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PowerOats
10/31/23 5:26:21 PM
#1:


List them

Gengar
Chandelure
Aegislash
Dragapult
Decidueye
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DarkBuster22904
10/31/23 5:28:38 PM
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Gengar
Aegislash
Marshadow
Spiritomb
Giratina

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MatzoTov
10/31/23 5:29:13 PM
#3:


In no particular order

Spiritomb
Alolan Marowak
Froslass
Aegislash
Hisuian Zoroark

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Murphiroth
10/31/23 5:31:32 PM
#4:


Gengar
Mismagius
Trevenant
Chandelure
Dragapult
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Hambo
10/31/23 5:31:55 PM
#5:


Hisuian Zoroark
Dhelmise
Annihilape
Shedinja
Pallosand

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ViewtifulJoe
10/31/23 5:38:28 PM
#6:


Gengar
Shedinja
Dusknoir
Rotom (All forms)
Giratina with Levitate

I don't know what type many of the Gen 6 and beyond Pokemon are.

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Solar_Crimson
10/31/23 5:39:20 PM
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Chandelure
Mimikyu
Decidueye
Dragapult
Skeledirge

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Crimsoness
10/31/23 5:39:55 PM
#8:


Giratina origin form
Haunter
Annihilape
Chandelure
Aegislash

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Doe
10/31/23 5:40:05 PM
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It's great to see how many people rate Chandelure as top when for like a decade "A FUCKING LAMP" was seen as a valid argument to hate Gen V

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Trumble
10/31/23 5:41:43 PM
#10:


Gengar
Haunter
Gastly

That's it. Maybe at a stretch, Spiritomb makes the list too.

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Relient_K
10/31/23 5:45:50 PM
#11:


Jellicent
Trevenant
Chandelure
Rotom
Gengar

Probably? I like a lot of ghost types, pretty stacked type.

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Phantom_Nook
10/31/23 5:47:14 PM
#12:


Chandelure
Pallossand
Hisuian Zoroark
Aegislash
Ceruledge

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PowerOats
10/31/23 5:49:57 PM
#13:


Doe posted...
It's great to see how many people rate Chandelure as top when for like a decade "A FUCKING LAMP" was seen as a valid argument to hate Gen V


The Chandelure line is cool, but it also benefited from a gen of lame ass fire types.

I remember reaching the 6th or so gym and not having a dedicated fire type. It was a harsh time.
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Relient_K
10/31/23 5:50:46 PM
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Phantom_Nook posted...
Chandelure
Pallossand
Hisuian Zoroark
Aegislash
Ceruledge

Forgot Palosand. That over gengar

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Sunny_Surprise
10/31/23 5:50:56 PM
#15:


Golurk
Ceruledge
Spectrier/ Calyrex-Shadow
Flutter Mane
Typhlosion-H

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RyukSan
10/31/23 5:52:26 PM
#16:


Trumble posted...
Gengar
Haunter
Gastly

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Srk700
10/31/23 5:52:43 PM
#17:


No particular order

Gengar
Haunter
Dragapult
Hisuian Typholosion
Mimikyu
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Phantom_Nook
10/31/23 5:54:14 PM
#18:


PowerOats posted...
The Chandelure line is cool, but it also benefited from a gen of lame ass fire types.

I remember reaching the 6th or so gym and not having a dedicated fire type. It was a harsh time.
I remember using Simisear up to that point and it being so bad, then a candle showed up and it seemed like a better alternative.

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JoeDangIt
10/31/23 5:55:25 PM
#19:


Sableye #1
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Touch
10/31/23 5:57:49 PM
#20:


If you don't have Gengar on your list then it is automatically BASURA

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Calwings
10/31/23 5:59:57 PM
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Chandelure
Giratina
Golurk
Gengar
Oricorio (Sensu style)

If Oricorio doesn't count since its default form isn't Ghost-type, then replace it with Aegislash.

Doe posted...
It's great to see how many people rate Chandelure as top when for like a decade "A FUCKING LAMP" was seen as a valid argument to hate Gen V

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m45WZZc8p0s

Chandelure is an awesome design and my #1 favorite Pokemon of all time. It was back then and it still is now.

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Hambo
10/31/23 6:06:55 PM
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Touch posted...
If you don't have Gengar on your list then it is automatically BASURA
I've never quite understood the hype over Gengar. Haunter is pointier and has cool ghosty hands. But Gengar is just a round little guy. Cute sure, and there's plenty of cool fanart of it. But what puts it so far above Haunter or any of the newer ghosts?

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alphagamble
10/31/23 6:08:53 PM
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I don't like gen 5 much but Cofagrigus is excellent

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MatzoTov
10/31/23 6:10:53 PM
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alphagamble posted...
I don't like gen 5 much but Cofagrigus is excellent
I for one cannot believe GameFAQs lets you type that now without censoring it.

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ai123
10/31/23 6:15:02 PM
#25:


Gengar
Dusknoir
Chandelure
Mimikyu
Dragapault


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Calwings
10/31/23 6:17:06 PM
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Hambo posted...
I've never quite understood the hype over Gengar. Haunter is pointier and has cool ghosty hands. But Gengar is just a round little guy. Cute sure, and there's plenty of cool fanart of it. But what puts it so far above Haunter or any of the newer ghosts?

* Gen 1 nostalgia
* It was on Ash's final team when he finally became Pokemon world champion in the Journeys anime, adding to the nostalgia factor for longtime fans
* Competitive viability in the games (it was consistently in OU tier for 6 and a half generations, only finally falling to UU midway into gen 7)
* "Cute round little guy but evil" is just a generally popular type of design
* It sort of looks like an evil version of Clefairy/Clefable, who's also quite popular, so a lot of people who like those two like Gengar too

Those are some of the factors that came to mind for me.

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Cemith
10/31/23 6:51:13 PM
#27:


Gengar
Cofagrigus
Hisuian Zoroark
Trevenant
Aegislash

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Coldhardsilver
10/31/23 7:02:13 PM
#28:


Cofagrigus
Skeledirge
Golurk
Trevenant
Misdreavus
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SydnieStarlight
10/31/23 7:22:18 PM
#29:


Disregarding the ones I'm not familiar with due to not having played past Ultra Moon, my top five would probably be Haunter, Decidueye, Chandelure, Lunala, and Alolawak, in no particular order~

Huh...y'know, I feel like I remember thinking once before that S/M really introduced a lot of cool Ghost-types~

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GeneralKenobi85
10/31/23 8:11:47 PM
#30:


Misdreavus
Chandelure
Dragapult
Cofagrigus
Pumpkaboo

Ghost is one of the top types for sure.

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AbsolutelyNoOne
10/31/23 8:17:03 PM
#31:


Gengar
Mismagius
Chandelure
Golurk
Trevenant

Ghost isn't my favorite type, but there are very few, if any, of them I would actually say I dislike. Consistently very good.

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Guide
10/31/23 8:19:33 PM
#32:


Hambo posted...
I've never quite understood the hype over Gengar. Haunter is pointier and has cool ghosty hands. But Gengar is just a round little guy. Cute sure, and there's plenty of cool fanart of it. But what puts it so far above Haunter or any of the newer ghosts?

I used to feel like this until I realized Gengar is fucking big compared to Haunter, which gives it an entirely different sense of unsettling that makes it cool again.

Like, Gengar is not the size of a child. It is the size of sports mascot. Those eye are as wide as your forearms, that mouth can easily consume a whole human without biting

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Doe
10/31/23 8:27:51 PM
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Gengar also used to be drawn more menacing. 3d did him no favors.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/54b429b6.jpg

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Hambo
10/31/23 8:31:24 PM
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Calwings posted...
* Gen 1 nostalgia
* It was on Ash's final team when he finally became Pokemon world champion in the Journeys anime, adding to the nostalgia factor for longtime fans
* Competitive viability in the games (it was consistently in OU tier for 6 and a half generations, only finally falling to UU midway into gen 7)
* "Cute round little guy but evil" is just a generally popular type of design
* It sort of looks like an evil version of Clefairy/Clefable, who's also quite popular, so a lot of people who like those two like Gengar too

Those are some of the factors that came to mind for me.
I don't have sources, but I feel like the passionate Gengar fandom predates Ash's finale by a good while. Like I think people loved that he was in Pokken. I've never cared about competitive pokeymans, but I could see that being relevant. The Clefable shadow thing is fun though. I love when people play on that in fanart and stuff. I wish the games would play it up.

Guide posted...
I used to feel like this until I realized Gengar is fucking big compared to Haunter, which gives it an entirely different sense of unsettling that makes it cool again.

Like, Gengar is not the size of a child. It is the size of sports mascot. Those eye are as wide as your forearms, that mouth can easily consume a whole human without biting
True. It was always shocking seeing it tower over other Pokemon and trainers in Go. But it still isn't as creepy or cool a visual to me as Haunter. The round body and stubby limbs just doesn't make an intimidating silhouette to match its concept. Different strokes though I guess.

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ReiRei89
10/31/23 8:31:31 PM
#35:


Chandelure
Gengar
Mimikyu
Dragapult
Annihilape

I love ghost types though so narrowing to a top five is pretty difficult for me.

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rideshort
10/31/23 8:46:22 PM
#36:


Gengar
Chandulure
Dragapult
Flutter Mane
Aegislash

This is objective.

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rideshort
10/31/23 8:47:49 PM
#37:


Doe posted...
Gengar also used to be drawn more menacing. 3d did him no favors.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/54b429b6.jpg

Agreed. That Gen 2 sprite hits on all the right levels.

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Calwings
10/31/23 8:50:07 PM
#38:


Hambo posted...
I don't have sources, but I feel like the passionate Gengar fandom predates Ash's finale by a good while.

It does, but seeing it on Ash's world championship team certainly helped it (plus Dragonite and Lucario) get even more spotlight and popularity than they already had before. Plus, Ash's final team also got the extremely funny and derpy-looking Dracovish some love too.

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GeneralKenobi85
10/31/23 8:50:36 PM
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Hambo posted...
I don't have sources, but I feel like the passionate Gengar fandom predates Ash's finale by a good while. Like I think people loved that he was in Pokken. I've never cared about competitive pokeymans, but I could see that being relevant. The Clefable shadow thing is fun though. I love when people play on that in fanart and stuff. I wish the games would play it up.


I don't think him being good in competitive play is the main reason specifically for that one, but probably more that Gengar is just a really good Pokemon in general. That's pretty much the case for all good competitive Pokemon of course. If they're good in a competitive environment, then they're probably very good in-game as well. Gengar does have the caveat of being a trade evolution, but everyone knew in the first few generations that it was one of the best Pokemon you could potentially have.

I think the combination of Gengar being the only fully evolved Gen 1 Ghost Pokemon and it being really good is what makes Gengar so popular.

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rideshort
10/31/23 8:52:05 PM
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If only Gengar still had access to Shadow Tag and Levitate.

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Calwings
10/31/23 9:03:39 PM
#41:


Hambo posted...
But it still isn't as creepy or cool a visual to me as Haunter.

On the subject of Haunter being scarier than Gengar: I still think back to the giant Haunter in the old Electric Tale of Pikachu manga that literally killed people and Pokemon (including one of Sabrina's Pokemon) and then literally killed itself by using Self-Destruct rather than let itself be captured by a human.

https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Black_Fog

Now that thing was hardcore. But aside from that one single instance in a manga that Nintendo would really like people to forget ever existed (for multiple reasons beyond just that Haunter), I never really found Haunter or any member of the Gastly line to be all that scary. In fact, the Indigo League anime episode they first debuted in made them seem more like troublemaking jokesters, and that's the vibe that always stuck for me.

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