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Overview
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Gastly is a very powerful specially-oriented wall-breaker (remove dash), and, On top of this, it also has a killer good Ghost / Poison typing which, in tandem with its ability, gives it an immunity to three attacking types, Spikes, and not even Sticky Web will hold it back. As well as these immunities, Gastly also resists four other typesings, and has an insane good movepool for both its offensive prowess, and even a more support-oriented roles, - even while its defensive stats leave much to be desired.
Life Orb
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name: Life Orb
move 1: Shadow Ball
move 2: Sludge Bomb
move 3: Hidden Power Fighting / Sucker Punch
move 4: Substitute / Destiny Bond / Sucker Punch
ability: Levitate
item: Life Orb
evs: 200 SpA / 80 SpD / 200 Spe
nature: Timid / Hasty
Moves
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Shadow Ball and Sludge Bomb are both great STAB moves, while the latter has a nifty chance for poisoning targets. Hidden Power Fighting allows Gastly to remove Pawniard, but Sucker Punch allows it to eliminate Abra that thinking they'll eliminate Gastly with ease, and even opposing Gastly who which might be carrying a Choice Scarf. Substitute helps Gastly bypass Sucker Punch, and eliminate Pawniard switch-ins, while Destiny Bond gives Gastly and escape goat, and removes a foe with Gastly it.
Set Details
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200 Special Attack and 200 Speed EVs max out offensive stats when Hidden Power Fighting is being used. 80 SpD keeps Gastly's HP stat at 19, which minimizes both Substitute and Life Orb recoil, and ensures Porygon's Download gives it a boost in Atk. Life Orb allows Gastly to wall-break (remove dash) incredibly. Use a Hasty nature, (remove comma)and put the leftover EVs in Atk if you plan to use Sucker Punch.
Usage Tips
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Use Gastly the way you would a revenge killer - it is extremely frail, so it shouldn't be switching in much. Gastly is very powerful; however, you should notover-exaggerate this, and get too cocky. For instance, you won't be OHKOing things like such as defensive Tirtouga or Vullaby. Also, you should be wary of Pokemon with Pursuiters.
Team Options
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Porygon is an ideal teamate for Gastly, asit Porygon can deal with Abra and other special attackers very reliably. Fighting- and Fairy-types enjoy Gastly being able to reliably kill beat Trubbish, who can easily remove all of these Pokemon, and Fighting-types also eliminate bulky Normal- and Dark-types. Cottonee and Vullaby are also great partners as they can both weaken and counter Drilbur, while being able to counter it. Vullaby also beats the Psychic-types that Gastly dislikes, while Cottonee gives Gastly a free turn to come in by Encoring a move. Knock Off support is greatly appreciated from Gastly, as being able to rip through the more defensive and bulky threats in the tier more easily easier is always nice. Pokemon with Pursuiters are great partners with Gastly as well, because they eliminate Ghost- and Psychic-types.
Choice Scarf
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name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Shadow Ball
move 2: Sludge Bomb
move 3: Hidden Power Fighting / Destiny Bond / Dazzling Gleam
move 4: Trick / Destiny Bond
ability: Levitate
item: Choice Scarf
evs: 200 SpA / 80 SpD / 200 Spe
nature: Timid / Modest
Moves
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Shadow Ball and Sludge Bomb are great STAB moves, and Sludge Bomb has a good chance to poison targets. Hidden Power Fighting nails Pawniard on the switch. Dazzling Gleam has nice coverage with Shadow Ball, and allowsyou Gastly to eliminate Dragon Dance Scraggy who tried to set-up their DD's, and revenge kills Scarf Scraggy, as well. Trick allows Gastly to disrupt walls like Porygon and Vullaby, giving partners like Scraggy better opportunities for setting up. Destiny Bond can be used to kill beat Pokemon as Gastly faints they kill you, allowing it to eliminate a pokemon who could potentially threaten the rest of your team.
Set Details
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200 SpA and 200 Spe maximize offensive statswhile when Hidden Power Fighting is used, and the Choice Scarf allows Gastly to outspeed threats that would normally threaten it, like such as Abra and Scarf Pawniard. 80 SpD ensures that Porygon's Download will raise its Attack stat. Modest can be used if you're not using Trick, but, (remove comma) if you are, you'll want to have 18 Spe after you lose your scarf.
Usage Tips
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Use Gastly as a revenge killer and don't, you really should not be switching it in. Only dump Trick away your Choice Scarf when you are certain you won't be needing it any further. (could this be expanded?)
Team Options
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Scraggy is a great partner for Gastly, as it eliminates many threats Gastly doesn't like to have around, including Psychic- and Dark-types. Scraggy alsohelps with provides Knock Off support, and enjoys being able to set-up (remove comma) more efficiently after you've Gastly has tricked a Scarf onto a wall. Vullaby is also a great partner for Gastly, as it provides Knock Off support, allowing it Gastly to rip through more defensive threats, and is a great switch-in for Psychic-types, Fighting-types, and Drilbur. Cottonee is also a great partner, as it counters Drilbur much more reliably,and gives free turns for Gastly to come in with the use of Encore. Fighting- and Dark-types also aid in Gastly's performance, (comma) the first by eliminating Dark-types, the latter by eliminating Psychic- and other Ghost-types.
Other Options
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A Substitute + Disable Gastly can be used,(add space) and is quite fun to use. Be sure to use Berry Juice as an item. (period) You should split the leftover 116 EVs between Defense and Special Defense; however, if you're using Hidden Power Fighting over Sludge Bomb, put the EVs into HP. (<- is this sentence supposed to go somewhere else? It appears twice in this paragraph), and the rest of the EVs can either be split between defenses or go straight into HP. Be sure to have pokemon who that can deal with Pawniard easily due to Pawniard being able to beat Gastly reliably kick Gastly's ass. You should split the 116 EVs between Defense and Special Defense; however, if you're using HPFighting over Sludge Bomb, put the EVs into HP. You can also use Hypnosis on this set over Disable, which is really good against walls. You'd be using the same set EVs, with an item of Berry Juice. You should split the 116 EVs between Defense and Special Defense; however, if you're using HPFighting over Sludge Bomb, put the EVs into HP, as well. A Substitute + Pain Split set is also really viable on Life Orb Gastly while holding Life Orb. In this case, you'd really like for Gastly to have as less HP as possible, meaning you should split the 116 EVs between Defense and Special Defense.
A Venoshock + Hex set with the use of Will-o-Wisp, Toxic, or evena Toxic Spikes, can also be used. You'd probably use the same EVs as in the Life Orb set, and Venoshock, Hex, Hidden Power Fighting; (semicolon) and either Substitute, Destiny Bond, or even Sucker Punch in the final slot. The item can either be Berry Juice or Life Orb, as both are fantastic options. Thunderbolt, Giga Drain, and Dazzling Gleam can be used on offensive sets if you would like, but generally Hidden Power Fighting is much more superior, while Destiny Bond or Sucker Punch provide better utility. Icy Wind can also be used on Gastly, but without Gligar around it the move has severely lost its niche. Will-o-Wisp and Hypnosis can be used to surprise enemies, but given Gastly's extreme frailty, this is better left to more bulkier or faster mons. Sucker Punch and Knock Off are also options in Gastly's arsenal, but with Gastly's mediocre Attack stat, they can easily fall short of being useful. However, with Knock Off on the Life Orb set, you won't need Knock Off support as much. Sucker Punch also has a niche in being able to remove both Abra, and opposing Gastly, however. (Sucker Punch is slashed on the set, so why is it also in OO?) Gastly also has Haze and Clear Smog, but with Gastly's lack of defensive capabilities, or and Prankster, you can easily see why these would should not be used utilized by Gastly.
Checks and Counters
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**Chespin**: With its Hidden Ability, Bulletproof, Chespin can easily come in on anything Gastly uses, and wall Gastly all day. This allows Chespin to set-up Spikes very reliably. Chespin can also eliminate Gastly withthe use of Payback after Spikes have been set.
**Drilbur**: With Mold Breaker Earthquake, Drilbur easily threatens Gastly. However, Drilbur will have to be wary, as it is out-sped (remove dash) and Life Orb Shadow Ball will do quite the damage.
**Stunky**: Stunky easily switches into any Gastly set, and threatens to KO it with a Dark-type STAB moveeither Pursuit or Sucker Punch, and even Crunch if Stunky is using it over Fire Blast or Sludge Bomb. Gastly definitely has to be wary of this threat.
**Pawniard**: Pawniard resists both of Gastly's main attacking moves, but Hidden Power Fighting easilykills beats it. Pawniard has many moves in its arsenal that eliminate Gastly with ease, and the most used set in this meta, Scarf, can easily come and and Pursuit trap it. However, because of Hidden Power Fighting as I said, it will still have to switch in with caution.
**Dark-types**: Dark-types threaten Gastly easily, as they resist its main STAB move of Shadow Ball, and some,like such as Houndour, even have Sucker Punch and Pursuit, which further threaten Gastly. Vullaby and Scraggy are also very threatening due to them their being able to live Gastly's attacks, (remove comma) bar Dazzling Gleam, and then KO back with Knock Off. Vullaby will still have to be very careful of switching in due to Sludge Bomb, which 2HKOes it, and Dazzling Gleam and Sludge Bomb being able to 2HKO it.
**Priority**: With Gastly's severe frailty, it is easily prone to being KOed by priority attacks from Pawniard, Fletchling, Carvanha, Tirtouga, Stunky, and many others. However, thanks to its typing, it is immune to Mach Punch, Vacuum Wave, Fake Out,Feint, (On what Pokemon is Feint used?) and Extreme Speed, some of the most common priority moves. Sucker Punch also fails if Gastly uses a non-attacking move.
**Bulky Special Walls**: Gastly fails to 2HKO Munchlax and Lickitung, and even has trouble with Porygon and Vullaby. While all of these can also KO Gastly back withcoverage moves of their own, or their own STABs, it is more important to note that they all effectively wall Gastly.
**Pokemonwho that outspeed it**: If you don't have much priority that can hit Gastly, pokemon who out-speed (remove dash) it can also be a decent answer: Meowth, Aipom, Elekid, Abra, Taillow, and plenty of others, (remove comma) give Gastly hell. However, many of these checks need to be wary of the Scarf set.
Overview
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Gastly is a very powerful special
Life Orb
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name: Life Orb
move 1: Shadow Ball
move 2: Sludge Bomb
move 3: Hidden Power Fighting / Sucker Punch
move 4: Substitute / Destiny Bond / Sucker Punch
ability: Levitate
item: Life Orb
evs: 200 SpA / 80 SpD / 200 Spe
nature: Timid / Hasty
Moves
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Shadow Ball and Sludge Bomb are both great STAB moves, while the latter has a nifty chance for poisoning targets. Hidden Power Fighting allows Gastly to remove Pawniard, but Sucker Punch allows it to eliminate Abra that think
Set Details
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200 Special Attack and 200 Speed EVs max out offensive stats when Hidden Power Fighting is being used. 80 SpD keeps Gastly's HP stat at 19, which minimizes both Substitute and Life Orb recoil, and ensures Porygon's Download gives it a boost in Atk. Life Orb allows Gastly to wall
Usage Tips
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Use Gastly the way you would a revenge killer - it is extremely frail, so it shouldn't be switching in much. Gastly is very powerful; however, you should not
Team Options
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Porygon is an ideal teamate for Gastly, as
Choice Scarf
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name: Choice Scarf
move 1: Shadow Ball
move 2: Sludge Bomb
move 3: Hidden Power Fighting / Destiny Bond / Dazzling Gleam
move 4: Trick / Destiny Bond
ability: Levitate
item: Choice Scarf
evs: 200 SpA / 80 SpD / 200 Spe
nature: Timid / Modest
Moves
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Shadow Ball and Sludge Bomb are great STAB moves, and Sludge Bomb has a good chance to poison targets. Hidden Power Fighting nails Pawniard on the switch. Dazzling Gleam has nice coverage with Shadow Ball, and allows
Set Details
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200 SpA and 200 Spe maximize offensive stats
Usage Tips
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Use Gastly as a revenge killer and don't
Team Options
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Scraggy is a great partner for Gastly, as it eliminates many threats Gastly doesn't like to have around, including Psychic- and Dark-types. Scraggy also
Other Options
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A Substitute + Disable Gastly can be used,(add space) and is quite fun to use. Be sure to use Berry Juice as an item. (period) You should split the leftover 116 EVs between Defense and Special Defense; however, if you're using Hidden Power Fighting over Sludge Bomb, put the EVs into HP. (<- is this sentence supposed to go somewhere else? It appears twice in this paragraph)
A Venoshock + Hex set with the use of Will-o-Wisp, Toxic, or even
Checks and Counters
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**Chespin**: With its Hidden Ability, Bulletproof, Chespin can easily come in on anything Gastly uses, and wall Gastly all day. This allows Chespin to set-up Spikes very reliably. Chespin can also eliminate Gastly with
**Drilbur**: With Mold Breaker Earthquake, Drilbur easily threatens Gastly. However, Drilbur will have to be wary, as it is out
**Stunky**: Stunky easily switches into any Gastly set, and threatens to KO it with a Dark-type STAB move
**Pawniard**: Pawniard resists both of Gastly's main attacking moves, but Hidden Power Fighting easily
**Dark-types**: Dark-types threaten Gastly easily, as they resist its main STAB move of Shadow Ball, and some,
**Priority**: With Gastly's severe frailty, it is easily prone to being KOed by priority attacks from Pawniard, Fletchling, Carvanha, Tirtouga, Stunky, and many others. However, thanks to its typing, it is immune to Mach Punch, Vacuum Wave, Fake Out,
**Bulky Special Walls**: Gastly fails to 2HKO Munchlax and Lickitung, and even has trouble with Porygon and Vullaby. While all of these can also KO Gastly back with
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