Sandslash

#027 Sandshrew

#028 - Sandslash

Nidoran Female #029

Normal

Alolan

#028

Sandslash

Types

Ground

Generation

I

Abilities
Ability 1 Sand Veil	Hidden Ability Sand Rush

Rarity Tier

Common

Catch rate

90/255 (11.76%)

Base stats
HP		75
Atk		100
Def		110
Sp.Atk		45
Sp.Def		55
Spd		65
Base-stat total: 450

EV Yield
HP 0	Atk 0	Def 2	Sp.Atk 0	Sp.Def 0	Spd 0
EV-yield total: 2

Base Experience

163

Gender Ratio

50% ♂ · 50% ♀

Height

1m

Weight

29.5kg

#000

Alolan Sandslash

Types

Ice

Steel

Generation

I

Abilities
Ability 1 Snow Cloak	Hidden Ability Slush Rush

Rarity Tier

Unhuntable

Catch rate

90/255 (11.76%)

Base stats
HP		75
Atk		100
Def		120
Sp.Atk		25
Sp.Def		65
Spd		65
Base-stat total: 450

EV Yield
HP 0	Atk 0	Def 2	Sp.Atk 0	Sp.Def 0	Spd 0
EV-yield total: 2

Base Experience

163

Gender Ratio

50% ♂ · 50% ♀

Height

1.2m

Weight

55.0kg

Standard form:

Sandslash is a Ground-type Pokémon.
It evolves from Sandshrew as early as level 22, thereby reaching the final stage of its evolutionary line.

Alolan form:

Alolan Sandslash is a Ice and Steel-type Pokémon.
It evolves from Alolan Sandshrew when contractually exposed to an Ice Stone, it is the final stage of its evolutionary line.

Obtainability

Normal

Alolan

Spawn Information Temporarily Unavailable

Since 17 July 2026, the public Spawn Dump Page has been temporarily disabled and will remain unavailable for an indefinite period.

Because the Pokémon Revolution Online Wiki relied on this data source, it is currently unable to display spawn locations.

For the time being, please rely on the in-game spawn information instead. Spawn information will return once a public data source becomes available again.

Spawn Information Temporarily Unavailable

Since 17 July 2026, the public Spawn Dump Page has been temporarily disabled and will remain unavailable for an indefinite period.

Because the Pokémon Revolution Online Wiki relied on this data source, it is currently unable to display spawn locations.

For the time being, please rely on the in-game spawn information instead. Spawn information will return once a public data source becomes available again.

Diggable Patches

Region	Area	Levels	Rarity

Kanto	Route 14	26-30	Common
Kanto	Route 15	26-30	Common
Kanto	Water Path	24-29	Common

Moves

Level-up

Normal

Alolan

Level	Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
1	Crush Claw	Normal	Physical	75	95	10
1	Defense Curl	Normal	Status	—	—	40
1	Poison Sting	Poison	Physical	15	100	35
1	Sand Attack	Ground	Status	—	100	15
1	Scratch	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
9	Rollout	Rock	Physical	30	90	20
12	Fury Cutter	Bug	Physical	40	95	20
14	Magnitude	Ground	Physical	—	100	30
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	Ground	Status	—	—	10
61	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100	10

* Emboldened moves denote this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.

Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
All moves subsumed on this list are relearnable via the Move Relearners if lost.

Level	Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
0	Icicle Spear	Ice	Physical	25	100	30
1	Blizzard	Ice	Special	110	70	5
1	Defense Curl	Normal	Status	—	—	40
1	Fury Cutter	Bug	Physical	40	95	20
1	Fury Swipes	Normal	Physical	18	80	15
1	Gyro Ball	Steel	Physical	—	100	5
1	Hail	Ice	Status	—	—	10
1	Ice Ball	Ice	Physical	30	90	20
1	Icicle Crash	Ice	Physical	85	90	10
1	Icicle Spear	Ice	Physical	25	100	30
1	Iron Defense	Steel	Status	—	—	15
1	Iron Head	Steel	Physical	80	100	15
1	Metal Burst	Steel	Physical	—	100	10
1	Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	50	95	35
1	Mist	Ice	Status	—	—	30
1	Powder Snow	Ice	Special	40	100	25
1	Rapid Spin	Normal	Physical	50	100	40
1	Rollout	Rock	Physical	30	90	20
1	Scratch	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
1	Slash	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
1	Snowscape	Ice	Status	—	—	10
1	Swift	Normal	Special	60	—	20
1	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	—	—	20

* Emboldened moves denote this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.

Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
All moves subsumed on this list are relearnable via the Move Relearners if lost.

TMs and HMs

Normal

Alolan

TM	Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
TM94	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	—	20
TM284	Agility	Psychic	Status	—	100	30
TM210	Amnesia	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
TM93	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100	15
TM34	Bide	Normal	Physical	—	—	10
TM08	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	80	100	15
TM81	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100	15
TM83	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100	20
TM79	Captivate	Normal	Status	—	100	20
TM330	Confide	Normal	Status	—	—	20
TM77	Curse	Ghost	Status	—	—	10
TM73	Defense Curl	Normal	Status	—	—	40
TM72	Detect	Fighting	Status	—	—	5
TM28	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100	10
TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—	15
TM10	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
TM300	Drill Run	Ground	Physical	80	95	10
TM63	Dynamic Punch	Fighting	Physical	100	50	5
TM313	Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	100	10
TM26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100	10
TM237	Endeavor	Normal	Physical	—	100	5
TM51	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM92	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
TM104	False Swipe	Normal	Physical	40	100	40
TM27	Fissure	Ground	Physical	—	30	5
TM141	Fling	Dark	Physical	—	100	10
TM145	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120	70	5
TM98	Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100	20
TM131	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
TM99	Fury Cutter	Bug	Physical	40	95	20
TM146	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90	5
TM298	Gunk Shot	Poison	Physical	120	80	5
TM135	Gyro Ball	Steel	Physical	—	100	5
TM102	Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100	15
TM60	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100	15
TM324	High Horsepower	Ground	Physical	95	95	10
TM331	Hone Claws	Dark	Status	—	—	15
TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90	5
TM107	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75	15
TM220	Knock Off	Dark	Physical	65	100	25
TM108	Leech Life	Bug	Physical	80	100	10
TM285	Low Kick	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20
TM185	Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	50	95	35
TM31	Mimic	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM187	Mud Shot	Ground	Special	55	95	15
TM109	Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100	10
TM136	Natural Gift	Normal	Physical	—	100	15
TM257	Pin Missile	Bug	Physical	25	95	20
TM143	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100	20
TM67	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM20	Rage	Normal	Physical	20	100	20
TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
TM130	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
—	Rock Climb	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
TM48	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90	10
TM114	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	40	100	15
TM89	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	60	95	15
TM117	Rollout	Rock	Physical	30	90	20
TM270	Round	Normal	Special	60	100	15
TM118	Safeguard	Normal	Status	—	—	25
TM217	Sand Tomb	Ground	Physical	35	85	15
TM87	Sandstorm	Ground	Status	—	—	10
TM245	Scorching Sands	Ground	Special	70	100	10
TM133	Secret Power	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
TM19	Seismic Toss	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20
TM115	Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	70	100	15
TM40	Skull Bash	Normal	Physical	100	100	15
TM138	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM156	Smack Down	Rock	Physical	50	100	15
TM121	Snore	Normal	Special	50	100	15
TM293	Spikes	Ground	Status	—	—	20
TM150	Stealth Rock	Rock	Status	—	—	20
TM195	Stomping Tantrum	Ground	Physical	75	100	10
TM149	Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	100	80	5
TM17	Submission	Fighting	Physical	80	80	25
TM50	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	16
TM61	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—	5
TM222	Super Fang	Normal	Physical	—	90	10
TM124	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90	15
TM39	Swift	Normal	Special	60	—	20
TM75	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	—	—	20
TM09	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
TM214	Tera Blast	Normal	Special	80	100	10
TM96	Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
TM329	Throat Chop	Dark	Physical	80	100	15
TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90	10
TM153	Work Up	Normal	Status	—	—	30
TM144	X-Scissor	Bug	Physical	80	100	10
HM01	Cut	Normal	Physical	50	95	30
HM04	Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100	15

* Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.

Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
Refer to TMs and HMs for information on each move's obtainability.

TM	Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
TM94	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	—	20
TM284	Agility	Psychic	Status	—	100	30
TM210	Amnesia	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
TM93	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100	15
TM91	Aurora Veil	Ice	Status	—	—	20
TM90	Avalanche	Ice	Physical	60	100	10
TM14	Blizzard	Ice	Special	110	70	5
TM08	Body Slam	Normal	Physical	80	100	15
TM81	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100	15
TM83	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100	20
TM330	Confide	Normal	Status	—	—	20
TM77	Curse	Ghost	Status	—	—	10
TM28	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100	10
TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—	15
TM10	Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
TM300	Drill Run	Ground	Physical	80	95	10
TM26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100	10
TM237	Endeavor	Normal	Physical	—	100	5
TM51	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM92	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
TM104	False Swipe	Normal	Physical	40	100	40
TM147	Flash Cannon	Steel	Special	80	100	10
TM141	Fling	Dark	Physical	—	100	10
TM145	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120	70	5
TM98	Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100	20
TM159	Frost Breath	Ice	Special	60	90	10
TM131	Frustration	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
TM146	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90	5
TM135	Gyro Ball	Steel	Physical	—	100	5
TM57	Hail	Ice	Status	—	—	10
TM60	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100	15
TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90	5
TM13	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	90	100	10
TM103	Ice Punch	Ice	Physical	75	100	15
TM199	Ice Spinner	Ice	Physical	80	100	15
TM225	Icicle Spear	Ice	Physical	25	100	30
TM106	Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95	15
TM299	Iron Defense	Steel	Status	—	—	15
TM295	Iron Head	Steel	Physical	80	100	15
TM107	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75	15
TM220	Knock Off	Dark	Physical	65	100	25
TM108	Leech Life	Bug	Physical	80	100	10
TM285	Low Kick	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20
TM185	Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	50	95	35
TM257	Pin Missile	Bug	Physical	25	95	20
TM143	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100	20
TM67	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—	10
TM130	Return	Normal	Physical	—	100	20
TM48	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90	10
TM89	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	60	95	15
TM270	Round	Normal	Special	60	100	15
TM118	Safeguard	Normal	Status	—	—	25
TM115	Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	70	100	15
TM138	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM121	Snore	Normal	Special	50	100	15
TM192	Snowscape	Ice	Status	—	—	10
TM293	Spikes	Ground	Status	—	—	20
TM150	Stealth Rock	Rock	Status	—	—	20
TM213	Steel Beam	Steel	Special	140	95	5
TM50	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	16
TM61	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—	5
TM222	Super Fang	Normal	Physical	—	90	10
TM124	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90	15
TM39	Swift	Normal	Special	60	—	20
TM75	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	—	—	20
TM09	Take Down	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
TM214	Tera Blast	Normal	Special	80	100	10
TM96	Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
TM329	Throat Chop	Dark	Physical	80	100	15
TM06	Toxic	Poison	Status	—	90	10
TM243	Triple Axel	Ice	Physical	20	90	10
TM153	Work Up	Normal	Status	—	—	30
TM144	X-Scissor	Bug	Physical	80	100	10

* Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.

Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
Refer to TMs and HMs for information on each move's obtainability.

Move Tutors

Normal

Alolan

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Body Slam	Normal	Physical	80	100	15
Counter	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20
Covet	Normal	Physical	60	100	25
Defense Curl	Normal	Status	—	—	40
Double-Edge	Normal	Physical	120	100	15
Dynamic Punch	Fighting	Physical	100	50	5
Earth Power	Ground	Special	90	100	10
Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100	20
Fury Cutter	Bug	Physical	40	95	20
Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	100	15
Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75	15
Knock Off	Dark	Physical	65	100	25
Mimic	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100	10
Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90	10
Rollout	Rock	Physical	30	90	20
Seismic Toss	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20
Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Snore	Normal	Special	50	100	15
Stealth Rock	Rock	Status	—	—	20
Stomping Tantrum	Ground	Physical	75	100	10
Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	16
Super Fang	Normal	Physical	—	90	10
Swagger	Normal	Status	—	90	15
Swift	Normal	Special	60	—	20
Swords Dance	Normal	Status	—	—	20

* Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.

Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
Refer to the Move Tutors article for tutorship information for all moves hereon.

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Aqua Tail	Water	Physical	90	90	10
Covet	Normal	Physical	60	100	25
Drill Run	Ground	Physical	80	95	10
Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100	20
Ice Punch	Ice	Physical	75	100	15
Icy Wind	Ice	Special	55	95	15
Iron Defense	Steel	Status	—	—	15
Iron Head	Steel	Physical	80	100	15
Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	75	15
Knock Off	Dark	Physical	65	100	25
Snore	Normal	Special	50	100	15
Stealth Rock	Rock	Status	—	—	20
Steel Beam	Steel	Special	140	95	5
Super Fang	Normal	Physical	—	90	10
Throat Chop	Dark	Physical	80	100	15

* Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.

Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
Refer to the Move Tutors article for tutorship information for all moves hereon.

Egg Moves

Normal

Alolan

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Chip Away	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
Counter	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20
Crush Claw	Normal	Physical	75	95	10
Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Flail	Normal	Physical	—	100	15
Hone Claws	Dark	Status	—	—	15
Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	50	95	35
Mud Shot	Ground	Special	55	95	15
Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100	10
Night Slash	Dark	Physical	70	100	15
Rapid Spin	Normal	Physical	50	100	40
Rock Climb	Normal	Physical	90	85	20
Rototiller	Ground	Status	—	—	10

* Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.

Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
For more information on egg-move-tutors, refer to: Egg Moves.

Move	Type	Category	Base Power	Accuracy	PP
Amnesia	Psychic	Status	—	—	20
Chip Away	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
Counter	Fighting	Physical	—	100	20
Crush Claw	Normal	Physical	75	95	10
Curse	Ghost	Status	—	—	10
Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
Flail	Normal	Physical	—	100	15
Hone Claws	Dark	Status	—	—	15
Icicle Crash	Ice	Physical	85	90	10
Icicle Spear	Ice	Physical	25	100	30
Metal Claw	Steel	Physical	50	95	35
Night Slash	Dark	Physical	70	100	15

* Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.

Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
For more information on egg-move-tutors, refer to: Egg Moves.

Type Effectiveness

Normal

Alolan

Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:
2× Weak to	Water Grass Ice Shadow
1× Neutral to	Normal Fire Fighting Ground Flying Psychic Bug Ghost Dragon Dark Steel Fairy
½× Resistant to	Poison Rock
0× Immune to	Electric

Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:
4× Super-weak to	Fire Fighting Shadow
2× Weak to	Ground
1× Neutral to	Water Electric Rock Ghost Dark Steel
½× Resistant to	Normal Grass Ice Flying Psychic Bug Dragon Fairy
0× Immune to	Poison

Special Counterparts

Main article: Pokémon Counterparts

Shiny Sandslash
Shiny Alolan Sandslash
Christmas Sandslash

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