Sand Attack

Sand Attack

Categories Element Ground Type Status

Statistical Attributes Base Power — Accuracy 100 PP 15

Extra Information

Does not have an animation Has a minor bug Banned in Ranked PvP

Sand Attack is a non-damaging Normal type move.

Functionality

Sand Attack decreases the target's Accuracy by one stage. Despite its Ground typing, it still affects Flying type Pokémons.

Z-Sand Attack: Raises the user's evasiveness by 1 stage, then uses Sand Attack.

Ranked PvP

The use of Sand Attack is forbidden in PvP as per the Evasion Clause.

Bugs

• Sand Attack does not affect Pokémons with the Levitate ability. (Report thread)

Learnability

Level-Up

No.		Pokémon	Type 1	Type 2	Level
016		Pidgey	Normal	Flying	5
017		Pidgeotto	Normal	Flying	5
018		Pidgeot	Normal	Flying	5
027		Sandshrew	Ground		3
028		Sandslash	Ground		3
050		Diglett	Ground		1
50A		Alolan Diglett	Ground	Steel	1
051		Dugtrio	Ground		1
51A		Alolan Dugtrio	Ground	Steel	1
083		Farfetch'd	Normal	Flying	1
133		Eevee	Normal		5
134		Vaporeon	Water		5
135		Jolteon	Electric		5
136		Flareon	Fire		5
140		Kabuto	Rock	Water	21
141		Kabutops	Rock	Water	21
190		Aipom	Normal		4
196		Espeon	Psychic		5
197		Umbreon	Dark		5
207		Gligar	Ground	Flying	4
227		Skarmory	Steel	Flying	6
234		Stantler	Normal		16
255		Torchic	Fire		10
256		Combusken	Fire	Fighting	10
257		Blaziken	Fire	Fighting	10
261		Poochyena	Dark		7
262		Mightyena	Dark		7
263		Zigzagoon	Normal		7
264		Linoone	Normal		7
290		Nincada	Bug	Ground	9
291		Ninjask	Bug	Flying	9
292		Shedinja	Bug	Ghost	9
296		Makuhita	Fighting		4
297		Hariyama	Fighting		4
328		Trapinch	Ground		1
329		Vibrava	Ground	Dragon	1
330		Flygon	Ground	Dragon	1
331		Cacnea	Grass		13
332		Cacturne	Grass	Dark	13
424		Ambipom	Normal		4
443		Gible	Dragon	Ground	3
444		Gabite	Dragon	Ground	3
445		Garchomp	Dragon	Ground	3
449		Hippopotas	Ground		1
450		Hippowdon	Ground		1
470		Leafeon	Grass		5
471		Glaceon	Ice		5
472		Gliscor	Ground	Flying	4
504		Patrat	Normal		13
505		Watchog	Normal		13
509		Purrloin	Dark		10
510		Liepard	Dark		10
524		Roggenrola	Rock		7
525		Boldore	Rock		7
526		Gigalith	Rock		7
551		Sandile	Ground	Dark	7
552		Krokorok	Ground	Dark	7
553		Krookodile	Ground	Dark	7
557		Dwebble	Bug	Rock	11
558		Crustle	Bug	Rock	11
559		Scraggy	Dark	Fighting	5
560		Scrafty	Dark	Fighting	5
585		Deerling	Normal	Grass	7
586		Sawsbuck	Normal	Grass	7
632		Durant	Bug	Steel	1
676		Furfrou	Normal		5
688		Binacle	Rock	Water	1
689		Barbaracle	Rock	Water	1
700		Sylveon	Fairy		5
Emboldened Pokémon avail from a STAB bonus for this move.

Egg Moves

No.		Pokémon	Type 1	Type 2
179		Mareep	Electric
180		Flaaffy	Electric
181		Ampharos	Electric
347		Anorith	Rock	Bug
348		Armaldo	Rock	Bug
396		Starly	Normal	Flying
397		Staravia	Normal	Flying
398		Staraptor	Normal	Flying
431		Glameow	Normal
432		Purugly	Normal
451		Skorupi	Poison	Bug
452		Drapion	Poison	Dark
506		Lillipup	Normal
507		Herdier	Normal
508		Stoutland	Normal
522		Blitzle	Electric
523		Zebstrika	Electric
568		Trubbish	Poison
569		Garbodor	Poison
Emboldened Pokémon avail from a STAB bonus for this move.