Ghost (type)

Types

Normal

Fire

Fighting

Water

Flying

Grass

Poison

Electric

Ground

Psychic

Rock

Ice

Bug

Dragon

Ghost

Dark

Steel

Fairy

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Stellar

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The Ghost type (Japanese: ゴーストタイプ Ghost type) is one of the seventeen types. Notable Pokémon Trainers that specialize in Ghost-type Pokémon are Agatha of the Kanto Elite Four, Morty of Ecruteak City, Phoebe of the Hoenn Elite Four, Fantina of Hearthome City, and Shauntal of the Unova Elite Four. Prior to Generation IV, where moves are designated physical or special based on the move itself rather than its type, all Ghost-type moves were physical.

Statistical averages

Overall

Stat
HP: 64.21
Attack: 68.21
Defense: 73.86
Sp.Atk: 80.82
Sp.Def: 77.46
Speed: 62.18
Total: 426.75

Fully evolved

Stat
HP: 75.44
Attack: 82.25
Defense: 84.00
Sp.Atk: 89.69
Sp.Def: 86.38
Speed: 71.00
Total: 488.75

Battle properties

Generation I

Offensive			Defensive
Power	Types		Power	Types
2×			½×
½×	None		2×
0×			0×

Generation II-onward

Offensive			Defensive
Power	Types		Power	Types
2×			½×
½×			2×
0×			0×

Characteristics

The Ghost type is the smallest type in the game, with few additions in each new Pokémon game. They are also unique in the fact that they have a type-specific attack: Curse, which, other than being the only ???-type move before the type was removed in Generation V, works differently for Ghost-type Pokémon than it does for other Pokémon.

Offense

Ghost-type Pokémon are used mainly to inflict status effects, like confusion or paralysis. Most Ghost-type moves cause some sort of effect or a status ailment. They are a good type to use in Pokémon battling, because of their possession of all-around good attacks, such as Shadow Claw and Shadow Ball. Also, there is no Pokémon that resists a combination of Fighting- and Ghost-type moves, as the only combination capable of this (Normal/Ghost) has never materialized.

Defense

The weaknesses of the Ghost type are covered by the resistances of the Dark type, and vice-versa, so their combination, seen in the Pokémon Sableye and Spiritomb, has no weaknesses. However, this does not make for a perfect Pokémon. There is always the possibility for the immunities of the Ghost- and Dark types to be removed via certain moves, such as Foresight, Odor Sleuth, and Miracle Eye, creating a weakness, or neutrality in the case of the latter. The lack of weaknesses is also offset by the lack of any resistances beyond resisting Bug and Poison (uncommon types offensively) and the three immunities to Psychic, Fighting and Normal (which can be removed, as mentioned above).

Contest properties

When used in Contests, Ghost-type moves typically become Smart moves, but some may be Cute or Tough moves.

Pokémon

As of Generation V, there are 27 Ghost-type Pokémon or 4.16% of all Pokémon, making it the least common of the seventeen types.

Pure Ghost-type Pokémon

# Name 200 Misdreavus 353 Shuppet 354 Banette 355 Duskull 356 Dusclops 429 Mismagius 477 Dusknoir 562 Yamask 563 Cofagrigus

Half Ghost-type Pokémon

Primary Ghost-type Pokémon

# Name Type 1 Type 2 092 Gastly Ghost Poison 093 Haunter Ghost Poison 094 Gengar Ghost Poison 425 Drifloon Ghost Flying 426 Drifblim Ghost Flying 442 Spiritomb Ghost Dark 487 Giratina Ghost Dragon Ghost Dragon 607 Litwick Ghost Fire 608 Lampent Ghost Fire 609 Chandelure Ghost Fire

Secondary Ghost-type Pokémon

# Name Type 1 Type 2 292 Shedinja Bug Ghost 302 Sableye Dark Ghost 478 Froslass Ice Ghost 479 Rotom Electric Ghost Rotom* Electric Ghost Electric Ghost Electric Ghost Electric Ghost Electric Ghost 592 Frillish Water Ghost 593 Jellicent Water Ghost 622 Golett Ground Ghost 623 Golurk Ground Ghost

Pokéstar Studios Pokémon

# Name Type 1 Type 2 N/A Majin Dark Ghost

Moves

Gen	Move	Category	Contest	Power	Accuracy	PP	Range	Description
III	Astonish	Physical	Smart	03030	100100%	1515 (max 24)	Normal	The user attacks the target while shouting in a startling fashion. It may also make the target flinch.
I	Confuse Ray	Status	Smart	000—	100100%	1010 (max 16)	Normal	The target is exposed to a sinister ray that triggers confusion.
II	Curse	Status	Tough	000—	000—%	1010 (max 16)	Self	A move that works differently for the Ghost type than for all the other types.
II	Destiny Bond	Status	Smart	000—	000—%	055 (max 8)	Self	When this move is used, if the user faints, the Pokémon that landed the knockout hit also faints.
III	Grudge	Status	Tough	000—	000—%	055 (max 8)	Self	If the user faints, the user's grudge fully depletes the PP of the opponent's move that knocked it out.
V	Hex	Special		05050	100100%	1010 (max 16)	Normal	This relentless attack does massive damage to a target affected by status problems.
I	Lick	Physical	Tough	02020	100100%	3030 (max 48)	Normal	The target is licked with a long tongue, causing damage. It may also leave the target with paralysis.
I	Night Shade	Special	Smart	VariesVaries	100100%	1515 (max 24)	Normal	The user makes the target see a frightening mirage. It inflicts damage matching the user's level.
II	Nightmare	Status	Smart	000—	100100%	1515 (max 24)	Normal	A sleeping target sees a nightmare that inflicts some damage every turn.
IV	Ominous Wind	Special	Smart	06060	100100%	055 (max 8)	Normal	The user blasts the target with a gust of repulsive wind. It may also raise all the user's stats at once.
II	Shadow Ball	Special	Smart	08080	100100%	1515 (max 24)	Normal	The user hurls a shadowy blob at the target. It may also lower the target's Sp. Def stat.
IV	Shadow Claw	Physical	Cute	07070	100100%	1515 (max 24)	Normal	The user slashes with a sharp claw made from shadows. Critical hits land more easily.
IV	Shadow Force	Physical	Smart	120120	100100%	055 (max 8)	Normal	The user disappears, then strikes the target on the second turn. It hits even if the target protects itself.
III	Shadow Punch	Physical	Smart	06060	000—%	2020 (max 32)	Normal	The user throws a punch from the shadows. The punch lands without fail
IV	Shadow Sneak	Physical	Smart	04040	100100%	3030 (max 48)	Normal	The user extends its shadow and attacks the target from behind. This move always goes first.
II	Spite	Status	Smart	000—	100100%	1010 (max 16)	Normal	The user unleashes its grudge on the move last used by the target by cutting 4 PP from it.
All details are accurate to Generation VII games. For details that have changed between generations, please see an individual move's page. Target data assumes user is in the lower left.

Trivia

• There are no pure Ghost-type species in Generation I.
• In Generation I, Ghost-type moves have no effect on Psychic-type Pokémon, though an abundance of evidence suggests that this may have been an error. Multiple sources mention that Ghost-type moves are super effective on Psychic-type Pokémon: official strategy guides published by Nintendo, two episodes of the anime (The Tower of Terror and Haunter versus Kadabra), and even the games themselves, where a Trainer in the Saffron Gym mentions that Psychic-type Pokémon "only fear Bugs and Ghosts" (though the reference to Ghost-type Pokémon was removed in Yellow). This was changed in Generation II to make Ghost moves actually be super effective against Psychic Pokémon.
• There are no Ghost-type moves that have an accuracy lower than 100%.
• While the Ghost type has an immunity to Normal-type moves, several damaging moves that display as Normal can affect them, including Hidden Power and Struggle.
• There are no pure Ghost-type Pokémon that evolve into a dual-type Pokémon.
• The only Ghost-type move with more than 80 base power is Shadow Force, exclusive to Giratina.
  • Hex, however, will have a base power of 100 if the target is inflicted with a status ailment.
• The Ghost type is the only type that, when paired, can have a double weakness to itself, through the hypothetical Ghost/Psychic pairing. Dragon, the other type that shares this characteristic, is super effective against only itself.
• Generation V introduced the most Ghost-type Pokémon of any generation, with nine and Generation II introduced the fewest Ghost-type Pokémon, with only one. Coincidentally, Generation II introduced the most Ghost-type moves of any generation, with five and Generation V introduced the fewest Ghost-type moves, with only one.
• The Ghost type is the only type immune to two types.
• In Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, most Ghost-type Pokémon can naturally move through walls. While on a wall tile, they cannot be attacked but can attack their foes, and their Belly empties at a rate of 5 per turn.
• Offensively, the only difference between Dark and Ghost is that Dark type moves are not very effective on Fighting and Ghost type moves don't affect Normal, while the other does normal damage to that type.
  • However, defensively the types are almost complete opposites, leaving the two Pokémon that are both types with no weakness.

In other languages

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