#2027 · Mouse Pokémon
Alolan Sandshrew
Alolan Sandshrew›
Alolan SandslashCommunity tiers (you can vote in all four)
Classic
Rank #331 · 6 votes · median C
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Rank #288 · 10 votes · median B
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Endless
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Tier history
6 recorded changes · 6 votes
Moved B → A 23 days ago
7 recorded changes · 1 vote
Game data
Abilities
- Snow Cloak
Boosts the Pokémon’s evasiveness by 25% in snow or hail. The Pokémon also takes no damage from hail.
- Slush RushHidden
Doubles the Pokémon’s Speed stat in snow or hail. The Pokémon also takes no damage from hail.
The Pokémon is protected by ice scales, which halve the damage taken from special moves.
Egg moves
- Spiky ShieldGrassStatus— · —
The user protects itself from incoming moves for the turn. Any attackers that use contact moves against the user during this turn take damage equal to ⅛ of their max HP. With each consecutive use, this move’s chance of success becomes ⅓ of what it was before.
- LiquidationWaterPhysical85 pow · 100%
The user slams into the target using a full-force blast of water. This move has a 20% chance of lowering the target’s Defense stat.
- Shift GearSteelStatus— · —
The user rotates its gears, boosting its Attack stat and sharply boosting its Speed stat.
- Glacial LanceIcePhysical120 pow · 100%Rare egg move
The user attacks by hurling a blizzard-cloaked icicle lance at opposing Pokémon.
Base stats
Alolan Sandshrew · BST 300
Alolan Sandslash · BST 450
Unlock costs
Candy needed for a cost-2 starter:
- Passive ability
- 40 🍬
- Cost reductions
- 25 / 60 🍬
- Same-species egg
- 30 🍬
- The price only drops once you have hatched enough Alolan Sandshrew eggs: 27 🍬 after 20 hatches, 22 🍬 after 40 hatches, 15 🍬 after 80 hatches.
- Friendship needed per candy
- 50
Expensive starters ask for fewer candies, but earn them far more slowly: Alolan Sandshrew needs 50 friendship per candy, while a cost-1 starter earns one every 25.