Sand-Attack (move)

Sand-Attack すなかけ Sand Attack

Sand is hurled in the foe's face, reducing its accuracy.

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 Not affected by Snatch Affected by BrightPowder Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Self Ally May affect anyone but 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.

Effect

Generation I

Sand-Attack decreases the target's Accuracy stat by one stage. Sand-Attack will do nothing if the target's Accuracy stage is at -6, and will fail if the target has a Substitute or is under the effect of Mist.

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.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 016 Pidgey Normal Flying 5 017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying --, 5 018 Pidgeot Normal Flying --, 5 027 Sandshrew Ground 10 028 Sandslash Ground --, 10 050 Diglett Ground 24 051 Dugtrio Ground --, 24 083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying -- 133 Eevee Normal -- 134 Vaporeon Water -- 135 Jolteon Electric -- 136 Flareon Fire -- Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation II

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 016 Pidgey Normal Flying 5 017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying --, 5 018 Pidgeot Normal Flying --, 5 027 Sandshrew Ground 11 028 Sandslash Ground --, 11 050 Diglett Ground 25 051 Dugtrio Ground 25 083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying 7 133 Eevee Normal 8 134 Vaporeon Water 8 135 Jolteon Electric 8 136 Flareon Fire 8 140 Kabuto Rock Water 28 141 Kabutops Rock Water 28 190 Aipom Normal 6 196 Espeon Psychic 8 197 Umbreon Dark 8 207 Gligar Ground Flying 6 227 Skarmory Steel Flying 13 234 Stantler Normal 31 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 016 Pidgey Normal Flying 5 017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying --, 5 018 Pidgeot Normal Flying --, 5 027 Sandshrew Ground 11 028 Sandslash Ground --, 11 050 Diglett Ground -- 051 Dugtrio Ground -- 083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying 6 133 Eevee Normal 8 134 Vaporeon Water 8 135 Jolteon Electric 8 136 Flareon Fire 8 140 Kabuto Rock Water 31 141 Kabutops Rock Water 31 190 Aipom Normal 6 196 Espeon Psychic 8 197 Umbreon Dark 8 207 Gligar Ground Flying 6 227 Skarmory Steel Flying 10 234 Stantler Normal 31RSE 234 Stantler Normal 27FRLG 255 Torchic Fire 19 256 Combusken Fire Fighting 21 257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 21 261 Poochyena Dark 9 262 Mightyena Dark --, 9 263 Zigzagoon Normal 13 264 Linoone Normal 13 290 Nincada Bug Ground 9 291 Ninjask Bug Flying --, 9 292 Shedinja Bug Ghost --, 9 296 Makuhita Fighting 4 297 Hariyama Fighting --, 4 328 Trapinch Ground 9 329 Vibrava Ground Dragon --, 9 330 Flygon Ground Dragon --, 9 331 Cacnea Grass 17 332 Cacturne Grass Dark 17 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 016 Pidgey Normal Flying 5 017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying --, 5 018 Pidgeot Normal Flying --, 5 027 Sandshrew Ground 7 028 Sandslash Ground --, 7 050 Diglett Ground -- 051 Dugtrio Ground -- 083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying -- 133 Eevee Normal 8 134 Vaporeon Water 8 135 Jolteon Electric 8 136 Flareon Fire 8 140 Kabuto Rock Water 21 141 Kabutops Rock Water 21 190 Aipom Normal 4 196 Espeon Psychic 8 197 Umbreon Dark 8 207 Gligar Ground Flying 5 227 Skarmory Steel Flying 7DP 227 Skarmory Steel Flying 6PtHGSS 234 Stantler Normal 16 255 Torchic Fire 19 256 Combusken Fire Fighting 21 257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 21 261 Poochyena Dark 9 262 Mightyena Dark --, 9 263 Zigzagoon Normal 13 264 Linoone Normal 13 290 Nincada Bug Ground 9 291 Ninjask Bug Flying --, 9 292 Shedinja Bug Ghost --, 9 296 Makuhita Fighting 4 297 Hariyama Fighting --, 4 328 Trapinch Ground 9 329 Vibrava Ground Dragon --, 9 330 Flygon Ground Dragon --, 9 331 Cacnea Grass 17 332 Cacturne Grass Dark 17 424 Ambipom Normal --, 4 443 Gible Ground Dragon 3 444 Gabite Ground Dragon --, 3 445 Garchomp Ground Dragon --, 3 449 Hippopotas Ground -- 450 Hippowdon Ground -- 470 Leafeon Grass 8 471 Glaceon Ice 8 472 Gliscor Ground Flying --, 5 Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form gets STAB from this move.

By breeding

#   Pokémon Type Father 179 Mareep Electric Sandshrew, Sandslash Diglett, Dugtrio Farfetch'd Eevee Aipom, Ambipom Stantler Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken Poochyena, Mightyena Zigzagoon, Linoone Glameow, Purugly Hippopotas, Hippowdon 347 Anorith Rock Bug Kabuto, Kabutops 396 Starly Normal Flying Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot Farfetch'd Skarmory 431 Glameow Normal Sandshrew, Sandslash Diglett, Dugtrio Farfetch'd Eevee Mareep, Flaaffy, Ampharos Aipom, Ambipom Stantler Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken Poochyena, Mightyena Zigzagoon, Linoone Hippopotas, Hippowdon 451 Skorupi Poison Bug Kabuto, Kabutops Gligar, Gliscor Nincada, Ninjask Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon Anorith, Armaldo 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.

Trivia

• Sand-Attack is one of the four moves to have its type changed in Generation II, the others being Gust, Bite, and Karate Chop. Coincidentally, they all were Normal-type moves in Generation I.

In the anime

Skarmory	Gliscor	Hit by Sand-Attack
The Pokémon throw dirt at the Opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Episode Used In		Notes
Pidgey	Pidgey flaps its wings and a sandstorm is created.
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 legs and sand is swept up.
Koji's Sandslash	Good 'Quil Hunting		None
Jenaro's Sandslash	Hi Ho Silver... Away!		None
Unnamed 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 its 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.
A wild Zigzagoon	In the Knicker of Time!		None
Hippopotas	Hippopotas sprays sand out of its holes.
Hippopotas	Mass Hip-Po-Sis!		None
Umbreon	Turns around and flings dirt in the opponent's eyes with its back feet.
Gary's Umbreon	Ill Will Hunting!		None
Gligar	Gligar uses its pincers and flings dirt at the opponent.
Ash's Gligar	The Bells are Singing!		None
Gliscor	Same as Above
Ash's Gliscor	???		None
Skarmory	Skarmory flaps its wings to fling dirt at an opponent.
Taylor's Skarmory	Pursuing A Lofty Goal		None

In other languages

• French: Jet de Sable
• German: Sandwirbel
• Italian: Turbosabbia
• Spanish: Ataque Arena
• Potuguese: Ataque de Areia

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