Ground · Status move · Gen 1
Sand Attack
Sand Attack is a Ground-type status move introduced in Generation 1. It has 100% accuracy and has 15 PP (24 with PP Max). 130 Pokémon and forms can learn it.
Type
Ground
Category
Status
Power
—
Accuracy
100%
PP
15 (max 24)
Priority
0
Effect
Lowers the target's accuracy by 1. Lowers the target's accuracy by 1 stage.
- Targets
- One adjacent Pokémon
- Scarlet & Violet
- Usable (75 Pokémon)
- Pokémon Champions
- Not usable
- Legends: Z-A
- Not usable
Pokémon that learn Sand Attack
130 Pokémon and forms (Mega Evolutions share their base form's moves). ✓ = can learn it in that game by any method; “Gens” lists every main-series generation it could be learned in.
| Pokémon | Type | Champions | S/V | Z-A | Gens |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normal/Flying | 3–8 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 3–8 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 3–8 | ||||
| Ground | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Ground | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Ground | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Ground/Steel | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Ground | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Ground/Steel | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Rock/Ground | 8 | ||||
| Rock/Ground | 8 | ||||
| Rock/Ground | 8 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | 3–8 | ||||
| Fighting | 8 | ||||
| Ground/Rock | 8 | ||||
| Ground/Rock | 8 | ||||
| Normal | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Electric | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Fire | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Rock/Water | 8 | ||||
| Rock/Water | 8 | ||||
| Rock/Water | 3–8 | ||||
| Rock/Water | 3–8 | ||||
| Electric | 4–7 | ||||
| Electric | 4–7 | ||||
| Electric | 4–7 | ||||
| Normal | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Psychic | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Dark | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Ground/Flying | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Steel/Flying | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Fire | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Fire/Fighting | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Fire/Fighting | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Dark | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Dark | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Normal | 3–8 | ||||
| Dark/Normal | 8 | ||||
| Normal | 3–8 | ||||
| Dark/Normal | 8 | ||||
| Bug/Ground | 3–8 | ||||
| Bug/Flying | 3–8 | ||||
| Bug/Ghost | 3–8 | ||||
| Fighting | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Fighting | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Ground | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Ground/Dragon | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Ground/Dragon | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Grass | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Grass/Dark | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Rock/Bug | 4–8 | ||||
| Rock/Bug | 4–8 | ||||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Normal/Flying | ✓ | 4–7, 9 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Normal | 4–7 | ||||
| Normal | 4–7 | ||||
| Dragon/Ground | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Dragon/Ground | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Dragon/Ground | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Ground | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Ground | ✓ | 4–9 | |||
| Poison/Bug | 4–8 | ||||
| Poison/Dark | 4–8 | ||||
| Ground/Rock | 8 | ||||
| Grass | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Ice | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Ground/Flying | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Normal | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 5–7 | ||||
| Normal | 5–7 | ||||
| Dark | 5–8 | ||||
| Dark | 5–8 | ||||
| Electric | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Electric | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Rock | 5–8 | ||||
| Rock | 5–8 | ||||
| Rock | 5–8 | ||||
| Ground/Dark | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Ground/Dark | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Ground/Dark | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Bug/Rock | 5–8 | ||||
| Bug/Rock | 5–8 | ||||
| Dark/Fighting | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Dark/Fighting | ✓ | 5–9 | |||
| Poison | 5–8 | ||||
| Poison | 5–8 | ||||
| Normal/Grass | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Normal/Grass | ✓ | 5–7, 9 | |||
| Bug/Steel | 5–8 | ||||
| Normal | 6–7 | ||||
| Rock/Water | 6–8 | ||||
| Rock/Water | 6–8 | ||||
| Fairy | ✓ | 3–9 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | 7, 9 | |||
| Normal | ✓ | 7, 9 | |||
| Rock | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Rock | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Rock | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Rock | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Rock | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Poison/Fire | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Poison/Fire | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Bug/Water | 7–8 | ||||
| Bug/Water | 7–8 | ||||
| Ghost/Ground | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Ghost/Ground | ✓ | 7–9 | |||
| Fire | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Fire | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Fire | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Flying | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Flying | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Flying/Steel | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Electric | 8 | ||||
| Electric | 8 | ||||
| Ground | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Ground | ✓ | 8–9 | |||
| Dark/Normal | 8 | ||||
| Fighting | 8 | ||||
| Normal/Psychic | ✓ | 3–7, 9 | |||
| Bug | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Bug/Psychic | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Water | ✓ | 9 | |||
| Fighting/Electric | ✓ | 9 |
Sand Attack FAQ
What does Sand Attack do?
Sand Attack is a Ground-type status move. Lowers the target's accuracy by 1 stage.
Which Pokémon can learn Sand Attack?
130 Pokémon and forms can learn Sand Attack in at least one game: 75 in Scarlet & Violet, 0 in Pokémon Champions and 0 in Legends: Z-A. Examples: Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Pidgeot, Sandshrew, Sandslash and Diglett.
Is Sand Attack in Pokémon Champions?
No, no Pokémon can use Sand Attack in Pokémon Champions.
Move data and effect text from Pokémon Showdown (MIT), generation from PokéAPI; learnsets for Gen 1–9, Pokémon Champions and Legends: Z-A from Showdown. Unofficial fan site.