gourgeist-average

gourgeist-average

Attributes

  • Species: Gourgeist
  • Base Experience: 173
  • Height: 9
  • Weight: 125
  • Is Default: True
  • Order: 848
  • Base Happiness: 70
  • Capture Rate: 60
  • Color: Brown
  • Egg Groups: Indeterminate
  • Gender Rate: 4
  • Has No Gender Differences
  • Hatch Counter: 20
  • Habitat:
  • Is Baby: False
  • Is Legendary: False
  • Is Mythical: False
  • Shape: Blob

Stats

  • HP
    65
  • Attack
    90
  • Defense
    122
  • Special Attack
    58
  • Special Defense
    75
  • Speed
    84

Abilities

Held items

    None

Summary

Gourgeist Average is a Ghost/Grass-type Pokémon introduced in Generation VI.

Type: Ghost / Grass

Abilities:

  • Pickup: Has a 10% chance to collect an item after battle if it is not holding one.
  • Frisk: Reveals the held items of opposing Pokémon when it enters battle.
  • Insomnia (Hidden Ability): Prevents sleep, making it immune to moves that induce sleep.

Physical Characteristics:

  • Medium-sized, pumpkin-like Pokémon with a body resembling a jack-o'-lantern.
  • Features a long, flowing, pinkish-brown hair-like structure on top, resembling a candle flame.
  • The eyes are round and hollow, glowing with a ghostly light.
  • Has a small mouth with a jagged smile carved into its pumpkin body.

Behavior and Habitat:

  • Commonly found in fields and forests during autumn.
  • Known for its mischievous nature, often playing pranks on unsuspecting people.
  • It is said to sing joyfully as it wanders through the night.
  • Prefers dark, shadowy areas, contributing to its ghostly behavior.

In Battle:

  • Versatile with both physical and special attacking options.
  • Utilizes moves like Trick-or-Treat, which adds the Ghost type to its target.
  • Can learn Phantom Force, an attack that allows it to disappear on the first turn and hit on the second.
  • Strong against Ground and Water types due to its Grass typing.
  • Vulnerable to Fire, Ice, Flying, and Dark type attacks.

Evolution:

  • Evolves from Pumpkaboo when traded.
  • Comes in four sizes: Small, Average, Large, and Super Size, each with slight differences in stats.

Interesting Facts:

  • The size of Gourgeist is directly linked to its Pumpkaboo form, with the Average size being the most balanced in terms of stats.
  • Known for its eerie singing, which is said to curse those who hear it if sung on a moonlit night.
  • Its design is inspired by Halloween traditions, combining elements of pumpkins and ghosts.
  • In the Pokémon games, its size variance adds a unique strategic layer, impacting its base stats like HP and Speed.

Pokémon Sprites

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Front Default
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Front Shiny

Evolution Chain

Pumpkaboo - 710
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Gourgeist - 711
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Moves

Level Up

TM/HM

Breeding

Tutor

Other

Flavor Text Entries

  • X: Singing in eerie voices, they wander town streets on the night of the new moon. Anyone who hears their song is cursed.
  • Y: It enwraps its prey in its hairlike arms. It sings joyfully as it observes the suffering of its prey.
  • Omega-Ruby: Singing in eerie voices, they wander town streets on the night of the new moon. Anyone who hears their song is cursed.
  • Alpha-Sapphire: It enwraps its prey in its hairlike arms. It sings joyfully as it observes the suffering of its prey.
  • Sword: Eerie cries emanate from its body in the dead of night. The sounds are said to be the wails of spirits who are suffering in the afterlife.
  • Shield: In the darkness of a new-moon night, Gourgeist will come knocking. Whoever answers the door will be swept off to the afterlife.

Pokedex

  • 711 National
  • 64 Kalos-Mountain
  • 192 Galar