Pokemon GO released Sinistea and its evolution Polteageist during the Just My Cup of Tea 2024 event. Niantic provides multiple ways to get Sinistea in the game. Catching Sinistea opens your door to getting a powerful Polteageist.
You can get a Sinistea in Pokemon GO starting from the 2024 Just My Cup of Tea event on December 3 at 10 AM Local Time. You can get Sinistea as a Research task and a 1-Star Raid clearance reward. Although Sinistea isn’t a wild spawn, the provided ways offer a guaranteed encounter with the monster. Many players also wonder if they can get a Shiny Sinistea and Shiny Polteageist. That said, this guide details the best and quickest way to get Sinistea and Polteageist while exploring their Shiny availability.
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Pokemon GO: Get Sinistea By Completing Research Tasks
You can get a Pokemon GO Sinistea encounter by completing featured Research tasks. The 2024 Just My Cup of Tea event brings the Prized Possession Timed Research quest that offers Sinistea encounters. The Timed Research has two sets, each offering an individual Sinistea encounter upon completion.
Pokemon GO: Get Sinistea By Winning Raids
The Ghost-type Pokemon, Sinistea, comes as a 1-Star Raid Boss during featured events. Winning the Sinistea Raid rewards you with a Sinistea encounter. Since it is a 1-Star Raid Boss, you can solo win the raid. Select powerful raid counters based on Sinistea’s weaknesses. Here are some of the best Pokemon GO Sinistea Raid counters.
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Sinistea Counters |
Fast Move |
Charged Move |
|---|---|---|
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Dawn Wings Necrozma |
Psycho Cut (Psychic) |
Moongeist Beam (Ghost) |
|
Darkrai |
Snarl (Dark) |
Shadow Ball (Ghost) |
|
Tyranitar |
Bite (Dark) |
Brutal Swing (Dark) |
|
Hydreigon |
Bite (Dark) |
Brutal Swing (Dark) (Legacy) |
|
Yveltal |
Snarl (Dark) |
Dark Pulse (Dark) |
|
Incineroar |
Snarl (Dark) |
Darkest Lariat (Dark) |
|
Weavile |
Snarl (Dark) |
Foul Play (Dark) |
|
Astonish (Ghost) |
Shadow Ball (Ghost) |
|
|
Zarude |
Bite (Dark) |
Dark Pulse (Dark) |
|
Guzzlord |
Snarl (Dark) |
Brutal Swing (Dark) |
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Pokemon GO: How To Get Polteageist
After catching a Sinistea you can evolve it into a Polteageist. All you require is Pokemon GO Candies to successfully evolve the monster. But the monster has two forms: Phony form and Antique form. The Candy requirements for evolving the Phony Sinistea and the Antique Sinistea are different.
Sinistea Evolution Requirement
- Evolving Phony Sinistea into Phony Polteageist requires 50 Sinistea Candy.
- Evolving Antique Sinistea into Antique Polteageist requires 400 Sinistea Candy.
Collect the required Candy by catching and transferring numerous Sinistea, doing daily activities with it as a Buddy Pokemon, etc.
Pokemon GO: Can Sinistea And Polteageist Be Shiny
Currently, there is no way to encounter a Shiny Sinistea in Pokemon GO. The developers at Niantic rarely debuts a new Pokemon and its Shiny variant at the same event. But Shiny Sinistea and Shiny Polteageist might debut in any upcoming Ghost-type events.
