#1012 · Matcha Pokémon
Poltchageist
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Classic
Rank #157 · 6 votes · median A
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Rank #207 · 10 votes · median A
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Game data
Abilities
- Hospitality
When the Pokémon enters a battle, it showers its ally with hospitality, restoring ¼ of its ally’s max HP.
- HeatproofHidden
The Pokémon’s heatproof body halves the damage taken from burns and Fire-type moves.
Increases the priority of the Pokémon’s healing moves by 3 stages.
Egg moves
- Parabolic ChargeElectricSpecial65 pow · 100%
The user attacks by unleashing a wave of electricity. The user’s HP is restored by ½ of the damage dealt by this move.
- Bouncy BubbleWaterSpecial60 pow · 100%
The user attacks by shooting water bubbles at the target. It then absorbs water and restores its HP by 100% of the damage dealt by this move.
- Leech SeedGrassStatus— · 90%
A seed is planted on the target. At the end of every turn, ⅛ of the target’s max HP gets absorbed by the user or any Pokémon that takes its place in battle.
- Sparkly SwirlFairySpecial120 pow · 85%Rare egg move
The user attacks the target by wrapping it with a whirlwind of an overpowering scent. This also cures the status conditions of all its fellow party Pokémon and allies.
Base stats
Poltchageist · BST 308
Sinistcha · BST 508
Unlock costs
Candy needed for a cost-4 starter:
- Passive ability
- 30 🍬
- Cost reductions
- 15 / 40 🍬
- Same-species egg
- 20 🍬
- The price only drops once you have hatched enough Poltchageist eggs: 18 🍬 after 15 hatches, 15 🍬 after 30 hatches, 10 🍬 after 60 hatches.
- Friendship needed per candy
- 100
Expensive starters ask for fewer candies, but earn them far more slowly: Poltchageist needs 100 friendship per candy, while a cost-1 starter earns one every 25.