#0769 · Sand Heap Pokémon
Sandygast
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PalossandCommunity tiers (you can vote in all four)
Classic
Rank #376 · 7 votes · median C
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Rank #370 · 9 votes · median B
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Endless
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Game data
Abilities
- Water Compaction
Boosts the Defense stat sharply when the Pokémon is hit by a Water-type move.
- Sand VeilHidden
Boosts the Pokémon’s evasiveness by 25% in a sandstorm. The Pokémon also takes no damage from sandstorms.
Summons a sandstorm for 5 turns when the Pokémon takes damage from moves. 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
- Bitter MaliceGhostSpecial75 pow · 100%
The user attacks the target with spine-chilling resentment. This also lowers the target’s Attack stat.
- Splishy SplashWaterSpecial90 pow · 100%
The user charges a huge wave with electricity and hits the opposing Pokémon with the wave. This move has a 30% chance of paralyzing targets.
- Take HeartPsychicStatus— · —
The user lifts its spirits, curing its own status conditions and boosting its Sp. Atk and Sp. Def stats.
- Salt CureRockPhysical40 pow · 100%Rare egg move
The user salt cures the target, inflicting damage equal to ¹⁄₁₆ of the target’s max HP at the end of every turn. Steel and Water types take damage equal to ⅛ of their max HP instead.
Base stats
Sandygast · BST 320
Palossand · BST 480
Unlock costs
Candy needed for a cost-3 starter:
- Passive ability
- 35 🍬
- Cost reductions
- 20 / 50 🍬
- Same-species egg
- 25 🍬
- The price only drops once you have hatched enough Sandygast eggs: 22 🍬 after 20 hatches, 18 🍬 after 40 hatches, 12 🍬 after 80 hatches.
- Friendship needed per candy
- 75
Expensive starters ask for fewer candies, but earn them far more slowly: Sandygast needs 75 friendship per candy, while a cost-1 starter earns one every 25.