Game version
AppearanceStandard
- Height
- 2.3 m
- Weight
- 60.0 kg
Training & breeding details
GenderGenderless
Catch rate30(8.8%)Tricky
Base friendship0None
Hatch time50 cycles · ~13,005 steps
Growth rateslow
Base EXP285
Base stats
HP
85
Attack
81
Defense
97
Sp. Atk
121
Sp. Def
85
Speed
101
Total
570
Base Stat Total
Abilities
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Competitive movesets
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Lead
UU
Source: Smogon (via pkmn) · Updated: Oct 6, 2026
Evolution
This Pokémon does not evolve.
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Sandy Shocks can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Moves
17 of 17
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| Lv. | Move & effect | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electric Terrain For five turns, prevents all Pokémon on the ground from sleeping and strengthens their Electric moves to 1.5× their power. | Electric | Status | — | — | 10 |
| 1 | Supersonic Confuses the target. | Normal | Status | — | 55 | 20 |
| 1 | Thunder Shock Has a chance to paralyze the target. | Electric | Special | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Thunder Wave Paralyzes the target. | Electric | Status | — | 90 | 20 |
| 7 | Spark Has a chance to paralyze the target. | Electric | Physical | 65 | 100 | 20 |
| 14 | Bulldoze Has a chance to lower the target’s Speed by one stage. | Ground | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 |
| 21 | Charge Beam Has a chance to raise the user’s Special Attack by one stage. | Electric | Special | 50 | 90 | 10 |
| 28 | Tri Attack Has a chance to burn, freeze, or paralyze the target. | Normal | Special | 80 | 100 | 10 |
| 35 | Screech Lowers the target’s Defense by two stages. | Normal | Status | — | 85 | 40 |
| 42 | Heavy Slam Power is higher when the user weighs more than the target, up to a maximum of 120. | Steel | Physical | — | 100 | 10 |
| 49 | Metal Sound Lowers the target’s Special Defense by two stages. | Steel | Status | — | 85 | 40 |
| 56 | Discharge Has a chance to paralyze the target. | Electric | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 63 | Earth Power Has a chance to lower the target’s Special Defense by one stage. | Ground | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 70 | Mirror Coat Inflicts twice the damage the user received from the last special hit it took. | Psychic | Special | — | 100 | 20 |
| 77 | Gravity Disables moves and immunities that involve flying or levitating for five turns. | Psychic | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 84 | Zap Cannon Has a chance to paralyze the target. | Electric | Special | 120 | 50 | 5 |
| 91 | Magnetic Flux Raises the Defense and Special Defense of all friendly Pokémon with Plus or Minus by one stage. | Electric | Status | — | — | 20 |
Sprites & renders
8 sprites & renders for Sandy Shocks.
Across the games
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Community notes
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Cite this page
“Sandy Shocks”. Pokémonism. Retrieved [date] from pokemonism.com/pokedex/sandy-shocks.
Species data from PokéAPI.