Sinistcha (Pokémon)

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Sinistcha Matcha Pokémon ヤバソチャ Yabasocha #1013 Images on the Bulbagarden Archives
Type Grass Ghost Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown Unknown
Abilities Unknown Cacophony Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Hidden Ability Cacophony Cacophony
Gender ratio Unknown	Catch rate Unknown
Breeding Egg Group Unknown Hatch time Unknown cycles
Height 0'08" 0.2 m Sinistcha 0'0" 0 m {{{form2}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form3}}} 0'0" 0 m {{{form4}}}	Weight 4.9 lbs. 2.2 kg Sinistcha 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form2}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form3}}} 0 lbs. 0 kg {{{form4}}}
Mega Stone [[|]] [[|]]
Base experience yield Unknown Gen. IV Unknown IV Unknown	Leveling rate Unknown
EV yield Total: Unknown Sinistcha HP Atk Def Sp.Atk Sp.Def Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Shape	Footprint {{{form2}}}
Pokédex color   Unknown	Base friendship Unknown
External Links On Smogon Pokédex Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Sinistcha (Japanese: ヤバソチャ Yabasocha) is a Grass/Ghost Pokémon introduced in Generation IX, in The Teal Mask.

It evolves from Poltchageist. It shares many similarities with Polteageist. However, the two are biologically separate species.

Biology

Sinistcha is a Pokémon made of matcha tea powder that inhabits a 茶碗 chawan, a tea bowl used in the traditional Japanese tea ceremony. The chawan it inhabits is black and white, with a crack near the top and a face-like pattern on its side. Sinistcha wears a 茶筅 chasen (a bamboo whisk used to prepare and stir matcha tea) on its head.

Sinistcha is the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Matcha Gotcha.

Game data

Pokédex entries

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation IX.
Generation IX Kitakami #77 Unremarkable Form Scarlet It pretends to be tea, trying to fool people into drinking it so it can drain their life-force. Its ruse is generally unsuccessful. Violet It prefers cool, dark places, such as the back of a shelf or the space beneath a home's floorboards. It wanders in search of prey after sunset.

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:

Damaged normally by: Normal 0× Fighting 0× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground ½× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 2× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water ½× Grass ½× Electric ½× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 2× Fairy 1× None

Weak to: Normal 0× Fighting 0× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground ½× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 2× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water ½× Grass ½× Electric ½× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 2× Fairy 1× None

Immune to: Normal 0× Fighting 0× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground ½× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 2× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water ½× Grass ½× Electric ½× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 2× Fairy 1× None

Resistant to: Normal 0× Fighting 0× Flying 2× Poison 1× Ground ½× Rock 1× Bug 1× Ghost 2× Steel 1× Fire 2× Water ½× Grass ½× Electric ½× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 2× Fairy 1× None

Notes: If Foresight or Odor Sleuth is used by an opponent, the opponent has Scrappy, or this Pokémon is given a Ring Target, the effectiveness of  Normal-type  moves is 1× and the effectiveness of  Fighting-type  moves is 1×.

Trivia

Origin

Name origin

Sinistcha may be a combination of sinister, Sinistea, and 抹茶 matcha.

Yabasocha may be a combination of やばい yabai (dangerous; terrible), ヤバチャ Yabacha (Sinistea), and 粗茶 socha (low grade tea, coarse tea).

In other languages

Language Title Meaning Japanese ヤバソチャ Yabasocha From やばい yabai, ヤバチャ Yabacha, and 粗茶 socha French Théffroyable From thé, froid, Théffroi, and effroyable Spanish Sinistcha Same as English name German Fatalitcha From fatal or fatalité, Fatalitee, and 抹茶 matcha Italian Sinistcha Same as English name Korean 그우린차 Geuurincha From green and 차 (茶) cha Mandarin Chinese 來悲粗茶 / 来悲粗茶 Láibēicūchá From 來悲茶 / 来悲茶 Láibēichá and 粗茶 cūchá Cantonese Chinese 來悲粗茶 Lòihbēichōuchàh From 來悲茶 Lòihbēichàh and 粗茶 chōuchàh

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