Sinistcha is Actually Amazing. Here's Why.

[@jimothycool]

Forgot to put Credit onscreen (again, lol), shoutout to twitter.com/DarkerJenny_ who made the excellent Iron Mugulis and Iron Chugulis sprites. Donate to my Gen 3 OU Tournament, ADV Revival here: streamlabs.com/jimothycool/tip

[@CalypsoTheWanderingStar]

The reason the evolution stages are the reverse of polterlageist is that it's not the same pokemon, as in the sinischa line isn't a regional form of Polteageist, but a convergent evolution. While Polteageist is a spirit possessing the tea, sinischa is the tea cups themselves come to live, if I recall correctly. Hope that helps!

[@ShirouKazuki1205]

Fun fact: in doubles, matcha gotcha hits two opponents at once making sinistcha way more difficult to deal with

[@enlongjones2394]

Holy crap

[@saltlakeatrocity9771]

How is its healing calculated then? 50% combined damage to two opponents is ridiculous, id hope its halved so its the same healing as against one target?

[@thatseconddude-g4t]

​​​​@@saltlakeatrocity9771it's 75% of the damage dealt So 75% twice means 150% of the damage dealt in singles

[@turnips4375]

​@saltlakeatrocity9771 spread moves already have their damage reduced by 25% if they hit multiple targets, so the healing isn't quite as ridiculous as it may at first appear. There's also much more damage going around in doubles, so healing is less valued.

[@saltlakeatrocity9771]

@@thatseconddude-g4t im aware doubles moves are only 75% damage, but considering the move already has far above-average BP for a healing move-thats still a ridiculous amount of healing.

[@colinthomas5408]

You know we are all pulling for Iron Chugulis

[@glitchedoom]

Down with Mug, up with Chug!

[@andre-8420]

I believe its a smokescreen by Big Money, they are both in his devious pocket. Wake up wooloople!

[@edenlelinger3346]

I swear I thought this was a troll guide and that sinistcha was made up. Dang Jimothy you are in my head 😂

[@jimothycool]

Sometimes Fact is stranger than Fiction.

[@DarthFhenix55]

Maybe the gamefreak designers are working alongside Iron Mugulis.

[@raputha1148]

@@DarthFhenix55 they most definitely are! iron hands???????????

[@rayyaninspookymonth1630]

Imported cheese moment (he hates literally everything because he loves everything)

[@AIDcyt]

I think the reason why Sinistcha is the final evo is because Poltchageist is jar of Matcha powder, aka not the finished product / evolution

[@fart7361]

Y didnt they name the little powdery green ghost Matchageist

[@Rynntastic01]

​@@fart7361good point

[@AIDcyt]

@@fart7361I'm pretty sure they named it as it is to make it similar to other convergent Pokémon's naming scheme

[@unchainedchomp8586]

Sinistea and Sinistcha are both teacups filled with tea. Polteagheist and Poltchagheist are both containers that hold the tea. The naming actually makes perfect sense. What doesn't make sense is the direction of their evolution. Matcha powder > Matcha tea Makes more sense than Cuppa tea > Potta Tea Sinistea just gets bigger when it evolves. Poltchagheist isn't even a beverage until it evolves.

[@roli112233]

Was thinking the same thing Also "cha" means tea in some languages (like punjabi), so it makes sense to switch it out for tea in that sense too!

[@nightingem]

I was bummed at no shell smash at first, but the tools it has in its arsenal are actually so interesting!

[@asterlofts1565]

Maybe, can be have in the part 2 Mask Disc...

[@FarCritical]

Sinistcha and Matcha Gotcha are both really fun to say

[@eldritchexploited5462]

It's that "cha" sound that rolls off the tongue nicely

[@lilythebluespheresfan2897]

China tea cha!

[@TheOtherNeutrino]

Poltchageist is like the equivalent for the teapot in the world of Japanese tea so the naming convention might be Polt...geist for the pot and Sinist... for the cup. The British ones had the cup evolve into the pot because the pot is so much bigger. Poltchageist is based off the tea caddies from Japanese tea ceremonies called chaki which hold the matcha powder but not the hot water. As such, they can be smaller in size to the drinking cup, the chawan, that Sinistcha is based off. Sinistcha also incorporates the whisk (chasen) used to mix the powder and water in the cup as its headgear. This means that both evolved forms is where the brewing happens so there is some consistency due the differing preparation methods.

[@achinthyas319]

I haven't followed Pokémon since gen 5 and I don't play any competitive. I just watch this channel because it's entertaining. I was convinced this Pokémon was something Jimothy made up as some distant cousin to Iron Mugulus. To find out it's real is ridiculous lmao

[@Squaredasher]

As I said after seeing that move on showdown for the first time: “that move is evil. It just punched me in the face, stole my wallet, and threw sand in my eyes all with one button.”

[@imcarolean]

Gen 9 powercreep is nuts

[@xuanathan]

I gotta build a team around this but I'm addicted to using Gliscor, idk if they're particularly synergistic

[@anthonyweisbecker3693]

They don’t have a whole lot of synergy, but there definitely are some pluses. Sinistcha can switch into the super effective water and neutral grass moves that might threaten gliscor, while gliscor can switch into poison type moves and, i think more importantly, can switch into statuses like toxic or para that might try to shut down set up sinistcha without a sub as long as gliscor’s poison is up. Offensively gliscor can threaten fire types that resist sinistcha’s grass type moves and set hazards to give sinistcha better odds on kos with matcha gotcha which means you won’t have to risk as many misses

[@xuanathan]

@@anthonyweisbecker3693 Gonna start cooking something up, another plus is that Sinistea functions as a spinblocker for Gliscor's hazards, and has a good matchup with most tusk sets. Any recommendations for team members?

[@Nestmind]

In double they are extremely synergic

[@lucayaki]

​@@anthonyweisbecker3693Gliscor doesn't really resist any of Sinistcha's weaknesses. Sinistcha is neutral against both Poison and Bug, which are the two Grass weaknesses Gliscor can cover

[@anthonyweisbecker3693]

@@lucayaki oh yeah true. Gotta be honest i forgot ghost resisted poison and bug lol

[@chandlerredding721]

The names are reversed because they go from container to cup now, so the cup-based evo gets the name of Sinistea.

[@BiffTheBanana]

Sinistcha is so cool, I'm so excited to find one, but my real favourite of the DLC has to be lil Dipplin, I really loved Flapple and Appletun, and Dipplin being able to use eviolite is just fantastic

[@rajkanishu]

wait dipplin can use eviolite? what?

[@BiffTheBanana]

@@rajkanishu yes, it is extremely funny

[@rajkanishu]

??????????? how is it physically possible like did they fuck up the code or something

[@tobiaslangtry4171]

@@rajkanishuI predict that Dipplin will have an evolution released in the next DLC. That’s why Dipplin can use Eviolite

[@scrunkore]

​@@rajkanishuit's coded as a pokemon that can evolve and there's an empty slot after it in the game data so it's probably just going to evolve again in the indigo disk

[@justme14357]

It's such a cute Design, cool that it is strong.

[@chilitofu3512]

i love tea, especially oolong tea

[@Sabrina_Tea]

I love chai tea

[@riceballsmashpokemongamere1705]

​@@Sabrina_TeaWhat did you just say?! CHAI TEA?! Chai means tea, you're saying tea tea bro. Do you think I would ask you for a coffee coffee with some sugar sugar and cream cream?

[@ahkwaheart]

​@@riceballsmashpokemongamere1705bro's tweaking 💀☠️

[@Mr.Sax.]

​@@ahkwaheartBut he's right, even if he's joking

[@ahkwaheart]

@@Mr.Sax. "In America, "chai" has become known as a flavor of tea with predominantly cinnamon or cardamom notes. But in India, chai is not a flavor of tea; it is tea" - food & wine america adopted the term as a flavour of tea, using it is valid.

[@madibyee]

I believe the names were swapped because Poltchageist, the pre evolution, is found in an enclosed "Chug" form, similar to its ecologically similar form "Polteageist". Conversely, Sinistcha is in a more open-ended "Mug"-like form, similar to Sinistea. Its also theorized that The Pokemon Company International has just done this to mess with us. It could even be the sinister work of Iron Mugulis, who has recently been spotted inside of Game Freak's development headquarters. Researchers and criminal detectives are looking into this.

[@notshockwavedemon7543]

4:30 Matcha Gotcha being 90% accurate was to balance it out I guess. And yeah if it's not 100% accurate it's 50% accurate

[@TheOtherNeutrino]

8 fucking Ground types Sinistcha: Oh yeah, it's all coming together. It actually has good synergy with SpDef Heatran.

[@brianfrancovotrs665]

I know they aren't necessarily new, but def would love to hear your thoughts on our returning sea serpent Milotic!

[@Roflmao6173]

Having access to scald probably puts it at a pretty good spot at the very least.

[@Raphanobi]

8:00 Ceaseless Edge be like

[@kalarse]

If you notice, the sinis lads are open in the wild, where as the polt are able to cover themselves, probablynthere is where they had the naming

[@jaxsomon3333]

YES! THEY CHANGED SINISTCHA'S STATS! I absolutely despise how despite being completely different pokemon with completely different types, wugtrio and toedscruel have the exact same stats as dugtrio and tentacruel. So glad they fixed that here!

[@jaxsomon3333]

Like, how does wugtrio out speed mega rayquaza?! It's always inside of a rock!

[@alastairty8755]

Yeah I loved this too. Although tentacruel had pretty good stats anyway. They really optimized polteageists stats for sinistcha which I love to see! & heatproof, really couldn’t have wished for more lol

[@2im36]

i just realized how insane it is that jimothy's channel went from 6k subs when i started watching to nearly 50k.

[@trevorjamesnegus]

He is starting to build up steam! ❤

[@jamesonojor2717]

As someone who doesn’t keep up with pokemon I though jimothy was just making up pokemon for the iron mugulis story

[@maktackle1908]

I feel so validated by this, I’ve been walling and burning hella guys with physdef colbur sinistcha

[@sramain2852]

7:20 I see that as Gamefreak's shot at a trend that happened a while ago where fakemon artists swapped the evolutions of pokemons

[@kefkapalazzo1]

Damn this Mon seems so cool lol. Even looks cool. Waiting for my game to update right now

[@TShadowKnight]

I think the name thing is just purely down to visual similarity. The PolXGeist are closed pots and the SinisX are open cups.

[@Rhy2412TitanGamer]

This mon is a good example of why grass types are always great. Constant healing, status spreader, and good damage.

[@azeria1]

I would like to suggest an empolan video now that it has a new ability and access to roost with it's rare typing of water steel

[@marcelinoalvarado9129]

That Iron Mughulis joke is so fucking stupid but I laugh every time

[@graylyhen9490]

At 2:07 you should put in the infamous I'm gonna send in Melmetal on last Mon Toxapex for no reason by Blunder to showcase that Scald burn power

[@kadabraguy9846]

Matcha Gotcha: 80 base power, burn chance, hits both targets, 24 PP Giga Drain: 75 base power, no additional effects, single target, 16 PP Something's not adding up here

[@kevinsanchez4160]

you forgot matcha has 90 accuracy...

[@AI-DreigonGPT]

Wait it hit everyone ?!

[@rayyaninspookymonth1630]

6:23 Baxcalibur being paired with alolan Ninetales is ironic but makes for a weird ship dynamic

[@Seekmire]

Great Tusk is alive? And serving as the lawyer for Iron Mugulis - the Pokémon who killed him? Something fishy is going on here. If Pawmot couldn’t revive him, I suspect Rabsca is under the employment of Old Money.

[@Pudcup]

Perhaps Mr. Mugs has turned a new leaf and is now a better cup. It finally moved to ubers, where it belongs.

[@theschnozzler]

​​@@PudcupI don't think Iron Mugulis's crimes should just be forgiven. It needs to prove it isn't up to nefarious deeds anymore

[@Pudcup]

@Someone-me1tx didn't you see Iron Mugulus's apology video? (Breaking character for a sec I am joking)

[@theschnozzler]

@@Pudcup the one where he whipped out a xylophone and started singing? Tbh I need more convincing

[@Pudcup]

@@theschnozzler but it was a really good song. You gotta admit that at the very least.

[@theimprovedbore550]

whoa whoa whoa whoa, why in Arceus' name is the late Great Tusk, honorable Pokémon he is, defending the Pokémon who MURDERED HIM

[@grrman]

That pokemon looks like a fanmade gag pokemon like Iron Mugulus lmao

[@jimothycool]

Life imitates art.

[@a2g108]

Grass Ghost getting a lot of love this gen

[@officersoulknight6321]

I feel like this mon will have a lot of little interesting buffs that will build up to make a really strong mon

[@chess_fella]

Sinistcha will change the world, green tea style

[@jpegson_g]

ive been using a matcha gotcha / stun spore / scald / calm mind set with heatproof and water tera and so far its been really fun lol, also considering tera fire with tera blast

[@Sarah_Redfox]

i think the reason why the names got inverted is because since its a convergent pokemon and not an actual variant they can bend the rules a little bit

[@GoodOlKappaTea]

Having this pokemon with Dipplin in doubles seems like a way more consistent grass support. It's almost like these two came in as support for Rillaboom that will be releasing in Winter.

[@Mavuika_Gyaru]

Or you can use rilaboom from pokemon home

[@boraccichannel]

Love how while you were talking about Matcha Gotcha missing you got the 2% chance to experience an instant thaw

[@typhlosion7872]

It may be weak to Ice Spinner and Knock, but not all Tusks run those moves so they can free up room for other moves such as Bulk Up, Rapid Spin, Head Smash, or Stealth Rock

[@Sarah_Redfox]

kinda unrelated but i love the way you say Sinistcha, idk why it just sounds so good :v

[@redwings13400]

A 20% burn chance with 90% accuracy is really interesting! Not that many attacks have a 20% chance of a secondary effect, so I had to look up what moves have that in order to get a good comparison. Its essentially the chance of a shadow ball spec def drop, or a dark pulse flinch, but is actually a little less than that because the attack can miss too. I think the 20% chance will probably disappoint some people who try to treat this move like scald, but the fact that it has STAB and heals more than makes up for the downside. The burn is more of a secondary bonus that might make opponents think twice about switching in, as opposed to the selling point of the move. I'm gonna guess this mon ends up UU with an OU niche. Its probably going to be pretty metagame dependent, since base 70 speed, a weakness to knock off, and inconsistent healing will really hold it back a bit. However, if used well on the right team I think it has potential to be terrifying.

[@galelululu]

thinking about how Drifblim does as a boost sweeper with the ability to Strength Sap its way out of being checked… dunno if Sinistcha will actually be OU but thinking about Drifblim’s niche there’s definitely potential for it to settle in somewhere

[@raputha1148]

id just like to emphazize how outstanding todays end screen is!

[@ethanl5527]

Wait, how is Great Tusk alive and practicing law? Did Pawmot ressurect him?

[@啊啊啊啊-m4s]

Actually MG's issue with inconsistent accuracy can be avoided by some smart plays. If you really do need to get some healing that crucial turn, you could just use Strenth Sap instead. It not only provides more significant healing, but also consistently weakens the opponent. Once your opponent is weakend enough to deal only below 50% damage, that's when you start spamming MG. If it misses, you could just Strenth Sap back to full health next turn.

[@RockOrso2]

Got a Masterpiece Heatproof Sinistcha yesterday out of coincidence with this upload, since Singles can only use Heatproof because Hospitality is obviously meant for doubles.

[@terrapog8533]

Not sure Sinischa is OU material but itll be fun in lower tiers maybe RU

[@孫慧娟-u9c]

It's going to be one of those things like Ditto or Gen 4 Nidoqueen where it's the last piece that rounds out what your team specifically needs

[@ShinyDracozolt]

Sinistcha is a Pokemon I'm starting to like, and though I'm not really sure if I'll ever get into competitive proper, I have been fiddling around with stuff and Sinistcha is definitely something I wanna try! As for Pokemon to talk about next, I'd love to hear your thoughts on Munkidori! It seems like it and Okidogi are probs gonna be the best of the Loyal Three? Maybe?

[@edchanful]

gamefreak is really trying to make grass ghost typing into a relevant pokemon match gotcha and hospitality, damn these 2 combo

[@nunyabiznes33]

*sound of Gardenia's knees rattling*

[@shimogane2474]

strength sap + scald is pretty much unique to sinistcha right?

[@redwarrior118]

Jellicent

[@PokeBrodie]

hospitality can be used amazingly

[@mystic5728]

Thank you Jimothy, very cool

[@TimmyCommerford]

the inverted names correspond to the inverted offense and defense of the lines

[@JohnJohnson-lr3ve]

Can’t believe great tusk is defending iron Mugulis after what he’s done to him

[@thefatcontrollershat]

ikr

[@blazekaizer9000]

They finally went ahead and did Iron Mugulis

[@gabrielamaro1470]

It’s interesting how we got two nee doubles oriented pokemon in this dlc, in Sinistcha and Dipplin. Is the second dlc going to be focused on double battles?

[@shitsalad429]

Probably not, it’s just VGC

[@fizhing]

Its pokemon showdown current sprite looks hilarious , its like they put an actual painted and carved tea mug

[@linuxman7777]

It definitely is far more versatile than Poltegeist, and the Utility is there. I could see it having a place on Stall teams that struggle with Bulky offence and Semi Stall, but it seems to have trouble against Full Stall and Hyper Offense.

[@MrProfDrHoff]

I can only assume they reordered the evolution to fit with the narrative they wrote for Polchageist. Polchageist is the cursed container the matcha is made in, and therefore corelates to the teapot. After cursing people and completing the matcha, it is the ready and can be poured into a cup, corelating to the teacup. I suppose ironically the original pair could have been switched too given that logic.

[@EckerKyle]

Poltchageist looks like a Jug, so they gave it the name that sounds like polt-jug-ice

[@oggolbat7932]

The power creep is going crazy

[@quirinobrescia6113]

I was using it a bit and it’s move pool is so good. I was using a strength sap, sub, cm, matcha gotcha set I wonder if Big Root will boost matcha gotcha recovery( it should)

[@mskouley1391]

bro the naming convention is fine its matcha tea, it even has the little bamboo whisk for whisking

[@igeomagician]

I think I just clued into the fact that iron chugulus isn’t an actual future paradox form

[@consortgaming1121]

0:30 Iron Chugulis spotted

[@Krimson241]

Honestly, I'm exited for the new meta. There are so many new pokemon, as well as many new strategies. Yes, my favorite dark type (before gambit) wevile is back at full power with knock off and icical spear and alolan ninetails is back, but there are mons like shifty and empoleon that got new abilities like wind rider and competitive. It's gonna be really cool to see all the options available with flc waves 1 and 2, and it doesn't seem like the new ledgends will be destroying the their either. They're decent, but not overwhelming.

[@dragonslayerz2220]

The name reversal probably has to do with matching the teacups and teapots.

[@reginaldmeta2762]

I actually just realized that Sinistea -> Polteageist but Poltchageist -> Sinistcha. What the hell are they doing over there?

[@imn_fauler6098]

This seems a mon that won’t get much use st first but later it will get more use as players realise how good it actually is

[@tymunster]

I feel like stall breaker sininstcha will actually be pretty big. Tera poison with tera blast, matcha gatcha, substitute, and some fourth option beats basically every unaware pokemon.

[@virtualcolt]

Now im excited to see what you think of Ogerpon and Bloodmoon Ursaluna (or Bloodsaluna as I like to call it)

[@1stCallipostle]

Ogerpon seems utterly Ogerpog. The types on the alternate forms are super interesting, it's move is really good, and 120 attack + 110 Speed is hard to go wrong with

[@skullguy4863]

Ivy cudgle is a powerful whip with no drawbacks and can be different types and with ways to setup and all tbe forms having pretty good typing I think it should be good

[@MapleLunii]

The maplestory music at 3:00 😭

[@thomaskoutsogiannis3449]

Opinions on Umbreon getting Toxic?will it send it to upper end RU?

[@user-ki7ux9mz6l]

Do I hear maplestory music in the background? Hell yeah!

[@quilesboy]

Surely this cousin of Iron Mugulis can't be trusted

[@ultimateblaze23]

please talk about Torterra its wrecking OU

[@RedRockin6]

Yo?

[@NobodyDungeons]

personally I'm gonna run max defense with strength sap, calm mind, matcha gotcha, and shadow ball.

[@JohnDoe-gc3bj]

This will be the rise of Sap Sipper normal types.

[@lordmudkip7344]

Sinistea/Sinistcha is the cup and Polteageist/Poltchageist is the jar, hence the names

[@floofzykitty5072]

“You can fish for burn chances vs Clefable” bro pretty sure Magic Guard is still used more than Unaware Clef

[@jimothycool]

Well if its magic guard you beat them with Sub CM

[@PurpleBoiGaming]

Jimothy do dipplin darkrai

[@AlexDono]

Poltchageist really went and evolve backwards

[@laxelford3533]

I would assume its reversed because the sizes of the vessel to the cup Teapots are bigger than teacups And the thing the powder is held in is usually alot smaller than the cup

[@wclay]

I think the simpler explanation is that Sinistea and and Sinischa are both in a drinking cup, while Polteageist and Polchageist are both in “storage” containers.

[@TheOtherNeutrino]

@@wclay We can also see the evolved forms are where the tea brewing happens. Teapots, like Polteageist, are where the tea leaves are infused into the water while matcha powder is whisked into the water in the drinking cup, like Sinistcha.

[@camping2399]

I had to stop for the Wiki page with Espathra 😂😂😂 @3:58

[@toadsagejacob7896]

Wait, Great Tusk is back from the dead and defending Iron Mugulis?! That means that some crazy shit happened off screen.

[@Toast-cc7gr]

With how potent the ability is it maybe worth using a wide lense as its item to basically ensure a miss never happens, its an amazing mon that has alot going for it, the thing i dislike the most is just how bad grass is as a type (id argue its the worst offensively and defensively)

[@telacrap]

Scald + Giga Drain + hits both targets??? This is truly the “‘Unfortunate’ doesn’t begin to describe my series, this game rewards blind luck and nothing else, I am beyond convinced at this point” of Gen 9 OU.

[@kylelundgren5133]

Video game that highly rely on RNG is dependent on RNG wow that's mind-blowing. Please just ignore the Smogon crit fishing, freeze fishing, full par fishing, and burn fishing.

[@martytu20]

90 accuracy and no shell smash is a necessary trade off for a move with two effects.

[@telacrap]

@@kylelundgren5133 Me when he crits and paralyses me first try and then Dark Pulse crits and flinches me and I lose

[@telacrap]

@@martytu20 IT DOESN’T GET SHELL SMASH??? Oh thank Arc dude I thought I was gonna have to run Phazer Hoodra on all sets

[@enderdudebruh8270]

blud thinks Poltchageist is gonna be a new Ubers when it has no Shell Smash 💀

[@omega-xk4gj]

0:39 I don't think Iron Chugulis has anything to worry about, because Landorus-T is a Pretty INTIMIDATING attorney if I do say so myself

[@TheOtherNeutrino]

Yeah but he better be careful. GT has been known to put a "cold spin" on things.

[@omega-xk4gj]

@@TheOtherNeutrino Don't fear, I'm sure Lando has a Knot to tie on him

[@papipaupanda1401]

Hackmons: Matcha Gotcha here we gooooooo!!!

[@realsanmer]

Grass-Ghost enjoyers knowing they have never had a single bad design:

[@omarsglock]

LOVE THE NEW OUTRO TRAP SONG

[@elobservadorobservante1605]

why is roaring moon uu in gen 9 but uber in national dex if national dex has more counters?

[@fractalisomega9517]

The naming of these pokemon is probably parallels to their "European" version due to how different Black tea is from Matcha tea, so different that they could easily call each other backwards