Sand Tomb (move)
| Sand Tomb すなじごく Sand Hell | ||||||||||||
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Sand Tomb (Japanese: すなじごく Sand Hell) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 move introduced in Generation III.
Effect
Generation III
Sand Tomb traps the target in a sandstorm for 2-5 turns, inflicting damage at the end of each turn.
If a wild Pokémon uses Sand Tomb on the player's Pokémon, the player may escape if his or her Pokémon has the Run Away ability. However, Run Away does not allow the player to switch the Pokémon out.
Generation IV
Sand Tomb's effects are the same as in Generation III. If the user of Sand Tomb is holding a Grip Claw, the duration of Sand Tomb is always 5 turns.
In the anime
- Vibrava Sand Tomb.png
Vibrava's Sand Tomb hits Combusken
- Gabitesandtomb.jpg
Gabite getting ready to use Sand Tomb.
- GabiteSandTomb.PNG
Gabite using Sand Tomb.
Pokémon
Dugtrio. The user creates a whirlpool of sand.
- Used by Katie's Dugtrio in Shocks and Bonds.
Vibrava. Vibrava's eyes glow blue, and sand swirls around the feet of the opponent, trapping the enemy in a mound.
- Used by Brianna's Vibrava in Spontaneous Combusken
Hippopotas. Sand spouts from the user's back, flooding the area around the user with sand.
- Used by a wild Hippopotas in Mass Hip-Po-Sis!.
Gabite. Gabite slashes the air making sand fly out and wrap around its enemy.
- Used by Gabite in the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness.
Learnset
Generation III
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0204
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Pineco
| colspan="2" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug
| style="background: #FFF" | Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0207
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Gligar
| colspan="1" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying
| style="background: #FFF" | Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon
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| colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.
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Generation IV
By leveling up
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By breeding
Template:Breedlist
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0185
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Sudowoodo
| colspan="2" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock
| style="background: #FFF" | Onix
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0204
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Pineco
| colspan="2" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug
| style="background: #FFF" | Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0207
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" |
| style="background: #FFF" | Gligar
| colspan="1" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying
| style="background: #FFF" | Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0213
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Shuckle
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock
| style="background: #FFF" | Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0387
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Turtwig
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass
| style="background: #FFF" | Gible, Gabite, Garchomp
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0438
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Bonsly
| colspan="2" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock
| style="background: #FFF" | Onix
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0443
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Gible
| colspan="1" style="background:#5060E1; text-align: center;" | Dragon || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground
| style="background: #FFF" | Gible, Gabite, Garchomp
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| style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0449
| style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | 
| style="background: #FFF" | Hippopotas
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground
| style="background: #FFF" | Sandshrew, Sandslash
Dugtrio
Hippopotas, Hippowdon
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| colspan="6" | Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move.
Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move.
*Indicates Pokémon that can only learn the move through chain breeding.
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Trivia
The Japanese name, すなじごく (Sand Hell), is probably an idiom referring to the trap an ant lion nymph (q.v. Trapinch) uses to catch prey—a small pit in sand that ants et al. can easily stumble into, but can't climb out of. The nymph itself lies hidden at the bottom of the pit.
In other languages
- Dutch: Zand Tombe
- Italian: Sabbiotomba
- Spanish: Bucle Arena
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