Lick (move)

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 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

This move article is part of Project MoveDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each move.