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gengar
#094

Gengar

Shadow Pokémon

GhostPoison

It hides in shadows. It is said that if Gengar is hiding, it cools the area by nearly 10 degrees Fahrenheit.

Base Stats

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

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Forms

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

Sheer Force
Item
Life Orb
Ability
Sheer Force
Nature
Timid
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252
Normalize
Moves
Mean Look / Substitute
Focus Blast / Sludge Bomb
Item
Black Sludge
Ability
Normalize
Nature
Timid
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

By virtue of its great coverage and natural power augmented by Sheer Force and Life Orb, Gengar is one of the better wallbreakers in Almost Any Ability, and one that is not dead weight against more offensive teams thanks to its great Speed tier. Gengar also has access to a great support movepool including moves such as Taunt and Mean Look, which help it do its job as a Sheer Force wallbreaker and Normalize attacker. Gengar's Ghost typing gives it utility as a spinblocker, making it a good fit on offensive entry hazard-stacking teams, and an important immunity to regular Normal-type Extreme Speed, allowing Gengar to revenge kill Pokemon such as Tough Claws Lucario. However, it also makes Gengar weak to Pursuit and Knock Off, the latter of which being quite popular. Very low bulk makes Gengar vulnerable to faster attackers and the enormous amount of priority in Almost Any Ability, and it means that, if Gengar does not KO the foe, it will most likely get KOed itself. Additionally, the Normalize set is quite useless if Gengar does not get a chance to use Skill Swap. Last but not least, Gengar faces competition from Doublade and Aegislash as an offensive Ghost-type because they have more bulk and resistances, but Gengar is faster and more threatening to bulkier builds.

Most Used Moves

Most Used Items

Life Orb
68.3%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc