LC Lickitung

[Aerow]

Taken over from Goddess Briyella.

Overview
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Lickitung is one of the bulkiest Pokemon in Little Cup, having 90 / 75 / 75 defenses. Lickitung's access to Wish and Heal Bell in conjunction with its bulk make it a great support Pokemon on defensive teams. Thanks to Lickitung's ability Oblivious, it cannot be infatuated or taunted; however, it isn't immune to Encore like Spritzee is. Lickitung also faces competition from Spritzee as a Wish passer and cleric and Munchlax and Porygon as a special wall. Lickitung also struggles against Fighting-types, which are common in Little Cup, and can often become setup bait for the foe.

Wish Support
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name: Wish Support
move 1: Wish
move 2: Protect
move 3: Heal Bell / Toxic
move 4: Knock Off / Body Slam
ability: Oblivious
item: Eviolite
evs: 196 HP / 76 Def / 236 SpD
nature: Careful

Moves
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Wish is useful for recovering health for teammates and makes it easier for them to switch in; it can also be used to heal Lickitung itself. Protect helps guarantee Wish recovery and allows Lickitung to scout the foe's attacks. Heal Bell allows Lickitung to further support its teammates and is also useful for curing status, particularly Toxic, from opposing Lickitung. Toxic can be used to stall out walls in combination with Wish and Protect. Knock Off is great for removing items and allows Lickitung to be a good counter to Ghost-types such as Gastly. Body Slam is a nice STAB attack and has a 30% chance to paralyze the foe. If Toxic is being used, Return is a viable alternative to Body Slam, as you can avoid paralyzing foes you want to poison.

Set Details
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Eviolite is the optimal item for providing more bulk, as Wish is already a continual and reliable source of recovery and greatly outclasses Berry Juice's one-time use. 236 EVs in Special Defense and a Careful nature maximize Lickitung's special bulk, allowing it to more easily take on special attackers such as Gastly, Abra, Porygon, Magnemite, and Chinchou. Maximized special bulk is also needed to avoid the 2HKO from Life Orb Gastly and Life Orb Abra after Stealth Rock damage, as with any less investment, it can't handle them with entry hazards up. Maximized HP EVs further improve Lickitung's special bulk and ensure that Lickitung's Wishes are as big as possible. The remaining EVs are dumped into Defense to improve physical bulk.

Usage Tips
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Lickitung can switch into almost all unboosted non-Fighting-type attacks with ease. Therefore, keep Lickitung away from Fighting-types at all times and also watch out for Knock Off, as Lickitung's tanking capabilities are significantly reduced without Eviolite. Be careful not to poison foes with Guts, particularly Timburr. Lickitung also needs to be careful to not end up being setup bait for threats such as Swords Dance Pawniard.

Team Options
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Spritzee can work well with and form an effective Wish-passing core with Lickitung, as they both cover each other's weaknesses. Snubbull, Koffing, and Cottonee appreciate having Lickitung as a partner for Wish support in particular and can take on the Fighting-types that beat Lickitung. Swords Dance Pawniard can easily use Lickitung as setup bait; therefore, a teammate that can stop Pawniard is strongly recommended. Both Timburr and Croagunk resist Sucker Punch while being able to hit Pawniard for massive damage with priority STAB Mach Punch and Vacuum Wave, respectively. Croagunk is especially a great partner because it resists Fighting and enjoys Wishes from Lickitung. Trubbish also makes a good teammate for Lickitung, dealing with the Fighting-types that carry Knock Off with its combination of Sticky Hold, Berry Juice, and Recycle. Dark-types, such as Pawniard, Stunky, and Vullaby, can help Lickitung beat Ghost-types if it is not using Knock Off.

Other Options
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Lickitung has access to a huge physical movepool which includes the elemental punches, Dragon Tail, Power Whip, Aqua Tail, and Earthquake; however, Lickitung is too slow to be able to sweep. Lickitung's special movepool is also fairly huge but, sadly, contains nothing Lickitung can really use, except for Fire Blast, which can hit annoying Steel-types, which are immune to Toxic, particularly Ferroseed. Curse and Swords Dance are both decent setup moves for Lickitung. Curse can be used together with RestTalk and Dragon Tail, but the introduction of Fairies makes this less viable.

Checks & Counters
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**Fighting-types**: Lickitung struggles with Fighting-types such as Scraggy, Mienfoo, Timburr, and Croagunk. Not only can they fire off super effective Fighting-type STAB moves, but they can also easily Knock Off Lickitung's Eviolite, greatly reducing its overall bulk.

**Knock Off**: Knock Off greatly reduces Lickitung's walling and support capabilities, so you should keep Lickitung away from Knock Off users.

**Setup Sweepers**: Swords Dance Pawniard, Belly Drum Zigzagoon, and Shell Smash users, such as Omanyte and Tirtouga, can easily use Lickitung as setup bait.

 

[Aerow]

I'm thinking about changing the EV spread to a more specially defensive variant, because Lickitung works way better as a special wall from what I can see. What does QC think?

 

[kingmidas]

You have its ability in its 4th moveslot, the set should be
Wish
Protect
Heal Bell/Toxic
Knock Off / Body Slam
Also max hp max sdef is obvs the superior set, especially now that gastly is around more often, sludge bomb does a shit ton to the usual spread, and this ain't pulling a porygon taking on fighting types.

 

[Aerow]

Oh yeah, thanks for pointing out that. Fixed, and yea, changed the EV spread.

 

[zeriloa]

overview/moves
in the overview, note that it faces competition from munchlax/porygon and should only be used on defensive teams in need of a cleric that can take on gastly/abra.
mention return in moves (but don't slash it) and say that it can be used alongside toxic to avoid paralyzing things you want poisoned.

set details
mention that max spdef is needed to usually avoid the 2hko after rocks from life orb gastly and abra, as with any less investment it can't handle them with hazards up.

team options
add croagunk to the mons that appreciate wish support and beat fighters, and take out the mentions of eq because its not on the main set. also add mons that can deal with sd pawniard as lickitung is the perfect setup fodder for it.

take iron head, zen headbutt and subpunch out of OO, those are all just awful.

c&c
remove meditite mention, add sections for knock off (easily its #1 problem besides maybe fighting types) and probably set up sweepers because it has no way to stop sd pawn/smashers from setting up all over it unless it runs dragon tail which it doesn't have room for. take out toxic users (uncommon and heal bell is a main slash)

3/3 after that, write it up

 

[Aerow]

Implemented, thanks! Will start writing this up asap.

 

[Aerow]

There, should be ready for the final QC check now.

 

[Corporal Levi]

Went this over with you on PS, ready for GP after you implement the changes

Edit: quite the 500th post :o

 

[Aerow]

Yeah, ready for GP!

 

[frenzyplant]

1/2 :)

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Overview
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Lickitung is one of the bulkiest Pokemon in Little Cup overall, having 90 / 75 / 75 defenses. Access to Wish and Heal Bell therefore in conjunction with its bulk makes Lickitung a great supportive Pokemon on defensive teams. However, Lickitung does meet competition from Spritzee as a Wish passer and cleric, and from Munchlax and Porygon as a special wall. (move sentence to *) Thanks to Lickitung's ability Oblivious, it cannot be infatuated or taunted, but it isn't immune to Encore like Spritzee. (*) (could mention more cons to its use here like its weakness to the prevalent Fighting-type attacks in LC, passivity, etc)

Wish Support
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name: Wish Support
move 1: Wish
move 2: Protect
move 3: Heal Bell / Toxic
move 4: Knock Off / Body Slam
ability: Oblivious
item: Eviolite
evs: 196 HP / 76 Def / 236 SpD
nature: Careful

Moves
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Wish is useful for recovering health for teammates, (remove comma) and makes it easier for them to switch in; it can also be used to heal Lickitung itself. Protect helps to guarantee Wish recovery, (remove comma) and also allows Lickitung to scout the foe's opponents attacks. Heal Bell allows Lickitung to further support its teammates, (remove comma) and is also useful for curing status, particularly Toxic, on from Lickitung itself. Toxic can be used to stall out walls in combination with Wish and Protect. Knock Off is great for removing items and allows Lickitung to be a good counter to Ghost-types such as Gastly. Body Slam is a nice STAB attack, (remove comma) and also that has the benefit of a 30% chance of paralyzing the opponent. Alongside Toxic, Return can be used alongside Toxic instead of Body Slam to avoid paralyzing opponents you want poisoned.

Set Details
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Eviolite is the optimal item for providing more bulk, since Wish is already a continuous and reliable source of recovery and greatly outclasses the one-time use of Berry Juice. 236 EVs in Special Defense and a Careful nature are used to maximize Lickitung's special bulk, allowing it to more easily take on special attackers such as Gastly, Abra, Porygon, Magnemite, and Chinchou easier. Maximized special bulk is also needed to avoid the 2HKO after Stealth Rock from Life Orb Gastly and Life Orb Abra, as with any less investment it can't handle them with hazards up. Maximized HP EVs further improve Lickitung's special bulk and ensures that Lickitung's Wishes are as big as possible, and further improves its special bulk. The remaining EVs are dumped into Defense to improve physical bulk.

Usage Tips
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Lickitung can switch into almost all unboosted non-Fighting-type attacks with ease. You should therefore keep Lickitung away from Fighting-types at all times, and also watch out for Knock Off, as Lickitung's tanking capabilities are significantly reduced without Eviolite. Be careful not to poison foes that have the Guts ability, particularly Timburr. Lickitung also needs to be careful to not end up being a setup bait for threats like Swords Dance Pawniard.

Team Options
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Spritzee can work well with Lickitung and form an effective Wish-passing core as they both take on each other's weaknesses. Snubbull, Koffing and Cottonee appreciate having Lickitung as a partner, (comma) in particular for Wish support, and can take on the Fighting-types that beat Lickitung. Swords Dance Pawniard can easily use Lickitung as a setup bait, so something that can stop Pawniard is therefore strongly recommended. Both Timburr and Croagunk resist Sucker Punch, while being able to hit Pawniard for massive damage with priority STAB Mach Punch and Vacuum Wave respectively. Croagunk is especially a great partner due to its resisting Fighting-type moves, and also enjoys getting and enjoying Wishes from Lickitung. Trubbish also makes a good teammate for Lickitung, dealing with the Fighting-types who that carry Knock Off, (remove comma) with its combination of Sticky Hold, Berry Juice, and Recycle. Dark-types like Pawniard, Stunky, or and Vullaby can help Lickitung beat Ghost-types if Knock Off is not being used.

Other Options
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Lickitung has access to a huge physical movepool, including moves such as the elemental punches, Dragon Tail, Power Whip, Aqua Tail, and Earthquake, but Lickitung is too slow to be able to sweep. Lickitung's special movepool is also fairly huge, (remove comma) but sadly contains nothing Lickitung can really use, except Fire Blast which can hit annoying Steel-types that are immune to Toxic, particularly Ferroseed. Curse and Swords Dance are both decent setup moves for Lickitung. Curse can be used together with RestTalk and Dragon Tail, but the introduction of Fairies makes this less viable.

Checks & Counters
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**Fighting-types**: Lickitung struggles with Fighting-types such as Scraggy, Mienfoo, Timburr, and Croagunk. Not only can they fire off super-effective Fighting-type STAB moves, they can also easily Knock Off Lickitung's Eviolite, greatly reducing its overall bulk.

**Knock Off**: Knock Off greatly reduces Lickitung's walling and support capabilities, Lickitung should therefore be very careful to not let its Eviolite get knocked off.

**Setup Sweepers**: Swords Dance Pawniard, Shell Smash users like Omanyte and Tirtouga, as well as and Zigzagoon can easily use Lickitung as a setup bait.

 

[Aerow]

Implemented, thanks frenzyplant!

 

[bb skarm]

back to amchecking i guess

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Overview
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Lickitung is one of the bulkiest Pokemon in Little Cup overall, having 90 / 75 / 75 defenses. Lickitung's access to Wish and Heal Bell in conjunction with its bulk makes Lickitung it a great supportive Pokemon on defensive teams. Thanks to Lickitung's ability, (AC) Oblivious, it cannot be infatuated or taunted, but. (AP) However, it isn't immune to Encore like Spritzee. However, Lickitung does meet competition from Spritzee as a Wish passer and cleric, and from Munchlax and Porygon as a special wall. Lickitung also struggles against Fighting-types, (AC) which are common in Little Cup, and can often be used by the opponent as a setup bait.

Wish Support
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name: Wish Support
move 1: Wish
move 2: Protect
move 3: Heal Bell / Toxic
move 4: Knock Off / Body Slam
ability: Oblivious
item: Eviolite
evs: 196 HP / 76 Def / 236 SpD
nature: Careful

Moves
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Wish is useful for recovering health for teammates and makes it easier for them to switch in; it can also be used to heal Lickitung itself. Protect helps to guarantee Wish recovery and allows Lickitung to scout the foe's attacks. Heal Bell allows Lickitung to further support its teammates, (AC) and is also useful for curing status, particularly Toxic, from opposing Lickitung itself (unclear). Toxic can be used to stall out walls in combination with Wish and Protect. Knock Off is great for removing items and allows Lickitung to be a good counter to Ghost-types such as Gastly. Body Slam is a nice STAB attack that has the benefit of a 30% chance of paralyzing the opponent. Alongside If Toxic is being used (unclear), Return can be used instead of Body Slam to avoid paralyzing opponents you want poisoned.

Set Details
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Eviolite is the optimal item for providing more bulk, since Wish is already a continuous and reliable source of recovery and greatly outclasses the one-time use of Berry Juice. 236 EVs in Special Defense and a Careful nature are used to maximize Lickitung's special bulk, allowing it to more easily take on special attackers such as Gastly, Abra, Porygon, Magnemite, and Chinchou. Maximized special bulk is also needed to avoid the 2HKO after Stealth Rock from Life Orb Gastly and Life Orb Abra after Stealth Rock, as with any less investment it can't handle them with hazards up. Maximized HP EVs further improve Lickitung's special bulk and ensure that Lickitung's Wishes are as big as possible. The remaining EVs are dumped into Defense to improve physical bulk.

Usage Tips
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Lickitung can switch into almost all unboosted non-Fighting-type attacks with ease. You should Therefore, (AC) you should keep Lickitung away from Fighting-types at all times, and also watch out for Knock Off, as Lickitung's tanking capabilities are significantly reduced without Eviolite. Be careful not to poison foes that have the Guts ability, particularly Timburr. Lickitung also needs to be careful to not end up being setup bait for threats like such as (rule of thumb: like is comparison and such as is inclusion) Swords Dance Pawniard.

Team Options
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Spritzee can work well with Lickitung and forms an effective Wish-passing core, (AC) as they both take on each other's weaknesses. Snubbull, Koffing, (AC) and Cottonee appreciate having Lickitung as a partner, in particular for Wish support, and can take on the Fighting-types that beat Lickitung. Swords Dance Pawniard can easily use Lickitung as setup bait, so something that can stop Pawniard is therefore strongly recommended. Both Timburr and Croagunk resist Sucker Punch, while being able to hit Pawniard for massive damage with priority STAB Mach Punch and Vacuum Wave, (AC) respectively. Croagunk is especially a great partner due to its resisting Fighting-type moves and enjoying Wishes from Lickitung. Trubbish also makes a good teammate for Lickitung, dealing with the Fighting-types that carry Knock Off with its combination of Sticky Hold, Berry Juice, and Recycle. Dark-types like such as Pawniard, Stunky, and Vullaby can help Lickitung beat Ghost-types if Knock Off is not being used.

Other Options
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Lickitung has access to a huge physical movepool, including moves such as the elemental punches, Dragon Tail, Power Whip, Aqua Tail, and Earthquake, but. (AP) However, (AC) Lickitung is too slow to be able to sweep. Lickitung's special movepool is also fairly huge, (AC) but sadly contains nothing Lickitung can really use, except Fire Blast, (AC) which can hit annoying Steel-types that are immune to Toxic, particularly Ferroseed. Curse and Swords Dance are both decent setup moves for Lickitung. Curse can be used together with RestTalk and Dragon Tail, but the introduction of Fairies makes this less viable.

Checks & Counters
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**Fighting-types**: Lickitung struggles with Fighting-types such as Scraggy, Mienfoo, Timburr, and Croagunk. Not only can they fire off super-effective (remove hyphen) Fighting-type STAB moves, they can also easily Knock Off Lickitung's Eviolite, greatly reducing its overall bulk.

**Knock Off**: Knock Off greatly reduces Lickitung's walling and support capabilities, Lickitung should therefore be very careful to not let its Eviolite get knocked off (this sentence really is quite useless).

**Setup Sweepers**: Swords Dance Pawniard, Shell Smash users like such as Omanyte and Tirtouga, and as well as (redundancy) Zigzagoon can easily use Lickitung as setup bait.

Good write up!

 

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Overview
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Lickitung is one of the bulkiest Pokemon in Little Cup overall, having 90 / 75 / 75 defenses. Lickitung's access to Wish and Heal Bell in conjunction with its bulk makes Lickitung it a great supportive Pokemon on defensive teams. Thanks to Lickitung's ability Oblivious, it cannot be infatuated or taunted,; however, but it isn't immune to Encore like Spritzee is. However, Lickitung does meet faces competition from Spritzee as a Wish passer and cleric, (RC) and from Munchlax and Porygon as a special wall. Lickitung also struggles against Fighting-types, (AC) which are common in Little Cup, and can often become used by the opponent as a setup bait for the foe.

Wish Support
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name: Wish Support
move 1: Wish
move 2: Protect
move 3: Heal Bell / Toxic
move 4: Knock Off / Body Slam
ability: Oblivious
item: Eviolite
evs: 196 HP / 76 Def / 236 SpD
nature: Careful

Moves
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Wish is useful for recovering health for teammates and makes it easier for them to switch in; it can also be used to heal Lickitung itself. Protect helps to guarantee Wish recovery and allows Lickitung to scout the foe's attacks. Heal Bell allows Lickitung to further support its teammates and is also useful for curing status, particularly Toxic, from opposing Lickitung itself. Toxic can be used to stall out walls in combination with Wish and Protect. Knock Off is great for removing items and allows Lickitung to be a good counter to Ghost-types such as Gastly. Body Slam is a nice STAB attack that and has the benefit of a 30% chance of paralyzing to paralyze the foe opponent. Alongside If Toxic is being used, Return can be used instead of is a viable alternative to Body Slam, as you can to avoid paralyzing opponents foes you want to poisoned.

Set Details
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Eviolite is the optimal item for providing more bulk, since as Wish is already a continuous continual and reliable source of recovery and greatly outclasses the Berry Juice's one-time use of Berry Juice. 236 EVs in Special Defense and a Careful nature are used to maximize Lickitung's special bulk, allowing it to more easily take on special attackers such as Gastly, Abra, Porygon, Magnemite, and Chinchou. Maximized special bulk is also needed to avoid the 2HKO after Stealth Rock from Life Orb Gastly and Life Orb Abra after Stealth Rock damage, as with any less investment, (AC) it can't handle them with entry hazards up. Maximized HP EVs further improve Lickitung's special bulk and ensure that Lickitung's Wishes are as big as possible. The remaining EVs are dumped into Defense to improve physical bulk.

Usage Tips
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Lickitung can switch into almost all unboosted non-Fighting-type attacks with ease. You should Therefore, (AC) keep Lickitung away from Fighting-types at all times, (RC) and also watch out for Knock Off, as Lickitung's tanking capabilities are significantly reduced without Eviolite. Be careful not to poison foes that have the with Guts ability, particularly Timburr. Lickitung also needs to be careful to not end up being setup bait for threats like such as Swords Dance Pawniard.

Team Options
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Spritzee can work well with Lickitung and form an effective Wish-passing core with Lickitung, as they both take on cover each other's weaknesses. Snubbull, Koffing, (AC) and Cottonee appreciate having Lickitung as a partner, in particular for Wish support in particular, (RC) and can take on the Fighting-types that beat Lickitung. Swords Dance Pawniard can easily use Lickitung as setup bait; therefore, so something a teammate that can stop Pawniard is therefore strongly recommended. Both Timburr and Croagunk resist Sucker Punch, while being able to hit Pawniard for massive damage with priority STAB Mach Punch and Vacuum Wave, (AC) respectively. Croagunk is especially a great partner due to its resisting Fighting-type moves because it resists Fighting and enjoyings Wishes from Lickitung. Trubbish also makes a good teammate for Lickitung, dealing with the Fighting-types that carry Knock Off with its combination of Sticky Hold, Berry Juice, and Recycle. Dark-types, such as like Pawniard, Stunky, and Vullaby, (AC) can help Lickitung beat Ghost-types if it is not using Knock Off is not being used.

Other Options
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Lickitung has access to a huge physical movepool, (RC) which includes including moves such as the elemental punches, Dragon Tail, Power Whip, Aqua Tail, and Earthquake; however, but Lickitung is too slow to be able to sweep. Lickitung's special movepool is also fairly huge but, (AC) sadly, (AC) contains nothing Lickitung can really use, except for Fire Blast, (AC) which can hit annoying Steel-types, which that are immune to Toxic, particularly Ferroseed. Curse and Swords Dance are both decent setup moves for Lickitung. Curse can be used together with RestTalk and Dragon Tail, but the introduction of Fairies makes this less viable.

Checks & Counters
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**Fighting-types**: Lickitung struggles with Fighting-types such as Scraggy, Mienfoo, Timburr, and Croagunk. Not only can they fire off super-effective super effective Fighting-type STAB moves, but they can also easily Knock Off Lickitung's Eviolite, greatly reducing its overall bulk.

**Knock Off**: Knock Off greatly reduces Lickitung's walling and support capabilities, so you should keep Lickitung away from Knock Off users should therefore be very careful to not let its Eviolite get knocked off.

**Setup Sweepers**: Swords Dance Pawniard, Belly Drum Zigzagoon, and Shell Smash users, such as like Omanyte and Tirtouga, and Zigzagoon can easily use Lickitung as setup bait.

GP 2/2

 

[Aerow]

Thanks Weebl, Lickitung is now done. n_n

 

[aVocado]

In the overview, specifically this sentence: "however, it isn't immune to Encore like Spritzee is. However, Lickitung faces competition from Spritzee", there is some bad repetitive use of however here. can't that be fixed, or am i just ocd?

 

[LightningLuxray]

In the overview, specifically this sentence: "however, it isn't immune to Encore like Spritzee is. However, Lickitung faces competition from Spritzee", there is some bad repetitive use of however here. can't that be fixed, or am i just ocd?

You can say "however, it isn't immune to Encore like Spritzee is. Lickitung also faces competition from Spritzee..."