Gengar - Generation 9 learnset

This page lists all the moves that Gengar can learn in Generation 9, which consists of these games:

Pokémon Scarlet
Pokémon Violet

At the bottom we also list further details for egg moves: which compatible Pokémon can pass down the moves, and how those Pokémon learn said move.

Note: many moves have changed stats over the years. The power, accuracy and other information listed below is as it was in the respective games. Check a move's detail page for stats in the most recent games and when they changed.

Gengar artwork by Ken Sugimori

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Scarlet/Violet

Moves learnt by level up

Gengar learns the following moves in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet at the levels specified.

Lv.	Move	Type	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 or picnics in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet. Details and compatible parents can be found below.

Move	Type	Power	Acc.
Astonish	Ghost	30	100
Clear Smog	Poison	50	—
Disable	Normal	—	100
Haze	Ice	—	—
Perish Song	Normal	—	—
Reflect Type	Normal	—	—
Smog	Poison	30	70
Toxic	Poison	—	90

Moves learnt by TM

Gengar is compatible with these Technical Machines in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet:

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.
06	Scary Face	Normal	—	100
07	Protect	Normal	—	—
13	Acid Spray	Poison	40	100
17	Confuse Ray	Ghost	—	100
18	Thief	Dark	60	100
25	Facade	Normal	70	100
29	Hex	Ghost	65	100
34	Icy Wind	Ice	55	95
42	Night Shade	Ghost	—	100
43	Fling	Dark	—	100
45	Venoshock	Poison	65	100
47	Endure	Normal	—	—
49	Sunny Day	Fire	—	—
50	Rain Dance	Water	—	—
58	Brick Break	Fighting	75	100
61	Shadow Claw	Ghost	70	100
62	Foul Play	Dark	95	100
66	Body Slam	Normal	85	100
67	Fire Punch	Fire	75	100
68	Thunder Punch	Electric	75	100
69	Ice Punch	Ice	75	100
70	Sleep Talk	Normal	—	—
73	Drain Punch	Fighting	75	100
79	Dazzling Gleam	Fairy	80	100
80	Metronome	Normal	—	—
82	Thunder Wave	Electric	—	90
83	Poison Jab	Poison	80	100
85	Rest	Psychic	—	—
87	Taunt	Dark	—	100
91	Toxic Spikes	Poison	—	—
92	Imprison	Psychic	—	—
94	Dark Pulse	Dark	80	100
98	Skill Swap	Psychic	—	—
102	Gunk Shot	Poison	120	80
103	Substitute	Normal	—	—
107	Will-O-Wisp	Fire	—	85
109	Trick	Psychic	—	100
111	Giga Drain	Grass	75	100
114	Shadow Ball	Ghost	80	100
119	Energy Ball	Grass	90	100
120	Psychic	Psychic	90	100
122	Encore	Normal	—	100
126	Thunderbolt	Electric	90	100
140	Nasty Plot	Dark	—	—
148	Sludge Bomb	Poison	90	100
151	Phantom Force	Ghost	90	100
152	Giga Impact	Normal	150	90
158	Focus Blast	Fighting	120	70
161	Trick Room	Psychic	—	—
163	Hyper Beam	Normal	150	90
166	Thunder	Electric	110	70
171	Tera Blast	Normal	80	100
174	Haze	Ice	—	—
175	Toxic	Poison	—	90
177	Spite	Ghost	—	100
181	Knock Off	Dark	65	100
192	Focus Punch	Fighting	150	100
198	Poltergeist	Ghost	110	90
202	Pain Split	Normal	—	—
203	Psych Up	Normal	—	—
214	Sludge Wave	Poison	95	100
219	Skitter Smack	Bug	70	90
224	Curse	Ghost	—	—
228	Psychic Noise	Psychic	75	100

Gengar egg move parents

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Gengar Mega Gengar

Gengar's egg groups: Amorphous

The egg moves for Gengar are listed below, alongside compatible parent Pokémon it can breed with.

You will need to breed a female Gengar with a compatible male Pokémon, with either parent (from Gen 6+) knowing the egg move in question. Alternatively, if you already have a Gengar with the egg move it can breed with Ditto.

Astonish

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Misdreavus Shuppet Duskull Dusclops Chimecho Drifloon Drifblim Mismagius Dusknoir Litwick Lampent Chandelure Phantump Trevenant Sandygast Palossand Mimikyu Dreepy Drakloak Dragapult
Breeding	Gastly Haunter Gengar Solosis
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Astonish

Clear Smog

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Koffing Weezing Galarian Weezing Slugma Magcargo
Breeding	Alolan Grimer Gastly Haunter Gengar Gulpin Swalot Shellos Gastrodon Drifloon Drifblim Litwick
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Clear Smog

Disable

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Grimer Alolan Grimer Muk Alolan Muk Duskull Dusclops Dusknoir
Breeding	Gastly Haunter Gengar Ralts Kirlia Gardevoir Shuppet Banette Drifloon Drifblim Spiritomb Gallade Phantump Dreepy Drakloak Dragapult
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Disable

Haze

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Koffing Weezing Galarian Weezing
TM	Grimer Muk Alolan Muk Gastly Haunter Gengar Koffing Weezing Galarian Weezing Duskull Dusclops Drifloon Drifblim Dusknoir Litwick Lampent Chandelure Trevenant
Breeding	Grimer Muk Gastly Haunter Gengar Duskull Drifloon Drifblim Litwick
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Haze

Perish Song

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Gengar Misdreavus
Breeding	Gastly Haunter Gengar
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Perish Song

Reflect Type

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Gengar
Breeding	Gastly Haunter Gengar
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Reflect Type

Smog

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Koffing Weezing Galarian Weezing Slugma Magcargo Litwick Lampent Chandelure
Breeding	Gastly Haunter Gengar Gulpin Swalot
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Smog

Toxic

Learnt by	Compatible parents
Level up	Grimer Alolan Grimer Muk Alolan Muk Koffing Weezing Galarian Weezing Gulpin Swalot
TM	Grimer Alolan Grimer Muk Alolan Muk Gastly Haunter Gengar Koffing Weezing Galarian Weezing Gulpin Swalot Spiritomb Trevenant
Breeding	Gastly Haunter Gengar
Picnics	Any Pokémon that learns Toxic

Mega Gengar's egg groups: Amorphous