Pokedex #026

Sandslash

Ground

Standard form

Base Stats

BST 450

HP: 75
Attack: 100
Defense: 110
Sp. Atk: 45
Sp. Def: 55
Speed: 65

Abilities & Innates

Regular Abilities

Sand Veil
Boosts the Pokemon's evasiveness by 25% in a sandstorm. Reduces wild encounter rate by 50% when first in the party.

Hidden Ability

Sand Rush
Doubles Speed in a sandstorm and prevents sandstorm damage.

Innates

Level 75Shell Armor
Attacks landed on the Pokemon will never be critical hits.
Level 85Rough Skin
When the Pokemon is hit by a contact move, the attacker takes damage equal to 1/8 of its max HP.
Level 95Sharpness
Boosts the power of the Pokemon's slicing moves by 50%.

Training & Breeding

EV yield: 2 Defense
Egg Groups: Field
Held items: Grip Claw (rare)

Evolution

Sandshrew

→
- Level 22
Sandslash

Locations & Acquisition

Starting with Sandshrew

Union Cave 1F
Method
Grass / land
Level
9–12
Rate
20%
Union Cave B1F
Method
Grass / land
Level
9–11
Rate
20%
Slowpoke Well B1F
Method
Grass / land
Level
9–13
Rate
30%
Slowpoke Well B2F
Method
Grass / land
Level
9–14
Rate
30%

Evolve SandshrewLevel 22To obtain Sandslash

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Learnsets

Level Up19 moves

Level Up moves, types and battle properties
Level	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
1	Scratch	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
1	Crush Claw	Normal	Physical	75	95	10
1	Sand Attack	Ground	Status	0	100	15
1	Poison Sting	Poison	Physical	15	100	35
1	Defense Curl	Normal	Status	0	0	40
9	Rollout	Rock	Physical	30	90	20
12	Fury Cutter	Bug	Physical	40	95	20
14	Magnitude	Ground	Physical	1	100	30
15	Rapid Spin	Normal	Physical	50	100	40
18	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100	20
21	Swift	Normal	Special	60	0	20
26	Fury Swipes	Normal	Physical	18	80	15
31	Sand Tomb	Ground	Physical	35	85	15
36	Slash	Normal	Physical	80	100	20
41	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100	10
46	Gyro Ball	Steel	Physical	1	100	5
51	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	0	0	20
56	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	0	0	10
61	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100	10

TM/HM41 moves

TM/HM moves, types and battle properties
Machine	Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
TM01 Work Up	Work Up	Normal	Status	0	0	30
TM06 Toxic	Toxic	Poison	Status	0	90	10
TM Hidden Power	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100	15
TM11 Sunny Day	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	0	0	5
TM15 Hyper Beam	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90	5
TM17 Protect	Protect	Normal	Status	0	0	10
TM20 Safeguard	Safeguard	Normal	Status	0	0	25
TM21 Frustration	Frustration	Normal	Physical	1	100	20
TM23 Smack Down	Smack Down	Rock	Physical	50	100	15
TM26 Earthquake	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100	10
TM27 Return	Return	Normal	Physical	1	100	20
TM28 Leech Life	Leech Life	Bug	Physical	80	100	10
TM31 Brick Break	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100	15
TM32 Double Team	Double Team	Normal	Status	0	0	15
TM37 Sandstorm	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	0	0	10
TM39 Rock Tomb	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	60	95	15
TM40 Aerial Ace	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	0	20
TM42 Facade	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
TM44 Rest	Rest	Psychic	Status	0	0	5
TM45 Attract	Attract	Normal	Status	0	100	15
TM46 Thief	Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
TM48 Round	Round	Normal	Special	60	100	15
TM52 Focus Blast	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120	70	5
TM54 False Swipe	False Swipe	Normal	Physical	40	100	40
TM56 Fling	Fling	Dark	Physical	1	100	10
TM65 Shadow Claw	Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	70	100	15
TM68 Giga Impact	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90	5
TM71 Stone Edge	Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	100	80	5
TM74 Gyro Ball	Gyro Ball	Steel	Physical	1	100	5
TM75 Swords Dance	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	0	0	20
TM76 Hone Claws	Hone Claws	Dark	Status	0	0	15
TM77 Dig	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100	10
TM78 Bulldoze	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100	20
TM80 Rock Slide	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90	10
TM81 X-Scissor	X-Scissor	Bug	Physical	80	100	15
TM84 Poison Jab	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100	20
TM90 Substitute	Substitute	Normal	Status	0	0	10
HM01 Cut	Cut	Steel	Physical	50	95	30
HM04 Strength	Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100	15
HM06 Rock Smash	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100	15
HM09 Rock Climb	Rock Climb	Normal	Physical	90	85	20

Tutor34 moves

Tutor moves, types and battle properties
Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
Body Slam	Normal	Physical	85	100	15
Counter	Fighting	Physical	1	100	20
Covet	Fairy	Physical	40	100	25
Curse	Ghost	Status	0	0	10
Defense Curl	Normal	Status	0	0	40
Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
Drill Run	Ground	Physical	80	95	10
Dynamic Punch	Fighting	Physical	100	50	5
Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	100	10
Endeavor	Normal	Physical	1	100	5
Endure	Normal	Status	0	0	10
Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100	20
Fury Cutter	Bug	Physical	40	95	20
Gunk Shot	Poison	Physical	120	80	5
Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100	15
High Horsepower	Ground	Physical	95	95	10
Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75	15
Knock Off	Dark	Physical	65	100	20
Low Kick	Fighting	Physical	1	100	20
Mimic	Normal	Status	0	0	10
Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100	10
Rollout	Rock	Physical	30	90	20
Sand Tomb	Ground	Physical	35	85	15
Scorching Sands	Ground	Special	70	100	10
Seismic Toss	Fighting	Physical	1	100	20
Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	0	0	10
Snore	Normal	Special	50	100	15
Spikes	Ground	Status	0	0	20
Stealth Rock	Rock	Status	0	0	20
Stomping Tantrum	Ground	Physical	75	100	10
Super Fang	Normal	Physical	1	90	10
Swagger	Normal	Status	0	85	15
Swift	Normal	Special	60	0	20
Throat Chop	Dark	Physical	80	100	15

Egg12 moves

Egg moves, types and battle properties
Move	Type	Category	Power	Accuracy	PP
Flail	Normal	Physical	1	100	15
Counter	Fighting	Physical	1	100	20
Rapid Spin	Normal	Physical	50	100	40
Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	50	95	35
Crush Claw	Normal	Physical	75	95	10
Night Slash	Dark	Physical	70	100	15
Mud Shot	Ground	Special	55	95	15
Endure	Normal	Status	0	0	10
Chip Away	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
Rock Climb	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
Rototiller	Ground	Status	0	0	10
Hone Claws	Dark	Status	0	0	15

Base Stats

Abilities & Innates

Regular Abilities

Hidden Ability

Innates

Training & Breeding

Evolution

Locations & Acquisition

Starting with Sandshrew

Learnsets

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