Sandygast

No. 0769 · Gen 7

Sandygast weakness and type

Hit SANDYGAST with Water, Grass, Ice, Ghost and Dark for 2× damage.

Moves against Sandygast

2×Super effective
½×Not very effective
¼×Barely scratches it

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

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Abilities

  • Water CompactionNo change to type matchups
  • Sand VeilNo change to type matchups

Base stats

  • HP55
  • Attack55
  • Defense80
  • Sp. Atk70
  • Sp. Def45
  • Speed15
  • Total320

Best nature

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

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

Defeating Sandygast gives 1 Defense EV.

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How Sandygast evolves

SandygastGhostGround
All evolutions

What Sandygast 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
GhostPoltergeistsame typePhysical110
GroundEarthquakesame typePhysical100
RockStone EdgePhysical100
GrassEnergy BallSpecial90
PsychicPsychicSpecial90
PoisonSludge BombSpecial90
NormalTera BlastSpecial80
SteelFlash CannonSpecial80
WaterBrineSpecial65
BugInfestationSpecial20

Type counters to Sandygast

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.