Competitive Information for Lickilicky [Black/White]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Lickilicky? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
Lickilicky is an extraordinary Normal-typed Pokemon. Lickilicky are common Pokemon to see in the BW metagame. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Lickilicky's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: Life Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Cloud Nine
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Earthquake
- Hammer Arm / Brick Break
- Aqua Tail
Physical Sweeper Lickilicky (Cloud Nine)
Lickilicky is a fabulous Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Lickilicky's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Hammer Arm). Life Orb boosts the power of Lickilicky's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Cloud Nine, while Lickilicky is active the effects of weather conditions are disabled.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Lickilicky's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
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Item: Life Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Cloud Nine
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Hyper Beam / Round
- Surf
- Flamethrower
- Ice Beam
Special Sweeper Lickilicky (Cloud Nine)
Lickilicky is a pretty decent Special Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Lickilicky's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Cloud Nine, while Lickilicky is active the effects of weather conditions are disabled.
♦ Round is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Surf is a special 95-base power Water-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. double damage on dive).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Item: Mental Herb
Ability: Cloud Nine
Nature: Quiet (+SpA, -Spe)
EVs: 12 Hp / 249 SpA / 249 SpD
Moveset:
- Work Up
- Focus Blast / Fire Blast
- Thunderbolt
- Ice Beam
Lickilicky Special Tank (Boltbeam Licky)
Lickilicky is a phenomenal Special Tank. It is designed to take a nice amount of hits from special attacks while dealing some decent damage. With Cloud Nine, while Lickilicky is active the effects of weather conditions are disabled.
♦ Focus Blast is a special 120-base power Fighting-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Fire Blast is a special 120-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
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Item: Muscle Band
Ability: Own Tempo
Nature: Careful (+SpD, -SpA)
EVs: 225 Hp / 225 Atk / 58 SpD
Moveset:
- Dragon Tail
- Sleep Talk
- Curse
- Rest
Lickilicky Physical Tank (Fatty)
Lickilicky is an outstanding Physical Tank. It's primary goal is to take a large amount of physical hits while dealing some decent damage. With Own Tempo, Lickilicky cannot be confused.
♦ Sleep Talk is a status move (Lickilicky must be asleep. uses another known move).
♦ Curse is a status move (curses if ghost, else -1 spe, +1 atk, +1 def).
♦ Rest is a status move (Lickilicky sleeps 2 turns and restores hp and status).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Lickilicky? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
Item: Life Orb / Silk Scarf
Ability: Cloud Nine
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Double-Edge / Return
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Hammer Arm
Doubles Physical Sweeper Lickilicky (Cloud Nine)
Lickilicky is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. White Herb will reset Lickilicky's negative stat changes once (specifically for when it uses Hammer Arm). Life Orb boosts the power of Lickilicky's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Cloud Nine, while Lickilicky is active the effects of weather conditions are disabled.
♦ Return is a physical STAB-boosted 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Hammer Arm is a physical 100-base power Fighting-type move (lowers your Lickilicky's speed by 1 stage).
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Item: Life Orb / Mystic Water
Ability: Cloud Nine
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Surf
- Icy Wind / Ice Beam
- Hyper Beam / Round
- Flamethrower
Doubles Special Sweeper Lickilicky (Cloud Nine)
Lickilicky is a phenomenal Special Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Life Orb boosts the power of Lickilicky's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Cloud Nine, while Lickilicky is active the effects of weather conditions are disabled.
♦ Icy Wind is a special 55-base power Ice-type move (100% chance to lower the foes speed by 1 stage).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special STAB-boosted 150-base power Normal-type move (Lickilicky cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special STAB-boosted 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this turn).
♦ Flamethrower is a special 95-base power Fire-type move (10% chance to burn the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Lickilicky learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
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Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Lickilicky can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Lickilicky
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Swagger + Psych up
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Belly drum + Rest
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Helping Hand
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Lickilicky's stats
- Amnesia
- Belly Drum
- Curse
- Defense Curl
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Lickilicky
- Earthquake
- Ice Beam
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Lickilicky in Black and White
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