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haunter
#093

Haunter

Gas Pokémon

GhostPoison

HAUNTER is a dangerous POKéMON. If one beckons you while floating in darkness, you must never approach it. This POKéMON will try to lick you with its tongue and steal your life away.

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

Locations

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: 49.5%
Standard
Moves
Substitute / Explosion / Thief
Explosion / Thief / Toxic
Item
Leftovers / No Item
Nature
Timid / Naive
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252
Berry
Moves
Endure / Substitute
Hidden Power Fire / Explosion
Item
Salac Berry / Petaya Berry
Nature
Timid / Naive
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Haunter is one of the tier's most potent offensive Pokemon due to its solid coverage, great power, and nearly unrivaled Speed tier, letting it pose a threat to revenge killers like Murkrow and Pidgeot as well as walls like Sableye, Wailord, and Roselia. Additionally, Haunter is quite self-sufficient; it can utilize utility moves such as Thief and Toxic to make breaking through foes such as Chimecho and Flareon easier. Haunter can even function as a late-game sweeper, utilizing Endure and a Berry to boost its Speed or Special Attack to become an even greater threat to weakened teams. Furthermore, Haunter is one of two viable Ghost-types in the tier and possesses a great amount of defensive utility; it can spinblock against Hitmonchan, check Normal-types like Pidgeot, and switch into Ground-type attacks from Pokemon like Choice Band Relicanth. Haunter's only real shortcoming is its pitiful bulk, although even then it can take advantage of Choice-locked foes like Hitmonchan and Raticate to switch in and set Substitute.

Most Used Moves

Psychic
90.8%
Endure
42.2%
Explosion
37.2%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
39.4%
Magnet
4.5%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc