Sinistea counters

#0854

ghostTier 1

Lobby CP

3,845

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.05

Pokebattler scale

Beating Sinistea should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 603-650.

Weak toghost1.6xdark1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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Weather

★ boosts a type this boss is weak to

No boost Sunny or clear Rainy Partly cloudy Cloudy Windy Snow Fog ★

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend

None Good friend (+3%)Great friend (+5%)Ultra friend (+7%)Best friend (+10%)

Mega in the lobby

a Mega boosts every trainer's attacks: 1.3x of its own type, 1.1x of others

Try a Ghost Mega — most top counters attack with Ghost

Party Power

Party Play: the charged move after a full meter does 2x

Off 2 trainers 3 trainers 4 trainers

Adventure Effects

only these three change a raid

Behemoth Blade (+10% attack)Behemoth Bash (+10% defense)Dynamic Punch+ (+15% attack vs Mega)

Of the game's eleven Adventure Effects only Behemoth Blade (Crowned Sword Zacian), Behemoth Bash (Crowned Shield Zamazenta) and Dynamic Punch+ (Mega Mewtwo X) change a raid; Roar of Time, Spacial Rend, Freeze Shock, Ice Burn, Sunsteel Strike, Moongeist Beam, Future Sight+ and Dynamax Cannon act outside raids. Dynamic Punch+ only counts against a Mega boss, so it changes nothing here. Sources: the full list, Behemoth Blade / Bash, Dynamic Punch+.

Best counters

Mega, Legendary, Shadow · level 40

The best Sinistea counters are Mega Gengar, Shadow Gengar, Shadow Absol, Shadow Darkrai, Necrozma (Dawn Wings) & Shadow Hydreigon.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Gengar
S. Gengar
S. Absol
S. Darkrai
Necrozma (Dawn Wings)
S. Hydreigon

9 more Megas ranked inside the top six — a party can hold only one Mega, so the best one stays and the next non-Mega takes the slot.

Ranked by Estimator (trainers needed); small print: time to winOrder byEstimatorOverall %

1Mega GengarMegapartyLick / Shadow Ball0.040:07
2Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.050:08
3Shadow GengarShadowpartyShadow Claw / Shadow Ball0.050:09
4Shadow AbsolShadowpartySnarl / Brutal Swing0.050:09
5Mega AbsolMegaSnarl / Brutal Swing0.050:09
6Mega BanetteMegaShadow Claw / Shadow Ball0.050:09
7Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryConfusion / Shadow Ball0.050:09
8Shadow DarkraiShadowLegendarypartySnarl / Shadow Ball0.050:09
9Mega StarmieMegaPsywave / Liquidation+0.050:09
10Mega HoundoomMegaSnarl / Dark Pulse+0.050:09
14Necrozma (Dawn Wings)LegendarypartyPsycho Cut / Moongeist Beam0.060:10
15Shadow HydreigonShadowpartyBite / Dark Pulse0.060:10

More orders under All settings (Sort by). The top 15 in detail.

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

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Top 15 Sinistea counters in detail

Click a row for damage per move, breakpoints and the energy cycle. Click a column to sort. All 30 ranked attackers, with every column, are under All settings.

Trainers1soloable

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Gengarghostpoisonjoint top pick	ghostLickghostShadow Ball	4,336	0:07	0.04	5813.6%
2	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:08	0.05	5341.9%
3	Shadow Gengarghostpoison	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	2,878	0:09	0.05	4954.5%
4	Shadow Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	2,526	0:09	0.05	4909.9%
5	Mega Absoldark	darkSnarldarkBrutal Swing	3,301	0:09	0.05	4887.9%
6	Mega Banetteghost	ghostShadow ClawghostShadow Ball	3,594	0:09	0.05	4871.5%
7	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicConfusionghostShadow Ball	6,112	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
8	Shadow Darkraidark	darkSnarlghostShadow Ball	3,739	0:09	0.05	4844.4%
9	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:09	0.05	4843.3%
10	Mega Houndoomdarkfire	darkSnarldarkDark Pulse+	3,842	0:09	0.05	4697.2%
11	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	0:10	0.05	4551.1%
12	Mega Raichu Xelectric	electricVolt SwitchelectricVolt Tackle+	3,510	0:10	0.05	4540.6%
13	Mega Raichu Yelectric	electricThunder ShockelectricZap Cannon+	3,780	0:10	0.05	4448.0%
14	Necrozma (Dawn Wings)psychicghost	psychicPsycho CutghostMoongeist Beam	4,099	0:10	0.06	4373.0%
15	Shadow Hydreigondarkdragon	darkBitedarkDark Pulse	3,625	0:10	0.06	4359.9%

Ordered by Estimator alone, fewest trainers needed first. . The place badge names each row's Overall place on hover.

Times are one trainer with six copies of that attacker, level 40 at 15/15/15, no weather, no friendship, no dodging, Shadow / Mega / Legendary attackers hidden — the same defaults pokebattler.com's own counter pages open with. Open the full counter tool to change any of them. "Details" opens the per-move damage, breakpoints and energy cycle against Sinistea.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Sinistea's HP that six of that attacker remove inside one raid timer, so over 100% means they finish it with time to spare. Faints is how many of the six go down inside that timer.

Hardest movesets to raid against

The same boss is a different fight depending on what it knows. Each row re-simulates the top 6 counters above against one specific moveset; the list is ordered hardest first, and clicking a row filters the whole page to that moveset — the ranking, the estimator and the share link all follow.

Boss moveset	Win % (1)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	1049%	4836.9%	0:09	0.05
Sucker Punch / Shadow Ball	100%	1015%	4818.4%	0:09	0.05
Sucker Punch / Dark Pulse	100%	1143%	4818.4%	0:09	0.05
Sucker Punch / Psychic	100%	1242%	4818.4%	0:09	0.05
Astonish / Psychic	100%	1190%	4829.5%	0:09	0.05
Astonish / Shadow Ball	100%	957%	4859.4%	0:09	0.05
Astonish / Dark Pulse	100%	1099%	4859.4%	0:09	0.05

Measured over the top 6 attackers on the list above rather than by re-ranking the whole roster once per moveset — the ordering is what the table is for, and a full re-rank per moveset would cost ten times the page's whole simulation budget. Win % is the share of runs 1 trainers of those attackers finish inside the raid timer. Overall is Pokebattler's published blend on its own absolute scale (higher is easier), not a percentage of the best row the way the ranked table's Overall column is — which is why an easy boss reads well above 100% here.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Sinistea weaknesses and resistances

Every one of the 18 attacking types against this boss's typing. GO multipliers: 1.6x super effective, 2.56x doubly, 0.625x resisted, 0.39x doubly resisted.

ghost1.6x dark1.6x flying1x ground1x rock1x steel1x fire1x water1x grass1x electric1x psychic1x ice1x dragon1x fairy1x poison0.63x bug0.63x normal0.39x fighting0.39x

Weak (2)
Neutral (12)
Resists (4)

It resists normal0.39xfighting0.39xpoison0.625xbug0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Sinistea throws at you

Its standard movepool, with the damage window a dodge has to beat.

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
darkSucker Punch	5	+6	0.5s	0.10s
ghostAstonishSTAB	7	+13	1.0s	0.60s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
ghostShadow BallSTAB	100	-50	3.0s	2.40s
psychicPsychic	95	-50	3.0s	1.50s
darkDark Pulse	80	-50	3.0s	1.40s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	603	754
11/11/11	612	765
12/12/12	622	777
13/13/13	631	789
14/14/14	641	801
15/15/15hundo	650	813

Caught CP range 603 - 650, or 754 - 813 when the weather boosts it.

A raid encounter is level 20 (level 25 weather boosted) and cannot roll an IV below 10/10/10. Anything outside the first range is not this raid's reward.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Sinistea is not on the raid schedule right now. The simulation above is still exact for the tier chosen — any boss can be simulated, current or not.

All settings

Tier 1: 600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 89 / Defense 66 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Gengar ghostpoisonmega Lick / Shadow Ball	Lick / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	94%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,336	80.8	606
2	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	100%	5341.9%	0.05	0:08	100%	6,428	91.4	746
3	Shadow Gengar ghostpoisonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	70%	4954.5%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,878	73.4	646
4	Shadow Absol darkshadow Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	82%	4909.9%	0.05	0:09	100%	2,526	74.5	661
5	Mega Absol darkmega Snarl / Brutal Swing	Snarl / Brutal Swing+9 more movesets	85%	4887.9%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,301	78.2	697
6	Mega Banette ghostmega Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+5 more movesets	73%	4871.5%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,594	72.5	649
7	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Confusion / Shadow Ball	Confusion / Shadow Ball+26 more movesets	85%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	6,112	69.8	628
8	Shadow Darkrai darkshadow Snarl / Shadow Ball	Snarl / Shadow Ball+14 more movesets	86%	4844.4%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,739	68.9	620
9	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	82%	4843.3%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,701	68.9	620
10	Mega Houndoom darkfiremega Snarl / Dark Pulse+	Snarl / Dark Pulse++17 more movesets	94%	4697.2%	0.05	0:09	100%	3,842	107.2	994
11	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	79%	4551.1%	0.05	0:10	100%	5,713	66.4	636
12	Mega Raichu X electricmega Volt Switch / Volt Tackle+	Volt Switch / Volt Tackle++35 more movesets	76%	4540.6%	0.05	0:10	100%	3,510	63.3	608
13	Mega Raichu Y electricmega Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon+	Thunder Shock / Zap Cannon++35 more movesets	73%	4448.0%	0.05	0:10	100%	3,780	70.2	688
14	Necrozma (Dawn Wings) psychicghost Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam	Psycho Cut / Moongeist Beam+14 more movesets	72%	4373.0%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,099	89.7	894
15	Shadow Hydreigon darkdragonshadow Bite / Dark Pulse	Bite / Dark Pulse+9 more movesets	77%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,625	62.0	620
16	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Fire Spin / Shadow Ball	Fire Spin / Shadow Ball+19 more movesets	66%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,268	61.7	617
17	Shadow Giratina (Origin) ghostdragonshadow Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+7 more movesets	70%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,683	61.0	610
18	Shadow Honchkrow darkflyingshadow Snarl / Brave Bird	Snarl / Brave Bird+7 more movesets	73%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,711	60.0	600
19	Necrozma (Dusk Mane) psychicsteel Psycho Cut / Sunsteel Strike	Psycho Cut / Sunsteel Strike+14 more movesets	73%	4359.9%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,099	60.7	607
20	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Wing Attack / Brave Bird+	Wing Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	74%	4307.4%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,979	60.5	612
21	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Confusion / Shadow Ball	Confusion / Shadow Ball+23 more movesets	67%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,178	59.2	621
22	Mega Alakazam psychicmega Confusion / Shadow Ball	Confusion / Shadow Ball+17 more movesets	65%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	4,510	59.5	625
23	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Shadow Ball	Incinerate / Shadow Ball+7 more movesets	60%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	3,297	57.7	606
24	Gengar ghostpoison Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+31 more movesets	59%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,878	57.2	601
25	Hisuian Zoroark normalghost Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball	Shadow Claw / Shadow Ball+9 more movesets	61%	4152.2%	0.06	0:10	100%	2,615	57.2	601
26	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	66%	4082.2%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,749	67.3	717
27	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Feint Attack / Night Slash	Feint Attack / Night Slash+17 more movesets	70%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	3,784	55.9	615
28	Shadow Houndoom darkfireshadow Snarl / Crunch	Snarl / Crunch+14 more movesets	65%	3963.4%	0.06	0:11	100%	2,635	55.7	613
29	Mega Aerodactyl rockflyingmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+23 more movesets	64%	3906.6%	0.06	0:11	100%	4,118	57.4	640
30	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Bite / Brutal Swing	Bite / Brutal Swing+20 more movesets	67%	3865.0%	0.06	0:11	100%	5,031	60.4	681

How accurate is this? Same top pick as pokebattler.com on 26 of 27 lists checked, 90% of its top tens shared; weakest on Mewtwo's default list (7 of 10).

Ranking. Our full ranking against the page pokebattler.com serves for the same boss and settings, on 27 boss and filter combinations read live (2026-10-04): 242 of 270 top-ten places shared, the same #1 on 26. On the six fixed reference bosses (read 2026-10-03): 85% top-ten overlap with its default filters, 83% with Shadow, Mega and Legendary on. A close top three is shown as a tie because the order inside it is below what we can measure.

Time to win. Graded with Pokebattler's own movesets against every boss moveset, average per boss: Tier 1 and 3 +0.1% to +1.2%; Tier 5 −2.9% to +1.3%; Mega −1.1% to +2.6%; Shadow Tier 5 −1.8% to +0.3%. One attacker can be off by more: median 1.6%, worst 15%, RMS per boss moveset 2.05%.

Known weak spots.

Mewtwo (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of Pokebattler's top 10: Absol, Incineroar and Salamence sit just outside ours, Polteageist, Cursola and Hisuian Typhlosion just inside.
Groudon (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of 10; its Grass and Water counters run 2-6% fast here.
Tier 5 times run about 2-3% fast for attackers that faint often, and 2-3% slow on Mega Charizard Y and Mega Beedrill, whose counters resist the boss.
Tier 1 lists are the least checked: Combee (Tier 1) shares only 3 of Pokebattler's top 10, with Gigalith first here where Pokebattler puts Rhyperior.

This boss on pokebattler.com. Boss-by-boss accuracy report.

Ranked 30 attackers in 0.1 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.