#0027 · Mouse Pokémon
Sandshrew
Sandshrew›
SandslashCommunity tiers (you can vote in all four)
Classic
Rank #508 · 9 votes · median C
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Rank #531 · 13 votes · median C
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Endless
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Rank #102 · 7 votes · median D
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Tier history
6 recorded changes · 9 votes
8 recorded changes · 13 votes
7 recorded changes · 7 votes
Game data
Abilities
- Sand Veil
Boosts the Pokémon’s evasiveness by 25% in a sandstorm. The Pokémon also takes no damage from sandstorms.
- Sand RushHidden
Doubles the Pokémon’s Speed stat in a sandstorm. The Pokémon also takes no damage from sandstorms.
Summons a sandstorm for 5 turns when the Pokémon enters a battle. Pokémon that are not Rock, Ground, or Steel types take damage equal to ¹⁄₁₆ of their max HP at the end of every turn. This also boosts the Sp. Def stats of Rock types by 50%.
Egg moves
- U-turnBugPhysical70 pow · 100%
After making its attack, the user rushes back to switch places with a party Pokémon in waiting.
- Dire ClawPoisonPhysical80 pow · 100%
The user lashes out at the target with ruinous claws. This move has a 30% chance of leaving the target poisoned, paralyzed, or asleep.
- Shore UpGroundStatus— · —
The user restores ½ of its max HP by kicking up a cloud of sand from its surroundings. In a sandstorm, the user restores ⅔ of its max HP instead.
- Mighty CleaveRockPhysical95 pow · 100%Rare egg move
The user wields the light that has accumulated through its blades to cleave the target. This move hits even if the target protects itself.
Base stats
Sandshrew · BST 300
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 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: Sandshrew needs 50 friendship per candy, while a cost-1 starter earns one every 25.