Sinistea counters

Gen 9 Ultramixandmega · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Sinistea
#0854 Sinistea
Ghost
USAGE 8.7% #16
ABILITYPsychic Surge
BASE STATS
HP 40
ATK 45
DEF 45
SPA 74
SPD 54
SPE 50
BST308
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
GhostDark
½×
PoisonBug
0×
NormalFighting
Moves
Shell Smash 100.0% Stored Power 79.7% Sandsear Storm 51.5% Springtide Storm 48.4% Steam Eruption 37.2% Secret Sword 21.1% Seed Flare 19.6% Strength Sap 17.8%
Items
Focus Sash 27.2% Cameruptite 19.9% Dragoninite 18.5% Slowbronite 17.5% Pidgeotite 10.3% Gardevoirite 2.2% Meganiumite 2.2% Emboarite 1.0%
Abilities
Psychic Surge36.9%Dazzling24.9%Intimidate19.4%Queenly Majesty10.1%Well-Baked Body2.5%Shadow Shield2.4%Normalize2.1%Sturdy1.0%
Common Teammates
Wiglett43.3%Coalossal41.5%Dratini36.3%Vibrava34.9%Elekid18.8%Greedent18.2%Shroodle18.0%Primeape17.2%

Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

This Pokémon doesn't have enough usage for Smogon to compute meaningful Checks & Counters. Only the most-used Pokémon in a format receive this data.

Ranked #16 with 8.71% usage. Sorted by reliability score.