Lickitung is a Normal type Pokemon that was introduced in Generation 1. Lickitung is the unevolved form of Lickilicky, and is one of the oldest Pokemon in existence.
About Lickitung
| First appearance in anime | Original Series: Princess vs. Princess |
| First appearance in game | Red and Blue |
| Region | Kanto |
| Evolution | Lickitung → Lickilicky |
| 1st Evo level | When leveled up after learning the move “Rollout” |
| 2nd Evo level | N/A |
| Pokedex Entry | If this Pokémon’s sticky saliva gets on you and you don’t clean it off, an intense itch will set in. The itch won’t go away, either. Bug Pokémon are Lickitung’s main food source. This Pokémon paralyzes its prey with a lick from its long tongue, then swallows the prey whole. |
Lickitung Base stats
| HP | 90 |
| ATTACK | 55 |
| DEFENCE | 75 |
| SP. ATTACK | 60 |
| SP. DEFENCE | 75 |
| SPEED | 30 |
| TOTAL | 385 |
Appearance
Lickitung is a pink, bipedal Pokemon with a thick tail. It has soft, pink skin with yellow lines curved around its belly and rings marking each knee. It also has a yellow spot on its palms and the bottom of its feet. It also has small, black, beady eyes and a huge, powerful tongue that is twice as long as its body. The tongue may be connected to the tail as the tail reacts when the tongue is pulled. Not only that, it has a claw on each hand, much like a thumb.
Behavior
Lickitung has a saliva that can cause rashes if not cleaned rather quickly. It uses its tongue and saliva to capture its prey, explore its environment and clean itself amongst other things. Lickitung remembers things through smell and taste because it uses its tongue to investigate everything and it is averse to sour things. Lickitung will paralyze its prey with its tongue and then proceed to swallow them whole, specifically Bug type Pokemon.
Strengths and Weaknesses
Lickitung is weak to Fighting types and these types will do twice as much damage when attacking Lickitung and it is not resistant to any Pokemon types. However, it is immune to Ghost type Pokemon which will do no damage to Lickitung. Normal types do not have a long list of type advantages or disadvantages.
Best moveset (Lickitung)
Lickitung has a lot of strong moves including Focus Punch, which is a move that has 150 power and 100% accuracy. Here are Lickitung’s best moves; keep in mind that Double Edge has a 33% recoil, Earthquake hits adjacent Pokemon and does double damage on Dig. Fire Blast, on the other hand, has a 10% chance to burn the target and Focus Punch will fail if Lickitung takes damage before the move hits.
| Focus Punch | Double Edge |
| Earthquake | Fire Blast |
How to catch Lickitung in Pokemon Go?
Lickitung can be found in Residential areas and similar places but it can also be hatched from a 5km egg. It will evolve into Lickilicky at 50 candies without any evolution stones.
Trivia
- Lickitung was originally named Tonguetyd in the Red and Blue beta.
- One of Lickitung’s Pokedex entries has compared its tongue to the real life tongue of a chameleon.
- In the Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen Prima game guide, it mistakenly referred to Lickitung as a Fighting type Pokemon.
- Lickitung has a credit listed in the game credits for the N64 game Paperboy. It is under the Special Edition Thanks.
- Despite everything about it, Lickitung could not learn the move Lick until Generation 2.
- Lickitung’s name is a combination of lick, its stereotypical move, and a corruption of tongue, its stereotypical weapon of choice.
FAQs
What kind of animal is Lickitung based on?
Lickitung appears to possibly be based on the Akaname, which translates to fifth licker. It has been depicted in lots of different media and Lickitung appears to loosely be based on it.
How do I evolve Lickitung?
Lickitung has to learn the move Rollout first then once it has leveled up after that it will evolve to Lickilicky. In Pokemon Go, it needs 50 candies to evolve to Lickilicky.
Is Lickitung an original Pokemon?
While typically Pikachu, Charmander, Squirtle and Bulbasaur are usually the only ones considered original, Lickitung is from Generation 1 which is about as original as it gets.
Can Lickitung learn Lick?
Yes, after Pokemon Red and Blue, which for whatever reason didn’t allow Lickitung to learn that move, it is able to in every subsequent Pokemon game.
Is Lickitung a Psychic type Pokemon?
No, despite being pink colored, it is just a Normal type. Others like Jigglypuff or Clefairy that are pink have a sort of corresponding typing, but Lickitung is just a Normal Pokemon.
Conclusion
Lickitung is one of the oldest Pokemon with it introduced all the way back in Generation 1 and showing up pretty early in the anime. It only evolves once but it is one of the more powerful Normal type Pokemon with a pretty strong moveset. Ironically, it couldn’t learn Lick until Generation 2, but now it is complete with its fitting move.
