Best moves

Gengar

Movepool

4 fast and 8 charged moves, elite / legacy included. Ranked by damage per second (fast) and damage per energy (charged), both with this form's x1.2 STAB applied where it earns it.

Best moveset23.2 DPS

ghostLick

ghostShadow Ball

9 x Lick per Shadow Ball · 7.5s cycle · 174 power with STAB

#222.6 DPS

ghostHex

ghostShadow Ball

4 x Hex per Shadow Ball · 7.0s cycle · 158 power with STAB

#322.5 DPS

ghostShadow Claw

ghostShadow Ball

13 x Shadow Claw per Shadow Ball · 9.5s cycle · 214 power with STAB

Fast moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Duration	DPS	EPS	Att DPS	Def DPS	PvP	Source
Shadow ClawSTAB	ghost	6	+4	0.5s	14.40	8.00	2.4	12.0	6 / 8 / 2t	standard
LickSTAB	ghost	5	+6	0.5s	12.00	12.00	2.0	10.0	3 / 3 / 1t	elite / legacy
Sucker Punch	dark	5	+6	0.5s	10.00	12.00	2.0	10.0	8 / 7 / 2t	standard
HexSTAB	ghost	8	+13	1.0s	9.60	13.00	2.7	8.0	7 / 13 / 3t	standard

Charged moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Duration	DPS	DPE	Att DPS	Def DPS	PvP	Source
Shadow BallSTAB	ghost	100	-50	3.0s	40.00	2.40	20.0	33.3	100 / 50	standard
Sludge BombSTAB	poison	85	-50	2.5s	40.80	2.04	18.9	34.0	80 / 50	standard
Psychic	psychic	95	-50	3.0s	31.67	1.90	19.0	31.7	75 / 55	elite / legacy
Dark Pulse	dark	80	-50	3.0s	26.67	1.60	16.0	26.7	80 / 50	elite / legacy
Drain Punch	fighting	50	-33	2.5s	20.00	1.52	11.1	20.0	40 / 40	standard
Focus Blast	fighting	140	-100	3.5s	40.00	1.40	25.5	40.0	150 / 75	standard
Shadow PunchSTAB	ghost	35	-33	1.5s	28.00	1.27	10.0	23.3	55 / 35	elite / legacy
Sludge WaveSTAB	poison	105	-100	3.0s	42.00	1.26	21.0	35.0	110 / 65	elite / legacy

STAB marks moves that share a type with this form (x1.2 damage), and the DPS and DPE columns above already have that x1.2 in them — so a STAB move and a stronger-on-paper neutral move can be compared straight down the column, which is how the best-moveset cards rank them too. Power and Duration stay raw; hover a DPS or DPE figure to see the arithmetic. Att DPS and Def DPS are the two columns pokebattler.com prints in the same table, reproduced exactly: both are raw with no STAB, Def DPS is power / duration, and Att DPS is power / (duration + 2s), the gym move delay. They are there so this table can be diffed against theirs row by row — every row on the pages read on 2026-09-11 matches. Energy is gained on fast moves and spent on charged moves. Every move name opens its own page with the damage window and every other form that learns it — or browse all moves.