#0989 · Paradox Pokémon
Sandy Shocks
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Rank #154 · 6 votes · median A
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Game data
Abilities
- Protosynthesis
Boosts the Pokémon’s most proficient stat in harsh sunlight by 30%, or 50% if the stat boosted is its Speed stat.
Turns the ground into Electric Terrain for 5 turns when the Pokémon enters a battle. Pokémon on the ground have their Electric-type moves boosted by 30% and cannot be put to sleep.
Egg moves
- Morning SunNormalStatus— · —
The user bathes in the pleasant rays of the sun, restoring ½ of its max HP. In harsh sunlight, ⅔ of its max HP will be restored instead. In all other weather conditions, ¼ of its max HP will be restored instead.
- ThunderclapElectricSpecial70 pow · 100%
This move enables the user to attack first with a jolt of electricity. This move fails if the target is not readying an attack.
- Nasty PlotDarkStatus— · —
The user stimulates its brain by thinking bad thoughts. This sharply boosts the user’s Sp. Atk stat.
- Ice BeamIceSpecial90 pow · 100%Rare egg move
The target is struck with an icy-cold beam of energy. This move has a 10% chance of freezing the target.
Base stats
Sandy Shocks · BST 570
Unlock costs
Candy needed for a cost-6 starter:
- Passive ability
- 20 🍬
- Cost reductions
- 10 / 30 🍬
- Same-species egg
- 15 🍬
- The price only drops once you have hatched enough Sandy Shocks eggs: 13 🍬 after 15 hatches, 11 🍬 after 30 hatches, 7 🍬 after 60 hatches.
- Friendship needed per candy
- 200
Expensive starters ask for fewer candies, but earn them far more slowly: Sandy Shocks needs 200 friendship per candy, while a cost-1 starter earns one every 25.