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Competitive Pokemon Red/Blue Movesets and Strategies for Lickitung

Base Stats for Lickitung

Normal

Evolutions / Family:
Lickitung

Weakness Chart for Normal-type:

Bug

Dragon

Electric

Fighting

Fire

Flying

Ghost

Grass

2x

0x

Ground

Ice

Normal

Poison

Psychic

Rock

Water

¼x

½x

2x

4x

Movesets for Singles

What is a good competitive moveset for Lickitung? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Red/Blue 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 Red/Blue generation metagame.

Lickitung is a marvelous Normal-typed Pokemon. It's a almost common sight to see Lickitung out in the 1st generation battlefield. There were no known abilities or equippable items back in the Red/Blue Pokemon games. Lickitung's only type-related weakness is Fighting.

Species: Lickitung
Moveset:
- Hyper Beam / Double-Edge
- Earthquake
- Seismic Toss / Counter
- Defense Curl

Physical Sweeper Lickitung (Retro)

Lickitung is a decent Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Generation one was a completely different game from what it is now. In the old days prior to Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type.

♦ Hyper Beam is a physical STAB-boosted 150-base power Normal-type move (can't move next turn if target or sub is not koed).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Normal-type move (has 1/4 recoil).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move that deals a serious amount of damage.
♦ Seismic Toss is a physical 1-base power Fighting-type move (damage = Lickitung's level. can hit ghost types).
♦ Counter is a physical 0-base power Fighting-type move (if hit by physical attack, returns double damage).
♦ Defense Curl is a status move (raises your Lickitung's defense by 1 stage).

Species: Lickitung
Moveset:
- Blizzard / Ice Beam
- Surf / Bubble Beam
- Thunderbolt
- Defense Curl

Special Sweeper Lickitung (Retro)

Lickitung is an astounding Special Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. The original Red/Blue Pokemon had alot to deal with on the battle field. Remember before Generation IV, a move's damage category was determined by its type.

♦ Blizzard is a special 120-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Ice Beam is a special 95-base power Ice-type move (10% chance to freeze the target).
♦ Surf is a special 95-base power Water-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
♦ Bubble Beam is a special 65-base power Water-type move (33% chance to lower the target's speed by 1 stage).
♦ Thunderbolt is a special 95-base power Electric-type move (10% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Defense Curl is a status move (raises your Lickitung's defense by 1 stage).

Movepool

Wondering what moves can Lickitung learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.

Combo List

These are a list of several common move combinations Lickitung can perform in Red/Blue. 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 RB Move and Ability Combos for Lickitung

Moves: Thunderbolt + Ice beam

Optimize Lickitung's EVs for Red/Blue