Ghost type

The Ghost type (ゴーストタイプ Gosuto taipu in Japanese) is one of the eighteen Pokémon elemental types.

It is a type that's characterized for having few amounts of Pokémon and moves, also because its Pokémon tend to have low HP. In battles, this type is useful because it's the only type that has two immunities, Normal and Fighting, and its common to have moves of those two types. From Generation VI onwards, they are also immune to moves and abilities that prevent the Pokémon from escaping, like Block and Shadow Tag.

The Pokémon of this type are usually related to fear, dark and the afterlife. They usually live in abandoned houses, cemeteries, funeral places and inhabited and dark places. Also Ghost-type Pokémon tend to be extremely naughty, pranking on humans just to see their faces and reactions. A curious thing is that if the human is more scared, more power the Pokémon it will have to prank with it.

Famous Ghost-type Pokémon Trainers include Agatha, third member of the Kanto Elite Four; Morty, the fourth Gym Leader of Johto; Phoebe, second member of the Hoenn Elite Four; Fantina, the fifth Gym Leader in the Sinnoh region; and Shauntal, a member of the Unova Elite Four.

Ghost-type moves

• There are 18 Ghost-type moves.
  • In Generation I, 3 moves were introduced.
  • In Generation II, 5 moves were introduced.
  • In Generation III, 3 moves were introduced.
  • In Generation IV, 4 moves were introduced.
  • In Generation V, 1 move was introduced.
  • In Generation VI, 2 moves were introduced.
• In battles: Physical and Other moves stand out.
  • 7 moves are of the type.
  • 4 moves are of the type.
  • 7 moves are of the type.
• In contests: Clever moves stand out.
  • 9 moves are of the type.
  • 3 moves are of the type.
  • 3 moves are of the type.
  • 2 moves are of the type.
  • 1 move is of the type.

List of Ghost-type moves

Name	Category	Contest	Generation	Power
Astonish			Generation III	30
Confuse Ray			Generation I	-
Curse			Generation II	-
Destiny Bond			Generation II	-
Grudge			Generation III	-
Hex			Generation V	65
Lick			Generation I	20
Night Shade			Generation I	1-100 depending on the user's level
Nightmare			Generation II	-
Ominous Wind			Generation IV	60
Phantom Force			Generation VI	90
Shadow Ball			Generation II	80
Shadow Claw			Generation IV	70
Shadow Force			Generation IV	120
Shadow Punch			Generation III	60
Shadow Sneak			Generation IV	40
Spite			Generation II	-
Trick-or-Treat			Generation III	-

Effectiveness of Ghost-type moves

×2

Super effective against Pokémon of the types:  and .

½

Not very effective against Pokémon of the types: .

×0

Ineffective against Pokémon of the types: .

Weaknesses and resistances of the Ghost type

A type chart displaying the weaknesses and resistances of a Pokémon when damaged by a move. Empty fields are moves that do normal damage.

×4 Doubly super effective

×2 Super effective

½ Resistant

¼ Very resistant

×0 Immune

	Type of the move
	½	×2				×0			×2				×0	½
	½	×2				×0	×2	×2	×2	½	½		×0	½		×2
					×2	×0							×0	½	×0
	½	×2	×2	½	×2	×0	½		×2	½		×2	×0	½				½
	½	×2		½		×0		½	×2		×2		×0	½			½
	¼	×2			½	×0	½		×2	½	×2	½	×0	½		×2	½	×2
	¼	×2		×2		×0			×2	½	×0	×2	×0	½		×2
		×2		½		×0	×2	×2	×2	½	½	×2	×0					½
	½	×2		×0		×0			×2	×2		×2	×0	¼		½		×2
	½	×2				×0	×2		×2			½	×0	½		×2	×2
	¼	×2			½	×0			×2	½	×2		×0	¼	×2
		×4				×0		×4					×0	¼	½
	¼	×2	½		½	×0	×2	½	×2	½	×2	½	×0	×0	½	½	½
	½	×2		×2		×0	½		×2	×2		½	×0	½			½	½

Known Ghost-type Pokémon Trainers

File:Agatha.png	File:HGSS Morty.png	File:Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire Phoebe.png	File:Fantina.png	File:Shauntal-detail.png			File:PC Kanbei R1.png
Kanto Elite Four Agatha	Johto Gym Leader Morty	Hoenn Elite Four Phoebe	Sinnoh Gym Leader Fantina	Unova Elite Four Shauntal	Spectra Warlord Nō	Warlord Servant Hanzō	Warlord Servant Kanbei

Ghost-type Pokémon

34 Pokémon are Ghost type. (4.74% of all Pokémon)

Pure Ghost-type Pokémon

9 Pokémon are pure Ghost type. (26.47% of the Ghost-type Pokémon)

Misdreavus	Shuppet	Banette	Duskull	Dusclops	Mismagius
#200	#353	#354	#355	#356	#429
Dusknoir	Yamask	Cofagrigus
#477	#562	#563

Primary Ghost-type Pokémon

14 Pokémon are primary Ghost type. (41.18% of the Ghost-type Pokémon)

Gastly	Haunter	Gengar	Drifloon	Drifblim	Spiritomb
#092	#093	#094	#425	#426	#442
Giratina	Litwick	Lampent	Chandelure	Phantump	Trevenant
#487	#607	#608	#609	#708	#709
Pumpkaboo	Gourgeist
#710	#711

Secondary Ghost-type Pokémon

11 Pokémon are secondary Ghost type. (32.35% of the Ghost-type Pokémon)

Shedinja	Sableye	Froslass	Rotom	Frillish	Jellicent
#292	#302	#478	#479	#592	#593
Golett	Golurk	Honedge	Doublade	Aegislash	Hoopa Confined
#622	#623	#679	#680	#681	#720
Hoopa Unbound
Hoopa Unbound #720

Mega Evolved Ghost-type Pokémon

Mega Gengar	Mega Sableye	Mega Banette
#094	#302	#354

Relations with other types

• They're strong against the Psychic type because some people are afraid of ghosts, and fears affect the mind, just as the Bug type.
• They're strong against themselves because there's a belief that the strongest spirit wins, referring to the spirit to the desire to win something.
• They're weak against the Dark type because dark represents terror and evil, and they say that evil spirits (like Spiritomb) are punished.
• They're immune against the Fighting and Normal types because spirits are incorporeal beings, thus can't be hit normally. This is also the reason why the Normal type is immune to them, because a mortal and a ghost can't hurt each other. Interestingly, the Fighting type is not immune to them.
• They resist the Poison type because you can't poison someone who's already dead.
• Before Generation VI, a Ghost and Dark type didn't have any weakness and was immune to the types Psychic, Normal and Fighting. However, from Generation VI onwards, they're weak only against the Fairy type.

Trivia

• The only Ghost-type Pokémon released in Generation I were Gastly and its evolutions.
• The first pure Ghost-type Pokémon was Misdreavus.
• No Gym Leader or Elite Four member who specialized in Ghost-type Pokémon were introduced in Generation VI.