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gengar
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Gengar

Shadow Pokémon

GhostPoison

The leer that floats in darkness belongs to a Gengar delighting in casting curses on people.

Base Stats

HP 60
Attack 65
Defense 60
Sp. Atk 130
Sp. Def 75
Speed 110
Total 500

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

haunter Haunter Lv. 25
gengar Gengar Trade

Moves

Details

Category Shadow Pokémon
Height 1.5 m
Weight 40.5 kg
Base Exp 225
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Cave
Egg Groups Indeterminate

Sprites

gengar Front Front
gengar Back Back
gengar Front Shiny Front Shiny
gengar Back Shiny Back Shiny
gengar Official Art Official Art
gengar Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

SubDisable
Item
Leftovers
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 4
SpA 252
Spe 252
Choice Scarf
Moves
Hidden Power Fire / Hidden Power Ice / Thunderbolt
Item
Choice Scarf
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 4
SpA 252
Spe 252
Life Orb Attacker
Moves
Thunderbolt / Hidden Power Ice / Hidden Power Fire
Hidden Power Ice / Hidden Power Fire / Pain Split
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Gengar is one of only two famed OU veterans that have been OU for all five generations. It owes this to its excellent Special Attack and Speed stats, immunities to Ground-, Normal-, and Fighting-type attacks and to the poison status, as well as a concise movepool that grew with each passing generation. This generation, the only thing it gained was a 100% accurate Disable, as well as Dream World-exclusive competition from Chandelure. Gengar is now perhaps best known for its SubDisable set, with which it can dismantle many Fighting-types, be they the old favorites Lucario and Infernape, or new introductions such as Terrakion and Conkeldurr. In Dream World, however, Gengar's Pursuit weakness is compounded by its ability to be trapped and OHKOed by Choice Scarf Chandelure if it isn't wielding a Choice Scarf itself. Both these threats cripple Gengar, but it is still very useful in the Dream World metagame.

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc