Sandy Shocks

No. 0989 · Gen 9

Sandy Shocks weakness and type

Hit SANDY SHOCKS with Water, Grass, Ice and Ground for 2× damage.

Moves against Sandy Shocks

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

  • ProtosynthesisNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP85
  • Attack81
  • Defense97
  • Sp. Atk121
  • Sp. Def85
  • Speed101
  • Total570

Best nature

TimidOutspeeds more opponents and drops Attack.
ModestHits harder and drops Attack, which it won’t use.

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

Defeating Sandy Shocks gives 3 Sp. Atk EVs.

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What Sandy Shocks 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
NormalHyper BeamSpecial150
ElectricZap Cannonsame typeSpecial120
GroundEarthquakesame typePhysical100
RockPower GemSpecial80
SteelFlash CannonSpecial80
FightingBody PressPhysical80

Type counters to Sandy Shocks

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.