Gastly

No. 0092 · Gen 1

Gastly weakness and type

Hit GASTLY with Ground, Psychic, Ghost and Dark for 2× damage.

Moves against Gastly

2×Super effective
½×Not very effective
¼×Barely scratches it
0×No effect

In Pokémon GO: Ground deals 1.6× instead of 2×. GO chart

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Abilities

  • LevitateImmune to Ground

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Base stats

  • HP30
  • Attack35
  • Defense30
  • Sp. Atk100
  • Sp. Def35
  • Speed80
  • Total310

Best nature

ModestHits harder and drops Attack, which it won’t use.
TimidOutspeeds more opponents and drops Attack.

Worked out from base stats. Your team may need something else.

Defeating Gastly gives 1 Sp. Atk EV.

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How Gastly evolves

GastlyGhostPoison
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What Gastly can hit with

The strongest attacking move it can learn in each type, across all games. Not every game has every move. Same-type moves get a 1.5× bonus.

TypeMoveKindPower
NormalExplosionPhysical250
ElectricZap CannonSpecial120
PoisonGunk Shotsame typePhysical120
GhostPoltergeistsame typePhysical110
PsychicDream EaterSpecial100
DarkFoul PlayPhysical95
GrassEnergy BallSpecial90
FairyDazzling GleamSpecial80
FireFire PunchPhysical75
IceIce PunchPhysical75
BugSkitter SmackPhysical70

Type counters to Gastly

Regular Pokémon whose same-type moves hit it hard and who take little from its same-type moves. Picked from types and base stats only, not movesets.