From Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia.
|
|
Line 15: |
Line 15: |
| |weight-lbs=551.2 | | |weight-lbs=551.2 |
| |weight-kg=250.0 | | |weight-kg=250.0 |
| |adex=187 | | |adex=226 |
| |abilitylayout=2 | | |abilitylayout=2 |
| |ability1=Water Compaction | | |ability1=Water Compaction |
Revision as of 17:06, 4 April 2018
Palossand (Japanese: シロデスナ Sirodethna) is a dual-type Ghost/Ground Pokémon introduced in Generation VII.
It evolves from Sandygast starting at level 42.
Biology
Palossand is a Pokémon resembling a yellowish sand castle with gray pebbles along the base. It has a square main castle for its body, two round towers for arms, and the top of another round tower with a conical point rising up from the body. A tunnel through the center of the main body creates a mouth. There is a line of five alternating blue and pink seashells over the top of its mouth. The central tower has six windows: three in the front, one on each side, and one in the back. The two outermost windows in front of the central tower have tiny pebbles in them and appear to act as eyes. The two side towers have crenellations along the top with a ring of windows underneath. Palossand's main body has crenellations around the central tower. A ring of alternating pink and blue seashells surrounds the central tower just below the point. In the peak of its tower is a red shovel stuck handle-first into the top.
Each grain of Palossand's body has a will of its own. It controls adults to make them build it a sand castle, which provides it a disguise and defense. However, Palossand is able to replenish any sand it loses on its own. The shovel on its head rotates when Palossand searches for prey and is believed to function as a radar. It enjoys the life force of Pokémon. By creating a sandy vortex, it will capture small Pokémon and absorb their life force. Traces of its victims' ill will are left where Palossand passes, and this is said to be the genesis of new Sandygast.[1] Buried underneath it are dried-up bones of its victims drained of their vitality. Palossand and its pre-evolution Sandygast are the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Shore Up.
In the anime
Major appearances
A Palossand debuted in A Shivering Shovel Search!, where it evolved from a Sandygast.
Minor appearances
A Palossand appeared in Deceiving Appearances!.
Pokédex entries
Episode
|
Pokémon
|
Source
|
Entry
|
SM022
|
Palossand
|
Rotom Pokédex
|
It's the evolved form of Sandygast! It's a Palossand! The Sand Castle Pokémon. A Ghost and Ground type. It is said the shovel on Palossand's head functions as a radar.
|
|
In the TCG
- Main article: Palossand (TCG)
Game data
Pokédex entries
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VII.
|
Generation VII
|
|
Sun
|
Possessed people controlled by this Pokémon transformed its sand mound into a castle. As it evolved, its power to curse grew ever stronger.
|
Moon
|
Buried beneath the castle are masses of dried-up bones from those whose vitality it has drained.
|
Ultra Sun
|
Each of its grains of sand has its own will. Palossand eats small Pokémon and siphons away their vital essence while they're still alive.
|
Ultra Moon
|
Once it has whipped up a sandstorm to halt its opponents in their tracks, this terrifying Pokémon snatches away their vitality.
|
|
|
Game locations
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VII.
|
|
In side games
Stats
Base stats
Stat
|
Range
|
At Lv. 50
|
At Lv. 100
|
85
|
|
145 - 192
|
280 - 374
|
75
|
|
72 - 139
|
139 - 273
|
110
|
|
103 - 178
|
202 - 350
|
100
|
|
94 - 167
|
184 - 328
|
75
|
|
72 - 139
|
139 - 273
|
35
|
|
36 - 95
|
67 - 185
|
Total: 480
|
Other Pokémon with this total
|
- Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.
- Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.
|
Type effectiveness
Under normal battle conditions in Generation IX, this Pokémon is:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Learnset
|
|
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Palossand
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Palossand
|
|
|
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Palossand
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Palossand
|
|
|
- Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Palossand in Generation VII
- Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.
- Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Palossand in that game.
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Palossand
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Palossand
|
|
|
- A black or white abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Palossand can be tutored the move in that game
- A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Palossand cannot be tutored the move in that game
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Palossand
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Palossand
|
|
|
- Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Palossand
- Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Palossand
|
Side game data
Evolution
Sprites
This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VII.
|
|
Trivia
Origin
Palossand appears to be based on a sand castle. Its Shiny color variation may be based on black sand.
Name origin
Palossand may be a combination of palace and sand. It may be a pun on pile of sand. It could also derive from palo (Spanish for small shovel) or involve colossal.
Sirodethna may be read literally as 城ですな shiro desu na (That's a castle, huh). This may also be a combination of 城 shiro (castle), death, and 砂 suna (sand).
In other languages
Language
|
Title
|
Meaning
|
Japanese
|
シロデスナ Sirodethna
|
From 城ですな shiro desu na, death, and 砂 suna
|
French
|
Trépassable
|
From trépas, sable, and très passable
|
Spanish
|
Palossand
|
Same as English name
|
German
|
Colossand
|
From colosseum or colossal and Sand
|
Italian
|
Palossand
|
Same as English name
|
Korean
|
모래성이당 Moraeseong-idang
|
From 모래성이당 moraeseong-idang
|
Mandarin Chinese
|
噬沙堡爺 / 噬沙堡爷 Shìshābǎoyé
|
From 吞噬 tūnshì, 沙堡 shābǎo, 爺 / 爷 yé, and 是沙堡耶 Shì shābǎo yé
|
Cantonese Chinese
|
噬沙堡爺 Saihsābóuyèh
|
From 吞噬 tānsaih, 沙堡 sābóu, and 爺 yèh
|
|
|
More languages
|
Russian
|
Палоссэнд Palossend
|
Transcription of English name
|
Swedish
|
Pollosand*
|
Corruption of English name
|
|
|
Related articles
Notes
External links