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Old June 3rd, 2006 (6:56 AM).
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Because Gengar has good Special attack but its Attack is low. Plus it only gets STAB from physical moves (Ghost and Poison).

My friend said Gengar should have been ghost/psychic since it could do psychic. BUt I thought that would e stupid. Because of 4x weaknesses to Dark and Ghost. If you ask me, Ghost should of been a special attack type. Becuase ghosts are mostly dead. So how can you make physical contact??

Anyway im going offtopic. I made this thread to get a good set for gengar. To take advantage of its base SP.Attk of 130.
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Special Attacking Gengar, go!

Gengar @Leftovers
Nature: Timid
Thunderbolt
Ice Punch
Giga Drain/Fire Punch
Destiny Bond/Will-o-wisp/Hypnosis

Thunderbolt and Ice Punch work together to take care of nearly every Pokemon in the game. Gengar’s third attack depends on who your team has the most trouble with. If your team doesn’t like Metagross, give it Fire Punch. If your team hates Swampert, give it Giga Drain. And its always nice to have a support move for your final slot.

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Old June 3rd, 2006 (7:16 AM).
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Use McGar or a hypnosis/Fire Punch variation:

Gengar (M) @ Leftovers
Trait: Levitate
EVs: 196 Atk / 184 Spd / 128 SAtk
Hasty Nature (+Spd, -Def)
- Focus Punch
- Ice Punch / Fie Punch
- Substitute / Hypnosis
- Thunderbolt / Fire Punch

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gengar:
ice punch
shadow punch
wil-o-wisp
fire punch

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Thunderbolt
Ice Punch
Giga Drain
Hyponsis/Destiny Bond

That's what I would do.
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Old June 7th, 2006 (11:43 AM).
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Gengar @ Leftovers

Hypnosis
Dream Eater
Nightmare
Ice Punch
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Old June 7th, 2006 (11:45 AM).
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No. Hyponsis-Nightmare-Dream Eater falls, believe me. The opponent switchs out and you've wasted turns. :(
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Old June 7th, 2006 (12:32 PM).
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ohh ok then :( i thought that was a good combo
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Gengar @ Leftovers

Hypnosis
Dream Eater
Nightmare
Ice Punch
That hurt my eyes please stop posting until you have learned the basics of competitive battling.
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Old June 7th, 2006 (12:39 PM).
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gengar:
ice punch
shadow punch
wil-o-wisp
fire punch

hope you like it.
Don't take it too harshly but shadow punch sucks. Put in tbolt over that and its a standard tri sp. attacking filler gar. Or you could be creative and use shadow ball, fpunch, sub/destiny bond/confuse ray/explosion, will-o-wisp
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ohh ok then :( i thought that was a good combo
People would be using that all time in NetBattle if it was a good combo. They obviously have their reasons for liking TriGar.
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I say shadow punch, destiny bond, explosion/psychic and giga drain.
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Old June 7th, 2006 (12:52 PM).
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Shadow Punch stinks. You shouldn't even teach Gengar Shadow Ball.

Explosion or Psychic a Gengar doesn't cut it.

The TriGar is cool I think. :)
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Old June 7th, 2006 (1:05 PM).
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Explosion or Psychic a Gengar doesn't cut it.
Psychic Gengar o Netbattle is craptacular but Explosion fits him very well.

Ingame Gengar just go Thunderbolt/Ice Punch/Psychic or Giga Drain/Hypnosis
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Old June 7th, 2006 (1:12 PM).
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That's good in-game.

Explosion and Focus Punch should be the only physical moves a Gengar should know unless you're using an Adamant Gengar but I think Adamant Gengar stinks compared to TriGar. :)
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Shadow Punch stinks. You shouldn't even teach Gengar Shadow Ball.
Yeah, Shadow Punch doesn't have as much power as Shadow Ball, and even that doesn't help Gengar?
Doesn't a attack move increase in power slightly when used by a Pokemon of the same type?
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Old June 8th, 2006 (3:42 AM). Edited June 8th, 2006 by Alter Ego.
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Well, if you consider 50% a slight increase then yeah. But that doesn't change the fact that Gengar's Attack is pretty suckadelic, which makes only the seriously hard-hitting moves (I.e. Explosion and Focus Punch) powerful enough to be worthwhile. Meh, the good sets have been covered, though, so just go with them. MCgar and Trigar are the way to go.
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I think McIceGar is old and out of style. TriGar is prefered.
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And it's precisely the old and out-of-style builds that tend to be worth using. Seriously, if your opponent is expecting you to use Trigar, which is the better situation? Actually having a Trigar and getting walled by that Curselax or having McGar and laughing at your opponent when you land a Focus Punch? Really, going with the very latest isn't always the best option. -.-
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I'd like to McGar using Focus Punch against physical walls like Skarmory or Steelix. Gengar's Attack stinks. So are you saying you should go with Adamant McGar? :\
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Old June 8th, 2006 (4:29 AM). Edited June 8th, 2006 by Alter Ego.
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WTF are you talking about? Only a complete moron switches in Skarm against Gengar since practically every Gengar build uses either Thunderbolt or Fire Punch. That's why McGar's got Fire Punch/Ice Punch on it. Really, what are you trying to prove (Other than the fact that you haven't been paying attention)? And no, it's not Adamant, it's Hasty. Sheez...check the build, will you?
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I never heard of any moron using Gengar against a Snorlax. Snorlax after one or so Curses OHKOs Gengar with Shadow Ball.
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Dude, I'm talking switch-in. Why do you think Focus Punch is there in the first place? Two things: Tyranitar and Gengar, both hit on the switch-in, after which you switch in a physical wall if necessary. Is this concept so hard for you to grasp? I've seen Gengar KO Snorlax with this build, many times. And who Curses against a Gengar, anyway? Their defenses are so weak that anything super effective = OHKO. And you still haven't answered my question: what are you trying to prove here?
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I never heard of any moron using Gengar against a Snorlax. Snorlax after one or so Curses OHKOs Gengar with Shadow Ball.
Hi, most Snorlaxes have Earthquake, not Shadow Ball.
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Pax Deorum, just curious, how many people posted a Curselax with Earthquake? The common is Curse/Rest/Return/Shadow Ball.
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