Message #166200

[B~T]

GENGAR!!!

Type: GHOST/POISON
Ability: Levitate - Pokemon with this ability are immune to Ground Attacks.
Tier: OU
Stats:

HP	60
Atck	65
Def	60
Sp. Atck	130
Sp. Def	75
Speed	110

Author's Opinion: With monstrous Sp. Attack as well as very good Speed at base 110, this thing is an incredible sweeper. However, its defenses are rather poor, so it will fall pretty easily.
Recommended Movesets:

Nature: Timid/Modest
Item: Choice Specs/Life Orb
EVs: 4 HP/252 Sp. Attack/252 Speed
~ Shadow Ball
~ Focus Blast
~ Thunderbolt
~ Explosion/Hidden Power Fire/Sludge Bomb/Energy Ball

If you are using Explosion, do NOT use Choice Specs. Use Life Orb instead.

Shadow Ball for STAB of course, while Focus Blast gives it good type coverage, OHKOing Tyranitar that does not have a lot of Special Defense EVs.

Thunderbolt to incinerate Gyarados and 2HKO some Suicune.

Explosion can be used to cripple Special Walls like Blissey, but beware of Protect. Hidden Power Fire counters Scizor, who can deal massive blows with Pursuit or Bullet Punch. Sludge Bomb gets STAB, but has lackluster type coverage. Energy Ball deals Swampert and Rhyperior high damage as well as any other Ground types. Gliscor receives neutral damage to Energy ball though.
Countering Gengar:

Scizor can Bullet Punch for high damage if Gengar stays in or Pursuit it if it tries to switch out.

Basically, anything with Pursuit is a counter.

Also, Sucker Punch can deal high damage to Gengar combined with its poor defenses. Spiritomb is a good user of these moves.

And yes, it is a Special Sweeper. Tht means that Blissey and Snorlax wall it if it doesn't have Focus Punch.

Steel/Psychic types do well in walling all of its attacks not named Hidden Power Fire.



News and Improvements Section:
News section. What more?

August 7, 2009.
With his suggestion, I will add the Tier section to make things a lot helpful. It will be between the ability and stat sections. I will also link to previous reviews to make things a lot convenient in the section below. They will be listed alphabetically. Oh, and not to mention that this is also the first time I added the News Section .

August 11, 2009
Added separate section for the previous reviews.

August 12, 2009
Recolored Flying type.

August 20, 2009
Recolored Dragon type.

August 29, 2009
Recolored Water Type.

September 6, 2009
Recolored Normal Type. Also removed the extra spaces between horizontal rules.

September 8, 2009
Recolored Dark Type. Natures, EVs, Abilities, and Items bolded. As well as the section dividers. Originally going to make them 11 pt, but it was too big.

September 12, 2009
Bolded tier type.
Previous Reviews:
Aerodactyl: Here
Alakazam: Here
Arcanine: Here
Blaziken: Here
Dusknoir: Here
Feraligatr: Here
Gallade: Here
Gyarados: Here
Lanturn: Here
Lucario: Here
Meganium: Here
Milotic: Here
Porygon-Z: Here
Salamence: Here
Scizor: Here
Skarmory: Here
Swampert: Here
Typhlosion: Here
Tyranitar: Here
Umbreon: Here