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Learn about the Ghost type, its strengths, weaknesses, moves, and Pokémon. Ghosts are rare and have two immunities, but are also immune to some types.
Apr 26, 2024 · Pokémon. As of Generation IX, 73 Pokémon or 7.12% of all Pokémon are Ghost-type (counting those that are Ghost-type in at least one of their forms, including regional forms ), making it the third rarest type among Pokémon after Fairy and before Dragon and Electric . The Pokémon below are listed by their current types.
Learn about the Ghost-type, a type of Pokémon that can be Ghost, Dark, or Steel. Find out the abilities, stats, moves, and more of 88 different Ghost-type Pokémon, including unique forms and Mega Evolutions.
- Overview
- Ghost-type moves
- Items associated with the Ghost-type
- Ghost-type-Pokémon Trainers
- Ghost-type Pokémon
- Relations with other types
- Trivia
- Notes
The Ghost type (Japanese: ゴーストタイプ, Hepburn: Gosuto taipu) is one of the eighteen Pokémon elemental types.
The Ghost type is notable for having few Pokémon (many of whom have low HP) and moves. In battles, the Ghost-type is useful because it's the only type that has two immunities: Normal and Fighting, both of which are common move types. From Generation VI onwards, Ghost-types are also immune to moves and abilities that prevent escaping, like Block and Shadow Tag.
Pokémon of this type are usually connected to fear, the dark and the afterlife. They usually live in abandoned houses, cemeteries, funeral places and uninhabited dark places such as caves. Also, Ghost-type Pokémon tend to be extremely naughty, pranking humans just to see their faces and reactions. Curiously, the more scared a human is, the more power the Ghost Pokémon will have to prank with it. At worst, some Ghost-type Pokémon may have relatively murderous behaviors, such as Jellicent preying on ships and their crews or the Litwick evolutionary family draining the life energy from people that are lost.
Famous Ghost-type Pokémon Trainers include Agatha, third member of the Kanto Elite Four; Morty, the fourth Gym Leader of Johto; Phoebe, second member of the Hoenn Elite Four; Fantina, the fifth Gym Leader in the Sinnoh region; Shauntal, a member of the Unova Elite Four; Acerola, a Trial Captain of Ula'ula Island, Alola as well as its third Elite Four member; Allister, the fourth Gym Leader of Galar in Pokémon Shield; and Ryme, the Gym Leader of Montenevera in Paldea.
•There are 34 Ghost-type moves.
•In Generation I, 3 moves were introduced.
•In Generation II, 5 moves were introduced.
•In Generation III, 3 moves were introduced.
•In Generation IV, 4 moves were introduced.
•In Generation V, 1 move was introduced.
•8 items are associated with the Ghost type.
•The Ghost Gem, which boosts the power of Ghost-type moves once by 30%.
•The Spell Tag, which boosts the power of Ghost-type moves once by 20%.
•The Kasib Berry, a berry lessens the damage taken by a super effective Ghost-type move.
•The Dusk Stone, an Evolution Stone that is used to evolve Ghost-type Pokémon.
•The Spooky Plate, a stone tablet that boosts the power of Ghost-type moves by 20% and changes Arceus and Judgment to become Ghost-type.
Ghost-type-Pokémon Gym LeadersGhost-type-Pokémon Trial CaptainsGhost-type-Pokémon Elite Four membersGhost-type records•Giratina (Origin Form) is the tallest Ghost-type Pokémon. •Sinistea is the smallest Ghost-type Pokémon. •Giratina (Altered Form) is the heaviest Ghost-type Pokémon. •Gastly and Haunter are the lightest Ghost-type Pokémon. •Gastly evolves at the lowest level (25) •Drakloak evolves at the highest level (60) •Drifblim & Giratina tie for the most HP of all Ghost-types (150) •Mega Banette has the most Attack of all Ghost-types (165) •Pecharunt has the most Defense of all Ghost-types (160). But when Doublade is holding an Eviolite, Doublade has the highest Defense of all Ghost types (225). •Aegislash (Shield Form) has the most Sp. Def of all Ghost-types (140). However, when Dusclops has an Eviolite, Dusclops has the highest Special Defense of all Ghost types (195). •Mega Gengar has the most Sp. Atk of all Ghost-types (170) •Both Chandelure and Cursola have the highest Special Attack of all non-Mega Evolved, non-Legendary, and non-Ultra Beast Ghost types (145) •Shadow Rider Calyrex has the most Speed of all Ghost-types (150) •Dragapult has the highest Speed of all non-Legendary Ghost-types (142) •Giratina, Lunala, Dawn Wings Necrozma and Shadow Rider Calyrex have the highest base stat totals of all Ghost-types (680)Pure Ghost-type Pokémon
17 Pokémon (23.61%) with pure Ghost-type
Primary Ghost-type Pokémon
20 Pokémon (27.78%) with primary Ghost-type
Secondary Ghost-type Pokémon
35 Pokémon (48.61%) with primary Ghost-type
•They're strong against the Psychic-type because some people are afraid of ghosts, and fears affect the mind. Communing with ghosts is also said to be a much different process than simply reading minds through physical or empirical means.
•They're weak against themselves because ghosts can touch each other, and there's a belief that the strongest spirit wins, with spirit referring to the desire to win something.
•They're weak against the Dark-type because dark represents terror and evil, and it is said that evil spirits (like Spiritomb) are punished. According to some belief systems, ghosts who lead evil lives and refuse to go to the afterlife are said to transform into demons, and demons in some mythologies are feared and also rumored to eat lost souls.
•They're immune to the Fighting and Normal-types because spirits are incorporeal beings and thus can't be hit normally. This is also the reason why the Normal-type is immune to them, because a mortal and a ghost can't hurt each other. Interestingly, the Fighting-type is not immune to them.
•They resist the Poison-type because you can't poison someone who's already dead, and since spirits don't have a physical form, toxins can't pass through.
•They resist the Bug-type because members of that type cannot easily transcend the spiritual barrier members of this type hide behind in order to attack them. Also because parasites can't infect someone who's already dead.
•The only Ghost-type Pokémon of Generation I were Gastly and its evolutions.
•Before Generation II, Psychic-type Pokémon were immune to Ghost-type moves, although it's largely believed this was due to a programming error, since Nintendo-published guides claimed they were weak to them. This created a balance issue that was rectified in later generations.
•The first pure Ghost-type Pokémon was Misdreavus, which was introduced in Generation II.
•No Gym Leader or Elite Four member who specializes in Ghost-type Pokémon was introduced in Generation VI.
•Similarly to the Dark type, the Ghost type is usually not straightforward when representing a Pokémon. Sometimes, Ghost Pokémon like Yamask and Gengar are this type because they are actual dead humans. This could also be seen as a term of murderous instincts like Jellicent which sinks ships and Froslass which freezes and keeps humans. It could also come from the fact that normal items could be possessed by a ghost like Banette or Aegislash (Banette being a possessed doll and Aegislash being a possessed sword). This could also relate to the mischievous actions of ghosts like Misdreavus and Rotom. This could also be because they have supernatural powers like Hoopa or Giratina (Hoopa can create portals and Giratina can use the powers of gas-type-matter).
•As shown from certain Pokémon like Mimikins, it is shown that certain Ghost types can in fact die despite being considered a "ghost".
1.^ a b c Before Generation VI, this was a -type move.
2.^ Before Generation V, Curse was a ?-type move.
3.^ Before Generation VI, this was a -type move.
4.^ Before Generation VI, this was a -type move.
5.^ In Generation I, Bug-type moves did normal damage on Ghost-type Pokémon.
6.^ In Generation I, Bug-type moves were super effective on Ghost/Poison-type Pokémon.
Jan 16, 2023 · Ghost has several referrals: The Ghost type, one of the eighteen types that a Pokémon can have. For the Pokémon named Ghost in Japanese, see Haunter (Pokémon) For the literal ghosts that appear throughout the Pokémon world, see Ghosts in the Pokémon world.
Jan 21, 2022 · A list of the best Ghost-type Pokémon ever designed, from Phantump to Giratina Origin Forme. See why these spooky creatures are so popular and powerful, and how they compare to other types.
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