Sand-Attack (move)

Sand-Attack すなかけ Sand Attack

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Battles Type  Ground Category  Status PP  15 (max. 24) Power  — Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I Not a TM, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Category  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Startles the Pokémon that has the judge's attention.

Super Contests Category  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.

Sand-Attack on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Sand-Attack on Eevee's Movedex

Sand-Attack (Japanese: すなかけ Sand Attack) is a non-damaging Ground-type move introduced in Generation I, though it was instead a Normal-type move in that generation.

Effect

Generation I

Sand-Attack decreases the target's accuracy stat by one stage. Sand-Attack is a Normal-type move in this generation.

Generation II and on

The effects of Sand-Attack are the same as the previous generation, however it is now a Ground-type move. Although it is a Ground-type move, it still affects Flying-type Pokémon and those with the Ability Levitate.

Description

Games Description StadStad2 An attack in which sand is used to blind the target and reduce its attack accuracy. GSC Reduces accuracy by throwing sand. RSE Reduces the foe's accuracy by hurling sand in its face. FRLG A lot of sand is hurled in the foe’s face, reducing its accuracy. Colo.XD Lowers accuracy of target by hurling sand in its face. DPPtHGSS Sand is hurled in the foe's face, reducing its accuracy. BWB2W2 Sand is hurled in the target's face, reducing its accuracy. PMDRB Lowers the target's Accuracy by one level. PMDTDS Reduces the target's accuracy by 1 level.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
016		Pidgey	Normal	Flying	5			5			5			5				5
017		Pidgeotto	Normal	Flying	--, 5			--, 5			--, 5			--, 5				--, 5
018		Pidgeot	Normal	Flying	--, 5			--, 5			--, 5			--, 5				--, 5
027		Sandshrew	Ground		Ground	10			11			11			7				7	3
028		Sandslash	Ground		Ground	--, 10			--, 11			--, 11			--, 7				--, 7	--, 3
050		Diglett	Ground		Ground	24			25			--			--				--
051		Dugtrio	Ground		Ground	--, 24			25			--			--				--
083		Farfetch'd	Normal	Flying	--			7			6			--				--
133		Eevee	Normal		Normal	--	8	8			8			8				8	5
134		Vaporeon	Water		Water	--	8	8			8			8				8	5
135		Jolteon	Electric		Electric	--	8	8			8			8				8	5
136		Flareon	Fire		Fire	--	8	8			8			8				8	5
140		Kabuto	Rock	Water	no			28			31			21				21
141		Kabutops	Rock	Water	no			28			31			21				21
190		Aipom	Normal		Normal	no			6			6			4				4
196		Espeon	Psychic		Psychic	no			8			8			8				8	5
197		Umbreon	Dark		Dark	no			8			8			8				8	5
207		Gligar	Ground	Flying	no			6			6			5				5	4
227		Skarmory	Steel	Flying	no			13			10			7		6	6
234		Stantler	Normal		Normal	no			31			31	27	16				16
255		Torchic	Fire		Fire	no			no			19			19				19
256		Combusken	Fire	Fighting	no			no			21			21				21
257		Blaziken	Fire	Fighting	no			no			21			21				21
261		Poochyena	Dark		Dark	no			no			9			9				9
262		Mightyena	Dark		Dark	no			no			--, 9			--, 9				--, 9
263		Zigzagoon	Normal		Normal	no			no			13			13				13
264		Linoone	Normal		Normal	no			no			13			13				13
290		Nincada	Bug	Ground	no			no			9			9				9
291		Ninjask	Bug	Flying	no			no			--, 9			--, 9				--, 9
292		Shedinja	Bug	Ghost	no			no			--, 9			--, 9				--, 9
296		Makuhita	Fighting		Fighting	no			no			4			4				4
297		Hariyama	Fighting		Fighting	no			no			--, 4			--, 4				--, 4
328		Trapinch	Ground		Ground	no			no			9			9				9	4
329		Vibrava	Ground	Dragon	no			no			--, 9			--, 9				--, 9	--, 4
330		Flygon	Ground	Dragon	no			no			--, 9			--, 9				--, 9	--, 4
331		Cacnea	Grass		Grass	no			no			17			17				17
332		Cacturne	Grass	Dark	no			no			17			17				17
424		Ambipom	Normal		Normal	no			no			no			--, 4				--, 4
443		Gible	Ground	Dragon	no			no			no			3				3
444		Gabite	Ground	Dragon	no			no			no			--, 3				--, 3
445		Garchomp	Ground	Dragon	no			no			no			--, 3				--, 3
449		Hippopotas	Ground		Ground	no			no			no			--				--
450		Hippowdon	Ground		Ground	no			no			no			--				--
470		Leafeon	Grass		Grass	no			no			no			8				8	5
471		Glaceon	Ice		Ice	no			no			no			8				8	5
472		Gliscor	Ground	Flying	no			no			no			--, 5				--, 5	--, 4
504		Patrat	Normal		Normal	no			no			no			no				13
505		Watchog	Normal		Normal	no			no			no			no				13
509		Purrloin	Dark		Dark	no			no			no			no				10
510		Liepard	Dark		Dark	no			no			no			no				--, 10
524		Roggenrola	Rock		Rock	no			no			no			no				7
525		Boldore	Rock		Rock	no			no			no			no				--, 7
526		Gigalith	Rock		Rock	no			no			no			no				--, 7
551		Sandile	Ground	Dark	no			no			no			no				7
552		Krokorok	Ground	Dark	no			no			no			no				--, 7
553		Krookodile	Ground	Dark	no			no			no			no				--, 7
557		Dwebble	Bug	Rock	no			no			no			no				11
558		Crustle	Bug	Rock	no			no			no			no				--, 11
559		Scraggy	Dark	Fighting	no			no			no			no				5
560		Scrafty	Dark	Fighting	no			no			no			no				--, 5
585		Deerling	Normal	Grass	no			no			no			no				7
586		Sawsbuck	Normal	Grass	no			no			no			no				--, 7
632		Durant	Bug	Steel	no			no			no			no				--
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					I		II		III		IV		V
179		Mareep	Electric		Electric
347		Anorith	Rock	Bug
396		Starly	Normal	Flying
431		Glameow	Normal		Normal
451		Skorupi	Poison	Bug
506		Lillipup	Normal		Normal	no
522		Blitzle	Electric		Electric	no
568		Trubbish	Poison		Poison	no
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move.

In the anime

Eevee	Watchog	Umbreon	Ninjask
The user throws dirt at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Pidgey	Pidgey flaps its wings and a sandstorm is created.
A wild Pidgey	Pokémon - I Choose You!		Debut
Pidgeotto	Pidgeotto flaps its wings and sand is spewed up at the opponent.
Ash's Pidgeotto	Challenge of the Samurai		None
Sandslash	Sandslash digs into the ground with its back or front legs and flings dirt at the opponent.
Koji's Sandslash	Good 'Quil Hunting		None
Jenaro's Sandslash	Hi Ho Silver... Away!		None
Unknown Trainer's Sandslash	Gymbaliar!		None
Aipom	Aipom digs and throws dirt at the opponent.
Multiple wild Aipom	A Hot Water Battle		None
Eevee	Eevee turns around and kicks dirt at the opponent with its back legs.
Sakura's Eevee	Trouble's Brewing		None
Vaporeon	Vaporeon turns around and kicks dirt at the opponent with its back legs.
Sumomo's Vaporeon	Trouble's Brewing		None
Zigzagoon	Zigzagoon kicks dirt at the opponent with its front paws.
Nicholai's Zigzagoon	In the Knicker of Time!		None
Ninjask	Ninjask flies low to the ground and spins around, making a spiral of dirt appear and go into the air. The dirt then falls down over the opponent, or Ninjask flies at the ground while flying at the opponent and flings dirt at the opponent.
Evian's Ninjask	From Cradle to Save		None
Brandon's Ninjask	Pace - The Final Frontier!		None
Hippopotas	Hippopotas releases a stream of sand out of the hole on its back, or Hippopotas sprays sand from the hole on its back at the opponent, or Hippopotas releases a smog of sand from its nostrils at the opponent.
A wild Hippopotas	Mass Hip-Po-Sis!		None
Umbreon	Umbreon flips around in the air and lands with its back facing the opponent. It then kicks dirt at the opponent with its back legs.
Gary's Umbreon	Ill-Will Hunting!		None
Gligar	Gligar throws sand at the opponent using its claws.
Ash's Gligar	The Bells are Singing!		None
Gliscor	Gliscor uses its pincers or its tail and throws sand at the opponent.
Ash's Gliscor	Dealing with Defensive Types!		None
Skarmory	Skarmory uses one of its wings to scoop dirt from the ground and fling it at the opponent.
Taylor's Skarmory	Pursuing an Lofty Goal!		None
Purrloin	Purrloin throws sand at the opponent using its front legs.
Ricard Nouveau's Purrloin	Clash of the Connoisseurs!		None
Watchog	Watchog throws sand at the opponent using its hands.
Hiroto's Watchog	The Pokémon Harbor Patrol!		None

In the manga

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga

	Pidgey
The user throws dirt at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Pidgey	Pidgey flaps its wings at a high speed, kicking up a wave of sand from the ground and scattering dust around the opponent.
A wild Pidgey	Pikachu, I See You!		Debut

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

	Sandshrew
The user kicks dirt at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Sandshrew	Sandshrew kicks dirt at the opponent with its back legs.
Red's Sandshrew	Make Way for Magmar		Debut

In the Pocket Monsters HGSS Jou's Big Adventure manga

	Pidgey
The user kicks up dirt and throws it at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Pidgey	Pidgey kicks up dirt and throws it at the opponent.
Falkner's Pidgey	Aim to be the Strongest! The Hot-Blooded Brotherly Combination!!		Debut

In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team manga

	Torchic
The user kicks up dirt and aims it at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Torchic	Torchic kicks up dirt and aims it at the opponent.
Ginji	Goodbye to a Peaceful Village!		Debut

In the Pokémon Pocket Monsters manga

	Umbreon
The user kicks up dirt and aims it at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
Umbreon	Umbreon kicks up dirt with its hind legs and throws it at the opponent.
Karen's Umbreon	A Challenge to the Elite Four!		Debut

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	FRLG	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (alternative animation)	Battrio	Mystery Dungeon	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Trivia

• Sand-Attack is one of four moves to have its type changed in Generation II (the others being Gust, Bite, and Karate Chop; all were Normal-type moves in Generation I), and one of two status moves to have its type changed between generations at all (the other is Curse, whose type was changed from ??? to Ghost in Generation V). Like Curse, the change in Sand-Attack's type has no effect on the move itself.
• Because it is a status move, Sand-Attack is the only Ground-type move that can hit Flying-type Pokémon under normal circumstances.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 飛沙腳 Fēishājiǎo Dutch Zandaanval Finnish Hiekkaisku French Jet de Sable German Sandwirbel Greek Ρίψη Άμμου Hindi रेतीला हमला Rayteela Hamla Indonesian Serangan Pasir Italian Turbosabbia Korean 모래뿌리기 Morae Ppurigi Norwegian Sandangrep Brazilian Portuguese Ataque de Areia Romanian Atacul cu Nisip Serbian Napad Peskom Spanish Ataque Arena (Gen II-present) Ataque-Arena (Gen I)

Variations of the move Flash
Flash • SmokeScreen • Sand-Attack • Sweet Scent

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