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haunter
#093

Haunter

Gas Pokémon

GhostPoison

It likes to lurk in the dark and tap shoulders with a gaseous hand. Its touch causes endless shuddering.

Base Stats

HP 45
Attack 50
Defense 45
Sp. Atk 115
Sp. Def 55
Speed 95
Total 405

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

haunter Haunter Lv. 25
gengar Gengar Trade

Moves

Details

Category Gas Pokémon
Height 1.6 m
Weight 0.1 kg
Base Exp 142
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 90
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat Cave
Egg Groups Indeterminate

Sprites

haunter Front Front
haunter Back Back
haunter Front Shiny Front Shiny
haunter Back Shiny Back Shiny
haunter Official Art Official Art
haunter Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

nu Usage: 6.1%
Life Orb
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Timid
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252
SubDisable
Item
Black Sludge
Nature
Timid
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252
Choice Scarf
Item
Choice Scarf
Nature
Timid
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Despite being an NFE, Haunter is a great offensive spinblocker with good offensive presence and Speed. This ties in well with its great movepool, making Haunter an unpredictable Pokemon to face. Specifically, Haunter's access to support moves such as Destiny Bond, Disable, Pain Split, Trick, and Will-O-Wisp is what makes it so threatening. While it is incredibly frail, Haunter has excellent immunities to Normal-, Fighting-, and Ground-type moves that give it opportunities to switch in safely. Unfortunately, that frailty is still Haunter's downfall, as it is terribly weak to Pursuit and common priority users. Haunter's Speed might hit a great benchmark, but there are many Pokemon that can still outspeed it; Haunter also hates risking a Speed tie because of its frailty.

Most Used Moves

Trick
15.6%

Most Used Items

Life Orb
82.6%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc