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Gengar, a Pokémon that lurks in the shadows, is a master of surprise attacks.
Official Description


Gengar is a melee Speedster Pokémon.

Obtaining[]

Unite Battle Committee[]

The Gengar Unite license can be bought from the Unite Battle Committee for 10,000 Aeos Coins or 575 Aeos Gems.

Strategies[]

For more tips and tricks on using Gengar, see here.

Evolution[]

Gastly
Level 1
Haunter
Level 5
Gengar
Level 9

Ability[]

All Evolution Stages
Levitate
When the Pokemon is not in combat, its movement speed is increased.

Movesets[]

Icon Attack Type Cooldown Damage Description Notes
Starting Final
Standard Attack N/A Becomes a boosted attack with every third attack, lunging at an opposing Pokemon and dealing damage.
Level 1 - Level 3

The following moves can be learned at Level 1 and Level 3, in any order.

Will-O-Wisp
Ranged
5 seconds 519 841 Shoots multiple sinister flames, dealing damage to opposing Pokemon and leaving them burned when it hits.
Lick
Area
7 seconds 230 287 Attacks with the user's tongue and pulls opposing Pokemon toward the user.
Level 5

One of the following moves can be learned at Level 5 to replace Will-O-Wisp.

Sludge Bomb
Area
8 seconds 475 1075 Hurls unsanitary sludge to the designated area, leaving opposing Pokemon poisoned when it hits.


Upgrade (Level 11): Increases the poison effect's duration.

Shadow Ball
Ranged
4.5 seconds 1176 2227 Hurls a shadowy blob at the target, decreasing the movement speed and Sp. Def of opposing Pokemon for a short time when it hits.


Upgrade (Level 11): Increases damage dealt by this move.

Level 7

One of the following moves can be learned at Level 7 to replace Lick.

Hex
Dash 
7.5 seconds 327 1118 Has the user disappear and move to the designated location, dealing damage to opposing Pokemon in the area of effect. If this hits an opposing Pokemon, that is afflicted by a status condition, it deals increased damage and its cooldown is reduced. The user's next basic attack after this move becomes a boosted attack.


Upgrade (Level 13): Increases damage dealt by this move.

Dream Eater
Ranged
7 seconds 1008 2837 Puts opposing Pokemon to sleep when it hits. If used again while the opposing Pokemon is asleep, the user appears behind the sleeping Pokemon and attacks, restoring the user's HP and reducing the cooldown of Will-O-Wisp, Shadow Ball or Sludge Bomb. The user's next basic attack after this move becomes a boosted attack. If this move knocks out a Pokemon from the opposing team, its cooldown is reset.


Upgrade (Level 13): Increases the amount of damage dealt and HP restored by this move.

Level 9

The Pokémon learns its Unite Move.

Phantom Ambush
Dash 
133 seconds 1487 2542 Has the user jump to the designated area and start sneaking with increased movement speed. If the Unite Move is used again, it deals damage to opposing Pokemon in the area of effect and decrease their movement speed for a short time.
Phantom Ambush flame1

Phantom Ambush's flame icon

Phantom Ambush flame sp.style

Ditto, with Space Style Holowear equipped.

Statistics[]

Level HP Attack Defense Sp. Attack Sp. Defense Speed
Level 1 3456 167 52 80 38
Level 2 3510 170 55 89 40
Level 3 3574 173 59 99 43
Level 4 3651 177 64 112 47
Level 5 3931 192 82 158 60
Level 6 4043 198 89 176 65
Level 7 4177 205 98 198 71
Level 8 4338 213 108 224 78
Level 9 4905 243 144 316 104
Level 10 5136 255 159 354 115
Level 11 5414 270 177 399 128
Level 12 5747 288 198 453 143
Level 13 6146 309 223 518 161
Level 14 6625 334 253 596 183
Level 15 7200 364 290 690 210 3650

Recommended Held Items[]

Recommended
Offense Scoring
Choice Specs
Wise Glasses
Shell Bell
Sp. Atk Specs
Shell Bell
Score Shield

Holowear[]

Space Style
Obtainment: Season 2 Battle Pass Reward (Level 60, Paid)
Added on: September 22, 2021
Effects: Unite Move, Scoring, Returning, KO, Movement
Masked Style
Obtainment: 1200
Added on: November 16, 2021
Effects: KO, Movement
Reporter Style
Obtainment: 400
Added on: March 10, 2022
Effects: None
Theater Style
Obtainment: UNITE in the Spotlight Event
Added on: Unknown
Effects: March 15, 2022
Tuxedo Style
Obtainment: 400
Added on: September 26, 2022
Effects: None
Holiday Style
Obtainment: Season 12 Battle Pass Reward (Level 1, Paid)
Added on: December 1, 2022
Effects: None
Beach Style
Obtainment: UNITE Club Membership
Added on: Unknown
Effects: July 1, 2023
Costume Party Style
Obtainment: 2199
Added on: October 12, 2023
Effects: Scoring, Returning, KO, Movement

Achievements[]

Mission
Outr
Outr
Hex
In a single battle, attack Pokemon from the opposing team afflicted by a status condition with Hex or Hex+ to reduce the move's cooldown 20 or more times.
Beginner
Expert
Master
5 10 20
5 5 10
Aeos Tickets

(x100)

Aeos Coins

(x300)

Holowear Tickets

(x3)

History[]

Version Date Changelog
v1.18.2.6 April 24, 2025 Feature Removed
  • Removed defense pentration.
v1.18.1.3 March 13, 2025 Stat Changes
  • Stats reverted to its pre-February 27 state.
v1.18.1.2 February 27, 2025 Stat Buff
  • Added Special Defense Penetration: 0-60 (Lvl. 1-15).
  • Attack changed from 167-364 to 20-115 (Lvl. 1-15).
  • Defense increased from 52-290 to 52-320 (Lvl. 1-15)
  • Stat scaling adjusted for better early-game performance.

Standard Attack

  • Now scales with Sp. Atk.
v1.16.1.2 September 5, 2024 Dream Eater
  • Cooldown decreased from 8s to 7s. (-1s)
  • Healing increased by 20%.
    • Dream Eater+: Healing increased by 23%.

Hex

  • Cooldown reduction when hitting a status-affected Pokemon increased frrom 85% of the cooldown to 90% of the cooldown.

Phantom Ambush

  • Energy required reduced by about 17%.
v1.14.1.4 March 12, 2024 Will-O-Wisp
  • Fixed the issue with Gengar's Will-o-Wisp not reducing the cooldown for Hex.
v1.12.1.2 September 7, 2023 Stat Updates
  • Sp. Atk Damage increased from 80-660 to 80-690 (Level 1-15).
  • Defense stat increased from 52~260 to 52-290 (Level 1-15).
  • Sp. Def increased from 38-190 to 38-210 (Level 1-15).
v1.9.2.8 May 11, 2023 Dream Eater
  • Fixed bugs causing one or more effects not to trigger.
v1.7.1.9 October 27, 2022 Stat Updates: The following stats have been increased:
  • Sp. Atk

Shadow Ball

  • Range decreased.

Hex

  • Range decreased.

Dream Eater

  • Range decreased.

Phantom Ambush

  • Range decreased.
v1.7.1.7 September 28, 2022 Hex
  • Move range shortened.
v1.4.1.7 March 14, 2022 Stat UpdatesThe following stats have been increased:
  • Sp. Atk

Standard Attack

  • Enhanced Attacks damage increase.
v1.4.1.2 January 20, 2022 Shadow Ball
  • Move now learned at Level 7.
  • Shadow Ball+: Move now learned at Level 13.

Hex

  • Move now learned at Level 5.
  • Damage is decreased from 1173 to 1092 (-7%).
  • Hex+: Move now learned at Level 11.

Dream Eater

  • Move now learned at Level 5.
  • KOing opponents will reduce the cooldown of this move.
  • Dream Eater+: Move now learned at Level 11.

Phantom Ambush

  • Move now learned at Level 7.
  • Shadow Ball+: Move now learned at Level 13.
v1.2.1.8 October 20, 2021 Stat Updates
  • Amount of special damage done to an enemy after Level 5 will be converted into heath regen with the same value.
v1.2.1.3 September 22, 2021 Lick
  • Fixed a bug that occured when opposing Pokemon are pulled toward the user.
  • Fixed a bug affecting this move's timing.

Shadow Ball

  • Fixed a bug that occured when opposing Pokemon are pulled toward the user.
  • Fixed a bug affecting this move's timing.
v1.1.1.5 August 6, 2021 Hex
  • Fixed a bug where Hex was not dealing damage to opposing Pokemon.
v1.1.1.4 August 4, 2021 Standard Attack
  • Basic Attack: Bug Fixes

Shadow Ball

  • Damage dealt to opposing Pokemon increased from 1602 to 2200. (+37%)

Hex

  • Damage dealt to opposing Pokemon decreased from 1317 to 1173. (-11%)

Dream Eater

  • Move speed increased.

Phantom Ambush

  • Damage dealt to opposing Pokemon increased from 1602 to 2200. (+37%)
v1.1.1 July 21, 2021 Gengar was added to the Unite Battle Committee.

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