Mega Gengar
GhostPoison
Best attacking moveset: Lick and Shadow Ball, worth 19.2 damage per second against a neutral target.
Best moveset
Mega Gengar can learn 32 combinations. Lick with Shadow Ball does the most damage per second of them, at level 40 with a perfect attack stat. Same-type moves get the 1.2× bonus, and the cycle assumes the charged attack fires the moment it has the energy.
That set is legacy. Lick is only obtainable with an Elite TM or from the event that gave it out, so the Mega Gengar you catch today cannot learn it. The best set it can learn now is Hex and Shadow Ball, worth 18.5 damage per second.
Stats and moves come straight from the game's own data files. Every number on this page is a raid and gym number, not a PvP one.
Type matchups
| Fast attack | Type | Power | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hex | Ghost | 8 | 1.0s | +13 |
| Shadow Claw | Ghost | 6 | 0.5s | +4 |
| Sucker Punch | Dark | 5 | 0.5s | +6 |
| Lick Legacy | Ghost | 5 | 0.5s | +6 |
| Charged attack | Type | Power | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drain Punch | Fighting | 50 | 2.5s | -33 |
| Focus Blast | Fighting | 140 | 3.5s | -100 |
| Shadow Ball | Ghost | 100 | 3.0s | -50 |
| Sludge Bomb | Poison | 85 | 2.5s | -50 |
| Dark Pulse Legacy | Dark | 80 | 3.0s | -50 |
| Psychic Legacy | Psychic | 95 | 3.0s | -50 |
| Shadow Punch Legacy | Ghost | 35 | 1.5s | -33 |
| Sludge Wave Legacy | Poison | 105 | 3.0s | -100 |
Shiny
Shiny availability is tracked for Gengar as a species, on the Gengar page.
Other forms
Evolution family
Numbers
| Max CP | 4,902 at level 50, 4,336 at level 40 |
|---|---|
| Raid catch | 2,477 CP at level 20, or 3,097 if weather boosted (perfect IVs) |
| Lowest possible raid catch | 2,379 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10 |
| Base stats | 349 attack · 199 defense · 155 stamina |
What it costs
| Second charged move | 50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy |
|---|---|
| Buddy distance | 3 km per Candy |
| Purify a Shadow one | 3,000 Stardust and 3 Candy |
| Size | 1.5 m and 40.5 kg |
Best moveset against each type
Mega Gengar does not have one best moveset, it has 6. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Ghost, Psychic, Grass.
| Against | Best moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|
| Ghost | Lick + Shadow Ball | 30.8 |
| Psychic | Lick + Shadow Ball | 30.8 |
| Grass | Lick + Sludge Bomb | 25.9 |
| Fairy | Lick + Sludge Bomb | 25.9 |
| Fighting | Lick + Psychic | 22.8 |
| Poison | Lick + Psychic | 22.8 |
| Rock | Lick + Focus Blast | 22.2 |
| Steel | Lick + Focus Blast | 22.2 |
| Ice | Lick + Focus Blast | 22.2 |
| Normal | Sucker Punch + Focus Blast | 20.8 |
| Dark | Hex + Focus Blast | 19.4 |
| Lick + Shadow Ball | 19.2 | |
| Ground | Lick + Shadow Ball | 19.2 |
| Bug | Lick + Shadow Ball | 19.2 |
| Fire | Lick + Shadow Ball | 19.2 |
| Water | Lick + Shadow Ball | 19.2 |
| Electric | Lick + Shadow Ball | 19.2 |
| Dragon | Lick + Shadow Ball | 19.2 |
Same maths as the headline number, run once per defending type: level 40, perfect attack IV, and the target's own type taken into account. Sorted by damage, so the top of this table is what Mega Gengar is actually for.
Counters: what beats Mega Gengar
| Attacker | Type | Moveset | DPS |
|---|---|---|---|
 Mewtwo | Psychic | Confusion + Psystrike Legacy | 29.3 |
 Blacephalon | FireGhost | Astonish + Shadow Ball | 27.4 |
 Alakazam | Psychic | Confusion + Psychic Legacy | 25.0 |
 Hoopa | PsychicGhost | Confusion + Shadow Ball | 24.9 |
 Darkrai | Dark | Snarl + Shadow Ball | 24.7 |
 Chandelure | GhostFire | Hex + Shadow Ball | 24.5 |
 Gengar | GhostPoison | Lick + Shadow Ball Legacy | 24.5 |
 Lunala | PsychicGhost | Confusion + Shadow Ball | 24.3 |
 Groudon | Ground | Mud Shot + Precipice Blades Legacy | 24.3 |
 Azelf | Psychic | Confusion + Futuresight | 24.3 |
Ranked by damage per second against Mega Gengar's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family.