Gengar counters

Gen 8 National Dex · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Gengar
#0094 Gengar
GhostPoison
USAGE 1.1% #95
BASE STATS
HP 60
ATK 65
DEF 60
SPA 130
SPD 75
SPE 110
BST500
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
GroundPsychicGhostDark
½×
GrassFairy
¼×
PoisonBug
0×
NormalFighting
Moves
Shadow Ball 99.3% Nasty Plot 90.4% Substitute 87.1% Sludge Bomb 65.9% Sludge Wave 22.8% Focus Blast 14.7% Thunderbolt 4.1% Destiny Bond 3.7%
Items
Ghostium Z 84.9% Choice Scarf 4.5% Life Orb 2.7% Focus Sash 2.7% Psychium Z 1.8% Black Sludge 1.1% Choice Specs 1.1% Heavy-Duty Boots 0.4%
Common Teammates
Rillaboom70.6%Lopunny-Mega68.1%Shuckle66.7%Tapu Fini65.2%Ferrothorn42.1%Slowbro30.0%Clefable19.9%Landorus-Therian13.2%
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Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

This Pokémon doesn't have enough usage for Smogon to compute meaningful Checks & Counters. Only the most-used Pokémon in a format receive this data.

Ranked #95 with 1.09% usage. Sorted by reliability score.