>>32798566Interesting that you mention that.
The only Ghost-types seeing any use are Gengar and Sableye. In theory the type should be better than it is, especially now. Normal-types are uncommon and Dark-types aren't as great as they would've been pre-fairy. Those are the only types that can resist Ghost but it's not like putting a Dark-type on your team to absorb Ghost-type damage is at the front of your mind when teambuilding.
Meanwhile, throughout gens 4, and 5 you absolutely needed a Steel-type or else pokemon like Salamence and Hydregon would push your shit in, and even if you did have a Steel-type they would just do so anyway.
Ghost would definitely be a bigger deal if any of the following were true:
>Rotom's alt-formes were still Ghost-type, like in Gen 4>90% of the Ghost-types that exist weren't redundant now that M-Sableye and Gengar exist>Defensive ghost-types had better recovery than Pain Split>The only physical Ghost-type that isn't trash officially does not exist>The type's SE coverage differed more from DarkWith that latter point, Ghost is resisted by fewer things but Dark-type attacks have better effects and are more varied: Knock Off and Sucker Punch chief among them
