Litwick

Litwick
Current
Information
Type	Ghost /  Fire
Gender	50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Abilities	Regular Flash Fire, Flame Body Hidden Infiltrator
Species	Candle Pokémon
Height and Weight	Height 0.3 m / 1'00" Weight 3.1 kg / 6.8 lbs.
Introduced in	Generation V
Evolution	Evolves into Lampent
Body, Footprint, Color, Egg group, and Cry	Body Footprint Color White Egg group(s) Amorphous Cry
Pokédex
National Pokédex	0607
Kanto	N/A / N/A (PE)
Johto	N/A / N/A (HGSS)
Hoenn	N/A / N/A (ORAS)
Sinnoh and Hisui	Sinnoh N/A / N/A (Pt) Hisui N/A
Unova	113 / 190 (B2W2)
Kalos	Central Kalos N/A Coastal Kalos N/A Mountain Kalos 065
Alola	N/A / N/A (USUM)
Galar	287 / N/A (TIoA) / 048 (TCT)
Paldea, Kitakami and Blueberry	Paldea N/A Kitakami 146 Blueberry N/A
In other languages
Japanese	Name ヒトモシ Hitomoshi
Japanese	Name ヒトモシ Hitomoshi
English	Name Litwick
English	Name Litwick

Litwick (Japanese: ヒトモシ, Hepburn: Hitomoshi) (LIT-wik) is a Ghost/Fire-type Pokémon introduced in Generation V.

Biology

Physiology

Litwick seems to be based on a lit candle. It is white and cylindrical in shape with small yellow eyes, one of which is hidden by what appears to be a flap of melted wax; the drooping wax covers and encircles the top of Litwick's head. It has small stubby hands and a small grinning mouth that appear to be drips of wax. Due to its Ghost typing, Litwick's ethereal body is incapable of melting. Litwick has a purple flame on its head that has supernatural qualities.

Behavior

As a Ghost-type Pokémon, Litwick tend to be mischievous and cruel. It tends to live in old mansions and dilapidated places. It lures people and Pokémon with its mysterious purple flame into following them, only to in reality absorb their life energy. In the anime, they are shown to steal life energy from People and Pokémon, while leading them into the Ghost World. The anime shows that the more energy it drains, the bigger its flame becomes.

Evolution

Litwick evolves into Lampent at level 41 and into Chandelure when a Dusk Stone is used.

Game data

Locations

Game(s)	Area(s)	Rarity
Pokémon Black Version and Pokémon White Version	Celestial Tower	Common
Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2	Celestial Tower, Strange House	-
Pokémon X and Pokémon Y	Lost Hotel	Common
Pokémon Omega Ruby and Pokémon Alpha Sapphire	Trade	None
Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon	Hau'oli Cemetery, by performing an Island Scan on Saturdays only	-
Pokémon Ultra Sun and Pokémon Ultra Moon	Same as in Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon	-
Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield	Motostoke Stadium, during the Gym Challenge only Motostoke Riverbank Bridge Field Max Raid Battles: Dusty Bowl, Giant's Cap, Hammerlocke Hills, Lake of Outrage, Stony Wilderness	-
Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield Expansion Pass	Max Raid Battle: Fields of Honor, Loop Lagoon, Challenge Beach, Potbottom Desert	-
Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet	Trade, from version 2.0.1 onwards	None
Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet: The Hidden Treasure of Area Zero (The Teal Mask)	Oni Mountain, Infernal Pass, Crystal Pool, Kitakami Wilds, Timeless Woods	-

Side game locations

Game(s)	Area(s)	Rarity
Pokémon Rumble Blast	Misty Edgewater, in the Hauntyard and Cave areas	-
PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond	Wish Park	-
Pokémon Conquest	Ignis, Valora, Spectra	-
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity	Desolate Canyon, on 1F-7F Mountain Pass, on 1F-7F Inflora Forest, on 1F-8F Breezy Meadow, 1F-8F Forest Grotto, 1F-7F Rusty Mountain, in Gilded Halls Jaws of the Abyss, on Uncharted Roads and Gilded Halls Smoking Mountain, on Uncharted Roads and Gilded Halls Skill Treasury, on 1F-15F	-
Pokémon Rumble U	Wonder Area, in the Haunted Playland NFC Figurine	-
Pokémon Battle Trozei	Pitch-Black Cavern, on Stage 3	-
Pokémon Rumble World	Dark Land, in all areas of the stage Chilling Graveyard Legend Terrain, in all areas of the stage Tomb of Nightmares	-
Pokémon Rumble Rush	Pinsir Sea, Gengar Sea, Mimikyu Sea, Greninja Sea	-

Pokédex entries

Games	Entries
Pokémon Black Version	Litwick shines a light that absorbs the life energy of people and Pokémon, which becomes the fuel that it burns.
Pokémon White Version	While shining a light and pretending to be a guide, it leeches off the life force of any who follow it.
Pokémon Black Version 2 and Pokémon White Version 2	Its flame is usually out, but it starts shining when it absorbs life force from people or Pokémon.
Pokémon X	While shining a light and pretending to be a guide, it leeches off the life force of any who follow it.
Pokémon Y	Litwick shines a light that absorbs the life energy of people and Pokémon, which becomes the fuel that it burns.
Pokémon Omega Ruby	While shining a light and pretending to be a guide, it leeches off the life force of any who follow it.
Pokémon Alpha Sapphire	Litwick shines a light that absorbs the life energy of people and Pokémon, which becomes the fuel that it burns.
Pokémon Sword	The flame on its head keeps its body slightly warm. This Pokémon takes lost children by the hand to guide them to the spirit world.
Pokémon Shield	The younger the life this Pokémon absorbs, the brighter and eerier the flame on its head burns.
Pokémon Scarlet	Its flame is usually out, but it starts shining when Litwick absorbs life-force from people or Pokémon.
Pokémon Violet	While shining a light and pretending to be a guide, it leeches off the life-force of any who follow it.

Stats

Stats
HP	50
Attack	30
Defense	55
Sp. Atk	65
Sp. Def	55
Speed	20
Total	275

Learnset

Leveling

• Generation VII
• Generation VI
• Generation V

LevelingGeneration VII
Level	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Cat.
1	Ember	40	100%	25	Fire	Special
1	Astonish	30	100%	15	Ghost	Physical
3	Minimize	—	—%	10	Normal	Status
5	Smog	30	70%	20	Poison	Special
7	Fire Spin	35	85%	15	Fire	Special
10	Confuse Ray	—	100%	10	Ghost	Status
13	Night Shade	—	100%	15	Ghost	Special
16	Will-O-Wisp	—	85%	15	Fire	Status
20	Flame Burst	70	100%	15	Fire	Special
24	Imprison	—	—%	10	Psychic	Status
28	Hex	65	100%	10	Ghost	Special
33	Memento	—	100%	10	Dark	Status
38	Inferno	100	50%	5	Fire	Special
43	Curse	—	—%	10	Ghost	Status
49	Shadow Ball	80	100%	15	Ghost	Special
55	Pain Split	—	—%	20	Normal	Status
61	Overheat	130	90%	5	Fire	Special
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

LevelingGeneration VI
Level	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Cat.	Contest Cat.	Appeal	Jam
1	Ember	40	100%	25	Fire	Special		4 ♥	0 ♥
1	Astonish	30	100%	15	Ghost	Physical		2 ♥	3 ♥
3	Minimize	—	—%	10	Normal	Status		1 ♥	0 ♥
5	Smog	30	70%	20	Poison	Special		4 ♥	0 ♥
7	Fire Spin	35	85%	15	Fire	Special		3 ♥	0 ♥
10	Confuse Ray	—	100%	10	Ghost	Status		2 ♥	1 ♥
13	Night Shade	—	100%	15	Ghost	Special		3 ♥	0 ♥
16	Will-O-Wisp	—	85%	15	Fire	Status		3 ♥	0 ♥
20	Flame Burst	70	100%	15	Fire	Special		3 ♥	0 ♥
24	Imprison	—	—%	10	Psychic	Status		3 ♥	0 ♥
28	Hex	65	100%	10	Ghost	Special		2 ♥	1 ♥
33	Memento	—	100%	10	Dark	Status		8 ♥	0 ♥
38	Inferno	100	50%	5	Fire	Special		1 ♥	4 ♥
43	Curse	—	—%	10	Ghost	Status		3 ♥	0 ♥
49	Shadow Ball	80	100%	15	Ghost	Special		4 ♥	0 ♥
55	Pain Split	—	—%	20	Normal	Status		1 ♥	0 ♥
61	Overheat	130	90%	5	Fire	Special		6 ♥	0 ♥
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

LevelingGeneration V
Level	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Cat.
1	Ember	40	100%	25	Fire	Special
1	Astonish	30	100%	15	Ghost	Physical
3	Minimize	—	—%	20	Normal	Status
5	Smog	20	70%	20	Poison	Special
7	Fire Spin	35	85%	15	Fire	Special
10	Confuse Ray	—	100%	10	Ghost	Status
13	Night Shade	—	100%	15	Ghost	Special
16	Will-O-Wisp	—	75%	15	Fire	Status
20	Flame Burst	70	100%	15	Fire	Special
24	Imprison	—	—%	10	Psychic	Status
28	Hex	50	100%	10	Ghost	Special
33	Memento	—	100%	10	Dark	Status
38	Inferno	100	50%	5	Fire	Special
43	Curse	—	—%	10	Ghost	Status
49	Shadow Ball	80	100%	15	Ghost	Special
55	Pain Split	—	—%	20	Normal	Status
61	Overheat	140	90%	5	Fire	Special
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

TM/HM

• Generation VII
• Generation VI
• Generation V

TMs, TRs, and HMs Generation VII
TM/HM/TR	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Cat.
TM04	Calm Mind	—	—%	20	Psychic	Status
TM06	Toxic	—	90%	10	Poison	Status
TM10	Hidden Power	60	100%	15	Normal	Special
TM11	Sunny Day	—	—%	5	Fire	Status
TM12	Taunt	—	100%	20	Dark	Status
TM17	Protect	—	—%	10	Normal	Status
TM20	Safeguard	—	—%	25	Normal	Status
TM21	Frustration	—	100%	20	Normal	Physical
TM22	Solar Beam	120	100%	10	Grass	Special
TM27	Return	—	100%	20	Normal	Physical
TM29	Psychic	90	100%	10	Psychic	Special
TM30	Shadow Ball	80	100%	15	Ghost	Special
TM32	Double Team	—	—%	15	Normal	Status
TM35	Flamethrower	90	100%	15	Fire	Special
TM38	Fire Blast	110	85%	5	Fire	Special
TM42	Facade	70	100%	20	Normal	Physical
TM43	Flame Charge	50	100%	20	Fire	Physical
TM44	Rest	—	—%	10	Psychic	Status
TM45	Attract	—	100%	15	Normal	Status
TM46	Thief	60	100%	25	Dark	Physical
TM48	Round	60	100%	15	Normal	Special
TM50	Overheat	130	90%	5	Fire	Special
TM53	Energy Ball	90	100%	10	Grass	Special
TM61	Will-O-Wisp	—	85%	15	Fire	Status
TM63	Embargo	—	100%	15	Dark	Status
TM66	Payback	50	100%	10	Dark	Physical
TM77	Psych Up	—	—%	10	Normal	Status
TM85	Dream Eater	100	100%	15	Psychic	Special
TM87	Swagger	—	85%	15	Normal	Status
TM88	Sleep Talk	—	—%	10	Normal	Status
TM90	Substitute	—	—%	10	Normal	Status
TM92	Trick Room	—	—%	5	Psychic	Status
TM97	Dark Pulse	80	100%	15	Dark	Special
TM100	Confide	—	—%	20	Normal	Status
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

TMs, TRs, and HMs Generation VI
TM/HM/TR	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Cat.	Contest Cat.	Appeal	Jam
TM04	Calm Mind	—	—%	20	Psychic	Status		1 ♥	0 ♥
TM06	Toxic	—	90%	10	Poison	Status		3 ♥	0 ♥
TM10	Hidden Power	60	100%	15	Normal	Special		3 ♥	0 ♥
TM11	Sunny Day	—	—%	5	Fire	Status		1 ♥	0 ♥
TM12	Taunt	—	100%	20	Dark	Status		2 ♥	1 ♥
TM17	Protect	—	—%	10	Normal	Status		2 ♥	0 ♥
TM20	Safeguard	—	—%	25	Normal	Status		2 ♥	0 ♥
TM21	Frustration	—	100%	20	Normal	Physical		2 ♥	3 ♥
TM22	Solar Beam	120	100%	10	Grass	Special		3 ♥	0 ♥
TM27	Return	—	100%	20	Normal	Physical		4 ♥	0 ♥
TM29	Psychic	90	100%	10	Psychic	Special		4 ♥	0 ♥
TM30	Shadow Ball	80	100%	15	Ghost	Special		4 ♥	0 ♥
TM32	Double Team	—	—%	15	Normal	Status		1 ♥	0 ♥
TM35	Flamethrower	90	100%	15	Fire	Special		4 ♥	0 ♥
TM38	Fire Blast	110	85%	5	Fire	Special		1 ♥	0 ♥
TM42	Facade	70	100%	20	Normal	Physical		2 ♥	0 ♥
TM43	Flame Charge	50	100%	20	Fire	Physical		1 ♥	0 ♥
TM44	Rest	—	—%	10	Psychic	Status		1 ♥	0 ♥
TM45	Attract	—	100%	15	Normal	Status		2 ♥	0 ♥
TM46	Thief	60	100%	25	Dark	Physical		1 ♥	0 ♥
TM48	Round	60	100%	15	Normal	Special		2 ♥	0 ♥
TM50	Overheat	130	90%	5	Fire	Special		6 ♥	0 ♥
TM53	Energy Ball	90	100%	10	Grass	Special		4 ♥	0 ♥
TM59	Incinerate	60	100%	15	Fire	Special		3 ♥	0 ♥
TM61	Will-O-Wisp	—	85%	15	Fire	Status		3 ♥	0 ♥
TM63	Embargo	—	100%	15	Dark	Status		3 ♥	0 ♥
TM66	Payback	50	100%	10	Dark	Physical		2 ♥	0 ♥
TM70	Flash	—	100%	20	Normal	Status		3 ♥	0 ♥
TM77	Psych Up	—	—%	10	Normal	Status		2 ♥	0 ♥
TM85	Dream Eater	100	100%	15	Psychic	Special		2 ♥	0 ♥
TM87	Swagger	—	90%	15	Normal	Status		3 ♥	0 ♥
TM88	Sleep Talk	—	—%	10	Normal	Status		1 ♥	0 ♥
TM90	Substitute	—	—%	10	Normal	Status		2 ♥	0 ♥
TM92	Trick Room	—	—%	5	Psychic	Status		3 ♥	0 ♥
TM94	Secret PowerORAS	70	100%	20	Normal	Physical		1 ♥	0 ♥
TM97	Dark Pulse	80	100%	15	Dark	Special		4 ♥	0 ♥
TM100	Confide	—	—%	20	Normal	Status		3 ♥	0 ♥
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

TMs, TRs, and HMs Generation V
TM/HM/TR	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Cat.
TM04	Calm Mind	—	—%	20	Psychic	Status
TM06	Toxic	—	90%	10	Poison	Status
TM10	Hidden Power	—	100%	15	Normal	Special
TM11	Sunny Day	—	—%	5	Fire	Status
TM12	Taunt	—	100%	20	Dark	Status
TM17	Protect	—	—%	10	Normal	Status
TM19	Telekinesis	—	—%	15	Psychic	Status
TM20	Safeguard	—	—%	25	Normal	Status
TM21	Frustration	—	100%	20	Normal	Physical
TM22	Solar Beam	120	100%	10	Grass	Special
TM27	Return	—	100%	20	Normal	Physical
TM29	Psychic	90	100%	10	Psychic	Special
TM30	Shadow Ball	80	100%	15	Ghost	Special
TM32	Double Team	—	—%	15	Normal	Status
TM35	Flamethrower	95	100%	15	Fire	Special
TM38	Fire Blast	120	85%	5	Fire	Special
TM42	Facade	70	100%	20	Normal	Physical
TM43	Flame Charge	50	100%	20	Fire	Physical
TM44	Rest	—	—%	10	Psychic	Status
TM45	Attract	—	100%	15	Normal	Status
TM46	Thief	40	100%	10	Dark	Physical
TM48	Round	60	100%	15	Normal	Special
TM50	Overheat	140	90%	5	Fire	Special
TM53	Energy Ball	80	100%	10	Grass	Special
TM59	Incinerate	30	100%	15	Fire	Special
TM61	Will-O-Wisp	—	75%	15	Fire	Status
TM63	Embargo	—	100%	15	Dark	Status
TM66	Payback	50	100%	10	Dark	Physical
TM70	Flash	—	100%	20	Normal	Status
TM77	Psych Up	—	—%	10	Normal	Status
TM85	Dream Eater	100	100%	15	Psychic	Special
TM87	Swagger	—	90%	15	Normal	Status
TM90	Substitute	—	—%	10	Normal	Status
TM92	Trick Room	—	—%	5	Psychic	Status
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

Breeding

• Generation VII
• Generation VI
• Generation V

Breeding Generation VII
Move	Father	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Category
Acid	Eelektrik, Eelektross	40	100%	30	Poison	Special
Acid Armor	Grimer, Grimer, Muk, Muk	—	—%	20	Poison	Status
Captivate	Gardevoir	—	100%	20	Normal	Status
Clear Smog	Koffing, Weezing, Slugma, Magcargo	50	—%	15	Poison	Special
Endure	Stunfisk	—	—%	10	Normal	Status
Haze	Koffing, Weezing, Yamask, Cofagrigus	—	—%	30	Ice	Status
Heat Wave ◊	Slugma, Magcargo, Litwick, Lampent, Chandelure	95	90%	10	Fire	Special
Power Split	Yamask, Cofagrigus	—	—%	10	Psychic	Status
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. * indicates this move requires chain breeding. ◊ indicates the father must learn this move in a previous generation. ♈ indicates the father must learn this move via a TM.

Breeding Generation VI
Move	Father	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Category	Contest Category	Appeal	Jam
Acid	Eelektrik, Eelektross	40	100%	30	Poison	Special		3 ♥	0 ♥
Acid Armor	Grimer, Muk	—	—%	20	Poison	Status		1 ♥	0 ♥
Captivate	Gardevoir	—	100%	20	Normal	Status		4 ♥	0 ♥
Clear Smog	Koffing, Weezing, Slugma, Magcargo	50	—%	15	Poison	Special		2 ♥	0 ♥
Endure	Stunfisk	—	—%	10	Normal	Status		3 ♥	0 ♥
Haze	Koffing, Weezing, Yamask, Cofagrigus	—	—%	30	Ice	Status		3 ♥	0 ♥
Heat Wave ◊	Slugma, Magcargo, Litwick, Lampent, Chandelure	95	90%	10	Fire	Special		2 ♥	2 ♥
Power Split	Yamask, Cofagrigus	—	—%	10	Psychic	Status		1 ♥	0 ♥
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. * indicates this move requires chain breeding. ◊ indicates the father must learn this move in a previous generation. ♈ indicates the father must learn this move via a TM.

Breeding Generation V
Move	Father	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Category
Acid	Eelektrik, Eelektross	40	100%	30	Poison	Special
Acid Armor	Grimer, Muk	—	—%	40	Poison	Status
Captivate	Gardevoir	—	100%	20	Normal	Status
Clear Smog	Koffing, Weezing	50	—%	15	Poison	Special
Endure	Stunfisk	—	—%	10	Normal	Status
Haze	Koffing, Weezing, Yamask, Cofagrigus	—	—%	30	Ice	Status
Heat Wave ◊	Slugma, Magcargo	100	90%	10	Fire	Special
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. * indicates this move requires chain breeding. ◊ indicates the father must learn this move in a previous generation. ♈ indicates the father must learn this move via a TM.

Tutoring

• Generation VII
• Generation VI
• Generation V

Tutoring Generation VII
Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Cat.
Ally Switch USUM	—	—%	15	Psychic	Status
Heat Wave USUM	95	90%	10	Fire	Special
Pain Split USUM	—	—%	20	Normal	Status
Shock Wave USUM	60	—%	20	Electric	Special
Snore USUM	50	100%	15	Normal	Special
Spite USUM	—	100%	10	Ghost	Status
Telekinesis USUM	—	—%	15	Psychic	Status
Trick USUM	—	100%	10	Psychic	Status
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

Tutoring Generation VI
Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Cat.	Contest Cat.	Appeal	Jam
Heat Wave ORAS	95	90%	10	Fire	Special		2 ♥	2 ♥
Pain Split ORAS	—	—%	20	Normal	Status		1 ♥	0 ♥
Shock Wave ORAS	60	—%	20	Electric	Special		2 ♥	0 ♥
Snore ORAS	50	100%	15	Normal	Special		4 ♥	0 ♥
Spite ORAS	—	100%	10	Ghost	Status		2 ♥	1 ♥
Trick ORAS	—	100%	10	Psychic	Status		2 ♥	1 ♥
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

Tutoring Generation V
Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Cat.
Dark Pulse	80	100%	15	Dark	Special
Heat Wave	100	90%	10	Fire	Special
Pain Split	—	—%	20	Normal	Status
Sleep Talk	—	—%	10	Normal	Status
Snore	40	100%	15	Normal	Special
Spite	—	100%	10	Ghost	Status
Trick	—	100%	10	Psychic	Status
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

Appearances

Anime

A Litwick in BW029

In Scare at the Litwick Mansion! A group of Litwick appeared where they, along with a Lampent tried to attack Ash and friends, Jessie, James and Meowth. When Team Rocket sought to make the abandoned mansion the Litwick inhabited into their Unova headquarters, the Litwick decided to play them for the fools they are and suck out their life force to keep their candles burning. When Ash tried to scan one with his Pokédex, it stopped halfway through the description. One by one the Litwick picked off each of the trainers' Pokémon and scare everyone. After Ash found out more about the Litwick and their true intentions are, the three friends now realize that the Litwick made Ash's Pokédex go out mid sentence because they didn't want them to learn that. After they and Team Rocket find their Pokémon, they form a truce to fight the Litwick and Lampent. However, they were no match for all of them but eventually were stopped and were banished to the Ghost World.

Trivia

• Litwick's cry starts off high pitched but echoes near the end almost sounding like its in a cave.
• Despite being known to leech life energy, it can not learn any draining moves.
• In Pokémon-Amie, one can pet a Litwick's flame and not be burned by it, instead, it will cause the "Transparent Hand" affect which is common from petting ghost types in Pokémon-Amie. It shares this trait with its evolutionary family.
• Litwick has the lowest Speed stat of all fire types, along with Slugma, Torkoal and a Mega Evolved Camerupt.
• Litwick has the lowest Attack stat of both its types.
  • It shares this trait with Unovan Zen Mode Darmanitan and Yamask.
• Litwick and Scorbunny are the same size, and both hold the record of the smallest Fire type.
• Litwick was originally intended to be the middle stage of its evolutionary line with Lampent being the final stage and a small flame-like wisp being the first stage. This was later scrapped and Litwick was made into the first stage after Chandelure was designed.
• Litwick heavily looks like Candlelight Cookie from Cookie Run Ovenbreak.

Origin

Litwick is based on a candle with its "hair" resembling the wax that melts from them while they are lit. The purple flames of this Pokémon's line are a play on the depiction of ghosts/spirits appearing as ghostly flames/lights in Japanese culture, or the legend of the will-o'-the-wisp.

Etymology

Litwick may come from lit, little, and wick or possibly wicked, on account of its highly mischievous ways of tricking people and Pokémon.

Its Japanese name, Hitomoshi, translates into three different things in Japanese. Firstly, it can mean "to light a lamp", but it can also be used as "to burn a man to death". Hitomoshi is also the name of a person that leads a funeral in Japan, usually carrying a lit torch.

Gallery

Litwick in Pokémon GO

Litwick Plush

See also

• Pokémon.com Pokédex
• Legendary Pokémon data
• The Pokémon Database
• Pokémon Dream Pokédex data
• Psypokes Psydex data