Is Sandile Good in Legends: Z-A Playthrough?
Ground and Dark Sandile from the mid-level zones. The line builds toward Krookodile, which Team MZ Naveen uses at the Lv49 encounter. Dark and Ground dual coverage is valuable against multiple faction types.
Sandile has the type edge here and should clean up Zach's team.
Sandile trades roughly evenly with Yvon's team.
Sandile trades roughly evenly with Xavi's team.
Rintaro's team hits Sandile's weaknesses hard.
Krokorok trades roughly evenly with Vinnie's team.
Krokorok has the type edge here and should clean up Canari's team.
Ivor's team hits Krookodile's weaknesses hard.
Krookodile trades roughly evenly with Corbeau's team.
Krookodile has the type edge here and should clean up Jacinthe's team.
Krookodile trades roughly evenly with Grisham's team.
Krookodile has the type edge here and should clean up L's team.
Catchable
Catch Sandile in Wild Zone 8 (overworld, Lv 23-24).
Evolve Sandile to Krokorok
Sandile evolves into Krokorok at Level 29. Your Sandile should hit Level 29 before you reach Vinnie, at typical leveling pace.
Evolve Krokorok to Krookodile
Krokorok evolves into Krookodile at Level 40. Your Krokorok should hit Level 40 before you reach Ivor, at typical leveling pace.
How to Get Sandile in Legends: Z-A
Sandile digs around Lumiose's Wild Zones as a Ground and Dark overworld encounter, the desert croc turning up in several of them from level 16 up to 35.
2 locations to catch Sandile
Where To Catch Sandile in LZA
Sandile is where the line starts, caught through walking and fixed encounters at Lv. 16-38. The chain covers 3 catchable stages before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Catch or Evolve into KrokorokHyperspace Lumiose - Ground 3-StarLv.29-31GrassLegends: Z-AHyperspace Lumiose - Dark 3-StarLv.29-31GrassLegends: Z-AWild Zone 8Lv.29-30OverworldLegends: Z-AWild Zone 8Lv.37-38OverworldLegends: Z-Aor evolve from Sandile (Step 1)
- Step 3Catch or Evolve into KrookodileHyperspace Lumiose - Ground 4-StarLv.42-44GrassLegends: Z-AHyperspace Lumiose - Dark 4-StarLv.42-44GrassLegends: Z-AWild Zone 20Lv.63-64OverworldLegends: Z-Aor evolve from Krokorok (Step 2)
How to Get Shiny Sandile in Legends: Z-A
Sandile skims the sands of Wild Zone 8 as an overworld spawn, so stake out the area and refresh its spawns over and over to draw out the shiny. Compare Shiny Sandile odds across every game
Legends: Z-A Shiny Sandile Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 1,024 on each try. Toggle boosts below to improve them.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters |
|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 108 |
| 25%one in four | 295 |
| 50%coin flip | 710 |
| 90%very likely | 2,357 |
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Sandile in the Legends: Z-A Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Sandile Weakness
Sandile's Ground/Dark typing leaves it vulnerable to Water, Grass, Ice, Fighting, Bug, and Fairy. It shrugs off Electric and Psychic-type attacks completely. The Ground/Dark typing picks up 4 resistances to work with.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Water, Grass, Ice, Fighting, Bug, Fairy |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Poison, Rock, Ghost, Dark |
| 0x (Immune) | Electric, Psychic |
What is Sandile Weak Against
AvgBest Pokemon Against Sandile
 Pangoro FightingDark | C | |
 Gogoat Grass | C | |
 Gyarados Water | B | |
 Ariados BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sandile View Ariados builds →Megahorn 2x211-249%KO Absorb 2x19-22% | ||
 Victreebel GrassPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sandile View Victreebel builds →Power Whip 2x237-280%KO Lunge 2x106-125%KO | ||
 Machoke Fighting | C | |
 Scolipede BugPoison | B | |
 Sharpedo WaterDark | C | |
 Vivillon Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sandile View Vivillon builds →Bug Buzz 2x159-188%KO Dazzling Gleam 2x95-112%KO | ||
 Slowbro WaterPsychic | C | |
 Barbaracle RockWater | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sandile View Barbaracle builds →Liquidation 2x170-201%KO Brick Break 2x101-119%KO Infestation 2x17-20% | ||
 Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sandile View Roselia builds →Giga Drain 2x144-170%KO Dazzling Gleam 2x102-120%KO Pin Missile 2x23-27% | ||
 Vanillish Ice | D | |
 Beedrill BugPoison | C | |
Sandile Evolutions
Sandile kicks off a three-stage evolution line through Krokorok all the way to Krookodile. The evolved forms gain up to 227 total stats over Sandile. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
LZA Sandile Best Moveset
Ground/Dark dual TermStab at 72 Attack fires on 65 Speed cooldowns. The coverage is strong but the damage is entry-level. 50/35/35 bulk doesn't survive contact. The moveset is building toward Krookodile's 117 Attack and 92 Speed.
Best Build
Sandile best EVs are HP and Attack
Physical Tank Moveset
- Power Trip
- Earthquake
- Brick Break
- Crunch
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breadth over depth defines this movepool. Sandile won't stack one type's damage ceiling, but coverage across 10 types means it always has an effective option. Earthquake and Earth Power anchor the STAB core.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It submerges itself in sand and moves as if swimming. This wise behavior keeps its enemies from finding it and maintains its temperature.
Sandile Legends: Z-A Guide
Sandile is a static encounter at Lumiose Jaune District in Legends: Z-A. Sandile appears at level 38. Save before the encounter. These one-shot Pokemon don't respawn if you knock them out or run out of Poke Balls.
In Legends: Z-A, for a casual playthrough, Sandile works as a placeholder. Ground/Dark coverage is useful early. The real payoff is Krokorok. That's where the stats start mattering.
Game Availability
Since Black & White, Sandile has been obtainable in 9 games. A Generation 5 debut means a shorter history, but Sandile has appeared steadily across every generation since.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BWDebut
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORAS
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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