Competitive Information for Sinistea [Sword/Shield]
Ghost
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Sinistea? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sword/Shield Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Sinistea is a remarkable Ghost-typed Pokemon. Sinistea is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Sinistea can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Sinistea's only type-related weaknesses are Dark and Ghost.
Item: White Herb / Weakness Policy
Ability: Weak Armor
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 208 Hp / 48 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Shadow Ball / Hex
- Foul Play / Dark Pulse
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Giga Drain / Mega Drain
Special Sweeper Sinistea (Weak Armor)
Sinistea is a fabulous Special Sweeper for single battles. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Sinistea's negative stat changes once. Weakness Policy activates if Sinistea is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Weak Armor, if a physical attack hits Sinistea it's defense is lowered by 1 and it's speed is increased by 2 stages.
◆ Hex is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Ghost-type move (power doubles if the target has a status ailment).
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Psyshock is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
◆ Giga Drain is a special 75-base power Grass-type move (Sinistea recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ Mega Drain is a special 40-base power Grass-type move (Sinistea recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Sinistea? These builds have been optimized for Sword/Shield Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Sword/Shield generation metagame.
Item: White Herb / Weakness Policy
Ability: Weak Armor
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 208 Hp / 48 Def / 252 SpA
IVs: 0 Atk
Moveset:
- Shadow Ball / Hex
- Foul Play / Dark Pulse
- Psychic / Psyshock
- Giga Drain / Mega Drain
Doubles Special Sweeper Sinistea (Weak Armor)
Sinistea is a stupendous Special Sweeper for double battles. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. White Herb will reset Sinistea's negative stat changes once. Weakness Policy activates if Sinistea is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Weak Armor, if a physical attack hits Sinistea it's defense is lowered by 1 and it's speed is increased by 2 stages.
◆ Hex is a special STAB-boosted 65-base power Ghost-type move (power doubles if the target has a status ailment).
◆ Foul Play is a physical 95-base power Dark-type move (uses target's attack stat in damage calculation).
◆ Dark Pulse is a special 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to make the target flinch).
◆ Psychic is a special 90-base power Psychic-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
◆ Psyshock is a special 80-base power Psychic-type move (damages target based on defense, not special defense).
◆ Giga Drain is a special 75-base power Grass-type move (Sinistea recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
◆ Mega Drain is a special 40-base power Grass-type move (Sinistea recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Sinistea learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Sinistea can perform in Sword/Shield. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive SS Move and Ability Combos for Sinistea
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Nasty plot + Stored power
- Ability: Weak armor + Item: White herb
- Ability: Weak armor + Item: Weakness policy
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Sucker Punch, Ally Switch
- Moves that inflict status (and combo with the move Hex): Will-O-Wisp
Moves that boost Sinistea's stats
- Aromatic Mist
- Nasty Plot
- Shell Smash
- Withdraw
- Note:This Pokemon can also learn Stored Power.
Most notable and possible best moves for Sinistea
- Baton Pass
- Protect
- Rest
- Stored Power
Common Effort Values for Sinistea in Sword and Shield
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Sinistea's EV spread for Pokemon Sword and Shield
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