Pokémon/Pokédex/Sandslash

Sandslash as depicted by Pokémon Red Version and Pokémon Blue Version era artwork.

Basic Statistics

• National Index: 28
• Johto Index: 49
• Hoenn Index: 113
• Stage: Stage 1
• Height: 1 meter (3.3 ft)
• Weight: 29.5 kilograms (65 lb)
• Gender Distribution: 50% Male
• Ability: Sand Veil
• Type: Ground
• Species: Mouse
• Egg Group: Ground
• Hatch Steps: 5120
• Catch Rate: 90
• Base Experience: 163
• Max Experience: 1000000

	HP	Attack	Defense	Speed	Special Attack	Special Defense
Base Stats (RB/Y)	75	100	110	65	55
Base Stats (GS/C)	75	100	110	65	45	55
Base Stats (RS/FL/E)	75	100	110	65	45	55
Base Stats (DP/PT/HGSS)	–	–	–	–	–	–
Base Stats (BW/B2W2)	–	–	–	–	–	–
Base Stats (XY/ORAS)	–	–	–	–	–	–
Base Stats (SM/USUM)	–	–	–	–	–	–
Base Stats (Sword/Shield/BDSP)	–	–	–	–	–	–
Max Stats (RB/Y)	353	298	318	228	208
Max Stats (GS/C)	353	298	318	228	188	208
Max Stats (RS/FL/E)	354	328	350	251	207	229
Max Stats (DP/PT/HGSS)	–	–	–	–	–	–
Max Stats (B/W/B2W2)	–	–	–	–	–	–
Max Stats (X/Y/ORAS)	–	–	–	–	–	–
Max Stats (SM/USUM)	–	–	–	–	–	–
Max Stats (Sword/Shield/BDSP)	–	–	–	–	–	–
Effort Points (Sword/Shield/BDSP)	–	–	–	–	–	–

Type Matching

Move types which are good on Sandslash: Grass, Ice, Water
Move types which are bad on Sandslash: Poison, Rock
Move types which don't effect Sandslash: Electric

All other move types are normal effectiveness on Sandslash.

Moveset

Level	Red / Blue	Yellow	Gold / Silver	Crystal	Ruby / Sapphire Emerald XD / Colosseum	Fire Red / Leaf Green
Start	Scratch Sand-Attack	Scratch Sand-Attack	Scratch Defense Curl Sand-Attack	Scratch Defense Curl Sand-Attack	Scratch Defense Curl Sand-Attack	Scratch Defense Curl Sand-Attack
6	-	-	Defense Curl	Defense Curl	Defense Curl	Defense Curl
10	Sand-Attack	Sand-Attack	-	-	-	-
11	-	-	Sand-Attack	Sand-Attack	Sand-Attack	Sand-Attack
17	Slash	Slash	Poison Sting	Poison Sting	Poison Sting	Poison Sting
24	-	-	Slash	Slash	Slash	Slash
27	Poison Sting	Poison Sting	-	-	-	-
33	-	-	Swift	Swift	Swift	Swift
36	Swift	Swift	-	-	-	-
42	-	-	Fury Swipes	Fury Swipes	Fury Swipes	Fury Swipes
47	Fury Swipes	Fury Swipes	-	-	-	-
52	-	-	Sandstorm	Sandstorm	Sand Tomb	Sand Tomb
62	-	-	-	-	Sandstorm	Sandstorm

TM/HM

• RB/Y/GS/C/RS/FL: Cut, Dig, Double Team, Earthquake, Hyper Beam, Rest, Strength, Toxic
• RB/Y/GS/C: Swift
• GS/C/RS/FL: Attract, Frustration, Hidden Power, Iron Tail, Protect, Return, Rock Smash, Sandstorm, Sunny Day, Thief
• RB/Y: Bide, Body Slam, Double-Edge, Fissure, Mimic, Rage, Rock Slide, Seismic Toss, Skull Bash, Submission, Substitute, Swords Dance, Take Down
• GS/C: Curse, Defense Curl, Detect, Dynamicpunch, Endure, Fury Cutter, Headbutt, Mud-Slap, Rollout, Sleep Talk, Snore, Swagger
• RS/FL: Aerial Ace, Brick Break, Facade, Focus Punch, Rock Tomb, Secret Power

Evolution

• GS/C/RS/FL: Counter, Flail, Rapid Spin, Safeguard
• C/RS/FL: Metal Claw
• RS/FL: Crush Claw, Rock Slide, Swords Dance

Variant Forms

Regional Variants

• Kantonian
• Alolan - Dual Ice and Steel type.

Trading Cards

• Fossil #41 - Sandslash
• Gym Heroes #23 - Brock's Sandslash
• Gym Challenge #36 - Brock's Sandslash
• Skyridge #93 - Sandslash
• EX Sandstorm #21 - Sandslash
• EX Team Rocket Returns #18 - Sandslash

Basic: Sandshrew

Stage 1: Sandslash

(No Stage 2)