If the council does agree to break up S rank im thinking
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S+ Mega Salamence, Mimikyu, Lando
S Mega Gengar, Gren (I forgot who made the post but gren is definitely worthy of a S ranking with its coverage and power)
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S Mega Salamence, Mimikyu, Lando
S Greninja (I forgot who made the post but gren is definitely worthy of a S ranking with its coverage and power)
S- Mega Gar
Mega Gengar
Gengar-Mega (ignoring abilities):
Weaknesses: Dark, Ghost, Ground, Psychic
Resistances: Bug, Fairy, Grass, Poison
Immunities: Fighting, Normal
Reasons why I strongly believe Mega Gengar Should be S tier.
#1 Its buff in auto speed. It is able to outspeed the faster of the pokemon it wants to beat. It speed ties with Tapu Koko.
#2 Its coverage, Versatility.
The coverage fills in for your teams weaknesses. It also has a lot of versatility
Destiny Bond
You always want to trade 1 for 1 at least Destiny Bond is tech and if your oppoennt goes to ko you and you use this they will die themselves.
Disable
It is able to use this combined with substitute to kill opposing threats.
Focus Blast
Dark types are no counter anymore, well some may be I guess and all are when you miss……
Giga Drain
Able to heal you while hitting mega pert, water types, ground types.
Hex
One of mega gengars best moves lets it deal with gliscor wisp pokemon like celesteela and hex it ect.
Perish Song
This pokemon Gets shadow Tag substitute protect and perish song JUSt showing that it is capable of trapping many pokemon I personally like Perish Sub Shadow Ball Sludge Bomb(It Might Be Just Me) because you can perish pokemon switching into it when you are in normal form and it give you the ability to remove your counter in a sense.
Protect
Only really works on the perish set and is really outclassed by substitute on every other set it can find some niche play to get shadow tag and be able to deal with faster threats but not much is faster than mega gengar.
Psychic
Don't get me wrong. This is very niche most things it beats with this also lose to perish song.
Shadow Ball
This is your main stab and is used on basically every Mega gengar set besides hex gar.
Substitute
This is a glue to a lot of Gengar sets it lets it protect itself from the next pokemon to come in after killing something free you from potential status and or let you mega evolve to gain SHADOW TAG.
Taunt
Taunts pokemon Like chansey so they cant soft boiled and pp stall you and more.
Thunderbolt
Niche. I might as well say dazzling gleam is another niche option. This helps with coverage 4 example icy wind + t bolt hits pelipper and stuff like that. (also if you want to run mega gar on a rain team first why? Second run thunder.
Will-O-Wisp
Burns Pokemon Like celesteela
Double Team
really bad, Pls dont use!!LOL
Hidden Power
Gives it something else. Not seen often
Hypnosis
Hypnosis + sub is a threat allowing you to(if you land the hypnosis) Sub up and possibly ko the opponent and still have a sub. Helps it abuse hex.
Icy Wind
Hits Gliscor, Lando-T, Mega Mence, and more. Able to slow down dragon types dding on you most will not because this is #3 in usage.
Psych Up
Helps vs eevee Bp which is rare and annoys minimize users so it has a chance to beat them.
Reflect Type
Can copy the opposing pokemon's TYPE!! Helps you “resist” the opposing attack and vs gliscor you can beat it wo/ hex.
Toxic
Not really seen over wisp does help vbs a few things but i wouldn't use it. I mean it doesn't miss if you want to deal with minimize.
Energy Ball
Finds more use then Giga drain for its higher power. DOes not give recovery. Can spd Drop.
Sludge Bomb
Chance to poison strong stab.
Some Sets. I posted the ones on
https://www.smogon.com/dex/sm/pokemon/gengar/battle_spot_singles/
Because big movepool there are other options, Gengar can adapt to your team is it must with any of the moves I mentioned but the ones below are the best and work on mainly every team that gar helps.
Gengar @ Gengarite
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 236 HP / 4 Def / 12 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Will-O-Wisp
- Sludge Bomb
- Hex
- Destiny Bond
Gengar @ Gengarite
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Shadow Ball
- Sludge Bomb
- Destiny Bond
- Icy Wind
Gengar @ Gengarite
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Perish Song
- Protect
- Substitute
- Shadow Ball
Gengar @ Gengarite
Ability: Levitate
EVs: 236 HP / 4 Def / 12 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Timid Nature
- Hypnosis
- Substitute
- Hex
- Focus Blast
Mega Gengar Good traits
- Fast
- Has hex and can trap msot walls with good predictions.
- Great Offenses
- Sub makes it hard to revenge kill
- Can beat many frail Mons
- Good Movepool
- Absorbs Toxic
- Immune To fighting and ghost to help it come in
- Can hit mega salamence and lando hard you do have to be aware that both can ohko you and lando runs scarf.
- COVERAGE
- Shadow Tag
- If played Correctly it is easy to get at least one kill per game.
- Taunt
- GREAT OFFENSIVE TYPING
- NOTHING RESISTS FOCUS BLAST + SLUDGE BOMB + SHADOW BALL
- Great vs Stall and some HOs to the point where it wins the game almost solo.
Bad traits
- Frail
- Takes Skill(yes you have to be good to use this LOL)
- If outplayed could die
- VS rain or Sand you most likely will have to bench it
- Relies on prediction in ⅗ of games
S Rank
Reserved for Pokemon that are amazing in the Battle Spot Singles metagame. These Pokemon are usually able to perform a variety of roles effectively, or can just do one extremely well. Their use has low risk involved and high reward exerted. Pokemon in this rank have very few flaws that are patched up by numerous positive traits.
I think that Mega Gengar definitely fits that. How frail it is and the predictions IMO are
outshined by how good this mon is at removing pokemon and in a 3v3 format ye you only have a few times you can bring it in but at the same time it is more devastating when a pokemon dies.
I would add replays but im al little late to put this out there ngl.