Statistics
|
Min- |
Min |
Max |
Max+ |
| HP |
90
|
- |
321 |
384 |
- |
| Atk |
55
|
131 |
146 |
209 |
229 |
| Def |
75
|
167 |
186 |
249 |
273 |
| SpA |
60
|
140 |
156 |
219 |
240 |
| SpD |
75
|
167 |
186 |
249 |
273 |
| Spe |
30
|
86 |
96 |
159 |
174 |
This is a defensive set that you should use in NU like you would use Blissey in standard. Heal Bell or Wish to heal yourself and the team, and Seismic Toss or Body Slam to wear opponents down and in the case of the latter, potentially paralyze. Toxic makes up for Lickitung's inferior Attack, while Knock Off is ever-useful. Protect can work with Wish.
Choice Band is a surprise. Aipom and Furret pull this off better due to higher Speed, but at least Lickitung has Rock Slide to hit Butterfree, Beautifly, and Ledian really hard (as well as other Bugs, but note how Return would do more to those). Sleep Talk is there as a filler move; if you have it you can use Lickitung to absorb any sleep move and still continue hitting. Shadow Ball is nearly useless in NU because there's no Ghosts or Solrock, though it hits Chimecho harder than nearly anything else. If you're using this in UU play for some reason, you'll want Shadow Ball for Solrock, Lunatone, and Ghosts, and in standard you will need it for Gengar. Replace Rock Slide in that case. Focus Punch or Fire Blast are options for standard as well.
You hit Nosepass, Sudowoodo, Mawile, and other NU Normal resisters really hard with Focus Punch. It's easy to set-up and requires almost no prediction. Earthquake is to hit Plusle / Minun harder, but also to finish off those Normal resists, which is more practical than trying to Focus Punch again as they might hit you, and Substitute costs you more health. Wish can work to regain lost health.
The -Speed nature and 0 Speed IV are optional to underspeed enemy Lickitung and other things Lickitung ties Speed with, but there's also occasions where you want to be faster, so Adamant and perfect IVs all around is equally acceptable
Lickitung with Curse can tank and put a hurt into the NU standards. Wish is a little impractical and makes you vulnerable to Toxic, but Rest gives enemies more opportunities to come in and hurt you or use Haze, Leech Seed, Roar, Whirlwind, and other nasty things.
Other Options
Belly Drum is suicide with Lickitung's low Speed, unless you can Baton Pass it some, or paralyze a lot of opponents. It's a little slow for Swords Dance as well, but at least that isn't as all-out, so it's a good option. Counter is great for Choice Banders since Lickitung survives nearly everything in NU (but quite a lot in standard and UU too). Return and Double-edge are always options over Body Slam—while Body Slam can paralyze and thereby fix Lickitung's lackluster Speed, Return and Double-edge give it more attacking power. Psych Up can snatch boosts from Baton Passers.
EVs
Max HP on defensive Lickitung, and max Attack on the offensive versions. 88 Speed EVs allow it to outspeed Togetic and Ariados with no Speed EVs, which can come handy. Any spare EVs can be used to work on defenses, like demonstrated in the sets.
Opinion
An excellent jack of all trades for NU play, most notably with the awesome supportive moves Knock Off, Heal Bell and Wish. It can also hurt things decently with the nice physical movepool, Counter some Choice Bander or Curse / Swords Dance up. In UU, it is outclassed by Kangaskhan and in standard Snorlax takes his cake, not to mention other handy Normals like Ursaring, Tauros, and Slaking.
Counters
Sudowoodo, Magcargo, Nosepass, Corsola, Mawile, and Relicanth are good NU Normal resists that can take any Normal hit from Lickitung. Their Defense is high enough to take one or two Earthquakes too, except for Magcargo since it's 4x weak instead of 2x. Dustox can Whirlwind it out if Lickitung boosts something, but has kind of low Defense so Dustox will mostly be there to sop up Toxics or Seismic Tossing sets, or when Lickitung is Resting. Torkoal has immense Defense and can Yawn to force out Lickitung, or hit it hard with a Fire move. Pelipper can take quite a few hits, too.
