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sinistcha
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Sinistcha

Matcha Pokémon

GrassGhost

It pretends to be tea, trying to fool people into drinking it so it can drain their life-force. Its ruse is generally unsuccessful.

Base Stats

HP 71
Attack 60
Defense 106
Sp. Atk 121
Sp. Def 80
Speed 70
Total 508

Type Effectiveness

Weak to
flying 2xghost 2xfire 2xice 2xdark 2x
Resistant to
ground ½xwater ½xgrass ½xelectric ½x
Immune to
normal 0xfighting 0x

Abilities

Hospitality Heatproof (Hidden)

Evolution Chain

poltchageist Poltchageist
→
sinistcha Sinistcha

Moves

Details

Category Matcha Pokémon
Height 0.2 m
Weight 2.2 kg
Base Exp 178
Growth Rate Slow
Capture Rate 60
Base Happiness 50
Gender Genderless
Habitat —
Egg Groups Mineral ,Indeterminate

Sprites

sinistcha Front Front
sinistcha Front Shiny Front Shiny
sinistcha Official Art Official Art
sinistcha Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

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Calm Mind
Item
Ghostium Z / Heavy-Duty Boots
Ability
Heatproof
Nature
Bold
EVs
HP 248
Def 252
SpA 8

Most Used Moves

Matcha Gotcha
98.7%
Strength Sap
92.1%
Calm Mind
85.0%
Shadow Ball
68.2%
Scald
26.4%
Nasty Plot
7.9%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
48.2%
Ghostium Z
25.5%
Rocky Helmet
12.1%
Heavy-Duty Boots
8.4%
Kee Berry
2.9%

Common Teammates

Excadrill 41.3%Tyranitar 26.5%Diancie-Mega 25.0%Kommo-o 24.8%Tyranitar-Mega 21.6%Zamazenta-Crowned 18.9%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc