Gengar counters

Gen 9 Champions OU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Gengar
#0094 Gengar
GhostPoison
USAGE 1.4% #71
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 97.9% Sludge Wave 75.8% Focus Blast 63.1% Nasty Plot 38.4% Destiny Bond 34.4% Trick 27.1% Sludge Bomb 11.4% Will-O-Wisp 11.2%
Items
Focus Sash 51.9% Choice Scarf 34.3% Colbur Berry 5.3% Spell Tag 4.8% Shuca Berry 1.4% Poison Barb 0.5% Leftovers 0.5% Kasib Berry 0.4%
Tera Types
Ghost 0.0%
Common Teammates
Kingambit54.5%Garchomp47.6%Araquanid36.4%Excadrill28.7%Rotom-Wash25.6%Dragonite24.5%Corviknight21.1%Scizor-Mega15.2%
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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 #71 with 1.40% usage. Sorted by reliability score.