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gengar
#094

Gengar

Shadow Pokémon

GhostPoison

Should you feel yourself attacked by a sudden chill, it is evidence of an approaching Gengar. There is no escaping it. Give up.

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

Locations

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

Offensive Utility
Item
Life Orb / Ghostium Z
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 4
SpA 252
Spe 252
Choice Specs
Item
Choice Specs
Nature
Timid
EVs
HP 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

By virtue of its high Special Attack and Speed stats, Gengar is an exceptional wallbreaker in the OU metagame. It can take advantage of the tier's general lack of Ghost-resistant Pokemon to fire off powerful STAB Shadow Balls while also pressuring the tier's myriad of Fairy-types thanks to its Poison typing. Gengar also has a decent amount of coverage and utility options at its disposal, including useful moves in Focus Blast, Thunderbolt, and Taunt. Unfortunately, Gengar is horribly frail and thus easily folds to faster Pokemon, Choice Scarf users, and priority, which are all quite common in OU. It also has trouble taking strong neutral hits because of this, and at times it over relies on KOing its foes as a result. Gengar's fragility can also limit its opportunities to switch in, which can prevent it from consistently wallbreaking. Lastly, Gengar is quite weak to Pursuit from the likes of Weavile and Tyranitar, which requires that it is played carefully in order to prevent it from being trapped and KOed.

Most Used Moves

Trick
60.1%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc