Despite being known to leech life energy, it can not learn any draining moves.
Litwick's cry starts off high pitched but echoes near the end almost sounding like its in a cave.
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. In BW028 A group of Litwick appeared where they, along with a Lampent tried to attack Ash and friends, Jessie, James and Meowth. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. The younger the life this Pokémon absorbs, the brighter and eerier the flame on its head burns.īold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. This Pokémon takes lost children by the hand to guide them to the spirit world. The flame on its head keeps its body slightly warm. Its flame is usually out, but it starts shining when it absorbs life force from people or Pokémon. While shining a light and pretending to be a guide, it leeches off the life force of any who follow it. Litwick shines a light that absorbs the life energy of people and Pokémon, which becomes the fuel that it burns. Litwick evolves into Lampent at level 41 and into Chandelure when a Dusk Stone is used. The anime shows that the more energy it drains, the bigger its flame becomes. In the anime, they are shown to steal life energy from People and Pokémon, while leading them into the Spirit World. It lures people and Pokémon with its mysterious purple flame into following them, only to in reality absorb their life energy. It tends to live in old mansions and dilapidated places. The flame on its head is of purple color and has supernatural qualities.Īs a Ghost-type Pokémon, Litwick tend to be mischievous and cruel. Due to its Ghost typing, Litwick's ethereal body is incapable of melting. It has small stubby hands and a small grinning mouth that appear to be drips of wax. 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. Litwick seems to be based upon a lit candle.