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Ground

sandshrew's Type Matchups

Weak to (2x damage):

Ice

Grass

Water

Resistant to (½x damage):

Rock

Poison

sandshrew

Sandshrew is a powerful ground type Pokémon known for its exceptional abilities. With a total base experience of 60, it possesses sand-veil, sand-rush, making it a formidable opponent in battle. Standing 0.6m tall and weighing 12.0kg, this Pokémon has unique characteristics that make it special in the world of Pokémon.

Base Stats

Attack

Defense

Special Attack

Special Defense

Speed

sandshrew's Height

0.6m

sandshrew's Weight

12.0kg

sandshrew's Category

Seed

sandshrew's Gender

♂ 87.5% ♀ 12.5%

sandshrew's Abilities

sand-veil

sand-rush

sandshrew's Evolution Chain

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Ground

sandslash

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Pokédex entries

Generation I

redblue

Burrows deep underground in arid locations far from water. It only emerges to hunt for food.

yellow

Its body is dry. When it gets cold at night, its hide is said to become coated with a fine dew.

Generation II

gold

If it fell from a great height, this POKéMON could save itself by rolling into a ball and bouncing.

silver

Disliking water, it lives in deep burrows in arid areas. It can roll itself instantly into a ball.

crystal

It prefers dry, sandy places because it uses the sand to protect itself when threatened.

Generation III

ruby

SANDSHREW’s body is configured to absorb water without waste, enabling it to survive in an arid desert. This POKéMON curls up to protect itself from its enemies.

sapphire

SANDSHREW has a very dry hide that is extremely tough. The POKéMON can roll into a ball that repels any attack. At night, it burrows into the desert sand to sleep.

emerald

When it curls up in a ball, it can make any attack bounce off harmlessly. Its hide has turned tough and solid as a result of living in the desert.

firered

It burrows and lives underground. If threatened, it curls itself up into a ball for protection.

leafgreen

Burrows deep underground in arid locations far from water. It only emerges to hunt for prey.

Generation IV

diamondpearlplatinum

To protect itself from attackers, it curls up into a ball. It lives in arid regions with minimal rainfall.

heartgold

If it fell from a great height, this Pokémon could save itself by rolling into a ball and bouncing.

soulsilver

Disliking water, it lives in deep burrows in arid areas. It can roll itself instantly into a ball.

Generation V

blackwhite

To protect itself from attackers, it curls up into a ball. It lives in arid regions with minimal rainfall.

black 2white 2

It digs deep burrows to live in. When in danger, it rolls up its body to withstand attacks.

Generation VI

It burrows and lives underground. If threatened, it curls itself up into a ball for protection.

omega ruby

Sandshrew’s body is configured to absorb water without waste, enabling it to survive in an arid desert. This Pokémon curls up to protect itself from its enemies.

Disliking water, it lives in deep burrows in arid areas. It can roll itself instantly into a ball.

alpha sapphire

Sandshrew has a very dry hide that is extremely tough. The Pokémon can roll into a ball that repels any attack. At night, it burrows into the desert sand to sleep.

Generation VII

sun

It can roll its body into a ball. It moves through the desert by rolling at high speeds.

ultra sun

It lives in areas of limited rainfall. When danger approaches, it curls up into a ball to protect its soft stomach.

moon

It usually makes its home in deserts and arid zones, where rain does not fall. It digs holes to catch Bug-type Pokémon.

ultra moon

When its skin gets wrinkled from moisture, it heads for a volcano. It lies flat on a spot with a lot of geothermal heat and dries itself out.

lets go pikachulets go eevee

Its body is dry. When it gets cold at night, its hide is said to become coated with a fine dew.

Generation VIII

sword

It loves to bathe in the grit of dry, sandy areas. By sand bathing, the Pokémon rids itself of dirt and moisture clinging to its body.

shield

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.

Learnable Moves

Sandshrew can learn 99 moves:

Move	Type	Cat.	Power	Acc.
aerial ace	flying	Physical	60	—
agility	psychic	Status	—	—
amnesia	psychic	Status	—	—
attract	normal	Status	—	100
bide	normal	Physical	—	—
body slam	normal	Physical	85	100
brick break	fighting	Physical	75	100
bulldoze	ground	Physical	60	100
captivate	normal	Status	—	100
chip away	normal	Physical	70	100
confide	normal	Status	—	—
counter	fighting	Physical	—	100
covet	normal	Physical	60	100
crush claw	normal	Physical	75	95
curse	ghost	Status	—	—
cut	normal	Physical	50	95
defense curl	normal	Status	—	—
detect	fighting	Status	—	—
dig	ground	Physical	80	100
double edge	normal	Physical	120	100
double team	normal	Status	—	—
dynamic punch	fighting	Physical	100	50
earth power	ground	Special	90	100
earthquake	ground	Physical	100	100
endeavor	normal	Physical	—	100
endure	normal	Status	—	—
facade	normal	Physical	70	100
false swipe	normal	Physical	40	100
fissure	ground	Physical	—	30
flail	normal	Physical	—	100
fling	dark	Physical	—	100
focus punch	fighting	Physical	150	100
frustration	normal	Physical	—	100
fury cutter	bug	Physical	40	95
fury swipes	normal	Physical	18	80
gyro ball	steel	Physical	—	100
headbutt	normal	Physical	70	100
hidden power	normal	Special	60	100
high horsepower	ground	Physical	95	95
hone claws	dark	Status	—	—
iron tail	steel	Physical	100	75
knock off	dark	Physical	65	100
leech life	bug	Physical	80	100
low kick	fighting	Physical	—	100
magnitude	ground	Physical	—	100
metal claw	steel	Physical	50	95
mimic	normal	Status	—	—
mud shot	ground	Special	55	95
mud slap	ground	Special	20	100
natural gift	normal	Physical	—	100
night slash	dark	Physical	70	100
poison jab	poison	Physical	80	100
poison sting	poison	Physical	15	100
protect	normal	Status	—	—
rage	normal	Physical	20	100
rapid spin	normal	Physical	50	100
rest	psychic	Status	—	—
return	normal	Physical	—	100
rock climb	normal	Physical	90	85
rock slide	rock	Physical	75	90
rock smash	fighting	Physical	40	100
rock tomb	rock	Physical	60	95
rollout	rock	Physical	30	90
rototiller	ground	Status	—	—
round	normal	Special	60	100
safeguard	normal	Status	—	—
sand attack	ground	Status	—	100
sand tomb	ground	Physical	35	85
sandstorm	rock	Status	—	—
scorching sands	ground	Special	70	100
scratch	normal	Physical	40	100
secret power	normal	Physical	70	100
seismic toss	fighting	Physical	—	100
shadow claw	ghost	Physical	70	100
skull bash	normal	Physical	130	100
slash	normal	Physical	70	100
sleep talk	normal	Status	—	—
smack down	rock	Physical	50	100
snore	normal	Special	50	100
spikes	ground	Status	—	—
stealth rock	rock	Status	—	—
steel roller	steel	Physical	130	100
stomping tantrum	ground	Physical	75	100
stone edge	rock	Physical	100	80
strength	normal	Physical	80	100
submission	fighting	Physical	80	80
substitute	normal	Status	—	—
sunny day	fire	Status	—	—
super fang	normal	Physical	—	90
swagger	normal	Status	—	85
swift	normal	Special	60	—
swords dance	normal	Status	—	—
take down	normal	Physical	90	85
tera blast	normal	Special	80	100
thief	dark	Physical	60	100
throat chop	dark	Physical	80	100
toxic	poison	Status	—	90
work up	normal	Status	—	—
x scissor	bug	Physical	80	100

Commonly Asked Questions About Sandshrew

What type is Sandshrew?

Sandshrew is a ground type Pokémon.

What does Sandshrew evolve into?

Sandshrew evolves into sandslash.

What are Sandshrew's weaknesses?

Sandshrew is weak to ice, grass and water type moves.