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 eighteen types. Notable Pokémon Trainers who specialize in Ghost-type Pokémon are Agatha former member of the Indigo Plateau 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 changes in Generation IV, all Ghost-type moves were physical, but they may now also be special depending on the attack.

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×

Generations II to V

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

Generation VI onwards

Ghost-type Pokémon are now immune to effects that prevent recall or escape (such as Mean Look and Shadow Tag), and they are also guaranteed to flee from any wild battle regardless of Speed.

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

Characteristics

Defense

Ghost type is a valuable defensive type due to being immune to both Fighting-type, one of the most popular attacking types, and Normal-type, a type with a number of strong moves. As of Generation VI, Ghost-type Pokémon are immune to all trapping moves and Abilities, including Magnet Pull and partially-trapping moves such as Fire Spin. They are also guaranteed to run from wild battles regardless of Speed.

Prior to Generation VI, Pokémon that are both Dark-type and Ghost-type have no weaknesses (excluding Fighting-type moves used under immunity-negating conditions such as Ring Target or Scrappy), as the resistances of the Dark type cover the weaknesses of Ghost, and vice-versa. In Generation VI, the Fairy type was introduced, which is super effective against Dark and not resisted by Ghost, so these Pokémon now have a weakness to Fairy.

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 burn, as well as some sort of effect or a status condition. Contrary to Dark-types, most Ghost-type Pokémon are special attackers due to their typically high Special Attack, despite the fact that Ghost-type moves are physical moves prior to Generation III.

In Generation I, there were no types that resist Ghost-type moves, although there was only one move that would be affected by same-type attack bonus. In Generation II, Steel and Dark were added in order to resist Ghost-type moves. As of Generation VI, the only differences between Dark and Ghost is that Dark-type moves are not very effective on Fighting or Fairy while Ghost-type moves do normal damage to those types, and Ghost-type moves do not affect Normal Pokémon.

Ghost-type moves are great for neutral coverage, as Steel-type Pokémon no longer resist them in Generation VI. No Pokémon resists a combination of Fighting- and Ghost-type moves, as the only combination capable of this (Normal/Ghost) has never materialized. A combination of Fairy and Ghost-type moves has nearly as good coverage, only resisted by Normal types with a secondary type that resist Fairy. Despite this, Ghost types do not have reliable Ghost-damaging moves that having 100 or more base power.

Contest properties

In Contests, Ghost-type moves are typically Clever moves, but some may be Cute or Tough.

Pokémon

As of Generation VI, there are 34 Ghost-type Pokémon or 4.7% of all Pokémon (counting forms and Mega Evolutions that change typing as different Pokémon), making it the rarest of the eighteen types.

Pure Ghost-type Pokémon

# Name 200 Misdreavus 353 Shuppet 354 Banette 354 Mega 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 094 Mega 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 708 Phantump Ghost Grass 709 Trevenant Ghost Grass 710 Pumpkaboo Ghost Grass 711 Gourgeist Ghost Grass

Secondary Ghost-type Pokémon

# Name Type 1 Type 2 292 Shedinja Bug Ghost 302 Sableye Dark Ghost 302 Mega Sableye Dark Ghost 478 Froslass Ice Ghost 479 Rotom Electric Ghost 592 Frillish Water Ghost 593 Jellicent Water Ghost 622 Golett Ground Ghost 623 Golurk Ground Ghost 679 Honedge Steel Ghost 680 Doublade Steel Ghost 681 Aegislash Steel Ghost 720 Hoopa Psychic Ghost

Pokéstar Studios opponents

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

Moves

Gen	Move	Category	Contest	Power	Accuracy	PP	Range	Description
III	Astonish	Physical	Clever	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	Clever	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	Clever	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	Clever	06565	100100%	1010 (max 16)	Normal	This relentless attack does massive damage to a target affected by status problems.
I	Lick	Physical	Tough	03030	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	Clever	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	Clever	000—	100100%	1515 (max 24)	Normal	A sleeping target sees a nightmare that inflicts some damage every turn.
IV	Ominous Wind	Special	Clever	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.
VI	Phantom Force	Physical	Cool	09090	100100%	1010 (max 16)	Normal	The user vanishes somewhere, then strikes the target on the next turn. This move hits even if the target protects itself.
II	Shadow Ball	Special	Clever	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	Clever	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	Clever	06060	000—%	2020 (max 32)	Normal	The user throws a punch from the shadows. The punch lands without fail
IV	Shadow Sneak	Physical	Clever	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	Clever	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.
VI	Trick-or-Treat	Status	Cute	000—	100100%	2020 (max 32)	Normal	The user takes the target trick-or-treating. This adds Ghost type to the target's type.
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.

Abilities

Interacting with Ghost-type

User of Color Change will be changed into Ghost-type after it is hit with a Ghost-type move. Protean will change its user into Ghost-type when it uses a Ghost-type move. When a Pokémon with Multitype holds a Spooky Plate, it will become a Ghost-type Pokémon. When a Pokémon with Imposter is sent out and its opposite opponent is Ghost-type, it will transform into that Pokémon and turn into Ghost-type. Finally, since Generation VI, Ghost-type Pokémon are immune to Magnet Pull, Arena Trap and Shadow Tag.

Gen	Ability	Description
V	Rattled	Raises Speed one stage upon being hit by a Dark, Ghost, or Bug move.
IV	Scrappy	Makes Normal- and Fighting-type moves hit Ghost-type Pokémon.
All details are accurate to Generation VI games. For details that have changed between generations, please see an individual Ability's page.

Exclusive Abilities

Only Ghost-type Pokémon can have these Abilities. This does not include signature Abilities.

Gen	Ability	Description
V	Cursed Body	Has a 30% chance of disabling any move that hits the Pokémon.
All details are accurate to Generation VI games. For details that have changed between generations, please see an individual Ability's page.

Trivia

• 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.
• 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.
• 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 Pokémon Yellow). This was changed in Generation II to make Ghost moves actually be super effective against Psychic-type Pokémon.
• There are no Ghost-type moves with 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 (whose actual type varies) and Struggle (Generation II onwards).
• The only Ghost-type moves with more than 80 base power are Shadow Force and Phantom Force. Both moves take two turns to execute and hit even if the target is protecting itself.
• As of Generation VI, it is not possible for any Pokémon to possess a double resistance to Ghost. The only Pokémon to possess a double resistance in previous generations are Pawniard and Bisharp, both of which are Dark/Steel.
• The Ghost type is the only type immune to two types: Normal and Fighting.
• Generation VI is the only generation so far not to introduce a Gym Leader or Elite Four member specialising in Ghost 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.
• In Pokémon Conquest, Ghost-type Pokémon which are not part-Flying or have Levitate are shown with an animation of physically passing through enemies, referencing the common belief that real life ghosts can pass through solid objects. They cannot, however, in-game pass through with any other obstacle on the field.

In other languages

Language Title Japanese ゴースト Ghost Mandarin Chinese 幽靈 / 幽灵 Yōulíng Danish Spøgelse Dutch Geest Spook Finnish Kummitus Aave Haamu French Spectre German Geist Greek Φάντασμα Fantasma Hebrew רוח Ruach Indonesian Hantu Italian Spettro Korean 고스트 Ghost Norwegian Spøkelse Polish Duch Brazilian Portuguese Fantasma Romanian Fantomă Russian Призрачный Prizrachnyi Spanish Fantasma Swedish Spöke Thai ผี or วิญญาณ