Lick (move)
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| Lick したでなめる Tongue Lick | ||||||||||||
| The foe is licked with a long tongue, causing damage. It may also paralyze the target. | ||||||||||||
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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.
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Effect
Generation I
Lick inflicts damage and has a 29.7% chance of paralyzing the target. Lick cannot paralyze a target that has a Substitute or already has a major status ailment.
Generation II
Same as Generation I, however, there is a 30% chance of paralysis instead.
In the anime
Baron Alberto's Lickilicky using Lick to catch Alice. |
Pokémon
Haunter. Haunter extends its tongue and licks the opponent.
- Used by Ash's Haunter from The Tower of Terror to Haunter Versus Kadabra. Debut.
Lickitung. Lickitung licks the opponent with its long tongue, usually causing paralysis.
- Used by Jessie's Lickitung from Princess vs Princess to ???.
- Used by Morty's Haunter in Ghost to Ghost.
Gengar. Gengar licks the opponent with its tongue.
- Used by a giant Gengar in The Ancient Puzzle of Pokémopolis.
Gastly. Gastly extends its tongue to an incredible length and strikes the opponent with it.
- Used by Captain's Gastly in A Shipful of Shivers.
- Used by Morty's Gastly in Ghost to Ghost.
Kecleon. Kecleon extends its long tongue and licks the opponent.
- Used by in Madison and Alexa's two Kecleon in The Kecleon Caper.
Lickilicky. Lickilicky sticks out its long tongue and licks the opponent.
- Used by Baron Alberto's Lickilicky in The Rise of Darkrai to catch Alice from falling of the edge of a wall.
- Used by Baron Alberto in The Rise of Darkrai when he was transformed into a Lickilicky.
Learnset
Generation I
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 092 | | Gastly | Ghost | Poison | -- |
| 093 | | Haunter | Ghost | Poison | -- |
| 094 | | Gengar | Ghost | Poison | -- |
| 124 | | Jynx | Ice | Psychic | -- |
| Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move. | |||||
Generation II
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 092 | | Gastly | Ghost | Poison | -- |
| 093 | | Haunter | Ghost | Poison | -- |
| 094 | | Gengar | Ghost | Poison | -- |
| 108 | | Lickitung | Normal | -- | |
| 124 | | Jynx | Ice | Psychic | -- |
| 209 | | Snubbull | Normal | 19 | |
| 210 | | Granbull | Normal | 19 | |
| 216 | | Teddiursa | Normal | 8 | |
| 217 | | Ursaring | Normal | -- 8 | |
| 238 | | Smoochum | Ice | Psychic | -- |
| Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move. | |||||
By breeding
| # | Pokémon | Type | Father | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 086 | | Seel | Water | Snubbull, Granbull Teddiursa, Ursaring | |
| 088 | | Grimer | Poison | Gastly, Haunter, Gengar | |
| 143 | | Snorlax | Normal | Lickitung | |
| 209 | | Snubbull | Normal | Snubbull, Granbull Teddiursa, Ursaring | |
| Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. | |||||
Generation III
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 092 | | Gastly | Ghost | Poison | -- |
| 093 | | Haunter | Ghost | Poison | -- |
| 094 | | Gengar | Ghost | Poison | -- |
| 108 | | Lickitung | Normal | -- | |
| 124 | | Jynx | Ice | Psychic | -- |
| 209 | | Snubbull | Normal | 19 | |
| 210 | | Granbull | Normal | 19 | |
| 216 | | Teddiursa | Normal | 7 | |
| 217 | | Ursaring | Normal | -- 7 | |
| 238 | | Smoochum | Ice | Psychic | -- |
| 336 | | Seviper | Poison | 7 | |
| 352 | | Kecleon | Normal | -- | |
| Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move. | |||||
By breeding
| # | Pokémon | Type | Father | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 086 | | Seel | Water | Snubbull, Granbull Teddiursa, Ursaring Seviper Kecleon | |
| 088 | | Grimer | Poison | Gastly, Haunter, Gengar | |
| 143 | | Snorlax | Normal | Lickitung | |
| Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. | |||||
Generation IV
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 092 | | Gastly | Ghost | Poison | -- |
| 093 | | Haunter | Ghost | Poison | -- |
| 094 | | Gengar | Ghost | Poison | -- |
| 108 | | Lickitung | Normal | -- | |
| 124 | | Jynx | Ice | Psychic | -- 5 |
| 143 | | Snorlax | Normal | 12 | |
| 209 | | Snubbull | Normal | 13 | |
| 210 | | Granbull | Normal | 13 | |
| 216 | | Teddiursa | Normal | 7 | |
| 217 | | Ursaring | Normal | -- 7 | |
| 238 | | Smoochum | Ice | Psychic | 5 |
| 336 | | Seviper | Poison | 7 | |
| 352 | | Kecleon | Normal | -- | |
| 446 | | Munchlax | Normal | 12 | |
| 463 | | Lickilicky | Normal | -- | |
| Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move. | |||||
By breeding
| # | Pokémon | Type | Father | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 086 | | Seel | Water | Snubbull, Granbull Teddiursa, Ursaring Seviper Kecleon | |
| 088 | | Grimer | Poison | Gastly, Haunter, Gengar | |
| 143 | | Snorlax | Normal | Lickitung, Lickilicky | |
| 446 | | Munchlax | Normal | Lickitung, Lickilicky | |
| Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. *Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding. | |||||
Trivia
Lick is the only Ghost move in Generation I that is affected by type match-ups.
In other languages
- Brazilian Portuguese: Lambida
- French: Léchouille
- German: Schlecker
- Spanish: Lengüetazo
- Italian: Leccata
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