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Notable Pokémon Trainers that specialize in Ghost-type Pokémon are Agatha of the Kanto Elite Four, Morty of Ecruteak City, Phoebe of the Hoenn Elite Four, Fantina of Hearthome City, and Shikimi of the Isshu Elite Four.
Statistical averages
Overall
Fully evolved
Battle properties
Generation I
Offensive
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Defensive
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Power
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Types
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Power
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Types
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2×
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½×
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½×
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None
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2×
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0×
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0×
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Generation II-onward
Offensive
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Defensive
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Power
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Types
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Power
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Types
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2×
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½×
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½×
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2×
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0×
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0×
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Characteristics
The Ghost type is the smallest elemental type in the game, with few additions in each new Pokémon game. They are also unique in the fact that they have a type-specific attack: Curse, which, other than being the only Template:Type2 move*, works differently for Ghost-types than it does for other Pokémon.
Ghost Pokémon are used mainly to inflict status effects, like confusion or paralysis. Most Ghost-type moves cause some sort of effect or a status ailment. They are a good type to use in Pokémon battling, because of their possession of all-around good attacks, such as Hypnosis and Shadow Ball. Also the combination of Fighting and Ghost is unresisted by all possible type combinations, although a Normal/Ghost type combination would be immune to both.
It is interesting to note that the weaknesses of the Ghost type are covered by the resistances of the Dark type, and vice-versa, so their combination, seen in the Pokémon Sableye and Spiritomb, has no weaknesses at all. What is to be remembered is that this does not make for a perfect Pokémon. There is always the possibility for the immunities of the Ghost- and Dark-types to be removed via certain moves, such as Foresight and Odor Sleuth, creating a weakness.
When used in contests, Ghost-type moves typically become Smart moves, but some may be Cute or Tough moves.
In total, there are 27 Pokémon out of the 649 currently known with the Ghost type, and so it accounts for a small amount of the entire Pokédex, making it the rarest of all types to be had by a Pokémon.
Pokémon
There are 27 Ghost-type Pokémon, making it the seventeenth most common (or the rarest) type.
Pure Ghost-type Pokémon
Half Ghost-type Pokémon
Primary Ghost-type Pokémon
Secondary Ghost-type Pokémon
Moves
Damage-dealing moves
Non-damaging moves
Name
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Category
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Contest
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Power
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Accuracy
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PP
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Target
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Notes
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Confuse Ray
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Status
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Smart
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—
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100%
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10
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One foe
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Confuses the foe.
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Curse*
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Status
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Tough
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—
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—
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10
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User
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Used by a Ghost-type: The user will lose half of its maximum HP and put a curse on the target.
Used by a non-Ghost: The user's Speed will drop one stage and its Attack and Defense will increase one stage each.
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Destiny Bond
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Status
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Smart
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—
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—
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5
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User
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If the user faints, the foe that landed the knockout hit also faints.
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Grudge
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Status
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Tough
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—
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—
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5
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User
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Fully depletes the PP of the foe's move that knocked the user out.
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Nightmare
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Status
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Smart
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—
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100%
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15
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One foe
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Reduces sleeping foe's health by 1/4 every turn until it awakens.
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Spite
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Status
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Smart
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—
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100%
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10
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One foe
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Reduces up to 4PP the move last used by the foe.
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Trivia
- There were no pure Ghost-type species in Generation I.
- In Generation I, Ghost-type moves had no effect on Psychic-type Pokémon, though an abundance of evidence suggests that this may have been an error. Multiple sources mention that Ghost-type moves are super effective on Psychic-type Pokémon: official strategy guides published by Nintendo, two episodes of the anime (The Tower of Terror and Haunter versus Kadabra), and even the games themselves, where a Trainer in the Saffron Gym mentions that Psychic-type Pokémon "only fear Bugs and Ghosts" (though the reference to Ghost-type Pokémon was removed in Yellow). From Generation II onwards, Ghost-type moves are indeed super effective on Psychic-type Pokémon.
- There are no Ghost-type moves that have an accuracy lower than 100%, as all of them have a 100% accuracy or never miss.
- There has yet to be a Pokémon with a double weakness to Ghost, though multiple types are weak to it.
- As of Generation II, the Ghost type (along with Normal) are one of only two pairs of different types to share the same interaction against each other (Normal is immune to Ghost and vice versa), not including matchups of regular effectiveness. The other pair is Bug and Fighting (Bug resists Fighting and vice versa).
- There has been exactly one notable trainer in each Generation specializing in Ghost-types. Interestingly, all three Elite Four members (Agatha, Phoebe, and Shikimi) were introduced in odd-numbered Generations, and both Gym Leaders (Morty and Fantina) in even-numbered ones.
- While the Ghost-type has an immunity to Normal-type moves, several damaging moves that display as Normal can affect them, most notably Struggle.
- There are no pure Ghost-type Pokémon that evolve into a dual-type Pokémon.
- So far, Every starter type (Including Pikachu's Electric type) has been paired with the Ghost-type except Grass.
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