**To use Haunter effectively in the current VGC format, leverage its Ghost/Poison type typing and build around its top-performing movesets.** Haunter appears as a prominent choice in the current Pokémon Champions format, with usage data pulled from competitive teams, tournament results and Showdown-ready pastes tracked by MetaVGC. This page brings together its most common moveset, nature, ability, item, teammates and type weaknesses so you can judge where Haunter fits in a VGC team.

The most common build highlights Levitate, Focus Sash and Timid 32/0/15/0/0/19. Its frequent moves include Protect, Encore, Toxic Spikes, Shadow Ball, Disable, and Perish Song. Treat those choices as a data-backed starting point: they show what players are bringing, while EV spreads, Tera Type and the final move slot should still respond to your expected matchups.

Defensively, Haunter has important weaknesses to dark 2x, ghost 2x, ground 2x, psychic 2x. That matters during teambuilding because a strong composition needs ways to cover those attacks without giving up offensive pressure. Partners such as Garganacl, Pelipper, Rampardos, Raichu, and Venusaur appear often because they can add positioning, type coverage, speed control or safer switches into common checks.

MetaVGC tracks recent teams using Haunter. Open the Haunter teams page to compare complete structures, copy Showdown pastes and see how players combine Haunter with other Pokémon in the active format.