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No. 1012 · National Pokédex

Poltchageist

チャデス
🌿 Grass 👻 Ghost
Height
0.1 m
Weight
1.1 kg
Category
Matcha Pokémon
Generation
Generation 9
Poltchageist
🔊 Cry

⚡The Essentials on Poltchageist

Types
Grass Ghost
Weaknesses
×2 Fire, Ice, Flying, Ghost, Dark Table
Resistances
×½ Water, Electric, Grass, Ground · immune: Normal, Fighting
Evolution
Poltchageist → Sinistcha
Shiny
Shiny PoltchageistAlternate, rare colors: in the main games since X and Y, an encounter has a 1 in 4,096 chance of being Shiny, excluding hunting bonuses. View
Stats
Total 308 · top stat: Special Attack (74) Detail
In Current Games
Other Names
Poltchageist in French · チャデス in Japanese · Mortcha in German All Languages

📋Overview

Poltchageist is a Grass and Ghost-type Pokémon, No. 1012 in the National Pokédex. Original generation: Generation 9. Category: Matcha Pokémon. Height: 0.1 m, weight: 1.1 kg.

Poltchageist evolves into Sinistcha.

Ability: Hospitality. Hidden Ability: Heatproof. Poltchageist is weak to Fire, Ice, Flying, Ghost and Dark-type moves (×2 damage). Poltchageist takes no damage from Normal and Fighting-type moves.

Generation
Generation 9
Scarlet / Violet
National No.
#1012
National Pokédex
Category
Matcha Pokémon
Status
Standard

📊Base Stats

The total determines a Pokémon's overall power.

HP
40
255
Attack
45
255
Defense
45
255
Special Attack
74
255
Special Defense
54
255
Speed
50
255
Total
308
Min HP (Lv. 100)
190
0 IV, 0 EV, neutral nature
Max HP (Lv. 100)
284
31 IV, 252 EV, beneficial nature
Gen Changes
Stable
Unchanged recently

🛡️Type Effectiveness

Multipliers received depending on the type of the opposing move (Grass / Ghost). See the type chart

Weak (×2) — 5 types
Fire
×2
Ice
×2
Flying
×2
Ghost
×2
Dark
×2
Normal (×1) — 7 types
Poison
×1
Psychic
×1
Bug
×1
Rock
×1
Dragon
×1
Steel
×1
Fairy
×1
Resistant (×0.5) — 4 types
Water
×½
Electric
×½
Grass
×½
Ground
×½
Immune (×0) — 2 types
Normal
×0
Fighting
×0

✨Abilities

Hospitality
Ability 1
When the Pokémon enters a battle, it showers its ally with hospitality, restoring a small amount of the ally's HP
Heatproof
The Pokémon's heatproof body halves the damage taken from Fire-type moves.

🌱Poltchageist Evolution

Poltchageist
#1012
Poltchageist
Grass Ghost
Evolution →
Sinistcha
#1013
Sinistcha
Grass Ghost

🔮Poltchageist Forms and Shiny

Poltchageist
Standard Form
Grass · Ghost
Shiny Availability
Shiny Poltchageist
Shiny form available
Base rate (Gen VI+): 1/4096. With Shiny Charm: 1/1365. Masuda Method: 1/683.

⚔️Poltchageist Moves

Moves this Pokémon can learn, by method.

Lv.
Move
Type · Cat.
Accuracy
Pow.
PP
1
Astonish
Ghost Phys.
100%
30
15
1
Stun Spore
Grass Stat
75%
—
30
1
Withdraw
Water Stat
—
—
40
6
Absorb
Grass Spec.
100%
20
25
12
Life Dew
Water Stat
—
—
10
18
Foul Play
Dark Phys.
100%
95
15
24
Mega Drain
Grass Spec.
100%
40
15
30
Hex
Ghost Spec.
100%
65
10
36
Rage Powder
Bug Stat
—
—
20
42
Giga Drain
Grass Spec.
100%
75
10
48
Shadow Ball
Ghost Spec.
100%
80
15
54
Memento
Dark Stat
100%
—
10
60
Leaf Storm
Grass Spec.
90%
130
5

🥚Advanced Breeding

Egg Groups
Mineral · Amorphous
Egg Cycles
50 cycles
≈ 12,850 steps
Gender
Genderless
Ditto Compatibility
✓ Yes
Pokérus
Susceptible
EV ×2 if infected
Max Characteristic
Special Attack
Highest base stat
Hyper Training & Mints
Available from level 50. Cost: 1 Gold Bottle Cap per IV set to 31 or 3 Silver Bottle Caps per IV. Mints let you change the effect of a Nature without changing the base Nature.

🗺️Where to Find Poltchageist

Available in 2 games, 2 recorded encounters. Click a game to see the details.

Natively obtainable: Scarlet Violet

Generation IX

🔴
Scarlet 1 encounter
Available ▼
Picnic (1)
Kitakami (The Teal Mask)
🟣
Violet 1 encounter
Available ▼
Picnic (1)
Kitakami (The Teal Mask)

🔄Transfer to Pokémon HOME

How to bring this Pokémon to HOME depending on the game of origin.

Scarlet
→ Pokémon HOME HOME (direct)
Violet
→ Pokémon HOME HOME (direct)
Note: Some transfers are irreversible (Bank → HOME). Check the legality of moves in the target game — HOME may replace an illegal move with a basic move.

🏆Competitive & Meta

LC
Smogon · Gen IX · 2026-09
Little Cup
Usage rate: 0.2% · Position #137

📱Poltchageist in Pokémon GO

Poltchageist in Pokémon GO
  • 1,139Max CP (Lv. 40)
  • 650Perfect CP in Raids
  • 3 kmper Candy as Buddy
  • 50 🍬to evolve into Sinistcha
Pokémon GO entry: Poltchageist →

📖Pokédex Entries

Description by game, with language selection.

Scarlet
“Supposedly, the regrets of a tea ceremony master who died before perfecting his craft lingered in some matcha and became a Pokémon.”
Violet
“Poltchageist looks like a regional form of Sinistea, but it was recently discovered that the two Pokémon are entirely unrelated.”

🌍Multilingual Names

🇫🇷 Français
Poltchageist
🇬🇧 English
Poltchageist
🇯🇵 漢字
チャデス
🇯🇵 Kana
チャデス
🇩🇪 Deutsch
Mortcha
🇪🇸 Español
Poltchageist
🇮🇹 Italiano
Poltchageist
🇰🇷 한국어
차데스
🇨🇳 ZH-Hans
斯魔茶
🇹🇼 ZH-Hant
斯魔茶
Category (Genus)
🇫🇷 FR
Matcha
🇬🇧 EN
Matcha Pokémon

🎬Media & Gallery

Official artwork
Dream World
Pokémon HOME
Gen V (animated)
Back sprite
Shiny
Gen I
Gen II
Gen III
Gen IV
Audio Cries

❓Frequently asked questions about Poltchageist

What type is Poltchageist?

Poltchageist is a Grass and Ghost-type Pokémon.

How do you evolve Poltchageist?

Poltchageist evolves into Sinistcha.

What are Poltchageist's weaknesses?

Poltchageist is weak to Fire, Ice, Flying, Ghost and Dark-type moves (×2 damage). Poltchageist takes no damage from Normal and Fighting-type moves.

What is Poltchageist's Hidden Ability?

Poltchageist's Hidden Ability is Heatproof. Its regular Ability is Hospitality.