#0769

Sandygast

Ghost Ground

📏 0.5 m ⚖️ 70 kg 🎯 140 · Easy to catch

Sandygast mainly inhabits beaches. It takes control of anyone who puts their hand into its mouth, forcing them to make its body bigger.

Sandygast is a Ghost/Ground-type Pokémon. It takes double damage from Water, Grass, Ice, Ghost and Dark, resists Poison, Bug and Rock, and is immune to Normal, Electric and Fighting. Its base stats add up to 320: the highest is Defense (80) and the lowest is Speed (15).

It is the first stage of its evolution line, along with Palossand. Its ability is Water Compaction, and its Hidden Ability is Sand Veil. It is in the Amorphous egg group and can breed with 59 species. In Scarlet and Violet it learns 14 moves by level-up and 43 by TM.

BASE STATS

AT LV 100

HP 55

220-314

Attack 55

103-229

Defense 80

148-284

Sp. Atk 70

130-262

Sp. Def 45

85-207

Speed 15

31-141

TOTAL 320

EVs on defeat: Defense +1

ABILITIES

Water Compaction

Boosts the Defense stat sharply when the Pokémon is hit by a Water-type move.

Sand Veil (hidden)

Boosts the Pokémon's evasiveness in a sandstorm.

BREEDING

GroupsAmorphous

Gender50% ♂ / 50% ♀

Breeds with59

MOVES

Data from Scarlet/Violet 14 moves

Lv. 1 Absorb Grass Special 20 100% 25

Lv. 1 Harden Normal Status — — 30

Lv. 5 Astonish Ghost Physical 30 100% 15

Lv. 10 Sand Tomb Ground Physical 35 85% 15

Lv. 15 Mega Drain Grass Special 40 100% 15

Lv. 20 Sand Attack Ground Status — 100% 15

Lv. 25 Bulldoze Ground Physical 60 100% 20

Lv. 30 Hypnosis Psychic Status — 60% 20

Lv. 35 Giga Drain Grass Special 75 100% 10

Lv. 40 Iron Defense Steel Status — — 15

Lv. 45 Shadow Ball Ghost Special 80 100% 15

Lv. 50 Earth Power Ground Special 90 100% 10

Lv. 55 Shore Up Ground Status — — 5

Lv. 60 Sandstorm Rock Status — — 10

WEAKNESSES & RESISTANCES

EVOLUTION LINE

#0769 Sandygast

Lv. 42 ▶

#0770 Palossand