Which is better alakazam or gengar

Switching in would be impossible for Alakazam, but Gengar's 3 immunities Normal, Fighting and Ground give it a small window to switch in on. Gengar's only ability is Levitate, which is very useful to a Sub-Poison type Pokemon. Gengar's only problem is that it is its only ability, which makes it weak spots very predictable.

Alakazam has a more broad ability pool. It's 2 natural abilities, Synchronize and Inner Focus, are both rather useless for it. Giving Alakazam a status is rather pointless because it's so fragile and any move that can cause flinching is probably going to kill it anyway. The real magic is in Magic Guard. With the intro to Hidden Abilities, Alakazam became a lethal weapon. This website saves cookies to your browser in order to improve your online experience and show you personalized content.

Read our Privacy Policy and Cookie Policy to get more information and learn how to set up your preferences. Both are pretty good currently, but Alakazam was only really better than Gengar on gen 1, 5, and probably now on 8 not by a huge margin tho, and neither has ever really outclassed the other.

It's a close call for me. I like both. In the past, Gengar might have been better with Levitate or it's Mega. With access to Trick Room, Imprison, Perish Song, and powerful moves that hit a lot of threats in the current meta, it may have more versatility.

However, I took HA Alakazam to my first regionals in I love giving it a Life Orb boost with no recoil and the ability to ignore weather damage. HP Ice was actually worth it against Lando and Chomp back then. Zam has better Speed and SpA, and now has access to expanding force. It's more a one trick pokemon, but it's great at what it does.

Getting a fast KO or two then going down. IGN: Coma. User Info: MalkyeaImbak. I'm not saying there's a huge gap but I've seen more success with Alakazam than I did with Gengar.

User Info: ai Over the entire history of the game Gengar has more often than not been better than Alakazam, thanks to its movepool and typing.

There's just more you can do with Gengar. Right now though, Alakazam seems better and that's almost entirely due to Expanding Force. I'm taking right now in competitive right now everyone keeps saying historically no not historically but right now he's better. MalkyeaImbak posted And my Alakazam would beat your Gengar I guarantee you that.

There's only one purpose of putting them into gyms: showing off. Still usefull with only psycho cut? I was skeptical too about Alakazam, but after getting a psycho cut psychic one and using him I have to say, if you can dodge well he is a really fantastic attacker. What do you use him against? How many quick moves can you get in between your opponent's quick moves? When is he most effective? I feel I am missing something here.

Probably skill, as I am old and not used to "fighting" games. So if you have any tips they are welcome. Community Discord Support Us. Sign In Register. Are Alakazam and Gengar still useless? Submit Feedback or Error. Asked by BigBadBlonde 4 years 11 months ago. Report Sign in to Answer or Ask a Question! Yes ,they are useless. If you think they are useful then good luck playing a hard game for nothing.