Constrict (move)

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

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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Type  Normal
Category  Physical
PP  35 (max. 56)
Power  10
Accuracy  100%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Makes contact
  • Affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Not affected by Snatch
  • Affected by Mirror Move
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
May affect anyone adjacent to the user
Availability
Introduced  Generation I
Condition  Tough
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Jam  3 ♥♥♥
Startles the Pokémon that appealed before the user.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  0  
Earn a higher score the later the Pokémon performs.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
Jamming  0  
Brings down the energy of any Pokémon that have already used a move this turn.

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
Games Description
Stad A Normal-type attack. Has a one-in-three chance of reducing the target's Speed.
Stad2 A Normal-type attack. Has a one-in-ten chance of reducing the target's Speed.
GSC An attack that may lower Speed.
RSEColo.XD Constricts to inflict pain. May lower Speed.
FRLG The foe is attacked with long tentacles or vines. It may lower Speed.
DPPtHGSSPBR The foe is attacked with long, creeping tentacles or vines. It may also lower the target's Speed.
BWB2W2 The target is attacked with long, creeping tentacles or vines. It may also lower the target's Speed stat.
XYORAS The target is attacked with long, creeping tentacles or vines. This may also lower the target's Speed stat.
SMUSUMPE The target is attacked with long, creeping tentacles, vines, or the like. This may also lower the target's Speed stat.
SwSh This move can't be used. It's recommended that this move is forgotten. Once forgotten, this move can't be remembered.


Learnset

By leveling up
# Pokémon Types Egg Groups Level
I II III IV V VI VII VIII
072 Tentacool
Water 3 Water 3 27 12 12 8 8 8XY
7ORAS		 7SMUSUM
4PE
073 Tentacruel
Water 3 Water 3 27 1, 12 1, 12 1, 8 1, 8 1, 8XY
1, 7ORAS		 1, 7SMUSUM
1, 4PE
114 Tangela
 Grass Grass 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
138 Omanyte
Water 1 Water 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
139 Omastar
Water 1 Water 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
167 Spinarak
Bug Bug 11 11 8 8 8 1
168 Ariados
Bug Bug 1, 11 1, 11 1, 8 1, 8 1, 8 1
213 Shuckle
Bug Bug 1 1 1 1 1 1
224 Octillery
 Water 1 Water 2 11 11 1, 6 1, 6 1, 6 1, 6
345 Lileep
Water 3 Water 3 8 1 1 1 1
346 Cradily
Water 3 Water 3 1, 8 1 1 1 1
425 Drifloon
Amorphous Amorphous 1 1 1 1
426 Drifblim
Amorphous Amorphous 1 1 1 1
465 Tangrowth
 Grass Grass 1 1 1 1
686 Inkay
Water 1 Water 2 1 1
687 Malamar
Water 1 Water 2 1 1
793 Nihilego
Undiscovered Undiscovered 1
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move.
Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding
# Pokémon Types Parent
Egg Groups		 Egg Move
II III IV V VI VII VIII
592 Frillish
Amorphous Amorphous ✔ ✔ ✔
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 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
Games Description
MDRB Inflicts damage on the target. It may also lower the target's Movement Speed by one level.
MDTDS Inflicts damage on the target. It may also reduce the target's Movement Speed by 1 level.
BSL てきポケモンに ダメージをあたえる しかも いっていのかくりつで いどうそくどを １だんかいさげる
MDGtI UNUSED
SMD
MDRTDX		 It damages an enemy. It could also lower the enemy's Travel Speed.


In the anime
Octillery Tangela Frillish Shuckle
The foe is attacked with long, creeping tentacles or vines.
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
Tangela Tangela spins around quickly, sucking in anything near it.
Erika's Tangela Pokémon Scent-sation! Debut
Octillery 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 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 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


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 SMUSUM LGPE Generation VIII Stadium (JP) Stadium Stadium 2 Colosseum XD Battle Revolution Battrio MD: Red and Blue MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad MD: GTI SMD MD: RTDX Rumble Rumble Blast Masters EX
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 SMUSUM LGPE Generation VIII Stadium (JP) Stadium Stadium 2 Colosseum XD Battle Revolution Battrio MD: Red and Blue MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad MD: GTI SMD MD: RTDX Rumble Rumble Blast Masters EX

Side 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 SMUSUM LGPE Generation VIII Stadium (JP) Stadium Stadium 2 Colosseum XD Battle Revolution Battrio MD: Red and Blue MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad MD: GTI SMD MD: RTDX Rumble Rumble Blast Masters EX
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 SMUSUM LGPE Generation VIII Stadium (JP) Stadium Stadium 2 Colosseum XD Battle Revolution Battrio MD: Red and Blue MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad MD: GTI SMD MD: RTDX Rumble Rumble Blast Masters EX

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 SMUSUM LGPE Generation VIII Stadium (JP) Stadium Stadium 2 Colosseum XD Battle Revolution Battrio MD: Red and Blue MD: Time, Darkness, and Sky MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad MD: GTI SMD MD: RTDX Rumble Rumble Blast Masters EX

Trivia
  • Constrict has the lowest consistent base power of all damage-dealing moves.

In other languages
Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 纏繞 Chìhnyíuh *
糾纏 Gáuchìhn *
Mandarin 纏繞 / 缠绕 Chánrào *
糾纏 Jiūchán *
缠功 Chángōng *
Czech Svázání
Danish Indsnævre
Dutch Klem vast
Finnish Kuristus
French Constriction
German Umklammerung
Greek Σύσφιξη
Indonesian Gulung
Italian Limitazione
Korean 휘감기 Hwigamgi
Polish Pułapka
Brazilian Portuguese Contrair (TCG, manga)
Constrição
Sufocamento (The Official Pokémon Handbook)
Serbian Stezanje
Spanish Latin America Apretón
Spain Restricción
Swedish Dra ihop
Vietnamese Siết



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