Sandshrew

No. 0027 · Gen 1

Sandshrew weakness and type

Hit SANDSHREW with Water, Grass and Ice for 2× damage.

Moves against Sandshrew

2×Super effective
½×Not very effective
0×No effect

In Pokémon GO: Water deals 1.6× instead of 2×. GO chart

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Abilities

  • Sand VeilNo change to type matchups
  • Sand RushNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP50
  • Attack75
  • Defense85
  • Sp. Atk20
  • Sp. Def30
  • Speed40
  • Total300

Best nature

AdamantHits harder and drops Sp. Atk, which it won’t use.

Worked out from base stats. Your team may need something else.

Defeating Sandshrew gives 1 Defense EV.

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How Sandshrew evolves

All evolutions

What Sandshrew can hit with

The strongest attacking move it can learn in each type, across all games. Not every game has every move. Same-type moves get a 1.5× bonus.

TypeMoveKindPower
FightingFocus PunchPhysical150
NormalSkull BashPhysical130
SteelSteel RollerPhysical130
GroundEarthquakesame typePhysical100
RockStone EdgePhysical100
PoisonPoison JabPhysical80
BugLeech LifePhysical80
DarkThroat ChopPhysical80
GhostShadow ClawPhysical70
FlyingAerial AcePhysical60

Type counters to Sandshrew

Regular Pokémon whose same-type moves hit it hard and who take little from its same-type moves. Picked from types and base stats only, not movesets.

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