Gengar counters

Gen 9 Almost Any Ability · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Gengar
#0094 Gengar
GhostPoison
USAGE 1.5% #65
ABILITYSheer Force
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 99.2% Sludge Wave 63.2% Taunt 38.1% Energy Ball 36.2% Skill Swap 24.9% Dazzling Gleam 21.2% Destiny Bond 19.2% Encore 19.1%
Items
Life Orb 45.7% Focus Sash 25.9% Air Balloon 9.2% Choice Scarf 7.3% Booster Energy 7.0% Black Sludge 3.6% Choice Specs 0.7% Heavy-Duty Boots 0.2%
Abilities
Sheer Force45.4%Normalize24.9%Prankster10.1%Quark Drive7.0%Merciless5.2%Adaptability1.6%Beads of Ruin1.5%Well-Baked Body1.4%
Common Teammates
Regieleki43.0%Zamazenta35.6%Landorus-Therian34.3%Iron Boulder32.3%Roaring Moon29.5%Spidops27.1%Gholdengo25.3%Corviknight24.7%
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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 #65 with 1.46% usage. Sorted by reliability score.