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Gengar Learnset

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Gengar (M) @ Big Root
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Hypnosis
- Dream Eater
- Giga Drain
- Shadow Ball

Answer 1

Gengar does not do mixed sweeping or even physical - it is a waste of his amazing special attack. A good set is:

Shadow Ball (STAB)

Energy Ball (covers ground in case of gravity and is a great move regardless)

Thunderbolt (a strong reliable move with a chance of paralysis)

Psychic (another strong and reliable move)
or Sludge Bomb (which has STAB but bad coverage)
or Focus Blast (which covers dark but is in accurate with low pp)
or Hidden Power fighting (which has high accuracy but low power)

Comments

Also include Explosion as an option and yes this is good.

Answer 2

• Psychic (strong move)
• Shadow Ball (STAB)
• Dark Pulse (strong move)
• Brick Break or Sludge Bomb (to cover weakness or more STAB) whichever one you want.

Comments

Instead of Brick Break, go with Focus Blast. Otherwise, good moveset.

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You do not need both dark pulse and shadow ball they both cover the same things use shadow ball for more power(becuase of stab) or dark pulse for flinching

Answer 3

A Gengars move set is an very easy question to answer!

Sweeping Gengar:

Shadow Ball - STAB
Giga Drain - Coverage
Thunderbolt - Signature Gengar move, MUST HAVE.
Focus Blast - COVERAGE

Sleeping Gengar:

Shadow Ball - STAB
Thunderbolt - Signature Gengar move, MUST HAVE.
Rest - To sleep
Sleep Talk - To do things when asleep

Put-that-pokemon-asleep! Gengar

Hypnosis - Putting things asleep
Dream Eater - Eating things while they are asleep
Shadow Ball - STAB
Thunderbolt - Signature Gengar move, MUST HAVE.

Answer 4

Gen V

Gengar (M) @ Choice Scarf

Trait: Levitate

EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd

Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)

• Shadow Ball
• Thunderbolt
• Giga Drain
• Sludge Bomb

Will's Gengar is better, but this is also a useful set. Shadow Ball and Sludge Bomb provide STAB. Thunderbolt and Giga Drain provide type coverage, while Giga Drain also heals. Gengar isn't the fastest thing around anymore, but it should outspeed the foe with Choice Scarf. Sweeper EVs.

Comments

My Gengar is exactly the same as yours except I switched thunderbolt with destiny bond! :)

Answer 5

Will's Gengar

Hypnosis-without this, its a waste

Dream Eater-Decent coverage. It provides healing also, makign Gengar bulkier than normal.

Giga Drain-coverage. It also provides healing.

Shadow Ball-STAB

Ability-Levitate

Evs-252 SP ATT 252 Speed 4 HP

Item-Big Root

Answer 6

GENGENGENGEN Gengar (M) @ Focus Sash

Trait: Levitate

EVs: 128 HP / 128 Sp.Atk / 252 Spd

Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)

• Hypnosis
• Nightmare
• Hex/Dream Eater/Confuse Ray
• Mean Look

Put your opponent to sleep, trap them with mean look, give them nightmares, Confuse them/eat dat/attack dat, he mad yet?

Comments

*Uses Taunt*

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'Switches out*

Answer 7

Gengar (M) @ Wise Glasses

Role: Sweeper

Trait: Levitate

EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd

Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)

• Hidden Power [Bug]
• Giga Drain
• Shadow Ball
• Thunderbolt

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Okay, this is a basic Special Sweeper If I've Ever seen one.

HP Bug - Takes down Dark Types, Fighting is also reasonable.

Giga Drain - Gets Hp Back, and Takes out Rock Ground and Water, all basic Feared types to die agaisn't,

Shadow Ball is for STAB and With STAB it takes down 2 of his weaknesses

Thunderbolt - For coverage

Answer 8

Gengar holding Choice Specs.

EVs: 4 HP / 252 Sp.Atk / 252 Speed

• Shadow Ball
• Focus Blast
• Thunderbolt
• Sludge Bomb/Trick

Shadow Ball, Taking care of opposing Ghost and Psychic type Pokemon, Being STAB.
Focus Blast, If you didn't know, A Ghost move along with fighting provide at least neutral coverage on every Pokemon. Covers Steel, Rock, Dark, Ice and and Normal. The drawback is the shaky accuracy, Nevertheless, Better than Hidden Power Fighting.

Thunderbolt hitting super effective on Water types, Flying types.
Sludge Bomb is strong STAB. If you can manage to get Toxic Spikes support, Venoshock is even stronger.
Trick can ruin your opponent, A plus if Gengar gets something good.

Answer 9

Haunter @ Life Orb

Trait: Levitate

EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd

Modest Nature (+SAtk, -Atk)

• Shadow Ball
• Thunderbolt
• Hidden Power [Fighting]
• Destiny Bond

Comments

EVLOITE

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It doesn't have to have an Eviolite, it isn't a rule set in stone.

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Eviolite would take Haunter's depressing 45 and 55 defenses up to a worthless 67.5 and 82.5 respectively and he's not getting any bulk EVs beyond the 4 HP EVs so Life Orb is a lot better so Haunter can dish out some nice damage.

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Total beast in the NU meta game.

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Haunter is awasome!!!!

Answer 10

Haunter (M) @ Eviolite

Role: Bulky Evoilite Sweeper

Trait: Levitate

EVs: 200 Def / 56 SAtk / 200 SDef / 52 Spd

Bold Nature (+Def, -Atk)

• Hypnosis
• Dream Eater
• Hex
• Sludge Wave ( EDIT: Just read Will's point about bomb )

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My Favorite Ghost type.

Hypnosis puts them to sleep, leaving you with a powered up Hex or a Dream Eater recovery. Sludge Wave is STAB. Nature and EVs make him slightly bulky. This guy is a beast in the NU Meta game.

Comments

Not a fan of the clashing between Sludge Bomb and Hypnosis. That could put you into some annoying situations against tricky typings.

Answer 11

Gengar (M) @ Life orb / Black Sludge / Wide Lens

Role: Rain Sweeper

Trait: Levitate

EVs: 64 HP / 128 SAtk / 64 SDef / 252 Spd or 252 Sp Atk / 252 Spd / 4 Hp

Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk) or Modest Nature (+SAtk, - Atk )

• Thunder
• Hex
• Hidden Power [Water] or Giga drain ( Black Sludge )
• Focus Blast ( If you sub Giga Drain in, consider HP fighting! )

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Well, here's a naturally beasty ghost, joining the rain squad.
While he has to compete with Jellicent, who has boosted STAB ( Much needed ) he gets Thunder instead of Thunderbolt and a new HP option, that packs a punch.

Hex is my choice of STAB, just because I love the move and it's general idea ( Thunder has a 30% chance to paralyze, so I can always take chances ) but Shadow Ball is a completely fair replacement if you don't like taking those kinds of chances.

HP Water is coverage, while you can sub this for something like Giga drain to break up Swamperts, Quagsires, and the devistating Gastrodon, murderer of all rain.
So that's always an option, it makes him a definite anti-water if you take onto that. You can also consider Black Sludge as an item if you pair him up with Giga Drain.

Focus Blast is your last move slot, Fighting + Ghost coverage is known for being pretty beastly, and that high powered coverage just gets me. I've experimented with Wide Lens with Thunder and Focus Blast, considering that some people can stop my weather, and that screws Gengar all up accuracy wise, but I preffer Life orb. Wide Lens still can work, if you aren't good @ weather wars :D While if you sub in Giga Drain for HP Water, HP Fighting can be fufilling.

Comments

Water Absorb that raises Sp.atk is called Storm Drain.

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Lol, I know that. I mean I've heard the item will make water attacks not hurt you until it's consumed.

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Absorb Bulb doesn't grant immunity to Water type attacks.

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Figured that out recently, meant to edit that, I'll get to it now.

Answer 12

Wow I can't believe no-one has done a set that involves the move trick.

Trickster

Item: Choice Specs
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Timid
EVs: 252 Speed, 58 hp, 200 S.attack

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Trick
Will-o-wisp/Hypnosis
Shadow-ball
HP(Fighting)

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Trick is an insanely annoying move in this case even if you dont get to use Trick it benefit Gengar,
but in this case Trick should only be used on Physical Pokemon obviously. Will-o-wisp can annoy Physical Pokemon even more by cutting their attack, while Hypnosis puts them to sleep and allows you to KO them easily. Shadow-ball is the STAB move. HP(Fighting) deals with Steel, Normal, and Dark types that would get in the way otherwise.

Answer 13

Gengar

Ability: Levitate
Item: Black Sludge
EV's: 252Sp.Atk/ 252Speed/ 4 Sp.def

Attacks: Shadow ball: STAB, deals with Psychic

Giga Drain: Just to get some life back

Sludge Bomb: STAB

Focus Blast: Coverage

Comments

I personally would use a differant hp because focus blast covers dark and shadow ball covers psychic

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?What would you recommend I change it too?

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Thunderbolts good but so is giga drain

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You upvoted? Thanks

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Might change focus blast to drain punch, should I?

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Pleas don't.

Answer 14

Zatoichi Gengar

Nature: levitate
Item: Wide Lens

• Shadow ball
• Thunder
• Focus Blast
• Hypnosis

Pretty generic set. The wide lens boosts up the accuracy of thunder, focus blast, and hypnosis, making him a powerful, but still slightly risky sweeper. Then again, every sweeper is kind of risky.

Answer 15

Double/Triple battle

Gengar (M) @ Life Orb
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 252 SAtk / 4 SDef / 252 Spd
Timid Nature (+Spd, -Atk)
- Icy Wind
- Shadow Ball
- Thunderbolt
- Focus Blast

Gengar is one of the most popular double/triple battle Pokemon due to it being a Ghost type with Levitate. It has taken a hit from the last generation with the weakening of Explosion though.
Icy Wind hits multiple foes and slows them down. Shadow ball is STAB. Thunderbolt and Focus Blast are coverage.

Answer 16

I always win with my Gengar. His item is Direct Hit. Here are his moveset:
Thunder,
Shadow Ball,
Shadow Claw,
Energy Ball.

Its a really good moveset and the Direct hit is good for accuracy and critical hits (I do not know for sure!)

Hoped this helped!
-Gengar101 :)

Comments

What is "Direct Hit"?? or are you getting that confused with "Dire Hit"??