Sandslash

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#028    Sandslash

Type(s)

Ground

Generation

  I  

Abilities
Ability 1
Sand Veil		 Hidden Ability
Sand Rush

Rarity Tier

  Common  

Catch rate

  90/255 (11.76%)  

Base stats

HP
75

Atk
100

Def
110

Sp.Atk
45

Sp.Def
55

Spd
65

Base-stat total: 450
EV Yield

HP
0

Atk
0

Def
2

Sp.Atk
0

Sp.Def
0

Spd
0

EV-yield total: 2

Base Experience

  163  

Gender Ratio

    50%  
  50%    

Height

  1m  

Weight

  29.5kg  

Sandslash is a Ground-type Pokémon.

It evolves from Sandshrew as early as level 22, thereby reaching the final stage of its evolutionary line.

Obtainability

Wild

Location Levels Times Held Item Rarity Tier
Cerulean Cave 1F 60-64 Morning Soft Sand Common
Cerulean Cave 2F 58-62 Morning Soft Sand Common
Cerulean Cave B1F 59-63 Morning Soft Sand Common
Desert Lagoon 12-14 Morning Day Night Soft Sand Common
Dragonspiral Tower 3F 25-31 Morning Day Night Uncommon
Evergreen Waterway 25-31 Morning Day Night Common
Iron Island 1F 32-36 Morning Day Night Common
Mt. Moon 1F 10-13 Morning Day Night Soft Sand Common
Mt. Moon B1F 10-13 Morning Day Night Soft Sand Common
Mt. Moon B2F 10-13 Morning Day Night Soft Sand Common
Route 111 Desert 20-24 Morning Day Night Soft Sand Common
Route 113 14-18 Morning Day Night Soft Sand Common
Route 228 52-56 Morning Day Night Common
Route 26 25-27 Morning Day Night Soft Sand Common
Route 27 28-32 Morning Day Night Soft Sand Common
Route 31 4-6 Day Common
  • Pink-colored areas denote that this area or inhabiting spawn is strictly members-accessible
  • Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Diggable Patches
Region Area Levels Rarity
Kanto Route 14 26-30 Common
Kanto Route 15 26-30 Common
Kanto Water Path 24-29 Common

Moves

Level-up

Level Moves Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
— Poison Sting Poison Physical 15 100 35
— Sand Attack Ground Status — 100 15
— Defense Curl Normal Status — — 40
— Scratch Normal Physical 40 100 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 Fury Cutter Bug Physical 40 95 20
14 Magnitude Ground Physical — 100 30
17 Swift Normal Special 60 — 20
20 Fury Swipes Normal Physical 18 80 15
22 Crush Claw Normal Physical 75 95 10
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 — — 30
48 Sandstorm Ground Status — — 10
53 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 10
  • Emboldened moves denote this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.
  • Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
  • All moves subsumed on this list are relearnable via the Move Relearners if lost.

TMs/HMs

TM Moves Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
TM6 Toxic Poison Status — 90 10
TM8 Body Slam Normal Physical 80 100 15
TM9 Take Down Normal Physical 90 85 20
TM15 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150 90 5
TM17 Submission Fighting Physical 80 80 25
TM19 Seismic Toss Fighting Physical — 100 20
TM26 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 10
TM27 Fissure Ground Physical — 30 5
TM28 Dig Ground Physical 80 100 10
TM34 Bide Normal Physical — — 10
TM39 Swift Normal Special 60 — 20
TM40 Skull Bash Normal Physical 100 100 15
TM44 Rest Psychic Status — — 10
TM48 Rock Slide Rock Physical 75 90 10
TM60 Hidden Power Normal Special 60 100 15
TM61 Sunny Day Fire Status — — 5
TM67 Protect Normal Status — — 10
TM75 Swords Dance Normal Status — — 30
TM81 Brick Break Fighting Physical 75 100 15
TM87 Sandstorm Ground Status — — 10
TM89 Rock Tomb Rock Physical 60 95 15
TM92 Facade Normal Physical 70 100 20
TM96 Thief Dark Physical 60 100 25
TM114 Rock Smash Fighting Physical 40 100 15
TM115 Shadow Claw Ghost Physical 70 100 15
TM138 Sleep Talk Normal Status — — 10
HM01 Cut Normal Physical 50 95 30
  • Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.
  • Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
  • Refer to TMs and HMs for information on each move’s obtainability.

TM-tutors

Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
Aerial Ace Flying Physical 60 — 20
Bulldoze Ground Physical 60 100 20
Focus Blast Fighting Special 120 70 5
Focus Punch Fighting Physical 150 100 20
Frustration Normal Physical — 100 20
Giga Impact Normal Physical 150 90 5
Iron Tail Steel Physical 100 75 15
Poison Jab Poison Physical 80 100 20
Stone Edge Rock Physical 100 80 5
X-Scissor Bug Physical 80 100 10
  • Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.
  • Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
  • Read to the move tutors article for tutorship information for all moves hereon.

Move tutors

Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
Counter Fighting Physical — 100 20
Covet Normal Physical 60 100 25
Double-Edge Normal Physical 120 100 15
Dynamic Punch Fighting Physical 100 50 5
Earth Power Ground Special 90 100 10
Fury Cutter Bug Physical 40 95 20
Knock Off Dark Physical 65 100 25
Headbutt Normal Physical 70 100 15
Iron Tail Steel Physical 100 75 15
Rock Slide Rock Physical 75 90 10
Rollout Rock Physical 30 90 20
Seismic Toss Fighting Physical — 100 20
Stealth Rock Rock Status — — 20
Super Fang (20,000) Normal Physical — 90 10
Swift Normal Special 60 — 20
Swords Dance Normal Status — — 30
  • Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.
  • Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
  • Read to the move tutors article for tutorship information for all moves hereon.

Egg Moves

Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy 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
  • Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.
  • Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
  • For more information on egg-move-tutors, refer to: Egg Moves.

Type Effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:
 2×  Weak to  1×  Neutral to  ½×  Resistant to  0×  Immune to
Grass
Ice
Water
Bug
Dark
Dragon
Fairy
Fighting
Fire
Flying
Ghost
Ground
Normal
Psychic
Steel
Poison
Rock
Electric

Leveling Chart

This is a tabulated leveling chart of the amount of experience that Sandslash requires to advance per level.

Level XP Level-Up Differential
1 130 13
2 143 13
3 206 63
4 366 160
5 673 307
6 1177 504
7 1925 748
8 2967 1042
9 4351 1384
10 6127 1776
11 8344 2217
12 11050 2706
13 14295 3245
14 18126 3831
15 22594 4468
16 27747 5153
17 33635 5888
18 40305 6670
19 47807 7502
20 56190 8383
21 65503 9313
22 75795 10292
23 87115 11320
24 99511 12396
25 113033 13522
26 127730 14697
27 143651 15921
28 160844 17193
29 179359 18515
30 199245 19886
31 220550 21305
32 243325 22775
33 267617 24292
34 293476 25859
35 320951 27475
36 350091 29140
37 380945 30854
38 413563 32618
39 447993 34430
40 484285 36292
41 522487 38202
42 562650 40163
43 604823 42173
44 649054 44231
45 695394 46340
46 743891 48497
47 794596 50705
48 847558 52962
49 902826 55268
50 960451 57625
51 1020482 60031
52 1082969 62487
53 1147963 64994
54 1215515 67552
55 1285674 70159
56 1358492 72818
57 1434019 75527
58 1512308 78289
59 1593411 81103
60 1677378 83967
61 1764265 86887
62 1854124 89859
63 1947009 92885
64 2042976 95967
65 2142082 99106
66 2244385 102303
67 2349943 105558
68 2458819 108876
69 2571078 112259
70 2686785 115707
71 2806012 119227
72 2928835 122823
73 3055336 126501
74 3185604 130268
75 3319738 134134
76 3457849 138111
77 3600064 142215
78 3746531 146467
79 3897423 150892
80 4052952 155529
81 4213376 160424
82 4379017 165641
83 4550289 171272
84 4727725 177436
85 4912037 184312
86 5104182 192145
87 5305480 201298
88 5517788 212308
89 5743771 225983
90 5987352 243581
91 6254440 267088
92 6554197 299757
93 6901266 347069
94 7319890 418624
95 7851849 531959
96 8572626 720777
97 9626419 1053793
98 11307963 1681544
99 14272214 2964251
100 20138030 5865816

Special Counterparts

Main article: Pokémon Counterparts

Sandslash coalesced with an assortment of other Pokémon to have a Christmas-thematized counterpart as a product of the 2016 Christmas Event.

  • Original counterpart

  • Shiny Sandslash

  • Christmas Sandslash

External Links

  • Sandslash’s Bulbapedia
  • Sandslash’s Serebii