Alolan Sandslash Weaknesses and Strengths

Alolan Sandslash is a dual-type Pokemon of types Ice and Steel. When dealing damage with moves of those types, they will deal an additional 20% damage.

Weak Against
Types	Damage
Ground	160%
Fighting	256%
Fire	256%

Resistant Against
Types	Damage
Ice	39.1%
Poison	39.1%
Normal	62.5%
Flying	62.5%
Bug	62.5%
Grass	62.5%
Psychic	62.5%
Dragon	62.5%
Fairy	62.5%

Best Moves for Alolan Sandslash in Pokemon GO

Below you can find the best Fast Move and Charge Move combo for Alolan Sandslash.

We simulate the damage (DPS) of two moves combined and then rank them based on how much damage they deal over a period of time (CDPS).

Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	CDPS
Metal Claw	Blizzard	64.03	394.11
Powder Snow	Blizzard	57.52	364.82
Metal Claw	Ice Punch	45.29	357.37
Metal Claw	Gyro Ball	42.80	350.98
Metal Claw	Drill Run	42.28	335.13
Powder Snow	Ice Punch	38.78	329.14
Powder Snow	Gyro Ball	36.29	319.99
Metal Claw	Aerial Ace	36.63	311.48
Metal Claw	Bulldoze	36.57	308.21
Powder Snow	Drill Run	35.77	297.41

All Moves for Alolan Sandslash

Below are all the moves that Alolan Sandslash can learn. Some moves are only available using Elite TM items.

Move	Type	Power	DPS	Duration	Energy
Blizzard	Charged	130	50.32	3100ms	-100
Gyro Ball	Charged	80	24.24	3300ms	-50
Bulldoze	Charged	80	22.86	3500ms	-50
Ice Punch	Charged	50	31.58	1900ms	-33
Drill Run	Charged	80	28.57	2800ms	-50
Aerial Ace	Charged	55	22.92	2400ms	-33
Powder Snow	Quick	6	7.2	1000ms	15
Metal Claw	Quick	8	11.43	700ms	7

Alolan Sandslash Evolution

Alolan Sandshrew

Requires 50x Candy

Alolan Sandslash

Best Alolan Sandslash Raid Counters in Pokemon GO

Below you can find the best counters for Alolan Sandslash Raids and the best movesets to use. We run a simulation with every Pokemon GO in our database to figure out the quickest time to defeat (TTK) Alolan Sandslash in a raid.

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