Gastly Weaknesses and Strengths

Gastly is a dual-type Pokemon of types Ghost and Poison. When dealing damage with moves of those types, they will deal an additional 20% damage.

Weak Against
Types	Damage
Ghost	160%
Dark	160%
Ground	160%
Psychic	160%

Resistant Against
Types	Damage
Fighting	24.4%
Normal	39.1%
Poison	39.1%
Bug	39.1%
Grass	62.5%
Fairy	62.5%

Best Moves for Gastly in Pokemon GO

Below you can find the best Fast Move and Charge Move combo for Gastly.

We simulate the damage (DPS) of two moves combined and then rank them based on how much damage they deal over a period of time (CDPS).

Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	CDPS
Lick	Sludge Bomb	53.74	421.58
Sucker Punch	Sludge Bomb	51.74	390.45
Astonish	Sludge Bomb	50.47	388.42
Lick	Ominous Wind	38.09	341.20
Lick	Dark Pulse	38.67	339.15
Lick	Night Shade	39.69	333.96
Sucker Punch	Ominous Wind	36.09	317.05
Astonish	Ominous Wind	34.82	315.44
Sucker Punch	Dark Pulse	36.67	312.40
Astonish	Dark Pulse	35.40	308.66

All Moves for Gastly

Below are all the moves that Gastly can learn. Some moves are only available using Elite TM items.

Move	Type	Power	DPS	Duration	Energy
Ominous Wind EliteTM	Charged	50	26.09	2300ms	-33
Night Shade	Charged	60	27.69	2600ms	-50
Dark Pulse	Charged	80	26.67	3000ms	-50
Sludge Bomb	Charged	80	34.78	2300ms	-50
Sucker Punch EliteTM	Quick	7	10	700ms	8
Lick	Quick	5	12	500ms	6
Astonish	Quick	8	8.73	1100ms	14

Gastly Evolution

Gastly	Requires 25x Candy	Haunter
Haunter	Requires 100x Candy	Gengar
Gengar	Requires 200x Mega Energy	Mega Gengar

Best Gastly Raid Counters in Pokemon GO

Below you can find the best counters for Gastly Raids and the best movesets to use. We run a simulation with every Pokemon GO in our database to figure out the quickest time to defeat (TTK) Gastly in a raid.

Other Gastly Forms