Hi, this is Adam. Today we will be taking a look at Lickitung, a great card
which is used in many of the tournament winning decks.

Here are the stats of Lickitung.

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Name: Lickitung
Type: Colourless
Stage: Basic Pokemon
HP: 90
Weakness: Fighting
Resistance: Psychic
Retreat: 3
Attacks:

1 - Tongue Wrap (10) - Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokemon is now
Paralyzed.

2 - Supersonic - Flip a coin. If heads, the Defending Pokemon is now
Confused.

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The first thing you will notice is its solid 90 HP. He's not a weakling!
This is why he appears in some Damage Swap decks as a Chansey substitute. A
great Staller.

His 3 retreat cost is bad, especially for a Pokemon with attacks which
require a maximum energy requirement of 2!

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The attacks are not exactly high-damage, but Tongue Wrap over and over again
works well. Supersonic is handy, but be careful when using Tongue Wrap after
confusing the enemy: if you flip heads, confusion is eliminated!

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Combos:

Lickitung + Alakazam : Make use of his high HP, because it's better than
Alakazam's!

Lickitung + Scoop up : High HP, Low energy cost. It makes sense to use this.

I can't think of any more Lickitung combos off-hand.

Thanks to pojo and the readers of this article.

E-mail me about pokemon cards etc. at
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Bye.

PS remember that Lickitung is great, despite all the comments made by
charizard-worshippers like: "Lickitung is tripe. It can only take off 10
damage, while charizard can do 100 damage!"