Lick (move)

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Lick
したでなめる Tongue Lick

File:Lick.png

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 Not affected by King's Rock

Target

Foe	Foe	Foe
Self	Ally	Ally
May affect anyone but the user

Availability

Introduced	Generation I
Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests

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

Super Contests

Condition	Tough
Appeal	0
Raises the score if the Voltage is low.

Contest Spectaculars

Condition	Tough
Appeal	0
Jamming	0

On Smogon's Movedex:

Lick (Japanese: したでなめる Tongue Lick) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation I.

Effect

Lick inflicts damage and has a 30% chance of paralyzing the target. Lick cannot paralyze a target that has a Substitute or already has a major status ailment.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#	Pokémon	Type		Level
0092	Gastly	Ghost	Poison	--
0093	Haunter	Ghost	Poison	--
0094	Gengar	Ghost	Poison	--
0124	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
0092	Gastly	Ghost	Poison	--
0093	Haunter	Ghost	Poison	--
0094	Gengar	Ghost	Poison	--
0108	Lickitung	Normal		--
0124	Jynx	Ice	Psychic	--
0209	Snubbull	Normal		19
0210	Granbull	Normal		19
0216	Teddiursa	Normal		8
0217	Ursaring	Normal		-- 8
0238	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.

|- | colspan="6" | 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
0092	Gastly	Ghost	Poison	--
0093	Haunter	Ghost	Poison	--
0094	Gengar	Ghost	Poison	--
0108	Lickitung	Normal		--
0124	Jynx	Ice	Psychic	--
0209	Snubbull	Normal		19
0210	Granbull	Normal		19
0216	Teddiursa	Normal		7
0217	Ursaring	Normal		-- 7
0238	Smoochum	Ice	Psychic	--
0336	Seviper	Poison		7
0352	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

|- | colspan="6" | 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
0092	Gastly	Ghost	Poison	--
0093	Haunter	Ghost	Poison	--
0094	Gengar	Ghost	Poison	--
0108	Lickitung	Normal		--
0124	Jynx	Ice	Psychic	-- 5
0143	Snorlax	Normal		12
0209	Snubbull	Normal		13
0210	Granbull	Normal		13
0216	Teddiursa	Normal		7
0217	Ursaring	Normal		-- 7
0238	Smoochum	Ice	Psychic	5
0336	Seviper	Poison		7
0352	Kecleon	Normal		--
0446	Munchlax	Normal		12
0463	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

|- | colspan="6" | 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 V

By leveling up

#		Pokémon	Type		Level
0092		Gastly	Ghost	Poison	--
0093		Haunter	Ghost	Poison	--
0094		Gengar	Ghost	Poison	--
0108		Lickitung	Normal		--
0124		Jynx	Ice	Psychic	-- 5
0143		Snorlax	Normal		12
0209		Snubbull	Normal		13
0210		Granbull	Normal		13
0216		Teddiursa	Normal		7
0217		Ursaring	Normal		-- 7
0238		Smoochum	Ice	Psychic	5
0336		Seviper	Poison		7
0352		Kecleon	Normal		--
0446		Munchlax	Normal		12
0463		Lickilicky	Normal		--
0511	Yanappu	Yanappu	Grass		7
0512	Yanakkie	Yanakkie	Grass		--
0513	Baoppu	Baoppu	Fire		7
0514	Baokkie	Baokkie	Fire		--
0515	Hiyappu	Hiyappu	Water		7
0516	Hiyakkie	Hiyakkie	Water		--
0631	Kuitaran	Kuitaran	Fire		--
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

|- | colspan="6" | 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

Pokémon	Method
Haunter File:Jessies Lickitung in battle.png Lickitung File:Lickilicky Lick.png Lickilicky Sableye
The foe is licked with a long tongue.
User	First Used In	Notes
	Haunter extends its tongue and licks the opponent, usually causing paralysis.
Sabrina's Haunter	The Tower of Terror	Debut
Morty's Haunter	From Ghost to Ghost	None
	Lickitung licks the opponent with its long tongue, usually causing paralysis.
Jessie's Lickitung	Princess vs. Princess	None
	Gengar harshly 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 licks the opponent with its wide tongue, causing paralysis, or Gastly extends its tongue to an incredible length and slaps the opponent with it.
Captain's Gastly	A Shipful of Shivers	None
Morty's Gastly	From Ghost to Ghost	None
	Kecleon extends its long tongue and licks the opponent. It can also use its tongue to hold, catch or throw objects.
Madison's Reddy	The Kecleon Caper	None
Alexa's Greeny	The Kecleon Caper	None
	Sableye licks the opponent with its large, slimy tongue.
A wild Sableye	Ready, Willing, and Sableye	Sableye cannot legally learn Lick.
	Lickilicky sticks out its long tongue and licks the opponent or Lickilicky extends its long sticky tongue and rubs it all over the body of a Pokémon, until it gets confused. .
Baron Alberto	The Rise of Darkrai	None
Baron Alberto's Lickilicky	The Rise of Darkrai	None
Unknown Trainer's Lickilicky	If the Scarf Fits, Wear it!	None
Conway's Lickilicky	Working on a Right Move!	None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

Pokémon	Method
File:Adventures Gengar Lick.png Gengar File:Diamond Lax Lick Adventures.png Munchlax
The user licks the opponent.
User	First Chapter Used In	Notes
	Gengar licks the opponent with its tongue.
Agatha's Gengar	Muk Raking	Debut
	Munchlax licks the opponent with its tongue.
Diamond's Lax	VS Mismagius I	None

Trivia

Lick is the only Ghost move in Generation I that is affected by type match-ups.
Some Pokémon will occasionally use their tongue to attack. One example is a Politoed attacking with its tongue in I Politoed Ya So!, and another example is Sableye licking May's Torchic in Ready, Willing, and Sableye. But it's still not classified as the move Lick.
In Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD, when a Pokémon uses Lick, it will show its tongue. Starting in Pokémon Battle Revolution, this is no longer visible.

In other languages

Finnish: Lipaisu
French: Léchouille
German: Schlecker
Greek: Γλείψιμο
Italian: Leccata
Korean: 핥기 Hatgi
Portuguese (Brazilian): Lambida
Spanish: Lengüetazo
Serbian: Lizanje

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