The Essentials on Sandy Shocks
- Weaknesses
- ×2 Water, Grass, Ice, Ground Table
- Resistances
- ×½ Poison, Flying, Rock, Steel · immune: Electric
- Evolution
- Sandy Shocks does not evolve and has no pre-evolution.
- Shiny
Alternate, rare colors: in the main games since X and Y, an encounter has a 1 in 4,096 chance of being Shiny, excluding hunting bonuses. View- Stats
- Total 570 · top stat: Special Attack (121) Detail
- In Current Games
- Scarlet and Violet: No. 381 in the Paldea Pokédex
- Pokémon GO: not yet released
- Other Names
- Pelage-Sablé in French · スナノケガワ, Sunanokegawa in Japanese · Sandfell in German All Languages
Overview
Sandy Shocks is a Electric and Ground-type Pokémon, No. 989 in the National Pokédex. Original generation: Generation 9. Category: Paradox Pokémon. Height: 2.3 m, weight: 60 kg.
Ability: Protosynthesis. Sandy Shocks is weak to Water, Grass, Ice and Ground-type moves (×2 damage). Sandy Shocks takes no damage from Electric-type moves.
Generation
Generation 9
Scarlet / Violet
National No.
#989
National Pokédex
Category
Paradox Pokémon
Status
Paradox
Base Stats
The total determines a Pokémon's overall power.
HP
85
255
Attack
81
255
Defense
97
255
Special Attack
121
255
Special Defense
85
255
Speed
101
255
Total
570
Min HP (Lv. 100)
280
0 IV, 0 EV, neutral nature
Max HP (Lv. 100)
374
31 IV, 252 EV, beneficial nature
Gen Changes
Stable
Unchanged recently
Type Effectiveness
Multipliers received depending on the type of the opposing move (Electric / Ground). See the type chart
Weak (×2) — 4 types
Water
×2
Grass
×2
Ice
×2
Ground
×2
Normal (×1) — 9 types
Normal
×1
Fire
×1
Fighting
×1
Psychic
×1
Bug
×1
Ghost
×1
Dragon
×1
Dark
×1
Fairy
×1
Resistant (×0.5) — 4 types
Poison
×½
Flying
×½
Rock
×½
Steel
×½
Immune (×0) — 1 type
Electric
×0
Abilities
Ability 1
Boosts the Pokémon's most proficient stat in harsh sunlight or if the Pokémon is holding Booster Energy.
Sandy Shocks Evolution
This Pokémon does not evolve and does not come from any evolution.
Sandy Shocks Forms and Shiny
Standard Form
Electric · Ground
Shiny Availability
Shiny form available
Base rate (Gen VI+): 1/4096.
With Shiny Charm: 1/1365.
Masuda Method: 1/683.
Sandy Shocks Moves
Moves this Pokémon can learn, by method.
Lv.
Move
Type · Cat.
Accuracy
Pow.
PP
1
Thunder Wave
Electric
Stat
90%
—
20
1
Electric Terrain
Electric
Stat
—
—
10
1
Thunder Shock
Electric
Spec.
100%
40
30
1
Supersonic
Normal
Stat
55%
—
20
7
Spark
Electric
Phys.
100%
65
20
14
Bulldoze
Ground
Phys.
100%
60
20
21
Charge Beam
Electric
Spec.
90%
50
10
28
Tri Attack
Normal
Spec.
100%
80
10
35
Screech
Normal
Stat
85%
—
40
42
Heavy Slam
Steel
Phys.
100%
—
10
49
Metal Sound
Steel
Stat
85%
—
40
56
Discharge
Electric
Spec.
100%
80
15
63
Earth Power
Ground
Spec.
100%
90
10
70
Mirror Coat
Psychic
Spec.
100%
—
20
77
Gravity
Psychic
Stat
—
—
5
84
Zap Cannon
Electric
Spec.
50%
120
5
91
Magnetic Flux
Electric
Stat
—
—
20
Advanced Breeding
Egg Groups
Undiscovered
Egg Cycles
50 cycles
≈ 12,850 steps
Gender
Genderless
Ditto Compatibility
✓ Yes
Pokérus
Susceptible
EV ×2 if infected
Max Characteristic
Special Attack
Highest base stat
Hyper Training & Mints
Available from level 50. Cost: 1 Gold Bottle Cap per IV set to 31 or 3 Silver Bottle Caps per IV. Mints let you change the effect of a Nature without changing the base Nature.
Where to Find Sandy Shocks
Available in 2 games, 2 recorded encounters. Click a game to see the details.
Natively obtainable:
Scarlet
Violet
Generation IX
Scarlet 1 encounter
Available
▼
Static encounter
(1)
Area Zero, Pivot Cavern (Démarche de Fer)
Lv. 65 100%
Shiny locked
Violet 1 encounter
Available
▼
Picnic
(1)
Paldea
Transfer to Pokémon HOME
How to bring this Pokémon to HOME depending on the game of origin.
Scarlet
→
Pokémon HOME
HOME (direct)
Violet
→
Pokémon HOME
HOME (direct)
Note:
Some transfers are irreversible (Bank → HOME). Check the legality of moves in the target game — HOME may replace an illegal move with a basic move.
Competitive & Meta
Sandy Shocks in Pokémon GO
Not yet released
- 3,421Max CP (Lv. 40)
- 1,954Perfect CP in Raids
- 20 kmper Candy as Buddy
Pokédex Entries
Description by game, with language selection.
Scarlet
“No records exist of this Pokémon being caught. Data is lacking, but the Pokémon’s traits match up with a creature shown in an expedition journal.”
Violet
“It slightly resembles a Magneton that lived for 10,000 years and was featured in an article in a paranormal magazine.”
Multilingual Names
🇫🇷 Français
Pelage-Sablé
🇬🇧 English
Sandy Shocks
🇯🇵 漢字
スナノケガワ
🇯🇵 Kana
スナノケガワ
🇯🇵 Romaji
Sunanokegawa
🇩🇪 Deutsch
Sandfell
🇪🇸 Español
Pelarena
🇮🇹 Italiano
Peldisabbia
🇰🇷 한국어
모래털가죽
🇨🇳 ZH-Hans
沙铁皮
🇹🇼 ZH-Hant
沙鐵皮
Category (Genus)
🇫🇷 FR
Paradoxe
🇬🇧 EN
Paradox Pokémon
🇯🇵 JP
パラドックスポケモン
🇩🇪 DE
Paradox
Media & Gallery
Audio Cries
Frequently asked questions about Sandy Shocks
What type is Sandy Shocks?
Sandy Shocks is a Electric and Ground-type Pokémon.
What are Sandy Shocks's weaknesses?
Sandy Shocks is weak to Water, Grass, Ice and Ground-type moves (×2 damage). Sandy Shocks takes no damage from Electric-type moves.
