Polteageist: Evolution, Shiny, Weaknesses and Abilities

⚡The Essentials on Polteageist

Type: Ghost
Weaknesses: ×2 Ghost, Dark Table
Resistances: ×½ Poison, Bug · immune: Normal, Fighting
Evolution: Sinistea → Polteageist
Shiny: Alternate, 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. Available as a Shiny in Pokémon GO. View
Stats: Total 508 · top stat: Special Attack (134) Detail
In Current Games: Scarlet and Violet: No. 238 in the Paldea Pokédex, No. 128 in the Blueberry Pokédex
Pokémon Champions: playable
Pokémon GO: available, Shiny
Other Names: Polthégeist in French · ポットデス, Potdeath in Japanese · Mortipot in German All Languages

📋Overview

Polteageist is a Ghost-type Pokémon, No. 855 in the National Pokédex. Original generation: Generation 8. Category: Black Tea Pokémon. Height: 0.2 m, weight: 0.4 kg.

Polteageist evolves from Sinistea and does not evolve further.

Ability: Weak Armor. Hidden Ability: Cursed Body. Polteageist is weak to Ghost and Dark-type moves (×2 damage). Polteageist takes no damage from Normal and Fighting-type moves.

Generation

Generation 8

Sword / Shield

National No.

#855

National Pokédex

📊Base Stats

The total determines a Pokémon's overall power.

HP

60

255

Attack

65

255

Defense

65

255

Special Attack

134

255

Special Defense

114

255

Speed

70

255

Total

508

Min HP (Lv. 100)

230

0 IV, 0 EV, neutral nature

Max HP (Lv. 100)

324

31 IV, 252 EV, beneficial nature

Gen Changes

Stable

Unchanged recently

🛡️Type Effectiveness

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

Weak (×2) — 2 types

Ghost

×2

Dark

×2

Normal (×1) — 12 types

Fire

×1

Water

×1

Electric

×1

Grass

×1

Ice

×1

Ground

×1

Flying

×1

Psychic

×1

Rock

×1

Dragon

×1

Steel

×1

Fairy

×1

Resistant (×0.5) — 2 types

Poison

×½

Bug

×½

Immune (×0) — 2 types

Normal

×0

Fighting

×0

✨Abilities

Weak Armor

Ability 1

The Pokémon's Defense stat is lowered when it takes damage from physical moves, but its Speed stat is sharply boosted.

Cursed Body

May disable a move that has dealt damage to the Pokémon.

🌱Polteageist Evolution

Evolution →

🔮Polteageist Forms and Shiny

Standard Form

Ghost

Shiny Availability

Shiny form available

Base rate (Gen VI+): 1/4096. With Shiny Charm: 1/1365. Masuda Method: 1/683.

⚔️Polteageist Moves

Moves this Pokémon can learn, by method.

Lv.

Move

Type · Cat.

Accuracy

Pow.

PP

—

Teatime

Normal Stat

—

10

1

Aromatic Mist

Fairy Stat

—

20

1

Astonish

Ghost Phys.

100%

30

15

1

Mega Drain

Grass Spec.

100%

40

15

1

Withdraw

Water Stat

—

40

1

Strength Sap

Grass Stat

100%

—

10

18

Protect

Normal Stat

—

10

24

Sucker Punch

Dark Phys.

100%

70

5

30

Aromatherapy

Grass Stat

—

5

30

Sweet Scent

Normal Stat

100%

—

20

36

Giga Drain

Grass Spec.

100%

75

10

42

Nasty Plot

Dark Stat

—

20

48

Shadow Ball

Ghost Spec.

100%

80

15

54

Memento

Dark Stat

100%

—

10

60

Shell Smash

Normal Stat

—

15

66

Curse

Ghost Stat

—

10

TM/HM

Move

Type · Cat.

Accuracy

Pow.

PP

TM01

Protect

Normal Stat

—

10

TM02

Pain Split

Normal Stat

—

20

TM03

Shadow Ball

Ghost Spec.

100%

80

15

TM04

Sleep Talk

Normal Stat

—

10

TM05

Round

Normal Spec.

100%

60

15

TM06

Hex

Ghost Spec.

100%

65

10

TM07

Psyshock

Psychic Spec.

100%

80

10

TM08

Substitute

Normal Stat

—

10

TM09

Spite

Ghost Stat

100%

—

10

TM10

Self-Destruct

Normal Phys.

100%

200

5

TM11

Trick Room

Psychic Stat

—

5

TM12

Skill Swap

Psychic Stat

—

10

TM13

Poltergeist

Ghost Phys.

90%

110

5

TM14

Facade

Normal Phys.

100%

70

20

TM15

Will-O-Wisp

Fire Stat

85%

—

15

TM16

Magical Leaf

Grass Spec.

—

60

20

TM17

Stored Power

Psychic Spec.

100%

20

10

TM18

Giga Impact

Normal Phys.

90%

150

5

TM19

Giga Drain

Grass Spec.

100%

75

10

TM20

Phantom Force

Ghost Phys.

100%

90

10

TM21

Ally Switch

Psychic Stat

—

15

TM22

Nasty Plot

Dark Stat

—

20

TM23

Curse

Ghost Stat

—

10

TM24

Metronome

Normal Stat

—

10

TM25

Light Screen

Psychic Stat

—

30

TM26

Night Shade

Ghost Spec.

100%

—

15

TM27

Confuse Ray

Ghost Stat

100%

—

10

TM28

Calm Mind

Psychic Stat

—

20

TM29

Imprison

Psychic Stat

—

10

TM30

Reflect

Psychic Stat

—

20

TM31

Psychic

Psychic Spec.

100%

90

10

TM32

Psybeam

Psychic Spec.

100%

65

20

TM33

Baton Pass

Normal Stat

—

40

TM34

Rest

Psychic Stat

—

5

TM35

Payback

Dark Phys.

100%

50

10

TM36

Snore

Normal Spec.

100%

50

15

TM37

Endure

Normal Stat

—

10

TM38

Tera Blast

Normal Spec.

100%

80

10

TM39

Trick

Psychic Stat

100%

—

10

TM40

Foul Play

Dark Phys.

100%

95

15

TM41

Hyper Beam

Normal Spec.

90%

150

5

TM42

Dark Pulse

Dark Spec.

100%

80

15

TM43

Wonder Room

Psychic Stat

—

10

No data available for this category.

Origin

Move

Type · Cat.

Accuracy

Pow.

PP

—

Poltergeist

Ghost Phys.

90%

110

5

No data available for this category.

🥚Advanced Breeding

Egg Groups

Mineral · Amorphous

Egg Cycles

20 cycles

≈ 5,140 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 Polteageist

Available in 4 games, 4 recorded encounters. Click a game to see the details.

Natively obtainable: Shield Sword Scarlet Violet

Generation VIII

🛡️

Shield 1 encounter

Available ▼

Wild Area (1)

Wild Area / Galar

⚔️

Sword 1 encounter

Available ▼

Wild Area (1)

Wild Area / Galar

Generation IX

🔴

Scarlet 1 encounter

Available ▼

Picnic (1)

Paldea

🟣

Violet 1 encounter

Available ▼

Picnic (1)

Paldea

🔄Transfer to Pokémon HOME

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

Sword

→ Pokémon HOME HOME (direct)

Shield

→ Pokémon HOME HOME (direct)

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

📱Polteageist in Pokémon GO

3,058Max CP (Lv. 40)
1,747Perfect CP in Raids
3 kmper Candy as Buddy

✨ Shiny available

Pokémon GO entry: Polteageist →

📖Pokédex Entries

Description by game, with language selection.

Sword

“アンティークの　ポットに　すみつく。ほとんどが　がんさくだが　ごくまれにしんさくが　みつかる　ことも。”

Sword

“앤티크한 찻주전자에 산다. 대부분 위작이지만 매우 드물게 진품이 발견되기도 한다.”

Sword

“住在古董茶壺裡。雖然大多數都是贗品，但偶爾也能發現真貨。”

Sword

“Il élit domicile dans des théières antiques. La plupart sont des contrefaçons, mais il lui arrive dans de très rares cas de trouver des originaux.”

Sword

“Sie lassen sich in alten Teekannen nieder. Die meisten dieser Kannen sind billige Fälschungen, aber es gibt auch ein paar sehr seltene Originale.”

Sword

“Se hospeda en teteras dignas de un anticuario. Las originales son escasísimas, pero existe un gran número de burdas falsificaciones.”

Sword

“Prende dimora in una teiera antica. Quelle in circolazione sono quasi tutte contraffatte, ma a volte ne trova una autentica.”

Sword

“This species lives in antique teapots. Most pots are forgeries, but on rare occasions, an authentic work is found.”

Sword

“アンティークの　ポットに　棲みつく。ほとんどが　贋作だが　ごくまれに真作が　見つかる　ことも。”

Sword

“住在古董茶壶里。虽然大多数都是赝品，但偶尔也能发现真货。”

Shield

“のこされた　こうちゃを　みかけるとじぶんの　からだを　そそぎこむ。その　こうちゃは　ポットデスになる。”

Shield

“남겨진 홍차를 발견하면 자신의 몸을 흘러 들어가게 한다. 그 홍차는 포트데스가 된다.”

Shield

“每當發現喝剩的紅茶，牠就會把自己的身體倒進去，讓那壺紅茶變成怖思壺。”

Shield

“Dès qu’il voit un reste de thé noir, il se verse dedans pour donner naissance à un Polthégeist.”

Shield

“Entdeckt es zurückgelassenen Schwarztee, so gießt es seinen Körper hinein. Der Tee wird dann zu einem Mortipot.”

Shield

“Si avista una taza de té abandonada a su suerte, la rellena vertiendo parte de su propio cuerpo para generar otro Polteageist.”

Shield

“Se trova una tazza di tè abbandonata, ci versa dentro un po’ del suo corpo per far nascere un Polteageist.”

Shield

“Leaving leftover black tea unattended is asking for this Pokémon to come along and pour itself into it, turning the tea into a new Polteageist.”

Shield

“残された　紅茶を　見かけると自分の　体を　注ぎこむ。その　紅茶は　ポットデスになる。”

Shield

“每当发现喝剩的红茶，它就会把自己的身体倒进去，让那壶红茶变成怖思壶。”

🌍Multilingual Names

🇫🇷 Français

Polthégeist

🇬🇧 English

Polteageist

🇯🇵 漢字

ポットデス

🇯🇵 Kana

ポットデス

🇯🇵 Romaji

Potdeath

🇩🇪 Deutsch

Mortipot

🇪🇸 Español

Polteageist

🇮🇹 Italiano

Polteageist

🇰🇷 한국어

포트데스

🇨🇳 ZH-Hans

怖思壶

🇹🇼 ZH-Hant

怖思壺

Category (Genus)

🇫🇷 FR

Pokémon Thé Noir

🇬🇧 EN

Black Tea Pokémon

🇯🇵 JP

こうちゃポケモン

🇩🇪 DE

Schwarztee-Pokémon

🎬Media & Gallery

Audio Cries

❓Frequently asked questions about Polteageist

What type is Polteageist?

Polteageist is a Ghost-type Pokémon.

Can Polteageist still evolve?

Polteageist is the final stage of its evolutionary line: coming from Sinistea, it does not evolve further.

What are Polteageist's weaknesses?

Polteageist is weak to Ghost and Dark-type moves (×2 damage). Polteageist takes no damage from Normal and Fighting-type moves.

What is Polteageist's Hidden Ability?

Polteageist's Hidden Ability is Cursed Body. Its regular Ability is Weak Armor.

Is Polteageist available in Pokémon Champions?

Yes, Polteageist is playable in Pokémon Champions.

Can you get a Shiny Polteageist in Pokémon GO?

Yes, Shiny Polteageist is available in Pokémon GO. Its Pokémon GO entry