Bind (move)
| Bind しめつける Bind | ||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||
Range
| ||||||||||||
Availability
| ||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||
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.
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 onwards
Bind does damage for 2-5 turns. Unlike the first generation, both user and target will be able to attack during the attack's duration. The damage dealt by Bind will apply to the target at the end of every turn. While the target is binded, it cannot be recalled. If the target uses the move Rapid Spin while wrapped, it will be freed from Bind.
Generation IV
If the user of Bind is holding a Grip Claw, the duration of Bind is always 5 turns.
In the anime
-
Brock's Onix using Bind on Ash's Pikachu.
Pokémon
Onix. It wraps its tail around its foe and crushes it.
- Used by Brock's Onix from Showdown in Pewter City to present. Debut.
- Used by a villager's Onix in Meowth Rules.
- Used by Drake's Onix in Hello, Pummelo!.
- Used by a wild Onix in Tunnel Vision.
Steelix. Same as Onix.
- Used by Byron's Steelix in Dealing With Defensive Types!.
Carnivine. It wraps its vines around its foe and crushes it.
- Used by James's Carnivine in Dawn of a New Era! to present.
Learnset
Generation I
By leveling up
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Generation II
By leveling up
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Generation III
By leveling up
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Generation IV
By leveling up
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Trivia
- Although Bind cannot affect Template:Type2s, it can still make them unable to move in Generation I.
In other languages
- French: Etreinte
- German: Klammergriff
- Italian: Legatutto
- Spanish: Atadura
- Portuguese: Apertar
