What does Sandile evolve into?

Krokorok at level 29 is the mid-stage. Push through to Krookodile at level 40 for the final form. 292 BST right now won't cut it long-term.

At what level does Sandile evolve?

Level 29 gets you Krokorok . Not the fastest evolution, so consider Exp. Share or route grinding to speed it up.

Should I use Sandile?

In X & Y, For a casual playthrough, Sandile works as a placeholder. Ground/Dark coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Krokorok . That's where the stats start mattering.

Where can you catch Sandile?

You can find Sandile in X & Y. The Locations section has the full breakdown of routes and encounter details. It also appears in 8 other games across the series.

Sandile - Weakness, Evolution, Moveset, EVs & Stats

Physical

Balanced

DTier

65Speed · Below Avg

Stats & Training

Nothing fancy in Sandile's spread. It leans physical with Attack out front. And you'll get 1 Attack EV per KO for it. Follows a 1.06M XP medium-slow curve.

Base Stats

Below

HP50

Attack72

Defense35

Sp. Atk35

Sp. Def35

Speed65

Total292

Details

Catch Rate

Moderate180 / 255

Growth Rate

Medium Slow1.06M XP

Height0.7 m

Weight15.2 kg

Base XP58

Abilities

Intimidate

Lowers opponents' Attack one stage upon entering battle.

Moxie

Raises Attack one stage upon KOing a Pokémon.

Anger PointHA

Raises Attack to the maximum of six stages upon receiving a critical hit.

EV Yield

HPAtk+1DefSpASpDSpe

Attack training source

Pokedex Entries

It moves along below the sand’s surface, except for its nose and eyes. A dark membrane shields its eyes from the sun.

Sandile Weakness

Sandile's Ground/Dark typing leaves it vulnerable to Water, Grass, Ice, Fighting, Bug, and Fairy. It shrugs off Electric and Psychic-type attacks completely. The Ground/Dark typing picks up 4 resistances to work with.

Sandile Weakness and Resistance Chart
Damage	Types
2x (Weak)	Water, Grass, Ice, Fighting, Bug, Fairy
0.5x (Resist)	Poison, Rock, Ghost, Dark
0x (Immune)	Electric, Psychic

Type ChartAvg

6Weak

4Resist

2Immune

Score-2

4xCritical

None

2xWeak

Water Grass Ice Fighting Bug Fairy

½xResist

Poison Rock Ghost Dark

¼xResist

None

0xImmune

Electric Psychic

STAB (7)

Fire Electric Poison Rock Steel Psychic Ghost

How to Beat Sandile in X & Y (Best Counters)

Volbeat Bug	C
TM Move Moves Struggle BugTM76 Damage vs Sandile Struggle Bug 2x 63-75% View Volbeat builds →
Ducklett WaterFlying	D
Available Moves Moves Bubble BeamLv. 19 Water PulseLv. 13 Water GunLv. 1 Damage vs Sandile Bubble Beam 2x 71-86% Water Pulse 2x 68-80% Water Gun 2x 45-54% View Ducklett builds →
Wingull WaterFlying	D
Available Moves Moves Water PulseLv. 17 Water GunLv. 1 Damage vs Sandile Water Pulse 2x 77-91% Water Gun 2x 54-64% View Wingull builds →
Ledyba BugFlying	D
Available Moves Moves Struggle BugTM76 Mach PunchLv. 17 InfestationTM83 Damage vs Sandile Struggle Bug 2x 54-64% Mach Punch 2x 23-29% Infestation 2x 27-32% View Ledyba builds →
Combee BugFlying	D
Available Move Moves Bug BiteLv. 13 Damage vs Sandile Bug Bite 2x 59-70% View Combee builds →

X & Y Evolution

Sandile kicks off a three-stage evolution line through Krokorok all the way to Krookodile. For breeding, average hatch time with a massive partner pool via one egg group. The evolved forms gain up to 227 total stats over Sandile. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.

How to Evolve

3 Forms

#551Sandile

Level 29

#552Krokorok

Level 40

#553Krookodile

Stat Comparison 3 Stages

Sandile

GroundDark

Krokorok

GroundDark

Krookodile

GroundDark

60+10

95+35

ATK

82+10

117+35

DEF

45+10

80+35

SP.ATK

45+10

65+20

SP.DEF

45+10

70+25

SPE

74+9

92+18

BST

292D-Tier

351D-Tier+59

519A-Tier+168

ROLE

Balanced

Wallbreaker

TYPE

Physical

Breeding

Very Easy

Breed Sandile easily with 200 breeding partners from the Ground egg group. Pass egg moves like Beat Up, Counter, Double-Edge and 8 more to offspring.

Egg Groups

Ground

Gender

♂50.0%♀50.0%

Hatch Time

20 cycles·5,140 steps

Quick~5 min with Flame Body

Egg Moves

11moves

Breed With (best first)

X & Y Sandile Best Moveset

Best Build

No build content available for this Pokemon in Gen 6.

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Moves

The natural movepool does the job, but Beat Up and Counter from the egg pool give Sandile something extra.

Level-Up Moves

Lv 1

Leer

——10030Normal

Lv 1

Rage

—2010020Normal

Lv 4

Bite

C6010025Dark

Lv 7

Sand Attack

——10015Ground

Lv 10

Torment

——10015Dark

Lv 13

Sand Tomb

—358515Ground

Lv 16

Assurance

C6010010Dark

Lv 19

Mud-Slap

D2010010Ground

Lv 22

Embargo

——10015Dark

Lv 25

Swagger

——9015Normal

Lv 28

Crunch

C8010015Dark

Lv 31

Dig

C8010010Ground

Lv 34

Scary Face

——10010Normal

Lv 37

Foul Play

C9510015Dark

Lv 40

Sandstorm

D——10Rock

Lv 43

Earthquake

C10010010Ground

Lv 46

Thrash

—12010010Normal

TM Moves

TM45

Attract

D—10015Normal

TM78

Bulldoze

C6010020Ground

TM100

Confide

———20Normal

HM01

Cut

D509530Normal

TM97

Dark Pulse

D8010015Dark

TM28

Dig

C8010010Ground

TM32

Double Team

———15Normal

TM26

Earthquake

C10010010Ground

TM63

Embargo

——10015Dark

TM42

Facade

D7010020Normal

TM21

Frustration

D—10020Normal

TM10

Hidden Power

—6010015Normal

TM01

Hone Claws

C——15Dark

TM59

Incinerate

—6010015Fire

TM66

Payback

—5010010Dark

TM17

Protect+4

C——10Normal

TM44

Rest

C——10Psychic

TM67

Retaliate

—701005Normal

TM27

Return

D—10020Normal

TM05

Roar-6

C——20Normal

TM80

Rock Slide

D759010Rock

TM39

Rock Tomb

D609515Rock

TM48

Round

D6010015Normal

TM37

Sandstorm

D——10Rock

TM88

Sleep Talk

C——10Normal

TM36

Sludge Bomb

D9010010Poison

TM95

Snarl

D559515Dark

TM71

Stone Edge

D100805Rock

TM90

Substitute

C——10Normal

TM87

Swagger

——9015Normal

TM12

Taunt

C—10020Dark

TM46

Thief

C6010025Dark

TM41

Torment

——10015Dark

TM06

Toxic

C—9010Poison

Egg Moves

Egg

Beat Up

D—10010Dark

Egg

Counter-5

D—10020Fighting

Egg

Double-Edge

C12010015Normal

Egg

Fire Fang

D659515Fire

Egg

Focus Energy

D——30Normal

Egg

Me First

———20Normal

Egg

Mean Look

———5Normal

Egg

Pursuit

D4010020Dark

Egg

Rock Climb

D908520Normal

Egg

Thunder Fang

—659515Electric

Egg

Uproar

D9010010Normal

Tutor Moves

Sandile can't learn any Tutor moves

X & Y Sandile Locations

high spawn rates in early-game routes across 2 locations. Sandile's one of the easier catches on the list. Knock it out fast and save your time for harder targets.

Best Locations to Catch Sandile in X & Y

Route 9

YGrass Lv.15-17 Route

CommonEarly

Route 9

XGrass Lv.15-17 Route

CommonEarly

Sandile Guide

Krokorok at level 29 is the mid-stage. Push through to Krookodile at level 40 for the final form. 292 BST right now won't cut it long-term.
Level 29 gets you Krokorok. Not the fastest evolution, so consider Exp. Share or route grinding to speed it up.
In X & Y, For a casual playthrough, Sandile works as a placeholder. Ground/Dark coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Krokorok. That's where the stats start mattering.
You can find Sandile in X & Y. The Locations section has the full breakdown of routes and encounter details. It also appears in 8 other games across the series.

Game Availability

Since Black & White, Sandile has been obtainable in 9 games. A Generation 5 debut means a shorter history, but Sandile has appeared steadily across every generation since.

Click a game to view version-specific details

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Ledyba BugFlying	D
TM Move Moves InfestationTM83 Damage vs Sandile Infestation 2x 36-43% View Ledyba builds →
Chespin Grass	D
Obtain MethodAquacorde Town Gift Available Move Moves Vine WhipLv. 5 Damage vs Sandile Vine Whip 2x 61-75% View Chespin builds →
Budew GrassPoison	D
Available Move Moves AbsorbLv. 1 Damage vs Sandile Absorb 2x 36-43% View Budew builds →
Froakie Water	D
Obtain MethodAquacorde Town Gift Available Move Moves BubbleLv. 5 Damage vs Sandile Bubble 2x 61-75% View Froakie builds →
Flabébé Fairy	D
Available Moves Moves Vine WhipLv. 1 Fairy WindLv. 6 Damage vs Sandile Vine Whip 2x 36-43% Fairy Wind 2x 61-75% View Flabébé builds →

Hawlucha FightingFlying	C
Available Moves Moves Flying PressLv. 28 Low SweepTM47 Karate ChopLv. 4 Rock SmashTM94 Damage vs Sandile Flying Press 2x 175-206%KO Low Sweep 2x 113-134%KO Karate Chop 2x 88-105%KO Rock Smash 2x 73-87% View Hawlucha builds →
Ducklett WaterFlying	D
Available Moves Moves SurfHM03 Bubble BeamLv. 19 Water PulseLv. 13 Water GunLv. 1 Damage vs Sandile Surf 2x 95-112%KO Bubble Beam 2x 70-83% Water Pulse 2x 64-76% Water Gun 2x 46-54% View Ducklett builds →
Wingull WaterFlying	D
Available Moves Moves Water PulseLv. 17 Water GunLv. 1 Damage vs Sandile Water Pulse 2x 73-87% Water Gun 2x 52-61% View Wingull builds →
Ledyba BugFlying	D
Available Moves Moves Silver WindLv. 25 Struggle BugTM76 Mach PunchLv. 17 Power-Up PunchTM98 Damage vs Sandile Silver Wind 2x 61-72% Struggle Bug 2x 52-61% Mach Punch 2x 20-24% Power-Up Punch 2x 20-24% View Ledyba builds →
Combee BugFlying	D
Available Moves Moves Bug BuzzLv. 29 Bug BiteLv. 13 Damage vs Sandile Bug Buzz 2x 76-90% Bug Bite 2x 52-61% View Combee builds →

Hawlucha FightingFlying	C
Available Moves Moves Flying PressLv. 28 X-ScissorTM81 Low SweepTM47 Karate ChopLv. 4 Damage vs Sandile Flying Press 2x 175-206%KO X-Scissor 2x 94-111%KO Low Sweep 2x 113-134%KO Karate Chop 2x 88-105%KO View Hawlucha builds →
Heracross BugFighting	C
Available Moves Moves Brick BreakLv. 25 Struggle BugTM76 Rock SmashTM94 Bullet SeedLv. 1 Damage vs Sandile Brick Break 2x 169-199%KO Struggle Bug 2x 52-61% Rock Smash 2x 92-108%KO Bullet Seed 2x 39-46% View Heracross builds →
Ducklett WaterFlying	D
Available Moves Moves SurfHM03 Bubble BeamLv. 19 Water PulseLv. 13 Water GunLv. 1 Damage vs Sandile Surf 2x 95-112%KO Bubble Beam 2x 70-83% Water Pulse 2x 64-76% Water Gun 2x 46-54% View Ducklett builds →
Wingull WaterFlying	D
Available Moves Moves Water PulseLv. 17 Water GunLv. 1 Damage vs Sandile Water Pulse 2x 73-87% Water Gun 2x 52-61% View Wingull builds →
Ledyba BugFlying	D
Available Moves Moves Silver WindLv. 25 Struggle BugTM76 Mach PunchLv. 17 Power-Up PunchTM98 Damage vs Sandile Silver Wind 2x 61-72% Struggle Bug 2x 52-61% Mach Punch 2x 20-24% Power-Up Punch 2x 20-24% View Ledyba builds →

Hawlucha FightingFlying	C
Available Moves Moves Flying PressLv. 28 X-ScissorTM81 Low SweepTM47 Karate ChopLv. 4 Damage vs Sandile Flying Press 2x 175-206%KO X-Scissor 2x 94-111%KO Low Sweep 2x 113-134%KO Karate Chop 2x 88-105%KO View Hawlucha builds →
Heracross BugFighting	C
Available Moves Moves Brick BreakLv. 25 Struggle BugTM76 Rock SmashTM94 Bullet SeedLv. 1 Damage vs Sandile Brick Break 2x 169-199%KO Struggle Bug 2x 52-61% Rock Smash 2x 92-108%KO Bullet Seed 2x 39-46% View Heracross builds →
Ducklett WaterFlying	D
Available Moves Moves SurfHM03 Bubble BeamLv. 19 Water PulseLv. 13 Water GunLv. 1 Damage vs Sandile Surf 2x 95-112%KO Bubble Beam 2x 70-83% Water Pulse 2x 64-76% Water Gun 2x 46-54% View Ducklett builds →
Wingull WaterFlying	D
Available Moves Moves Water PulseLv. 17 Water GunLv. 1 Damage vs Sandile Water Pulse 2x 73-87% Water Gun 2x 52-61% View Wingull builds →
Ledyba BugFlying	D
Available Moves Moves Silver WindLv. 25 Struggle BugTM76 Mach PunchLv. 17 Power-Up PunchTM98 Damage vs Sandile Silver Wind 2x 61-72% Struggle Bug 2x 52-61% Mach Punch 2x 20-24% Power-Up Punch 2x 20-24% View Ledyba builds →

Hawlucha FightingFlying	C
Available Moves Moves Flying PressLv. 28 X-ScissorTM81 Low SweepTM47 Karate ChopLv. 4 Damage vs Sandile Flying Press 2x 184-216%KO X-Scissor 2x 98-115%KO Low Sweep 2x 121-142%KO Karate Chop 2x 94-111%KO View Hawlucha builds →
Heracross BugFighting	C
Available Moves Moves Close CombatLv. 34 Brick BreakLv. 25 Struggle BugTM76 Rock SmashTM94 Damage vs Sandile Close Combat 2x 280-331%KO Brick Break 2x 175-207%KO Struggle Bug 2x 53-62% Rock Smash 2x 97-114%KO View Heracross builds →
Ducklett WaterFlying	D
Available Moves Moves SurfHM03 Bubble BeamLv. 19 Water PulseLv. 13 Water GunLv. 1 Damage vs Sandile Surf 2x 97-114%KO Bubble Beam 2x 70-84% Water Pulse 2x 65-77% Water Gun 2x 44-53% View Ducklett builds →
Wingull WaterFlying	D
Available Moves Moves Water PulseLv. 17 Water GunLv. 1 Damage vs Sandile Water Pulse 2x 75-90% Water Gun 2x 53-62% View Wingull builds →
Ledyba BugFlying	D
Available Moves Moves Silver WindLv. 25 Struggle BugTM76 Mach PunchLv. 17 Power-Up PunchTM98 Damage vs Sandile Silver Wind 2x 63-74% Struggle Bug 2x 53-62% Mach Punch 2x 19-23% Power-Up Punch 2x 19-23% View Ledyba builds →