
738		Vikavolt		Bug		Bug							1
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In other games

Pokémon GO

Template:GoSpecialAttack Prior to an update to Niantic's servers on July 30, Vice Grip had a power of 15.

Description

Games Description MDRB Inflicts damage on the target.

In the anime

Clauncher	Corphish	Kingler	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.
Ash's Krabby	Mystery At The Lighthouse		Debut
A wild Krabby	The Evolution Solution		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 & Pikachu manga

	Corphish
The user grabs the oppnent with its pincers.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Corphish	Corphish grabs the oponent with one of its pincers.
Ash's Corphish	Start Of The Pokémon League!!		Debut

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

	Krabby
The user grabs the opponent in its claws or pincers.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Krabby	Krabby grabs the opponent in one of its pincers.
Misty's Krabby	Striking Golduck		Debut

In other generations

Core series games

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	Stadium (Jap)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Spin-off series games

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	Stadium (Jap)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	Stadium (Jap)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	Stadium (Jap)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Trivia

• Vice Grip's name refers to the vise, a mechanical tool which firmly holds an object that one is working on; although official English translations normally use American English spelling conventions, the move's name instead uses the Commonwealth English spelling of vice.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 夾住 Gaapjyuh Mandarin 夾住 / 夹住 Jiāzhù * 剪斷 Jiǎnduàn * Danish Skruestik Dutch Handgreep Finnish Kuristusote* European French Force Poigne German Klammer Greek Λαβή Σφιγκτήρας Hindi दमदार शिकंजा Damdaar Shikanja Italian Presa Korean 찝기 Jjipgi Brazilian Portuguese Vice-Agarrar (anime) Agarramento Viciado (TCG) Aperto com Garra (The Official Pokémon Handbook) Garra Tenaz (The Official Pokémon Handbook) Serbian Stega Spanish Agarre Turkish Kıskaç Kolu Vietnamese Kẹp

References

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