Ghost (type): Difference between revisions

*Pure Ghost-type species were not introduced until [[Generation II]].

*In Generation I, Ghost-type moves had no effect on Psychic-type Pokémon. An abundance of evidence suggests that this may have been a programming error, rather than intentional: the immunity is contradicted by official type charts published by Nintendo for their Generation I strategy guides, as well as the {{pkmn|anime}} in which it was said that Ghost-types are the best type to fight Psychic-type Pokémon. In Red and Blue, a Trainer in the Saffron Gym even states that Psychic-type Pokémon "only fear Bugs and Ghosts" though this was corrected to remove the reference to Ghost-types in Yellow. It is the only elemental type to go from 0× effectiveness to 2× effectiveness on another type between generations.

*There are no Ghost-type moves that have an accuracy lower than 100%, as all of them have a 100% accuracy or never miss.

*Ghost-type Pokémon are the only {{cat|single-type Pokémon}} that can have more than one immunity.

*The Ghost-type is one of the two types that are weak to their own moves, together with the Dragon-type.

*All Ghost-type Pokémon that have a secondary type that is weak to Ground-type attacks have the {{a|Levitate}} ability, so as of Generation IV there is no Ghost-type Pokémon that is weak to Ground-type attacks unless the ability has been somehow negated.

*Although they are clearly depicted as levitating in the anime and in the games, the Ghost-types Shedinja, Shuppet, Spiritomb, Dusknoir, and Froslass do not have the ability {{a|Levitate}} and thus remain susceptible to {{type2|Ground}} moves (although Shedinja's {{a|Wonder Guard}} would protect it from Ground-type moves).  

*Disregarding abilities, Drifloon, Drifblim, Sableye and Spiritomb are the only Pokémon so far to be immune to three types (Drifloon and Drifblim are immune to Normal, Fighting and Ground, whereas Sableye and Spiritomb are immune to Normal, Fighting and Psychic).

*Ghost is the least abundant type among Pokémon, with only 18 Pokémon of this type among the 493 total.

*So far, the only Ghost-type attack with a base power greater than 80 is {{m|Shadow Force}}, which is [[signature move|exclusive]] to {{p|Giratina}}, although {{p|Arceus}} also knows it.  

*There has yet to be a Pokémon with a double weakness or a Pokémon with a double resistance to Ghost, though multiple types are weak to it and resist it.

*As of Generation II, the Ghost-type (along with {{t|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 {{t|Bug}} and {{t|Fighting}} (Bug resists Fighting and vice versa).

*There has been one [[Gym Leader]] or [[Elite Four]] member in each generation specializing in Ghost-types.

**Interestingly, it has swapped each generation: odd numbered generations feature Elite Four members ([[Agatha]] and [[Phoebe]]) while even numbered generations feature Gym Leaders ([[Morty]] and [[Fantina]]).

* Also, Morty is currently the only male trainer to specialize in the Ghost type.

*While the Ghost-type has an immunity to Normal-type moves, several damaging moves that display as Normal can affect them, most notably {{m|Struggle}}.