Sandslash
#0028

Sandslash

Sandslash
Ground
📏 1 m ⚖️ 29.5 kg 🎯 90 · Average difficulty

It climbs trees by hooking on with its sharp claws. Sandslash shares the berries it gathers, dropping them down to Sandshrew waiting below the tree.

Sandslash is a Ground-type Pokémon. It takes double damage from Water, Grass and Ice, resists Poison and Rock, and is immune to Electric. Its base stats add up to 450: the highest is Defense (110) and the lowest is Special Attack (45).

It is the second stage of its evolution line, along with Sandshrew. Its ability is Sand Veil, and its Hidden Ability is Sand Rush. It is in the Field egg group and can breed with 277 species. In Scarlet and Violet it learns 18 moves by level-up and 55 by TM. Its Alolan Sandslash form has its own page.

FORMS WITH THEIR OWN PAGE

BASE STATS

AT LV 100
HP 75
260-354
Attack 100
184-328
Defense 110
202-350
Sp. Atk 45
85-207
Sp. Def 55
103-229
Speed 65
121-251
TOTAL 450
EVs on defeat: Defense +2

ABILITIES

Sand Veil

Boosts the Pokémon's evasiveness in a sandstorm.

Sand Rush (hidden)

Boosts the Pokémon's Speed stat in a sandstorm.

BREEDING

GroupsField
Gender50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Breeds with277

MOVES

Data from Scarlet/Violet 18 moves
Lv. 1 Scratch Normal Physical 40 100% 35
Lv. 1 Sand Attack Ground Status — 100% 15
Lv. 1 Poison Sting Poison Physical 15 100% 35
Lv. 1 Defense Curl Normal Status — — 40
Lv. 1 Crush Claw Normal Physical 75 95% 10
Lv. 9 Rollout Rock Physical 30 90% 20
Lv. 12 Fury Cutter Bug Physical 40 95% 20
Lv. 15 Rapid Spin Normal Physical 50 100% 40
Lv. 18 Bulldoze Ground Physical 60 100% 20
Lv. 21 Swift Normal Special 60 — 20
Lv. 26 Fury Swipes Normal Physical 18 80% 15
Lv. 31 Sand Tomb Ground Physical 35 85% 15
Lv. 36 Slash Normal Physical 70 100% 20
Lv. 41 Dig Ground Physical 80 100% 10
Lv. 46 Gyro Ball Steel Physical — 100% 5
Lv. 51 Swords Dance Normal Status — — 20
Lv. 56 Sandstorm Rock Status — — 10
Lv. 61 Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100% 10

WEAKNESSES & RESISTANCES

💥 WEAK x2 / x4

Waterx2Grassx2Icex2

🛡️ RESISTS x0.5 / x0.25

Poisonx½Rockx½

🚫 IMMUNE

Electr.

EVOLUTION LINE

Sandshrew #0027 Sandshrew
Lv. 22 ▶ Sandslash #0028 Sandslash
Ice Stone ▶ Alolan Sandslash #0028 Alolan Sandslash
◀ #0027 Sandshrew