Competitive Information for Sandshrew [Black/White]
Ground
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Sandshrew? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
Sandshrew is a phenomenal Ground-typed Pokemon. Sandshrew is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield. Sandshrew can be quite a contender in the LC tier (Little Cup). Sandshrew is weak to Grass, Ice, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Sand Rush
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 132 SpD / 124 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Brick Break / Double-Edge
- Poison Jab
- X-Scissor
Physical Sweeper Sandshrew (Sand Rush)
Sandshrew is an awesome Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Sandshrew is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite attached. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Sandshrew from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Sandshrew's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sand Rush, if sandstorm is active Sandshrew's speed is doubled; immunity to sandstorm. Brick Break was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Sandshrew? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
Item: Eviolite / Life Orb
Ability: Sand Rush
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 132 SpD / 124 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Brick Break / Double-Edge
- Poison Jab
Doubles Physical Sweeper Sandshrew (Sand Rush)
Sandshrew is a decent Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Sandshrew is not a Pokemon anyone usually expects sees on the battlefield without an Eviolite. If Eviolite is held by a Pokémon that is not fully evolved, it will raises the Defense and Special Defense of that Pokemon by 50%. Focus Sash helps protect Sandshrew from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Sandshrew's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sand Rush, if sandstorm is active Sandshrew's speed is doubled; immunity to sandstorm. Brick Break was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, unless the target is immune).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Poison Jab is a physical 80-base power Poison-type move (30% chance to poison the target).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Sandshrew learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Sandshrew can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Sandshrew
- Moves: Defense curl + Rollout
- Moves: Endure + Flail
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Endure, Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Sandshrew's stats
- Defense Curl
- Hone Claws
- Metal Claw
- Rapid Spin
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Sandshrew
- Earthquake
- Knock Off
- Protect
- Rapid Spin
- Rest
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Sandshrew in Black and White
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