Its greatest asset is Sp. Atk — among the highest in the entire Pokédex. Weak point: HP — lower than 66% of species. Its stat total puts it at the very top: more than 94% of species fall behind. Defensively it can rely on 4 weaknesses, 4 resistances and 2 full immunities. Normal and Fighting-type moves do nothing to it at all.
Base stats
Last column: what percentage of 1084 species and regional forms have a lower value. Strong point: Sp. Atk.
A nature can improve this entry further: its boost hits hardest on Sp. Atk, the stat in which this species already leads. Which nature does that — see the list of natures.
Mega Evolution adds a fixed pool of one hundred points and replaces the ability with a single one.
Which nature to choose
It hits specially: its Sp. Atk (170) is 105 points higher than its Attack. So the drop hits a stat the set usually does not use at all.
- Timid +Spe · −Atk Its Speed is higher than 98% of species — ten percent more lifts it past some of the benchmarks that decide who moves first.
- Modest +SpA · −Atk If you already outspeed what you want to outspeed, those ten percent are better spent on hitting power.
A conclusion drawn from base stats alone — a specific moveset can reverse it. All 25 natures.
Abilities
- Shadow Tag Prevents opponents from fleeing or switching out.
Pokédex entry
Under a full moon, this POKéMON likes to mimic the shadows of people and laugh at their fright.
Resistances and weaknesses
Type chart →How much damage Mega Gengar takes when it is hit by a move of each type. The multipliers of both its types are already combined here.
Variant gallery
The gallery shows only the appearance variants that exist for this Pokémon. Every image shows the same character and differs in source — a Pokémon HOME render or a pixel sprite — and in coloring, regular or shiny.
Breeding
All Egg Groups →Offspring can come from 58 species from the same Egg Groups (with opposite genders) or from Ditto. Below are the first 12 by Pokédex number.
Moves (105)
Full move list →Below are the moves learned by leveling up. The rest (55 via TM/TR, 21 via tutor) are on the full list.
| Lv. | Move | Type | Cat. | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Confuse Ray | Ghost | Status | — | 100% | 10 |
| 1 | Disable | Normal | Status | — | 100% | 20 |
| 1 | Haze | Ice | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 1 | Hypnosis | Psychic | Status | — | 60% | 20 |
| 1 | Lick | Ghost | Physical | 30 | 100% | 30 |
| 1 | Smog | Poison | Special | 30 | 70% | 20 |
| 1 | Spite | Ghost | Status | — | 100% | 10 |
| 7 | Poison Gas | Poison | Status | — | 90% | 40 |
| 8 | Mean Look | Normal | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 12 | Curse | Ghost | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 12 | Night Shade | Ghost | Special | — | 100% | 15 |
| 14 | Will O Wisp | Fire | Status | — | 85% | 15 |
| 19 | Sucker Punch | Dark | Physical | 70 | 100% | 5 |
| 21 | Toxic | Poison | Status | — | 90% | 10 |
| 25 | Shadow Punch | Ghost | Physical | 60 | — | 20 |
| 28 | Payback | Dark | Physical | 50 | 100% | 10 |
| 30 | Shadow Ball | Ghost | Special | 80 | 100% | 15 |
| 36 | Dark Pulse | Dark | Special | 80 | 100% | 15 |
| 45 | Dream Eater | Psychic | Special | 100 | 100% | 15 |
| 50 | Destiny Bond | Ghost | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 55 | Hex | Ghost | Special | 65 | 100% | 10 |
| 61 | Nightmare | Ghost | Status | — | 100% | 15 |