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SandygastSand Heap Pokémon

スナバァSunaba

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Images on the Bulbagarden Archives

Type

Ghost

Ground

Unknown

Abilities

Water Compaction

Cacophony

Sand Veil Hidden Ability

Cacophony Hidden Ability

Gender ratio

50% male, 50% female

Catch rate

140 (28%)

Breeding

Egg Group

Amorphous

Hatch time

3855 – 4111 steps

Height

1’08”

0.5 m

Sandygast

0’0″

0 m

Weight

154.3 lbs.

70.0 kg

0 lbs.

0 kg

Mega Stone

Regional numbers

Pokédex

#769Kanto

#000Johto

#000Hoenn

#000Sinnoh

Unova

#000Kalos

#186Alola

Not in any regional Pokédex

Browser

R-000Fiore

R-000Almia

Oblivia

Not in any Browser

Base experience yield

UnknownGen. IV

UnknownIV

64

Leveling rate

Medium Fast

EV yield

Total: 1

0HP

0Atk

1Def

0Sp.Atk

0Sp.Def

0Speed

0Def

Body style

Footprint

Pokédex color

  Brown

Base friendship

70

External Links

On Smogon Pokédex

Artwork on Bulbagarden Archives

Sandygast (Japanese: スナバァ Sunaba) is a dual-type Ghost/Ground Pokémon introduced in Generation VII.

It evolves into Palossand starting at level 42.

Contents

1 Biology

2 In the anime

2.1 Major appearances

2.2 Minor appearances

2.3 Pokédex entries

3 In the manga

3.1 In the Pokémon Adventures manga

4 In the TCG

5 Game data

5.1 Pokédex entries

5.2 Game locations

5.2.1 In side games

5.3 Held items

5.4 Stats

5.4.1 Base stats

5.5 Type effectiveness

5.6 Learnset

5.6.1 By leveling up

5.6.2 By TM/HM

5.6.3 By breeding

5.6.4 By tutoring

5.7 Side game data

5.8 Evolution

5.9 Sprites

6 Trivia

6.1 Origin

6.1.1 Name origin

7 In other languages

8 Related articles

9 Notes

10 External links

Biology

Sandygast is a Pokémon formed from sand. It is mostly a mound of whitish sand dotted with gray pebbles. A tunnel through its center acts as a mouth, and a small depression above that has two pebbles for eyes. A red shovel with a white handle is stuck blade first into the top of its head. On either side of its main body is a smaller mound reminiscent of a stubby arm.

Sandygast is born from grudges that seep into the sand, such as from Pokémon that suffer defeat in battle. It can suck the life force of people or Pokémon through its mouth. Apparently, in the Alola region, sticking a hand into Sandygast’s mouth is a way of proving one’s courage. A person who grabs Sandygast’s shovel or puts a hand in its mouth falls under its control. It uses this power to make children add sand to its body so it can become bigger. A Sandygast that loses its shovel may replace it with something like a branch or a flag, but it is said to keep searching for its lost shovel.[1]

Sandygast and its evolution Palossand are the only known Pokémon capable of learning the move Shore Up.

In the anime

Sandygast in the anime

Major appearances

Two Sandygast debuted in A Shivering Shovel Search!. In the episode, one evolved into Palossand and the other was shown in a flashback, possessing Kiawe.

A Sandygast appeared in Mounting an Electrifying Charge!, where it was used to create obstacles during the Charjabug race over the desert terrain.

Minor appearances

Three Sandygast appeared at Aether Paradise in Deceiving Appearances!. One of them appeared again in a video in Mission: Total Recall!. One of them physically appeared again in Don’t Ignore the Small Stufful!.

Three Sandygast appeared in Keeping Your Eyes on the Ball!.

A Sandygast appeared Got Meltan?, where Rowlet tried to use it in an attempt to replace a Meltan’s lost nut head.

Pokédex entries

Episode

Source

Entry

SM022

Rotom Pokédex

Sandygast, the Sand Heap Pokémon. A Ghost and Ground type. Sandygast can control people or Pokémon if they touch its shovel.

This concludes the entries from the Sun & Moon series.

In the manga

Sandygast in Pokémon Adventures

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

Sandygast debuted in PASM15, under the ownership of Acerola. It was used to rescue Sun and Lillie after they washed ashore on Ula’ula Island.

In the TCG

Main article: Sandygast (TCG)

Game data

This Pokémon was unavailable prior to Generation VII.

Generation VII

AlolaSM: #186

AlolaUSUM: #225

Kanto #—

This Pokémon has no Pokédex entries in Let’s Go, Pikachu! and Let’s Go, Indirmeli savaş oyunları Eevee!‎.

Sun

Born from a sand mound playfully built by a child, this Pokémon embodies the grudges of the departed.

Moon

It takes control of anyone who puts a hand in its mouth. And so it adds to the accumulation of its sand-mound body.

Ultra Sun

It likes the shovel on its head, so Sandygast will get serious and fight any children who come to take it back.

Ultra Moon

If you build sand mounds when you’re playing, destroy them before you go home, or they may get possessed and become Sandygast.

Game locations

Sun

Moon

Hano Beach

Hano BeachRoute 15 (One)

In side games

Cross-Generation

Shuffle

Event: Pokémon Safari (25th release)

Held items

Game

Held Item(s)

Spell Tag (5%)

Ultra Sun

Ultra Moon

Stats

Base stats

Stat

Range

At Lv. 50

At Lv. 100

HP:55

115 – 162

220 – 314

Attack:55

54 – 117

103 – 229

Defense:80

76 – 145

148 – 284

Sp. Atk:70

67 – 134

130 – 262

Sp. Def:45

45 – 106

85 – 207

Speed:15

18 – 73

31 – 141

Total:320

Other Pokémon with this total

Minimum stats are calculated with 0 EVs, IVs of 0, and (if applicable) a hindering nature.

Maximum stats are calculated with 252 EVs, IVs of 31, and (if applicable) a helpful nature.

Type effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions in Generation VII, this Pokémon is:

Damagednormally by:

Normal

0×

Fighting

Flying

1×

Poison

¼×

Rock

½×

Bug

2×

Steel

Fire

Water

Grass

Electric

Psychic

Ice

Dragon

Dark

Fairy

None

Weak to:

Immune to:

Resistant to:

Notes:

If Foresight or Odor Sleuth is used by an opponent, the opponent has Scrappy, or this Pokémon is given a Ring Target, the effectiveness of  Normal-type  moves is 1× and the effectiveness of  Fighting-type  moves is 1×.

If this Pokémon is given a Ring Target, the effectiveness of  Electric-type  moves is 1×.

Based on its species, Sandygast is also immune to the move Telekinesis.

Learnset

By leveling up

Other generations:

 Level

 Move

 Type

 Cat.

 Pwr.

 Acc.

 PP

011

Harden

Status

0000—

00——%

30

Absorb

Special

02020

100100%

25

055

Astonish

Physical

03030

15

099

Sand Attack

1414

Sand Tomb

03535

08585%

1818

Mega Drain

04040

2323

Bulldoze

06060

20

2727

Hypnosis

06060%

3232

Iron Defense

3636

Giga Drain

07575

10

4141

Shadow Ball

08080

4545

Earth Power

09090

5050

Shore Up

5454

Sandstorm

Bold indicates a move that gets STAB when used by Sandygast

Italic indicates a move that gets STAB only when used by an evolution of Sandygast

By TM/HM

 TM

 PP

TM06

Toxic

TM10

Hidden Power

TM17

Protect

TM21

Frustration

TM26

Earthquake

100100

TM27

Return

TM29

TM30

TM32

Double Team

TM37

TM39

Rock Tomb

TM42

Facade

07070

TM44

Rest

TM45

Attract

TM48

Round

TM53

Energy Ball

TM69

Rock Polish

TM71

Stone Edge

5

TM78

TM80

Rock Slide

TM83

Infestation

TM87

Swagger

TM88

Sleep Talk

TM90

Substitute

XTM100

TM100

Confide

By breeding

 Parent

Amnesia

—

—%

Ancient Power

60

100%

CurseUSUM

Destiny Bond

Spit Up

Stockpile

Swallow

Moves marked with an asterisk (*) must be chain bred onto Sandygast in Generation VII

Moves marked with a double dagger (‡) can only be bred from a Pokémon who learned the move in an earlier generation.

Moves marked with a superscript game abbreviation can only be bred onto Sandygast in that game.

By tutoring

 Game

S

M

US

UM

After You

Block

90

75

Gravity

Pain Split

Recycle

Role Play

Skill Swap

Snore

50

Spite

Stealth Rock

Trick

A black or white abbreviation in a colored box indicates that Sandygast can be tutored the move in that game

A colored abbreviation in a white box indicates that Sandygast cannot be tutored the move in that game

Side game data

Pokémon Shuffle

Attack Power: 50 – 100

5

#779

Sand Sport

Delays your opponent’s disruptions even more.

Evolution

Unevolved

Sandygast Ghost  Ground

Level 42→

First evolution

Palossand Ghost  Ground

Sprites

Front

Back

For other sprites and images, please see Sandygast images on the Bulbagarden Archives.

Trivia

Sandygast has the lowest base Speed stat of all Ghost-type Pokémon.

Origin

Sandygast resembles a basic sand castle with a tunnel and shovel. Its Shiny color variation may be based on black sand.

Name origin

Sandygast may be a combination of sandy and ghast (evil spirit).

Sunaba may derive from 砂場 sunaba (sandbox) or 砂 suna (sand) and bar or いないいないばあ inai-inai-baa (peekaboo).

In other languages

Language

Title

Meaning

Japanese

スナバァ Sunaba

From 砂場 sunaba or 砂 suna, bar, and いないいないばあ inai-inai-baa

French

Bacabouh

From bac à sable and bouh

Spanish

Sandygast

Same as English name

German

Sankabuh

From Sandkasten and buh

Italian

Korean

모래꿍 Moraekkung

From 모래 morae, 까꿍 kkakkung, and 궁 (宮) gung.

Cantonese Chinese

沙丘娃 Sāyāuwā

From 沙丘 sāyāu, 娃 wā, and 哇 wā

Mandarin Chinese

沙丘娃 Shāqiūwá

From 沙丘 shāqiū, 娃 wá, and 哇 wa

More languages

Russian

Сэндигаст Sendigast

Transcription of English name

Related articles

Notes

↑ Pokémon Sun and Moon site | Sandygast

External links

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