Sandstorm (move)
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Sandstorm redirects here. For the Pokémon Trading Card Game set, see EX Sandstorm.
| Sandstorm すなあらし | |
|---|---|
| A five-turn sand-storm is summoned to hurt all combatant types except Rock, Ground, and Steel. | |
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| Battles | |
| Type | Rock |
| Category | Status |
| PP | 10 (max. 16) |
| Power | — |
| Accuracy | —% |
| Introduced | Generation II |
| Availability | |
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| ??? | |
| Contests | |
| Category | Tough |
| Appeal | 3 ♥♥♥
|
| Jam | 0 |
| Scrambles the order of appeals on the next turn. | |
| Super Contests | |
| Category | Tough |
| Appeal | 2 ♥♥
|
| Prevents the Voltage from going up in the same turn. | |
Sandstorm (Japanese: すなあらし Sandstorm) is a non-damaging Rock-type move introduced in Generation II.
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Effect
Generation II
When this move is used a sandstorm will brew. This effect will last for 5 turns. This clears any other weather effect.
While Sandstorm is in effect, all Pokémon who are not of the Steel-, Rock-, or Ground-types will be damaged between turns.
Generation III
Sandstorm works similarly to its Generation II incarnation. A few differences to note are that there is now an ability called Sand Stream that can activate a semi-permanent sandstorm in battle, and there is an ability called Sand Veil that not only ups a Pokémon's evasion in a sandstorm, but also gives it immunity to its damaging effects.
Generation IV
In addition to all previous effects from Generation III, all Rock-type Pokémon will have their Special Defense raised by 1.5 times for the duration of the sandstorm.
In the anime
 Ash's Noctowl stuck in Steelix's Sandstorm. |
Pokémon
Steelix. Some of the rocks in Steelix's upper-body spin and sand comes out of them.
- Used by Harrison's Steelix in Playing with Fire.
- Used by Hun's Steelix in The Legend of Thunder!.
Learnset
Generation II
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 027 | 
| Sandshrew | Ground | 45 | |
| 028 | 
| Sandslash | Ground | 52 | |
| 095 | 
| Onix | Rock | Ground | 36 |
| 208 | 
| Steelix | Steel | Ground | 36 |
| 246 | 
| Larvitar | Rock | Ground | 8 |
| 247 | 
| Pupitar | Rock | Ground | -- 8 |
| 248 | 
| Tyranitar | Rock | Dark | -- 8 |
| Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. | |||||
By TM37
Generation III
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 027 |
| Sandshrew | Ground | 53 | |
| 028 |
| Sandslash | Ground | 62 | |
| 095 |
| Onix | Rock | Ground | 33RSE |
| 095 |
| Onix | Rock | Ground | 34FRLG |
| 208 |
| Steelix | Steel | Ground | 33RSE |
| 208 |
| Steelix | Steel | Ground | 34FRLG |
| 246 |
| Larvitar | Rock | Ground | 8 |
| 247 |
| Pupitar | Rock | Ground | -- 8 |
| 248 |
| Tyranitar | Rock | Dark | -- 8 |
| 299 | 
| Nosepass | Rock | 31 | |
| 328 | 
| Trapinch | Ground | 49 | |
| 329 | 
| Vibrava | Ground | Dragon | 49 |
| 330 | 
| Flygon | Ground | Dragon | 53 |
| 331 | 
| Cacnea | Grass | 45 | |
| 332 | 
| Cacturne | Grass | Dark | 53 |
| 343 | 
| Baltoy | Ground | Psychic | 31 |
| 344 | 
| Claydol | Ground | Psychic | 31 |
| Bold indicates a Pokémon which gets STAB from this move. Italic indicates a Pokémon whose evolution gets STAB from this move. | |||||
By TM37
Generation IV
By leveling up
| # | Pokémon | Type | Level | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 027 |
| Sandshrew | Ground | 37 | |
| 028 |
| Sandslash | Ground | 52 | |
| 095 |
| Onix | Rock | Ground | 22 |
| 208 |
| Steelix | Steel | Ground | 22 |
| 246 |
| Larvitar | Rock | Ground | 5 |
| 247 |
| Pupitar | Rock | Ground | -- 5 |
| 248 |
| Tyranitar | Rock | Dark | -- 5 |
| 299 |
| Nosepass | Rock | 37 | |
| 328 |
| Trapinch | Ground | 49 | |
| 329 |
| Vibrava | Ground | Dragon | 49 |
| 330 |
| Flygon | Ground | Dragon | 49 |
| 331 |
| Cacnea | Grass | 53 | |
| 332 |
| Cacturne | Grass | Dark | 65 |
| 343 |
| Baltoy | Ground | Psychic | 37 |
| 344 |
| Claydol | Ground | Psychic | 40 |
| 443 | 
| Gible | Dragon | Ground | 13 |
| 444 | 
| Gabite | Dragon | Ground | 13 |
| 445 | 
| Garchomp | Dragon | Ground | -- 13 |
| 476 | 
| Probopass | |||