Sinistea

No. 0854 · Gen 8

Sinistea weakness and type

Hit SINISTEA with Ghost and Dark for 2× damage.

Moves against Sinistea

2×Super effective
½×Not very effective
0×No effect

In Pokémon GO: Ghost deals 1.6× instead of 2×. GO chart

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Abilities

  • Weak ArmorNo change to type matchups
  • Cursed BodyNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP40
  • Attack45
  • Defense45
  • Sp. Atk74
  • Sp. Def54
  • Speed50
  • Total308

Best nature

ModestHits harder and drops Attack, which it won’t use.

Worked out from base stats. Your team may need something else.

Defeating Sinistea gives 1 Sp. Atk EV.

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How Sinistea evolves

SinisteaGhost
All evolutions

What Sinistea can hit with

The strongest attacking move it can learn in each type, across all games. Not every game has every move. Same-type moves get a 1.5× bonus.

TypeMoveKindPower
GhostPoltergeistsame typePhysical110
DarkFoul PlayPhysical95
PsychicPsychicSpecial90
NormalTera BlastSpecial80
GrassGiga DrainSpecial75

Type counters to Sinistea

Regular Pokémon whose same-type moves hit it hard and who take little from its same-type moves. Picked from types and base stats only, not movesets.