POTW #9 Gengar

Pokemon of the week # 9: Gengar

Type: Ghost/Poison

Ability: Levitate - This Pokémon is immune to Ground-type moves.

Tier: OverUsed.

Overview:

Gengar's combination of power and unpredictability make it a potent offensive threat. It has an excellent movepool backed up with great Speed and impressive Special Attack. Gengar's immunity to the popular Ground- and Fighting-type attacks (and Normal-type ones too) allows it plenty of opportunities to switch in and wreak havoc. Despite its immense power, Gengar does have its drawbacks. Its atrocious defensive stats means it will take massive damage from even neutral STAB attacks, while its weakness to Dark means it can be easily Pursuited by Tyranitar or Scizor if it isn't careful. However, its frailty shouldn't deter you from using Gengar—its wide range of powerful and disruptive moves make it a threat to even the best-prepared teams.

Best Moveset:

~ Shadow Ball
~ Substitute
~ Focus Punch
~ Hidden Power Fire / Hypnosis / Explosion

This mixed Substitute set allows Gengar to deal with many Pokémon who commonly switch into it, including Blissey, Scizor, and Snorlax. Substitute not only blocks status and eases prediction, but allows Gengar to Focus Punch without risk of being hit. Focus Punch 2HKOs Snorlax and even the most physically defensive Blissey after Stealth Rock, while OHKOing most Tyranitar. Even with split offensive EVs, Shadow Ball packs a hefty kick and is a reliable STAB. In the last slot, Hidden Power Fire lets Gengar dispatch Forretress and Scizor.

he is my favourite ghost type pokemon, many people like to has explosion onto gengar

This is my favorite ghost type as well. You'll usually see him on my teams as well for competitive battles.

i would like to EV train one on Black/White, it's just getting the right natured gastly is the problem

Yeah that takes forever.

Best. Ghost. Pokemon. EVER.

yea it was the original, solitory ghost type in Gen 1 other than it's pre-evos

Sucks you have to trade to evolve Haunter.

yea it was the same with graveler, machoke and kadabra

Mhm sucks. I wish they evolved by lvl.

I like the moveset, but I don't really agree that it is the best one. This looks exactly the same as the smogon subpunch one as well, though I do think that it is very effective at dispatching its counters. The few things I don't like about this is that it doesn't include EVs, IVs, or nature, and the overview and the choice explanation seems to be smogony to me. I really like the set, but I like originality as well.

In gen 5, blissey is seldom seen. In its place is evo-stone chansey, which can easily tank two focus punches. Because of the power shift in defenses, I believe that hypnosis or even destiny bond can take the opponent for a surprise kill or cripple. Hidden power fire is also more crucial than ever, due to the threat of Nattorei and Genesect, though focus Blast/Punch does significant damage to the two.

I like the neat setup and the clearness of the format. I feel that this strengthens your post and helps organize the reader's thoughts.

I agree with the set and see much logic and I see the power and effectiveness of this in a fight, but the fact that this is a set of the day, and it is unoriginality is kind of disappointing. Overall, I give this a 6.2/10.

Hawk, when are you going to change the POTW to another pokemon? I think its been gengar for almost two now.

he won't be able to for some time

Can someone else change it, or is he the only one who can change it?

Im the only one cuz the other amdin doesnt do crap. I cant change it with my limited internet acess.

Ah. I see. Are you going to change it or make another gengar set?

...or can i go to the other POTW thread, announce the winner and lock it?

The POTW's will get better, I'm no profesional though. And no Silver, we'll wait.

oh ok then, i guess there's gonna be a delay for a while, like in February

Maybe after I lose internet on friday i'll get it back near easter. Then I can update POTW.

yea i don't mind waiting though

Thats good