Ghost (type): Difference between revisions

The '''Ghost type''' (Japanese: '''ゴーストタイプ''' ''Ghost type'') is one of the eighteen [[type]]s. Ghost-type [[move]]s are super-effective against Ghost- and {{t|Psychic}}-type {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}, while Ghost-type Pokémon are weak to {{t|Dark}}- and Ghost-type moves.

 

 

Ghost-type Pokémon cannot be [[Paralysis|paralyzed]] by {{m|Lick}}.

 

Ghost-type Pokémon are affected by {{m|Bide}}, {{m|Counter}}, {{m|Seismic Toss}}, {{m|SonicBoom}}, and {{m|Super Fang}} despite type immunity.

 

{{typebattle

|weakto1=Ghost

|resist1=Bug

|resist2=Poison

|weaken1=Ghost

|unaffected1=Normal

|unaffected2=Fighting

In [[Generation]]s {{gen|II}} and {{gen|III}} only, Ghost-type Pokémon are immune to {{m|Glare}}.

 

{{typebattle

|weakto1=Dark

|weakto2=Ghost

|resist1=Bug

|resist2=Poison

|weaken1=Ghost

|resisted1=Dark

|resisted2=Steel

|unaffected1=Normal

|unaffected2=Fighting

Ghost-type {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} are now immune to effects that prevent [[recall]] or [[escape]] (such as {{m|Mean Look}} and {{a|Shadow Tag}}), and they are also guaranteed to flee from any wild battle regardless of {{stat|Speed}}.

 

{{typebattle

|weakto1=Dark

|weakto2=Ghost

|resist1=Bug

|resist2=Poison

|weaken1=Ghost

|weaken2=Psychic

|resisted1=Dark

|unaffected1=Normal

|unaffected2=Fighting

==Characteristics==

===Defense===

Ghost is the only type with more than one immunity. However, these immunities can be removed by {{m|Foresight}}, {{m|Odor Sleuth}}, or {{a|Scrappy}}. As of [[Generation VI]], Ghost-type Pokémon are immune to being trapped by all {{cat|trapping moves}} and [[Ability|Abilities]], including the binding effect of {{cat|binding moves|moves}} such as {{m|Infestation}}. Ghost types are also guaranteed to [[escape|run]] from battles against [[wild Pokémon]] regardless of {{stat|Speed}}. Most Ghost-type Pokémon can learn {{m|Will-O-Wisp}} and other [[status condition]]-inducing moves.

Ghost-type Pokémon are also unique in the fact that they have a type-specific [[status move]]: {{m|Curse}}, which works differently for Ghost-type Pokémon than it does for other Pokémon. The move {{m|Trick-or-Treat}} adds the Ghost type to the target's types.

Since {{type|Steel}} Pokémon no longer resist Ghost-type moves as of Generation VI, Ghost is tied with {{t|Dragon}} for the least resisted type, being resisted by {{t|Dark}} and ineffective against {{t|Normal}}. Currently, only {{rf|Hisuian}} {{p|Zorua}} and {{p|Zoroark}} resist a Ghost/{{t|Fighting}} combination, while only the {{p|Litleo}} and {{p|Shroodle}} families resist a Ghost/{{t|Fairy}} combination (except when Trick-or-Treat is considered).

In [[Pokémon Contest]]s, Ghost-type moves are typically {{OBP|Clever|condition}} moves, but some may be any of the other Contest conditions.

As of [[Generation IX]], there are {{PAGESINCATEGORY:Ghost-type Pokémon|pages}} Ghost-type Pokémon or {{#expr: ({{PAGESINCATEGORY:Ghost-type Pokémon|pages}}/{{numpkmn}}*100) round2}}% of all Pokémon (counting those that are Ghost-type in at least one of their [[List of Pokémon with form differences|forms]], including [[regional form]]s), causing it to tie with {{t|Dragon}} as the third rarest type after {{t|Fairy}} and before {{t|Electric}}.

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|{{p|Typhlosion}}<br><small>{{rf|Hisuian|Form}}</small>

|{{p|Yamask}}<br><small>{{rf|Galarian|Form}}</small>

|{{p|Zorua}}<br><small>{{rf|Hisuian|Form}}</small>

|{{p|Zoroark}}<br><small>{{rf|Hisuian|Form}}</small>

These Ghost-type Pokémon have had their types changed.

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| style="text-align:center; background:#{{Ghost color}}"|[[Ghost (type)|<span style="color:#FFF">Ghost</span>]]

| style="text-align:center; background:#{{Ghost color}}"|[[Ghost (type)|<span style="color:#FFF">Ghost</span>]]

| style="text-align:center; background:#{{Ghost color}}"|[[Ghost (type)|<span style="color:#FFF">Ghost</span>]]

==[[Pokéstar Studios]] opponents==

As of [[Generation IX]], there are 34 Ghost-type [[move]]s, or 3.72% of all moves (excluding those that are Ghost-type only under certain circumstances), causing it to tie with {{t|Bug}} as the 5th rarest type among moves, after {{t|Ice}} and {{t|Fairy}} and before {{t|Poison}}.

The following Ghost-type moves have had their types changed.

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| On rare occasions, these shards form when a [[Terastal phenomenon|Tera Pokémon]] falls in battle and its Tera Jewel shatters.

| [[File:Dream Reaper Cloth Sprite.png|40px|link=Reaper Cloth]]

! style="background:#{{Kanto color}}; border:1px solid #{{Kanto color dark}}" | [[Generation I|<font style="color: black">I]]

! style="background:#{{Johto color}}; border:1px solid #{{Johto color dark}}" | [[Generation II|<font style="color: black">II]]

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| [[Ever Grande City]]

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! style="background:#{{Alola color}}; border:1px solid #{{Alola color dark}}" | [[Generation VII|<font style="color: black">VII]]

! style="background:#{{Galar color}}; border:1px solid #{{Galar color dark}}" | [[Generation VIII|<font style="color: black">VIII]]

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| Symbol icon from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!|Let's Go, Pikachu!; Let's Go, Eevee!}}; {{color2|000|Pokémon Sword and Shield|Sword, Shield}} and {{color2|000|Pokémon HOME|HOME}}

| Symbol icon from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl|Pokémon Brilliant Diamond, Shining Pearl}}, {{color2|000|Pokémon Scarlet and Violet|Scarlet and Violet}}

| Symbol icon from<br>{{color2|000|Pokémon Ranger (game)|Pokémon Ranger}}

Psychic-type Pokémon in the TCG are generally weak to {{TCG|Darkness}} and other Psychic Pokémon, with resistances to {{TCG|Colorless}} and {{TCG|Fighting}}. Psychic-type Pokémon are strong against {{TCG|Grass}} (until {{TCG|Diamond & Pearl}}), {{TCG|Fighting}} and {{TCG|Psychic}} Pokémon, whilst {{TCG|Colorless}}, {{TCG|Darkness}}, and {{TCG|Metal}} Pokémon can resist this type.

* [[Generation VIII]] introduced the most Ghost-type Pokémon of any [[generation]], with thirteen. [[Generation II]] introduced the fewest Ghost-type Pokémon, with only one, {{p|Misdreavus}}.

* In [[Generation I]], Ghost-type moves have no effect on {{type|Psychic}} Pokémon, though an abundance of evidence suggests that this may have been an error. Multiple sources mention that Ghost-type moves are super-effective on Psychic-type Pokémon: official strategy guides published by Nintendo, two episodes of the {{pkmn|anime}} (''[[EP023|The Tower of Terror]]'' and ''[[EP024|Haunter versus Kadabra]]''), and even the games themselves, where a Trainer in the [[Saffron Gym]] mentions that Psychic-type Pokémon "only fear {{t|Bug}}s and Ghosts" (though the reference to Ghost-type Pokémon was removed in {{game|Yellow}}). This was corrected in Generation II to make Ghost-type moves actually be super effective against Psychic-type Pokémon.

* The Ghost type is the only type immune to two types: Normal and {{t|Fighting}}.

* While the Ghost-type has an immunity to {{type|Normal}} moves, several damaging moves that display as Normal can affect them, including {{m|Hidden Power}} (whose actual type varies) and {{m|Struggle}} (which inflicts typeless damage from Generation II onward).

* In the {{pkmn|Mystery Dungeon}} games, Ghost-type Pokémon can walk through "walls" (some dungeons have cliffs, holes, or other equivalents), although doing so rapidly depletes their [[Belly]] meter.

* In [[Pokémon Conquest]], Ghost-type Pokémon which are not part-{{t|Flying}} or have {{a|Levitate}} are shown with an animation of physically passing through enemies, referencing the common belief that real-life ghosts can pass through solid objects. They cannot, however, pass through any other obstacle on the field in-game.

* Ghost and Dark types are super effective against the same types. As of Generation VI, the only difference between them is that Dark-type moves are not very effective on Fighting or Fairy while Ghost-type moves do not affect Normal Pokémon.

* As shown in ''[[Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon]]'', some Ghost-type Pokémon, despite their name, can still [[Death in the Pokémon world|die]]. This was first mentioned in ''[[SM073|Why Not Give Me a Z-Ring Sometime?]]'', where [[Acerola]] revealed that her {{shiny}} {{p|Mimikyu}}, Mimikins, is in fact the ghost of a deceased Mimikyu. Later, in ''[[SM125|A Timeless Encounter!]]'', it is revealed that {{an|Professor Kukui}} had once befriended a {{pkmn2|Totem}} {{p|Trevenant}} that he [[nickname]]d Elder. It is later revealed that Elder has since died, its body now a regular tree, though the circumstances of the death weren't revealed. {{mov|Giratina}} is another Ghost-type whose life has been in danger, in ''[[M11|Giratina and the Sky Warrior]]''. However, despite this, it still appears that many Ghost-type Pokémon, particularly ones who are more similar to traditional ghosts, are indeed immune to the ravages of time and can live on indefinitely; for instance, a {{p|Yamask}} shown in ''[[BW014|A Night in the Nacrene City Museum!]]'' was told to be millennia old.

* Ghost and {{t|Dragon}} share some qualities. They both: