Gengar is a Tier 3 raid boss in Pokémon GO with a raid boss CP of 21207. Gengar counters are mostly strong Ghost, Psychic, Dark and Ground Pokémon.
As Mega Gengar is available in Pokémon GO, Gengar can be shiny from raids.
A Gengar raid boss can have these Combat Power values when caught through raid encounters:
- 1420 – 1644 CP at Level 20, without weather boost
- 1776 – 2055 CP at Level 25, under Fog or Cloudy weather boost
A Tier 3 Gengar raid can be solo’d by the prepared, high level trainer. Lower level trainers, or those without ideal counters, may want to bring a friend or two.
Gengar Raid Counters
Reminder: Mega-Evolved Pokémon give other Pokémon special bonuses when brought to a Raid Battle. While a Mega-Evolved Pokémon is on the battlefield, all Trainers’ Pokémon receive an attack boost to all their attacks and gain an additional attack boost if their attack types match the Mega-Evolved Pokémon’s type(s).
| # | Attacker | Fast Move | Charge Move | Faints | TTW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Groudon (Primal)
|
Mud Shot Ground | Precipice Blades Ground | 2 | 79s |
| 2. |
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
|
Psycho Cut Psychic | Moongeist Beam Ghost | 4 | 70s |
| 3. |
Mewtwo (Shadow)
|
Confusion Psychic | Psystrike Psychic | 4 | 70s |
| 4. |
Tyranitar (Mega)
|
Bite Dark | Brutal Swing Dark | 2 | 87s |
| 5. |
Garchomp (Mega)
|
Mud Shot Ground | Earth Power Ground | 2 | 86s |
| 6. |
Gengar (Mega)
|
Lick Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost | 4 | 77s |
| 7. |
Alakazam (Mega)
|
Confusion Psychic | Psychic Psychic | 5 | 77s |
| 8. |
Latios (Mega)
|
Zen Headbutt Psychic | Psychic Psychic | 4 | 85s |
| 9. |
Groudon (Shadow)
|
Mud Shot Ground | Precipice Blades Ground | 3 | 87s |
| 10. |
Mewtwo
|
Confusion Psychic | Psystrike Psychic | 4 | 83s |
| 11. |
Tyranitar (Shadow)
|
Bite Dark | Brutal Swing Dark | 3 | 87s |
| 12. |
Rayquaza (Mega)
|
Dragon Tail Dragon | Dragon Ascent | 3 | 92s |
| 13. |
Gardevoir (Mega)
|
Confusion Psychic | Psychic Psychic | 4 | 84s |
| 14. |
Hoopa (Unbound)
|
Confusion Psychic | Psychic Psychic | 4 | 87s |
| 15. |
Garchomp (Shadow)
|
Mud Shot Ground | Earth Power Ground | 3 | 91s |
| 16. |
Landorus (Therian)
|
Mud Shot Ground | Sandsear Storm Ground | 3 | 92s |
| 17. |
Metagross (Shadow)
|
Zen Headbutt Psychic | Psychic Psychic | 4 | 91s |
| 18. |
Latias (Mega)
|
Zen Headbutt Psychic | Psychic Psychic | 3 | 97s |
| 19. |
Houndoom (Mega)
|
Snarl Dark | Foul Play Dark | 4 | 94s |
| 20. |
Excadrill (Shadow)
|
Mud-Slap Ground | Scorching Sands Ground | 5 | 89s |
| 21. |
Latios (Shadow)
|
Zen Headbutt Psychic | Psychic Psychic | 5 | 88s |
| 22. |
Rhyperior (Shadow)
|
Mud-Slap Ground | Earthquake Ground | 4 | 97s |
| 23. |
Necrozma (Dusk Mane)
|
Psycho Cut Psychic | Sunsteel Strike Steel | 4 | 97s |
| 24. |
Groudon
|
Mud Shot Ground | Precipice Blades Ground | 3 | 103s |
| 25. |
Banette (Mega)
|
Shadow Claw Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost | 6 | 89s |
| 26. |
Chandelure (Shadow)
|
Hex Ghost | Shadow Ball Ghost | 7 | 87s |
| 27. |
Tyranitar
|
Bite Dark | Brutal Swing Dark | 3 | 104s |
| 28. |
Gyarados (Mega)
|
Bite Dark | Crunch Dark | 3 | 109s |
| 29. |
Swampert (Mega)
|
Mud Shot Ground | Earthquake Ground | 3 | 106s |
| 30. |
Lunala
|
Confusion Psychic | Shadow Ball Ghost | 5 | 97s |
No matter if you try to solo Gengar or raid with friends, keep in mind that Gengar is dual typed: ghost and poison.
Gengar Raid Move Analysis
Gengar is notorious for its varied move pool, with moves like Shadow Ball and Focus Blast eliminating certain counters in their respective match ups. Let’s see how they stack up.
| Fast move | Charge move |
|---|---|
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*Denotes moves only available via Elite TM.
If you take a deeper look at Gengar’s fast moves, you’ll soon realize that they’re not that different in a raid environment. All of them are dangerous against your Psychic and Ghost-type teams, where they deal Super Effective damage, but you will likely keep Gengar energy capped for the better part of the encounter, so it doesn’t really matter that much.
Charge move analysis
- Shadow Ball is Gengar’s most dangerous charged move, as it eliminates Psychic types as a viable counter and deals a ton of damage to other Gengar counters. Best counters against this move are Dark and Ghost types.
- Focus Blast is another interesting move, as it eliminates anything with dual Rock-typing from the list of viable counters, including Tyranitar and Rhyperior. Although Gengar doesn’t benefit from STAB when using Focus Blast, the sheer damage output is too high for Tyranitar. Best Gengar counters versus Focus Blast are Psychic and Ghost types.
- Sludge Bomb is a two bar Poison type move which we consider to be a easy Gengar raid move: it’s not super effective against any of the top counters and the damage output is not that high.
Gengar Facts
Substitute
GhostPoison
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| Max CP at lvl 40 2878 / at lvl 50 3254 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATK 261 | DEF 149 | HP 155 | |||
| Weak to | Resistances | ||||
| Ghost Psychic Ground Dark | Grass Fighting Normal Fairy Bug Poison | ||||
Quick Gengar Solo Raid Tips
Gengar Solo raids are possible and have been already achieved using the Pokémon highlighted above.
- Stock up with a healthy amount of Mewtwos and any combination of the above mentioned Pokémon
- Do not attempt if you’re under Level 30 and your Pokémon are not decently powered up, you will just waste resources
- Do not enter the raid unless you have proper movesets. Movesets are everything against Gengar. A focus blast Gengar can ruin a Tyranitar for example, but at the same time it just makes the already godly Mewtwo and frail Gengar that much better.
