Mega Gengar Raid Guide

Mega Gengar

Mega Gengar is a Mega Raid Boss in Pokémon GO. Its best counters are strong Dark types, Psychic types, Ghost types, and Ground types. This is one of the best Mega Evolutions in the game, making it a worthy catch for all trainers.

After beating the Raid, you cannot catch Gengar in its Mega Evolved form. The Mega Raid Boss is always catchable in its base form, and as such, the CP ranges are for a regular Gengar.

Gengar can be caught with the following CP values:

• 1566 – 1644 CP at level 20, no weather boost
• 1958 – 2055 CP at level 25 with Fog or Cloudy weather boost

Duo shenanigans aside, 3-5 trainers with strong counters should be able to take down Mega Gengar without too much trouble, regardless of weather. The charge move it has in battle should still be kept in mind, however. 

Best Mega Gengar Counters in Pokémon GO

Recommended Megas/Primals

Let’s check out the top raid counters for Mega Gengar:

Recommended Counters

#	Attacker	Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	Faints	TTW
1.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike	38.60	15	246s
2.	Dawn Wings Necrozma	Psycho Cut	Moongeist Beam	36.27	11	243s
3.	Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike	33.19	14	286s
4.	Shadow Darkrai	Snarl	Foul Play	32.30	14	285s
5.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades	31.36	13	301s
6.	Shadow Hydreigon	Bite	Brutal Swing	31.00	12	299s
7.	Shadow Tyranitar	Bite	Brutal Swing	30.35	10	299s
8.	Unbound Hoopa	Confusion	Psychic	30.87	14	305s
9.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power	30.25	14	313s
10.	Therian Landorus	Extrasensory	Sandsear Storm	29.17	13	323s
11.	Incarnate Shadow Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	29.68	16	320s
12.	Shadow Metagross	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	29.69	15	316s
13.	Shadow Latios	Zen Headbutt	Psychic	30.09	18	314s
14.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud-Slap	Scorching Sands	29.26	16	315s
15.	Shadow Salamence	Bite	Brutal Swing	28.87	18	331s
16.	Dusk Mane Necrozma	Psycho Cut	Sunsteel Strike	27.62	13	336s
17.	Shadow Chandelure	Hex	Shadow Ball	29.67	22	314s
18.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Drill Run	27.55	14	339s
19.	Darkrai	Snarl	Foul Play	27.69	13	335s
20.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades	26.82	13	349s
21.	Lunala	Confusion	Shadow Ball	27.14	14	339s
22.	Eternatus	Dragon Tail	Dynamax Cannon	26.03	11	357s
23.	Crowned Sword Zacian	Metal Claw	Behemoth Blade	25.72	12	362s
24.	Normal Deoxys	Zen Headbutt	Psycho Boost	31.00	34	305s
25.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	27.35	21	344s

Mega Gengar Overview

	Mega Gengar GhostPoison
Max CP	4902
ATK	349
DEF	199
HP	155
Weak to
Resists
Fast moves	Hex Shadow Claw Lick* Sucker Punch
Charge moves	Shadow Ball Shadow Punch* Sludge Bomb Sludge Wave Dark Pulse Psychic* Focus Blast Drain Punch

How to Get Mega Gengar

In order to get Mega Gengar, you will need 200 Mega Energy for the initial evolution. Then, it is possible to evolve that particular Gengar again for free after a cooldown period. The cooldown period depends on their mega level, and you can use mega energy to evolve quicker if you don’t want to wait for the end of the cooldown period.

Mega Energy can be obtained via Mega Gengar Raids, and once you have evolved Mega Gengar, you can earn 5 Mega Energy per candy while walking it as your buddy. You can walk any Gastly, Haunter, or Gengar to earn Mega Energy, as long as you have previously evolved one to register it to your Mega Pokédex.

Shiny Gengar and Mega Gengar

Gengar

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite
Gengar	Gengar

Mega Gengar

Regular Sprite	Shiny Sprite
Mega Gengar	Mega Gengar

All the best, trainers!