Competitive Information for Cinccino [X/Y]
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Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Cinccino? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Cinccino is a remarkable Normal-typed Pokemon. Cinccino are common Pokemon to see in the XY metagame. Cinccino's only type-related weakness is Fighting.
Item: King's Rock / Focus Sash
Ability: Skill Link
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 116 Hp / 252 Atk / 8 Def / 8 SpD / 124 Spe
Moveset:
- Return / Secret Power
- Bullet Seed / Seed Bomb
- Rock Blast
- Knock Off
Physical Sweeper Cinccino (Skill Link)
Cinccino is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Cinccino from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Skill Link, Cinccino's multi-hit attacks always hit the maximum number of times.
♦ Secret Power is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (effect varies with terrain. (30% paralysis chance)).
♦ Bullet Seed is a physical 25-base power Grass-type move (hits 2-5 times in one turn).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
♦ Rock Blast is a physical 25-base power Rock-type move (hits 2-5 times in one turn).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Technician
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 116 Hp / 252 Atk / 8 Def / 8 SpD / 124 Spe
Moveset:
- Return / Covet
- Knock Off / Thief
- Aqua Tail
- Seed Bomb
Physical Sweeper Cinccino (Technician)
Cinccino is an outstanding Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Cinccino from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Cinccino's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Technician, Cinccino's moves of 60 power or less have 1.5x power. includes struggle.
♦ Covet is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Normal-type move (if your Cinccino has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Cinccino has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Cute Charm
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 116 Hp / 252 Atk / 8 Def / 8 SpD / 124 Spe
Moveset:
- Return / Secret Power
- Knock Off / Thief
- Aqua Tail
- Seed Bomb
Physical Sweeper Cinccino
Cinccino is a pretty decent Physical Sweeper. It is meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Cinccino from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Cinccino's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Cute Charm, 30% chance of infatuating pokemon of the opposite gender if they make contact.
♦ Secret Power is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (effect varies with terrain. (30% paralysis chance)).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Cinccino has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Skill Link
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Tail Slap
- Rock Blast
- Bullet Seed
- Knock Off
Cinccino Physical Sweeper (Skill Link Cinccino)
Cinccino is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. This moveset attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Cinccino from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Skill Link, Cinccino's multi-hit attacks always hit the maximum number of times. Skill link is too OP!
♦ Rock Blast is a physical 25-base power Rock-type move (hits 2-5 times in one turn).
♦ Bullet Seed is a physical 25-base power Grass-type move (hits 2-5 times in one turn).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Cinccino? These builds have been optimized for X/Y 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 X/Y generation metagame.
Item: King's Rock / Focus Sash
Ability: Skill Link
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 116 Hp / 252 Atk / 8 Def / 8 SpD / 124 Spe
Moveset:
- Return / Secret Power
- Bullet Seed / Seed Bomb
- Rock Blast
- Knock Off
Doubles Physical Sweeper Cinccino (Skill Link)
Cinccino is an astounding Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Cinccino from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. With Skill Link, Cinccino's multi-hit attacks always hit the maximum number of times.
♦ Secret Power is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (effect varies with terrain. (30% paralysis chance)).
♦ Bullet Seed is a physical 25-base power Grass-type move (hits 2-5 times in one turn).
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
♦ Rock Blast is a physical 25-base power Rock-type move (hits 2-5 times in one turn).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Technician
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 116 Hp / 252 Atk / 8 Def / 8 SpD / 124 Spe
Moveset:
- Return / Covet
- Knock Off / Thief
- Aqua Tail
- Seed Bomb
Doubles Physical Sweeper Cinccino (Technician)
Cinccino is an extraordinary Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Cinccino from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Cinccino's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Technician, Cinccino's moves of 60 power or less have 1.5x power. includes struggle.
♦ Covet is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Normal-type move (if your Cinccino has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Cinccino has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a decent amount of damage.
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Cute Charm
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 116 Hp / 252 Atk / 8 Def / 8 SpD / 124 Spe
Moveset:
- Return / Secret Power
- Knock Off / Thief
- Aqua Tail
- Seed Bomb
Doubles Physical Sweeper Cinccino
Cinccino is a wonderful Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Cinccino from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Cinccino's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Cute Charm, 30% chance of infatuating pokemon of the opposite gender if they make contact.
♦ Secret Power is a physical STAB-boosted 70-base power Normal-type move (effect varies with terrain. (30% paralysis chance)).
♦ Knock Off is a physical 65-base power Dark-type move (1.5x damage if foe holds an item; Note: This will also remove that item).
♦ Thief is a physical 60-base power Dark-type move (if your Cinccino has no item, it steals the target's).
♦ Aqua Tail is a physical 90-base power Water-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a mighty amount of damage.
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Cinccino 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.
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Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Cinccino can perform in X/Y. 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 XY Move and Ability Combos for Cinccino
- Moves: Rain dance + Thunder
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Ability: Skill link + Item: King's rock
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Ability: Skill Link + Multihit Move: Double Slap
- Ability: Skill Link + Multihit Move: Bullet Seed
- Ability: Skill Link + Multihit Move: Rock Blast
- Ability: Skill Link + Multihit Move: Tail Slap
- Moves boosted by Technician: Double Slap (BP: 15), Swift (BP: 60), Pound (BP: 40), Thief (BP: 60), Snore (BP: 50), Mud-Slap (BP: 20), Bullet Seed (BP: 25), Covet (BP: 60), Rock Blast (BP: 25), Shock Wave (BP: 60), Echoed Voice (BP: 40), Round (BP: 60), Tail Slap (BP: 25)
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect, Helping Hand, Baby-Doll Eyes
- Moves that inflict status: Thunder Wave, Toxic
Moves that boost Cinccino's stats
- Calm Mind
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Cinccino
- Knock Off
- Light Screen
- Protect
- Rest
- Toxic
- U-turn
Common Effort Values for Cinccino in X and Y
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/0/252 )
- Modest Nature ( 0/0/0/252/0/252 )
- Optimize Cinccino's EV spread for Pokemon X and Y
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