#027v0.7.3

Sandshrew

Ground

It burrows into the ground to create its nest. If hard stones impede its tunneling, it uses its sharp claws to shatter them and then carries on digging.

Base stats

HP50

Attack75

Defense85

Sp. Atk20

Sp. Def30

Speed40

Total300

Abilities

Sand Veil

Boosts the Pokémon's evasiveness in a sandstorm.

Hidden ability

Sand Rush

Boosts the Pokémon's Speed stat in a sandstorm.

Height0.6 mWeight12.0 kgCapture rate255/255

Type matchups

Incoming damage in Pokebonk, using the client's real multipliers. Values above 1× are weaknesses.

Type chart

Weak to

Grass×1.35Ice×1.35Water×1.35

Resists

Poison×0.8Rock×0.8Electric×0.5

Neutral: 12 · Source: types.json

Evolution

Sandshrew#027Ground
Level 22
Sandslash#028Ground

Moves and learnset

Every level-up move listed for this partner in the game data.

17 moves

Level	Move	Type	Class	Power	Accuracy	PP
1	Scratch	Normal	Physical	40	100	35
1	Defense Curl	Normal	Status	—	—	40
3	Poison Sting	Poison	Physical	15	100	35
6	Sand Attack	Ground	Status	—	100	15
9	Rollout	Rock	Physical	30	90	20
12	Fury Cutter	Bug	Physical	40	95	20
15	Rapid Spin	Normal	Physical	50	100	40
18	Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	60	100	20
21	Swift	Normal	Special	60	—	20
24	Fury Swipes	Normal	Physical	18	80	15
27	Agility	Psychic	Status	—	—	30
30	Slash	Normal	Physical	70	100	20
33	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100	10
36	Gyro Ball	Steel	Physical	—	100	5
39	Swords Dance	Normal	Status	—	—	20
42	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	—	—	10
45	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100	10

Using it in a run

Sandshrew spreads 300 base stat points. Its strongest stat is Defense (85) and its weakest is Special Attack (20), so the role that fits depends on how the rest of the run covers that gap.

Under the game's real multipliers it takes increased damage from Grass, Ice and Water. It resists Poison, Rock and Electric in return. Use that to decide when to circle and when to leave, not to pick a favourite.

Its level-up learnset lists 17 moves; the hardest-hitting is Earthquake at 100 power, available at level 45. That is the point where its damage actually changes.

Capture data

Capture rate: 255/255
Category: Ground
Height: 0.6 m
Weight: 12.0 kg
Data snapshot: 0.7.3

Stats, types, abilities, learnsets and sprites come from the game's public data files. Sprite art by PMD SpriteCollab (CC BY-NC 4.0).

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