Sandstorm (move)
Sandstorm すなあらし Sandstorm | ||||||||||||
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Sandstorm (Japanese: すなあらし Sandstorm) is a non-damaging Template:Type2 move introduced in 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.
While Sandstorm is in effect, all Pokémon who are not of the Steel-, Rock-, or Template:Type2s 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
Sandstorm works as in Generation II. 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.
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 increase Rock, Ground and Steel-type moves by 30%. Both of these abilities gain immunity of Sandstorm's damaging effect.
Learnset
By leveling up
# | Pokémon | Type | Level | |||||||||||
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II | III | IV | V | VI | ||||||||||
027 | Sandshrew | Ground | 45 | 53 | 37 | 37 | ' | |||||||
028 | Sandslash | Ground | 52 | 62 | 52 | 52 | ' | |||||||
095 | Onix | Rock | Ground | 36 | 33 | 34 | 22 | 25 | ' | |||||
208 | Steelix | Steel | Ground | 36 | 33 | 34 | 22 | 25 | ' | |||||
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 | 31 | 37 | 37 | ' | ||||||||
328 | Trapinch | Ground | 49 | 49 | 49 | ' | ||||||||
329 | Vibrava | Ground | Dragon | 49 | 49 | 49 | ' | |||||||
330 | Flygon | Ground | Dragon | 53 | 49 | 49 | ' | |||||||
331 | Cacnea | Grass | 45 | 53 | 53 | ' | ||||||||
332 | Cacturne | Grass | Dark | 53 | 65 | 65 | ' | |||||||
343 | Baltoy | Ground | Psychic | 31 | 37 | 34 | ' | |||||||
344 | Claydol | Ground | Psychic | 31 | 40 | 34 | ' | |||||||
443 | Gible | Dragon | Ground | 13 | 13 | ' | ||||||||
444 | Gabite | Dragon | Ground | 13 | 13 | ' | ||||||||
445 | Garchomp | Dragon | Ground | --, 13 | --, 13 | ' | ||||||||
476 | Probopass | Rock | Steel | 37 | 37 | ' | ||||||||
524 | Roggenrola | Rock | 33 | ' | ||||||||||
525 | Boldore | Rock | 42 | ' | ||||||||||
526 | Gigalith | Rock | 42 | ' | ||||||||||
529 | Drilbur | 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
In the anime
The user releases sand at the opponent | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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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 quicky, 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 oppponent and waves it around in circles, making a sand tornado come out and push the opponent back. | |||
A Larvitar Matt was Pokésitting | Pinch Healing! | 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 Henchmen'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 Henchmen'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 so it is standing upside-down and balancing on top of the brown rock sticking out on its head. Roggenrola then spins its body and a spiral of sand appears around its body. A large tornado of sand then appears around Roggenrola and causes a sandstorm to appear over the battlefield, or Roggenrola stands on the tip of one of its feet and starts to spin quickly. It then floats in the air while spinning 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 top of the tornado then reaches out and hits the opponent. | |||
Ash's Roggenrola | Gotta Catch A Roggenrola! | None | |
Clay's Krokorok | BW061 | None |
In the manga
Pokémon Adventures
The user releases a powerful sandstorm from its body. | |||
Pokémon | Method | ||
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User | First Chapter Used In | Notes | |
Tyranitar releases a powerful sandstorm from its body. | |||
Lance's Tyranitar | Tyranitar War | Debut | |
A powerful sandstorm appears behind Bronzor's body and sand blows onto the battlefield. | |||
Mars's Bronzor | Belligerent Bronzor | None | |
Buizel turns around and puts its tails down by the ground. It then spins its tails like a propeller and sends sand from the ground to sweep up the opponent and carry it away. | |||
Uji's Buizel | VS. Staravia and Skuntank II | Buizel cannot legally learn Sandstorm | |
Claydol rapidly twists its body, creating a spiral of sand around it. | |||
Buck's Claydol | VS. Ivysaur | None |
In other generations
Trivia
- In HeartGold and SoulSilver, Sandstorm's in-game description was changed slightly from Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, but only by a few words.
In other languages
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Generation II TMs | |
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01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 | |
Generation II HMs | |
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 |
Generation III TMs | |
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01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 | |
Generation III HMs | |
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08RSE |
Generation IV TMs | |
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01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 • 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 • 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 • 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 • 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 | |
Generation IV HMs | |
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 (DPPt • HGSS) • 06 • 07 • 08 |
Generation V TMs | |
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01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 • 07 • 08 • 09 • 10 • 11 • 12 • 13 • 14 • 15 • 16 • 17 • 18 • 19 20 • 21 • 22 • 23 • 24 • 25 • 26 • 27 • 28 • 29 • 30 • 31 • 32 • 33 • 34 • 35 • 36 • 37 • 38 39 • 40 • 41 • 42 • 43 • 44 • 45 • 46 • 47 • 48 • 49 • 50 • 51 • 52 • 53 • 54 • 55 • 56 • 57 58 • 59 • 60 • 61 • 62 • 63 • 64 • 65 • 66 • 67 • 68 • 69 • 70 • 71 • 72 • 73 • 74 • 75 • 76 77 • 78 • 79 • 80 • 81 • 82 • 83 • 84 • 85 • 86 • 87 • 88 • 89 • 90 • 91 • 92 • 93 • 94 • 95 | |
Generation V HMs | |
01 • 02 • 03 • 04 • 05 • 06 |
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