
#573 Cinccino
Normal
75/95/60/65/60/115
Cute Charm: pokemon of the opposite gender have a 30% chance of being infatuated when attacking with physical moves.
Technician: moves 60 base power and below are boosted by 1.5
Skill Link: multi-hit moves will always strike 5 times (DW Ability, Released)
Code:
[B]Level Up moves:[/B] Pound, Growl, Helping Hand, [COLOR=Red]Tickle[/COLOR], Doubleslap, [COLOR=Red]Encore[/COLOR], Swift, [COLOR=Red]Sing[/COLOR], [COLOR=Red]Tail slap[/COLOR], Charm, [COLOR=Red]Wake-Up Slap[/COLOR], Echoed Voice, Slam, Captivate, Hyper Voice, [COLOR=Red]Last Resort[/COLOR], You First, [COLOR=Red]Bullet Seed[/COLOR], [COLOR=Red]Rock Blast[/COLOR]
[B]Egg moves:[/B] [COLOR=Red]Iron Tail[/COLOR],Tail Whip, [COLOR=Red]Aqua Tail[/COLOR], [COLOR=Red]Mud-Slap[/COLOR], [COLOR=Red]Knock Off[/COLOR], Fake Tears, [COLOR=Red]Sleep Talk[/COLOR], [COLOR=Red]Endure[/COLOR], [COLOR=Red]Flail[/COLOR]
[B]Learnable TMs:[/B] , TM04 - Calm Mind, TM06 - Toxic, TM10 - Hidden Power, TM11 - Sunny Day, TM15 - Hyper Beam, TM16 - [COLOR=Red]Light Screen[/COLOR], TM17 - Protect, TM18 - Rain Dance, TM20 - Safeguard, TM21 - Frustration, TM24 - Thunderbolt, TM25 - Thunder, TM27 - [COLOR=Red]Return[/COLOR], TM28 - [COLOR=Red]Dig[/COLOR], TM32 - Double Team, TM42 - Facade, TM44 - [COLOR=Red]Rest[/COLOR], TM45 - Attract, TM48 - Round, TM49 - Echoed Voice, TM52 - Focus Blast, TM56 - Fling, TM67 - [COLOR=Red]Retalliate[/COLOR], TM68 - Giga Impact, TM73 - [COLOR=Red]Thunder Wave[/COLOR], TM83 - [COLOR=Red]Work Up[/COLOR], TM86 - Grass Knot, TM87 - Swagger, TM89 - [COLOR=Red]U-Turn[/COLOR], TM90 - [COLOR=Red]Substitute[/COLOR]
BW2 Tutor moves: Covet, Seed Bomb, Gunk Shot, Uproar, Last Resort, Aqua Tail, Hyper Voice, Iron Tail, Snore, Knock Off, After You, Helping Hand, Sleep Talk
HP: 75
Def AND SpDef: 60
So basically this thing blows down like a leaf in the wind, as in a -1 Absol Sucker Punch does upwards of 75%. You're also going to be switching out a lot, if just for the sake of U-Turning on something to KO them. Cinccino's a valuable asset, don't you know? Anyways, that said Cinccino really needs to watch out for hazards ruining its day. A layer of Spikes and SR basically halves the lifespan of Cinccino if it carries Life Orb and it has to switch in 3 or 4 times (which is what tends to happen - varying periods of weakening the opponent or finishing of a Pokemon). Rapid Spin support isn't really necessary to beat Cinccino really, but having SR off the field is just absolutely amazing when you NEED it off to have an 80% chance of surviving a Jolly LO Sucker Punch from Absol.
Sets I've been using (just directly off of the analysis i'm writing ATM, but hey it works!):
[SET]
name: Life Orb
move 1: Tail Slap
move 2: Rock Blast
move 3: Bullet Seed
move 4: Wake-Up Slap / U-turn
item: Life Orb
ability: Skill Link
nature: Jolly
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Not exactly my favorite set, but this is the one that I've seen is most popular, and they've got a reason for using it! The ability to switch moves on something like Cinccino is great when you have the possibility of making up for a mispredict, and big time. I don't think I really need to go into explanation for how these moves work, since I already did in the intro. Wake Up Slap is actually only here because its the only way Cinccino can reliably go about beating Probopass and Bastiodon, since they resist or take poop from all your other moves. U-Turn is a great move if you just need to come in and finish opponents off, because then Cinccino can come back in later and do the same thing again! There's really no point in running Adamant on this set since you lose out on soooooo many Pokemon, like other Cinccino (very popular), Cryogonal (again, very popular), and you only tie with base 100s.... ._. and these Pokemon can OHKO you too!
[SET]
name: Choice Band
move 1: Tail Slap
move 2: Rock Blast
move 3: Bullet Seed
move 4: U-Turn / Wake-Up Slap
item: Choice Band
ability: Skill Link
nature: Jolly
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
This is my favorite set. Of all time. You want to know why? You 2HKO every single major Pokemon in the metagame not called Misdreavus (who takes a solid 35% on average from Rock Blast :O) (cradily and some unevolved steel types aside!). With that in mind prediction almost becomes a nonfactor unless you're trying to be ballsy with it. Tail Slap is a great move to spam because of its neutral coverage on most of the meta, and Rock Blast / Bullet Seed take care of everything that can take a Tail Slap (or two, or more). U-Turn is just to scout and gain momentum, but WUS is here, again, to do the same function: beat the poop out of Probopass and Bastiodon.
Choice Scarf is another decent set, but its not nearly as effective in this new metagame due to the absence of weather teams as of late. There are a few other sets too, like Encore and Sub + Work Up. None of these are really effective though.
Food for thought:
Given that Cinccino has the capability of beating almost every single defensive stalwart, how do you usually deal with Cinccino? Offensively and if defensively, how so?
Do you think Cinccino forces other Normal-types like Kangaskhan out of the picture? As I recall, Kangaskhan was actually rising up out of PU territory before BW2 was released.
Just thought of this now, but how much of an impact do you think Cinccino will make now? I've said that it's now cemented as one of the top attackers in NU, but I want to hear everyone's opinion.
Also does someone know where I can buy a high quality Cinccino plush doll?





