Pokemon Let's Go Alolan Sandshrew | Moves, Evolutions, Locations and Weaknesses

Alolan Sandshrew Pokedex ID: 27

Stat	Amount	Bar Graph
Max CP	300
Attack	75
Special Attack	10
Defense	90
Special Defense	35
HP	50
Speed	40

Overview

Pokemon Let's Go Alolan Sandshrew is a Ice and Steel Type pokemon also known as a Mouse Pokémon, first discovered in the Kanto region. it's weak against Ground, Fighting, Fire type moves and has a Max CP of 300, 50 HP, 75 Attack, 10 SP Attack, 90 Defense, 35 SP Defense and 40 Speed. Considering it's stats, the best nature to have is Impish, this will increase it's Defense and decrease it's Sp. Atk stats.

This is 1 of 9 exclusive version pokemon, only obtainable in the Pikachu Version of Let's GO.

Pokedex Entry
Sandshrew’s body is configured to absorb water without waste, enabling it to survive in an arid desert. This Pokémon curls up to protect itself from its enemies.

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Pokemon Lets Go Alolan Sandshrew Evolutions

What level does Pokemon Let's Go Alolan Sandshrew Evolve at?

The Unevolved Form Alolan Sandshrew Use a Ice Stone to Evolve into Alolan Sandslash.

First	→	Second	→	Third	→	Final
Sandshrew300	22 →	Sandslash450
Alolan Sandshrew300	Ice Stone →	Alolan Sandslash450

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How to catch Alolan Sandshrew in Pokemon Let's Go

Where to catch and find Pokemon Lets Go Alolan Sandshrew Locations and their Spawn Rate Chance for that Zone.

The best place to find pokemon let's go Alolan Sandshrew is in the Cerulean Cave zone, it will have a Rare Spawn% chance to spawn in the area with a level range of 51-56. This also makes Cerulean Cave the best place to Catch Combo Chain hunt Shiny Alolan Sandshrew or for a Flawless IV Stats.

Pokemon	Area	Spawn Chance	Levels	Encounter	Floor
	Route 3	20%	03-08	normal	1F
	Route 4	20%	07-12	normal	1F

The list above shows all the spawn locations of this pokemon and it's evolution forms.

How To Catch Alolan Sandshrew will require players to trade the regular Kanto Version of the pokemon with a specific NPC found within Pokemon Centers throughout Lets Go.

You can find the NPC that will trade Alolan Sandshrew at the Pokemon Center in Celadon City.

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Transferring and Catching

The type of Pokemon Candy you receive from Transferring and Catching Alolan Sandshrew.

Best Nature for Alolan Sandshrew

We recommend a Impish Nature for Alolan Sandshrew, you can visit Madam Celadon to force encounter pokemon of Impish Nature.

Nature	Increases	Decreases	Choice 1	Choice 2
Impish	Defense	Sp. Atk	Yellow	Blue

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Pokemon Lets Go Alolan Sandshrew Moves

Level Up Moves

Pokemon Let's Go Alolan Sandshrew Moves You Learn From Leveling Up.

LVL	Move	Type	Class	Pow	PP	Acc	Effect
1	Defense Curl	Normal	None	--	40	--	Raises user's Defense by one stage.
1	Scratch	Normal	Physical	40	35	100%	Inflicts regular damage with no additional effect.
4	Bide	Normal	Physical	1	10	--	User waits for 2-3 turns, then hits back for twice the damage it took.
8	Ice Shard	Ice	Physical	40	30	100%	deals damage and has a priority of +1. Moves with a higher priority always go first.
12	Swift	Normal	Special	60	20	--	Never misses.
16	Mirror Coat	Psychic	Special	--	20	100%	When hit by a Special Attack, user strikes back with 2x power.
20	Fury Swipes	Normal	Physical	18	15	80%	Hits 2-5 times in one turn.
24	Ice Punch	Ice	Physical	75	15	100%	Has a 10% chance to freeze the target.
28	Swords Dance	Normal	None	--	30	--	Raises the user's Attack by two stages.
32	Slash	Normal	Physical	70	20	100%	Has an increased chance for a critical hit.
36	Blizzard	Ice	Special	120	5	70%	Has a 10% chance to freeze the target.

Learnable TMs Moves

These are the Technical Machines (TM) Moves that Alolan Sandshrew can Learn.

Item	Move	Type	Class	Pow	PP	Acc	Effect
TM1	Headbutt	Normal	Physical	70	15	100%	Has a 30% chance to make the target flinch.
TM5	Rest	Psychic	None	--	10	--	User sleeps for two turns, completely healing itself.
TM7	Protect	Normal	None	--	10	--	prevents any attacks targeted at the user from striking, for the duration of the turn. It has priority +4 so will activate before most other moves.
TM8	Substitute	Normal	None	--	10	--	Transfers 1/4 of the user's max HP into a doll, protecting the user from further damage or status changes until it breaks.
TM10	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	10	100%	User digs underground, dodging all attacks, and hits next turn.
TM12	Facade	Normal	Physical	70	20	100%	deals damage, and hits with double power (140) if the user is burned, poisoned or paralyzed.
TM13	Brick Break	Fighting	Physical	75	15	100%	deals damage, but removes the effects of Reflect and Light Screen before attacking.
TM15	Seismic Toss	Fighting	Physical	1	20	100%	Inflicts damage equal to the user's level.
TM19	Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	100	15	75%	deals damage and has a 30% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.
TM22	Rock Slide	Rock	Physical	75	10	90%	Has a 30% chance to make the target flinch.
TM24	X-Scissor	Bug	Physical	80	15	100%	deals damage with no additional effect.
TM26	Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	80	20	100%	deals damage and has a 30% chance of poisoning the target.
TM27	Toxic	Poison	None	--	10	90%	Badly poisons the target, inflicting more damage every turn.
TM35	Ice Punch	Ice	Physical	75	15	100%	Has a 10% chance to freeze the target.
TM41	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	10	100%	Inflicts regular damage and can hit Dig users.
TM51	Blizzard	Ice	Special	120	5	70%	Has a 10% chance to freeze the target.
TM55	Ice Beam	Ice	Special	95	10	100%	Has a 10% chance to freeze the target.
TM56	Stealth Rock	Rock	None	--	20	--	lays a trap of stones around the foe, which hurts Pokémon switching in to the opposing field.

Master Trainer

This pokemon does NOT have a Alolan Sandshrew Master Trainer in Let's Go

Weak Against
Ground 2x
Fighting 4x
Fire 4x

Strong Against
Normal 1/2
Flying 1/2
Bug 1/2
Grass 1/2
Psychic 1/2
Dragon 1/2
Fairy 1/2
Poison Immune
Ice 1/4

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