Sandslash
Artwork
Names
- English: Sandslash
- Japanese: サンドパン (Sandpan)
- German: Sandamer
- French: Sablaireau
Number(s)
- National: 28
- Hoenn: 113
- Johto: 49
Gender
♂ 50% - ♀ 50%
Egg Group(s)
Ground
Evolution
| Basic | Stage One |
|---|---|
 SandshrewBase form |  SandslashLevel 22 |
Size
- Height: 1 m / 3’03”
- Weight: 29.5 kg / 65.0 lbs.
Damage Taken
- Immune: Electric
- ×½: Poison, Rock
- ×2: Water, Grass, Ice
Ability effects are not included.
Base Stats
| Stat | Rank | E.P. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sum | 450 | ||
| HP | 37 | 0 | |
| Attack | 19 | 0 | |
| Defense | 16 | 2 | |
| Sp.Atk | 57 | 0 | |
| Sp.Def | 50 | 0 | |
| Speed | 38 | 0 | |
Ability
- Sand Veil
- Game's description
- Boosts the Pokémon’s evasion in a sandstorm.
- Battle effect
- Raises the Pokémon’s evasion during a sandstorm by one level.
- Map effect
- If the Pokémon is in the lead spot, chance of encountering a wild Pokémon during a sandstorm decreases to 50%.
Wild Item
- Diamond/Pearl
- Quick Claw (5%)
Pal Park
- Area: Mountain
- Points: 70
- Encounter rate: 20
Miscellaneous
- Species: Mouse Pokémon
- Steps to hatch: 5,120
- Color: Yellow
- Catch Rate: 90
- Base Tameness: 70
- Growth Group: Medium Fast
1,000,000 exp. points to Lv100
Location
- Diamond
- Route 228 (LG Inserted into DS) [Uncommon]
- Pearl
- Route 228 (LG Inserted into DS) [Uncommon]
Pokédex Flavour (description)
- Red/Blue
- Curls up into a spiny ball when threatened. It can roll while curled up to attack or escape.
- Yellow
- It is skilled at slashing enemies with its claws. If broken, they start to grow back in a day.
- Gold
- In an attempt to hide itself, it will run around at top speed to kick up a blinding dust storm.
- Silver
- If it digs at an incredible pace, it may snap off its spikes and claws. They grow back in a day.
- Crystal
- Adept at climbing trees, it rolls into a spiny ball, then attacks its enemies from above.
- Ruby
- SANDSLASH's body is covered by tough spikes, which are hardened sections of its hide. Once a year, the old spikes fall out, to be replaced with new spikes that grow out from beneath the old ones.
- Sapphire
- SANDSLASH can roll up its body as if it were a ball covered with large spikes. In battle, this POKéMON will try to make the foe flinch by jabbing it with its spines. It then leaps at the stunned foe to tear wildly with its sharp claws.
- Emerald
- It curls up in a ball to protect itself from enemy attacks. It also curls up to prevent heatstroke during the daytime when temperatures rise sharply.
- Fire Red
- It is adept at attacking with the spines on its back and its sharp claws while quickly scurrying about.
- Leaf Green
- Curls up into a spiny ball when threatened. It can roll while curled up to attack or escape.
- Diamond
- It curls up, then rolls into foes with its back. Its sharp spines inflict severe damage.
- Pearl
- It curls up, then rolls into foes with its back. Its sharp spines inflict severe damage.