Alolan Sandslash

#28 (Kanto)

#29 Nidoran♀ ›

Pokémon type

Ice

Steel

Alolan Sandslash weaknesses

Alolan Sandslash is weak to Ground-type moves, and doubly weak to Fighting and Fire-type moves.

256%

160%

Resistances

Alolan Sandslash is resistant to Normal, Flying, Bug, Grass, Psychic, Dragon and Fairy-type moves, and doubly resistant to Poison and Ice-type moves.

63%

39%

Best moveset for Alolan Sandslash

The best moves for Alolan Sandslash are Metal Claw and Blizzard when attacking Pokémon in Gyms. This move combination has the highest total DPS. In Trainer Battles, Powder Snow and Blizzard deal the most damage per turn.

Attacking

Metal Claw

14.4DPS

Blizzard

52DPS

Defending

Powder Snow

7.2DPS

Gyro Ball

29.1DPS

Trainer Battles

Powder Snow

4EPT

Blizzard

2.24DPE

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Evolution

There are 2 Pokémon in the Alolan Sandshrew family. Alolan Sandslash evolves from Alolan Sandshrew for 50 Candy.

Forms

There are 2 different forms of Sandslash:

Normal

Alolan Form

Game images

Alolan Sandslash, with the shiny version on the right. There is a very low chance of getting a shiny one.

Summary

Alolan Sandslash is an Ice & Steel Pokémon which evolves from Sandshrew. It is weak to Fighting, Fire and Ground moves. Sandslash's best moveset is Metal Claw & Blizzard and it has a Max CP of 2,750.

About

"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."

Moves & Movesets

All moves

Raids

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Damage	EPS	DPS
Metal Claw	6	10	14.4
Shadow Claw Elite TM	6	8	12
Powder Snow	6	15	7.2

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Gyro Ball	85	2	2.04
Ice Punch	50	3	1.82
Drill Run	85	2	1.7
Aerial Ace	55	3	1.67
Bulldoze	80	2	1.6
Blizzard	130	1	1.56
Return Purified	25	3	0.76
Frustration Shadow	10	3	0.3

Quick move	Damage	Turns	DPT	EPT
Shadow Claw Elite TM	6	2	3	4
Powder Snow	6	2	3.6	4
Metal Claw	5	2	3	3.5

Main move	Damage	Energy	DPE
Blizzard	140	75	2.24
Gyro Ball	80	50	1.92
Return Purified	130	70	1.86
Ice Punch	60	40	1.8
Drill Run	70	40	1.75
Bulldoze ▼ def	80	55	1.45
Aerial Ace	60	45	1.33
Frustration Shadow	10	70	0.14

The moves highlighted in green benefit from the Same Type Attack Bonus, and deal 20% more damage.

All movesets

Attacking

Defending

Trainer Battles

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Metal Claw 14.4 DPS	Blizzard 52 DPS	10.5	100%
Metal Claw 14.4 DPS	Gyro Ball 29.1 DPS	9.3	89%
Metal Claw 14.4 DPS	Ice Punch 30 DPS	9.3	89%
Shadow Claw Elite TM 12 DPS	Blizzard 52 DPS	9.1	87%
Metal Claw 14.4 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	9	86%
Powder Snow 7.2 DPS	Blizzard 52 DPS	9	86%
Metal Claw 14.4 DPS	Drill Run 28.3 DPS	9	86%
Shadow Claw Elite TM 12 DPS	Gyro Ball 29.1 DPS	8.3	80%
Shadow Claw Elite TM 12 DPS	Ice Punch 30 DPS	8.3	79%
Metal Claw 14.4 DPS	Bulldoze 22.9 DPS	8.2	78%
Metal Claw 14.4 DPS	Aerial Ace 22 DPS	8.1	77%
Powder Snow 7.2 DPS	Gyro Ball 29.1 DPS	8.1	77%
Shadow Claw Elite TM 12 DPS	Drill Run 28.3 DPS	8	77%
Powder Snow 7.2 DPS	Ice Punch 30 DPS	8	76%
Shadow Claw Elite TM 12 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	7.8	74%
Powder Snow 7.2 DPS	Drill Run 28.3 DPS	7.6	73%
Shadow Claw Elite TM 12 DPS	Bulldoze 22.9 DPS	7.4	71%
Shadow Claw Elite TM 12 DPS	Aerial Ace 22 DPS	7.4	70%
Metal Claw 14.4 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	7.1	68%
Powder Snow 7.2 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	7	67%
Powder Snow 7.2 DPS	Bulldoze 22.9 DPS	6.7	64%
Powder Snow 7.2 DPS	Aerial Ace 22 DPS	6.7	64%
Shadow Claw Elite TM 12 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	6.1	58%
Powder Snow 7.2 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	3.5	34%

Quick move	Main move	DPS	Relative
Powder Snow 7.2 DPS	Gyro Ball 29.1 DPS	3.5	100%
Powder Snow 7.2 DPS	Blizzard 52 DPS	3.3	93%
Powder Snow 7.2 DPS	Drill Run 28.3 DPS	3.2	90%
Powder Snow 7.2 DPS	Ice Punch 30 DPS	3.1	89%
Powder Snow 7.2 DPS	Bulldoze 22.9 DPS	2.9	83%
Powder Snow 7.2 DPS	Aerial Ace 22 DPS	2.8	80%
Metal Claw 14.4 DPS	Gyro Ball 29.1 DPS	2.6	74%
Metal Claw 14.4 DPS	Blizzard 52 DPS	2.4	70%
Metal Claw 14.4 DPS	Ice Punch 30 DPS	2.4	68%
Metal Claw 14.4 DPS	Drill Run 28.3 DPS	2.4	68%
Metal Claw 14.4 DPS	Bulldoze 22.9 DPS	2.3	65%
Metal Claw 14.4 DPS	Aerial Ace 22 DPS	2.2	64%
Shadow Claw Elite TM 12 DPS	Gyro Ball 29.1 DPS	2.2	63%
Shadow Claw Elite TM 12 DPS	Blizzard 52 DPS	2.1	59%
Shadow Claw Elite TM 12 DPS	Ice Punch 30 DPS	2.1	59%
Shadow Claw Elite TM 12 DPS	Drill Run 28.3 DPS	2.1	58%
Powder Snow 7.2 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	2	58%
Shadow Claw Elite TM 12 DPS	Bulldoze 22.9 DPS	2	56%
Shadow Claw Elite TM 12 DPS	Aerial Ace 22 DPS	1.9	55%
Metal Claw 14.4 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	1.8	52%
Shadow Claw Elite TM 12 DPS	Return Purified 50 DPS	1.6	44%
Metal Claw 14.4 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	1.4	39%
Shadow Claw Elite TM 12 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	1.2	34%
Powder Snow 7.2 DPS	Frustration Shadow 5 DPS	1.2	34%

Quick move	Main move	Turns	DPT	Relative
Powder Snow 4 EPT	Blizzard 2.24 DPE	20	12.6	100%
Shadow Claw Elite TM 4 EPT	Blizzard 2.24 DPE	20	12	95%
Powder Snow 4 EPT	Gyro Ball 1.92 DPE	14	11.3	90%
Powder Snow 4 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	18	11	88%
Metal Claw 3.5 EPT	Blizzard 2.24 DPE	22	10.8	86%
Powder Snow 4 EPT	Ice Punch 1.8 DPE	10	10.8	86%
Shadow Claw Elite TM 4 EPT	Gyro Ball 1.92 DPE	14	10.7	85%
Powder Snow 4 EPT	Drill Run 1.75 DPE	10	10.6	84%
Shadow Claw Elite TM 4 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	18	10.4	83%
Shadow Claw Elite TM 4 EPT	Ice Punch 1.8 DPE	10	10.2	81%
Shadow Claw Elite TM 4 EPT	Drill Run 1.75 DPE	10	10	80%
Metal Claw 3.5 EPT	Gyro Ball 1.92 DPE	16	9.7	77%
Metal Claw 3.5 EPT	Return Purified 1.86 DPE	20	9.5	76%
Powder Snow 4 EPT	Bulldoze 1.45 DPE	14	9.4	75%
Metal Claw 3.5 EPT	Ice Punch 1.8 DPE	12	9.3	74%
Metal Claw 3.5 EPT	Drill Run 1.75 DPE	12	9.1	73%
Powder Snow 4 EPT	Aerial Ace 1.33 DPE	12	8.9	71%
Shadow Claw Elite TM 4 EPT	Bulldoze 1.45 DPE	14	8.8	70%
Shadow Claw Elite TM 4 EPT	Aerial Ace 1.33 DPE	12	8.3	66%
Metal Claw 3.5 EPT	Bulldoze 1.45 DPE	16	8.1	64%
Metal Claw 3.5 EPT	Aerial Ace 1.33 DPE	14	7.7	61%
Powder Snow 4 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	18	4.2	33%
Shadow Claw Elite TM 4 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	18	3.6	28%
Metal Claw 3.5 EPT	Frustration Shadow 0.14 DPE	20	3.5	28%

A rough guide only. Turns is how many turns of Fast Attacks it takes to reach the Charged Attack; DPT is the damage per turn over repeated Fast and Charged Attacks, from move power and STAB. It leaves out shields, stat changes and matchups.

Counters & Raids

What counters Alolan Sandslash?

Alolan Sandslash is weak to Ground moves, and doubly weak to Fighting and Fire moves.

The best counter to Alolan Sandslash is Mega Lucario with Force Palm and Aura Sphere, followed by Mega Mewtwo X, Mega Blaziken and Blacephalon.

The top Alolan Sandslash counters, ranked by the damage each Pokémon and moveset does to it. Filter the list to see how your own Pokémon compare.

Pokémon	Moveset	Effective damage
Mega Lucario	Force Palm Aura Sphere	100%
Mega Mewtwo X	Counter Dynamic Punch+	99%
Mega Mewtwo X	Counter Focus Blast	96%
Mega Blaziken	Fire Spin Aura Sphere	94%
Mega Blaziken	Counter Aura Sphere	94%
Blacephalon	Incinerate Mind Blown	91%
Mega Lucario	Counter Aura Sphere	89%
Mega Delphox	Fire Spin Mystical Fire+	89%
Mega Blaziken	Ember Aura Sphere	89%
Mega Delphox	Fire Spin Blast Burn	88%

These moves are calculated using type advantages / disadvantages, and including STAB. Click here for more info »

Stats & IVs

Base stats

Attack		177
Defense		195
Stamina		181

Max HP

Level 40

154

Size

Height	1.2 m
Weight	55 kg

Other

Base capture rate	0%
Base flee rate	0%
Buddy walk distance	3 km

Max CP

Level 15 Research encounters	1,042
Level 20 Max hatched / raids	1,390
Level 30 Max wild	2,085
Level 40	2,432
Level 50	2,750

Max CP with weather boost

Level 25 (raids)	1,737
Level 35 (wild)	2,259