Gengar

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Evolution chart

Gengar changes

• In Generations 3-6, Gengar has the Levitate ability.
• In Generation 1, Gengar has a base Special stat of 130.
• In Generations 1-4, Gengar has a base experience yield of 190.
• In Generations 2-7, Gengar has a base Friendship value of 70.

Pokédex entries

Gengar

Gigantamax

Mega Gengar

Moves learned by Gengar

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Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl Legends: Arceus

Moves learnt by level up

Gengar learns the following moves in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl at the levels specified.

Lv.	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
1	Confuse Ray	Ghost		—	100
1	Hypnosis	Psychic		—	60
1	Lick	Ghost		30	100
1	Mean Look	Normal		—	—
1	Perish Song	Normal		—	—
1	Reflect Type	Normal		—	—
1	Shadow Punch	Ghost		60	∞
12	Payback	Dark		50	100
16	Spite	Ghost		—	100
20	Curse	Ghost		—	—
24	Hex	Ghost		65	100
30	Night Shade	Ghost		—	100
36	Sucker Punch	Dark		70	100
42	Dark Pulse	Dark		80	100
48	Shadow Ball	Ghost		80	100
54	Destiny Bond	Ghost		—	—
60	Dream Eater	Psychic		100	100

Egg moves

Gengar learns the following moves via breeding in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl. Details and compatible parents can be found on the Gengar egg moves page.

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
Astonish	Ghost		30	100
Clear Smog	Poison		50	—
Disable	Normal		—	100
Fire Punch	Fire		75	100
Grudge	Ghost		—	—
Haze	Ice		—	—
Ice Punch	Ice		75	100
Perish Song	Normal		—	—
Reflect Type	Normal		—	—
Scary Face	Normal		—	100
Smog	Poison		30	70
Thunder Punch	Electric		75	100

Moves learnt by TM

Gengar is compatible with these Technical Machines in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl:

TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
01	Focus Punch	Fighting		150	100
06	Toxic	Poison		—	90
11	Sunny Day	Fire		—	—
12	Taunt	Dark		—	100
15	Hyper Beam	Normal		150	90
17	Protect	Normal		—	—
18	Rain Dance	Water		—	—
19	Giga Drain	Grass		75	100
21	Dazzling Gleam	Fairy		80	100
24	Thunderbolt	Electric		90	100
25	Thunder	Electric		110	70
29	Psychic	Psychic		90	100
30	Shadow Ball	Ghost		80	100
31	Brick Break	Fighting		75	100
32	Double Team	Normal		—	—
36	Sludge Bomb	Poison		90	100
41	Torment	Dark		—	100
42	Facade	Normal		70	100
44	Rest	Psychic		—	—
45	Attract	Normal		—	100
46	Thief	Dark		60	100
48	Skill Swap	Psychic		—	—
52	Focus Blast	Fighting		120	70
53	Energy Ball	Grass		90	100
56	Fling	Dark		—	100
58	Endure	Normal		—	—
60	Drain Punch	Fighting		75	100
61	Will-O-Wisp	Fire		—	85
63	Nasty Plot	Dark		—	—
64	Explosion	Normal		250	100
65	Shadow Claw	Ghost		70	100
66	Payback	Dark		50	100
68	Giga Impact	Normal		150	90
77	Psych Up	Normal		—	—
79	Dark Pulse	Dark		80	100
82	Sleep Talk	Normal		—	—
84	Poison Jab	Poison		80	100
85	Dream Eater	Psychic		100	100
87	Swagger	Normal		—	85
90	Substitute	Normal		—	—
92	Trick Room	Psychic		—	—
96	Strength	Normal		80	100
98	Rock Smash	Fighting		40	100

Moves learnt by level up

Gengar learns the following moves in Pokémon Legends: Arceus at the levels specified.

Lv.	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
1	Astonish	Ghost		30	100
6	Poison Gas	Poison		—	90
11	Hex	Ghost		65	100
18	Venoshock	Poison		65	100
25	Hypnosis	Psychic		—	60
34	Dark Pulse	Dark		80	100
43	Shadow Ball	Ghost		80	100

Move Tutor moves

Gengar can be taught these attacks in Pokémon Legends: Arceus from move tutors:

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
Dark Pulse	Dark		80	100
Dazzling Gleam	Fairy		80	100
Drain Punch	Fighting		75	100
Energy Ball	Grass		90	100
Fire Punch	Fire		75	100
Giga Impact	Normal		150	90
Hyper Beam	Normal		150	90
Ice Punch	Ice		75	100
Icy Wind	Ice		55	95
Ominous Wind	Ghost		60	100
Poison Jab	Poison		80	100
Power Shift	Normal		—	—
Psychic	Psychic		90	100
Rest	Psychic		—	—
Rock Smash	Fighting		40	100
Shadow Ball	Ghost		80	100
Shadow Claw	Ghost		70	100
Sludge Bomb	Poison		90	100
Thunder Punch	Electric		75	100
Thunderbolt	Electric		90	100

• In other generations
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Gengar sprites

Type	Generation 1	Generation 2	Generation 3	Generation 4	Generation 5	Generation 6	Generation 7	Generation 8
Normal
Shiny	—							—

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