![]() With massive special attack stats, a modest nature is super effective, but for those concerned about other fast Pokémon, getting the first hit can be vital (particularly with poor defensive stats) which lends itself to a timid nature. Although if a team is set up around using Mega Gengar and Shadow Tag, it can be deadly.Ĭompetitively, Gengar’s nature should either be timid (Speed + / Attack -) or modest (Special attack + / Attack -). ![]() The casual player may not feel the benefits of Shadow Tag, with less switching taking place and an extra weakness leaving Gengar somewhat vulnerable. Competitively, this is a useful ability, as it can trap opponents that regularly switch out but it doesn’t come into effect until the second turn and gives Gengar a weakness to Ground moves. The ability Shadow Tag prevents opponents from fleeing, unless they are Ghost types or use a move such as U-turn, Volt Switch or Baton Pass. Gengar can take advantage of this with Confuse Ray, or TM moves such as Toxic or Will-O-Wisp, although I would recommend using another Pokémon to use the status moves as you want to utilise Gengar’s speed and special attack as much as possible. Hex is also a useful move if you regularly use status moves, as an affected Pokémon will be hit with a STAB move with a power of 130 from a Pokémon with a 170 special attack. With the introduction of Fairy types, Poison moves have taken on a new significance, giving Gengar solid coverage with STAB moves. It also loses the ability to hold an item due to the Gengarite stone, which results in an offensive monster that is defensively weak (a solid special defence is welcome but limited due to the low HP).Ī massive special attack rating allows STAB moves such as Shadow Ball and Sludge Bomb to be particularly damaging. Mega Kangaskhan (also banned by smogon) in particular can destroy Mega Gengar with Sucker Punch, although this is a matter of predicting if it will be used or not. The counter argument would be that although Mega Gengar is rapid (98.3 percentile rank for speed) and strong (99.5 percentile rank for special attack), it is weak to 4 types, Ghost, Dark, Psychic and Ground which leave it ripe for a OHKO from a wide variety of moves. ![]() The argument is that Mega Gengar suppresses defensive teams to the extent that it’s unfair and can regularly set up sweeping opportunities with ease. When the stats and details for Mega Gengar were released many people felt it was overpowered, some others thought it looked ridiculous (particularly the shiny) and others were like wow, does it get any better than a ghost with a third eye that is super-fast and strong?! Sadly, the smogon community was part of the first group and quickbanned Gengarite from OU.
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