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Phantom Force

Ghost physical

Generation 6

Summary

User vanishes, dodging all attacks, and hits next turn. Hits through Protect and Detect.

Damage Dealt

  • Bug 1
  • Dark ½
  • Dragon 1
  • Electric 1
  • Fairy 1
  • Fighting 1
  • Fire 1
  • Flying 1
  • Ghost 2
  • Grass 1
  • Ground 1
  • Ice 1
  • Normal 0
  • Poison 1
  • Psychic 2
  • Rock 1
  • Steel 1
  • Water 1

Stats

Power
90; percentile 67.3
Accuracy
100%
PP
10, up to 16 with PP Up PP Up
Target
Selected Pokémon
Effect chance
n/a
Priority
0 (normal)

Machines

Generation 6
Not a TM
Generation 7
Not a TM

Effect

Inflicts regular damage. User vanishes for one turn, becoming immune to attack, and hits on the second turn.

This move ignores the effects of Detect and Protect.

This move cannot be selected by Sleep Talk.

Meta

This reflects how the games treat moves and may be somewhat idealistic.

Flavor

Flavor Text

Generation 6
X, Y, Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire

The user vanishes somewhere, then strikes the target on the next turn. This move hits even if the target protects itself.

Generation 7
Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon

The user vanishes somewhere, then strikes the target on the next turn. This move hits even if the target protects itself.

Foreign Names

Japanese
ゴーストダイブ (goosutodaibu)
ゴーストダイブ
Korean
고스트다이브
Chinese
潛靈奇襲
潜灵奇袭
French
Hantise
German
Phantomkraft
Spanish
Golpe Fantasma
Italian
Spettrotuffo

Similar moves

These moves all have the same effect as Phantom Force.

Move Type Class PP Power Acc Pri Effect
Shadow Force Ghost physical 5 120 100%

User vanishes, dodging all attacks, and hits next turn. Hits through Protect and Detect.

Pokémon

Ghost Pokémon get STAB, and have their types highlighted in green.

Pokémon with higher Attack are more suited to Phantom Force's physical damage, and have the stat highlighted in green.

X, Y Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire Sun, Moon Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon Pokémon Type Ability Gender Egg Group HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spd Total
Level up: Learned when a Pokémon reaches a certain level.
Mismagius Ghost Levitate ½ male, ½ female Amorphous 60 60 60 105 105 105 495
47 45 45 45 Shedinja Bug Ghost Wonder Guard genderless Mineral 1 90 45 30 30 40 236
54 54 54 Shuppet Ghost Insomnia
Frisk
Cursed Body
½ male, ½ female Amorphous 44 75 35 63 33 45 295
Banette Ghost Insomnia
Frisk
Cursed Body
½ male, ½ female Amorphous 64 115 65 83 63 65 455
Mega Banette Mega Banette Ghost Prankster ½ male, ½ female Amorphous 64 165 75 93 83 75 555
Drifblim Ghost Flying Aftermath
Unburden
Flare Boost
½ male, ½ female Amorphous 150 80 44 90 54 80 498
76 76 Golurk Ground Ghost Iron Fist
Klutz
No Guard
genderless Mineral 89 124 80 55 80 55 483
45 45 45 45 Phantump Ghost Grass Natural Cure
Frisk
Harvest
½ male, ½ female Grass
Amorphous
43 70 48 50 60 38 309
45 45 45 45 Trevenant Ghost Grass Natural Cure
Frisk
Harvest
½ male, ½ female Grass
Amorphous
85 110 76 65 82 56 474
Average Gourgeist Ghost Grass Pickup
Frisk
Insomnia
½ male, ½ female Amorphous 65 90 122 58 75 84 494
Small Gourgeist Small Gourgeist Ghost Grass Pickup
Frisk
Insomnia
½ male, ½ female Amorphous 55 85 122 58 75 99 494
Large Gourgeist Large Gourgeist Ghost Grass Pickup
Frisk
Insomnia
½ male, ½ female Amorphous 75 95 122 58 75 69 494
Super Gourgeist Super Gourgeist Ghost Grass Pickup
Frisk
Insomnia
½ male, ½ female Amorphous 85 100 122 58 75 54 494
55 55 55 55 Yveltal Dark Flying Dark Aura genderless Undiscovered 126 131 95 131 98 99 680
46 35 35 35 Confined Hoopa Psychic Ghost Magician genderless Undiscovered 80 110 60 150 130 70 600
Decidueye Grass Ghost Overgrow
Long Reach
⅞ male, ⅛ female Flying 78 107 75 100 100 70 530
54 54 Dhelmise Ghost Grass Steelworker genderless Mineral 70 131 100 86 90 40 517
61 61 Lunala Psychic Ghost Shadow Shield genderless Undiscovered 137 113 89 137 107 97 680
X, Y Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire Sun, Moon Ultra Sun, Ultra Moon Pokémon Type Ability Gender Egg Group HP Atk Def SpA SpD Spd Total
Egg: Appears on a newly-hatched Pokémon, if the father had the same move.
• • • • Shuppet Ghost Insomnia
Frisk
Cursed Body
½ male, ½ female Amorphous 44 75 35 63 33 45 295

18 Pokémon

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