Forms

#0094

Gengar Mega

Shadow Pokémon

Possesses potential victims' shadows in an effort to steal away the victims' lives. If your shadow begins to laugh, you must take hold of a protective charm posthaste!

In Pokémon GO · 2878 max CP 3 TCG Pocket cards

Details

Height1.4 m

Weight40.5 kg

Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀

Catch rate45(11.9%)Tricky

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time20 cycles · ~5,355 steps

Growth ratemedium slow

Base EXP270

Abilities

Shadow Tag

Prevents opponents from fleeing or switching out.

Egg groups: Amorphous

Contents

Stats
Movesets
Locations
Evolution
Best moves
Moves
Sprites

Base stats

Attack

Defense

Sp. Atk

170

Sp. Def

Speed

130

Total

600

Base Stat Total

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Ground2×

Ghost2×

Psychic2×

Dark2×

Resistant to

Poison¼×

Bug¼×

Grass½×

Fairy½×

Immune to

Normal0×

Fighting0×

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

Battle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.

Generation

Sweeper

Balanced Hackmons

Moves

Item

Spooky Plate

Ability{"Mold Breaker","Adaptability"}

NatureTimid+Spe/−Atk

EV spread

HP252

Def252

SpA252

SpD252

Spe▲252

Normalize

Balanced Hackmons

Moves

Item

Spooky Plate

AbilityNormalize

NatureTimid+Spe/−Atk

EV spread

HP252

Def252

SpA252

SpD252

Spe▲252

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Data snapshot: Jul 31, 2026 · 18,880 rows

Where to find Gengar Mega

Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.

Diamond

Pearl

Platinum

Sun

Moon

Ultra Sun

Ultra Moon

Sword

Shield

Evolution

#0092Gastly

Lv. 25

#0093Haunter

Trade

#0094Gengar

All Pokémon evolution families

Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Gengar Mega can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Moves

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
0	Shadow Punch Never misses.	Ghost	Physical	60	—	20
1	Confuse Ray Confuses the target.	Ghost	Status	—	100	10
1	Disable Disables the target’s last used move for 1-8 turns.	Normal	Status	—	100	20
1	Haze Resets all Pokémon’s stats, accuracy, and evasion.	Ice	Status	—	—	30
1	Hypnosis Puts the target to sleep.	Psychic	Status	—	60	20
1	Lick Has a chance to paralyze the target.	Ghost	Physical	30	100	30
1	Smog Has a chance to poison the target.	Poison	Special	30	70	20
1	Spite Lowers the PP of the target’s last used move by 4.	Ghost	Status	—	100	10
7	Poison Gas Poisons the target.	Poison	Status	—	90	40
8	Mean Look Prevents the target from leaving battle.	Normal	Status	—	—	5
12	Curse Ghosts pay half their max HP to hurt the target every turn. Others decrease Speed but raise Attack and Defense.	Ghost	Status	—	—	10
12	Night Shade Inflicts damage equal to the user’s level.	Ghost	Special	—	100	15
14	Will-O-Wisp Burns the target.	Fire	Status	—	85	15
19	Sucker Punch Only works if the target is about to use a damaging move.	Dark	Physical	70	100	5
21	Toxic Badly poisons the target, inflicting more damage every turn.	Poison	Status	—	90	10
28	Payback Power is doubled if the target has already moved this turn.	Dark	Physical	50	100	10
30	Shadow Ball Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.	Ghost	Special	80	100	15
36	Dark Pulse Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Dark	Special	80	100	15
45	Dream Eater Only works on sleeping Pokémon. Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.	Psychic	Special	100	100	15
50	Destiny Bond If the user faints this turn, the target automatically will, too.	Ghost	Status	—	—	5
55	Hex Has double power if the target has a major status ailment.	Ghost	Special	65	100	10
61	Nightmare Target loses 1/4 its max HP every turn as long as it’s asleep.	Ghost	Status	—	100	15