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Mega Gengar
Sometimes, on a dark night, your shadow thrown by a streetlight will suddenly and startlingly overtake you. It is actually a Gengar running past you, pretending to be your shadow.
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Mega Gengar - Mega Evolution Bonuses
- Catch Candy Boost (+1)
- Boosted Ally Attacks
- 7-Day Rest Period
- Mega Energy Requirement: -80%
- Catch Candy Boost (+1)
- Catch Candy XL Chance (+10%)
- Catch XP Boost (+50)
- Boosted Ally Attacks
- 5-Day Rest Period
- Mega Energy Requirement: -90%
- Catch Candy Boost (+2)
- Catch Candy XL Chance (+25%)
- Catch XP Boost (+100)
- Boosted Ally Attacks
- 3-Day Rest Period
- Mega Energy Requirement: -95%
It costs 200 Mega Energy to evolve Mega Gengar for the first time.
Candy, Candy XL and XP Boosts only apply when capturing Pokemon with Ghost types and Poison types
It takes 30 Mega Evolves to reach Max Level.
Mega Gengar Weaknesses and Strengths
Mega Gengar is a dual-type Pokemon of types Ghost and Poison. When dealing damage with moves of those types, they will deal an additional 20% damage.
| Weak Against | |
| Types | Damage |
| Ghost |
160% |
 Dark |
160% |
 Ground |
160% |
 Psychic |
160% |
| Resistant Against | |
| Types | Damage |
 Fighting |
24.4% |
 Normal |
39.1% |
| Poison |
39.1% |
 Bug |
39.1% |
 Grass |
62.5% |
 Fairy |
62.5% |
Best Moves for Mega Gengar in Pokemon GO
Below you can find the best Fast Move and Charge Move combo for Mega Gengar.
We simulate the damage (DPS) of two moves combined and then rank them based on how much damage they deal over a period of time (CDPS).
| Fast Move | Charge Move | DPS | CDPS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lick | Shadow Ball | 52.00 | 621.96 |
| Hex | Shadow Ball | 50.00 | 617.13 |
| Shadow Claw | Shadow Ball | 55.43 | 615.26 |
| Shadow Claw | Sludge Bomb | 57.17 | 592.57 |
| Lick | Sludge Bomb | 53.74 | 591.46 |
| Sucker Punch | Shadow Ball | 50.00 | 579.14 |
| Hex | Sludge Bomb | 51.74 | 576.42 |
| Shadow Claw | Focus Blast | 55.43 | 549.13 |
| Sucker Punch | Sludge Bomb | 51.74 | 547.70 |
| Shadow Claw | Sludge Wave | 56.68 | 544.02 |
All Moves for Mega Gengar
Below are all the moves that Mega Gengar can learn. Some moves are only available using Elite TM items.
| Move | Type | Power | DPS | Duration | Energy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sludge Wave EliteTM | Charged | 110 | 34.38 | 3200ms | -100 |
| Dark Pulse EliteTM | Charged | 80 | 26.67 | 3000ms | -50 |
| Psychic EliteTM | Charged | 90 | 32.14 | 2800ms | -50 |
| Shadow Punch EliteTM | Charged | 40 | 28.24 | 1700ms | -33 |
| Shadow Ball | Charged | 100 | 40 | 3000ms | -50 |
| Focus Blast | Charged | 140 | 40 | 3500ms | -100 |
| Sludge Bomb | Charged | 80 | 34.78 | 2300ms | -50 |
| Sucker Punch | Quick | 7 | 10 | 700ms | 8 |
| Hex | Quick | 10 | 10 | 1200ms | 16 |
| Shadow Claw | Quick | 9 | 15.43 | 700ms | 6 |
| Lick EliteTM | Quick | 5 | 12 | 500ms | 6 |
Mega Gengar Evolution
 Gastly |
Requires
25x Candy |  Haunter |
Haunter |
Requires
100x Candy |  Gengar |
Gengar |
Requires
200x Mega Energy |  Mega Gengar |
Best Mega Gengar Raid Counters in Pokemon GO
Below you can find the best counters for Mega Gengar Raids and the best movesets to use. We run a simulation with every Pokemon GO in our database to figure out the quickest time to defeat (TTK) Mega Gengar in a raid.
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