Sandslash

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Sandslash Mouse Pokémon #028 Sandslash
Type Ground Unknown Unknown
Ability Sand Veil		Hidden Ability Sand Rush
Mega Ability
Gender ratio 50% male, 50% female		Catch rate 90 (11.8%)
Breeding Egg group Field Hatch time 5355 steps
Height 1.0 m 3'03" m		Weight 29.5 kg 65.0 lbs {{{weight2-kg}}} kg
Base exp. 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
Cry

Sandslash is a Ground-type Pokémon. 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 heatstroke during the daytime when temperatures rise sharply.

Game locations

Availability None This Pokémon cannot be obtained. Common Uncommon Fossil Rare Poké Radar One

Held items

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

Base stats

Stat	Range
	At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100	At Lv. 150
HP: 75	135 - 182	260 - 354	385 - 526
Attack: 100	94 - 167	184 - 328	274 - 490
Defense: 110	103 - 178	202 - 350	301 - 523
Sp.Atk: 45	45 - 106	85 - 207	126 - 309
Sp.Def: 55	54 - 117	103 - 229	153 - 342
Speed: 65	63 - 128	121 - 251	180 - 375
Total: 450   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 1× Fire 1× Water 2× Grass 2× Electric 0× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× Cosmic 1× None

Doubly resistant to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 1× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock ½× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 2× Grass 2× Electric 0× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× Cosmic 1× None

Resistant to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 1× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock ½× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 2× Grass 2× Electric 0× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× Cosmic 1× None

Damaged normally by: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 1× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock ½× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 2× Grass 2× Electric 0× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× Cosmic 1× None

Weak to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 1× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock ½× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 2× Grass 2× Electric 0× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× Cosmic 1× None

Doubly weak to: Normal 1× Fighting 1× Flying 1× Poison ½× Ground 1× Rock ½× Bug 1× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 1× Water 2× Grass 2× Electric 0× Psychic 1× Ice 2× Dragon 1× Dark 1× Fairy 1× Cosmic 1× None

Notes:

Moves

By leveling up

By leveling up

Level   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  1 Scratch Normal Physical 40 100% 35 1 Defense Curl Normal Status — —% 40 1 Sand Attack Ground Status — 100% 15 1 Poison Sting Poison Physical 15 100% 35 3 Sand Attack Ground Status — 100% 15 5 Poison Sting Poison Physical 15 100% 35 7 Rollout Rock Physical 30 90% 20 9 Rapid Spin Normal Physical 20 100% 40 11 Swift Normal Special 60 —% 20 14 Fury Cutter Bug Physical 40 95% 20 17 Magnitude Ground Physical — 100% 30 20 Fury Swipes Normal Physical 18 80% 15 22 Crush Claw Normal Physical 75 95% 10 26 Slash Normal Physical 70 100% 20 30 Dig Ground Physical 80 100% 10 33 Sand Tomb Ground Physical 35 85% 15 34 Gyro Ball Steel Physical — 100% 5 38 Swords Dance Normal Status — —% 30 42 Sandstorm Rock Status — —% 10 46 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100% 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

By TM

By TM

TM   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP

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

By tutoring

By Move Tutor

Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP   Cost

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

By breeding

By breeding

Father   Move   Type   Cat.   Pwr.   Acc.   PP  Chip Away Normal Physical 70 100% 20 Counter Fighting Physical — 100% 20 Crush Claw Normal Physical 75 95% 10 Endure Normal Status — —% 10 Flail Normal Physical — 100% 15 Metal Claw Steel Physical 50 95% 35 Mud Shot Ground Special 55 95% 15 Night Slash Dark Physical 70 100% 15 Rapid Spin Normal Physical 20 100% 40 Rock Climb Normal Physical 90 85% 20

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Sandslash 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

Evolution

Unevolved Sandshrew  Ground

Level 22 →

First evolution Sandslash  Ground

Sprites

Front	Back
Front shiny	Back shiny
Egg sprite

Gallery

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