Gengar counters

#0094

ghost poisonTier 1

Lobby CP

8,657

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

164

Defense

Difficulty

0.06

Pokebattler scale

Beating Gengar should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,566-1,644.

Weak toground1.6xghost1.6xpsychic1.6xdark1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

Improve your raidweather · friendship · Mega in the lobby · Party Power · Adventure EffectsShow ▾

Weather

★ boosts a type this boss is weak to

No boost Sunny or clear ★Rainy Partly cloudy Cloudy Windy ★Snow Fog ★

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend

None Good friend (+3%)Great friend (+5%)Ultra friend (+7%)Best friend (+10%)

Mega in the lobby

a Mega boosts every trainer's attacks: 1.3x of its own type, 1.1x of others

Try a Psychic Mega — most top counters attack with Psychic

Party Power

Party Play: the charged move after a full meter does 2x

Off 2 trainers 3 trainers 4 trainers

Adventure Effects

only these three change a raid

Behemoth Blade (+10% attack)Behemoth Bash (+10% defense)Dynamic Punch+ (+15% attack vs Mega)

Of the game's eleven Adventure Effects only Behemoth Blade (Crowned Sword Zacian), Behemoth Bash (Crowned Shield Zamazenta) and Dynamic Punch+ (Mega Mewtwo X) change a raid; Roar of Time, Spacial Rend, Freeze Shock, Ice Burn, Sunsteel Strike, Moongeist Beam, Future Sight+ and Dynamax Cannon act outside raids. Dynamic Punch+ only counts against a Mega boss, so it changes nothing here. Sources: the full list, Behemoth Blade / Bash, Dynamic Punch+.

Best counters

Mega, Legendary, Shadow · level 40

The best Gengar counters are Mega Mewtwo Y, Necrozma (Dawn Wings), Shadow Landorus (Therian), Shadow Mewtwo, Shadow Darkrai & Mewtwo.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
S. Landorus (Therian)
S. Mewtwo
S. Darkrai
Mewtwo

4 more Megas ranked inside the top six — a party can hold only one Mega, so the best one stays and the next non-Mega takes the slot.

Ranked by Estimator (trainers needed); small print: time to winOrder byEstimatorOverall %

1Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.050:08
2Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+0.050:09
3Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Moongeist Beam0.050:10
4Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryConfusion / Psystrike0.060:10
5Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.060:10
6Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.060:11
7Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Foul Play0.060:12
8Mega DelphoxMegaZen Headbutt / Mystical Fire+0.070:12
9Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Earthquake0.070:12
10MewtwoLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike0.070:12

More orders under All settings (Sort by). The top 15 in detail.

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

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Related countersShadow Gengar Mega Gengar

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Top 15 Gengar counters in detail

Click a row for damage per move, breakpoints and the energy cycle. Click a column to sort. All 30 ranked attackers, with every column, are under All settings.

Trainers1soloable

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:08	0.05	5381.5%
2	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	0:09	0.05	4738.0%
3	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	psychicPsycho CutghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	0:10	0.05	4555.8%
4	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	6,112	0:10	0.06	4316.7%
5	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	0:10	0.06	4220.6%
6	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	0:11	0.06	3858.2%
7	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarldarkFoul Play	3,739	0:12	0.06	3771.4%
8	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttfireMystical Fire+	4,783	0:12	0.07	3679.3%
9	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundEarthquake	5,902	0:12	0.07	3633.1%
10	Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	0:12	0.07	3609.0%
11	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,510	0:12	0.07	3542.8%
12	Mega Latiosdragonpsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicLuster Purge	5,007	0:13	0.07	3477.7%
13	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsychic	4,521	0:13	0.07	3454.6%
14	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	4,336	0:13	0.07	3447.5%
15	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	0:13	0.07	3430.1%

Ordered by Estimator alone, fewest trainers needed first. . The place badge names each row's Overall place on hover.

Times are one trainer with six copies of that attacker, level 40 at 15/15/15, no weather, no friendship, no dodging, Shadow / Mega / Legendary attackers hidden — the same defaults pokebattler.com's own counter pages open with. Open the full counter tool to change any of them. "Details" opens the per-move damage, breakpoints and energy cycle against Gengar.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Gengar's HP that six of that attacker remove inside one raid timer, so over 100% means they finish it with time to spare. Faints is how many of the six go down inside that timer.

Hardest movesets to raid against

The same boss is a different fight depending on what it knows. Each row re-simulates the top 6 counters above against one specific moveset; the list is ordered hardest first, and clicking a row filters the whole page to that moveset — the ranking, the estimator and the share link all follow.

Boss moveset	Win % (1)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	842%	4160.9%	0:10	0.06
Hex / Shadow Ball	100%	717%	4079.0%	0:11	0.06
Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	100%	657%	4103.8%	0:11	0.06
Sucker Punch / Focus Blast	100%	1019%	4106.5%	0:11	0.06
Shadow Claw / Focus Blast	100%	921%	4128.1%	0:11	0.06
Hex / Focus Blast	100%	914%	4141.7%	0:11	0.06
Sucker Punch / Shadow Ball	100%	688%	4147.1%	0:11	0.06
Hex / Sludge Bomb	100%	782%	4166.4%	0:10	0.06
Sucker Punch / Sludge Bomb	100%	788%	4172.0%	0:10	0.06
Sucker Punch / Drain Punch	100%	975%	4172.0%	0:10	0.06
Shadow Claw / Sludge Bomb	100%	737%	4174.7%	0:10	0.06
Hex / Drain Punch	100%	889%	4180.3%	0:10	0.06
Shadow Claw / Drain Punch	100%	905%	4188.7%	0:10	0.06

Measured over the top 6 attackers on the list above rather than by re-ranking the whole roster once per moveset — the ordering is what the table is for, and a full re-rank per moveset would cost ten times the page's whole simulation budget. Win % is the share of runs 1 trainers of those attackers finish inside the raid timer. Overall is Pokebattler's published blend on its own absolute scale (higher is easier), not a percentage of the best row the way the ranked table's Overall column is — which is why an easy boss reads well above 100% here.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Gengar weaknesses and resistances

Every one of the 18 attacking types against this boss's typing. GO multipliers: 1.6x super effective, 2.56x doubly, 0.625x resisted, 0.39x doubly resisted.

ground1.6x ghost1.6x psychic1.6x dark1.6x flying1x rock1x steel1x fire1x water1x electric1x ice1x dragon1x grass0.63x fairy0.63x normal0.39x poison0.39x bug0.39x fighting0.24x

Weak (4)
Neutral (8)
Resists (5)
Double resists (1)

It resists fighting0.24xnormal0.39xpoison0.39xbug0.39xgrass0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Gengar throws at you

Its standard movepool, with the damage window a dodge has to beat.

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
ghostShadow ClawSTAB	6	+4	0.5s	0.05s
darkSucker Punch	5	+6	0.5s	0.10s
ghostHexSTAB	8	+13	1.0s	0.80s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
poisonSludge BombSTAB	85	-50	2.5s	1.30s
ghostShadow BallSTAB	100	-50	3.0s	2.40s
fightingFocus Blast	140	-100	3.5s	3.00s
fightingDrain Punch	50	-33	2.5s	1.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,566	1,958
11/11/11	1,582	1,977
12/12/12	1,597	1,997
13/13/13	1,613	2,016
14/14/14	1,628	2,036
15/15/15hundo	1,644	2,055

Caught CP range 1,566 - 1,644, or 1,958 - 2,055 when the weather boosts it.

A raid encounter is level 20 (level 25 weather boosted) and cannot roll an IV below 10/10/10. Anything outside the first range is not this raid's reward.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Gengar is not on the raid schedule right now. The simulation above is still exact for the tier chosen — any boss can be simulated, current or not.

All settings

Tier 1: 600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 164 / Defense 97 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

Raid bossAttacker levelAttacker IVsWeatherFriendshipDodgingTrainers in the lobbyMega in the lobbyParty Play trainersBoss fast moveBoss charged moveSort by

Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

Share these exact settings

Every column, and pokebattler.com's own rank

On a phone the list shows estimator, time to win and faints. Overall, Power, win chance, CP, DPS and TDO appear on a wider screen.

#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Faints	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	5381.5%	0.05	0:08	0.0	100%	6,428	99.4	804
2	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	82%	4738.0%	0.05	0:09	0.0	100%	3,842	73.6	676
3	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	74%	4555.8%	0.05	0:10	0.0	100%	4,099	68.2	652
4	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+26 more movesets	72%	4316.7%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	6,112	63.6	644
5	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	70%	4220.6%	0.06	0:10	0.0	100%	3,922	59.3	612
6	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	59%	3858.2%	0.06	0:11	0.0	100%	4,178	62.8	709
7	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	55%	3771.4%	0.06	0:12	0.0	100%	3,739	54.2	626
8	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Mystical Fire+	Zen Headbutt / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	56%	3679.3%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	4,783	52.3	613
9	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+9 more movesets	62%	3633.1%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	5,902	50.3	603
10	Mewtwo psychic Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	57%	3609.0%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	4,178	50.7	613
11	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	52%	3542.8%	0.07	0:12	0.0	100%	4,510	54.9	671
12	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Luster Purge	Zen Headbutt / Luster Purge+9 more movesets	53%	3477.7%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	5,007	48.0	596
13	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+19 more movesets	54%	3454.6%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,521	51.4	648
14	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	53%	3447.5%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	4,336	50.1	627
15	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	54%	3430.1%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	5,347	49.2	627
16	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	53%	3409.7%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,683	48.1	608
17	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	50%	3398.0%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,625	50.2	645
18	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Confusion / Future Sight	Confusion / Future Sight+7 more movesets	49%	3341.8%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,590	47.0	607
19	Mega Banette ghostmega Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	48%	3314.0%	0.07	0:13	0.0	100%	3,594	50.2	641
20	Shadow Alakazam psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Psychic	Psycho Cut / Psychic+17 more movesets	46%	3303.7%	0.07	0:13	0.2	100%	3,057	50.7	601
21	Shadow Hisuian Typhlosion fireghostshadow Hex / Shadow Ball	Hex / Shadow Ball+9 more movesets	47%	3271.5%	0.07	0:13	0.1	100%	2,994	45.9	589
22	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	44%	3232.5%	0.08	0:13	0.3	100%	3,301	51.7	585
23	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earthquake	Mud Shot / Earthquake+13 more movesets	53%	3229.4%	0.08	0:13	0.0	100%	5,424	44.7	604
24	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Mud-Slap / High Horsepower	Mud-Slap / High Horsepower+11 more movesets	46%	3229.4%	0.08	0:13	0.0	100%	3,328	46.8	632
25	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Luster Purge	Zen Headbutt / Luster Purge+9 more movesets	46%	3220.8%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,812	45.2	605
26	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Astonish / Shadow Ball	Astonish / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	46%	3215.3%	0.08	0:14	0.1	100%	3,268	50.0	627
27	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	43%	3211.5%	0.08	0:14	0.3	100%	2,526	49.4	536
28	Shadow Thundurus (Therian) electricflyingshadow Bite / Wildbolt Storm	Bite / Wildbolt Storm+9 more movesets	46%	3197.2%	0.08	0:14	0.0	100%	3,659	44.3	598
29	Blacephalon fireghost Astonish / Shadow Ball	Astonish / Shadow Ball+7 more movesets	45%	3175.1%	0.08	0:14	0.1	100%	3,297	48.1	615
30	Shadow Exeggutor grasspsychicshadow Extrasensory / Psychic	Extrasensory / Psychic+11 more movesets	43%	3088.3%	0.08	0:14	0.1	100%	3,014	46.0	602

How accurate is this? Same top pick as pokebattler.com on 26 of 27 lists checked, 90% of its top tens shared; weakest on Mewtwo's default list (7 of 10).

Ranking. Our full ranking against the page pokebattler.com serves for the same boss and settings, on 27 boss and filter combinations read live (2026-10-04): 242 of 270 top-ten places shared, the same #1 on 26. On the six fixed reference bosses (read 2026-10-03): 85% top-ten overlap with its default filters, 83% with Shadow, Mega and Legendary on. A close top three is shown as a tie because the order inside it is below what we can measure.

Time to win. Graded with Pokebattler's own movesets against every boss moveset, average per boss: Tier 1 and 3 +0.1% to +1.2%; Tier 5 −2.9% to +1.3%; Mega −1.1% to +2.6%; Shadow Tier 5 −1.8% to +0.3%. One attacker can be off by more: median 1.6%, worst 15%, RMS per boss moveset 2.05%.

Known weak spots.

Mewtwo (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of Pokebattler's top 10: Absol, Incineroar and Salamence sit just outside ours, Polteageist, Cursola and Hisuian Typhlosion just inside.
Groudon (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of 10; its Grass and Water counters run 2-6% fast here.
Tier 5 times run about 2-3% fast for attackers that faint often, and 2-3% slow on Mega Charizard Y and Mega Beedrill, whose counters resist the boss.
Tier 1 lists are the least checked: Combee (Tier 1) shares only 3 of Pokebattler's top 10, with Gigalith first here where Pokebattler puts Rhyperior.

This boss on pokebattler.com. Boss-by-boss accuracy report.

Ranked 30 attackers in 0.1 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.