Gengar in Pokémon GO

Type	Ghost / Poison
Pokédex number	#94
Base Attack / Defense / Stamina	261 / 149 / 155
Max CP, level 40 / 50 / 51	2,878 / 3,254 / 3,292
Max HP, level 50	142
Buddy distance	3 km per Candy
Second Charged Attack	50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy
Height / weight	1.5 m / 40.5 kg

Gengar 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.

Gengar evolves from Haunter for 100 Gastly Candy.

Gengar is the last stage of its family: it does not evolve further.

Family: Gastly · Haunter · Gengar

Gengar 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	1,233	1,175	87	research rewards are at most level 15 (game master)
20	1,644	1,566	101	eggs hatch at most level 20 (game master); raid catches are level 20 (players’ measurement)
25	2,055	1,958	113	raid catches in weather that boosts the boss’s type are level 25 (players’ measurement)
30	2,467	2,350	124	wild Pokémon are at most level 30 (game master)
35	2,672	2,545	129
40	2,878	2,741	134
45	3,063	2,917	138
50	3,254	3,099	142
51	3,292	3,136	143	best buddy bonus on a level 50 Pokémon

Gengar best moveset

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

Fast attack	Charged attack	Damage per second
Sucker Punch	Shadow Ball	14.5
Lick	Shadow Ball	14.5	Elite TM
Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	14.5
Shadow Claw	Sludge Bomb	14.1
Sucker Punch	Sludge Bomb	14.0

Fast attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	Power / s
Hex	Ghost	8	13	1 s	8.0	same type, ×1.2
Lick	Ghost	5	6	0.5 s	10.0	same type, ×1.2, Elite TM
Shadow Claw	Ghost	6	4	0.5 s	12.0	same type, ×1.2
Sucker Punch	Dark	5	6	0.5 s	10.0

Charged attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy cost	Time	Power / s
Dark Pulse	Dark	80	50	3 s	26.7	Elite TM
Drain Punch	Fighting	50	33	2.5 s	20.0
Focus Blast	Fighting	140	100	3.5 s	40.0
Psychic	Psychic	95	50	3 s	31.7	Elite TM
Shadow Ball	Ghost	100	50	3 s	33.3	same type, ×1.2
Shadow Punch	Ghost	35	33	1.5 s	23.3	same type, ×1.2, Elite TM
Sludge Bomb	Poison	85	50	2.5 s	34.0	same type, ×1.2
Sludge Wave	Poison	105	100	3 s	35.0	same type, ×1.2, Elite TM

Gengar 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

Gengar CP calculator

Level Attack IV Defense IV HP IV

CP 2,878 · HP 134

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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.