Sand Tomb (move)

Sand Tomb (Japanese: すなじごく Sand Hell) is a damage-dealing Template:Type2 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

Generation III

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0027 Sandshrew Ground 45 0028 Sandslash Ground 52 0051 Dugtrio Ground 26 0095 Onix Rock Ground 49 0095 Onix Rock Ground 52 0328 Trapinch Ground 25 0329 Vibrava Ground Dragon -- 25 0330 Flygon Ground Dragon -- 25 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" | 0204 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Pineco
| colspan="2" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0207 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Gligar
| colspan="1" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon

|- | 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. |} |}

Generation IV

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0027 Sandshrew Ground 27 0028 Sandslash Ground 33 0051 Dugtrio Ground 26 0095 Onix Rock Ground 41 0095 Onix Rock Ground 46 0328 Trapinch Ground 25 0329 Vibrava Ground Dragon -- 25 0330 Flygon Ground Dragon -- 25 0443 Gible Dragon Ground 19 0444 Gabite Dragon Ground 19 0445 Garchomp Dragon Ground 19 0449 Hippopotas Ground 25 0450 Hippowdon Ground 25 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" | 0185 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Sudowoodo
| colspan="2" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Onix |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0204 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Pineco
| colspan="2" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0207 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Gligar
| colspan="1" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0213 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shuckle
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0387 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Turtwig
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Gible, Gabite, Garchomp |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0438 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Bonsly
| colspan="2" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Onix |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0443 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Gible
| colspan="1" style="background:#5060E1; text-align: center;" | Dragon || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Gible, Gabite, Garchomp |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0449 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Hippopotas
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Sandshrew, Sandslash
Dugtrio
Hippopotas, Hippowdon

|- | 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. |} |}

Generation V

By leveling up

#   Pokémon Type Level 0027 Sandshrew Ground 27 0028 Sandslash Ground 33 0051 Dugtrio Ground 26 0095 Onix Rock Ground 54 0328 Trapinch Ground 25 0329 Vibrava Ground Dragon -- 25 0330 Flygon Ground Dragon -- 25 0443 Gible Dragon Ground 19 0444 Gabite Dragon Ground 19 0445 Garchomp Dragon Ground 19 0449 Hippopotas Ground 25 0450 Hippowdon Ground 25 0551 Sandile Ground Dark 13 0552 Waruvile Waruvile Ground Dark 13 0553 Waruvial Waruvial Ground Dark 13 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" | 0185 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Sudowoodo
| colspan="2" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Onix |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0204 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Pineco
| colspan="2" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug | style="background: #FFF" | Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0207 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Gligar
| colspan="1" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground || style="background:#81B9EF" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Flying | style="background: #FFF" | Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0213 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Shuckle
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0387 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Turtwig
| colspan="2" style="background:#3FA129; text-align: center;" | Grass | style="background: #FFF" | Gible, Gabite, Garchomp |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0438 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Bonsly
| colspan="2" style="background:#AFA981; text-align: center;" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Onix |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0443 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Gible
| colspan="1" style="background:#5060E1; text-align: center;" | Dragon || style="background:#915121" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Gible, Gabite, Garchomp |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0449 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Hippopotas
| colspan="2" style="background:#915121; text-align: center;" | Ground | style="background: #FFF" | Sandshrew, Sandslash
Dugtrio
Hippopotas, Hippowdon |- | style="background: #FFF; font-family:monospace,monospace" | 0557 | style="background: #FFF; text-align: center;" | | style="background: #FFF" | Dwebble
| colspan="1" style="background:#91A119; text-align: center;" | Bug || style="background:#AFA981" align="center" colspan="1" rowspan="1" | Rock | style="background: #FFF" | Onix, Trapinch, Vibrava, Flygon

|- | 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. |} |}

In the anime

File:Gabitesandtomb.jpg Gabite about to use Sand Tomb File:Gabite Sand Tomb.png Gabite
The user traps the foe inside a harshly raging sandstorm.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	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'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 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 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 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 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 crounches 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

File:Flygon Sand Tomb Adventures.png Flygon
The user releases large amounts of sand.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Flygon waves its wings, kicking up dirt around the opponent, causing their vision to be blocked.
Wally's Flygon	VS. Rayquaza I		Debut
	Hippopotas releases a large amount of sand from it's nostrils and backside.
Gentleman's Hippopotas	VS. Bibarel and Hippopotas		None

Trivia

The Japanese name, すなじごく Sand Hell, is probably an idiom referring to the trap an ant lion nymph (q.v. Trapinch) 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

• Dutch: Zand Tombe
• Finnish: Hiekkahauta
• French: Tourbi-Sable
• German: Sandgrab
• Greek: Αμμόλακος
• Hindi: Rayt Ka Maqbara
• Italian: Sabbiotomba
• Korean: 모래지옥 Morae Jiok
• Spanish: Bucle Arena
• Serbian. Peščana Grobnica

Variations of the move Fire Spin
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.