Gengar

Template:Gengar Gengar (Japanese: ゲンガー Gengaa) is a Ghost/Poison-type Pokémon introduced in Generation I.

Biology

Physiology

Gengar is a shadow-like round-bodied Pokémon with two large pointed ears and short spikes lining its back. Gengar has two red eyes and a toothy sinister smile. It has claws on its hands. Gengar stands on its two short legs, but it can Levitate as well.

Natural abilities

Gengars have the ability Levitate. Levitate makes Gengar immune to Ground-type moves. This Pokémon hides in the shadows. It is said that if Gengar is hiding, it cools the area by nearly 10°F. When there is a Full Moon, this Pokémon likes to scare people by pretending to be their shadow, then laugh at their fear. Gengars are mostly based on being mean and evil by tormenting people, hurting them and overtaking them. It can absorb any surrounding heat, leaving a sudden chill. To steal the life of its target, it slips into the prey's shadow and silently waits for an opportunity. Gengar is also able to merge with and inhabit the shadow of another being.

Evolution

Gengar is the evolved form of Haunter, by trade. It can further evolve into Mega Gengar by using its Gengarite.

Game info

Pokédex entries

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Stats

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Learnset

Leveling

LevelingGeneration VI
Level	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Cat.	Contest Cat.	Appeal	Jam
—	Hypnosis	—	60%	20	Psychic	Status		1 ♥	3 ♥
—	Lick	30	100%	30	Ghost	Physical		2 ♥	3 ♥
5	Spite	—	100%	10	Ghost	Status		2 ♥	1 ♥
8	Mean Look	—	—%	5	Normal	Status		2 ♥	0 ♥
12	Curse	—	—%	10	Ghost	Status		3 ♥	0 ♥
15	Night Shade	—	100%	15	Ghost	Special		3 ♥	0 ♥
19	Confuse Ray	—	100%	10	Ghost	Status		2 ♥	0 ♥
22	Sucker Punch	80	100%	5	Dark	Physical		3 ♥	0 ♥
25	Shadow Punch	60	100%	20	Ghost	Physical		2 ♥	0 ♥
28	Payback	50	100%	10	Dark	Physical		2 ♥	0 ♥
33	Shadow Ball	80	100%	15	Ghost	Special		4 ♥	0 ♥
39	Dream Eater	100	100%	15	Psychic	Special		2 ♥	0 ♥
44	Dark Pulse	80	100%	15	Dark	Special		4 ♥	0 ♥
50	Destiny Bond	—	—%	5	Ghost	Status		7 ♥	0 ♥
55	Hex	65	100%	10	Ghost	Special		2 ♥	1 ♥
61	Nightmare	—	100%	15	Ghost	Status		1 ♥	3 ♥
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

LevelingGeneration V
Level	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Cat.
—	Hypnosis	—	60%	20	Psychic	Status
—	Lick	30	100%	30	Ghost	Physical
5	Spite	—	100%	10	Ghost	Status
8	Mean Look	—	—%	5	Normal	Status
12	Curse	—	—%	10	Ghost	Status
15	Night Shade	—	100%	15	Ghost	Special
19	Confuse Ray	—	100%	10	Ghost	Status
22	Sucker Punch	80	100%	5	Dark	Physical
25	Shadow Punch	60	100%	20	Ghost	Physical
28	Payback	50	100%	10	Dark	Physical
33	Shadow Ball	80	100%	15	Ghost	Special
39	Dream Eater	100	100%	15	Psychic	Special
44	Dark Pulse	80	100%	15	Dark	Special
50	Destiny Bond	—	—%	5	Ghost	Status
55	Hex	65	100%	10	Ghost	Special
61	Nightmare	—	100%	15	Ghost	Status
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

LevelingGeneration IV
Level	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Cat.	Contest Cat.	Appeal
—	Hypnosis	—	60%	20	Psychic	Status		2 ♥
—	Lick	30	100%	30	Ghost	Physical		0 ♥
5	Spite	—	100%	10	Ghost	Status		2 ♥
8	Mean Look	—	—%	5	Normal	Status		2 ♥
12	Curse	—	—%	10	Ghost	Status		0 ♥
15	Night Shade	—	100%	15	Ghost	Special		3 ♥
19	Confuse Ray	—	100%	10	Ghost	Status		2 ♥
22	Sucker Punch	80	100%	5	Dark	Physical		2 ♥
25	Shadow Punch	60	100%	20	Ghost	Physical		2 ♥
28	Payback	50	100%	10	Dark	Physical		1 ♥
33	Shadow Ball	80	100%	15	Ghost	Special		2 ♥
39	Dream Eater	100	100%	15	Psychic	Special		1 ♥
44	Dark Pulse	80	100%	15	Dark	Special		2 ♥
50	Destiny Bond	—	—%	5	Ghost	Status		0 ♥
55	Nightmare	—	100%	15	Ghost	Status		2 ♥
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

LevelingGeneration III
Level	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type	Contest Cat.	Appeal	Jam
—	Hypnosis	—	60%	20	Psychic		1 ♥	3 ♥
—	Lick	30	100%	30	Ghost		1 ♥	4 ♥
8	Spite	—	100%	10	Ghost		2 ♥	0 ♥
13	Mean Look	—	—%	5	Normal		2 ♥	0 ♥
16	Curse	—	—%	10	Ghost		3 ♥	0 ♥
21	Night Shade	—	100%	15	Ghost		2 ♥	1 ♥
25	Shadow Punch	60	100%	20	Ghost		2 ♥	0 ♥
31	Confuse Ray	—	100%	10	Ghost		3 ♥	0 ♥
39	Dream Eater	100	100%	15	Psychic		2 ♥	2 ♥
48	Destiny Bond	—	—%	5	Ghost		8 ♥	0 ♥
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

LevelingGeneration II
Level	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type
—	Lick	30	100%	30	Ghost
—	Spite	—	100%	10	Ghost
—	Mean Look	—	—%	5	Normal
—	Curse	—	—%	10	Ghost
—	Night Shade	—	100%	15	Ghost
—	Hypnosis	—	60%	20	Psychic
31	Confuse Ray	—	100%	10	Ghost
39	Dream Eater	100	100%	15	Psychic
48	Destiny Bond	—	—%	5	Ghost
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

LevelingGeneration I
Level	Move	Power	Accuracy	PP	Type
—	Lick	30	100%	30	Ghost
—	Night Shade	—	100%	15	Ghost
—	Confuse Ray	—	100%	10	Ghost
29	Hypnosis	—	60%	20	Psychic
38	Dream Eater	100	100%	15	Psychic
Bold indicates this Pokémon receives STAB from this move. Italic indicates an evolved or alternate form of this Pokémon receives STAB from this move.

Game locations

Locations
Version(s)	Area(s)	Rarity
Red and Blue	Evolve Haunter	None
Yellow	Evolve Haunter	None
Gold and Silver	Evolve Haunter	None
Crystal	Evolve Haunter	None
Ruby and Sapphire	Trade	None
FireRed and LeafGreen	Evolve Haunter	None
Emerald	Trade	None
Diamond and Pearl	Old Chateau (Any GBA Pokémon game)	Dongle
Platinum	Old Chateau (Any GBA Pokémon game)	Dongle
HeartGold and SoulSilver	Evolve Haunter	None
Black and White	Evolve Haunter (White only)	None
X and Y	Evolve Haunter	None
Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire	Trade	None

Side game locations

Locations
Game(s)	Area(s)
Pokémon Trozei!	Endless Level 68, Forever Level 18, Mr. Who's Den
Red Rescue Team & Blue Rescue Team	Evolve Haunter
Explorers of Time & Explorers of Darkness	Sky Stairway (1-49F)
Pokémon Ranger	Fiore Temple
Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia	Hippowdon Temple, Altru Tower, Altru Building,
Pokémon Rumble	Eternal Tower
PokéPark Wii: Pikachu's Adventure	Haunted Zone
Pokémon Ranger: Guardian Signs	Oblivia Ruins, Dark Temple

Side game data

Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
No.	Pokémon	Group	Field Move	Poké Assist
R-019	Gengar	Ghost	Psy Power 3	Ghost
Capture Points^{[Notes 1]}	5320 (approx.)	On Sight^{[Notes 2]}	Teleports towards and chases player.
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It attacks by spitting out eerie orbs and sinister ones imbued with loathing.
Notes
^ The amount of points required to capture the Pokémon (excluding boss Pokémon) ^ The reaction of the Pokémon when players approach it

Sprites

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Mega Evolution Sprites

Front	Back
Front (Shiny)	Back (Shiny)

Battle Animation Sprites

Anime

Trivia

Despite Gengar being able to sneak within shadows, it is unable to learn the move Shadow Sneak.
Despite being part Poison-type, it cannot learn any Poison-type moves by leveling up.
Even though Gengar isn't levitating, it still has the ability Levitate.
Unlike most Pokémon, a Shiny Gengar has a small physical difference from a normal Gengar in HeartGold and SoulSilver. In said games, the spikes on a Shiny Gengar's back are shaped differently than a regular Gengar's.
Gengar is four inches shorter than Haunter, despite it being evolved from Haunter.
- Mega Gengar, like Mega Alakazam, gets shorter when it Mega Evolves.
Gengar's Mega Stone is banned by Smogon on online battles in X/Y due to Shadow Tag and Perish Song.
There is a theory stating that Gengar might be the shadow of Clefairy or Clefable.
- This is because they have a similar physical appearance, because Gengar's name originates from the term "doppelganger", and because Gengar's species is Shadow Pokémon.
Gengar, along with Nidorino and Jigglypuff, are the first Pokémon to appear in any Pokémon media.
Back in 2014 a shiny Gengar was released with the move Sludge Wave, a move Gengar normally cannot learn.

Origins

Gengar may have been based on the Oni, a creature of ancient Japanese folklore that was said to float invisibly above cities, bringing anything from a natural disaster like an earthquake to a terrible disease. It also appears to be based off a ghostly cat. Its name is possibly based off "doppelganger".

v · d · eMega Pokémon

Generation I	Venusaur Charizard Blastoise Beedrill Pidgeot Alakazam Slowbro Gengar Kangaskhan Pinsir Gyarados Aerodactyl Mewtwo

Generation II	Ampharos Steelix Scizor Heracross Houndoom Tyranitar

Generation III	Sceptile Blaziken Swampert Gardevoir Sableye Mawile Aggron Medicham Manectric Sharpedo Camerupt Altaria Banette Absol Glalie Salamence Metagross Latias Latios Rayquaza

Generation IV	Lopunny Garchomp Lucario Abomasnow Gallade

Generation V	Audino

Generation VI	Diancie

See also	Gigantamax

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