Lick (move)

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.

Battles Type  Ghost Category  Physical PP  30 (max. 48) Power  20 Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Tough Appeal  1 ♥ Jam  4 ♥♥♥♥ Badly startles the Pokémon in front.

Super Contests Category  Tough Appeal  0 Raises the score if the Voltage is low.

Lick on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Lick on Eevee's Movedex

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.

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.

In the anime

	Lickilicky
The foe is licked with a long tongue.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Haunter	Haunter extends its tongue and licks the opponent, usually causing paralysis.
Ash's Haunter	The Tower of Terror		Debut
Morty's Haunter	Ghost to Ghost		None
Lickitung	Lickitung licks the opponent with its long tongue, usually causing paralysis.
Jessie's Lickitung	Princess vs. Princess		None
Gengar	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	Gastly extends its tongue to an incredible length and strikes the opponent with it.
Captain's Gastly	A Shipful of Shivers		None
Morty's Gastly	Ghost to Ghost		None
Kecleon	Kecleon extends its long tongue and licks the opponent. It can also use its tounge to hold or catch objects.
Madison's Reddy	The Kecleon Caper		None
Alexa's Greeny	The Kecleon Caper		None
Lickilicky	Lickilicky sticks out its long tongue and licks the opponent. It can also be used to catch or hold objects.
Baron Alberto's Lickilicky	The Rise of Darkrai		None
Baron Alberto when he was a Lickilicky	The Rise of Darkrai		None
Unknown Trainer's Lickilicky	If the Scarf Fits, Wear it!		None

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.