Pokémon GO: Best Moveset For Gengar & Is It Any Good?

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Gengar has a wide selection of attacks in , but there is one moveset that stands as its best compared to other combinations. The final evolution from the original set of Ghost-type Pokémon, this Gen-1 head of the Ghastly family is still a fan-favorite for good reason. With a high attack and a selection of resistances, the broad-grinning purple ghoul can be a great member of your team in the right circumstances.

Gengar also has a handful of weaknesses as well, though, so Trainers need to be selective about when it's best to use it. If you want to expand your arsenal of ghosts after learning how to evolve Yamask in , Gengar is still a no-brainer. You just need to make use of the best Fast Attacks and Charge Attacks to get the most out of the mischievous-looking ghoul.

The best moveset for Gengar in is having Lick as its Fast Attack and Shadow Ball as its Charged Attack. It's a close call because Gengar's dual Ghost and Poison typing means you can use both types of moves to get a 20% STAB (same-type attack bonus). Alternatively, you could swap out Shadow Ball for Sludge Bomb and achieve roughly the same results.

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However, when crunching the numbers, Lick and Shadow Ball achieve an overall higher DPS (damage per second) of 16.28 compared to Lick and Sludge Bomb's 15.73. That is part of why Shadow Ball is also great to use for movesets of counters against Dynamax Ghastly in . Even when you're not prepping a Gengar to battle Pokémon of types that are weak to Ghost-type attacks — Psychic and Ghost-types — this moveset will still make yours a decent all-round attacker to deal strong neutral damage.

You can only have Gengar learn Lick in by using an Elite TM.

With a high Attack stat but lower Stamina and Defense, Gengar is widely considered a glass cannon, but can still be good in for certain PvE match-ups and PvP battles. Its four