Sand Tomb (move)

Sand Tomb すなじごく Sand Hell

[[File:|center]]

Battles Type  Ground Category  Physical PP  15 (max. 24) Power  35 Accuracy  85% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone but the user

Availability Introduced  Generation III Not a TM, HM, or move tutor move.

Contests Category  Smart Appeal  3 ♥♥♥ Jam  0   Temporarily stops the crowd from growing excited.

Super Contests Category  Smart Appeal  0   Earn a higher score the later the Pokémon performs.

Sand Tomb on Legendary Pokémon MoveDex Sand Tomb on Eevee's Movedex

Sand Tomb (Japanese: すなじごく Sand Hell) is a damage-dealing Ground-type move introduced in Generation III.

Effect

Generation III

Sand Tomb inflicts 1/16 of the target's maximum HP as damage for two to five turns upon use, in addition to the damage dealt when it is used. It also traps the target, preventing switching and escape. If a trapped Pokémon uses Rapid Spin, it will be freed. If a wild Pokémon uses Sand Tomb on the player's Pokémon, the player may escape if the affected Pokémon has Run Away or is holding a Smoke Ball. However, these do not allow the player to switch the Pokémon out.

Sand Tomb has a Power of 15 and an accuracy of 70.

Generation IV

In Generation IV, if the user of Sand Tomb is holding a Grip Claw, the duration will always be 5 turns. Also, if an affected Pokémon is holding a Shed Shell, it can switch out.

Generation V

Sand Tomb's Power and accuracy were increased to 35 and 85. Sand Tomb now lasts four to five turns.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V
027		Sandshrew	Ground		Ground	45			27				27
028		Sandslash	Ground		Ground	52			33				33
051		Dugtrio	Ground		Ground	26			26				26
095		Onix	Rock	Ground	49	52	41		46	54
328		Trapinch	Ground		Ground	25			25				25
329		Vibrava	Ground	Dragon	--, 25			--, 25				--, 25
330		Flygon	Ground	Dragon	--, 25			--, 25				--, 25
443		Gible	Dragon	Ground	no			19				19
444		Gabite	Dragon	Ground	no			19				19
445		Garchomp	Dragon	Ground	no			19				19
449		Hippopotas	Ground		Ground	no			25				25
450		Hippowdon	Ground		Ground	no			25				25
551		Sandile	Ground	Dark	no			no				13
552		Krokorok	Ground	Dark	no			no				13
553		Krookodile	Ground	Dark	no			no				13
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
185		Sudowoodo	Rock		Rock	no
204		Pineco	Bug		Bug
207		Gligar	Ground	Flying
213		Shuckle	Bug	Rock	no
387		Turtwig	Grass		Grass	no
438		Bonsly	Rock		Rock	no
443		Gible	Dragon	Ground	no
449		Hippopotas	Ground		Ground	no
557		Dwebble	Bug	Rock	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.

In the anime

Dugtrio	Vibrava	Gabite	Hippopotas
The user traps the foe inside a harshly raging sandstorm.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
Dugtrio	Dugtrio digs underground, and a huge hole opens up in the ground that sucks in the opponent. Dugtrio appears in the middle of the hole.
Katie's Dugtrio	Shocks and Bonds		Debut
Vibrava	Vibrava's eyes glow light blue and the opponent's legs becomes surrounded by a sand tornado. When the tornado fades, the opponent's legs become trapped in sand.
Brianna's Vibrava	Spontaneous Combusken!		None
Hippopotas	Hippopotas releases a geyser of sand from the hole on its back, flooding the area with sand and trapping the opponent.
A wild Hippopotas	Mass Hip-Po-Sis!		None
Hippowdon	Hippowdon releases sand out of the holes on its back and digs into the ground.
A Hippowdon Jessie used briefly	One Team, Two Team, Red Team, Blue Team!		None
Trapinch	Trapinch creates a huge hole in the ground that sucks the opponent in. Trapinch appears in the middle of the hole and bites the opponent when it reaches it.
A wild Trapinch	A Rivalry to Gible on!		None
Gabite	Gabite waves its arms to one side, kicking up sand. Then, it waves its arms to the other side and a cyclone of sand is fired at the opponent. When the sand reaches the opponent, it spins around it like a tornado, or Gabite crouches down and medium sized sand dunes rise out of the ground and around Gabite.
A wild Gabite	Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness		None
Ursula's Gabite	Yes in Dee Dee, It's Dawn!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

	Flygon
The user releases large amounts of sand.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Round/Chapter Used In		Notes
Flygon	Flygon waves its wings, kicking up dirt around the opponent, causing their vision to be blocked.
Wally's Flygon	VS. Rayquaza I		Debut
Hippopotas	Hippopotas releases two streams of sand from its nostrils at the opponent.
Unknown Trainer's Hippopotas	VS. Bibarel and Hippopotas		None

In other generations

This section is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this section to add missing sections and complete it. Reason: missing 3rd generation image(s).

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)	HGSS	Generation V	BW	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (International)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battle Revolution (Alternative animation)	Battrio	PMD: Red and Blue	PMD: Time, Darkness, Sky	Rumble	Rumble Blast

Trivia

• Its Japanese name, すなじごく Sand Hell, is probably an idiom referring to the trap an antlion nymph uses to catch prey—a small pit in sand that ants can easily stumble into, but can't climb out of. The nymph itself lies hidden at the bottom of the pit.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 流沙地獄 Liúshā Dìyù Dutch Zand Tombe Finnish Hiekkahauta French Tourbi-Sable German Sandgrab Greek Αμμόλακος Hindi रेत का मकबरा Rayt Ka Maqbara Indonesian Jebakan Pasir Italian Sabbiotomba Korean 모래지옥 Morae Jiok Brazilian Portuguese Enterrada de Areia Tumba de Areia Serbian Peščana Grobnica Spanish Bucle Arena

Variations of the move Clamp
Clamp • Sand Tomb Fire Spin • Whirlpool

This article is part of Project Moves and Abilities, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on two related aspects of the Pokémon games.