Gastly • Sword & Shield Pokédex

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Sprite of Gastly in Pokémon Sword/Shield

Gastly's Type

GHOST

POISON

Gastly's Pokédex #s

Galar #: 141

National #: 92

Gastly's Base Stats

HP:: 30

Attack:: 35

Defense:: 30

Sp. Atk:: 100

Sp. Def:: 35

Speed:: 80

Total:: 310

Misc. Info

Egg Groups:: Amorphous

EXP At Lv. 100:: 1,059,860

EV Yield:: 1 Sp. Atk

Gastly's Abilities

Here are what abilities Gastly can possibly have, along with their effects.

Levitate: Gastly is unaffected by Ground-type moves, as well as Spikes, Toxic Spikes, Arena Trap, etc.

Weaknesses & Resistances

Below is a list of what Gastly's weakness and resistance is to various types.

2×: GROUND

PSYCHIC

GHOST

DARK

½: GRASS

FAIRY

¼: POISON

BUG

immune: NORMAL

FIGHTING

Gastly's Evolution Line

Below you'll find a list of all Pokémon Gastly evolves from or into, along with its evolution method.

Gastly: starting form

Haunter: at level 25

Gengar: upon trading

Gastly's Moves

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Below is a list of all of the moves that Gastly can learn, along with what level it learns the move, the TM or TR number, and what egg moves it can learn, if any. Hover over a move (desktop/laptop) or click the ? button next to the move (mobile/tablet) to find out more about the move.

Level Up Moves

Here are all of the moves Gastly learns via level up. Anything marked "Evo." means it learns it upon evolving. If the level is 1, it can be relearned at a Pokémon Center.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
1	Lick Has a 30% chance to paralyze the target.	GHOST	30	100%	30	One Target
1	Confuse Ray Confuses the target.	GHOST	--	100%	10	One Target
4	Hypnosis Puts the target to sleep.	PSYCHIC	--	60%	20	One Target
8	Mean Look Prevents the target from fleeing or switching out.	NORMAL	--	--	5	One Target
12	Payback Does double damage if Gastly attacks after the target.	DARK	50	100%	10	One Target
16	Spite Lowers the target's PP of its last used move.	GHOST	--	100%	10	One Target
20	Curse {notghost}Raises Gastly's Attack and Defense by one stage, but lowers its Speed by one stage.{/notghost}{ghost}Takes 50% of Gastly's max HP to curse the last Pokémon to hit it, damaging the last Pokémon to hit it by 1/4 its max HP after each turn.{/ghost}	GHOST	--	--	10	Counter
24	Hex Deals double damage if the target is affected by a major status condition.	GHOST	65	100%	10	One Target
28	Night Shade Does exact damage equal to Gastly's level.	GHOST	varies	100%	15	One Target
32	Sucker Punch Has +1 priority. Fails unless the target uses a damaging move.	DARK	70	100%	5	One Target
36	Dark Pulse Has a 20% chance of causing the target to flinch.	DARK	80	100%	15	One Target
40	Shadow Ball 20% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GHOST	80	100%	15	One Target
44	Destiny Bond If Gastly is knocked out before its next action, the attacking Pokémon is knocked out.	GHOST	--	--	5	User
48	Dream Eater Heals Gastly by half the damage dealt. Fails unless foe is asleep.	PSYCHIC	100	100%	15	One Target

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Gastly can learn via TM (Technical Machine). These moves can be taught an unlimited number of times once the TM is obtained.

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TM03	Fire Punch Has a 10% chance to burn the target.	FIRE	75	100%	15	One Target
TM04	Ice Punch Has a 10% chance to freeze the target.	ICE	75	100%	15	One Target
TM05	Thunder Punch Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	75	100%	15	One Target
TM20	Self-Destruct Gastly is knocked out after using Self-Destruct.	NORMAL	200	100%	5	All But Self
TM21	Rest Gastly restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM23	Thief Damages the target and steals its held item.	DARK	60	100%	25	One Target
TM24	Snore Can only be used while asleep. 30% chance of making the target flinch.	NORMAL	50	100%	15	One Target
TM25	Protect Protects Gastly from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM26	Scary Face Lowers the target's Speed by two stages.	NORMAL	--	100%	10	One Target
TM27	Icy Wind 100% chance of lowering all nearby enemies' Speed by one stage.	ICE	55	95%	15	Nearby Enemies
TM28	Giga Drain Heals Gastly by half the damage dealt.	GRASS	75	100%	10	One Target
TM31	Attract Infatuates Pokémon of the opposite gender.	NORMAL	--	100%	15	One Target
TM33	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM34	Sunny Day Changes the weather to sunny for 5 turns.	FIRE	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM38	Will-O-Wisp Burns the target.	FIRE	--	85%	15	One Target
TM39	Facade Does double damage if Gastly is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM57	Payback Does double damage if Gastly attacks after the target.	DARK	50	100%	10	One Target
TM70	Trick Room For the next 5 turns, turn order is reversed, so slower Pokémon go first. (Priority still functions as usual.)	PSYCHIC	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM71	Wonder Room For the next 5 turns, all Pokémon's Defense and Special Defense stats are swapped.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	Entire Field
TM74	Venoshock Damage is doubled if the target is already poisoned.	POISON	65	100%	10	One Target
TM76	Round Deals double damage if Round has already been used and causes any other Pokémon using Round to use it immediately afterward.	NORMAL	60	100%	15	One Target
TM77	Hex Deals double damage if the target is affected by a major status condition.	GHOST	65	100%	10	One Target

TR Moves

Here are all of the moves that Gastly can learn via TR (Technical Record). These moves can be taught only once per TR, but TRs can be obtained in the Wild Area.

TR	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TR08	Thunderbolt Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	90	100%	15	One Target
TR11	Psychic 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	PSYCHIC	90	100%	10	One Target
TR20	Substitute Costs 25% of Gastly's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR22	Sludge Bomb Has a 30% chance to poison the target.	POISON	90	100%	10	One Target
TR26	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR27	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Gastly's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR33	Shadow Ball 20% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GHOST	80	100%	15	One Target
TR35	Uproar Lose control for up to 5 turns. While the Uproar is active, no Pokémon can be asleep.	NORMAL	90	100%	10	Random Enemy
TR37	Taunt Prevents the target from using Status moves for the next few turns.	DARK	--	100%	20	One Target
TR38	Trick Switches Gastly's held item with the target's.	PSYCHIC	--	100%	10	One Target
TR40	Skill Swap Swaps Gastly's ability with the target's.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	One Target
TR57	Poison Jab Has a 30% chance to poison the target.	POISON	80	100%	20	One Target
TR58	Dark Pulse Has a 20% chance of causing the target to flinch.	DARK	80	100%	15	One Target
TR65	Energy Ball 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GRASS	90	100%	10	One Target
TR78	Sludge Wave Has a 10% chance to poison all nearby Pokémon.	POISON	95	100%	10	All But Self
TR81	Foul Play Foul Play uses the target's Attack stat instead of Gastly's to calculate damage.	DARK	95	100%	15	One Target
TR83	Ally Switch Switches places with Gastly for the rest of the battle.	PSYCHIC	--	--	15	User
TR92	Dazzling Gleam Damages all nearby enemies.	FAIRY	80	100%	10	Nearby Enemies

Egg Moves

Here are all of the moves that Gastly can learn as Egg Moves. In the case of evolved Pokémon, it shows what Egg Moves it can learn in its lowest evolutionary stage. Click the word EGG to find compatible breeding Pokémon to get that Egg Move onto Gastly.

	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
EGG	Perish Song All Pokémon on the field are knocked out after 3 turns unless they switch out.	NORMAL	--	--	5	All Pokémon
EGG	Haze Resets all stat, accuracy, and evasion modifiers.	ICE	--	--	30	Entire Field
EGG	Astonish Has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.	GHOST	30	100%	15	One Target
EGG	Grudge If Gastly is knocked out before its next action, the attacker loses all PP of the move it used.	GHOST	--	--	5	User
EGG	Disable Disables the target's last used move for a few turns.	NORMAL	--	100%	20	One Target
EGG	Clear Smog Removes any stat modifiers on the target.	POISON	50	--	15	One Target
EGG	Smog Has a 40% chance to poison the target.	POISON	30	70%	20	One Target
EGG	Reflect Type Gastly changes its type to the target's.	NORMAL	--	--	15	One Target
EGG	Toxic Badly poisons the target. 100% accuracy if used by a Poison-type Pokémon.	POISON	--	90%	10	One Target

Where to Find Gastly

If you're looking for where to find Gastly, you'll find the various methods listed down below, along with any notes or special locations. This should help you figure out how to get Gastly in Pokémon Sword & Shield. (Currently this does not show most "strong" static encounters or Max Raid Battles.)

Gastly in the Wild

Wild Area: Watchtower Ruins

Overworld Encounters

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	25%	35%	50%	--	--	25%	60%	60%
	Lv. 26-29	Lv. 26-29	Lv. 26-29			Lv. 26-29	Lv. 26-29	Lv. 26-29
Random Encounters
Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	Sword 10% Shield 30%	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
	Lv. 11-14

Wild Area: North Lake Miloch

Random Encounters

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	10%	--	--	--	--	--	--	--
	Lv. 14-16

Wild Area: Giant's Seat

Overworld Encounters

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	28%	10%	--	25%	--	--	--	10%
	Lv. 33-38	Lv. 33-38		Lv. 33-38				Lv. 33-38

Wild Area: Hammerlocke Hills

Overworld Encounters

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
--	--	--	--	--	--	--	--	10%
								Lv. 29-31