Pokédex #028

Sandslash

Mouse Pokémon1.0 m29.5 kg

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.

Base Stats

Total 450

Location	Method	Level	Rate
Victory Road · area 4	Grass / cave	30–50	40%
Desert Underpass · area 1	Grass / cave	38	20%
Victory Road · area 5	Grass / cave	30–50	10%
Cerulean Cave · area 1	Grass / cave	50–55	10%
Cerulean Cave · area 3	Grass / cave	50–55	5%

Level up18 moves

Moves Sandslash learns by level
Level	Move	Type	Category	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Crush Claw	Normal	Physical	75	95	10
1	Scratch	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
1	Defense Curl	Normal	Status	—	—	40
1	Poison Sting	Poison	Physical	15	100	35
1	Sand Attack	Ground	Status	—	100	15
9	Rollout	Rock	Physical	30	90	20
12	Fury Cutter	Bug	Physical	40	95	20
15	Rapid Spin	Normal	Physical	50	100	40
18	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100	20
21	Swift	Normal	Special	60	—	20
26	Fury Swipes	Normal	Physical	18	80	15
31	Sand Tomb	Ground	Physical	35	85	15
36	Slash	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
41	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100	10
46	Gyro Ball	Steel	Physical	—	100	5
51	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	—	—	20
56	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	—	—	10
61	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100	10

TM / HM31 moves

TMs and HMs Sandslash can use
No.	Move	Type	Category	Power	Acc.	PP
TM06	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100	15
TM07	Pin Missile	Bug	Physical	25	95	20
TM08	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90	5
TM09	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90	5
TM15	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100	10
TM19	Safeguard	Normal	Status	—	—	25
TM21	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
TM22	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90	10
TM23	Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
TM24	Snore	Normal	Special	50	100	15
TM25	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM31	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100	15
TM32	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	—	—	10
TM34	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—	5
TM39	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
TM40	Swift	Normal	Special	60	—	20
TM43	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100	15
TM45	Secret Power	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
TM48	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	60	95	15
TM49	Sand Tomb	Ground	Physical	35	85	15
TM53	Mud Shot	Ground	Special	55	95	15
TM59	Fling	Dark	Physical	—	100	10
TM65	Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	70	100	15
TM76	Round	Normal	Special	60	100	15
TM81	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100	20
TM98	Stomping Tantrum	Ground	Physical	75	100	10
TM107	Scorching Sands	Ground	Special	70	100	10
TM117	Steel Roller	Steel	Physical	130	100	5
HM01	Cut	Normal	Physical	50	95	30
HM04	Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100	15
HM06	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100	15

Egg moves6 moves

Passed down through Sandshrew, the form that hatches.

Egg moves for Sandslash
Move	Type	Category	Power	Acc.	PP
Counter	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20
Flail	Normal	Physical	—	100	15
Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100	10
Night Slash	Dark	Physical	70	100	15
Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	50	95	35
Hone Claws	Dark	Status	—	—	15