Pokemon of the day: #6: Cinccino(RU)

Hrmmmm.... well, where to start. This one was requested by.... OMG, it's very hard for me to tell you. It was requested by sonriopoby123. This Pokemon is special for outclassing one of the most retarded Pokemon from UU(Ambipom), yet the latter one is overrated. We'll focus on analyzing Cinccino in RU.


It doesn't  look that different from Minccino, huh?

This thing is absurdly fast and has about the same offensive power as Ambipom(seriously that thing is NU worthy), but it has the Skill Link ability to make up for Tail Slap's inconsistency, bringing it to a good 125 base power, further boosted by STAB and Life Orb/Choice Band(Cinccino has no reason to use a defensive set). Not only that, but it also has Bullet Seed and Rock Blast for coverage(also having 125 base power), as well as U-turn to keep momentum.
Cinccino, however, suffers from the same problem Ambipom suffers in UU: it has to run a Jolly nature, else it will find itself outsped and KOed by Pokemon such as Galvantula. It is also predictable, as an offensive set is the only one that really should be used.

Its stats are as follows:

HP    75
Atk    95
Def    60
SpA    65
SpD    60
Spe    115

Now, let's see the one and only set that is viable:

#1. Physical Attacker

Cinccino @ Life Orb / Choice Band
EVs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Nature: Jolly
Ability: Skill Link

- Tail Slap
- Bullet Seed
- Rock Blast
- U-turn / Wake-up Slap

Cinccino is the only fast Pokemon in the game that can use Skill Link at its maximum potential. Tail Slap is very strong when boosted by STAB and the item, even with Cinccino's average 95 attack, reaching a great 243.75 base power with Life Orb and 281.25 with Choice Band. Bullet Seed deals a large amount of damage to all Rock-types that think they can wall Cinccino, such as Rhydon. Rock Blast is Cinccino's main coverage move, hitting Magmortar, Entei and Cryogonal for super effective damage. U-turn is the attack that should be used if Cinccino opts to use a Choice Band, while Wake-up Slap is Cinccino's only means of hitting Steel-types.

#2. Other options

1 - Sing + Wake-up Slap + Zoom Lens = a gimmicky pair of options that can be used to damage Choice Scarfers, but Cinccino should normally just switch out, and it's already too fast to utilize Zoom Lens.
2 - Knock Off - normally seen on defensive Pokemon, it can be used to screw over some sweepers, but Cinccino prefers having as many coverage moves as possible.
3 - Endure + Flail = another gimmicky option that can be used to inflict massive damage to all things that do not resist it, but Cinccino doesn't like having low health, as it will beg for priority moves to hit it.

Counters

Tangrowth is a very good counter to Cinccino, taking minimal damage from Tail Slap and can put it to sleep or simply 2HKO it with Power Whip. Ferroseed laughs at all of its attacks(even Wake-up Slap) and can set up on it or simply hit hard with Gyro Ball. The rare Probopass gets a comedy mention for shrugging off all of Cinccino's attacks, and can paralyze it or KO it with Power Gem. Rhydon can take a Bullet Seed and OHKO Cinccino with Earthquake. Steelix can also 2HKO Cinccino with Gyro Ball, and takes minimal damage from Wake-up Slap.