Pokemon Let's Go Alolan Sandslash | Moves, Evolutions, Locations and Weaknesses

Alolan Sandslash Pokedex ID: 28

Weight
29.5 kg

Ice

Steel

Height
0.99m

Max CP	450
Attack	100
Special Attack	25
Defense	120
Special Defense	65
HP	75
Speed	65

Overview

Pokemon Let's Go Alolan Sandslash is a Ice and Steel Type pokemon also known as a Mouse Pokémon, first discovered in the Kanto region. it's weak against Ground, Fighting, Fire type moves and has a Max CP of 450, 75 HP, 100 Attack, 25 SP Attack, 120 Defense, 65 SP Defense and 65 Speed. Considering it's stats, the best nature to have is Impish, this will increase it's Defense and decrease it's Sp. Atk stats.

This is 1 of 9 exclusive version pokemon, only obtainable in the Pikachu Version of Let's GO.

Pokedex Entry
Sandslash’s body is covered by tough spikes, which are hardened sections of its hide. Once a year, the old spikes fall out, to be replaced with new spikes that grow out from beneath the old ones.

See All Pokedex Pokemon

Pokemon Lets Go Alolan Sandslash Evolutions

What level does Pokemon Let's Go Alolan Sandslash Evolve at?

The Unevolved Form Alolan Sandshrew Use a Ice Stone to Evolve into Alolan Sandslash.

First	→	Second	→	Third	→	Final
Sandshrew300	22 →	Sandslash450
Alolan Sandshrew300	Ice Stone →	Alolan Sandslash450

See Evolution Chart

How to catch Alolan Sandslash in Pokemon Let's Go

Where to catch and find Pokemon Lets Go Alolan Sandslash Locations and their Spawn Rate Chance for that Zone.

The best place to find pokemon let's go Alolan Sandslash is in the Route 3 zone, it will have a 20% chance to spawn in the area with a level range of 03-08. This also makes Route 3 the best place to Catch Combo Chain hunt Shiny Alolan Sandslash or for a Flawless IV Stats.

Pokemon	Area	Spawn Chance	Levels	Encounter	Floor
	Route 3	20%	03-08	normal	1F
	Route 4	20%	07-12	normal	1F

The list above shows all the spawn locations of this pokemon and it's evolution forms.

How To Catch Alolan Sandslash will require players to trade the regular Kanto Version of the pokemon with a specific NPC found within Pokemon Centers throughout Lets Go.

You can find the NPC that will trade Alolan Sandshrew at the Pokemon Center in Celadon City. This pokemon can evolve into Alolan Sandslash.

See All Location Spawns

Transferring and Catching

The type of Pokemon Candy you receive from Transferring and Catching Alolan Sandslash.

Best Nature for Alolan Sandslash

We recommend a Impish Nature for Alolan Sandslash, you can visit Madam Celadon to force encounter pokemon of Impish Nature.

Nature	Increases	Decreases	Choice 1	Choice 2
Impish	Defense	Sp. Atk	Yellow	Blue

See Nature Chart

Pokemon Lets Go Alolan Sandslash Moves

Level Up Moves

Pokemon Let's Go Alolan Sandslash Moves You Learn From Leveling Up.

LVL	Move	Type	Class	Pow	PP	Acc	Effect
1	Bide	Normal	Physical	1	10	--	User waits for 2-3 turns, then hits back for twice the damage it took.
1	Counter	Fighting	Physical	1	20	100%	Inflicts twice the damage the user received from the last physical hit it took.
1	Defense Curl	Normal	None	--	40	--	Raises user's Defense by one stage.
1	Ice Shard	Ice	Physical	40	30	100%	deals damage and has a priority of +1. Moves with a higher priority always go first.
1	Scratch	Normal	Physical	40	35	100%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.

Learnable TMs Moves

These are the Technical Machines (TM) Moves that Alolan Sandslash can Learn.

Item	Move	Type	Class	Pow	PP	Acc	Effect
TM1	Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	15	100%	Has a 30% chance to make the target flinch.
TM5	Rest	Psychic	None	--	10	--	User sleeps for two turns, completely healing itself.
TM7	Protect	Normal	None	--	10	--	prevents any attacks targeted at the user from striking, for the duration of the turn. It has priority +4 so will activate before most other moves.
TM8	Substitute	Normal	None	--	10	--	Transfers 1/4 of the user's max HP into a doll, protecting the user from further damage or status changes until it breaks.
TM10	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	10	100%	User digs underground, dodging all attacks, and hits next turn.
TM12	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	20	100%	deals damage, and hits with double power (140) if the user is burned, poisoned or paralyzed.
TM13	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	15	100%	deals damage, but removes the effects of Reflect and Light Screen before attacking.
TM15	Seismic Toss	Fighting	Physical	1	20	100%	Inflicts damage equal to the user's level.
TM19	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	15	75%	deals damage and has a 30% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.
TM22	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	10	90%	Has a 30% chance to make the target flinch.
TM24	X-Scissor	Bug	Physical	80	15	100%	deals damage with no additional effect.
TM26	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	20	100%	deals damage and has a 30% chance of poisoning the target.
TM27	Toxic	Poison	None	--	10	90%	Badly poisons the target, inflicting more damage every turn.
TM35	Ice Punch	Ice	Physical	75	15	100%	Has a 10% chance to freeze the target.
TM41	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	10	100%	Inflicts regular damage and can hit Dig users.
TM48	Hyper Beam	Normal	Special	150	5	90%	User foregoes its next turn to recharge.
TM51	Blizzard	Ice	Special	120	5	70%	Has a 10% chance to freeze the target.
TM55	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	95	10	100%	Has a 10% chance to freeze the target.
TM56	Stealth Rock	Rock	None	--	20	--	lays a trap of stones around the foe, which hurts Pokémon switching in to the opposing field.
TM58	Drill Run	Ground	Physical	80	10	95%	deals damage and has an increased critical hit ratio

Weak Against
Ground 2x
Fighting 4x
Fire 4x

Strong Against
Normal 1/2
Flying 1/2
Bug 1/2
Grass 1/2
Psychic 1/2
Dragon 1/2
Fairy 1/2
Poison Immune
Ice 1/4