#0028 Sandslash

Ground

Abilities

Earth Eater / Battle Armor

Hidden ability

Tough Claws

Catch rate

90

Gender

50.0% female

Egg groups

Field

Growth

Medium Fast

EV yield

2 Defense

Wild held item

Heat Rock

HP	85
Attack	125
Defense	110
Sp. Atk	35
Sp. Def	80
Speed	75
Total	510

Where to find it

• Mt. Moon: Grass/cave, any time
• Route 17: Grass/cave, morning, Grass/cave, day, Grass/cave, night
• Fuchsia City: Grass/cave, morning
• Route 26: Grass/cave, morning, Grass/cave, day, Grass/cave, night
• Route 27: Grass/cave, morning, Grass/cave, day, Grass/cave, night

How to get it: wild: Mt. Moon Square Entrance, Route 17, Fuchsia City, Koga's forest preserve, Route 26 and 1 more

Evolution

Evolves from Sandshrew at Lv 22.

Level-up moves

Lv	Move	Type	Cat.	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	100	15
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	var.	100	5
51	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	—	—	20
56	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	—	—	10
61	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100	10

TMs and HMs

TM	Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.	PP
TM01	Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	150	100	20
TM10	Hidden Power	Normal	Special	60	100	15
TM11	Sunny Day	Fire	Status	—	—	5
TM15	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	90	5
TM17	Protect	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM20	Safeguard	Normal	Status	—	—	25
TM23	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	90	90	15
TM26	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100	10
TM27	Return	Normal	Physical	var.	100	20
TM28	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100	10
TM31	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	100	15
TM32	Double Team	Normal	Status	—	—	15
TM37	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	—	—	10
TM39	Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	60	95	15
TM40	Aerial Ace	Flying	Physical	60	—	20
TM42	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
TM44	Rest	Psychic	Status	—	—	5
TM45	Attract	Normal	Status	—	100	15
TM46	Thief	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
TM52	Focus Blast	Fighting	Special	120	70	5
TM56	Fling	Dark	Physical	var.	100	10
TM58	Endure	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM65	Shadow Claw	Ghost	Physical	70	100	15
TM68	Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	150	90	5
TM71	Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	100	80	5
TM74	Gyro Ball	Steel	Physical	var.	100	5
TM75	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	—	—	20
TM76	Stealth Rock	Rock	Status	—	—	20
TM80	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	90	10
TM81	X-Scissor	Bug	Physical	80	100	15
TM82	Sleep Talk	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM84	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	100	20
TM87	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	85	15
TM90	Substitute	Normal	Status	—	—	10
TM103	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100	20
TM130	Scorching Sands	Ground	Special	70	100	10
HM01	Cut	Normal	Physical	50	95	30
HM04	Strength	Normal	Physical	80	100	15
HM06	Rock Smash	Fighting	Physical	60	100	15
HM08	Rock Climb	Normal	Physical	90	85	20

Move tutors

Aqua Tail, Counter, Earth Power, Iron Head, Metal Claw, Night Slash, Super Fang

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