You’ll find a variety of raids available as you explore your local area while playing Pokémon Go. Every so often, the Gyms in your region could be overtaken by a raid, giving you a chance to find an overpowered version of a regular Pokémon. Lickitung is one of these raid battles, and it only has a handful of weaknesses. This guide details all Lickitung’s weaknesses and the best Pokémon counters in Pokémon Go.
All Lickitung weaknessesLicktung is a Normal-type Pokémon. It’s only weak to Fighting-type moves, but it’s resistant to Ghost-type attacks. So you primarily want to use Fighting-type Pokémon against it during this raid. This does narrow down most of your choices for the raid.
Best Pokémon to counter LickitungThe best Pokémon to counter Lickitung in this raid will be Lucario, Conkeldurr, and Machamp.
Lucario is a Fighting and Steel-type Pokémon. It’s resistant to Normal-type attacks, which makes it great to use against Lickitung. It doesn’t have the best defenses, but because it only has three weaknesses that Lickitung cannot hit, it’ll be able to stay in the fight much longer than it normally could. Lucario has quite a bit of attack power and has access to various Fighting-type moves that will be super effective in this battle.
The next Pokémon to counter Lickitung will be Conkeldurr, purely a Fighting-type. Similar to Lucario, it does not have the best defenses. What’s worse for it is while only weak to Fairy, Flying, and Psychic-type attacks, Conkeldurr’s lower defenses give it a distinct disadvantage. Luckily, it has plenty of health to keep it in the fight, capable of being a worthwhile glass cannon that can do quite a bit of damage to Lickitung.
The final Pokémon is Machamp, another Fighting-type. It’s one of
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