Sand Attack (Pokémon Move)

Sand Attack Effect

Effect

Sand is hurled in the target’s face, reducing the target’s accuracy.

Sand Attack Move Data

Type	Ground
Category	Status
Introduced in	Generation 1
Power Points (PP)	15
Base Power
Accuracy	100
Speed Priority	0
Target	Selected Pokémon One other Pokémon on the field, selected by the trainer.

Game Descriptions

Ruby Sapphire	Reduces the foe’s accuracy by hurling sand in its face.
Emerald	Reduces the foe’s accuracy by hurling sand in its face.
FireRed LeafGreen	A lot of sand is hurled in the foe’s face, reducing its accuracy.
Diamond Pearl	Sand is hurled in the foe’s face, reducing its accuracy.
Platinum	Sand is hurled in the foe’s face, reducing its accuracy.
HeartGold SoulSilver	Sand is hurled in the foe’s face, reducing its accuracy.
Black White	Sand is hurled in the target’s face, reducing its accuracy.
Black 2 White 2	Sand is hurled in the target’s face, reducing its accuracy.
X Y	Sand is hurled in the target’s face, reducing the target’s accuracy.
Sun Moon	Sand is hurled in the target’s face, reducing the target’s accuracy.
Ultra Sun Ultra Moon	Sand is hurled in the target’s face, reducing the target’s accuracy.
Let's Go Pikachu Let's Go Eevee	Sand is hurled in the target’s face, reducing the target’s accuracy.
Sword Shield	Sand is hurled in the target’s face, reducing the target’s accuracy.

Pokémon that Learn Sand Attack by Leveling Up

No.	Name	Type	Egg Group	Level
#21	Pidgey	Normal Flying	Flying	3
#22	Pidgeotto	Normal Flying	Flying	3
#23	Pidgeot	Normal Flying	Flying	3
#53	Sandshrew	Ground	Field	6
#55	Sandslash	Ground	Field	1
#84	Diglett	Ground	Field	1
#86	Dugtrio	Ground	Field	1
#115	Geodude	Rock Ground	Mineral	3
#117	Graveler	Rock Ground	Mineral	3
#119	Golem	Rock Ground	Mineral	3
#135	Farfetchd	Normal Flying	FlyingField	1
#176	Rhyhorn	Ground Rock	MonsterField	1
#177	Rhydon	Ground Rock	MonsterField	1
#215	Eevee	Normal	Field	5
#217	Vaporeon	Water	Field	5
#218	Jolteon	Electric	Field	5
#219	Flareon	Fire	Field	5
#228	Omanyte	Rock Water	Water 1Water 3	10
#229	Omastar	Rock Water	Water 1Water 3	1
#230	Kabuto	Rock Water	Water 1Water 3	10
#231	Kabutops	Rock Water	Water 1Water 3	1
#285	Aipom	Normal	Field	4
#220	Espeon	Psychic	Field	5
#221	Umbreon	Dark	Field	5
#304	Gligar	Ground Flying	Bug	4
#328	Skarmory	Steel Flying	Flying	4
#334	Stantler	Normal	Field	16
#351	Torchic	Fire	Field	15
#352	Combusken	Fire Fighting	Field	15
#353	Blaziken	Fire Fighting	Field	15
#359	Poochyena	Dark	Field	7
#360	Mightyena	Dark	Field	7
#361	Zigzagoon	Normal	Field	3
#363	Linoone	Normal	Field	1
#393	Nincada	Bug Ground	Bug	1
#394	Ninjask	Bug Flying	Bug	1
#395	Shedinja	Bug Ghost	Mineral	1
#399	Makuhita	Fighting	Human-Like	4
#400	Hariyama	Fighting	Human-Like	4
#440	Trapinch	Ground	BugDragon	1
#441	Vibrava	Ground Dragon	BugDragon	1
#442	Flygon	Ground Dragon	BugDragon	1
#443	Cacnea	Grass	GrassHuman-Like	13
#444	Cacturne	Grass Dark	GrassHuman-Like	13
#286	Ambipom	Normal	Field	4
#568	Gible	Dragon Ground	MonsterDragon	6
#569	Gabite	Dragon Ground	MonsterDragon	1
#570	Garchomp	Dragon Ground	MonsterDragon	1
#575	Hippopotas	Ground	Field	1
#576	Hippowdon	Ground	Field	1
#222	Leafeon	Grass	Field	5
#223	Glaceon	Ice	Field	5
#305	Gliscor	Ground Flying	Bug	4
#619	Patrat	Normal	Field	13
#620	Watchog	Normal	Field	13
#624	Purrloin	Dark	Field	4
#625	Liepard	Dark	Field	1
#639	Roggenrola	Rock	Mineral	1
#640	Boldore	Rock	Mineral	1
#641	Gigalith	Rock	Mineral	1
#668	Sandile	Ground Dark	Field	3
#669	Krokorok	Ground Dark	Field	1
#670	Krookodile	Ground Dark	Field	1
#678	Dwebble	Bug Rock	BugMineral	1
#679	Crustle	Bug Rock	BugMineral	1
#680	Scraggy	Dark Fighting	FieldDragon	12
#681	Scrafty	Dark Fighting	FieldDragon	12
#707	Deerling	Normal Grass	Field	7
#708	Sawsbuck	Normal Grass	Field	7
#755	Durant	Bug Steel	Bug	1
#809	Furfrou	Normal	Field	5
#823	Binacle	Rock Water	Water 3	1
#824	Barbaracle	Rock Water	Water 3	1
#224	Sylveon	Fairy	Field	5
#880	Yungoos	Normal	Field	10
#881	Gumshoos	Normal	Field	10
#896	Rockruff	Rock	Field	4
#898	Lycanroc Midday	Rock	Field	1
#926	Wimpod	Bug Water	BugWater 3	1
#927	Golisopod	Bug Water	BugWater 3	1
#928	Sandygast	Ghost Ground	Amorphous	20
#929	Palossand	Ghost Ground	Amorphous	20
#1024	Silicobra	Ground	FieldDragon	1
#1025	Sandaconda	Ground	FieldDragon	1
#1046	Obstagoon	Dark Normal	Field	1
#1049	Sirfetchd	Fighting	FlyingField	1
#354	Blaziken Mega	Fire Fighting	Field	10
#571	Garchomp Mega	Dragon Ground	MonsterDragon	3
#24	Pidgeot Mega	Normal Flying	Flying	3
#85	Diglett Alola	Ground Steel	Field	1
#87	Dugtrio Alola	Ground Steel	Field	1
#882	Gumshoos Totem	Normal	Field	10
#899	Lycanroc Midnight	Rock	Field	1
#897	Rockruff Own Tempo	Rock	Field	4
#900	Lycanroc Dusk	Rock	Field	1
#216	Eevee Starter	Normal	Field	14
#136	Farfetchd Galar	Fighting	FlyingField	1
#362	Zigzagoon Galar	Dark Normal	Field	3
#364	Linoone Galar	Dark Normal	Field	1

Pokémon that Learn Sand Attack by Breeding

No.	Name	Type	Egg Group
#273	Mareep	Electric	MonsterField
#460	Anorith	Rock Bug	Water 3
#527	Starly	Normal Flying	Flying
#560	Glameow	Normal	Field
#577	Skorupi	Poison Bug	BugWater 3
#621	Lillipup	Normal	Field
#637	Blitzle	Electric	Field
#690	Trubbish	Poison	Mineral
#823	Binacle	Rock Water	Water 3
#915	Salandit	Poison Fire	MonsterDragon
#994	Scorbunny	Fire	FieldHuman-Like
#1002	Rookidee	Flying	Flying
#1016	Yamper	Electric	Field

Available

Red Blue	No
Yellow	No
Ruby Sapphire	Yes
Emerald	Yes
FireRed LeafGreen	Yes
Diamond Pearl	Yes
Platinum	Yes
HeartGold SoulSilver	Yes
Black White	Yes
Black 2 White 2	Yes
X Y	Yes
Sun Moon	Yes
Ultra Sun Ultra Moon	Yes
Let's Go Pikachu Let's Go Eevee	Yes
Sword Shield	Yes