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#0094 · 5.9% usage

mega Gengar

Shadow Pokémon

GhostPoison

height: 1.4 m
weight: 40.5 kg

Possesses potential victims' shadows in an effort to steal away the victims' lives. If your shadow begins to laugh, you must take hold of a protective charm posthaste!

Other forms

Gengar

Base stats

HP60

ATK65

DEF80

SPA170

SPD95

SPE130

BST600

Abilities

Shadow Tag100.0%
Prevents foes from choosing to switch unless they also have this Ability.

Type matchups

Weak to

ground

2×

psychic

2×

ghost

2×

dark

2×

Resists / immune

grass

½×

fairy

½×

poison

¼×

bug

¼×

normal

fighting

Bar = relative damage taken · dashed line = neutral (1×)

Usage trends

Ranked usage at 1500+ · regulation changes are marked

Held items

Share of this form's ranked sets · current regulation

Gengarite100.0%

Gengar’s ranked sets are tracked separately.
See Gengar items →

Counterplay

Status Pressure

Field Plans

Defensive Plans

Pairing ideas, not prescriptions — ideas to test, with every reason traceable. Each card sums up what the partner does for Mega Gengar: completing its plan, patching weaknesses, breaking walls — and how often the two already team up in ranked play. Downsides sit under the card, never hidden. Open a card’s Partnership Report for every reason.

What holds up

Every reason is derived from the pinned dataset, never written by hand
Coverage, resistances, and role gaps are calculated per pair
“On X% of teams” is counted from ranked play, not estimated

Still growing

Not exhaustive — partners that work exist beyond what these rules reach
Some pairings are theory or niche rather than something you meet on ladder
The order is a ranking heuristic; the reasons are the evidence, not the rank

Incineroar
FireDark
On 76% of Mega Gengar's ranked teams
Immune to Psychic Resists Ghost Resists DarkHits Psychic super-effectively with Darkest LariatHits Ghost super-effectively with Darkest Lariat
Both weak to Ground
Politoed
Water
On 38% of Mega Gengar's ranked teams
Hits Ground super-effectively with Muddy WaterAdds weather control
Archaludon
SteelDragon
On 32% of Mega Gengar's ranked teams
Resists Psychic
Both weak to Ground
Greninja
WaterDark
Covers its Psychic, Ghost and Dark weaknesses
Mega Gengar resists its Sludge WaveHits Ground super-effectively with Hydro PumpHits Psychic super-effectively with Dark PulseHits Ghost super-effectively with Dark Pulse

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Protect

StatusSelfUSE 99%

pp 5pri +4

✦ effect

Prevents moves from affecting the user this turn.

Shadow Ball✦

SpecialSingleUSE 95%

BP80 →120

ACC100

pp 15bullet

20% chance to lower the target's Sp. Def by 1.

Perish Song

StatusFieldUSE 79%

pp 5sound

✦ effect

All active Pokemon will faint in 3 turns.

Sludge Bomb✦

SpecialSingleUSE 62%

BP90 →135

ACC100

pp 10bullet

30% chance to poison the target.

Disable

StatusSingleUSE 42%

ACC100

pp 20

✦ effect

For 4 turns, disables the target's last move used.

Substitute

StatusSelfUSE 6%

pp 10

✦ effect

User takes 1/4 its max HP to put in a substitute.