Sandstorm (move)

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Sandstorm
すなあらし Sandstorm
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Type  Rock
Category  Status
PP  10 (max. 16)
Power  —
Accuracy  —%
Priority  {{{priority}}}
  • Does not make contact
  • Not affected by Protect
  • Not affected by Magic Coat
  • Not affected by Snatch
  • Not affected by King's Rock
Target
Foe Foe Foe
Self Ally Ally
Affects all Pokémon on the field
Availability
Introduced  Generation II
Condition  Tough
Appeal  3 ♥♥♥
Jam  0  
Scrambles the order of appeals on the next turn.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  2 ♥♥
Prevents the Voltage from going up in the same turn.
Condition  Tough
Appeal  0  
Jamming  0  

Sandstorm (Japanese: すなあらし Sandstorm) is a non-damaging Rock-type move introduced in Generation II. It has been TM37 since Generation II.

Effect

Generation II

When this move is used a sandstorm will brew. This effect will last for 5 turns. This clears any other weather effect and is usable when the weather is sandstorm.

While Sandstorm is in effect, all Pokémon who are not of the Steel-, Rock-, or Ground-types will be damaged 1/16 of their maximum HP at the end of each turn. Pokémon in the semi-invulnerable turn of Dig will also not take damage from Sandstorm, regardless of type.

Generation III

In addition to all effects from previous Generation, Pokémon with the Sand Stream Ability invoke a semi-permanent sandstorm when entering battle. Pokémon with the Sand Veil Ability increase their evasion by 1 stage (25%) and are immune to Sandstorm's damaging effect. Moonlight and Morning Sun only restore ¼ of the user's maximum HP. Dive will also prevent damage from Sandstorm during the semi-invulnerable turn.

Additionally, Weather Ball becomes Rock-type. This move now fails when used while sandstorm is in effect.

Generation IV

In addition to all effects from Generation III, all Rock-type Pokémon will have their Special Defense raised by 50% for the duration of the sandstorm. Synthesis also restores only ¼ of the user's maximum HP. Also, if a Smooth Rock is held when Sandstorm is used, its duration is lengthened from 5 to 8 turns.

Generation V

Additionally, Pokémon with the Sand Rush Ability have their Speed doubled, while Pokémon with Sand Force get a power boost of 30% for their Rock-, Ground- and Steel-type moves. Both of these Abilities grant an immunity to Sandstorm's damaging effect.

Description

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Games Description
An attack that creates a sandstorm. The effect causes damage to both combatants.
Inflicts damage every turn.
RSE Causes a sandstorm that rages for several turns.*
Causes a sandstorm that hits the foe over several turns.*
FRLG A 5-turn sandstorm that damages all types except Rock, Ground and Steel.
Causes a sandstorm that rages for several turns.
A five-turn sandstorm is summoned to hurt all combatants except the Rock, Ground, and Steel types.


Learnset

By leveling up

# Pokémon Type Level
I II III IV V VI
027   Sandshrew Ground Ground 45 53 37 37 42 '
028   Sandslash Ground Ground 52 62 52 52 42 '
095   Onix Rock Ground 36 33 34 22 25 52 '
208   Steelix Steel Ground 36 33 34 22 25 52 '
246   Larvitar Rock Ground 8 8 5 5 '
247   Pupitar Rock Ground --, 8 --, 8 --, 5 --, 5 '
248   Tyranitar Rock Dark --, 8 --, 8 --, 5 --, 5 '
299   Nosepass Rock Rock   31 37 37 36 '
328   Trapinch Ground Ground   49 49 49 44 '
329   Vibrava Ground Dragon   49 49 49 44 '
330   Flygon Ground Dragon   53 49 49 44 '
331   Cacnea Grass Grass   45 53 53 '
332   Cacturne Grass Dark   53 65 65 '
343   Baltoy Ground Psychic   31 37 34 41 '
344   Claydol Ground Psychic   31 40 34 47 '
443   Gible Dragon Ground     13 13 '
444   Gabite Dragon Ground     13 13 '
445   Garchomp Dragon Ground     --, 13 --, 13 '
476   Probopass Rock Steel     37 37 36 '
524   Roggenrola Rock Rock       33 '
525   Boldore Rock Rock       42 '
526   Gigalith Rock Rock       42 '
529   Drilbur Ground Ground       40 '
530   Excadrill Ground Steel       49 '
551   Sandile Ground Dark       40 '
552   Krokorok Ground Dark       44 '
553   Krookodile Ground Dark       48 '
645   Landorus Ground Flying       61 '
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 TM

# Pokémon Type Machine
I
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II
TM37
III
TM37
IV
TM37
V
TM37
VI
TM08
006   Charizard Fire Flying
027   Sandshrew Ground Ground
028   Sandslash Ground Ground
031   Nidoqueen Poison Ground
034   Nidoking Poison Ground
050   Diglett Ground Ground
051   Dugtrio Ground Ground
074   Geodude Rock Ground
075   Graveler Rock Ground
076   Golem Rock Ground
095   Onix Rock Ground
104   Cubone Ground Ground
105   Marowak Ground Ground
106   Hitmonlee Fighting Fighting
108   Lickitung Normal Normal
111   Rhyhorn Ground Rock
112   Rhydon Ground Rock
113   Chansey Normal Normal
115   Kangaskhan Normal Normal
128   Tauros Normal Normal
130   Gyarados Water Flying
138   Omanyte Rock Water
139   Omastar Rock Water
140   Kabuto Rock Water
141   Kabutops Rock Water
142   Aerodactyl Rock Flying
143   Snorlax Normal Normal
144   Articuno Ice Flying
145   Zapdos Electric Flying
146   Moltres Fire Flying
149   Dragonite Dragon Flying
150   Mewtwo Psychic Psychic
151   Mew Psychic Psychic
185   Sudowoodo Rock Rock
194   Wooper Water Ground
195   Quagsire Water Ground
204   Pineco Bug Bug
205   Forretress Bug Steel
207   Gligar Ground Flying
208   Steelix Steel Ground
212   Scizor Bug Steel
213   Shuckle Bug Rock
219   Magcargo Fire Rock
220   Swinub Ice Ground
221   Piloswine Ice Ground
222   Corsola Water Rock
227   Skarmory Steel Flying
231   Phanpy Ground Ground
232   Donphan Ground Ground
237   Hitmontop Fighting Fighting
241   Miltank Normal Normal
242   Blissey Normal Normal
243   Raikou Electric Electric
244   Entei Fire Fire
245   Suicune Water Water
246   Larvitar Rock Ground
247   Pupitar Rock Ground
248   Tyranitar Rock Dark
249   Lugia Psychic Flying
250   Ho-Oh Fire Flying
251   Celebi Psychic Grass
290   Nincada Bug Ground
291   Ninjask Bug Flying
292   Shedinja Bug Ghost
299   Nosepass Rock Rock
303   Mawile Steel Steel
304   Aron Steel Rock
305   Lairon Steel Rock
306   Aggron Steel Rock
322   Numel Fire Ground
323   Camerupt Fire Ground
328   Trapinch Ground Ground
329   Vibrava Ground Dragon
330   Flygon Ground Dragon
331   Cacnea Grass Grass
332   Cacturne Grass Dark
337   Lunatone Rock Psychic
338   Solrock Rock Psychic
339   Barboach Water Ground
340   Whiscash Water Ground
343   Baltoy Ground Psychic
344   Claydol Ground Psychic
345   Lileep Rock Grass
346   Cradily Rock Grass
347   Anorith Rock Bug
348   Armaldo Rock Bug
351   Castform Normal Normal
359   Absol Dark Dark
369   Relicanth Rock Water
375   Metang Steel Psychic
376   Metagross Steel Psychic
377   Regirock Rock Rock
379   Registeel Steel Steel
380   Latias Dragon Psychic
381   Latios Dragon Psychic
383   Groudon Ground Ground
384   Rayquaza Dragon Flying
385   Jirachi Steel Psychic
389   Torterra Grass Ground
408   Cranidos Rock Rock
409   Rampardos Rock Rock
410   Shieldon Rock Steel
411   Bastiodon Rock Steel
413   Wormadam Bug Ground
423   Gastrodon Water Ground
436   Bronzor Steel Psychic
437   Bronzong Steel Psychic
438   Bonsly Rock Rock
443   Gible Dragon Ground
444   Gabite Dragon Ground
445   Garchomp Dragon Ground
446   Munchlax Normal Normal
449   Hippopotas Ground Ground
450   Hippowdon Ground Ground
463   Lickilicky Normal Normal
464   Rhyperior Ground Rock
472   Gliscor Ground Flying
473   Mamoswine Ice Ground
476   Probopass Rock Steel
480   Uxie Psychic Psychic
481   Mesprit Psychic Psychic
482   Azelf Psychic Psychic
483   Dialga Steel Dragon
484   Palkia Water Dragon
493   Arceus Normal Normal
524   Roggenrola Rock Rock
525   Boldore Rock Rock
526   Gigalith Rock Rock
529   Drilbur Ground Ground
530   Excadrill Ground Steel
551   Sandile Ground Dark
552   Krokorok Ground Dark
553   Krookodile Ground Dark
557   Dwebble Bug Rock
558   Crustle Bug Rock
564   Tirtouga Water Rock
565   Carracosta Water Rock
566   Archen Rock Flying
567   Archeops Rock Flying
598   Ferrothorn Grass Steel
599   Klink Steel Steel
600   Klang Steel Steel
601   Klinklang Steel Steel
617   Accelgor Bug Bug
618   Stunfisk Ground Electric
624   Pawniard Dark Steel
625   Bisharp Dark Steel
632   Durant Bug Steel
638   Cobalion Steel Fighting
639   Terrakion Rock Fighting
645   Landorus Ground Flying
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

 
Magcargo
 
Pupitar
 
Roggenrola
 
Gible
The user releases sand at the opponent
Pokémon Method
User First Used In Notes
  Sandslash crosses its arms and spins around counter-clockwise, whipping up a sandstorm.
Jenaro's Sandslash Hi Ho Silver... Away! Debut
  Pupitar's eyes flash blue, and it whips up a sandstorm from its body.
Ritchie's Cruise The Mystery is History None
Rico's Pupitar A Poached Ego! None
  Steelix lifts its head straight up and spins around, creating a sand tornado, or the rocks with the giant spikes on Steelix's upper-body spin rapidly and sand is released from them, or Steelix floats into the air and starts rapidly spinning around in circles. It then fires a sandstorm at the opponent from its body.
Jasmine's Steelix Nerves of Steelix! None
Hun's Steelix The Legend of Thunder! None
Harrison's Steelix Playing with Fire! None
A wild Steelix All Torkoal, No Play None
  Onix releases a sandstorm from its body.
Brock's Onix Entei at Your Own Risk None
  Nosepass's nose glows light blue and a sandstorm whips up, or Nosepass spins around, releasing a spiraling sand tornado from its body at the opponent.
Roxanne's Nosepass A Winner by a Nosepass None
Alan's Nosepass Nosing 'Round the Mountain! None
A Coordinator's Nosepass Battling the Generation Gap! None
  Camerupt blows air out of its nose, making dirt from the ground come up and creating a sandstorm.
Vicky Winstrate's Camerupt Candid Camerupt! None
  Cacnea spins on one foot, releasing a tornado of sand and sending it at the opponent, or Cacnea waves its arms in circles and a sandstorm comes off its body, blowing the opponent away.
James's Cacnea ZigZag Zangoose! None
  Magcargo goes into its shell and spins around quickly, making a sandstorm appear.
Flannery's Mag Going, Going, Yawn None
  Aggron swings its arms so one of them is in the air and its body becomes surrounded by a spiral of sand that knocks back the opponent, or Aggron stomps on the ground, kicking up dirt and sending a sand cyclone at the opponent.
A wild Aggron Pikachu's Summer Festival None
A mirage Aggron The Mastermind of Mirage Pokémon None
  Solrock releases a sandstorm from its body.
Tate's Solrock It's Still Rocket Roll to Me! None
  Flygon flaps its wings and releases a tornado of sand at the opponent.
Drew's Flygon Rhapsody in Drew None
  Donphan slams its trunk into the ground, then brings it up quickly, creating a sand tornado from the dirt it kicks up.
Tyson's Donphan At the End of the Fray None
  Claydol spins around quickly near the ground and whips up a sandstorm.
Spenser's Claydol Ka Boom with a View! None
  Munchlax releases a sandstorm from its body.
May's Munchlax King and Queen for a Day! Used via Metronome
  Geodude lifts its arms from the ground up and creates a sandstorm.
Brock's Geodude Grating Spaces! None
  Registeel waves its arms and creates a sand tornado that it launches at the opponent.
Brandon's Registeel Overjoyed! None
  Larvitar points the horn on its head at the opponent and waves it around in circles, making a sand tornado come out and push the opponent back, or Larvitar jumps into the air, glowing several different colors and then stomps down onto the ground, causing sand to swirl out from under it in all directions.
A Larvitar Matt was Pokésitting Pinch Healing! None
Chris's Larvitar The Mystery of the Missing Cubchoo! None
  Ninjask flaps its wings fast and creates a huge sandstorm.
Brandon's Ninjask Pace - The Final Frontier! None
  Sandshrew jumps and lands on the ground, kicking up dirt. Then, it motions its hands towards the opponent, releasing a sandstorm at them.
Mira's Sandshrew Sandshrew's Locker! None
  Gliscor flaps its wings and releases a sandstorm from them at the opponent.
Paul's Gliscor Riding the Winds of Change! None
  Hippopotas blows out of its nose, creating a sandstorm and sending it at the opponent.
A wild Hippopotas Sleight of Sand! None
  Graveler waves its arms from the ground up and releases a sandstorm at the opponent.
J's client's henchman's Graveler Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! Part 2 None
  Golem waves its arms from the ground up and releases a sandstorm at the opponent.
J's client's henchman's Golem Pokémon Ranger and the Kidnapped Riolu! Part 2 None
  Wormadam closes its arms, then opens them quickly, and a sandstorm appears and spirals around Wormadam's body.
Ursula's Wormadam Another One Gabites the Dust! None
  Rhyperior waves one of its arms to the side, creating a tornado of sand to appear around the opponent.
Palmer's Rhyperior Challenging a Towering Figure! None
  Gible waves one arm to kick up sand, then waves the other to create the sandstorm, or Gible repeatedly waves its arms and a sandstorm comes out of them.
Khoury's Gible A Rivalry to Gible on! None
  Gabite calls out and a giant sand twister appears and surrounds its body.
Ursula's Gabite Opposites Interact! None
  Roggenrola flips around and spins its body. A spiral of sand appears around its body and a large tornado of sand then appears around its body, causing a sandstorm to appear over the battlefield, or Roggenrola stands on the tip of one of its feet and starts to spin quickly. As it does it floats in the air and releases a sandstorm from its body at the opponent, or Roggenrola lowers its head slightly and a tornado of sand appears around its body. The tornado then shoots out and hits the opponent, or Roggenrola jumps into the air, glowing several different colors and then stomps down onto the ground, causing sand to swirl out from under it in all directions.
Ash's Roggenrola Gotta Catch A Roggenrola! None
  Both of Krokorok's forearms glow sparkling white, and it jumps high into the air. It then puts its arms together at its side and brings them forward, firing a shining golden beam from its hands at the ground. The beam sinks into the ground, leaving behind a ring of magenta and dark purple with golden light in the middle. After a bit, the glow fades, and a giant twister of sand comes out of the ground where the beam hit it, knocking the opponent back. The tornado then breaks apart, releasing a gust of wind with sand inside it all around the battlefield. During the battle, bursts of wind with sand in it comes out of the area and spreads throughout the battlefield, hitting the opponent.
Clay's Krokorok Battling the King of the Mines! None
  Boldore jumps into the air, glowing several different colors and then stomps down onto the ground, causing sand to swirl out from under it in all directions.
Ash's Boldore Rocking the Virbank Gym! (Part 1) None
  A multicolored aura surrounds Crustle's body and travels down its body and into the ground. Then, a twister of sand erupts from the ground under Crustle's body, engulfing anything near it.
Cilan's Crustle Meloetta's Moonlight Serenade None


In the manga

Pokémon Adventures


In other generations

Trivia

  • Charizard and Hitmonlee are the only Pokémon that have been able to learn Sandstorm at one point, but have later lost the ability to learn it.

In other languages

Language Title
Mandarin Chinese 沙雹 Shābáo
  Dutch Zandstorm
  Finnish Hiekkamyrsky
  French Tempêtesable
  German Sandsturm
  Greek Αμμοθύελλα
  Hindi रेतीला तूफ़ान Rayteela Toofan
  Indonesian Badai Pasir
  Italian Terrempesta
  Korean 모래바람 Morae Baram
  Polish Piaskowa Burza
  Portuguese Tempestade de Areia
  Romanian Furtună de Deșert
Furtuna de Nisip
  Serbian Peščana Oluja
  Spanish Torm. Arena


Moves that cause weather conditions
  SandstormRain DanceSunny DayHailSnowscape
Generation II TMs
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Generation II HMs
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Generation III TMs
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26272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950
Generation III HMs
0102030405060708RSE
Generation IV TMs
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4748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869
7071727374757677787980818283848586878889909192
Generation IV HMs
01020304 • 05 (DPPtHGSS) • 060708
Generation V TMs
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58596061626364656667686970717273747576
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Generation V HMs
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