Sandslashin Pokémon Red++

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Pokédex Entry

Mouse Pokémon

Curls up into a spiny ball when threatened. It can roll while curled up to attack or escape

Front

Normal

Shiny

Animated

Shiny Animated

Back

Normal

Shiny

Type

Ground

Dex

#028 Regional Dex

Growth Rate

mediumfast

Gender Ratio

Genderless

Egg Groups

Unknown

Hatch Rate

Unknown

Catch Rate

Poké Ball8.9%

Great Ball12.1%

Ultra Ball14.9%

Base Exp

163

EV Yield

None

Wild Held Items

None

Weak To

water ×2grass ×2ice ×2

Resists

poison ×0.5rock ×0.5

Immune To

electric

Evolution Chain

Sandshrew

Base form

→

Sandslash

Level up Sandshrew to Lv. 22

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How to Obtain

You can catch Sandslash in Victory Road 1 (uncommon), in Victory Road 2 (uncommon), and in Victory Road 3 (uncommon), among three other areas. Wild ones range from level 40 to 56.

Wild Encounters (6)

Level Up Moves (17)

Level	Move	Type	Power	Acc.	PP
1	ScratchLevel: 1Scratch	normal	PWR40	ACC100	PP35
1	ScratchLevel: 1Scratch
1	Defense CurlLevel: 1Defense Curl	normal	PWR0	ACC100	PP40
1	Defense CurlLevel: 1Defense Curl
3	Sand AttackLevel: 3Sand Attack	ground	PWR0	ACC100	PP15
3	Sand AttackLevel: 3Sand Attack
5	Poison StingLevel: 5Poison Sting	poison	PWR15	ACC100	PP35
5	Poison StingLevel: 5Poison Sting
7	Pin MissileLevel: 7Pin Missile	bug	PWR25	ACC95	PP20
7	Pin MissileLevel: 7Pin Missile
9	Mud-slapLevel: 9Mud-slap	ground	PWR20	ACC100	PP10
9	Mud-slapLevel: 9Mud-slap
11	Hone ClawsLevel: 11Hone Claws	dark	PWR0	ACC100	PP15
11	Hone ClawsLevel: 11Hone Claws
14	Metal ClawLevel: 14Metal Claw	steel	PWR50	ACC95	PP35
14	Metal ClawLevel: 14Metal Claw
17	SwiftLevel: 17Swift	normal	PWR60	ACC100	PP20
17	SwiftLevel: 17Swift
20	Fury SwipesLevel: 20Fury Swipes	normal	PWR18	ACC80	PP15
20	Fury SwipesLevel: 20Fury Swipes
24	Super FangLevel: 24Super Fang	normal	PWR1	ACC90	PP10
24	Super FangLevel: 24Super Fang
28	Metal ClawLevel: 28Metal Claw	steel	PWR50	ACC95	PP35
28	Metal ClawLevel: 28Metal Claw
33	DigLevel: 33Dig	ground	PWR80	ACC100	PP10
33	DigLevel: 33Dig
38	Iron DefenseLevel: 38Iron Defense	steel	PWR0	ACC100	PP15
38	Iron DefenseLevel: 38Iron Defense
43	Swords DanceLevel: 43Swords Dance	normal	PWR0	ACC100	PP30
43	Swords DanceLevel: 43Swords Dance
48	Iron TailLevel: 48Iron Tail	steel	PWR100	ACC75	PP15
48	Iron TailLevel: 48Iron Tail
53	EarthquakeLevel: 53Earthquake	ground	PWR100	ACC100	PP10
53	EarthquakeLevel: 53Earthquake

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Pre-evolution-only Moves (2)

These moves must be learned before evolving; Sandslash cannot learn them through its own level-up, TM/HM, tutor, egg, wild, or evolution moves.

Level	Move	Type	Power	Acc.	PP	Learned from
23	Mud BombLevel: 23(Sandshrew · Level 23)Mud Bomb	ground	PWR65	ACC85	PP10	Sandshrew · Level 23
23	Mud BombLevel: 23(Sandshrew · Level 23)Mud Bomb
26	SlashLevel: 26(Sandshrew · Level 26)Slash	normal	PWR70	ACC100	PP20	Sandshrew · Level 26
26	SlashLevel: 26(Sandshrew · Level 26)Slash