To celebrate Valentine's Day, Lickitung receives a special invasion day Pokémon Go Feb. 15 from 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. in your local time.
During the event, Lickitung will release a four-car attacker with a Slam body attack. If you use exercise discs during the event, you'll also get up to five free Raid Passes, but you can't hold more than one at a time. This means you have to use the free Raid Pass you have before you can get one.
This is packed with a Valentine's Day event, which means you will get double the candy to hold. Make sure you use Pinap Berry to repeat that candy the second time.
Since Lickitung hits a tier lower than the famous Pokémon, it shouldn't be too hard to slow down. For an easy win, consider using any of the following:
- Machamp with Counter and Dynamic Punch
- Harariama with Counter and Dynamic Punch
- Lucario with Counter and Aura Sphere
Lickitung's standard typing means that only the weakest when you go for the kind of fight is. If you do not have solid types of combat, using any heavy hitters like Rayquaza or Mewtwo will do the job too. Don't use any ghost-type moves.
The lucky players will receive a reward for the Shiny Lickitung.
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The Lickitung, when it emerges with 100 sweets and a Sinnoh stone, becomes Lickilicky. Lickilicky is not good at attacking or exercising, but it is a good Ultra League experience in PvP. For PvE content, the best motivation is Bowing with Hyper Beam either Solar Beam. In PvP, set it up Bowing with An earthquake and Shadow Ball.
For more information on the attack, check out our guide here.
