Sandslash

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Sandslash Mouse Pokémon #028 Alolan Sandslash
Type Ground Ice Steel Alolan Sandslash ' ' ' ' ' ' ' '
Abilities Sand Veil or Sand Rush				Hidden Abilities
Alolan Sandslash Snow Cloak or Slush Rush				Alolan Sandslash
Mega Ability
Alolan Sandslash
Gender ratio 50% / 50%		Catch rate 90 (11.8%)
Breeding Egg group Field Hatch time 5355 steps
Height 3'3" 1.0 m 3'11" 1.2 m Alolan Sandslash '" m '" m 0'0" 0 m 0'0" 0 m		Weight 65 lbs. 29.5 kg 121.3 lbs. 55.0 kg Alolan Sandslash lbs. kg lbs. kg 0 lbs. 0 kg 0 lbs. 0 kg
Base experience yield 158		Leveling rate Medium
EV yield Total: 2 0 HP 0 Atk 2 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed Alolan Sandslash 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed 0 HP 0 Atk 0 Def 0 Sp.Atk 0 Sp.Def 0 Speed
Pokédex color   Yellow		Base friendship 70

Sandslash is a Ground-type Pokémon. It evolves from Sandshrew starting at level 22.
Sandslash has a Ice/Steel dual type Alolan Form. It evolves from Alolan Sandshrew while exposed to a(n) Ice Stone

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.

Alolan Sandslash

Pokédex entry This Pokemon's steel spikes are sheathed in ice. Stabs from these spikes cause deep wounds and severe frostbite as well.

Held items

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

Game locations

Availability None This Pokémon cannot be found in the wild. Common Valor Mountain (Cave), Uncommon Darchlight Caves (Cave), Darchlight Caves (Cave), Darchlight Caves (Cave), Darchlight Caves (Cave), Amethyst Mines (Cave), Darchlight Caves (Cave), Darchlight Caves (Cave), Darchlight Caves (Cave), Darchlight Caves (Cave), Darchlight Caves (Cave), Darchlight Caves (Cave), Darchlight Caves (Cave), Darchlight Caves (Cave), Darchlight Caves (Cave), Darchlight Caves (Cave), Fossil Rare Hiyoshi City (Land), Route 5 (Land), Event

Base stats

Stat		Range
		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 75		135 - 182	260 - 354
Attack: 100		94 - 167	184 - 328
Defense: 110		103 - 178	202 - 350
Sp. Atk: 45		45 - 106	85 - 207
Sp. Def: 55		54 - 117	103 - 229
Speed: 65		63 - 128	121 - 251
Total: 450
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

Alolan Sandslash

Stat		Range
		At Lv. 50	At Lv. 100
HP: 75		135 - 182	260 - 354
Attack: 100		94 - 167	184 - 328
Defense: 120		112 - 189	220 - 372
Sp. Atk: 25		27 - 84	49 - 163
Sp. Def: 65		63 - 128	121 - 251
Speed: 65		63 - 128	121 - 251
Total: 450
Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature. Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

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× Shadow 2× 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× Shadow 2× 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× Shadow 2× 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× Shadow 2× 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× Shadow 2× 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× Shadow 2× None

Alolan Sandslash

Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:

Immune to: Normal ½× Fighting 4× Flying ½× Poison 0× Ground 2× Rock 1× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 4× Water 1× Grass ½× Electric 1× Psychic ½× Ice ¼× Dragon ½× Dark 1× Fairy ½× Shadow 4× None

Doubly resistant to: Normal ½× Fighting 4× Flying ½× Poison 0× Ground 2× Rock 1× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 4× Water 1× Grass ½× Electric 1× Psychic ½× Ice ¼× Dragon ½× Dark 1× Fairy ½× Shadow 4× None

Resistant to: Normal ½× Fighting 4× Flying ½× Poison 0× Ground 2× Rock 1× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 4× Water 1× Grass ½× Electric 1× Psychic ½× Ice ¼× Dragon ½× Dark 1× Fairy ½× Shadow 4× None

Damaged normally by: Normal ½× Fighting 4× Flying ½× Poison 0× Ground 2× Rock 1× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 4× Water 1× Grass ½× Electric 1× Psychic ½× Ice ¼× Dragon ½× Dark 1× Fairy ½× Shadow 4× None

Weak to: Normal ½× Fighting 4× Flying ½× Poison 0× Ground 2× Rock 1× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 4× Water 1× Grass ½× Electric 1× Psychic ½× Ice ¼× Dragon ½× Dark 1× Fairy ½× Shadow 4× None

Doubly weak to: Normal ½× Fighting 4× Flying ½× Poison 0× Ground 2× Rock 1× Bug ½× Ghost 1× Steel 1× Fire 4× Water 1× Grass ½× Electric 1× Psychic ½× Ice ¼× Dragon ½× Dark 1× Fairy ½× Shadow 4× None

Moves

By leveling up

Lvl	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
0	Crush Claw	Normal	Physical	75	95%	10
1	Scratch	Normal	Physical	40	100%	35
1	Agility	Psychic	Status	—	—%	30
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	50	100%	40
11	Fury Cutter	Bug	Physical	40	95%	20
14	Magnitude	Ground	Physical	—	100%	30
17	Swift	Normal	Special	60	—%	20
18	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100%	20
20	Fury Swipes	Normal	Physical	18	80%	15
24	Sand Tomb	Ground	Physical	35	85%	15
28	Slash	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20
33	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100%	10
38	Gyro Ball	Steel	Physical	—	100%	5
43	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	—	—%	20
48	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	—	—%	10
53	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100%	10
A level of "0" indicates a move that will be learned by a Sandslash upon evolving 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

Alolan Sandslash

Lvl	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
0	Icicle Spear	Ice	Physical	25	100%	30
1	Metal Burst	Steel	Physical	—	100%	10
1	Icicle Crash	Ice	Physical	85	90%	10
1	Slash	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20
1	Defense Curl	Normal	Status	—	—%	40
1	Ice Ball	Ice	Physical	30	90%	20
1	Mist	Ice	Status	—	—%	30
1	Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	50	95%	35
A level of "0" indicates a move that will be learned by a Sandslash upon evolving 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

TM		Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	TM01	Work Up	Normal	Status	—	—%	30
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90%	10
	TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100%	15
	TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—%	5
	TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90%	5
	TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
	TM19	Secret Power	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20
	TM20	Safeguard	Normal	Status	—	—%	25
	TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20
	TM26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100%	10
	TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20
	TM28	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100%	10
	TM31	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100%	15
	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—%	15
	TM37	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	—	—%	10
	TM39	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	60	95%	15
	TM40	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	—%	20
	TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10
	TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100%	15
	TM46	Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100%	25
	TM48	Round	Normal	Special	60	100%	15
	TM52	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120	70%	5
	TM56	Fling	Dark	Physical	—	100%	10
	TM65	Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	70	100%	15
	TM68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90%	5
	TM71	Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	100	80%	5
	TM74	Gyro Ball	Steel	Physical	—	100%	5
	TM75	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	—	—%	20
	TM78	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100%	20
	TM80	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90%	10
	TM81	X-Scissor	Bug	Physical	80	100%	15
	TM84	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100%	20
	TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	85%	15
	TM88	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
	TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
	TM94	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100%	15
	TM100	Confide	Normal	Status	—	—%	20
	TM101	Rock Climb	Normal	Physical	90	85%	20
	TM102	Poison Sweep	Poison	Physical	50	100%	10
	TM105	Arenite Wall	Ground	Status	—	—%	20
	TM107	Slash and Burn	Grass	Physical	90	90%	10
	TM108	Mud Barrage	Ground	Special	25	95%	15
	TM110	Magma Drift	Fire	Special	90	100%	15
	TM114	Leech Life	Bug	Physical	80	100%	10
	TM118	Pin Missile	Bug	Physical	25	95%	20
	TM130	Sand Tomb	Ground	Physical	35	85%	15
	TM133	Mud Shot	Ground	Special	55	95%	15
	RM01	Hone Claws	Dark	Status	—	—%	15
	RM07	Dynamic Punch	Fighting	Physical	100	50%	5
	HM01	Cut	Normal	Physical	50	95%	30
	HM04	Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100%	15
A level of "0" indicates a move that will be learned by a Sandslash upon evolving 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

Alolan Sandslash

TM		Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100%	15
	TM100	Confide	Normal	Status	—	—%	20
	TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—%	15
	TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20
	TM21	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20
	TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100%	15
	TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
	TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—%	10
	TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100%	20
	TM48	Round	Normal	Special	60	100%	15
	TM19	Secret Power	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20
	TM88	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
	TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
	TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	85%	15
	TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90%	10
	TM40	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	—%	20
	TM111	Aurora Veil	Ice	Status	—	—%	20
	RM02	Avalanche	Ice	Physical	60	100%	10
	TM14	Blizzard	Ice	Special	110	70%	5
	TM31	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100%	15
	TM78	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100%	20
	none	Counter	Fighting	Physical	—	100%	20
	none	Defense Curl	Normal	Status	—	—%	40
	TM28	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100%	10
	TM26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100%	10
	TM56	Fling	Dark	Physical	—	100%	10
	TM52	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120	70%	5
	TM79	Frost Breath	Ice	Special	60	90%	10
	none	Fury Cutter	Bug	Physical	40	95%	20
	TM68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90%	5
	TM74	Gyro Ball	Steel	Physical	—	100%	5
	TM07	Hail	Ice	Status	—	—%	10
	none	Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100%	15
	RM01	Hone Claws	Dark	Status	—	—%	15
	TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90%	5
	none	Ice Ball	Ice	Physical	30	90%	20
	TM13	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	90	100%	10
	TM132	Icicle Spear	Ice	Physical	25	100%	30
	TM114	Leech Life	Bug	Physical	80	100%	10
	TM118	Pin Missile	Bug	Physical	25	95%	20
	TM84	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100%	20
	TM80	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90%	10
	TM39	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	60	95%	15
	none	Rollout	Rock	Physical	30	90%	20
	TM20	Safeguard	Normal	Status	—	—%	25
	none	Seismic Toss	Fighting	Physical	—	100%	20
	TM65	Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	70	100%	15
	none	Steel Beam	Steel	Special	140	95%	5
	TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—%	5
	TM75	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	—	—%	20
	TM46	Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100%	25
	none	Throat Chop	Dark	Physical	80	100%	15
	none	Triple Axel	Ice	Physical	20	90%	20
	TM01	Work Up	Normal	Status	—	—%	30
	TM81	X-Scissor	Bug	Physical	80	100%	15
	TM108	Mud Barrage	Ground	Special	25	95%	15
	TM102	Poison Sweep	Poison	Physical	50	100%	10
A level of "0" indicates a move that will be learned by a Sandslash upon evolving 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 Tutor

Location	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
Unavailable	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85%	20
Kingdom of Goomidra	Scorching Sands	Ground	Special	70	100%	15
Unavailable	Bide	Normal	Physical	—	—%	10
Unavailable	Bide	Normal	Physical	—	—%	10
Luck's Tent	Covet	Normal	Physical	60	100%	25
Luck's Tent, 3 Badges	Snore	Normal	Special	50	100%	15
Unavailable	Detect	Fighting	Status	—	—%	5
Unavailable	Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	—	100%	15
Unavailable	Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100%	15
Neo East Gearen City	Knock Off	Dark	Physical	65	100%	20
Unavailable	Skull Bash	Normal	Physical	130	100%	10
Unavailable	Captivate	Normal	Status	—	100%	20
Luck's Tent, 11 Badges	Agility	Psychic	Status	—	—%	30
Luck's Tent, 7 Badges	Drill Run	Ground	Physical	80	95%	10
Unavailable	Throat Chop	Dark	Physical	80	100%	15
Unavailable	Submission	Fighting	Physical	80	80%	20
Unavailable	Rollout	Rock	Physical	30	90%	20
Axis High University	Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	100%	10
Unavailable	Rage	Normal	Physical	20	100%	20
Unavailable	Mimic	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
Unavailable	Fury Cutter	Bug	Physical	40	95%	20
Luck's Tent, 9 Badges	Spikes	Ground	Status	—	—%	20
Kingdom of Goomidra	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100%	15
Unavailable	Fissure	Ground	Physical	—	30%	5
Unavailable	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100%	15
Unavailable	Defense Curl	Normal	Status	—	—%	40
Unavailable	Curse	Ghost	Status	—	—%	10
Unavailable	Counter	Fighting	Physical	—	100%	20
Unavailable	Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100%	10
Neo East Gearen City	Steel Roller	Steel	Physical	130	100%	5
Akuwa Town	Stomping Tantrum	Ground	Physical	75	100%	10
Unavailable	Seismic Toss	Fighting	Physical	—	100%	20
Luck's Tent, 9 Badges	Amnesia	Psychic	Status	—	—%	20
Axis High University, 13 Badges	Stealth Rock	Rock	Status	—	—%	20
Axis High University	Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100%	20
Luck's Tent	Swift	Normal	Special	60	—%	20
Akuwa Town	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75%	15
Luck's Tent, 9 Badges	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
Luck's Tent, 5 Badges	Super Fang	Normal	Physical	—	90%	10
A level of "0" indicates a move that will be learned by a Sandslash upon evolving 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

Alolan Sandslash

Location	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
Unavailable	Bide	Normal	Physical	—	—%	10
Unavailable	Captivate	Normal	Status	—	100%	20
Luck's Tent, 9 Badges	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
Unavailable	Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	—	100%	15
Luck's Tent, 3 Badges	Snore	Normal	Special	50	100%	15
Luck's Tent, 11 Badges	Agility	Psychic	Status	—	—%	30
Luck's Tent, 9 Badges	Amnesia	Psychic	Status	—	—%	20
Luck's Tent, 9 Badges	Aqua Tail	Water	Physical	90	90%	10
Kingdom of Goomidra	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100%	15
Luck's Tent	Covet	Normal	Physical	60	100%	25
Luck's Tent, 7 Badges	Drill Run	Ground	Physical	80	95%	10
Axis High University	Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100%	20
Akuwa Town	Ice Punch	Ice	Physical	75	100%	15
Luck's Tent, 11 Badges	Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95%	15
Akuwa Town	Iron Defense	Steel	Status	—	—%	15
Neo East Gearen City	Iron Head	Steel	Physical	80	100%	15
Akuwa Town	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75%	15
Neo East Gearen City	Knock Off	Dark	Physical	65	100%	20
Luck's Tent, 9 Badges	Spikes	Ground	Status	—	—%	20
Axis High University, 13 Badges	Stealth Rock	Rock	Status	—	—%	20
Neo East Gearen City	Steel Roller	Steel	Physical	130	100%	5
Luck's Tent, 5 Badges	Super Fang	Normal	Physical	—	90%	10
Luck's Tent	Swift	Normal	Special	60	—%	20
A level of "0" indicates a move that will be learned by a Sandslash upon evolving 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

Parent	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
	Hone Claws	Dark	Status	—	—%	15
	Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	50	95%	35
	Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100%	10
	Mud Shot	Ground	Special	55	95%	15
	Night Slash	Dark	Physical	70	100%	15
	Rapid Spin	Normal	Physical	50	100%	40
	Rock Climb	Normal	Physical	90	85%	20
	Rototiller	Ground	Status	—	—%	10
A level of "0" indicates a move that will be learned by a Sandslash upon evolving 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

Alolan Sandslash

Parent	Move	Type	Cat.	Pwr.	Acc.	PP
	Amnesia	Psychic	Status	—	—%	20
	Chip Away	Normal	Physical	70	100%	20
	Counter	Fighting	Physical	—	100%	20
	Crush Claw	Normal	Physical	75	95%	10
	Curse	Ghost	Status	—	—%	10
	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—%	10
	Flail	Normal	Physical	—	100%	15
	Hone Claws	Dark	Status	—	—%	15
	Icicle Crash	Ice	Physical	85	90%	10
	Icicle Spear	Ice	Physical	25	100%	30
	Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	50	95%	35
	Night Slash	Dark	Physical	70	100%	15
A level of "0" indicates a move that will be learned by a Sandslash upon evolving 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

Sprites

Front	Back
Front shiny	Back shiny

Alolan Sandslash

Front	Back
Front shiny	Back shiny