Gengar

Pokédex number	094	Gender ratio	50% male, 50% female	Growth rate	Medium Slow
Category	Shadow Pokémon	Steps to hatch	5355	Base EXP yield	225
Base friendship	70	Egg groups	Amorphous

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Normal Form

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Type	Ghost Poison
Weaknesses	GROUND GHOST PSYCHIC DARK
Resistances	GRASS FAIRY
Double resistances	POISON BUG
Immunities	NORMAL FIGHTING

Abilities	Name	Description
Regular Abilities	Cursed Body	May disable a move it is damaged by for four turns.
Regular Abilities	Cursed Body	May disable a move it is damaged by for four turns.

Pokédex entry	Deep in the night, your shadow cast by a streetlight may suddenly overtake you. It is actually a Gengar running past you, pretending to be your shadow.
Cry
Height	5′11″ / 1.5 m	Weight	893 lb / 40.5 kg	Catch Rate	45
Wild held items	None
Eggs hatch into	Gastly

Stats

	HP	Attack	Defense	Speed	Special Attack	Special Defense	Total
Base stats	60	65	60	110	130	75	500
EV yields	0	0	0	0	3	0	3

Evolution

Gastly

→ Level up to at least level 25

Haunter

→ Trade

Gengar

Moves

Learnt by levelling up

Level	Move
1	Hypnosis
1	Lick
1	Spite
5	Spite
8	Mean Look
12	Curse
15	Night Shade
19	Confuse Ray
22	Sucker Punch
28	Payback
33	Shadow Ball
39	Dream Eater
44	Dark Pulse
50	Destiny Bond
55	Hex
61	Nightmare

Learnt on evolution

Shadow Punch

Learnt from a pre-evolution

Pre-evolution	Move	Method
Gastly	Astonish	Egg Move
Gastly	Clear Smog	Egg Move
Gastly	Disable	Egg Move
Gastly	Grudge	Egg Move
Gastly	Haze	Egg Move
Gastly	Perish Song	Egg Move
Gastly	Psywave	Egg Move
Gastly	Reflect Type	Egg Move
Gastly	Scary Face	Egg Move
Gastly	Smog	Egg Move

Learnt from TMs/TMXs

Item	Move
TM06	Toxic
TM09	Venoshock
TM10	Hidden Power
TM11	Sunny Day
TM12	Taunt
TM15	Hyper Beam
TM17	Protect
TM18	Rain Dance
TM21	Frustration
TM24	Thunderbolt
TM25	Thunder
TM27	Return
TM29	Psychic
TM30	Shadow Ball
TM31	Brick Break
TM32	Double Team
TM34	Sludge Wave
TM36	Sludge Bomb
TM41	Torment
TM42	Facade
TM44	Rest
TM45	Attract
TM46	Thief
TM48	Round
TM52	Focus Blast
TM53	Energy Ball
TM56	Fling
TM61	Will-O-Wisp
TM63	Embargo
TM64	Explosion
TM65	Shadow Claw
TM66	Payback
TM68	Giga Impact
TM77	Psych Up
TM83	Infestation
TM84	Poison Jab
TM85	Dream Eater
TM87	Swagger
TM88	Sleep Talk
TM90	Substitute
TM92	Trick Room
TM94	Secret Power
TM97	Dark Pulse
TM98	Power-Up Punch
TM99	Dazzling Gleam
TM100	Confide
TMX4	Strength
TMX7	Rock Smash

Learnt from Move Tutors

Encounter rates

There are no regular wild encounters for this Pokémon.

Appearances in Trainer teams

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Level 100, holding Magical Seed, random gender, 70 friendship
Cursed Body
Timid nature

Moves

Nasty Plot (32 PP)
Shadow Ball (24 PP)
Dark Pulse (24 PP)
Focus Blast (8 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	261	149	157	350	359	186
EVs	0	0	4	252	252	0
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 100, holding Magical Seed, random gender, 70 friendship
Cursed Body
Timid nature

Moves

Nasty Plot (32 PP)
Shadow Ball (24 PP)
Dark Pulse (24 PP)
Focus Blast (8 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	261	149	157	350	359	186
EVs	0	0	4	252	252	0
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 100, holding Gengarite, random gender, 70 friendship
Cursed Body
Timid nature

Moves

Nasty Plot (32 PP)
Shadow Ball (24 PP)
Dark Pulse (24 PP)
Focus Blast (8 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	261	149	157	350	359	186
EVs	0	0	4	252	252	0
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 150, holding Gengarite, random gender, 70 friendship
Cursed Body
Timid nature

Moves

Giga Drain (16 PP)
Ice Punch (24 PP)
Fire Punch (24 PP)
Psychic (16 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	481	306	326	523	536	371
EVs	252	252	252	252	252	252
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 100, holding Gengarite, random gender, 70 friendship
Cursed Body
Modest nature

Moves

Sludge Wave (16 PP)
Shadow Ball (24 PP)
Dazzling Gleam (16 PP)
Taunt (32 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	261	149	156	319	394	187
EVs	0	0	0	252	252	4
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 100, holding Gengarite, random gender, 70 friendship
Cursed Body
Timid nature

Moves

Venoshock (16 PP)
Shadow Ball (24 PP)
Dazzling Gleam (16 PP)
Taunt (32 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	261	149	156	350	359	187
EVs	0	0	0	252	252	4
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 77, holding Wise Glasses, random gender, 70 friendship
Cursed Body
Timid nature

Moves

Clear Smog (15 PP)
Sludge Bomb (10 PP)
Shadow Ball (15 PP)
Dazzling Gleam (10 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	219	130	137	235	245	160
EVs	85	85	85	85	85	85
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 100, holding Life Orb, male, 70 friendship
Cursed Body
Timid nature

Moves

Thunder (16 PP)
Ominous Wind (8 PP)
Icy Wind (24 PP)
Sludge Bomb (16 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	262	149	156	350	359	186
EVs	4	0	0	252	252	0
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 120, no item, male, 70 friendship
Cursed Body
Timid nature

Moves

Thunder (16 PP)
Ominous Wind (8 PP)
Icy Wind (24 PP)
Sludge Bomb (16 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	275	144	149	378	392	185
EVs	4	0	0	252	252	0
IVs	0	0	0	0	0	0

Level 100, holding Life Orb, male, 70 friendship
Cursed Body
Timid nature

Moves

Thunder (16 PP)
Ominous Wind (8 PP)
Icy Wind (24 PP)
Sludge Bomb (16 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	262	149	156	350	359	186
EVs	4	0	0	252	252	0
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 100, holding Telluric Seed, random gender, 70 friendship
Cursed Body
Timid nature

Moves

Thunder (16 PP)
Sludge Bomb (16 PP)
Ominous Wind (8 PP)
Icy Wind (24 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	262	149	156	350	359	186
EVs	4	0	0	252	252	0
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 93, holding Life Orb, male, 70 friendship
Cursed Body
Timid nature

Moves

Sludge Bomb (10 PP)
Shadow Ball (15 PP)
Thunder (10 PP)
Dazzling Gleam (10 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	244	138	145	326	334	173
EVs	4	0	0	252	252	0
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 120, holding Gengarite, random gender, 70 friendship
Cursed Body
Timid nature

Moves

Shadow Ball (15 PP)
Giga Drain (10 PP)
Sludge Bomb (10 PP)
Focus Blast (5 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	312	178	186	419	429	222
EVs	4	0	0	252	252	0
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 35, holding Wide Lens, male, 0 friendship
Cursed Body
Bashful nature

Moves

Hypnosis (20 PP)
Dream Eater (15 PP)
Shadow Ball (15 PP)
Thunderbolt (15 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	102	65	62	97	111	72
EVs	52	52	52	52	52	52
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 100, holding Gengarite, random gender, 70 friendship
Cursed Body
Modest nature

Moves

Sludge Wave (16 PP)
Shadow Ball (24 PP)
Dazzling Gleam (16 PP)
Taunt (32 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	261	149	156	319	394	187
EVs	0	0	0	252	252	4
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 100, holding Gengarite, random gender, 70 friendship
Cursed Body
Modest nature

Moves

Sludge Wave (16 PP)
Shadow Ball (24 PP)
Dazzling Gleam (16 PP)
Taunt (32 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	261	149	156	319	394	187
EVs	0	0	0	252	252	4
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 95, holding Synthetic Seed, random gender, 70 friendship
Cursed Body
Timid nature

Moves

Psychic (10 PP)
Thunderbolt (15 PP)
Energy Ball (10 PP)
Hidden Power (15 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	248	141	149	333	341	176
EVs	0	0	4	252	252	0
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 95, holding Telluric Seed, random gender, 70 friendship
Cursed Body
Timid nature

Moves

Shadow Ball (15 PP)
Thunderbolt (15 PP)
Focus Blast (5 PP)
Hidden Power (15 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	248	141	149	333	341	176
EVs	0	0	4	252	252	0
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 95, holding Life Orb, random gender, 70 friendship
Cursed Body
Timid nature

Moves

Shadow Ball (15 PP)
Thunderbolt (15 PP)
Destiny Bond (5 PP)
Hidden Power (15 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	248	141	149	333	341	176
EVs	0	0	4	252	252	0
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 95, holding Focus Sash, random gender, 70 friendship
Cursed Body
Timid nature

Moves

Icy Wind (15 PP)
Shadow Ball (15 PP)
Focus Blast (5 PP)
Thunderbolt (15 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	248	141	149	333	341	176
EVs	0	0	4	252	252	0
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 95, holding Elemental Seed, random gender, 70 friendship
Cursed Body
Timid nature

Moves

Icy Wind (15 PP)
Shadow Ball (15 PP)
Focus Blast (5 PP)
Thunderbolt (15 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	248	141	149	333	341	176
EVs	0	0	4	252	252	0
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 125, holding Gengarite, random gender, 70 friendship
Cursed Body
Timid nature

Moves

Sludge Wave (16 PP)
Icy Wind (24 PP)
Focus Blast (8 PP)
Hex (16 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	325	185	193	436	447	231
EVs	4	0	0	252	252	0
IVs	31	31	31	31	31	31

Level 138, holding Life Orb, female, 70 friendship
Cursed Body
Mild nature

Moves

Explosion (8 PP)
Sludge Wave (16 PP)
Perish Song (8 PP)
Shadow Ball (24 PP)

Stats
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
	313	202	153	395	475	212
EVs	0	52	4	252	200	0
IVs	0	0	0	0	0	0

Appearances in battle facilities

Holding Life Orb; Cursed Body; Timid nature

Moves

EVs
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
EVs	0	0	0	252	252	0

Holding Black Sludge; Cursed Body; Timid nature

Moves

EVs
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
EVs	0	0	0	252	252	0

Holding Focus Sash; Cursed Body; Timid nature

Moves

EVs
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
EVs	0	0	0	252	252	0

Holding Choice Specs; Cursed Body; Timid nature

Moves

EVs
	HP	Atk	Def	Spe	SpA	SpD
EVs	0	0	0	252	252	0

Mega Form

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Type	Ghost Poison
Weaknesses	GROUND GHOST PSYCHIC DARK
Resistances	GRASS FAIRY
Double resistances	POISON BUG
Immunities	NORMAL FIGHTING

Abilities	Name	Description
Regular Abilities	Shadow Tag	Opponents cannot flee or switch out normally.
Regular Abilities	Shadow Tag	Opponents cannot flee or switch out normally.

Mega Evolution method	Hold the item Gengarite
Pokédex entry	Deep in the night, your shadow cast by a streetlight may suddenly overtake you. It is actually a Gengar running past you, pretending to be your shadow.
Cry
Height	5′11″ / 1.5 m	Weight	8929 lb / 405.0 kg	Catch Rate	45
Wild held items	None

Stats

	HP	Attack	Defense	Speed	Special Attack	Special Defense	Total
Base stats	60	65	80	130	170	95	600
EV yields	0	0	0	0	3	0	3

Moves

Learnt by levelling up

Level	Move
1	Hypnosis
1	Lick
1	Spite
5	Spite
8	Mean Look
12	Curse
15	Night Shade
19	Confuse Ray
22	Sucker Punch
28	Payback
33	Shadow Ball
39	Dream Eater
44	Dark Pulse
50	Destiny Bond
55	Hex
61	Nightmare

Learnt on evolution

Shadow Punch

Learnt from TMs/TMXs

Item	Move
TM06	Toxic
TM09	Venoshock
TM10	Hidden Power
TM11	Sunny Day
TM12	Taunt
TM15	Hyper Beam
TM17	Protect
TM18	Rain Dance
TM21	Frustration
TM24	Thunderbolt
TM25	Thunder
TM27	Return
TM29	Psychic
TM30	Shadow Ball
TM31	Brick Break
TM32	Double Team
TM34	Sludge Wave
TM36	Sludge Bomb
TM41	Torment
TM42	Facade
TM44	Rest
TM45	Attract
TM46	Thief
TM48	Round
TM52	Focus Blast
TM53	Energy Ball
TM56	Fling
TM61	Will-O-Wisp
TM63	Embargo
TM64	Explosion
TM65	Shadow Claw
TM66	Payback
TM68	Giga Impact
TM77	Psych Up
TM83	Infestation
TM84	Poison Jab
TM85	Dream Eater
TM87	Swagger
TM88	Sleep Talk
TM90	Substitute
TM92	Trick Room
TM94	Secret Power
TM97	Dark Pulse
TM98	Power-Up Punch
TM99	Dazzling Gleam
TM100	Confide
TMX4	Strength
TMX7	Rock Smash