Gastly • Generation VIII Pokédex • Marriland.com

Gastly's Type

GHOST

POISON

Gastly's Pokédex #s

National #: 92

Galar #: 141

Armor #: --

Crown #: --

Sinnoh #: 69

Gastly's Base Stats

HP:: 30

Attack:: 35

Defense:: 30

Sp. Atk:: 100

Sp. Def:: 35

Speed:: 80

Total:: 310

Misc. Info

Height:: 4'3" (1.3m)

Weight:: 0.2 lbs. (0.1 kg)

Gender Ratio:

Egg Groups:: Amorphous

EXP At Lv. 100:: 1,059,680

EV Yield:: 1 Sp. Atk

Base EXP:: 62

Catch Rate:: 190

Base Happiness:: 70

Gastly's Abilities

Here is what ability Gastly has, along with its effect.

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 in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

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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 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	--	--	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 and other locations.

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

Move Tutor Moves

Here are all of the moves that Gastly can learn from Move Tutors. Most of these require the Expansion Pass and can be found in the Isle of Armor's Dojo, costing some Armorite Ore to teach. However, there are a few moves that can be taught aside from this.

	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TUTOR	Corrosive Gas Removes any held item the target is holding.	POISON	--	100%	40	One Target
TUTOR	Skitter Smack 100% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Atk by one stage.	BUG	70	90%	10	One Target
TUTOR	Poltergeist Fails if the target is not holding an item.	GHOST	110	90%	5	One Target

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 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	--	--	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 once per use of the TM.

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TM06	Toxic Badly poisons the target. 100% accuracy if used by a Poison-type Pokémon.	POISON	--	90%	10	One Target
TM11	Sunny Day Changes the weather to sunny for 5 turns.	FIRE	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM12	Taunt Prevents the target from using Status moves for the next few turns.	DARK	--	100%	20	One Target
TM17	Protect Protects Gastly from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM18	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM19	Giga Drain Heals Gastly by half the damage dealt.	GRASS	75	100%	10	One Target
TM21	Dazzling Gleam Damages all nearby enemies.	FAIRY	80	100%	10	Nearby Enemies
TM24	Thunderbolt Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	90	100%	15	One Target
TM29	Psychic 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	PSYCHIC	90	100%	10	One Target
TM30	Shadow Ball 20% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GHOST	80	100%	15	One Target
TM32	Double Team Raises Gastly's Evasion by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	15	User
TM36	Sludge Bomb Has a 30% chance to poison the target.	POISON	90	100%	10	One Target
TM41	Torment Prevents the target from using the same move twice in a row.	DARK	--	100%	15	One Target
TM42	Facade Does double damage if Gastly is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM44	Rest Gastly restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM45	Attract Infatuates Pokémon of the opposite gender.	NORMAL	--	100%	15	One Target
TM46	Thief Damages the target and steals its held item.	DARK	60	100%	25	One Target
TM48	Skill Swap Swaps Gastly's ability with the target's.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	One Target
TM53	Energy Ball 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	GRASS	90	100%	10	One Target
TM58	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM61	Will-O-Wisp Burns the target.	FIRE	--	85%	15	One Target
TM64	Explosion Gastly is knocked out after using Explosion.	NORMAL	250	100%	5	All But Self
TM66	Payback Does double damage if Gastly attacks after the target.	DARK	50	100%	10	One Target
TM77	Psych Up Copies all stat modifiers on the target.	NORMAL	--	--	10	One Target
TM79	Dark Pulse Has a 20% chance of causing the target to flinch.	DARK	80	100%	15	One Target
TM82	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Gastly's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM84	Poison Jab Has a 30% chance to poison the target.	POISON	80	100%	20	One Target
TM85	Dream Eater Heals Gastly by half the damage dealt. Fails unless foe is asleep.	PSYCHIC	100	100%	15	One Target
TM87	Swagger Raises the target's Attack by two stages and confuses it.	NORMAL	--	85%	15	One Target
TM90	Substitute Costs 25% of Gastly's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM92	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

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	Fire Punch Has a 10% chance to burn the target.	FIRE	75	100%	15	One Target
EGG	Ice Punch Has a 10% chance to freeze the target.	ICE	75	100%	15	One Target
EGG	Thunder Punch Has a 10% chance to paralyze the target.	ELECTRIC	75	100%	15	One Target
EGG	Scary Face Lowers the target's Speed by two stages.	NORMAL	--	100%	10	One Target

Gastly's Detailed Stats

Below you'll find a more detailed table containing Gastly's calculated stats, which are the stats that you actually see displayed in game. These are affected by a variety of things, such as level, Effort Values (EVs), Individual Values (IVs), and Gastly's Nature.

By default, the stats you see in the table below show four different possibilities, all assuming Gastly is level 100: its stats with 0 EVs, 252+ (max) EVs, 0 IVs, and 31 (max) IVs. Nature is not shown by default, so its maximum is 10% higher than shown here, and minium 10% lower.

Stats at level 100	0 EVs		252+ EVs		Base Stat
Stats at level 100	Min	Max	Min	Max	Base Stat
HP	170	201	233	264	30
Attack	75	106	138	169	35
Defense	65	96	128	159	30
Sp. Atk	205	236	268	299	100
Sp. Def	75	106	138	169	35
Speed	165	196	228	259	80
Total					310

Where to Find Gastly in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

SwSh Mode BDSP Mode

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

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

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

North Lake Miloch

Random Encounters

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

Hammerlocke Hills

Overworld Encounters

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

Location information on where to find Gastly in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl will be coming to the Marriland Pokédex in a future update! Thank you for your patience!

Pokédex Entries for Gastly

Generation 8 Pokédex Entries

Sword

Born from gases, anyone would faint if engulfed by its gaseous body, which contains poison.

Shield

With its gas-like body, it can sneak into any place it desires. However, it can be blown away by wind.

Generation 7 Pokédex Entries

Sun

Should a strange light be seen flickering in an abandoned building, Gastly is lurking there.

Moon

Although Gastly is barely visible, when it's near, a faint sweet smell lingers.

Ultra Sun

It's said that gas emanating from a graveyard was possessed by the grievances of the deceased and thus became a Pokémon.

Ultra Moon

Poisonous gas comprises 95% of its body. It's said that the remaining 5% is made up of the souls of those who died from the gas.

Generation 6 Pokédex Entries

X

Its body is made of gas. Despite lacking substance, it can envelop an opponent of any size and cause suffocation.

Y

Born from gases, anyone would faint if engulfed by its gaseous body, which contains poison.

Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire

Gastly is largely composed of gaseous matter. When exposed to a strong wind, the gaseous body quickly dwindles away. Groups of this Pokémon cluster under the eaves of houses to escape the ravages of wind.

Generation 5 Pokédex Entries

Black White Black 2 White 2

Born from gases, anyone would faint if engulfed by its gaseous body, which contains poison.

Generation 4 Pokédex Entries

Diamond

This Pokémon's body is 95% made up of gases, which are blown away by strong gusts of wind.

Pearl

A Pokémon born from poison gases. It defeats even the largest foes by enveloping them in gas.

Platinum

Born from gases, anyone would faint if engulfed by its gaseous body, which contains poison.

HeartGold

With its gas-like body, it can sneak into any place it desires. However, it can be blown away by wind.

SoulSilver

Its body is made of gas. Despite lacking substance, it can envelop an opponent of any size and cause suffocation.

Generation 3 Pokédex Entries

Ruby Sapphire

GASTLY is largely composed of gaseous matter. When exposed to a strong wind, the gaseous body quickly dwindles away. Groups of this POKéMON cluster under the eaves of houses to escape the ravages of wind.

Emerald

When exposed to a strong wind, a GASTLY's gaseous body quickly dwindles away. They cluster under the eaves of houses to escape the ravages of wind.

FireRed

A being that exists as a thin gas. It can topple an Indian elephant by enveloping the prey in two seconds.

LeafGreen

Almost invisible, this gaseous POKéMON cloaks the target and puts it to sleep without notice.

Generation 2 Pokédex Entries

Gold

With its gas-like body, it can sneak into any place it desires. However, it can be blown away by wind.

Silver

Its thin body is made of gas. It can envelop an opponent of any size and cause suffocation.

Crystal

It wraps its opponent in its gas-like body, slowly weakening its prey by poisoning it through the skin.

Generation 1 Pokédex Entries

Red Blue

Almost invisible, this gaseous POKéMON cloaks the target and puts it to sleep without notice.

Yellow

Said to appear in decrepit, deserted buildings. It has no real shape as it appears to be made of a gas.