#0092 · Generation 1

Gastly

Gastly has 310 total base stats, with its best attacking stat on the special side (100) and a Speed of 80. Its HP, Defense and Special Defense add up to 95, which makes it a balanced special attacker.

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What Gastly is weak to

Weak to: Ground, Psychic, Ghost, Dark. Resists: Grass, Poison (×0.25), Bug (×0.25), Fairy. Immune to: Normal (×0), Fighting (×0).

Attacking typeDamage taken
Ground×2
Psychic×2
Ghost×2
Dark×2
Grass×0.5
Fairy×0.5
Poison×0.25
Bug×0.25
Normal×0
Fighting×0

Base stats

HP30
Atk35
Def30
SpA100
SpD35
Spe80
Total310

Best teammates for Gastly

Ranked by how much each Pokémon improves a two-Pokémon team with Gastly: covering its weaknesses, adding attack types it lacks, and avoiding shared weaknesses.

  1. Tinkaton FairySteel

    Resists psychic, dark, which your team is weak to. Hits ice, fighting, rock super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to ground.

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  2. Klefki SteelFairy

    Resists psychic, dark, which your team is weak to. Hits ice, fighting, rock super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to ground.

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  3. Mawile SteelFairy

    Resists psychic, dark, which your team is weak to. Hits ice, fighting, rock super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to ground.

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  4. Camerupt FireGround

    Hits fire, electric, ice super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to ground.

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  5. Iron Treads GroundSteel

    Resists psychic, which your team is weak to. Hits fire, electric, ice super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to ground.

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  6. Steelix SteelGround

    Resists psychic, which your team is weak to. Hits fire, electric, ice super effectively, a gap in your coverage. Adds a shared weakness to ground.

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Counters to Gastly

  1. Krookodile

    Ground and Dark STAB hits Gastly super effectively and it resists everything Gastly can hit it with by type.

  2. Golurk

    Ground and Ghost STAB hits Gastly super effectively.

  3. Malamar

    Dark and Psychic STAB hits Gastly super effectively.

  4. Palossand

    Ghost and Ground STAB hits Gastly super effectively.

  5. Runerigus

    Ground and Ghost STAB hits Gastly super effectively.

  6. Spiritomb

    Ghost and Dark STAB hits Gastly super effectively.

Where you can use Gastly

Gastly is in the regional Pokédex of 8 games we cover: