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Gengar’s Pokédex · Kanto · Generation I
#097 Hypno
Psychic
- SpeciesHypnosis Pokémon
- Japanese nameSleeper
- PronunciationHIP-NO
- Height5′ 3″ 1.60 m
- Weight167.0 lb 75.15 kg
- Gender♂ 50% · ♀ 50%
PokédexWhere to findType matchupsMovesBreedingStats
Pokédex entries
| RedBlue | When it locks eyes with and enemy, it will use a mix of PSI moves such as HYPNOSIS and CONFUSION. |
|---|---|
| Yellow | Avoid eye contact if you come across one. It will try to put you to sleep by using its pendulum. |
| Stadium | If you lock eyes with it, it will try to hypnotize you. It is best to close your eyes before you get hypnotized. |
| GoldStadium 2 | When it is very hungry, it puts humans it meets to sleep, then it feasts on their dreams. |
| Silver | Always holding a pendulum that it rocks at a steady rhythm, it causes drowsiness in anyone nearby. |
| Crystal | The longer it swings its pendulum, the longer the effects of its hypnosis last. |
Where to find Hypno
| Game | Where to find it | Time | Rarity |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue | Unknown Dungeon | NA | Few/Evolve |
| Red | NA | Few/Evolve | |
| Yellow | Must Evolve from Drowzee at level 26 | NA | Evolve |
| Gold | Route 11 | Any | Many/Evolve |
| Silver | Any | Many/Evolve | |
| Crystal | Night | Few/Evolve |
How to catch
| Ground | Surf | Fishing | Forest Tree | Mountain Tree | Rock Smash | Breed | Evolve | Event | BugCatch | Game Corner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R/B | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| Yellow | ✓ | ||||||||||
| G/S | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| Crystal | ✓ | ✓ |
✓ marks how you can get it in each game. Shaded boxes are methods that didn’t exist in that game.
Type matchups
Defence: damage taken from each attack type
- Normal×1
- Fire×1
- Water×1
- Electric×1
- Grass×1
- Ice×1
- Fighting×0.5
- Poison×1
- Ground×1
- ×1
- Psychic×0.5
- Bug×2
- Rock×1
- GhostG/S/C ×2R/B/Y ×0
- Dragon×1
- Dark×2
- Steel×1
- Gold, Silver & Crystal: 3 weaknesses and 2 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 3 : 2 (150%).
- Red, Blue & Yellow: 1 weakness and 3 resistances out of 15 types. Defence ratio 1 : 3 (~33%).
- This Pokémon has more weaknesses and less resistances in GSC than in RBY. So this Pokémon has a better defense ratio in RBY.
Offence: same-type attacks against each type
- NormalNormal
- FireNormal
- WaterNormal
- ElectricNormal
- GrassNormal
- IceNormal
- FightingNormal
- PoisonNormal
- GroundNormal
- Normal
- PsychicBad
- BugNormal
- RockNormal
- GhostNormal
- DragonNormal
- DarkNo Effect
- SteelBad
- Gold, Silver & Crystal: 2 advantages and 3 disadvantages out of 17 types. Offensive ratio 2:3 (~66.67%).
- Red, Blue & Yellow: 2 advantages and 1 disadvantage out of 15 types. Offensive ratio 2:1 (200%).
Moves learned by levelling up
| R/B/Y | G/S/C | Move | Type | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start | Start | Pound | Normal | Physical |
| Start | Start | Hypnosis | Psychic | Status |
| Start | Start | Disable | Normal | Status |
| Start | Start | Confusion | Psychic | Special |
| Start | Start | Headbutt | Normal | Physical |
| 33 | 33 | Poison Gas | Poison | Status |
| 43 | 40 | Meditate | Psychic | Status |
| 37 | 49 | Psychic | Psychic | Special |
| — | 55 | Psych Up | Normal | Status |
| — | 60 | Future Sight | Psychic | Status |
“Start” means it knows the move from level 1; a dash means it doesn’t learn the move by levelling up in that game.
Move Tutor Crystal
None.
TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal
- TM01Dynamicpunch
- TM02Headbutt
- TM03Curse
- TM06Toxic
- TM07Zap Cannon
- TM09Psych Up
- TM10Hidden Power
- TM11Sunny Day
- TM13Snore
- TM15Hyper Beam
- TM17Protect
- TM18Rain Dance
- TM20Endure
- TM21Frustration
- TM27Return
- TM29Psychic
- TM30Shadow Ball
- TM32Double Team
- TM33Ice Punch
- TM34Swagger
- TM35Sleep Talk
- TM41Thunderpunch
- TM42Dream Eater
- TM44Rest
- TM45Attract
- TM48Fire Punch
- TM50Nightmare
- HM05Flash
TMs & HMs Red, Blue & Yellow
- TM01Mega Punch
- TM05Mega Kick
- TM06Toxic
- TM08Body Slam
- TM09Take Down
- TM10Double-Edge
- TM15Hyper Beam
- TM17Submission
- TM18Counter
- TM19Seismic Toss
- TM20Rage
- TM29Psychic
- TM30Teleport
- TM31Mimic
- TM32Double Team
- TM33Reflect
- TM34Bide
- TM35Metronome
- TM40Skull Bash
- TM42Dream Eater
- TM44Rest
- TM45Thunder Wave
- TM46Psywave
- TM49Tri Attack
- TM50Substitute
- HM05Flash
Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal
| Egg groups | Humanshape Pokémon group 4 |
|---|
Compatible Pokémon
- Abra Family
- Drowzee Family
- Electabuzz
- Hitmonchan
- Hitmonlee
- Hitmontop
- Jynx
- Machop Family
- Magmar
- Mr. Mime
Egg moves
| Move | How to pass it down |
|---|---|
| Barrier | Mate with a male Mr. Mime. |
| Light Screen | Mate with a male Electabuzz or Mr. Mime. |
Stats
| Stat | Base | Range at Lv. 100 | G/S/C rank | R/B/Y rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP | 85 | 343-373 | 15/4572.57% | 12/4275.80% |
| Attack | 73 | 214-244 | 20/4951.99% | 20/4550.00% |
| Defense | 70 | 208-238 | 24/5550.00% | 21/4451.99% |
| Speed | 67 | 202-232 | 25/4750.00% | 24/4246.02% |
| Special Attack G/S/C | 73 | 214-244 | 20/4659.86% | — |
| Special Defense G/S/C | 115 | 298-328 | 8/4195.54% | — |
| Special R/B/Y | 115 | 298-328 | — | 6/2994.52% |
| Total | 483 G/S/C 410 R/B/Y |
1479-1659 1265-1415 |
18/8775.80% | 16/6578.81% |
Ranges are the lowest and highest the stat can be at level 100. Ranks compare the base stat with every other Pokémon in those games (1 is the highest), with its percentile underneath.
Restored from Gengar’s Online Pokédex v4.2, one of the first Pokédexes on the web, created by Curtis Alumbaugh (Gengar) with Ian Alumbaugh (Haunter) and kept by Pokémon Dungeon. How to read this page · Red, Blue & Yellow moves · The Library