The Problem with Sinistcha in Gen 9.

[@chompy_YT]

I’ve seen a fair bit of comments about this but to make it clear I’m a Singles Pokémon Player lol so I’m looking at it in that angle. This mon prolly might be good in VGC but I don’t play doubles like that lol. And yes, my bad about the weaknesses for Sinistcha, I was focused on grass and didn't take into account for the ghost typing when writing that part.

[@lilandch4rr]

btw its not weak to bug or poison, its typing covers that. but keep up the good work your videos are really underrated

[@YosiahW]

👻

[@YaBoySheeny]

Its definitely better than poltea in this Metagame

[@darciheadswillroll]

as a primarily vgc player, i think its strength is in vgc fishing for burns while being a support mon with hospitality and strenght sap

[@jimtsap04]

Yeah it's got such a perfectly compressed move in matcha gotcha, a spread status inducing healing move with decent base power and accuracy, not to mention the rest of its amazing support toolkit in hospitality strength sap and rage powder, most of these tools' effectiveness is either partially or completely diminished in singles so it's pigeon holed into the role of a calm mind sweeper that many other pokemon can do better

[@Ahandle272]

Sinistcha is here to murder urshi strikes and iron hands while refusing to die

[@jackferring6790]

clearly this is one of those Pokémon designed for Doubles format only. we should be grateful they gave it a semi decent alternate ability for Singles at all.

[@selfloathinggameing]

I mean, the ability, spread signature move, etc seems made for doubles like Fezandipiti so it's not all bad

[@mandalorianhunter1]

I know Iron Mugilus won't like this

[@davidmandel8960]

Wrong youtuber, correct comment

[@mandalorianhunter1]

@@davidmandel8960 i know lol

[@maskofthedragon]

All that Iron Mugilus posting memed this into existence

[@ugandaknuckles850]

Its Iron Chugilus Time

[@christienslade2492]

Damn what KZbinr was this I forgot about that 😂

[@presidenttogekiss635]

Sinestcha isnt weak to bug or poison because ghost resists both, so they're neutral. Its weak to Ghost Dark, Flying and Ice

[@brandoncubell7362]

Ghost resists bug and poison and heatproof effectively removes fire weakness so you’re only really adding 2 weaknesses of ice and flying

[@literallygrass1328]

his ass was NOT cooking, using shadow ball when you learn scald lmao

[@BFswithGFs]

1:37 It’s not weak to poison or bug as it’s ghost typing negates those weaknesses. Eh I feel like you didn’t really research this mon just ranting. It’s actually pretty good. Heaven forbid players actually have to get creative outside of spamming scale shot.

[@notshockwavedemon7543]

Sinistcha might be good in VGC AoE version of Giga Drain with Scald effect And Hospitality

[@redwings13400]

Not every Pokémon needs to be an ou staple. This one probably isn’t, but it does have a lot going for it that could leave it as a potential niche pick on the right team. Base 80 power move that heals and can burn is definitely not bad (though the accuracy and only 20% chance might leave it disappointing at times). It’s stats are decent and it has some good matchups. On the right team where it’s able to hit the field a lot, it could prove to be really annoying to deal with: Honestly I think unique Pokémon that can be strong in the right situations, but also aren’t broken are cool for the game to add. Maybe it’s a little weak but it’s far from the worst Mon in the game, and I’m sure it will find its place eventually

[@HotFootBunny]

This Mon is definitely more of a VGC doubles Mon than a OU Mon

[@YaBoySheeny]

@@HotFootBunnyits both. Its actually a scary late game sweeper

[@threemcgee1]

You must've missed Wolfe glicks live stream yesterday.

[@kirumlpbrasil]

I use Sinistcha in Stall Teams and she has good qualities. Ground resists, good way to spreading burn and punishing switches, fast enough vs some stallbreakers, imunity to traping. And with terastal, Heatproff wins more value. So yeah, it's a UU pokémon but with potential to OU in some stall archytypes.

[@uwabamiJohnny]

👻 Sinistcha is a menace in doubles and meh in singles, but that’s fine for me! One less burn mon to worry anout

[@Cofri176]

I feel like it was never ment to be a singels Mon, and its a pretty good support in doubels with stuff like Rage powder

[@GoldtisticYT]

hold on a moment this isnt jimothy cool

[@mateoostorero2223]

Its just a Doubles pokemon. Hospitality's heal is really Huge

[@pmahcgop6693]

I just tried using it on webs offence and it has no use there especially when ogerpon exists. It just doesn’t have enough stats for what it offers in OU, in a lower tier it could be obnoxious in lower tiers with strength sap, and matcha gotcha. Could force more covert cloak to avoid the burn if it drops to an appropriate tier for it, which would probably be in RU.

[@randomperson4137]

Why you using this mon who's special move works on healing a webs offense 😂

[@randomperson4137]

But overall you right

[@pmahcgop6693]

@@randomperson4137 wanted to try new mons, thought it would work since it’s speed is holding it back, and I thought I could use another ghost type to block spin. And yeah, it didn’t end up working too well, the rest of the team did most of the lifting.

[@RockOrso2]

I have an authentic Heatproof Sinistcha, but yeah, Doubles is where it'll really shine, or the 7 star Chesnaught raid if it'll rerun.

[@randomsnapperson8008]

As a Sinistcha enjoyer, I’d say it definitely has its place in the OU metagame from what I’ve seen. Take this with a grain of salt because I’m pretty low ladder, but it has won me many games via calm mind and matcha gotcha. Admittedly, it does struggle somewhat against knock off, however if you can play around that, maybe even Tera to avoid it, you’ll get a pretty decent setup sweeper all things considered.

[@TerraTuso]

was i the only one that saw the shiny nosepass in the background at the start? edit: no, that was just a sandshrew, for some reason video defaulted to 360p and made it incomprehensibly crunchy

[@Slither.Wing.]

The Toedscruel and Wugtrio lines have the same stats as the originals

[@joel1110]

No way you talk trash on Sinistcha when rn everyone using it

[@trevorpacelli8056]

"You know, it's amazing. You are 100% wrong. I mean nothing you said has been right." -Kermit the Frog

[@pspsmallz]

This is definitely a doubles pokemon, everything about it is designed for it.

[@aeris...5389]

They limited scald but gave sinisista the best scald Pokemon logic limit one move but make an even stronger move for one mon

[@typhlosion7872]

I just wish that Matcha Gotcha was 100% accurate instead of 90% accurate

[@nathanbrown1293]

I just wanna say, that not every Pokémon gotta be Ou viable

[@YosiahW]

Give it shadow tag for the fun of it.😊

[@william12134]

U gotta do the bulk set with iron defense and calm mind

[@jessetate9701]

All the robots are electric type stuff

[@black7594]

itll fall off soon due to usage anyway, it happens to every new pokemon

[@cody1952]

I think you're too hung up on the speed of this Pokémon. Put it on a trick room team in doubles. This mon is actually really good.