Thievul vs Lickitung: how much do IVs actually matter?

Archived 2026-08-17: Lickitung is out of the current Great League meta; this analysis is kept for reference and will not be updated.
Human-guided, AI-generated (Claude). Methodology, honesty notes and disclosures.

4,096 x 4,096 IV spreads x 9 shield scenarios x 3 distinct moveset/bait grids = 452,984,832 simulated matchups (272,991,555 deduplicated engine calls -- IV-identical cells share one sim), for the Thievul Community Day. Thievul's main Great League dive. This analyzes Lickitung (Lick / Body Slam + Power Whip); "Licki" in the Great League meta usually means Lickilicky.

Controls

Your IVs: which one should you build?

Runs entirely in your browser; nothing is uploaded. Paste your Poke Genie CSV (or pick the file) and your mons are ranked below. Only Lickilicky, Lickitung, Nickit, Thievul rows are read.

The short version

Every matchup at once: 4096 Thievul x 4096 Lickitung

Hover a cell to outline it across the view. At the default zoom a cell covers a BAND of ranks, not one spread -- the caption under the plot states the current band size, which narrows to a single spread as you zoom in.

Coverage vs attack: is there a cliff?

Off the frontier: attack vs stat-product rank

Coverage: which Thievul spreads beat the most Lickitung

Pareto: Lickitung coverage vs the rest of the meta

Drill-down: one Lickitung spread at a time

Mechanism: breakpoints, bulk, and the community claims

Recommendations

The other side: anti-Thievul Lickitung tech

Methodology, honesty notes and disclosures

generated 2026-08-24 19:05 UTC | engine 5839391a7596 | gamemaster 8f1d6cca5c0f | mechanics legacy | 272,991,555 deduplicated engine calls covering 452,984,832 matchup cells | grids embedded: iwpr_bait, iwpr_nobait, nsiw_bait

All declared inputs are present in this build.