Gengar Weaknesses and Strengths

Gengar 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 Gengar in Pokemon GO

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

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	Shadow Ball	52.00	621.96
Hex	Shadow Ball	50.00	617.13
Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	55.43	615.26
Shadow Claw	Sludge Bomb	57.17	592.57
Lick	Sludge Bomb	53.74	591.46
Sucker Punch	Shadow Ball	50.00	579.14
Hex	Sludge Bomb	51.74	576.42
Shadow Claw	Focus Blast	55.43	549.13
Sucker Punch	Sludge Bomb	51.74	547.70
Shadow Claw	Sludge Wave	56.68	544.02

All Moves for Gengar

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

Move	Type	Power	DPS	Duration	Energy
Shadow Punch EliteTM	Charged	40	28.24	1700ms	-33
Shadow Ball	Charged	100	40	3000ms	-50
Focus Blast	Charged	140	40	3500ms	-100
Sludge Bomb	Charged	80	34.78	2300ms	-50
Sludge Wave EliteTM	Charged	110	34.38	3200ms	-100
Dark Pulse EliteTM	Charged	80	26.67	3000ms	-50
Psychic EliteTM	Charged	90	32.14	2800ms	-50
Shadow Claw	Quick	9	15.43	700ms	6
Lick EliteTM	Quick	5	12	500ms	6
Sucker Punch	Quick	7	10	700ms	8
Hex	Quick	10	10	1200ms	16

Gengar Evolution

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

Best Gengar Raid Counters in Pokemon GO

Below you can find the best counters for Gengar 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) Gengar in a raid.

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