The Lickitung and Primeape Deck is a non-ex focused Deck featuring Lickitung and Primeape from the Genetic Apex Set in Pokemon Trading Card Game Pocket (PTCG Pocket). Read on for the complete list of cards in this deck, basic information on the deck, how to play the deck, and optimal matchups for it!

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Lickitung and Primeape Deck Guide

Deck Evaluation

Ace Pokemon						Tier Ranking
Lickitung Genetic Apex (A1)			Primeape Genetic Apex (A1)
						Energy Type(s)
						F2P Friendly?
						✔️
						Deck Difficulty
						★★★
Deck Strengths
Primeape can deal 100 damage to its attacker If it has damage on it. Lickitung can high roll damage with Continuous Lick. Key Pokemon have different weaknesses.
Deck Weaknesses
Requires lots of luck to pilot successfully. Primeape struggles against aggro decks due to its low HP. Lickitung is reliant on inconsistent lucky flips.

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List of Cards

Lickitung and Primeape Deck List
Pokemon Cards
Primeape ×2				Farfetch'd ×2				Lickitung ×2				Mankey ×2
Trainer Cards
Giovanni ×2				Sabrina ×2				Potion ×2				X Speed ×2
Poke Ball ×2				Professor's Research ×2

Deck Building Guide

Packs Required for Lickitung and Primeape Deck

Pack	Featured Card

How to Play Lickitung and Primeape Deck

How to Play Lickitung and Primeape Deck
Core Combos and Interactions Starting Hand Deck Strategies Game Phases

Lickitung and Primeape Deck Core Combos and Interactions

Gimmick	Primary Attcker	Description
Lickitung	Primeape	・Lickitung can flip for lots of damage, but is luck-reliant. ・Primeape can deal 100 damage via Fight Back if it has damage on it, demanding that it be OHKOd or not damaged at all..

Best Starting Hand

Best Starting Hand

Farfetch'd or Mankey are both good starts. Primeape for the next turn is also good in your starting hand. Use cards like Poke Ball and Professor's Research to dig for resources to use the following turns.

Other Good Starting Cards

Recommended Starting Hand

Farfetch'd is a solid start that can immediately put on offensive pressure. Its cheap Attack Cost can allow you to attach subsequent Energy to Lickitung while Farfetch'd only uses 1 Energy for its attack

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Lickitung and Primeape Deck Strategies

Lickitung and Primeape Deck Strategies
Primeape's Fight Back Lickitung's Continous Lick

Strategy 1: STRATEGY NAME

Once Primeape is setup, it can utilize Fight Back to deal 100 damage to your opponent's active Pokemon. Since Primeape has quite a low HP and needs to take damage to trigger Fight Back's bonus damage effect, having Potion in hand allows Primeape to survive longer in the Active Spot. Do note that Primeape's damage buff is negated if it's healed back to full health

Strategy 2: Lickitung's Continuous Lick

Once set up with 3 Energy, Lickitung can attempt to high roll for knock outs. Use this luck-intensive strategy for a challenge!

Game Phases

Early Game

Key Card(s) Required
Step	Description
1	Start with Mankey or Farfetch'd and Bench Lickitung.
2	Use Professor's Research to dig for resources to use the following turn.

Mid-Game

Key Card(s) Required
Step	Description
1	Evolve Mankey into Primeape.
2	Continue attacking with either Primeape or Farfetch'd
3	Attach Energies to Lickitung to prepare it for following turns.

Late Game

Key Card(s) Required
1	Attempt to KO opponents with Lickitung's Continuous Licks.

Lickitung and Primeape Deck Best and Worst Matchups

Best Matchups

Worst Matchups

Deck	Commentary
Pikachu ex Decks	Type: ・Due to its low HP and despite its type advantage, Primeape struggles against aggro decks like Pikachu ex. ・Lickitung needs multiple heads flips to KO Pikachu ex.

Overall Consistency

Although the deck has strong damage potential, Primeape needs to take damage to maximize Fight Back's damage while Lickitung's Continuous Lick damage depends highly on coin flips. This makes the deck highly inconsistent for the most part.

Lickitung and Primeape Deck F2P & Substitutes

Lickitung and Primeape Deck Card Substitutes

Card	Explanation
Marowak ex	・ Marowak is a more reliable luck-based Pokemon with higher damage for fewer flips.

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Lickitung and Primeape Deck Other Viable Options

Card	Possible Cuts
Red Card	・Since the deck is reliant on lucky flips for damage, it may not always have a need for Giovanni's extra 10. Use Red Card to disrupt your opponent's set up. This is especially useful against Stage 2 decks.

F2P Lickitung and Primeape Deck List

F2P Lickitung and Primeape Deck List
Pokemon Cards
Mankey x2	Primeape x2	Lickitung x2	Farfetch'd x2
Trainer Cards
Potion x2	X Speed x2	Poke Ball x2	Professor's Research x2
Giovanni x2	Sabrina x2

The list can be built on a F2P budget as it doesn't require any difficult to find cards. Promo Mankey may require some effort from the Lapras Event but these are not too difficult to find.

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Meta Decks

Best Meta Decks
Mewtwo ex	Celebi ex and Serperior	Pikachu ex
Gyarados ex and Greninja	Vaporeon and Articuno ex	Volcarona and Arcanine ex
Scolipede and Weezing	Starmie ex and Articuno ex	Arcanine ex
Blaine	Pikachu ex and Raichu	Gyarados ex and Vaporeon
Pidgeot ex	Charizard ex	Aerodactyl ex and Primeape
Exeggutor ex	Lt. Surge	Dragonite
Alakazam and Jynx	Mew ex and Weezing	Golem

Off Meta Decks

Articuno ex	Venusaur ex	Dragonite and Weezing
Lapras ex	Greninja	Mewtwo ex and Weezing
Marowak ex	Primeape	Venusaur and Weezing
Arbok Lock	Zapdos ex	Blastoise ex
Gengar ex	Machamp ex	Wigglytuff ex
Melmetal	Koga	Omastar and Articuno ex
Kingler and Articuno ex	Frosmoth	Lapras ex and Butterfree
Poliwrath	Tentacruel and Greninja	Victreebel and Exeggutor ex
Gengar ex and Golbat	Persian and Mawile	Lickitung and Primeape
Exeggutor ex and Alakazam	Frosmoth and Articuno ex	Gyarados
Centiskorch and Moltres ex	Grapploct	Cinccino and Weezing
Brock	Kabutops	Aerodactyl and Dragonite
Eeveelutions and Ditto	Lickitung	Articuno
Zapdos	Moltres	Venusaur
Charizard	Blastoise

Rental Decks

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Venusaur ex Rental Deck	Charizard ex Rental Deck	Blastoise ex Rental Deck
Pikachu ex Rental Deck	Mewtwo ex Rental Deck	Machamp ex Rental Deck
Nidoking and Nidoqueen Rental Deck	Kanto Fossils Rental Deck	Koga Rental Deck
Brock Rental Deck	Blaine Rental Deck	Lt. Surge Rental Deck

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