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Gengar’s Pokédex · Kanto · Generation I

#124 Jynx

IcePsychic

  • SpeciesHumanshape Pokémon
  • Japanese nameRougela
  • PronunciationJINCKS
  • Height4′ 7″ 1.40 m
  • Weight90.0 lb 40.50 kg
  • Gender♂ 0% · ♀ 100%
Jynx official artwork

PokédexWhere to findType matchupsMovesBreedingStats

Name meaning

JYNX is a bad luck charm.

Evolution

  1. SmoochumLevel 30Jynx
Jynx in the original Gengar’s Pokédex
Jynx as it appeared in the original Gengar’s Pokédex

Pokédex entries

RedBlue It seductively wiggles its hips as it walks. It can cause people to dance in unison with it.
Yellow Appears to move to a rhythm of its own, as if it were dancing. It wiggles its hips as it walks.
Stadium Talks in a strange, incomprehensive language. It is known for its weird wiggling that cause people to dance.
GoldStadium 2 It rocks its body rhythmically. It appears to alter the rhythm depending on how it is feeling.
Silver It speaks a language similar to that of humans. However, it seems to use dancing to communicate.
Crystal It has several different cry patterns, each of which seems to have its own meaning.

Where to find Jynx

Game Where to find it Time Rarity
Blue Cerulean City (In-Game Trade) NA One
Red NA One
Yellow Must Trade from Red, Blue, Gold, Silver, or Crystal NA None
Gold Ice Path Any Many/Evolve (Day); Few otherwise
Silver Any Many/Evolve (Day); Few otherwise
Crystal Morn. or Day Few/Evolve; Many during Day in Basement 3 of Ice Path

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×2
  • Water×1
  • Electric×1
  • Grass×1
  • Ice×0.5
  • Fighting×1
  • Poison×1
  • Ground×1
  • Flying×1
  • Psychic×0.5
  • Bug×2
  • Rock×2
  • GhostG/S/C ×2R/B/Y ×0
  • Dragon×1
  • Dark×2
  • Steel×2
  • Gold, Silver & Crystal: 6 weaknesses and 2 resistances out of 17 types. Defence ratio 3 : 1 (300%).
  • Red, Blue & Yellow: 2 weaknesses and 3 resistances out of 15 types. Defence ratio 2 : 3 (~67%).
  • This Pokémon has more weaknesses in GSC than in RBY. This Pokémon has a much better defense ratio in RBY.

Offence: same-type attacks against each type

  • Normal1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
  • Fire1st (GSC): Bad 2nd (GSC): Normal 1st (RBY): Normal 2nd (RBY): Normal
  • Water1st: Bad 2nd: Normal
  • Electric1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
  • Grass1st: Good 2nd: Normal
  • Ice1st: Bad 2nd: Normal
  • Fighting1st: Normal 2nd: Good
  • Poison1st: Normal 2nd: Good
  • Ground1st: Good 2nd: Normal
  • Flying1st: Good 2nd: Normal
  • Psychic1st: Normal 2nd: Bad
  • Bug1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
  • Rock1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
  • Ghost1st: Normal 2nd: Normal
  • Dragon1st: Good 2nd: Normal
  • Dark1st: Normal 2nd: No Effect
  • Steel1st: Bad 2nd: Bad
  • Gold, Silver & Crystal: 6 advantages and 7 disadvantages out of 34 types. Offensive ratio 6:7 (~85.71%).
  • Red, Blue & Yellow: 6 advantages and 3 disadvantages out of 30 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
18 Start Lick Ghost Physical
Start 9 Lovely Kiss Normal Status
— 13 Powder Snow Ice Special
23 21 Doubleslap Normal Physical
31 25 Ice Punch Ice Special
— 35 Mean Look Normal Status
39 41 Body Slam Normal Physical
— 51 Perish Song Normal Status
58 57 Blizzard Ice Special
47 — Thrash Normal Physical

“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

  • Ice Beam

TMs & HMs Gold, Silver & Crystal

  • TM01Dynamicpunch
  • TM02Headbutt
  • TM03Curse
  • TM06Toxic
  • TM09Psych Up
  • TM10Hidden Power
  • TM12Sweet Scent
  • TM13Snore
  • TM14Blizzard
  • TM15Hyper Beam
  • TM16Icy Wind
  • TM17Protect
  • TM18Rain Dance
  • TM20Endure
  • TM21Frustration
  • TM27Return
  • TM29Psychic
  • TM30Shadow Ball
  • TM31Mud-Slap
  • TM32Double Team
  • TM33Ice Punch
  • TM34Swagger
  • TM35Sleep Talk
  • TM42Dream Eater
  • TM44Rest
  • TM45Attract
  • TM46Thief
  • TM50Nightmare

TMs & HMs Red, Blue & Yellow

  • TM01Mega Punch
  • TM05Mega Kick
  • TM06Toxic
  • TM08Body Slam
  • TM09Take Down
  • TM10Double-Edge
  • TM11Bubblebeam
  • TM12Water Gun
  • TM13Ice Beam
  • TM14Blizzard
  • TM15Hyper Beam
  • TM17Submission
  • TM18Counter
  • TM19Seismic Toss
  • TM20Rage
  • TM29Psychic
  • TM30Teleport
  • TM31Mimic
  • TM32Double Team
  • TM33Reflect
  • TM34Bide
  • TM35Metronome
  • TM40Skull Bash
  • TM44Rest
  • TM46Psywave
  • TM50Substitute

Breeding Gold, Silver & Crystal

Egg groups Humanshape Pokémon group 4

Compatible Pokémon

Egg moves

Move How to pass it down
Meditate Mate with a male from Drowzee/Hypno, Hitmonlee, or Mr. Mime with a Jynx.

Stats

Stat Base Range at Lv. 100 G/S/C rank R/B/Y rank
HP 65 303-333 24/4546.02% 21/4250.00%
Attack 50 168-198 34/4921.19% 33/4519.80%
Defense 35 138-168 47/5512.54% 39/4410.60%
Speed 95 258-288 9/4785.28% 9/4281.59%
Special Attack G/S/C 115 298-328 6/4696.41% —
Special Defense G/S/C 95 258-288 13/4181.59% —
Special R/B/Y 95 258-288 — 10/2981.59%
Total 455 G/S/C
340 R/B/Y
1423-1603
1125-1275
26/8767.35% 31/6548.01%

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