Sand Attack (move)

Sand-Attack (Japanese: すなかけ Sand Attack) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 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 Template:Type2 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 Template:Type2 move. Although it is a Ground-type move, it still affects Template:Type2 Pokémon and those with the ability Levitate.

Learnset

Generation I

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0016 Pidgey Normal Flying 5 0017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying --, 5 0018 Pidgeot Normal Flying --, 5 0027 Sandshrew Ground 10 0028 Sandslash Ground --, 10 0050 Diglett Ground 24 0051 Dugtrio Ground --, 24 0083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying -- 0133 Eevee Normal -- 0134 Vaporeon Water -- 0135 Jolteon Electric -- 0136 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 0016 Pidgey Normal Flying 5 0017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying --, 5 0018 Pidgeot Normal Flying --, 5 0027 Sandshrew Ground 11 0028 Sandslash Ground --, 11 0050 Diglett Ground 25 0051 Dugtrio Ground 25 0083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying 7 0133 Eevee Normal 8 0134 Vaporeon Water 8 0135 Jolteon Electric 8 0136 Flareon Fire 8 0140 Kabuto Rock Water 28 0141 Kabutops Rock Water 28 0190 Aipom Normal 6 0196 Espeon Psychic 8 0197 Umbreon Dark 8 0207 Gligar Ground Flying 6 0227 Skarmory Steel Flying 13 0234 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 0016 Pidgey Normal Flying 5 0017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying --, 5 0018 Pidgeot Normal Flying --, 5 0027 Sandshrew Ground 11 0028 Sandslash Ground --, 11 0050 Diglett Ground -- 0051 Dugtrio Ground -- 0083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying 6 0133 Eevee Normal 8 0134 Vaporeon Water 8 0135 Jolteon Electric 8 0136 Flareon Fire 8 0140 Kabuto Rock Water 31 0141 Kabutops Rock Water 31 0190 Aipom Normal 6 0196 Espeon Psychic 8 0197 Umbreon Dark 8 0207 Gligar Ground Flying 6 0227 Skarmory Steel Flying 10 0234 Stantler Normal 31 0234 Stantler Normal 27 0255 Torchic Fire 19 0256 Combusken Fire Fighting 21 0257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 21 0261 Poochyena Dark 9 0262 Mightyena Dark --, 9 0263 Zigzagoon Normal 13 0264 Linoone Normal 13 0290 Nincada Bug Ground 9 0291 Ninjask Bug Flying --, 9 0292 Shedinja Bug Ghost --, 9 0296 Makuhita Fighting 4 0297 Hariyama Fighting --, 4 0328 Trapinch Ground 9 0329 Vibrava Ground Dragon --, 9 0330 Flygon Ground Dragon --, 9 0331 Cacnea Grass 17 0332 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 0016 Pidgey Normal Flying 5 0017 Pidgeotto Normal Flying --, 5 0018 Pidgeot Normal Flying --, 5 0027 Sandshrew Ground 7 0028 Sandslash Ground --, 7 0050 Diglett Ground -- 0051 Dugtrio Ground -- 0083 Farfetch'd Normal Flying -- 0133 Eevee Normal 8 0134 Vaporeon Water 8 0135 Jolteon Electric 8 0136 Flareon Fire 8 0140 Kabuto Rock Water 21 0141 Kabutops Rock Water 21 0190 Aipom Normal 4 0196 Espeon Psychic 8 0197 Umbreon Dark 8 0207 Gligar Ground Flying 5 0227 Skarmory Steel Flying 7 0227 Skarmory Steel Flying 6 0234 Stantler Normal 16 0255 Torchic Fire 19 0256 Combusken Fire Fighting 21 0257 Blaziken Fire Fighting 21 0261 Poochyena Dark 9 0262 Mightyena Dark --, 9 0263 Zigzagoon Normal 13 0264 Linoone Normal 13 0290 Nincada Bug Ground 9 0291 Ninjask Bug Flying --, 9 0292 Shedinja Bug Ghost --, 9 0296 Makuhita Fighting 4 0297 Hariyama Fighting --, 4 0328 Trapinch Ground 9 0329 Vibrava Ground Dragon --, 9 0330 Flygon Ground Dragon --, 9 0331 Cacnea Grass 17 0332 Cacturne Grass Dark 17 0424 Ambipom Normal --, 4 0443 Gible Ground Dragon 3 0444 Gabite Ground Dragon --, 3 0445 Garchomp Ground Dragon --, 3 0449 Hippopotas Ground -- 0450 Hippowdon Ground -- 0470 Leafeon Grass 8 0471 Glaceon Ice 8 0472 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

Template:Breedlist |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0179 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Mareep
| colspan="2" style="background:#FAC000; text-align: center;" | Electric | style="background: #FFF" | Sandshrew, Sandslash
Diglett, Dugtrio
Farfetch'd
Eevee
Aipom, Ambipom
Stantler
Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken
Poochyena, Mightyena
Zigzagoon, Linoone
Glameow, Purugly
Hippopotas, Hippowdon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0347 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Anorith
| colspan="1" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock || style="background:#91A119" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | Kabuto, Kabutops |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0396 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Starly
| colspan="1" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot
Farfetch'd
Skarmory |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0431 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Glameow
| colspan="2" style="background:#9FA19F; text-align: center;" | Normal | style="background: #FFF" | Sandshrew, Sandslash
Diglett, Dugtrio
Farfetch'd
Eevee
Mareep, Flaaffy, Ampharos
Aipom, Ambipom
Stantler
Torchic, Combusken, Blaziken
Poochyena, Mightyena
Zigzagoon, Linoone
Hippopotas, Hippowdon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0451 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Skorupi
| colspan="1" style="background:#9141CB; text-align: center;" | Poison || style="background:#91A119" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | Kabuto, Kabutops
Gligar, Gliscor
Nincada, Ninjask
Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon
Anorith, Armaldo

|- | colspan="6" | 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 Template:Type2 moves in Generation I.

In the anime

File:Skarmory sand a.png Skarmory File:Gliscor s attack.png Gliscor File:Sand Attack.jpg Hit by Sand-Attack File:NinjaskSandAttack.png Ninjask starting up its attack
The user throws dirt at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Pidgey flaps its wings and a sandstorm is created.
A wild Pidgey	Pokémon - I Choose You!		Debut
	Pidgeotto flaps its wings and sand is spewed up at the opponent.
Ash's Pidgeotto	Challenge of the Samurai		None
	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 digs and throws dirt at the opponent.
Multiple wild Aipom	A Hot Water Battle		None
	Eevee turns around and kicks dirt at the opponent with its back legs.
Sakura's Eevee	Trouble's Brewing		None
	Vaporeon turns around and kicks dirt at the opponent with its back legs.
Sumomo's Vaporeon	Trouble's Brewing		None
	Zigzagoon kicks dirt at the opponent with its front paws.
A wild Zigzagoon	In the Knicker of Time!		None
	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 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 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 throws sand at the opponent using its claws.
Ash's Gligar	The Bells are Singing!		None
	Gliscor uses its pincers and throws sand at the opponent.
Ash's Gliscor	Dealing with Defensive Types!		None
	Skarmory flaps its wings to fling dirt at an opponent.
Taylor's Skarmory	Pursuing a Lofty Goal!		None

In the manga

Pokémon Adventures

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

In other languages

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

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