Sandslash

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Sandslash Mouse Pokémon #028
Type Ground Unknown
Abilities Sand Veil or Sand Rush		Hidden Abilities Sand Force
Mega Ability
Gender ratio 50% / 50%		Catch rate 90 (11.8%)
Breeding Egg group Field Hatch time 5355 steps
Height 4'3" 1.3 m 0'0" 0 m		Weight 65 lbs. 29.5 kg 0 lbs. 0 kg
Base experience yield 158		Leveling rate Medium Fast
EV yield Total: 2 0 HP 0 Atk 2 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Body style		Footprint
Pokédex color   Yellow		Base friendship 70

Sandslash is a Ground-type Pokemon. It evolves from Sandshrew starting at level 22.

Pokédex entry

Pokédex entry It curls up in a ball to protect itself from enemy attacks. It also curls up to prevent indian elephants from noticing it when it hunts.

Held items

Held item(s) None This Pokémon cannot be found holding an item. Common Uncommon Quick Claw Rare Always

Game locations

Availability None This Pokémon cannot be found in the wild. Always Common Uncommon Fossil Rare VICTORY ROAD 3 (Cave), VICTORY ROAD 1 (Cave), VICTORY ROAD 2 (Cave), Route 23 down (Land), Special Evolve

All species are also available through Wonder Trade and Randomizer.

Base stats

Stat	Range
	At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 85	145 - 192	280 - 374
Attack: 110	103 - 178	202 - 350
Defense: 110	103 - 178	202 - 350
Sp.Atk: 45	45 - 106	85 - 207
Sp.Def: 65	63 - 128	121 - 251
Speed: 85	81 - 150	157 - 295
Total: 500   Other Pokémon with this total
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and a hindering nature, if applicable. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and a helpful nature, if applicable.

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:

Immune to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 1× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock ½× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel ½× Fire 1× Water 2× Grass 2× Electric 0× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× Wood 1× Steam ½× Magma 1× Wind 2× Paper 1× Rubber 1× Fear 1× Tech 1× Magic 1× Light 1× Cosmic 1× Sound ½× Food 1× Zombie 1× Nuclear 2× Virus 1× Cyber 1× Glass 1× Plastic 1× Fabric 1× Time 2× Chaos 2× Divine 1× Paint 1× Blood 1× Greasy 2× Meme 1× Crystal 1× Heart 1× Shadow 1× Ogre 1× Void 1× Qmarks 1× Wack 2× Bone ½× None

Doubly resistant to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 1× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock ½× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel ½× Fire 1× Water 2× Grass 2× Electric 0× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× Wood 1× Steam ½× Magma 1× Wind 2× Paper 1× Rubber 1× Fear 1× Tech 1× Magic 1× Light 1× Cosmic 1× Sound ½× Food 1× Zombie 1× Nuclear 2× Virus 1× Cyber 1× Glass 1× Plastic 1× Fabric 1× Time 2× Chaos 2× Divine 1× Paint 1× Blood 1× Greasy 2× Meme 1× Crystal 1× Heart 1× Shadow 1× Ogre 1× Void 1× Qmarks 1× Wack 2× Bone ½× None

Resistant to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 1× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock ½× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel ½× Fire 1× Water 2× Grass 2× Electric 0× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× Wood 1× Steam ½× Magma 1× Wind 2× Paper 1× Rubber 1× Fear 1× Tech 1× Magic 1× Light 1× Cosmic 1× Sound ½× Food 1× Zombie 1× Nuclear 2× Virus 1× Cyber 1× Glass 1× Plastic 1× Fabric 1× Time 2× Chaos 2× Divine 1× Paint 1× Blood 1× Greasy 2× Meme 1× Crystal 1× Heart 1× Shadow 1× Ogre 1× Void 1× Qmarks 1× Wack 2× Bone ½× None

Damaged normally by: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 1× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock ½× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel ½× Fire 1× Water 2× Grass 2× Electric 0× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× Wood 1× Steam ½× Magma 1× Wind 2× Paper 1× Rubber 1× Fear 1× Tech 1× Magic 1× Light 1× Cosmic 1× Sound ½× Food 1× Zombie 1× Nuclear 2× Virus 1× Cyber 1× Glass 1× Plastic 1× Fabric 1× Time 2× Chaos 2× Divine 1× Paint 1× Blood 1× Greasy 2× Meme 1× Crystal 1× Heart 1× Shadow 1× Ogre 1× Void 1× Qmarks 1× Wack 2× Bone ½× None

Weak to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 1× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock ½× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel ½× Fire 1× Water 2× Grass 2× Electric 0× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× Wood 1× Steam ½× Magma 1× Wind 2× Paper 1× Rubber 1× Fear 1× Tech 1× Magic 1× Light 1× Cosmic 1× Sound ½× Food 1× Zombie 1× Nuclear 2× Virus 1× Cyber 1× Glass 1× Plastic 1× Fabric 1× Time 2× Chaos 2× Divine 1× Paint 1× Blood 1× Greasy 2× Meme 1× Crystal 1× Heart 1× Shadow 1× Ogre 1× Void 1× Qmarks 1× Wack 2× Bone ½× None

Doubly weak to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 1× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock ½× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel ½× Fire 1× Water 2× Grass 2× Electric 0× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× Wood 1× Steam ½× Magma 1× Wind 2× Paper 1× Rubber 1× Fear 1× Tech 1× Magic 1× Light 1× Cosmic 1× Sound ½× Food 1× Zombie 1× Nuclear 2× Virus 1× Cyber 1× Glass 1× Plastic 1× Fabric 1× Time 2× Chaos 2× Divine 1× Paint 1× Blood 1× Greasy 2× Meme 1× Crystal 1× Heart 1× Shadow 1× Ogre 1× Void 1× Qmarks 1× Wack 2× Bone ½× None

By leveling up

By Leveling up

Level   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  1 Agility Psychic Status 0 0% 30 1 Spikes Ground Status 0 0% 20 1 Throat Chop Dark Physical 80 100% 15 1 Spiky Shield Grass Physical 20 90% 5 1 Pitfall Ground Status 0 0% 5 1 Weakening Swipe Normal Physical 65 100% 10 1 Spiked Armor Steel Status 0 0% 10 1 Sand Blast Ground Physical 75 90% 15 1 Submission Fighting Physical 90 100% 15 1 DynamicPunch Fighting Physical 100 50% 5 1 Crush Claw Normal Physical 75 95% 10 1 Scratch Normal Physical 40 100% 35 1 Defense Curl Normal Status 0 0% 40 1 Sand-Attack Ground Status 0 100% 15 1 Poison Sting Poison Physical 30 100% 35 3 Sand-Attack Ground Status 0 100% 15 5 Poison Sting Poison Physical 30 100% 35 7 Rollout Rock Physical 30 90% 20 9 Rapid Spin Normal Physical 35 100% 40 11 Swift Normal Special 60 0% 20 14 Fury Cutter Bug Physical 40 95% 20 17 Sand Dune Ground Physical 60 100% 10 20 Fury Swipes Normal Physical 18 85% 15 22 Slash Normal Physical 70 100% 20 23 Metal Claw Steel Physical 50 95% 35 24 Sand Tomb Ground Physical 45 90% 15 26 Night Slash Dark Physical 70 100% 15 28 Dig Ground Physical 100 100% 10 33 Swords Dance Normal Status 0 0% 30 34 Gyro Ball Steel Physical 1 100% 5 36 Spiky Shield Grass Physical 20 90% 5 38 Sandstorm Rock Status 0 0% 10 42 Shore Up Ground Status 0 0% 5 46 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100% 10 50 Super Fang Normal Physical 1 90% 10 55 Fissure Ground Physical 1 30% 5 60 Sword's Edge Steel Physical 100 90% 8 65 Leaf Blade Grass Physical 90 100% 15 76 Cannonball Steel Physical 130 88% 10 81 Sand Slash Ground Physical 95 100% 10 100 Brace Normal Status 0 0% 10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Sandslash Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Sandslash An accuracy of 0 means a move cannot miss, in case of status moves, it targets the user or the entire field. A base power of 1 means that the move deals fixed damage or its base power varies depending on the situation.

By TM

By TM/HM

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Poison Jab Poison Physical 80 100% 20 Facade Normal Physical 70 100% 20 Cut Normal Physical 55 100% 20 Stone Edge Rock Physical 100 80% 5 Rest Psychic Status 0 0% 10 Round Normal Special 60 100% 15 Bulldoze Ground Physical 60 100% 20 Attract Heart Status 0 100% 15 Rock Slide Rock Physical 75 90% 10 Fling Dark Physical 1 100% 10 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150 90% 5 Focus Blast Fighting Special 120 70% 5 Leech Life Bug Physical 75 100% 15 Superpower Fighting Physical 120 100% 5 Stealth Rock Rock Status 0 0% 20 Double Team Normal Status 0 0% 15 Dig Ground Physical 100 100% 10 Knock Off Dark Physical 65 100% 20 Thief Dark Physical 50 100% 10 Secret Power Normal Physical 70 100% 20 Earth Power Ground Special 90 100% 10 Protect Normal Status 0 0% 10 Hex Claw Magic Physical 70 95% 10 Covet Normal Physical 60 100% 40 Brick Break Fighting Physical 75 100% 15 Rock Tomb Rock Physical 50 90% 10 Sandstorm Rock Status 0 0% 10 Focus Punch Fighting Physical 150 100% 20 Frustration Normal Physical 1 100% 20 Stomping Tantrum Ground Physical 75 100% 10 Gyro Ball Steel Physical 1 100% 5 Sand Dune Ground Physical 60 100% 10 Safeguard Normal Status 0 0% 25 Paper Cut Paper Physical 70 100% 20 Hidden Power Normal Special 1 100% 15 Hone Claws Dark Status 0 0% 15 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100% 10 Strength Normal Physical 80 100% 20 Vacuum Cut Qmarks Special 1 100% 7 Mud-Slap Ground Special 20 100% 10 Super Fang Normal Physical 1 90% 10 Swords Dance Normal Status 0 0% 30 Wood Sword Wood Physical 70 100% 15 Snore Normal Special 60 100% 15 Return Normal Physical 1 100% 20 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150 90% 5 Substitute Normal Status 0 0% 10 Spell Slash Magic Physical 70 100% 15 Swagger Normal Status 0 90% 15 Rock Smash Fighting Physical 50 100% 15 Iron Tail Steel Physical 100 80% 15 Aerial Ace Flying Physical 60 0% 20 X-Scissor Bug Physical 80 100% 15 Toxic Poison Status 0 90% 10 Sunny Day Fire Status 0 0% 5 Shadow Claw Ghost Physical 70 100% 15 Sleep Talk Normal Status 0 0% 10

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Sandslash Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Sandslash An accuracy of 0 means a move cannot miss, in case of status moves, it targets the user or the entire field. A base power of 1 means that the move deals fixed damage or its base power varies depending on the situation.

Sprites

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