Gastly in Pokémon GO

Type	Ghost / Poison
Pokédex number	#92
Base Attack / Defense / Stamina	186 / 67 / 102
Max CP, level 40 / 50 / 51	1,229 / 1,390 / 1,406
Max HP, level 50	98
Buddy distance	3 km per Candy
Second Charged Attack	50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy
Height / weight	1.3 m / 0.1 kg

Gastly evolution

Pokémon GO has no evolution levels: a Pokémon evolves when you spend Candy on it (sometimes with an item or a task), at any level.

Gastly evolves into Haunter for 25 Gastly Candy.

Family: Gastly · Haunter · Gengar

Gastly CP by level

Combat Power with perfect stats (15/15/15) and with 10/10/10. Players find that raid, egg and research catches never have a stat below 10; that floor is their measurement, not a number in the game data.

Level	CP 15/15/15	CP 10/10/10	HP 15/15/15	Note
15	527	487	60	research rewards are at most level 15 (game master)
20	702	649	69	eggs hatch at most level 20 (game master); raid catches are level 20 (players’ measurement)
25	878	812	78	raid catches in weather that boosts the boss’s type are level 25 (players’ measurement)
30	1,054	974	85	wild Pokémon are at most level 30 (game master)
35	1,141	1,055	89
40	1,229	1,136	92
45	1,308	1,209	95
50	1,390	1,285	98
51	1,406	1,300	98	best buddy bonus on a level 50 Pokémon

Gastly best moveset

Ranked by damage per second over one cycle of fast attacks and one charged attack. Assumptions: Gastly at level 40 with 15/15/15, a target with 180 Defense taking neutral damage, no weather boost, and the energy Gastly gains from being hit left out.

Fast attack	Charged attack	Damage per second
Lick	Sludge Bomb	10.4
Sucker Punch	Sludge Bomb	10.4	Elite TM
Astonish	Sludge Bomb	9.5
Lick	Ominous Wind	8.7	Elite TM
Sucker Punch	Ominous Wind	8.7	Elite TM

Fast attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	Power / s
Astonish	Ghost	7	13	1 s	7.0	same type, ×1.2
Lick	Ghost	5	6	0.5 s	10.0	same type, ×1.2
Sucker Punch	Dark	5	6	0.5 s	10.0	Elite TM

Charged attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy cost	Time	Power / s
Dark Pulse	Dark	80	50	3 s	26.7
Night Shade	Ghost	60	50	2.5 s	24.0	same type, ×1.2
Ominous Wind	Ghost	55	33	2.5 s	22.0	same type, ×1.2, Elite TM
Sludge Bomb	Poison	85	50	2.5 s	34.0	same type, ×1.2

Gastly weaknesses and resistances

Damage multipliers for each attack type against Ghost / Poison. Pokémon GO uses ×1.6 for super effective and ×0.625 for not very effective, multiplied for two types.

Attack type	Damage
Dark	×1.6
Ghost	×1.6
Ground	×1.6
Psychic	×1.6
Fighting	×0.244
Bug	×0.39
Normal	×0.39
Poison	×0.39
Fairy	×0.625
Grass	×0.625

Gastly CP calculator

Level Attack IV Defense IV HP IV

CP 1,229 · HP 92

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Sources: stats, moves, evolution costs and the CP multiplier for each level are from the Pokémon GO game master as published by PokeMiners (commit 8e227be, data of 28 August 2026). Which Pokémon are in the game: pogoapi.net (list of 31 January 2026). CP = ⌊(Attack+IV) × √(Defense+IV) × √(Stamina+IV) × CPM² / 10⌋, checked against pogoapi.net’s max CP table for 888 Pokémon. Raid catch levels and the 10/10/10 floor are players’ measurements; they are not in the game data. Pokémon and Pokémon GO are trademarks of their owners; this page is not affiliated with or endorsed by Niantic, Scopely, Nintendo, Creatures, GAME FREAK or The Pokémon Company.