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Gastly
Gas Pokémon
Gaseous and completely impalpable. Also highly dangerous— inhaling part of its poisonous body will cause one to faint instantly.
Details
Height1.3 m
Weight0.1 kg
Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀
Catch rate190
Base friendship70
Growth ratemedium slow
Abilities
Levitate
Evades Ground moves.
Egg groups: Amorphous
Appears in these games
Red · Blue · Yellow#092Gold · Silver · Crystal#058Diamond · Pearl#069Platinum · BDSP#069HeartGold · SoulSilver#058X · Y — Mountain Kalos#030Sun · Moon#061Ultra Sun · Ultra Moon#073Let's Go Pikachu · Eevee#092Sword · Shield#141Legends: Arceus#136Scarlet · Violet#068SV — The Teal Mask#118Legends: Z-A#065
Base stats
HP
30
Attack
35
Defense
30
Sp. Atk
100
Sp. Def
35
Speed
80
Total
310
Base Stat Total
Competitive movesets
Smogon · Gen 9Recommended battle-ready sets by competitive tier. A “/” means either option works in that slot.
Perish Trap
- Item
- Eviolite
- Nature
- Bold
- EVs
- 252 HP / 180 Def / 76 Spe
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Gastly can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Sprites & renders
25 sprites & renders for Gastly.
Across the games
Moves
| Lv. | Move | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Astonish | Ghost | Physical | 30 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Confuse Ray | Ghost | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Lick | Ghost | Physical | 30 | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Night Shade | Ghost | Special | — | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Smog | Poison | Special | 30 | 70 | 20 |
| 6 | Poison Gas | Poison | Status | — | 90 | 40 |
| 8 | Mean Look | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 12 | Payback | Dark | Physical | 50 | 100 | 10 |
| 14 | Will-O-Wisp | Fire | Status | — | 85 | 15 |
| 16 | Spite | Ghost | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 18 | Venoshock | Poison | Special | 65 | 100 | 10 |
| 20 | Curse | Ghost | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 21 | Toxic | Poison | Status | — | 90 | 10 |
| 24 | Hex | Ghost | Special | 65 | 100 | 10 |
| 27 | Hypnosis | Psychic | Status | — | 60 | 20 |
| 32 | Sucker Punch | Dark | Physical | 70 | 100 | 5 |
| 35 | Dream Eater | Psychic | Special | 100 | 100 | 15 |
| 36 | Dark Pulse | Dark | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 40 | Shadow Ball | Ghost | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 44 | Destiny Bond | Ghost | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 47 | Nightmare | Ghost | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
Breeding & egg moves
Gastly can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
