Sandslash-Alola
IceSteel
In SDL
Base stats
HP75
Atk100
Def120
SpA25
SpD65
Spe65
BST450
Abilities
- Primary
- Snow Cloak
- Secondary
- —
- Hidden
- Slush Rush
Singles analysis
What this movepool and ability set qualify for under the Singles on National Dex role checks used by league synergy and the roster builder.
Base 65 Speed sits in the middle tier: neither a natural revenge killer nor a slow pivot.
- Sweeper candidate: has setup and the Speed, a Speed boost, or the bulk to use it.
Hazards
- Stealth Rock
- Spikes
Hazard removal
- Rapid Spin (premium: +1 Spe)
- Rapid Spin
- Hazard removal
- Rapid Spin
Recovery
- Rest (near-universal; pairs with Sleep Talk)
- Rest
Setup
- Offensive setup
- Swords Dance
- Speed setup (Agility / Rock Polish / Autotomize)
- Agility
- Defensive setup (Iron Defense / Curse)
- Iron Defense, Curse
Priority
- Priority
- Ice Shard
Status
- Toxic
Stallbreak / utility
- Knock Off
- Substitute (near-universal)
- Substitute
Screens
- Screens (near-universal movepool)
- Aurora Veil
Moves — National Dex
100 of 100 moves
| Details | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aerial Ace | Flying | Physical | 60 | — | 20 | This move does not check accuracy. | |
| Agility | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 | Raises the user's Speed by 2. | |
| Amnesia | Psychic | Status | — | — | 20 | Raises the user's Sp. Def by 2. | |
| Aqua Tail | Water | Physical | 90 | 90 | 10 | No additional effect. | |
| Attract | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 15 | A target of the opposite gender gets infatuated. | |
| Aurora Veil | Ice | Status | — | — | 20 | For 5 turns, damage to allies halved. Snow only. | |
| Avalanche | Ice | Physical | 60 | 100 | 10 | Power doubles if user is damaged by the target. | |
| Bide | Normal | Physical | — | — | 10 | Waits 2 turns; deals double the damage taken. | |
| Blizzard | Ice | Special | 110 | 70 | 5 | 10% chance to freeze foe(s). Can't miss in Snow. | |
| Body Slam | Normal | Physical | 85 | 100 | 15 | 30% chance to paralyze the target. | |
| Brick Break | Fighting | Physical | 75 | 100 | 15 | Destroys screens, unless the target is immune. | |
| Bulldoze | Ground | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 | 100% chance lower adjacent Pkmn Speed by 1. | |
| Chip Away | Normal | Physical | 70 | 100 | 20 | Ignores the target's stat stage changes. | |
| Confide | Normal | Status | — | — | 20 | Lowers the target's Sp. Atk by 1. | |
| Counter | Fighting | Physical | — | 100 | 20 | If hit by physical attack, returns double damage. | |
| Covet | Normal | Physical | 60 | 100 | 25 | If the user has no item, it steals the target's. | |
| Crush Claw | Normal | Physical | 75 | 95 | 10 | 50% chance to lower the target's Defense by 1. | |
| Curse | Ghost | Status | — | — | 10 | Curses if Ghost, else -1 Spe, +1 Atk, +1 Def. | |
| Defense Curl | Normal | Status | — | — | 40 | Raises the user's Defense by 1. | |
| Dig | Ground | Physical | 80 | 100 | 10 | Digs underground turn 1, strikes turn 2. | |
| Double Team | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 | Raises the user's evasiveness by 1. | |
| Double-Edge | Normal | Physical | 120 | 100 | 15 | Has 33% recoil. | |
| Drill Run | Ground | Physical | 80 | 95 | 10 | High critical hit ratio. | |
| Earthquake | Ground | Physical | 100 | 100 | 10 | Hits adjacent Pokemon. Double damage on Dig. | |
| Endeavor | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 5 | Lowers the target's HP to the user's HP. |