Is Psychic no longer super effective against Ghost?

Ghost has always been better versus Psychic. The Gastly line are half poison and Poison is weak to Psychic so that's probably where the confusion comes from. Psychic was never super-effective against Ghost.
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Is Psychic effective on Ghost?

Psychic has never been super-effective against Ghost, but back in the day the only Ghost-types were Gastly, Haunter, and Gengar, which are Ghost/Poison. Psychic is SE against Poison, which is why a lot of people mess this one up now that there are most Ghost-types in the game.
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What is super-effective against Ghost?

Ghost-type Pokémon are weak to: Ghost and Dark-type attacks. Best Ghost-type Mega attacker: Mega Gengar. Best Ghost-type attackers: Lunala, Giratina, Chandelure. Best Ghost-type counters: Tyranitar, Hydreigon, Darkrai.
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What has no effect against Ghost?

Ghost types are weak to Dark and other Ghost type attacks. They're resistant against Bug and Poison. They're immune from Fighting and Normal (Normal is immune to Ghost, too). Ghost attacks does double damage to Psychic type Pokémon.
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Does Psychic work on Gengar?

Gengar would not be a good Psychic counter. It is part poison whihc makes it WEAK to psychic. if you're dead set on a ghost counter go for spiritomb, as it's part dark and is immune to psychic attacks.
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When did Psychic stop being super effective against Ghosts?

The Gastly line are half poison and Poison is weak to Psychic so that's probably where the confusion comes from. Psychic was never super-effective against Ghost.
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Is Gengar weak to Ghost?

Gengar counters and weaknesses in Pokémon Go

Gengar is weak against: Dark, ground, ghost and psychic-type.
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What beats Psychic Pokémon?

Psychic pokemon are weak to Bug, Ghost, and Dark. This is because they're common fears. Dark, especially, is good against Psychic, because of it's immunity to the typing.
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What are ghosts weak against?

Weaknesses. Salt - A Ghost cannot interact with salt. Ghosts can be repelled by salt and can't cross a line made of salt. Some hunters use rock salt rounds to dissipate natural ghost spirits, while shooting the person with it will also break a ghost's possession making it useful whenever a ghost is possessing humans.
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Is Ghost no longer immune to Fighting?

Ghost is immune to normal and fighting while normal is immune to ghost. This logic would dictate fighting also being immume to ghost, but it isn't. It's not even resistant to ghost. The normal type is meant to represent just a normal human or animal.
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Is there a Psychic Ghost Pokémon?

Psychic/Ghost-type Pokémon can become Psychic/Ghost/Grass-type if it comes under the effect of Forest's Curse. The reverse of Psychic/Ghost-type is Ghost/Psychic-type.
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Why is Ghost weak to Dark?

Ghosts live in the dark, and dark-types control the dark. Therefore, Ghosts are at the mercy of dark-types. if only a light type was made... THAT would really F up the metagame.
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Why is dig super effective against ghosts?

On the other hand, Ground attacks are an extremely effective way of dealing with Ghost Pokémon. Not only because they are half-Poison, but also because the Gastly series have much lower Defense scores than Special scores and Ground attacks are Physical.
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What are Psychic attacks strong against?

Psychic attacks are most effective against Fighting and Poison Pokémon. They are weak only against Psychic Pokémon. Psychic attacks are diverse and generally reliable, but not especially powerful.
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Is any type immune to Psychic?

The same reason Dark-types are immune to Psychic attacks — both types were introduced purely for game balance reasons.
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What Pokémon are effective on Ghost?

Everything except Normal and Fighting types. Normal has no effect on a Ghost, and Ghost has no effect on Normal. Every other type of attack will hit a Ghost pokemon, with Dark, and other Ghost moves being super effective.
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Is Psychic good against ghosts?

This was later corrected: Psychic is no longer Immune to Ghost, there were more Grass types that aren't Poison-typed, and two types were introduced: the incredibly defensive Steel type, and the biggest weakness to Psychic: the Dark type.
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What can damage ghosts?

Ghosts can take damage only from melee attacks.
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What is the weakest Ghost type?

Duskull is known as the Requiem Pokémon and first appeared in the short Camp Pikachu. Duskull resembles a Grim Reaper with its black robe and big-eyed skull mask. It can also turn invisible to sneak up on its prey more easily. With a base stat total of 295, it is the weakest of the pure Ghost-type Pokémon.
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What is a Dark Pokemon's weakness?

Dark-Type Weaknesses and Counters

Dark-type Pokemon are weak to Bug, Fairy, and Fighting-type Pokemon. This means moves that are any of these types are 160% as effective against Dark-type Pokemon and good choices for countering them.
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Why is Psychic weak to Bug?

Since Psychic-type Pokémon are associated with the mind, it makes sense that its weaknesses are based on three common fears. Psychic's first weakness is Bug. There was only one Bug-type attacking move in Gen 1, Pin Missile, which was rather weak and found on very few Pokémon.
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What is Psychic weak to in Pokémon Yellow?

Psychic isn't super-effective on Ghost, but it is on Poison which all three of them are. Also, Bug is the worst type, and that's Psychic's only weakness. Powerful Normal type Pokemon with powerful Normal type moves are the best for taking down Psychics due to their low Defense stat.
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Is grass weak against Psychic?

Grass is one of the weakest types statistically, with 5 defensive weaknesses and 7 types that are resistant to Grass moves. Furthermore, three type combos paired with Grass have 7 weaknesses: Grass/Psychic, Grass/Ice, and Grass/Dark. In Generations 1-3 , all Grass type moves were categorized as Special.
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Why doesn't Psychic affect Gengar?

Gengar was weak to Psychic back then too, since it has always been a Poison type. Gengar's Poison type lets it take Grass attacks with impunity, and it allows it to at least survive one hit from Bug attacks like Heracross' Megahorn. It also makes Gengar immune to Toxic, which never hurts.
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Why is Gengar so loved?

Gengar's thing is that it has a lot of cross-over appeal. It can be both cute and dark/edgy, plus being powerful in-game and competitively, and having the unique distinction of being THE original Ghost. A lot of other popular Pokemon also take advantage of cross-over appeal.
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