Gourgeist Small
Pumpkin Pokémon
In the darkness of a new-moon night, Gourgeist will come knocking. Whoever answers the door will be swept off to the afterlife.
Details
Base stats
Competitive movesets
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Where to find Gourgeist Small
Wild encounter locations across the games. Availability may also include trades, evolution, gifts, and events not listed here.
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Gourgeist Small can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
| 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 | Explosion User faints. | Normal | Physical | 250 | 100 | 5 |
| 1 | Moonblast Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Attack by one stage. | Fairy | Special | 95 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Shadow Sneak Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Ghost | Physical | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Trick-or-Treat Adds Ghost to the target’s types. | Ghost | Status | — | 100 | 20 |
| 12 | Razor Leaf Has an increased chance for a critical hit. | Grass | Physical | 55 | 95 | 25 |
| 16 | Leech Seed Seeds the target, stealing HP from it every turn. | Grass | Status | — | 90 | 10 |
| 20 | Bullet Seed Hits 2-5 times in one turn. | Grass | Physical | 25 | 100 | 30 |
| 24 | Scary Face Lowers the target’s Speed by two stages. | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 28 | Worry Seed Changes the target’s ability to Insomnia. | Grass | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 32 | Seed Bomb Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect. | Grass | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 36 | Shadow Ball Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage. | Ghost | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 40 | Trick User and target swap items. | Psychic | Status | — | 100 | 10 |
| 44 | Pain Split Sets the user’s and targets’s HP to the average of their current HP. | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 |
| 48 | Phantom Force User vanishes, dodging all attacks, and hits next turn. Hits through Protect and Detect. | Ghost | Physical | 90 | 100 | 10 |
Sprites & renders
12 sprites & renders for Gourgeist Small.






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“Gourgeist Small”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/gourgeist-small.
Species data from PokéAPI.