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Gengar
Shadow Pokémon
Possesses potential victims' shadows in an effort to steal away the victims' lives. If your shadow begins to laugh, you must take hold of a protective charm posthaste!
Details
Height1.5 m
Weight40.5 kg
Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀
Catch rate45
Base friendship70
Growth ratemedium slow
Abilities
Appears in these games
Red · Blue · Yellow#094Gold · Silver · Crystal#060Diamond · Pearl#071Platinum · BDSP#071HeartGold · SoulSilver#060X · Y — Mountain Kalos#032Sun · Moon#063Ultra Sun · Ultra Moon#075Let's Go Pikachu · Eevee#094Sword · Shield#143Legends: Arceus#138Scarlet · Violet#070SV — The Teal Mask#120Legends: Z-A#067
Base stats
HP
60
Attack
65
Defense
60
Sp. Atk
130
Sp. Def
75
Speed
110
Total
500
Base Stat Total
Competitive movesets
Smogon · Gen 9Recommended battle-ready sets by competitive tier. A “/” means either option works in that slot.
Nasty Plot
- Item
- Air Balloon / Colbur Berry
- Nature
- Timid
- EVs
- 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
- IVs
- —
- Tera
- GhostFighting
Hex
- Item
- Heavy-Duty Boots / Leftovers / Colbur Berry
- Nature
- Timid
- EVs
- 4 Def / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
- IVs
- —
- Tera
- FairyDark
Choice Scarf
- Item
- Choice Scarf
- Nature
- Timid
- EVs
- 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
- IVs
- —
- Tera
- GhostDark
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Gengar can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Sprites & renders
25 sprites & renders for Gengar.
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 | Disable | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 1 | Haze | Ice | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 1 | Lick | Ghost | Physical | 30 | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Mean Look | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 1 | Night Shade | Ghost | Special | — | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Perish Song | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 1 | Reflect Type | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 1 | Shadow Punch | Ghost | Physical | 60 | — | 20 |
| 1 | Smog | Poison | Special | 30 | 70 | 20 |
| 6 | Poison Gas | Poison | Status | — | 90 | 40 |
| 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 |
| 29 | Hypnosis | Psychic | Status | — | 60 | 20 |
| 36 | Sucker Punch | Dark | Physical | 70 | 100 | 5 |
| 38 | Dream Eater | Psychic | Special | 100 | 100 | 15 |
| 42 | Dark Pulse | Dark | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 48 | Shadow Ball | Ghost | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 54 | Destiny Bond | Ghost | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 61 | Nightmare | Ghost | Status | — | 100 | 15 |