Ghost (type)

Attack pros & cons

Ghost moves are super-effective against:

Psychic Ghost

Ghost moves are not very effective against:

Dark

Ghost moves have no effect on:

Normal

Defense pros & cons

These types have no effect on Ghost Pokémon:

Normal Fighting

These types are not very effective against Ghost Pokémon:

Poison Bug

These types are super-effective against Ghost Pokémon:

Ghost Dark

Dual-type attack pros & cons

This chart shows the strength of the Ghost type against every type combination. The fraction of damage a Ghost type move will deal is shown - ½ means 50% damage (not very effective), 2 means 200% (super-effective) and so on.

Effects of the Ghost type

• Ghost type Pokémon cannot be prevented from switching out (e.g. via Mean Look or Shadow Tag) or running from battle.
• The moves Foresight and Odor Sleuth, and the ability Scrappy allow Normal and Fighting type moves to hit Ghost type Pokémon.
• The move Trick-or-Treat adds the Ghost type to the target's type.
• The move Curse works differently for Ghost type Pokémon, halving the user's HP and inflicting a curse that makes the target lose ¹⁄₄ of their HP each turn.
• The ability Rattled raises the Pokémon's Speed one stage when hit by a Ghost type attack.
• A Pokémon with the Purifying Salt ability takes 50% less damage when hit by a Ghost type attack.
• The items Spooky Plate and Spell Tag increase the power of Ghost type moves by 20% when held.
• The Ghost Gem increases the power of a Ghost type move by 30% when held, and is then consumed.
• The Kasib Berry, when held, neutralizes a super-effective Ghost type move.
• Griseous Orb boosts Ghost type attacks by 20% when held by Giratina.

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