Pokémon/Pokédex/Gengar

Drawing of the face of Gengar.

Basic Statistics

• National Index: 94
• Johto Index: 60
• Hoenn Index: 264
• Stage: Stage 2
• Height: 1.5 meters (4.9 ft)
• Weight: 40.5 kilograms (89 lb)
• Gender Distribution: 50% Male
• Ability: Levitate
• Type: Ghost/Poison
• Species: Shadow
• Egg Group: Indeterminate
• Hatch Steps: 5120
• Catch Rate: 45
• Base Experience: 190
• Max Experience: 1059860

	HP	Attack	Defense	Speed	Special Attack	Special Defense
Base Stats (RB/Y)	60	65	60	110	130
Base Stats (GS/C)	60	65	60	110	130	75
Base Stats (RS/FL/E)	60	65	60	110	130	75
Base Stats (DP/PT/HGSS)	–	–	–	–	–	–
Base Stats (BW/B2W2)	–	–	–	–	–	–
Base Stats (XY/ORAS)	–	–	–	–	–	–
Base Stats (SM/USUM)	–	–	–	–	–	–
Base Stats (Sword/Shield/BDSP)	–	–	–	–	–	–
Max Stats (RB/Y)	323	228	218	318	358
Max Stats (GS/C)	323	228	218	318	358	248
Max Stats (RS/FL/E)	324	251	240	350	394	273
Max Stats (DP/PT/HGSS)	–	–	–	–	–	–
Max Stats (B/W/B2W2)	–	–	–	–	–	–
Max Stats (X/Y/ORAS)	–	–	–	–	–	–
Max Stats (SM/USUM)	–	–	–	–	–	–
Max Stats (Sword/Shield/BDSP)	–	–	–	–	–	–
Effort Points (Sword/Shield/BDSP)	–	–	–	–	–	–

Type Matching

Move types which are good on Gengar: Dark², Ghost, Ground, Psychic
Move types which are bad on Gengar: Fighting${}^{4}$, Grass
Move types which are very bad on Gengar: Bug², Poison
Move types which don't effect Gengar:³ Fighting, Normal

All other move types are normal effectiveness on Gengar.

¹ – Red/Blue/Yellow only
² – All other Pokemon games
³ - This immunity can be eliminated if the attacking Pokemon uses Foresight or Odor Sleuth on Gengar; switching either Pokemon ends this effect (Not in Red/Blue/Yellow).

${}^{4}$ - If the immunity was removed by Foresight/Odor Sleuth (Not available in Red/Blue/Yellow).

Moveset

Level	Red / Blue	Yellow	Gold / Silver	Crystal	Ruby / Sapphire Emerald XD / Colosseum	Fire Red / Leaf Green
Start	Lick Confuse Ray Night Shade	Lick Confuse Ray Night Shade	Hypnosis Lick Spite	Hypnosis Lick Spite	Hypnosis Lick Spite	Hypnosis Lick Spite
8	-	-	Spite	Spite	Spite	Spite
13	-	-	Mean Look	Mean Look	Mean Look	Curse
16	-	-	Curse	Curse	Curse	Night Shade
21	-	-	Night Shade	Night Shade	Night Shade	Confuse Ray
25	-	-	-	-	Shadow Punch	Shadow Punch
29	Hypnosis	Hypnosis	-	-	-	-
31	-	-	Confuse Ray	Confuse Ray	Confuse Ray	Dream Eater
38	Dream Eater	Dream Eater	-	-	-	-
39	-	-	Dream Eater	Dream Eater	Dream Eater	Destiny Bond
45	-	-	-	-	-	Shadow Ball
48	-	-	Destiny Bond	Destiny Bond	Destiny Bond	-
53	-	-	-	-	-	Nightmare
64	-	-	-	-	-	Mean Look

TM/HM

• RB/Y/GS/C/RS/FL: Double Team, Hyper Beam, Psychic, Rest, Strength, Thunder, Toxic
• RB/Y/C/RS/FL: Thunderbolt
• RB/Y/GS/C: Dream Eater
• GS/C/RS/FL: Attract, Frustration, Giga Drain, Hidden Power, Protect, Rain Dance, Return, Rock Smash, Shadow Ball, Sunny Day, Thief
• RB/Y: Bide, Body Slam, Counter, Double-Edge, Explosion, Mega Drain, Mega Kick, Mega Punch, Metronome, Mimic, Psywave, Rage, Seismic Toss, Selfdestruct, Skull Bash, Submission, Substitute, Take Down
• GS/C: Curse, Dynamicpunch, Endure, Fire Punch, Headbutt, Ice Punch, Nightmare, Psych Up, Sleep Talk, Snore, Swagger, Thunderpunch, Zap Cannon
• RS/FL: Brick Break, Facade, Focus Punch, Secret Power, Skill Swap, Sludge Bomb, Snatch, Taunt, Torment

Evolution

• GS/C/RS/FL: Haze, Perish Song, Psywave
• RS/FL: Astonish, Explosion, Grudge, Will-O-Wisp

Variant Forms

Trading Cards

• Fossil #5 - Gengar
• Fossil #20 - Gengar
• Gym Heroes #14 - Sabrina's Gengar
• Gym Challenge #29 - Sabrina's Gengar
• Neo Destiny #6 - Dark Gengar
• Expedition #13 - Gengar
• Expedition #48 - Gengar
• Skyridge #H9 - Gengar
• Skyridge #10 - Gengar
• EX FireRed & LeafGreen #108 - Gengar EX

Basic: Gastly

Stage 1: Haunter

Stage 2: Gengar