Is Lickitung Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Safari Zone encounter. Normal-type with AbilityOwn Tempo preventing confusion. HGSS gives Lickitung a Gen 4 evolution into Lickilicky by leveling up with Rollout learned. The new form adds real bulk. Safari Zone timing limits the story window.
Lickitung trades roughly evenly with Falkner's team.
Lickitung has the type edge here and should clean up Bugsy's team.
Lickitung trades roughly evenly with Whitney's team.
Morty's typing presses Lickitung's defenses.
Chuck's team hits Lickitung's weaknesses hard.
Lickilicky trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Lickilicky has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Lickilicky has the type edge here and should clean up Clair's team.
Lickilicky has the type edge here and should clean up Brock's team.
Lickilicky has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Lickilicky has the type edge here and should clean up Lt. Surge's team.
Lickilicky has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Lickilicky has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Lickilicky has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Lickilicky has the type edge here and should clean up Blaine's team.
Lickilicky has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Lickilicky has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
Lickilicky has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Lickilicky trades roughly evenly with Bruno's team.
Lickilicky has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Lickilicky has the type edge here and should clean up Lance's team.
Catchable
Catch Lickitung in the Safari Zone (walking, Lv 15-17, common).
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TUTORNormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Ilex Forest
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- After Whitney
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Hiker on Route 42
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- LV 49GrassPower WhipPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 10
Evolve Lickitung to Lickilicky
Usually ready to evolve before you reach Jasmine, at typical party pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 225Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TUTORNormalHeadbuttPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15Ilex Forest
- TM38FireFire BlastPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 10Goldenrod Department Store
- After Whitney
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Hiker on Route 42
- After Chuck
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Chuck
- After Jasmine
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Lake of Rage
- LV 49GrassPower WhipPower 120Accuracy 85%PP 10
How to Get Lickitung in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Lickitung shows up at two spots in the morning and daytime, common at one and scarcer at the other. The level spread runs wide, from the mid-teens up past 25, so where you catch it changes how grown it already is.
Wild Lickitung may be holding when caught:
Lagging Tail (5% chance) An item to be held by a Pokemon. It is tremendously heavy and makes the holder move slower than usual.2 locations to catch Lickitung
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 6
Badge 7Where To Catch Lickitung in HGSS
Lickitung is the chain's first catch. You'll find walking encounters from Lv. 15-26 across 4 total spots in the chain.
- Step 2Evolve into Lickilicky
Not landing the catch? Calculate Lickitung catch rates for HeartGold & SoulSilver by ball, status, and HP.
How to Get Shiny Lickitung in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Lickitung lumbers along Route 44 and the Safari Zone, though a shiny comes fastest from Masuda breeding with a foreign parent. Compare Shiny Lickitung odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Lickitung Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
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 HeartGold & SoulSilver 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 |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Lickitung Weak Against
Good
Lickitung Evolutions
Evolving Lickitung into Lickilicky takes knowing a specific move. It's not a simple level-up, so check the chain details below. Evolving adds up to 130 stat points total. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Lickitung easily with 63 breeding partners from the Monster egg group. Pass egg moves like Amnesia, Belly Drum, Body Slam and 8 more to offspring.
HGSS Lickitung Best Moveset
90 HP with balanced 75 defenses and AbilityOwn Tempo preventing confusion. The moveset absorbs some damage and responds slowly at 30 Speed with 55 Attack. Functional bulk but no offensive identity. Evolve to Lickilicky for real stats.
Best Build
Lickitung best EVs are Attack and Sp. Def
Physical Tank Moveset
- Earthquake
- Body Slam
- Wish
- Protect
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Power Whip and Blizzard bring the raw damage. But Lickitung also picks up coverage across 12 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. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
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
All 35 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 HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
- How do I catch Lickitung in the HeartGold & SoulSilver Safari Zone?
See the Locations section above for where to find Lickitung in HeartGold & SoulSilver.
Safari rules: You can only use Safari Balls. No battling. Two tactical items shift the catch/flee trade-off:
- Throw bait to keep Lickitung from fleeing (flee rate cut to 1/4) but it becomes harder to catch (catch factor halved).
- Throw a rock to make Lickitung easier to catch (catch factor doubled) but it flees twice as often.
- Each effect lasts 2-6 random turns; throwing one cancels the other.
Yes. Wild Lickitung in HeartGold & SoulSilver can hold Lagging Tail (5%). Use Thief (TM46) or Covet to swipe the held item without affecting your catch chance. Quickest way to farm rare items like Lagging Tail.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Lickitung does the job early-game if you need a Normal type on your team. Evolve it into Lickilicky before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Lickitung plays as a balanced. It's slow, so Trick Room or priority moves are key. so pick your spots carefully.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Adamant is the go-to nature for Lickitung. That's +Attack / -Sp. Atk. Pair it with 236 Atk / 236 SpD / 36 Spe EVs. Fits the balanced role.
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
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