Haunter in Pokémon GO

Type	Ghost / Poison
Pokédex number	#93
Base Attack / Defense / Stamina	223 / 107 / 128
Max CP, level 40 / 50 / 51	1,963 / 2,219 / 2,246
Max HP, level 50	120
Buddy distance	3 km per Candy
Second Charged Attack	50,000 Stardust and 50 Candy
Height / weight	1.6 m / 0.1 kg

Haunter 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.

Haunter evolves from Gastly for 25 Gastly Candy.

Haunter evolves into Gengar for 100 Gastly Candy. It costs no Candy if it came to you in a trade.

Family: Gastly · Haunter · Gengar

Haunter 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	841	792	73	research rewards are at most level 15 (game master)
20	1,121	1,056	85	eggs hatch at most level 20 (game master); raid catches are level 20 (players’ measurement)
25	1,402	1,320	95	raid catches in weather that boosts the boss’s type are level 25 (players’ measurement)
30	1,683	1,585	104	wild Pokémon are at most level 30 (game master)
35	1,823	1,717	108
40	1,963	1,849	113
45	2,089	1,967	116
50	2,219	2,090	120
51	2,246	2,115	120	best buddy bonus on a level 50 Pokémon

Haunter best moveset

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

Fast attack	Charged attack	Damage per second
Lick	Shadow Ball	13.2	Elite TM
Lick	Sludge Bomb	12.9	Elite TM
Shadow Claw	Shadow Ball	12.1
Astonish	Shadow Ball	11.9
Shadow Claw	Sludge Bomb	11.8

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, Elite TM
Shadow Claw	Ghost	6	4	0.5 s	12.0	same type, ×1.2

Charged attacks

Move	Type	Power	Energy cost	Time	Power / s
Dark Pulse	Dark	80	50	3 s	26.7
Ice Punch	Ice	50	33	2 s	25.0
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
Sludge Bomb	Poison	85	50	2.5 s	34.0	same type, ×1.2

Haunter 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

Haunter CP calculator

Level Attack IV Defense IV HP IV

CP 1,963 · HP 113

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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.