#0770

Palossand

Sand Castle Pokémon

This Pokémon lives on beaches, but it hates water. Palossand can’t maintain its castle-like shape if it gets drenched by a heavy rain.

In Pokémon GO · 2444 max CP 4 TCG Pocket cards

Details

Height1.3 m

Weight250.0 kg

Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀

Catch rate60(14.8%)Tricky

Base friendship70Standard

Hatch time15 cycles · ~4,080 steps

Growth ratemedium

Base EXP168

Abilities

Water Compaction

Raises this Pokémon's Defense by two stages when it's hit by a Water move.

Sand VeilHidden

Increases evasion to 1.25× during a sandstorm. Protects against sandstorm damage.

Egg groups: Amorphous

Contents

Stats
Movesets
Evolution
Best moves
Moves
Sprites

Base stats

Attack

Defense

110

Sp. Atk

100

Sp. Def

Speed

Total

480

Base Stat Total

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Weak to

Ghost2×

Water2×

Grass2×

Ice2×

Dark2×

Resistant to

Poison¼×

Rock½×

Bug½×

Immune to

Normal0×

Fighting0×

Electric0×

Competitive movesets

Smogon University

Battle-ready sets by tier, straight from Smogon. Pick a generation and format — a “/” means either option works in that slot.

Generation

Defensive

Moves

Item

Heavy-Duty Boots / Colbur Berry

NatureBold+Def/−Atk

TeraWaterFairyPoison

EV spread

HP252

Def▲252

SpD4

Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Data snapshot: Jul 31, 2026 · 18,880 rows

Evolution

#0769Sandygast

Lv. 42

#0770Palossand

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Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Palossand can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Moves

Lv.	Move & effect	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Absorb Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.	Grass	Special	20	100	25
1	Astonish Has a chance to make the target flinch.	Ghost	Physical	30	100	15
1	Harden Raises the user’s Defense by one stage.	Normal	Status	—	—	30
1	Sand Tomb Prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns.	Ground	Physical	35	85	15
15	Mega Drain Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.	Grass	Special	40	100	15
20	Sand Attack Lowers the target’s accuracy by one stage.	Ground	Status	—	100	15
25	Bulldoze Has a chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage.	Ground	Physical	60	100	20
30	Hypnosis Puts the target to sleep.	Psychic	Status	—	60	20
35	Giga Drain Drains half the damage inflicted to heal the user.	Grass	Special	75	100	10
40	Iron Defense Raises the user’s Defense by two stages.	Steel	Status	—	—	15
47	Shadow Ball Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.	Ghost	Special	80	100	15
54	Earth Power Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage.	Ground	Special	90	100	10
61	Shore Up Heals the user for ½ its max HP, or ⅔ during a sandstorm.	Ground	Status	—	—	5
68	Sandstorm Changes the weather to a sandstorm for five turns.	Rock	Status	—	—	10