Gengar counters

#0094

ghost poisonTier 5

Lobby CP

43,288

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

218

Defense

129

Difficulty

1.24

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, Shadow Mewtwo, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Mewtwo, Shadow Groudon & Shadow Giratina (Origin).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo Y
S. Mewtwo
S. Landorus (Therian)
Mewtwo
S. Groudon
S. Giratina (Origin)

12 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+0.914:11
2Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryConfusion / Psystrike1.125:09
3Shadow MewtwoShadowLegendarypartyConfusion / Psystrike1.316:01
4Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+1.336:08
5Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades1.396:25
6Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm1.406:26
7Mega GengarMegaLick / Shadow Ball1.466:44
8Mega TyranitarMegaBite / Brutal Swing1.496:52
9MewtwoLegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Psystrike1.506:55
10Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades1.516:56
18Shadow Giratina (Origin)ShadowLegendarypartyShadow Claw / Shadow Force1.597:19

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

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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.

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychicjoint top pick	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	4:11	0.91	5.4	121.3%
2	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	6,112	5:09	1.12	5.7	98.6%
3	Shadow Mewtwopsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsystrike	4,178	6:01	1.31	6.0	84.2%
4	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	6:08	1.33	6.0	82.6%
5	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	6:25	1.39	5.9	79.1%
6	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	6:26	1.40	6.0	78.7%
7	Mega Gengarghostpoison	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	4,336	6:44	1.46	5.7	75.3%
8	Mega Tyranitarrockdark	darkBitedarkBrutal Swing	5,347	6:52	1.49	6.0	73.9%
9	Mewtwopsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsystrike	4,178	6:55	1.50	6.0	73.3%
10	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	6:56	1.51	6.0	73.1%
11	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	6:59	1.52	6.0	72.6%
12	Mega Alakazampsychic	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,510	7:06	1.54	6.0	71.3%
13	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	psychicConfusionpsychicPsychic	4,521	7:07	1.55	6.0	71.2%
14	Mega Malamardarkpsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicPsybeam+	3,143	7:08	1.55	6.0	71.0%
15	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	psychicZen HeadbuttpsychicPsychic	4,783	7:09	1.55	6.0	71.0%

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	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	17%	97%	80.3%	6:19	5.8	1.37
Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	17%	60%	75.0%	6:46	6.0	1.47
Sucker Punch / Shadow Ball	17%	63%	76.2%	6:39	6.0	1.44
Hex / Shadow Ball	17%	65%	76.6%	6:37	6.0	1.44
Shadow Claw / Sludge Bomb	17%	95%	80.2%	6:19	6.0	1.37
Sucker Punch / Focus Blast	17%	122%	80.5%	6:18	6.0	1.37
Hex / Sludge Bomb	17%	97%	80.7%	6:17	6.0	1.37
Hex / Focus Blast	17%	116%	81.3%	6:14	6.0	1.36
Shadow Claw / Focus Blast	17%	116%	81.3%	6:14	6.0	1.35
Sucker Punch / Sludge Bomb	17%	101%	81.8%	6:12	6.0	1.35
Hex / Drain Punch	17%	184%	84.5%	6:00	5.4	1.30
Sucker Punch / Drain Punch	17%	198%	84.6%	5:59	5.2	1.30
Shadow Claw / Drain Punch	17%	186%	85.1%	5:58	5.3	1.29

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 5: 15,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 218 / Defense 129 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

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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%	121.3%	0.91	4:11	8.8	100%	6,428	62.9	1903
2	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+26 more movesets	79%	98.6%	1.12	5:09	11.0	40%	6,112	50.8	1531
3	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Confusion / Psystrike	Confusion / Psystrike+23 more movesets	64%	84.2%	1.31	6:01	17.9	0%	4,178	44.6	951
4	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	64%	82.6%	1.33	6:08	16.6	0%	3,842	43.5	883
5	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	64%	79.1%	1.39	6:25	10.5	0%	5,902	40.5	1371
6	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	61%	78.7%	1.40	6:26	15.7	0%	3,922	41.0	996
7	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	58%	75.3%	1.46	6:44	16.7	0%	4,336	39.9	1348
8	Mega Tyranitar rockdarkmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	58%	73.9%	1.49	6:52	13.6	0%	5,347	37.9	1126
9	Mewtwo psychic Psycho Cut / Psystrike	Psycho Cut / Psystrike+23 more movesets	56%	73.3%	1.50	6:55	17.0	0%	4,178	38.2	952
10	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	56%	73.1%	1.51	6:56	16.1	0%	4,115	38.1	916
11	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	58%	72.6%	1.52	6:59	12.5	0%	5,424	37.2	1158
12	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+17 more movesets	53%	71.3%	1.54	7:06	24.4	0%	4,510	38.6	775
13	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	55%	71.2%	1.55	7:07	17.4	0%	4,521	37.2	950
14	Mega Malamar darkpsychicmega Psycho Cut / Psybeam+	Psycho Cut / Psybeam++14 more movesets	55%	71.0%	1.55	7:08	15.4	0%	3,143	36.9	955
15	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+23 more movesets	54%	71.0%	1.55	7:09	16.8	0%	4,783	36.9	988
16	Mega Latios dragonpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	55%	70.9%	1.55	7:09	16.5	0%	5,007	36.9	1017
17	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+19 more movesets	54%	70.3%	1.57	7:13	18.2	0%	4,512	36.7	1093
18	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Force	Shadow Claw / Shadow Force+7 more movesets	54%	69.2%	1.59	7:19	14.3	0%	3,683	35.6	1246
19	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Foul Play	Snarl / Foul Play+14 more movesets	49%	67.8%	1.62	7:29	27.7	0%	3,739	36.8	617
20	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	52%	66.9%	1.65	7:35	13.9	0%	5,713	34.5	1117
21	Hoopa (Unbound) psychicdark Confusion / Psychic	Confusion / Psychic+5 more movesets	50%	66.8%	1.65	7:35	21.9	0%	4,006	35.2	689
22	Shadow Latios dragonpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+9 more movesets	50%	66.7%	1.65	7:36	21.7	0%	3,812	35.1	776
23	Shadow Metagross steelpsychicshadow Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+15 more movesets	50%	66.2%	1.66	7:39	19.9	0%	3,791	34.7	807
24	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	50%	65.1%	1.69	7:47	18.4	0%	3,962	33.9	814
25	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	47%	65.0%	1.70	7:48	27.6	0%	3,625	35.3	634
26	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	48%	64.8%	1.70	7:49	21.7	0%	3,749	34.0	745
27	Mega Metagross steelpsychicmega Zen Headbutt / Psychic	Zen Headbutt / Psychic+15 more movesets	50%	64.6%	1.70	7:51	16.5	0%	4,911	33.4	1060
28	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	46%	64.5%	1.71	7:51	32.7	0%	3,301	35.5	472
29	Shadow Tyranitar rockdarkshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+15 more movesets	47%	64.3%	1.71	7:53	27.2	0%	3,834	34.8	721
30	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	46%	63.0%	1.75	8:03	31.7	0%	4,099	39.4	1499

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