Litwick

#607 (Unova)

#608 Lampent ›

Pokémon type

Ghost

Fire

Litwick weaknesses

Litwick is weak to Ground, Rock, Ghost, Water and Dark-type moves.

160%

Resistances

Litwick is resistant to Poison, Steel, Fire, Grass, Ice and Fairy-type moves, and doubly resistant to Normal, Fighting and Bug-type moves.

63%

39%

Best moveset for Litwick

The best moves for Litwick are Ember and Mystical Fire when attacking Pokémon in Gyms. This move combination has the highest total DPS. In Trainer Battles, Astonish and Heat Wave deal the most damage per turn.

Attacking

Ember

12DPS

Mystical Fire

36DPS

Defending

Ember

12DPS

Mystical Fire

36DPS

Trainer Battles

Astonish

3.3EPT

Heat Wave

2DPE

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Evolution

There are 4 Pokémon in the Litwick family, including 1 Mega Pokémon. Litwick evolves into Lampent for 25 Candy, then into Chandelure (Unova Stone) for 100 Candy.

Lampent requires Unova Stone to evolve into Chandelure.
Evolving Mega Chandelure costs 300 Mega Energy the first time, and 60 Mega Energy every time after.

Game images

Litwick, with the shiny version on the right. There is a very low chance of getting a shiny one.

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Summary

Litwick is a Ghost & Fire Pokémon. It is weak to Ground, Rock, Ghost, Water and Dark moves. Litwick's best moveset is Ember & Mystical Fire and it has a Max CP of 1,138. Litwick evolves into Lampent.

About

"Litwick shines a light that absorbs the life energy of people and Pokémon, which becomes the fuel that it burns."

Moves & Movesets

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Raids

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Damage	EPS	DPS
Ember	10	10	12
Astonish	7	13	8.4

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Flame Charge	70	3	2.55
Mystical Fire	60	3	2.18
Flame Burst	70	2	1.68
Heat Wave	95	1	1.14
Return Purified	25	3	0.76
Frustration Shadow	10	3	0.3

Quick move	Damage	Turns	DPT	EPT
Ember	4	2	2.4	4.5
Astonish	12	3	4.8	3.3

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Heat Wave	75	45	2
Return Purified	130	70	1.86
Mystical Fire ▼ att	60	45	1.6
Flame Charge ▲ att	65	50	1.56
Flame Burst	70	55	1.53
Frustration Shadow	10	70	0.14

The moves highlighted in green benefit from the Same Type Attack Bonus, and deal 20% more damage.

All movesets

Attacking

Defending

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Ember 12 DPS	Mystical Fire 36 DPS	6.1	100%
Astonish 8.4 DPS	Mystical Fire 36 DPS	5.9	98%
Ember 12 DPS	Flame Burst 33.6 DPS	5.6	92%
Astonish 8.4 DPS	Flame Burst 33.6 DPS	5.3	88%
Ember 12 DPS	Heat Wave 38 DPS	5.2	86%
Ember 12 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	5.2	85%
Ember 12 DPS	Flame Charge 21 DPS	4.9	80%
Astonish 8.4 DPS	Heat Wave 38 DPS	4.8	79%
Astonish 8.4 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	4.7	77%
Astonish 8.4 DPS	Flame Charge 21 DPS	4.6	76%
Ember 12 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	3.7	61%
Astonish 8.4 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	2.8	45%

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Ember 12 DPS	Mystical Fire 36 DPS	2.3	100%
Astonish 8.4 DPS	Mystical Fire 36 DPS	2.3	99%
Ember 12 DPS	Flame Charge 21 DPS	2.2	96%
Astonish 8.4 DPS	Flame Charge 21 DPS	2.2	95%
Ember 12 DPS	Flame Burst 33.6 DPS	2.1	92%
Astonish 8.4 DPS	Flame Burst 33.6 DPS	2.1	90%
Ember 12 DPS	Heat Wave 38 DPS	1.9	82%
Astonish 8.4 DPS	Heat Wave 38 DPS	1.8	76%
Ember 12 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	1.6	68%
Astonish 8.4 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	1.4	60%
Ember 12 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	1.1	48%
Astonish 8.4 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	0.9	38%

Quick move	Main move	Turns	DPT	Relative
Astonish 3.3 EPT	Heat Wave 2 DPE	15	11.5	100%
Ember 4.5 EPT	Heat Wave 2 DPE	10	11.4	99%
Astonish 3.3 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	21	11	96%
Ember 4.5 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	16	10.8	94%
Astonish 3.3 EPT	Mystical Fire 1.6 DPE	15	10.1	88%
Astonish 3.3 EPT	Flame Charge 1.56 DPE	15	10	87%
Astonish 3.3 EPT	Flame Burst 1.53 DPE	18	9.9	86%
Ember 4.5 EPT	Mystical Fire 1.6 DPE	10	9.6	84%
Ember 4.5 EPT	Flame Charge 1.56 DPE	12	9.4	82%
Ember 4.5 EPT	Flame Burst 1.53 DPE	14	9.3	81%
Astonish 3.3 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	21	5.3	46%
Ember 4.5 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	16	3	27%

A rough guide only. Turns is how many turns of Fast Attacks it takes to reach the Charged Attack; DPT is the damage per turn over repeated Fast and Charged Attacks, from move power and STAB. It leaves out shields, stat changes and matchups.

Counters & Raids

What counters Litwick?

Litwick is weak to Ground, Rock, Ghost, Water and Dark moves.

The best counter to Litwick is Dawn Wings Necrozma with Psycho Cut and Moongeist Beam, followed by Mega Gengar, Primal Kyogre and Primal Groudon.

The top Litwick counters, ranked by the damage each Pokémon and moveset does to it. Filter the list to see how your own Pokémon compare.

Pokémon	Moveset	Effective damage
Dawn Wings Necrozma	Psycho Cut Moongeist Beam	100%
Mega Gengar	Lick Shadow Ball	96%
Dawn Wings Necrozma	Shadow Claw Moongeist Beam	95%
Primal Kyogre	Waterfall Origin Pulse	93%
Primal Groudon	Mud Shot Precipice Blades	92%
Mega Gengar	Shadow Claw Shadow Ball	92%
Mega Gengar	Hex Shadow Ball	92%
Mega Gengar	Sucker Punch Shadow Ball	91%
Mega Chandelure	Hex Ominous Wind+	91%
Mega Greninja	Water Shuriken Hydro Cannon	91%

These moves are calculated using type advantages / disadvantages, and including STAB. Click here for more info »

Stats & IVs

Base stats

Attack		108
Defense		98
Stamina		137

Max HP

Level 40

120

Size

Height	0.3 m
Weight	3.1 kg

Other

Base capture rate	0%
Base flee rate	0%
Buddy walk distance	5 km

Max CP

Level 15 Research encounters	431
Level 20 Max hatched / raids	575
Level 30 Max wild	863
Level 40	1,006
Level 50	1,138

Max CP with weather boost

Level 25 (raids)	719
Level 35 (wild)	934