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palossand
🎯 Nature Recommendations
Modest
Primary
+Sp. Atk -Attack
Sp. Atk higher than Attack, Modest maximizes damage
Timid
Alternative
+Speed -Attack
If speed advantage needed
#770

palossand

Ghost Ground

Possessed people controlled by this Pokémon transformed its sand mound into a castle. As it evolved, its power to curse grew ever stronger.

Height
1.3m
Weight
250kg
Generation
Gen VII (SM/USUM/LGP)
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📊 Stats ⚡ Abilities 🛡️ Type Matchup ✨ Evolution 💥 Moves

Base Stats

HP
85
85
Attack
75
75
Defense
110
110
Sp. Atk
100
100
Sp. Def
75
75
Speed
35
35
Total
480

Abilities (Click for details)

water-compaction
Normal Ability
sand-veil

Type Matchups

Weaknesses (×2)

Ghost Dark Water Grass Ice

Resistances (×½)

Poison Bug Rock

Immunities (×0)

Normal Fighting Electric

Evolution Chain

sandygast
sandygast
#769
→
palossand
palossand
#770

Moves

Level Move Type Category Power Accuracy PP
Lv.1 absorb grass special 20 100 25
Lv.1 harden normal status - - 30
Lv.1 astonish ghost physical 30 100 15
Lv.1 sand-tomb ground physical 35 85 15
Lv.15 mega-drain grass special 40 100 15
Lv.20 sand-attack ground status - 100 15
Lv.30 hypnosis psychic status - 60 20
Lv.35 giga-drain grass special 75 100 10
Lv.40 iron-defense steel status - - 15
Lv.47 shadow-ball ghost special 80 100 15
Lv.54 earth-power ground special 90 100 10
Lv.68 sandstorm rock status - - 10
Move Type Category Power Accuracy PP
body-slam normal physical 85 100 15
hyper-beam normal special 150 90 5
earthquake ground physical 100 100 10
psychic psychic special 90 100 10
night-shade ghost special - 100 15
confuse-ray ghost status - 100 10
amnesia psychic status - - 20
rest psychic status - - 5
rock-slide rock physical 75 90 10
substitute normal status - - 10
curse ghost status - - 10
spite ghost status - 100 10
protect normal status - - 10
scary-face normal status - 100 10
sludge-bomb poison special 90 100 10
mud-slap ground special 20 100 10
sandstorm rock status - - 10
giga-drain grass special 75 100 10
endure normal status - - 10
sleep-talk normal status - - 10
pain-split normal status - - 20
rain-dance water status - - 5
sunny-day fire status - - 5
shadow-ball ghost special 80 100 15
facade normal physical 70 100 20
trick psychic status - 100 10
skill-swap psychic status - - 10
imprison psychic status - - 10
rock-tomb rock physical 60 95 15
sand-tomb ground physical 35 85 15
iron-defense steel status - - 15
mud-shot ground special 55 95 15
gravity psychic status - - 5
fling dark physical - 100 10
energy-ball grass special 90 100 10
earth-power ground special 90 100 10
giga-impact normal physical 150 90 5
flash-cannon steel special 80 100 10
stone-edge rock physical 100 80 5
stealth-rock rock status - - 20

Moveset & Team Recommendations

⚔️ Recommended Movesets
Special Attacker Moveset Special
shadow-ball ominous-wind dark-pulse calm-mind
sandaconda's special attacker moveset, STAB move shadow-ball paired with dark-pulsefor wide coverage.
Sand Team Core Moveset Weather
earthquake stone-edge stone-edge rest
sandacondaas a Sand Team core, Maximize power with weather ability.
👥 Team Recommendations
Sand Team Core Sand
tyranitar excadrill garchomp gliscor ferrothorn
sandacondaas a Sand Team core member, with other weather setters maximize power.
Balanced Team Core Balance
landorus-incarnate togekiss ferrothorn scizor gyarados
sandacondaas a Balanced Team attacker core, Cover weaknesses with teammates.
Hyper Offense Team Core Hyper Offense
dragonite garchomp gyarados dragapult talonflame
sandacondaas a Hyper Offense team core, fast sweeping is the main goal.
Stall Team Core Stall
blissey ferrothorn gliscor togekiss mimikyu
sandacondaas a Stall team core wearing down opponents with Toxic and recovery.