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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

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GENGAR (F) @ Focus Sash
Trait: Levitate
-Focus Blast
-Shadow Ball
-Dark Pulse
-Energy Ball

This is GREAT for a coverage setup.  But not much else.

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"Shadow force, Roar of time, Spacial rend and Aeroblast"

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^ Bad...

Answer 1

This is what I use:
Gengar (M) @ Focus Sash
Timid Nature
252 SP.ATK/252 SPEED/4 SP.DEF
Shadow Ball
Toxic
Venoshock (One of the most underrated moves in the entire game with over 180 base power when the opponent is poisoned and with STAB)
Destiny Bond

The Basic strategy here is Toxic something, Venoshock it, Shadow Ball it if it survives, rinse and repeat until you're on low HP, then Destiny Bond.If you have a dedicated toxic spiker on your team then set those up and sub toxic out for something like Thunderbolt, Ice Beam or Psychic for better coverage. The bonus to this set is if it looks like you're gonna be OHKO'd first turn, straight away use destiny bond. either you'll outspeed which is the best case scenario, or you'll get knocked down to your focus sash and then use destiny bond which means they can't hit next turn without sacrificing their sweeper.

Comments

If you start the battle with toxic, why not switch shadow ball to hex? Much better base power with the stab.

Answer 2

EVs: 4 HP / 252 SAtk / 252 Spd

Modest

Giga Drain [HP + coverage]
Shadow Ball [stab]
Thunderbolt [coverage]
Sludge bomb {stab]

Answer 3

The Sleeping Death!
Modest---Levitate
Item: Zoom Lens
Hypnosis (has 60 accuracy, but is raised by Zoom Lens)
Nightmare (does continual damage while opponent is sleeping)
Dark Pulse (good defense against ghost and psychic types. Affects all types)
Dream Eater (of coarse)

I know that hypnosis won't hit perfectly even with zoom lens (from experience) and won't have much/any affect with abilities Early Bird and Insomnia. So use wisely!

Answer 4

How about this? It's a different moveset that could work to get rid of threats.

Gengar
Item-Focus sash
Ability-levitate

Hex-kills status (sleep)
Dream eater-kills sleeping
Hypnosis-puts to sleep
Shadow ball