Game version
AppearanceStandard
- Height
- 1.3 m
- Weight
- 0.1 kg
Training & breeding details
Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀
Catch rate190(35.2%)Moderate
Base friendship70Standard
Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps
Growth ratemedium slow
Base EXP62
Base stats
HP
30
Attack
35
Defense
30
Sp. Atk
100
Sp. Def
35
Speed
80
Total
310
Base Stat Total
Abilities
Levitate
Evades Ground moves.
Egg groups: Amorphous
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Competitive movesets
Smogon UniversityBattle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.
Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Updated: Oct 6, 2026
Where to find Gastly
Recorded encounter locations across the games. Orre includes Snags, gifts and trades; evolution and other acquisition methods may not appear here.
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Yellow
Silver
FireRed
LeafGreen
SoulSilver
Let's Go Pikachu
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Sword
Shield
Red Japan
Green Japan
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Gastly can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
21 of 21
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| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Astonish Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Ghost | Physical | 30 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Confuse Ray Confuses the target. | Ghost | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | Lick Has a chance to paralyze the target. | Ghost | Physical | 30 | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Night Shade Inflicts damage equal to the user’s level. | Ghost | Special | — | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Smog Has a chance to poison the target. | Poison | Special | 30 | 70 | 20 |
| 6 | Poison Gas Poisons the target. | Poison | Status | — | 90 | 40 |
| 8 | Mean Look Prevents the target from leaving battle. | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 12 | Payback Power is doubled if the target has already moved this turn. | Dark | Physical | 50 | 100 | 10 |
| 14 | Will-O-Wisp Burns the target. | Fire | Status | — | 85 | 15 |
| 16 | Spite Lowers the PP of the target’s last used move by 4. | Ghost | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 18 | Venoshock Inflicts double damage if the target is Poisoned. | Poison | Special | 65 | 100 | 10 |
| 20 | Curse Ghosts pay half their max HP to hurt the target every turn. Others decrease Speed but raise Attack and Defense. | Ghost | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 21 | Toxic Badly poisons the target, inflicting more damage every turn. | Poison | Status | — | 90 | 10 |
| 24 | Hex Has double power if the target has a major status ailment. | Ghost | Special | 65 | 100 | 10 |
| 27 | Hypnosis Puts the target to sleep. | Psychic | Status | — | 60 | 20 |
| 32 | Sucker Punch Only works if the target is about to use a damaging move. | Dark | Physical | 70 | 100 | 5 |
| 35 | Dream Eater Only works on sleeping Pokémon. Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user. | Psychic | Special | 100 | 100 | 15 |
| 36 | Dark Pulse Has a chance to make the target flinch. | Dark | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 40 | Shadow Ball Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage. | Ghost | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 44 | Destiny Bond If the user faints this turn, the target automatically will, too. | Ghost | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 47 | Nightmare Target loses 1/4 its max HP every turn as long as it’s asleep. | Ghost | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
Breeding & egg moves
Gastly can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
Sprites & renders
30 sprites & renders for Gastly.
Across the games
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Cite this page
“Gastly”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/gastly.
Species data from PokéAPI.