Essentials

Vice Grip

Normal physical

Generation 1

Summary

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.

Damage Dealt

  • Bug 1
  • Dark 1
  • Dragon 1
  • Electric 1
  • Fairy 1
  • Fighting 1
  • Fire 1
  • Flying 1
  • Ghost 0
  • Grass 1
  • Ground 1
  • Ice 1
  • Normal 1
  • Poison 1
  • Psychic 1
  • Rock ½
  • Steel ½
  • Water 1

Stats

Power
55; percentile 24.0
Accuracy
100%
PP
30, up to 48 with PP Up PP Up
Target
Selected Pokémon
Effect chance
n/a
Priority
0 (normal)

Flags

Machines

Generation 1
Not a TM
Generation 2
Not a TM
Generation 3
Not a TM
Generation 4
Not a TM
Generation 5
Not a TM
Generation 6
Not a TM
Generation 7
Not a TM

Effect

Inflicts regular damage.

Meta

This reflects how the games treat moves and may be somewhat idealistic.

Flavor

Flavor Text

Generation 2
Gold, Silver, Crystal

Grips with powerful pincers.

Generation 3
Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald

Grips the foe with large and powerful pincers.

FireRed, LeafGreen

Huge, impressive pincers grip and squeeze the foe.

Generation 4
Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, SoulSilver

Huge, impressive pincers grip and squeeze the foe.

Generation 5
Black, White, Black 2, White 2

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

Generation 6
X, Y, Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire

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

Generation 7
Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon

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

Foreign Names

Japanese
はさむ (hasamu)
はさむ
Korean
찝기
Chinese
夾住
夹住
French
Force Poigne
German
Klammer
Spanish
Agarre
Italian
Presa
Czech
Svěrák

Contests

Generation 3 Contest

Type
Tough
Appeal
♡♡♡♡
Jam
Flavor text
A highly appealing move.
Use after
None
Use before

Generation 4 Super Contest

Type
Tough
Appeal
♡♡♡
Flavor text
A basic performance using a move known by the Pokémon.
Use after
None
Use before
None

Similar moves

These moves all have the same effect as Vice Grip.

Move Type Class PP Power Acc Pri Effect
Pound Normal physical 35 40 100%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Mega Punch Normal physical 20 80 85%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Scratch Normal physical 35 40 100%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Cut Normal physical 30 50 95%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Wing Attack Flying physical 35 60 100%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Slam Normal physical 20 80 75%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Vine Whip Grass physical 25 45 100%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Mega Kick Normal physical 5 120 75%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Horn Attack Normal physical 25 65 100%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Tackle Normal physical 35 40 100%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Water Gun Water special 25 40 100%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Hydro Pump Water special 5 110 80%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Peck Flying physical 35 35 100%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Drill Peck Flying physical 20 80 100%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Strength Normal physical 15 80 100%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Rock Throw Rock physical 15 50 90%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Egg Bomb Normal physical 10 100 75%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Megahorn Bug physical 10 120 85%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Hyper Voice Normal special 10 90 100%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Dragon Claw Dragon physical 15 80 100%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Aqua Tail Water physical 10 90 90%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Seed Bomb Grass physical 15 80 100%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
X-Scissor Bug physical 15 80 100%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Dragon Pulse Dragon special 10 85 100%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Power Gem Rock special 20 80 100%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Power Whip Grass physical 10 120 85%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Fairy Wind Fairy special 30 40 100%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Dazzling Gleam Fairy special 10 80 100%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Land’s Wrath Ground physical 10 90 100%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Origin Pulse Water special 10 110 85%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Precipice Blades Ground physical 10 120 85%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Breakneck Blitz Normal physical 1 * —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Breakneck Blitz Normal special 1 * —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
All-Out Pummeling Fighting physical 1 * —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
All-Out Pummeling Fighting special 1 * —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Supersonic Skystrike Flying physical 1 * —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Supersonic Skystrike Flying special 1 * —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Acid Downpour Poison physical 1 * —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Acid Downpour Poison special 1 * —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Tectonic Rage Ground physical 1 * —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Tectonic Rage Ground special 1 * —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Continental Crush Rock physical 1 * —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Continental Crush Rock special 1 * —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Savage Spin-Out Bug physical 1 * —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Savage Spin-Out Bug special 1 * —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Never-Ending Nightmare Ghost physical 1 * —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Never-Ending Nightmare Ghost special 1 * —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Corkscrew Crash Steel physical 1 * —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Corkscrew Crash Steel special 1 * —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Inferno Overdrive Fire physical 1 * —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Inferno Overdrive Fire special 1 * —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Hydro Vortex Water physical 1 * —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Hydro Vortex Water special 1 * —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Bloom Doom Grass physical 1 * —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Bloom Doom Grass special 1 * —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Gigavolt Havoc Electric physical 1 * —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Gigavolt Havoc Electric special 1 * —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Shattered Psyche Psychic physical 1 * —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Shattered Psyche Psychic special 1 * —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Subzero Slammer Ice physical 1 * —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Subzero Slammer Ice special 1 * —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Devastating Drake Dragon physical 1 * —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Devastating Drake Dragon special 1 * —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Black Hole Eclipse Dark physical 1 * —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Black Hole Eclipse Dark special 1 * —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Twinkle Tackle Fairy physical 1 * —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Twinkle Tackle Fairy special 1 * —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Catastropika Electric physical 1 210 —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
High Horsepower Ground physical 10 95 95%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Leafage Grass physical 40 40 100%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Dragon Hammer Dragon physical 15 90 100%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Sinister Arrow Raid Ghost physical 1 180 —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Malicious Moonsault Dark physical 1 180 —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Oceanic Operetta Water special 1 195 —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Soul-Stealing 7-Star Strike Ghost physical 1 195 —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Pulverizing Pancake Normal physical 1 210 —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt Electric special 1 195 —

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Plasma Fists Electric physical 15 100 100%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Photon Geyser Psychic special 5 100 100%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Shadow Blitz Shadow physical — 40 100%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Shadow Break Shadow physical — 75 100%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Shadow Rave Shadow special — 70 100%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Shadow Storm Shadow special — 95 100%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
Shadow Wave Shadow special — 50 100%

Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.

Pokémon

Normal Pokémon get STAB, and have their types highlighted in green.

Pokémon with higher Attack are more suited to Vice Grip's physical damage, and have the stat highlighted in green.

Generation 1 Generation 2 Generation 3 Generation 4 Generation 5 X, Y Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire Generation 7 Pokémon Type Ability Gender Egg Group HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spd Total
Level up: Learned when a Pokémon reaches a certain level.
20 12 12 5 5 5 5 5 Krabby Water Hyper Cutter
Shell Armor
Sheer Force 		½ male, ½ female Water 3 30 105 90 25 25 50 325
— — — — — — — — Kingler Water Hyper Cutter
Shell Armor
Sheer Force 		½ male, ½ female Water 3 55 130 115 50 50 75 475
— — — — — — — — Pinsir Bug Hyper Cutter
Mold Breaker
Moxie 		½ male, ½ female Bug 65 125 100 55 70 85 500
— — — Mega Pinsir Mega Pinsir Bug Flying Aerilate ½ male, ½ female Bug 65 155 120 65 90 105 600
21 21 21 21 17 17 Mawile Steel Fairy Hyper Cutter
Intimidate
Sheer Force 		½ male, ½ female Field
Fairy 		50 85 85 55 55 50 380
21 17 17 Mega Mawile Mega Mawile Steel Fairy Huge Power ½ male, ½ female Field
Fairy 		50 105 125 55 95 50 480
10 10 10 10 7 7 Corphish Water Hyper Cutter
Shell Armor
Adaptability 		½ male, ½ female Water 1
Water 3 		43 80 65 50 35 35 308
— — — — — — Crawdaunt Water Dark Hyper Cutter
Shell Armor
Adaptability 		½ male, ½ female Water 1
Water 3 		63 120 85 90 55 55 468
— — — — Klink Steel Plus
Minus
Clear Body 		genderless Mineral 40 55 70 45 60 30 300
— — — — Klang Steel Plus
Minus
Clear Body 		genderless Mineral 60 80 95 70 85 50 440
— — — — Klinklang Steel Plus
Minus
Clear Body 		genderless Mineral 60 100 115 70 85 90 520
— — — — Durant Bug Steel Swarm
Hustle
Truant 		½ male, ½ female Bug 58 109 112 48 48 109 484
9 9 9 Clauncher Water Mega Launcher ½ male, ½ female Water 1
Water 3 		50 53 62 58 63 44 330
9 9 — Clawitzer Water Mega Launcher ½ male, ½ female Water 1
Water 3 		71 73 88 120 89 59 500
— Grubbin Bug Swarm ½ male, ½ female Bug 47 62 45 55 45 46 300
— Charjabug Bug Electric Battery ½ male, ½ female Bug 57 82 95 55 75 36 400
— Vikavolt Bug Electric Levitate ½ male, ½ female Bug 77 70 90 145 75 43 500
— Totem Vikavolt Totem Vikavolt Bug Electric Levitate ½ male, ½ female Bug 77 70 90 145 75 43 500

18 Pokémon

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