Lick (move)
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Lick したでなめる Tongue Lick | ||||||||||||
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Lick (Japanese: したでなめる Tongue Lick) is a damage-dealing Ghost-type move introduced in Generation I.
Effect
Generation I
Lick inflicts damage and has a 30% chance of paralyzing the target. Lick cannot paralyze Ghost-type Pokémon.
Generation II to V
Lick can now paralyze Ghost-type Pokémon.
Generation VI onwards
Lick's power is raised from 20 to 30.
Description
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Learnset
By leveling up
# | Pokémon | Types | Egg Groups | Level | ||||||||||
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I | II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | ||||||
0092 | |
Amorphous | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
0093 | |
Amorphous | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
0094 | |
Amorphous | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
0108 | Monster | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
0124 | |
Human-Like | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1, 5 | 1, 5 | 1, 5 | 1, 5SMUSUM 6PE |
1 | ||||
0143 | Monster | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12SMUSUM 19PE |
1 | 1 | |||||||
0209 | Field | Fairy | 19 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13BDSP | 13 | ||||
0210 | Field | Fairy | 19 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 13BDSP | 13 | ||||
0216 | Field | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1BDSP | 1 | |||||
0217 | Field | 1, 8 | 1, 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1BDSP | 1 | |||||
0238 | |
No Eggs Discovered | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | |||||
0263 | Zigzagoon
Galarian Form |
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Field | 6 | ||||||||||
0264 | Linoone
Galarian Form |
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Field | 1 | ||||||||||
0336 | Field | Dragon | 7 | 7 | 7BW 1B2W2 |
9XY 7ORAS |
6 | 6BDSP | 6 | |||||
0352 | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1BDSP | |||||||
0446 | No Eggs Discovered | 12 | 12 | 1, 12 | 1, 12 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
0463 | Monster | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
0511 | Field | 7 | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||
0512 | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
0513 | Field | 7 | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||
0514 | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
0515 | Field | 7 | 7 | 7 | ||||||||||
0516 | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
0631 | Field | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1SwSh | |||||||||
0656 | Water 1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||
0657 | Water 1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | ||||||||||
0658 | |
Water 1 | 10 | 10 | 10 | |||||||||
0725 | Field | 8 | 6SwSh | 6 | ||||||||||
0726 | Field | 1, 8 | 1SwSh | 1 | ||||||||||
0727 | |
Field | 1, 8 | 1SwSh | 1 | |||||||||
0862 | |
Field | 1SwSh | |||||||||||
0901 | |
Field | 1 | |||||||||||
0901 | Ursaluna
Bloodmoon |
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Field | 1 | ||||||||||
0910 | Field | 7 | ||||||||||||
0911 | |
Field | 7 | |||||||||||
0926 | Field | Mineral | 3 | |||||||||||
0927 | Field | Mineral | 3 | |||||||||||
0942 | Field | 4 | ||||||||||||
0943 | Field | 4 | ||||||||||||
0965 | |
Mineral | 1 | |||||||||||
0966 | |
Mineral | 1 | |||||||||||
0971 | Field | 3 | ||||||||||||
0972 | Field | 3 | ||||||||||||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. |
By breeding
# | Pokémon | Types | Parent Egg Groups |
Egg Move | |||||||||
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II | III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII | IX | ||||||
0086 | Water 1 | Field | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔BDSP | ✔ | |||
0088 | Amorphous | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔BDSP | |||||
0143 | Monster | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔BDSP | |||||
0209 | Field | Fairy | ✔ | ||||||||||
0446 | Monster | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔BDSP | |||||||
0506 | Field | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔SwSh | ||||||||
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation. |
In other games
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series
Lick deals damage and can leave the enemy paralyzed. This move is affected by the Muzzled status condition.
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Pokémon Conquest
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Stars: ★
Power: 14
Accuracy: 100%
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Effect: Has a 30% chance of paralyzing the target. |
Users: |
Grid assumes the user is in the square marked by > facing to the right.
Orange squares indicate spaces that are hit.
Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon.
A blue square indicates the user's position after performing the move.
Orange squares indicate spaces that are hit.
Red squares indicate the knockback on hit Pokémon.
A blue square indicates the user's position after performing the move.
Pokémon GO
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Fast Attack | ||||||||||||||||
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Pokémon Rumble Rush
Pokémon Masters EX
Category | Move Gauge | MP | Base Power | Max Power | Accuracy | Target | Effect Tag | Description | Playable Users |
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Physical | 1 | — | 12 | 14 | 100% | An opponent | — | Has a chance (30%) of leaving the target paralyzed. | Agatha & Gengar (Before Mega Evolving only) Scottie/Bettie & Gastly/Haunter/Gengar Egg |
- Description prior to Version 2.10.0*: Has a moderate chance of leaving the target paralyzed
Pokémon UNITE
In Pokémon UNITE, Lick is Gengar's second move as Gastly. The user attacks forward in a line with their tongue, damaging enemies hit, and pulling them to the user. After evolving into Haunter at level 5, it is replaced by either Dream Eater or Hex.
Description
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In the anime
The user licks the target with a long tongue to inflict damage. This may also leave the target with paralysis. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Used In | Notes | |
Haunter extends its tongue and licks the opponent, usually causing paralysis. | |||
Sabrina's Haunter | The Tower of Terror | Debut | |
Morty's Haunter | From Ghost to Ghost | None | |
Lon's Haunter | Scary Hospitality! | None | |
A wild Haunter | A Haunted House for Everyone! | None | |
Gengar licks the opponent with its incredibly long tongue. | |||
A giant Gengar | The Ancient Puzzle of Pokémopolis | None | |
Morty's Gengar | A Ghost of a Chance | None | |
Gastly extends its long tongue and licks the opponent, to whom the saliva causes paralysis; or, Gastly extends its tongue to an incredible length and slaps the opponent with it. | |||
Captain's Gastly | A Shipful of Shivers | None | |
Morty's Gastly | From Ghost to Ghost | None | |
Kecleon extends its long tongue and licks the opponent, causing dizziness and confusion. It can also use its tongue to hold, catch, or throw objects. | |||
Madison's Reddy | The Kecleon Caper | None | |
Alexa's Greeny | The Kecleon Caper | None | |
Harrison's Kecleon | Playing with Fire! | None | |
Sableye licks the opponent with its slimy tongue leaving saliva on the target, which can cause confusion. | |||
A wild Sableye | Ready, Willing, and Sableye | Sableye cannot legally learn Lick | |
Lickitung licks the opponent with its long tongue, usually causing paralysis or dizziness. It could also use its tongue to push and hold things. | |||
A wild Lickitung | Pikachu's Ghost Carnival | None | |
Lickilicky extends its long tongue and licks the opponent, sometimes paralyzing, or Lickilicky starts to rub its tongue all over the opponent's body, confusing them. | |||
Baron Alberto transformed as Lickilicky | The Rise of Darkrai | None | |
Baron Alberto's Lickilicky | The Rise of Darkrai | None | |
Unnamed Trainer's Lickilicky | If the Scarf Fits, Wear it! | None | |
Conway's Lickilicky | Working on a Right Move! | None |
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
The user licks the target with a long tongue to inflict damage. This may also leave the target with paralysis. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Gengar licks the opponent with its tongue. On occasion, this will paralyze the opponent. | |||
Agatha's Gengar | Muk Raking | Debut | |
Munchlax licks the opponent with its tongue. | |||
Diamond's Lax | Mirages of Mismagius I | None | |
Golbat licks the opponent with its sticky tongue. | |||
Petrel's Golbat | All About Arceus V | Golbat cannot legally learn Lick |
- Maizie's Teddiursa was revealed to know Lick on the official website, but she was never shown using the move.
Pokémon Try Adventure
The user licks the opponent. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Kecleon sticks out its tongue and licks the opponent. | |||
Haidoru's Kecleon | TA23 | Debut |
In other generations
Core series games
Side series games
Spin-off series games
Trivia
- Lick is the only Ghost-type move in Generation I that takes the type chart into account.
- In Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD, when a Pokémon uses Lick, it will show its tongue. Starting in Pokémon Battle Revolution, this no longer occurs.
- Lick is the only Ghost-type move that can cause paralysis.
In other languages
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Categories:
- Moves
- Moves that can target any adjacent Pokémon
- Ghost-type moves
- Tough moves
- Physical moves
- Generation I moves
- Moves in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity
- Moves in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX
- Moves in Pokémon Conquest
- Fast Attacks in Pokémon GO
- Moves in Pokémon Rumble Rush
- Moves that can inflict paralysis
- Moves that can jam
- Moves in Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!
- Moves usable in Pokémon Sword and Shield
- Moves that require use of mouth