Sand Attack (move)

Sand-Attack すなかけ Sand Attack

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Battles Type  Ground Category  Status PP  15 (max. 24) Power  — Accuracy  100% Priority  {{{priority}}} Does not make contact Affected by Protect Affected by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce Not affected by Snatch Not affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation I Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Jam  1 ♥ Startles the Pokémon that has the judge's attention.

Super Contests Condition  Cute Appeal  2 ♥♥ Prevents the Voltage from going down in the same turn.

Contest Spectaculars Condition  Cute Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation I Generation II Generation III Generation IV Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Sand-Attack (Japanese: すなかけ Sand Attack) is a non-damaging Ground-type move introduced in Generation I, though it was instead a Normal-type move in that generation.

Effect

Generation I

Sand-Attack decreases the target's accuracy stat by one stage. Sand-Attack is a Normal-type move in this generation.

Generation II and on

The effects of Sand-Attack are the same as the previous generation, however it is now a Ground-type move. Although it is a Ground-type move, it still affects Flying-type Pokémon and those with the Ability Levitate.

Description

Games Description An attack in which sand is used to blind the target and reduce its attack accuracy. Reduces accuracy by throwing sand. RSE Reduces the foe's accuracy by hurling sand in its face. FRLG A lot of sand is hurled in the foe’s face, reducing its accuracy. Lowers accuracy of target by hurling sand in its face. Sand is hurled in the foe's face, reducing its accuracy. Sand is hurled in the target's face, reducing its accuracy. PMDRB Lowers the target's Accuracy by one level. PMDTDS Reduces the target's accuracy by 1 level.

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
016		Pidgey	Normal	Flying	5			5			5			5				5			'
017		Pidgeotto	Normal	Flying	--, 5			--, 5			--, 5			--, 5				--, 5			'
018		Pidgeot	Normal	Flying	--, 5			--, 5			--, 5			--, 5				--, 5			'
027		Sandshrew	Ground		Ground	10			11			11			7				7	3	'
028		Sandslash	Ground		Ground	--, 10			--, 11			--, 11			--, 7				--, 7	--, 3	'
050		Diglett	Ground		Ground	24			25			--			--				--			'
051		Dugtrio	Ground		Ground	--, 24			25			--			--				--			'
083		Farfetch'd	Normal	Flying	--			7			6			--				--			'
133		Eevee	Normal		Normal	31	--	8			8			8				8	5	'
134		Vaporeon	Water		Water	37	--	8			8			8				8	5	'
135		Jolteon	Electric		Electric	37	--	8			8			8				8	5	'
136		Flareon	Fire		Fire	37	--	8			8			8				8	5	'
140		Kabuto	Rock	Water				28			31			21				21			'
141		Kabutops	Rock	Water				28			31			21				21			'
190		Aipom	Normal		Normal				6			6			4				4			'
196		Espeon	Psychic		Psychic				8			8			8				8	5	'
197		Umbreon	Dark		Dark				8			8			8				8	5	'
207		Gligar	Ground	Flying				6			6			5				5	4	'
227		Skarmory	Steel	Flying				13			10			7		6	6			'
234		Stantler	Normal		Normal				31			31	27	16				16			'
255		Torchic	Fire		Fire							19			19				19			'
256		Combusken	Fire	Fighting							21			21				21			'
257		Blaziken	Fire	Fighting							21			21				21			'
261		Poochyena	Dark		Dark							9			9				9			'
262		Mightyena	Dark		Dark							--, 9			--, 9				--, 9			'
263		Zigzagoon	Normal		Normal							13			13				13			'
264		Linoone	Normal		Normal							13			13				13			'
290		Nincada	Bug	Ground							9			9				9			'
291		Ninjask	Bug	Flying							--, 9			--, 9				--, 9			'
292		Shedinja	Bug	Ghost							--, 9			--, 9				--, 9			'
296		Makuhita	Fighting		Fighting							4			4				4			'
297		Hariyama	Fighting		Fighting							--, 4			--, 4				--, 4			'
328		Trapinch	Ground		Ground							9			9				9	4	'
329		Vibrava	Ground	Dragon							--, 9			--, 9				--, 9	--, 4	'
330		Flygon	Ground	Dragon							--, 9			--, 9				--, 9	--, 4	'
331		Cacnea	Grass		Grass							17			17				17			'
332		Cacturne	Grass	Dark							17			17				17			'
424		Ambipom	Normal		Normal										--, 4				--, 4			'
443		Gible	Ground	Dragon										3				3			'
444		Gabite	Ground	Dragon										--, 3				--, 3			'
445		Garchomp	Ground	Dragon										--, 3				--, 3			'
449		Hippopotas	Ground		Ground										--				--			'
450		Hippowdon	Ground		Ground										--				--			'
470		Leafeon	Grass		Grass										8				8	5	'
471		Glaceon	Ice		Ice										8				8	5	'
472		Gliscor	Ground	Flying										--, 5				--, 5	--, 4	'
504		Patrat	Normal		Normal														13			'
505		Watchog	Normal		Normal														13			'
509		Purrloin	Dark		Dark														10			'
510		Liepard	Dark		Dark														--, 10			'
524		Roggenrola	Rock		Rock														7			'
525		Boldore	Rock		Rock														--, 7			'
526		Gigalith	Rock		Rock														--, 7			'
551		Sandile	Ground	Dark														7			'
552		Krokorok	Ground	Dark														--, 7			'
553		Krookodile	Ground	Dark														--, 7			'
557		Dwebble	Bug	Rock														11			'
558		Crustle	Bug	Rock														--, 11			'
559		Scraggy	Dark	Fighting														5			'
560		Scrafty	Dark	Fighting														--, 5			'
585		Deerling	Normal	Grass														7			'
586		Sawsbuck	Normal	Grass														--, 7			'
632		Durant	Bug	Steel														--			'
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

By breeding

#	Pokémon		Type		Father
					II		III		IV		V		VI
179		Mareep	Electric		Electric
347		Anorith	Rock	Bug
396		Starly	Normal	Flying
431		Glameow	Normal		Normal
451		Skorupi	Poison	Bug
506		Lillipup	Normal		Normal	no
522		Blitzle	Electric		Electric	no
568		Trubbish	Poison		Poison	no
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In the anime

Eevee File:Ash Gliscor Sand-Attack.png Gliscor Umbreon Ninjask
The user throws dirt at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Pidgey flaps its wings and a sandstorm is created.
A wild Pidgey	Pokémon - I Choose You!		Debut
	Pidgeotto flaps its wings and sand is spewed up at the opponent.
Ash's Pidgeotto	Challenge of the Samurai		None
	Sandslash digs into the ground with its back or front legs and flings dirt at the opponent.
Koji's Sandslash	Good 'Quil Hunting		None
Jenaro's Sandslash	Hi Ho Silver... Away!		None
Unknown Trainer's Sandslash	Gymbaliar!		None
	Aipom digs and throws dirt at the opponent.
Multiple wild Aipom	A Hot Water Battle		None
	Eevee turns around and kicks dirt at the opponent with its back legs.
Sakura's Eevee	Trouble's Brewing		None
	Vaporeon turns around and kicks dirt at the opponent with its back legs.
Sumomo's Vaporeon	Trouble's Brewing		None
	Zigzagoon kicks dirt at the opponent with its front paws.
Nicholai's Zigzagoon	In the Knicker of Time!		None
	Ninjask flies low to the ground and spins around, making a spiral of dirt appear and go into the air. The dirt then falls down over the opponent, or Ninjask flies at the ground while flying at the opponent and flings dirt at the opponent.
Evian's Ninjask	From Cradle to Save		None
Brandon's Ninjask	Pace - The Final Frontier!		None
	Hippopotas releases a stream of sand out of the hole on its back, or Hippopotas sprays sand from the hole on its back at the opponent, or Hippopotas releases a smog of sand from its nostrils at the opponent.
A wild Hippopotas	Mass Hip-Po-Sis!		None
	Umbreon flips around in the air and lands with its back facing the opponent. It then kicks dirt at the opponent with its back legs.
Gary's Umbreon	Ill-Will Hunting!		None
	Gligar throws sand at the opponent using its claws.
Ash's Gligar	The Bells are Singing!		None
	Gliscor uses its pincers or its tail and throws sand at the opponent.
Ash's Gliscor	Dealing with Defensive Types!		None
	Skarmory uses one of its wings to scoop dirt from the ground and fling it at the opponent.
Taylor's Skarmory	Pursuing an Lofty Goal!		None
	Purrloin kicks sand at the opponent with its front legs.
Ricard Nouveau's Purrloin	Clash of the Connoisseurs!		None

In the manga

In The Electric Tale of Pikachu manga

Pidgey
The user throws dirt at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Pidgey flaps its wings at a high speed, kicking up a wave of sand from the ground and scattering dust around the opponent.
A wild Pidgey	Pikachu, I See You!		Debut

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Sandshrew
The user kicks dirt at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Sandshrew kicks dirt at the opponent with its back legs.
Red's Sandshrew	Make Way for Magmar		Debut

In the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Ginji's Rescue Team manga

Torchic
The user kicks up dirt and aims it at the opponent.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Chapter Used In		Notes
	Torchic kicks up dirt and aims it at the opponent.
Ginji	Goodbye to a Peaceful Village!		Debut

In other generations

Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

																																			File:Sand Attack Stadium.png
Generation I	RBY	Generation I (Japanese)	Generation I (international)	Generation II	Generation II (Japanese)	Generation II (international)	Crystal	Generation III	Generation III (Japanese)	Generation III (international)	RS	FRLG	FRLGE	Generation IV	Generation IV (Japanese)	Generation IV (international)	PtHGSS	HGSS	Generation V	BW	B2W2	Generation V (Japanese)	Generation V (international)	Generation VI	XY	ORAS	Generation VII	SMUSUM	LGPE	Generation VIII	SwSh	BDSP	Legends: Arceus	Generation IX	Stadium (JP)	Stadium	Stadium 2	Colosseum	XD	Battle Revolution	Battrio	MD: Red and Blue	MD:Time, Darkness, andSky	MD: Blazing, Stormy, & Light Adventure Squad	MD: GTI	SMD	MD: RTDX	Rumble	Rumble Blast	Masters EX

Trivia

• Sand-Attack is one of the four moves to have its type changed in Generation II, the others being Gust, Bite, and Karate Chop. Coincidentally, they all were Normal-type moves in Generation I.
• Sand-Attack is the only Ground-type move that can hit Flying-type Pokémon under normal circumstances.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 飛沙腳 Fēishājiǎo Dutch Zandaanval Finnish Hiekkaisku French Jet de Sable German Sandwirbel Greek Ρίψη Άμμου Hindi रेतीला हमला Rayteela Hamla Indonesian Serangan Pasir Italian Turbosabbia Korean 모래뿌리기 Morae Ppurigi Norwegian Sandangrep Brazilian Portuguese Ataque de Areia Romanian Atacul cu Nisip Serbian Napad Peskom Spanish Ataque Arena (Gen II-present) Ataque-Arena (Gen I)

Variations of the move Flash
Flash • Smokescreen • Sand Attack

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