Bind (move)

Bind しめつける Bind

Battles Type  Normal Category  Physical PP  20 (max. 32) Power  15 Accuracy  85% Priority  0 Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Range Opponent Opponent Opponent Self Ally Ally Normal: May affect anyone but the user (long-range)

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

Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0   Temporarily stops the crowd from getting excited.

Super Contests Condition  Tough Appeal  0   Earn a higher score the later the Pokémon performs.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Tough Appeal  0   Jamming  0

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

Bind (Japanese: しめつける Bind) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Generation I

Bind does damage for 2-5 turns. There is a 37.5% chance that it will attack for 2 turns, a 37.5% chance that it will attack for 3 turns, a 12.5% chance that it will attack for 4 turns, and a 12.5% chance that it will attack for 5 turns. Though technically only the first attack can critical hit, every attack during the duration will do the same amount of damage. During this turn duration, the target will be unable to attack, and if the user of Bind attacks before the target when used, the target will be unable to attack during that round as well.

Damage done by Bind's continuing duration is done after recurrent damage. If the user switches out before the turn duration ends, the target will be unable to attack during that turn, since it did not get to select a move. If the target switches out before the turn duration ends, Bind will automatically be used against the incoming Pokémon, deducting an additional PP from the move. If at such a time Bind has 0 PP, Bind will still be used against the incoming Pokémon. After that use, the current PP of Bind will roll over to 63, and full PP ups will be applied to it.

Even if Bind misses, it will negate the recharge turn normally required for Hyper Beam. Additionally, if the user of Bind attacks before the user of Hyper Beam during a recharge turn and the use of Bind misses, the user of Hyper Beam will automatically use Hyper Beam during that turn. If at such a time Hyper Beam has 0 PP, Hyper Beam will still be used, and afterwards its current PP will roll over to 63, and full PP ups will be applied to it.

The target will get to select a move during each turn of Bind's duration, and will attack the player's incoming Pokémon with the selected move if the player decides to switch before the duration is over.

Although Bind cannot affect Ghost-type Pokémon, it can still make them unable to move.

In Pokémon Stadium, the player gets to select a move during each turn of Bind's duration. If the target switches out before the duration ends, the incoming Pokémon will not automatically be attacked. Bind will negate the recharge turn of Hyper Beam only if successful.

Generation II

The target is now able to attack during Bind's duration, and can act normally. Instead, it inflicts 1/16 of the target's maximum HP as damage for two to five turns upon use, in addition to the damage dealt when it is used. It also traps the target, preventing switching and escape. If a trapped Pokémon uses Rapid Spin, it will be freed.

Generation III

The effects of Bind are the same as in Generation II, but if a wild Pokémon uses Bind on the player's Pokémon, the player may escape if the affected Pokémon has Run Away or is holding a Smoke Ball. However, these do not allow the player to switch the Pokémon out.

Generation IV

In Generation IV, if the user of Bind is holding a Grip Claw, the duration will always be 5 turns. Also, if an affected Pokémon is holding a Shed Shell, it can switch out.

Generation V

Bind's accuracy changed from 75% to 85%.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0095 Onix Rock Ground 15 0114 Tangela Grass -- 0114 Tangela Grass 24 0127 Pinsir Bug 21 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0095 Onix Rock Ground 10 0114 Tangela Grass 25 0127 Pinsir Bug 13 0208 Steelix Steel Ground 10 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0095 Onix Rock Ground 8 0095 Onix Rock Ground 9 0114 Tangela Grass 28 0127 Pinsir Bug 7 0208 Steelix Steel Ground 8 0208 Steelix Steel Ground 9 0352 Kecleon Normal 4 0356 Dusclops Ghost -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0095 Onix Rock Ground -- 0114 Tangela Grass 22 0127 Pinsir Bug 4 0208 Steelix Steel Ground -- 0352 Kecleon Normal 4 0356 Dusclops Ghost -- 0455 Carnivine Grass -- 0465 Tangrowth Grass 22 0477 Dusknoir Ghost -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0095 Onix Rock Ground -- 0114 Tangela Grass 22 0127 Pinsir Bug 4 0208 Steelix Steel Ground -- 0352 Kecleon Normal 4 0356 Dusclops Ghost -- 0455 Carnivine Grass -- 0465 Tangrowth Grass 22 0477 Dusknoir Ghost -- 0538 Throh Fighting -- 0599 Klink Steel 21 0600 Klang Steel 21 0601 Klinklang Steel 21 0603 Eelektrik Electric 9 0615 Cryogonal Ice -- 0631 Heatmor Fire 11 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

In the anime

File:Steelix Bind.png Steelix File:Onix Bind.png Onix File:Carnivine Bind.png Carnivine
The user binds or squeezes the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Onix wraps its tail around the opponent and crushes it.
Brock's Onix	Showdown in Pewter City		Debut
A Villager's Onix	Meowth Rules		None
Drake's Onix	Hello, Pummelo!		None
Multiple wild Onix	Tunnel Vision		None
	Steelix wraps its tail around the opponent and crushes it.
Brock's Steelix	Grating Spaces!		None
Byron's Steelix	Dealing with Defensive Types!		None
	Carnivine wraps its roots around the opponent and squeezes it.
James's Carnivine	Arrival of a Rival!		None

In the manga

Phantom Thief Pokémon 7

File:Dusknoir Bind P7.png Dusknoir
The user prevents the opponent from moving.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Dusknoir releases a powerful light from its eyes that prevents the opponent from moving.
Lily's Dusknoir	Stolen Memories		Debut

Pokémon Adventures

File:Erika Tangela Adventure.png Tangela
The user wraps their body around the foe.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Onix wraps its body around the opponent.
Bruno's Onix	Can You Diglett?		Debut
Brock's Onix	Heads On Kabutops!		None
	Tangela wraps the opponent up in its vines.
Erika's Angela	Playing Horsea		None
	Kecleon extends its tongue and wraps it around the opponent.
Wally's Kecleon	VS. Kecleon		None

Trivia

• Excluding Onix's evolutionary family, all Pokémon that can learn Bind have no secondary type.
• Kecleon is the only Normal type Pokémon capable of learning Bind, and therefore is the only Pokémon that receives STAB for it

In other languages

• French: Étreinte
• German: Klammergriff
• Greek: Δέσιμο
• Italian: Legatutto
• Korean: 조이기 Joigi
• Portuguese (Brazilian): Apertar
• Portuguese (European): Apertão (Pokémon Chronicles)
• Serbian: Vezanje
• Spanish: Atadura

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.