#0607 · Unova · Generation 5

Litwick

Candle Pokémon · Ghost/Fire-type

Litwick is a Ghost/Fire-type Pokémon, the Candle Pokémon, number 607 (#0607) in the National Pokédex. It was introduced in Generation 5 and comes from the Unova region. It is 0.3 m tall and weighs 3.1 kg.

Litwick is the Candle Pokémon, a tiny Ghost and Fire type that seems to guide people and Pokémon through the dark with its light, while really leeching off the life force of anyone who follows it.

How to pronounce Litwick

Litwick is pronounced LIT-wik. The capital letters show the stressed syllable.

Listen to Litwick said out loud:

In Japanese it is ヒトモシ (Hitomoshi).

Hear every other name on the Pokémon pronunciation guide.

Lore

Biology

Litwick is 0.3 m tall and weighs 3.1 kg. It is a small candle of white wax with two stubby arms and a purple flame on its head, and melted wax droops over its right eye so that only the bright yellow left eye shows. The Pokédex says its flame is usually out and only starts shining when it takes in life force. A Shield entry adds that a younger victim makes the flame burn brighter and eerier.

Behaviour

Litwick pretends to be a guide, lighting up dark places to lead people and Pokémon along. The Sword Pokédex says it leads lost children by the hand to the spirit world.

Habitat

The Pokédex gives no habitat. In Unova it is found in the Celestial Tower, and in The Teal Mask it haunts places such as Infernal Pass and Crystal Pool in Kitakami.

Powers

Litwick has the Abilities Flash Fire and Flame Body, with Infiltrator hidden. It attacks with Ember, Hex, Shadow Ball and Fire Spin, and its best base stat is Special Attack 65.

Name origin

Litwick may combine 'lit', 'little', 'wick' and perhaps 'wicked'. The Japanese name is Hitomoshi (ヒトモシ), which may come from hi-tomoshi, 'lighting a lamp'.

Design inspiration

Litwick may take after a candle and after hitodama, also called will-o'-the-wisps, most of all the Japanese onibi, a ghostly light usually described as a blue flame that draws the life force out of anyone who gets close.

Evolution notes

Litwick evolves into Lampent at level 41.

In the games

Litwick is found in the Celestial Tower in Black and White, its first game. In Scarlet and Violet's base game it can only come from Pokémon HOME or a trade, but The Teal Mask adds wild ones. In Legends: Z-A it lives in Bleu District's Sewers, and the Mega Dimension DLC adds it to Hyperspace Lumiose.

In the anime

Four Litwick debuted in 'Scare at the Litwick Mansion!', where, with a Lampent, they tried to lead Ash, his friends and Team Rocket to the Ghost World. A Litwick works at the Paldea Postal Service warming wax seals in the Pokémon Horizons short Dragonite and the Special Delivery.

Fun facts

• Litwick, Lampent and Chandelure are the only dual-type Fire and Ghost Pokémon that have Ghost as their first type.
• Its base Speed of 20 ties it with Slugma, Torkoal and Mega Camerupt for the slowest of all Fire types.
• In the Hoopa's Surprise Ring Adventures short 'In the Dark', Hoopa summons so many Litwick to light a cave that it wakes up a crowd of Noivern, Noibat, Sableye and Carbink.

Sources: Bulbapedia: Litwick (Pokémon) · Serebii: Litwick (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex)

Base stats

• HP: 50
• Attack: 30
• Defense: 55
• Sp. Atk: 65
• Sp. Def: 55
• Speed: 20

Litwick’s base stat total is 275. Its highest stat is Sp. Atk.

Type matchups

What is Litwick weak to?

Litwick takes extra damage from Water (2×), Ground (2×), Rock (2×), Ghost (2×), Dark (2×) moves.

It resists Bug (¼×), Fire (½×), Grass (½×), Ice (½×), Poison (½×), Steel (½×), Fairy (½×).

It is immune to Normal, Fighting moves.

Evolution

How does Litwick evolve?

Litwick evolves into Lampent at level 41.

The whole family: Litwick, Lampent, Chandelure.

• Lampent evolves into Chandelure (Dusk Stone).

Abilities

• Flash Fire: Protects against Fire moves. Once one has been blocked, the Pokémon's own Fire moves inflict 1.5× damage until it leaves battle.
• Flame Body: Has a 30% chance of burning attacking Pokémon on contact.
• Infiltrator (hidden ability): Bypasses Light Screen, Reflect, and Safeguard.

Moves

Moves Litwick learns by level up in Scarlet / Violet

TM moves (39)

Litwick can learn 39 moves from TMs in Scarlet / Violet: Protect, Confuse Ray, Thief, Fire Spin, Facade, Hex, Flame Charge, Night Shade, Endure, Sunny Day, Sleep Talk, Rest, Taunt, Imprison, Dark Pulse, Substitute, Will-O-Wisp, Trick, Shadow Ball, Heat Wave, Energy Ball, Psychic, Flamethrower, Calm Mind, Fire Blast, Overheat, Trick Room, Flare Blitz, Solar Beam, Tera Blast, Haze, Spite, Burning Jealousy, Poltergeist, Pain Split, Psych Up, Temper Flare, Skitter Smack, Curse.

Egg moves (4):Acid Armor, Clear Smog, Haze, Power Split.

Breeding & training

• Gender: 50% male, 50% female.
• Egg groups: Amorphous.
• Egg cycles: 20 (steps to hatch, Scarlet/Violet: 2,560).
• Catch rate: 190 out of 255.
• Base friendship (Gen 8 onward): 50.
• Growth rate: Medium Slow (1,059,860 experience points to reach level 100).
• Defeating it gives 1 Sp. Atk effort value.
• Base experience yield: 55.

Pokédex entries

The younger the life this Pokémon absorbs, the brighter and eerier the flame on its head burns. (Shield)

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. (Sword)

Litwick shines a light that absorbs the life energy of people and Pokémon, which becomes the fuel that it burns. (Black, Y, Alpha Sapphire)

While shining a light and pretending to be a guide, it leeches off the life force of any who follow it. (White, X, Omega Ruby)

Its flame is usually out, but it starts shining when it absorbs life force from people or Pokémon. (Black 2, White 2)

Names around the world

Trivia

• Shortest Fire type: 0.3 m, shared with 1 other.
• Slowest Fire type: 20 Speed, shared with 2 others.
• Lightest Fire type in Gen 5: 3.1 kg.
• Shortest Fire type in Gen 5: 0.3 m.
• Slowest Fire type in Gen 5: 20 Speed.
• Lowest base stat total among Fire types in Gen 5: 275.
• Shortest Ghost type in Gen 5: 0.3 m.
• Slowest Ghost type in Gen 5: 20 Speed.
• Lowest base stat total among Ghost types in Gen 5: 275.
• Taller than 4% of all Pokémon (0.3 m).
• Heavier than 10% of all Pokémon (3.1 kg).
• Base stat total 275, ranked #926 of 1,025.
• One of 6 Pokémon that are both Ghost and Fire.
• One of 88 white Pokémon.
• Number 114 of 156 Pokémon introduced in Generation 5 (Unova).
• Part of an evolution family of 3 Pokémon.
• Can learn 48 different moves in Scarlet / Violet.
• Catch rate 190: about 24.8% per Poké Ball at full health.
• Appears in 5 distinct Pokédex entries.

Sources and fact-checking

• Stats, types, abilities, moves, evolutions, forms and Pokédex entries: PokéAPI open game data.
• Lore: written by pokee.si in our own words, researched from Bulbapedia: Litwick (Pokémon), Serebii: Litwick (Scarlet/Violet Pokédex).
• Pronunciation (LIT-wik): it follows how the English anime, games or official videos say it.

Last checked: 20 October 2026. Every sentence of the lore was checked against Bulbapedia, Serebii and the game data.

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