Is Lickitung Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Route 44 in Johto. Lickitung's stats don't justify a team slot over what's already available by this point. A collection pick, not a team member.
Lickitung has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Lickitung has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Lickitung trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Lickitung trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Lickitung trades roughly evenly with Chuck's team.
Jasmine's typing presses Lickitung's defenses.
Lickitung trades roughly evenly with Pryce's team.
Lickitung trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Lickitung trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Lickitung trades roughly evenly with Sabrina's team.
Lickitung has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Lickitung trades roughly evenly with Janine's team.
Lickitung trades roughly evenly with Misty's team.
Lickitung has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Lickitung trades roughly evenly with Blaine's team.
Lickitung trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Lickitung trades roughly evenly with Will's team.
Lickitung has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Lickitung trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Lickitung has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Lickitung has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Lickitung on Route 44 (walking, Lv 24-26, uncommon).
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 24)
- LV 24NormalStompPower 98Accuracy 100%PP 20
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Game Corner
- After Whitney
- HM03WaterSurfPower 95Accuracy 100%PP 15Ecruteak City
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- After Clair
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Victory Road
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner
- TM42PsychicDream EaterPower 100Accuracy 100%PP 15Viridian City
Gold & Silver Lickitung Locations
Lickitung hides at exactly one spot, uncommon, in the mid twenties. With nowhere else to look, this is a deliberate detour rather than a Pokemon you stumble across on a normal route.
1 location to catch Lickitung
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 7Best Locations to Catch Lickitung in Gold & Silver
How to Get Shiny Lickitung in Gold & Silver
Lickitung is a rare sight in the Route 44 grass, so pinning down a shiny means grinding that single patch until the odd one finally sparkles. Compare Shiny Lickitung odds across every game
Shiny Lickitung Evolution
Does Not EvolveGold & Silver Shiny Lickitung Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Breed w/ Shiny Parent, about 1 in 64 on each try.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breed w/ Shiny Parent: Eggs inherit stats from a shiny parent, so about 1 in 64 hatch shiny. A shiny Ditto helps every egg, and any other shiny parent (the red Gyarados works) helps only eggs of the opposite gender.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 7-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 19-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 45-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 147-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Want exact numbers for your session? Calculate your shiny odds in Gold & Silver with Lickitung preloaded.
Lickitung Weakness
Lickitung is weak to Fighting. On the flip side, it's immune to Ghost-type moves entirely. With 90 HP and balanced defenses, Lickitung can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ghost |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
- Special stat split into Sp.Atk and Sp.Def
What is Lickitung Weak Against
GoodBest Pokemon Against Lickitung
 Hitmonlee Fighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Tyrogue (Mt Mortar Gift) Available Move Moves
Damage vs Lickitung View Hitmonlee builds →High Jump Kick 2x87-103%KO | ||
 Machoke Fighting | B | |
 Primeape Fighting | C | |
Lickitung Evolutions
Breeding is the whole story for Lickitung. A decent partner pool through one egg group, eggs take an average time to hatch, and you won't need to evolve anything. It's got 3 egg moves worth looking into. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Lickitung easily with 36 breeding partners from the Monster egg group. Pass egg moves like Belly Drum, Body Slam, Magnitude to offspring.
GS Lickitung Best Moveset
90 HP provides more bulk than expected, and the stat split improved Sp. Def for tanking special hits. MoveBody Slam and physical Normal moves provide modest damage with paralysis chance. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. Outclassed by every top Normal-type but holds a niche through bulk and persistence.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Thunder
- Strength
- Blizzard
- Fire Blast
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Blizzard and Dream Eater bring the raw damage. But Lickitung also picks up coverage across 11 types from TMs, making it tough to find a safe switch. You're not locked into one angle here.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
33 of 39 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
Its tongue has well-developed nerves that run to the very tip, so it can be deftly manipulated.
Its long tongue, slathered with a gooey saliva, sticks to anything, so it is very useful.
Lickitung Gold & Silver Guide
In Gold & Silver, Lickitung has 385 BST, so weigh it against what your team already covers.
In Gold & Silver, Lickitung plays as a balanced. It's slow, so Trick Room or priority moves are key. so pick your spots carefully. Strength is the primary attack.
Game Availability
Lickitung has been part of the series since Red & Blue, appearing in 20 titles across all 9 generations. As a Gen 1 original, it's one of the most consistently available Pokemon in the franchise.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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