Biology
Litwick is a small, candle-like Pokémon with a purple flame atop its head, which is powered by life energy that it absorbs. Its body and two stubby arms are made of primarily of white wax. The folded, melted wax lays over its right eye, and leaves only the bright yellow left eye visible. It has a small smile under a protruding upper lip. Litwick pretends to guide people and Pokémon around by illuminating darkened areas. However, it is actually sucking away their life energy and leading them to the Ghost World. In the anime, the flame is shown to grow as it continually absorbs life energy.
In the animeIn the mangaIn the TCGGame data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
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Generation V
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Black
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Litwick shines a light that absorbs the life energy of people and Pokémon, which becomes the fuel that it burns.
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White
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While shining a light and pretending to be a guide, it leeches off the life force of any who follow it.
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Black 2
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Its flame is usually out, but it starts shining when it absorbs life force from people or Pokémon.
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White 2
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Generation VI
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X
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While shining a light and pretending to be a guide, it leeches off the life force of any who follow it.
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Y
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Litwick shines a light that absorbs the life energy of people and Pokémon, which becomes the fuel that it burns.
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Omega Ruby
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While shining a light and pretending to be a guide, it leeches off the life force of any who follow it.
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Alpha Sapphire
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Litwick shines a light that absorbs the life energy of people and Pokémon, which becomes the fuel that it burns.
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Game locations
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
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In side games
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
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Generation V
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Rumble Blast
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PokéPark 2
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Conquest
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MD GTI
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Desolate Canyon (1F-7F), Mountain Pass (1F-7F), Inflora Forest (1F-8F), Breezy Meadow (1F-8F), Forest Grotto (1F-7F), Miragesands (1F-29F), Rusty Mountain (Golden Chamber), Jaws of the Abyss (Golden Chamber), Smoking Mountain (1F-24F), Skill Treasury (1F-15F), Magnagate dungeons
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Rumble U
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Held items
Stats
Base stats
Stat
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Range
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At Lv. 50
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At Lv. 100
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50
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110 - 157
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210 - 304
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30
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31 - 90
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58 - 174
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55
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54 - 117
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103 - 229
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65
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63 - 128
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121 - 251
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55
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54 - 117
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103 - 229
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20
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22 - 79
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40 - 152
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Total: 275
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Other Pokémon with this total
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- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
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Type effectiveness
Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:
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Learnset
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Litwick
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Litwick
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see level-up moves from other generations
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- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Litwick
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Litwick
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see TM moves from other generations
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- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Litwick in Generation VI
- Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
- Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Litwick in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Litwick
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Litwick
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Egg moves from other generations
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- A black or white abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Litwick can be tutored the move in that game
- A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Litwick cannot be tutored the move in that game
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Litwick
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Litwick
- Click on the generation numbers at the top to see Move Tutor moves from other generations
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Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation V.
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Trivia
Origin
Litwick is a combination of hitodama (a blue, black, or purple-fire associated with ghosts and yōkai, equivalent to the western will-o'-the-wisp) and a candle. It may also be based on the cliché of ghostly floating candles.
Name origin
Litwick may to be a combination of lit (past tense of to light) or little and wick. Wick might also refer to wicked.
Hitomoshi may be derived from 火点し hitomoshi, which means to light a lamp but also describes the person who leads a funeral procession in Japan with a torch, matching its Pokédex entry saying it leads people astray and then sucks out their life force. It may also derive from 人燃し hitomoshi (to burn a man [to death]).
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