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Gengar

GhostPoison Legal in M-C Mega Evolution

Mega Gengar is #26 on the ladder, on 6.3% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 60
Atk 65
Def 80
SpA 170
SpD 95
Spe 130

Base stat total 600

Stat Point planner

66 / 66 Stat Points · 0 left

137
76
100
222
115
200

Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe · Timid Nature

Types and weaknesses

GhostPoison
Weak ×2
GroundPsychicGhostDark
Resists ×½
GrassFairy
Resists ×¼
PoisonBug
Immune
NormalFighting

Abilities

Shadow Tag
Prevents foes from choosing to switch unless they also have this Ability. · used by 100%

Mega Evolves from Gengar holding Gengarite .

Speed tier

Most common
170 (Modest, 20 Spe SP, 29% of spreads)
Fastest
200 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
150 (0 SP)
Slowest
135 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 200, it outspeeds 43 of the other 49 Pokémon in the top 50, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Basculegion 214 (Scarf)
  2. Mega Delphox 204
  3. Mega Garchomp Z 203
  4. Mega Gengar (this) 200
  5. Mega Raichu Y 190
  6. Mega Froslass 189
  7. Mega Salamence 189
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #26 · on 6.3% of teams · 160,372 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 99.4%
  2. Shadow Ball 98.3%
  3. Sludge Bomb 82.5%
  4. Perish Song 76.9%
  5. Disable 14.2%
  6. Substitute 9.2%
  7. Icy Wind 4.5%
  8. Will-O-Wisp 4.3%
  9. Psychic 2.9%
  10. Focus Blast 2.4%

Items

  1. Gengarite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Shadow Tag 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 200 8.0%
  2. Modest 32/0/1/0/13/20 · Spe 170 4.8%
  3. Modest 32/0/6/0/8/20 · Spe 170 3.4%
  4. Modest 32/0/6/10/8/10 · Spe 160 3.1%
  5. Timid 10/0/0/32/0/24 · Spe 191 2.8%
  6. Modest 30/0/1/1/28/6 · Spe 156 2.6%
  7. Modest 32/0/4/10/8/12 · Spe 162 2.0%
  8. Modest 32/0/15/0/11/8 · Spe 158 1.9%

Teammates

  1. Incineroar 77.5%
  2. Rillaboom 75.2%
  3. Politoed 54.2%
  4. Archaludon 45.8%
  5. Kommo-o 21.1%
  6. Mega Swampert 15.8%
  7. Vivillon 12.5%
  8. Sneasler 11.1%
  9. Kingambit 10.6%
  10. Pelipper 10.0%
  11. Mega Golisopod 9.9%
  12. Mega Froslass 8.4%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #35 · on 4.8% of teams · 160,372 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 98.5%
  2. Shadow Ball 95.9%
  3. Sludge Bomb 74.9%
  4. Perish Song 72.3%
  5. Disable 22.3%
  6. Substitute 8.9%
  7. Icy Wind 6.4%
  8. Focus Blast 4.9%
  9. Sludge Wave 2.6%
  10. Nasty Plot 1.8%

Items

  1. Gengarite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Shadow Tag 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 200 12.4%
  2. Modest 32/0/6/0/8/20 · Spe 170 3.8%
  3. Timid 32/0/0/2/0/32 · Spe 200 3.8%
  4. Modest 30/0/1/1/28/6 · Spe 156 3.4%
  5. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 182 3.4%
  6. Modest 31/0/15/0/0/20 · Spe 170 2.4%
  7. Timid 32/0/2/0/0/32 · Spe 200 1.9%
  8. Modest 32/0/1/0/13/20 · Spe 170 1.7%

Teammates

  1. Incineroar 70.8%
  2. Rillaboom 66.8%
  3. Politoed 45.1%
  4. Archaludon 37.6%
  5. Kommo-o 12.8%
  6. Kingambit 12.0%
  7. Vivillon 11.2%
  8. Sneasler 10.7%
  9. Mega Golisopod 9.6%
  10. Mega Swampert 7.5%
  11. Indeedee-F 7.4%
  12. Mega Froslass 7.3%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #37 · on 4.3% of teams · 160,372 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 96.7%
  2. Shadow Ball 93.3%
  3. Perish Song 70.5%
  4. Sludge Bomb 69.3%
  5. Disable 24.0%
  6. Substitute 8.7%
  7. Icy Wind 5.6%
  8. Focus Blast 4.6%
  9. Sludge Wave 4.3%
  10. Nasty Plot 2.3%

Items

  1. Gengarite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Shadow Tag 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 200 16.4%
  2. Timid 32/0/0/2/0/32 · Spe 200 5.6%
  3. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 182 4.1%
  4. Modest 32/0/6/0/8/20 · Spe 170 3.0%
  5. Modest 30/0/1/1/28/6 · Spe 156 2.8%
  6. Timid 32/0/2/0/0/32 · Spe 200 2.2%
  7. Modest 31/0/15/0/0/20 · Spe 170 2.0%
  8. Modest 20/0/4/10/0/32 · Spe 182 1.6%

Teammates

  1. Incineroar 65.0%
  2. Rillaboom 58.6%
  3. Politoed 39.6%
  4. Archaludon 31.7%
  5. Kingambit 11.2%
  6. Sneasler 10.8%
  7. Kommo-o 10.1%
  8. Vivillon 9.8%
  9. Mega Golisopod 8.5%
  10. Sinistcha 7.5%
  11. Indeedee-F 7.4%
  12. Mega Swampert 6.2%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 259 of 4,299 teams (6.0%) · win rate 49.6% (95% interval 47.0%–52.2%, n = 1,377 games) · 26 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

  1. Sneasler +5.8 pp n = 78 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatTeams with Sneasler beat teams bringing Mega Gengar more often than expected+5.8 pp · n = 78 · Showdown replays
  2. Kingambit +4.6 pp n = 51 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatTeams with Kingambit beat teams bringing Mega Gengar more often than expected+4.6 pp · n = 51 · Showdown replays
  3. Gholdengo +3.3 pp n = 59 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatTeams with Gholdengo beat teams bringing Mega Gengar more often than expected+3.3 pp · n = 59 · Showdown replays
  4. Rillaboom +2.6 pp n = 54 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatTeams with Rillaboom beat teams bringing Mega Gengar more often than expected+2.6 pp · n = 54 · Showdown replays
  5. Incineroar +2.0 pp n = 71 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatTeams with Incineroar beat teams bringing Mega Gengar more often than expected+2.0 pp · n = 71 · Showdown replays

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,940 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Vivillon +11.3 pp n = 19,998 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Mega Gengar teams; Vivillon is on 1% of all teams (10.56× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Politoed +46.6 pp n = 86,954 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 54% of Mega Gengar teams; Politoed is on 8% of all teams (7.07× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Kommo-o +16.9 pp n = 33,790 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 21% of Mega Gengar teams; Kommo-o is on 4% of all teams (5.00× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Mega Swampert +10.6 pp n = 25,419 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Mega Gengar teams; Mega Swampert is on 5% of all teams (2.99× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Archaludon +28.6 pp n = 73,450 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 46% of Mega Gengar teams; Archaludon is on 17% of all teams (2.66× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Incineroar +45.8 pp n = 124,240 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 77% of Mega Gengar teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (2.45× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Mega Froslass +3.6 pp n = 13,455 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 8% of Mega Gengar teams; Mega Froslass is on 5% of all teams (1.74× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Rillaboom +28.6 pp n = 120,632 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 75% of Mega Gengar teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (1.61× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Pelipper -4.9 pp n = 15,989 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 10% of Mega Gengar teams; Pelipper is on 15% of all teams (0.67× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Mega Golisopod -5.8 pp n = 15,909 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 10% of Mega Gengar teams; Mega Golisopod is on 16% of all teams (0.63× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Kingambit -14.7 pp n = 16,967 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Mega Gengar teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (0.42× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Sneasler -26.0 pp n = 17,801 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Mega Gengar teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (0.30× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

Stats at level 50

HP 60
Atk 65
Def 60
SpA 130
SpD 75
Spe 110

Base stat total 500

Stat Point planner

66 / 66 Stat Points · 0 left

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76
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182
95
178

Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe · Timid Nature

Types and weaknesses

GhostPoison
Weak ×2
GroundPsychicGhostDark
Resists ×½
GrassFairy
Resists ×¼
PoisonBug
Immune
NormalFighting

Abilities

Cursed Body
If this Pokemon is hit by an attack, there is a 30% chance that move gets disabled. · used by 100%

Speed tier

Most common
178
Fastest
178 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
130 (0 SP)
Slowest
117 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 178, it outspeeds 35 of the 50 most used Pokémon, ties 2, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Tyranitar 186 (Scarf)
  2. Whimsicott 184
  3. Maushold 179
  4. Gengar (this) 178
  5. Mega Metagross 178
  6. Mega Staraptor 178
  7. Ninetales-Alola 177
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #146 · on 0.2% of teams · 10,697 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Shadow Ball 97.4%
  2. Sludge Bomb 86.5%
  3. Trick Room 58.9%
  4. Protect 45.7%
  5. Taunt 29.5%
  6. Icy Wind 22.8%
  7. Destiny Bond 15.5%
  8. Psychic 14.4%
  9. Sludge Wave 10.0%
  10. Will-O-Wisp 4.8%

Items

  1. Focus Sash 90.3%
  2. Choice Scarf 7.7%
  3. Life Orb 0.9%
  4. Expert Belt 0.6%
  5. Colbur Berry 0.1%
  6. Air Balloon 0.1%

Abilities

  1. Cursed Body 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 178 26.0%
  2. Modest 13/0/0/32/0/21 · Spe 151 21.6%
  3. Timid 1/0/1/32/0/32 · Spe 178 16.8%
  4. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 162 12.9%
  5. Quiet 32/0/1/32/1/0 · Spe 117 11.7%
  6. Quiet 32/0/2/32/0/0 · Spe 117 6.5%
  7. Timid 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 178 1.0%
  8. Hasty 32/2/0/0/0/32 · Spe 178 0.8%

Teammates

  1. Incineroar 52.6%
  2. Archaludon 41.6%
  3. Mega Golisopod 38.9%
  4. Politoed 29.9%
  5. Rillaboom 29.3%
  6. Milotic 21.5%
  7. Mega Salamence 20.7%
  8. Mega Blastoise 20.2%
  9. Sylveon 17.5%
  10. Mega Meganium 13.5%
  11. Garchomp 11.9%
  12. Pelipper 11.5%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #171 · on 0.2% of teams · 10,697 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Shadow Ball 85.0%
  2. Sludge Bomb 78.6%
  3. Protect 39.8%
  4. Icy Wind 38.0%
  5. Trick Room 36.8%
  6. Taunt 23.0%
  7. Destiny Bond 16.3%
  8. Focus Blast 12.1%
  9. Hypnosis 9.0%
  10. Sludge Wave 8.3%

Items

  1. Focus Sash 78.4%
  2. Choice Scarf 8.5%
  3. Life Orb 6.4%
  4. Air Balloon 3.2%
  5. Expert Belt 0.7%
  6. Colbur Berry 0.5%

Abilities

  1. Cursed Body 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 178 41.7%
  2. Quiet 32/0/2/32/0/0 · Spe 117 15.8%
  3. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 162 10.2%
  4. Timid 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 178 5.1%
  5. Modest 13/0/0/32/0/21 · Spe 151 4.1%
  6. Timid 0/0/0/32/2/32 · Spe 178 3.6%
  7. Hardy 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 162 2.3%
  8. Timid 0/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 178 2.1%

Teammates

  1. Archaludon 24.8%
  2. Rillaboom 23.3%
  3. Incineroar 22.3%
  4. Mega Blastoise 21.3%
  5. Pelipper 19.0%
  6. Sylveon 17.9%
  7. Talonflame 13.0%
  8. Mega Golisopod 12.9%
  9. Farigiraf 11.9%
  10. Mega Salamence 11.0%
  11. Garchomp 11.0%
  12. Milotic 10.7%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #182 · on 0.3% of teams · 10,697 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Shadow Ball 82.7%
  2. Sludge Bomb 70.8%
  3. Protect 44.3%
  4. Icy Wind 36.9%
  5. Trick Room 24.6%
  6. Destiny Bond 19.8%
  7. Taunt 15.3%
  8. Sludge Wave 9.5%
  9. Will-O-Wisp 9.4%
  10. Focus Blast 9.2%

Items

  1. Focus Sash 65.0%
  2. Choice Scarf 11.6%
  3. Life Orb 9.9%
  4. Air Balloon 3.9%
  5. Expert Belt 1.9%
  6. Sitrus Berry 1.3%

Abilities

  1. Cursed Body 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 178 46.7%
  2. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 162 9.6%
  3. Quiet 32/0/2/32/0/0 · Spe 117 7.1%
  4. Timid 0/0/0/32/2/32 · Spe 178 5.8%
  5. Timid 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 178 3.3%
  6. Timid 0/0/24/0/10/32 · Spe 178 2.3%
  7. Timid 32/0/0/2/0/32 · Spe 178 2.3%
  8. Modest 13/0/0/32/0/21 · Spe 151 2.1%

Teammates

  1. Incineroar 18.0%
  2. Rillaboom 17.8%
  3. Milotic 13.3%
  4. Garchomp 12.3%
  5. Archaludon 11.8%
  6. Mega Blastoise 10.9%
  7. Pelipper 10.8%
  8. Mega Golisopod 9.6%
  9. Sylveon 9.2%
  10. Whimsicott 9.0%
  11. Mega Salamence 8.5%
  12. Kingambit 8.2%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 1 of 4,299 teams (0.0%) · win rate 16.7% (95% interval 3.0%–56.4%, n = 6 games) · 0 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No matchup in the replay sample passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,940 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Mega Meganium +12.8 pp n = 1,439 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Gengar teams; Mega Meganium is on 1% of all teams (21.69× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Mega Blastoise +17.2 pp n = 2,158 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 20% of Gengar teams; Mega Blastoise is on 3% of all teams (6.72× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Politoed +22.2 pp n = 3,198 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 30% of Gengar teams; Politoed is on 8% of all teams (3.90× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Mega Golisopod +23.2 pp n = 4,161 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 39% of Gengar teams; Mega Golisopod is on 16% of all teams (2.48× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Archaludon +24.4 pp n = 4,451 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 42% of Gengar teams; Archaludon is on 17% of all teams (2.42× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Milotic +9.6 pp n = 2,297 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 21% of Gengar teams; Milotic is on 12% of all teams (1.81× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Sylveon +7.0 pp n = 1,872 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 18% of Gengar teams; Sylveon is on 10% of all teams (1.67× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Incineroar +20.9 pp n = 5,626 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 53% of Gengar teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (1.66× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Garchomp +2.4 pp n = 1,276 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Gengar teams; Garchomp is on 9% of all teams (1.26× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Pelipper -3.3 pp n = 1,231 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Gengar teams; Pelipper is on 15% of all teams (0.78× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Mega Salamence -7.3 pp n = 2,217 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 21% of Gengar teams; Mega Salamence is on 28% of all teams (0.74× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Rillaboom -17.3 pp n = 3,132 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 29% of Gengar teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.63× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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