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Sandy Shocks, a Electric and Ground type Pokémon, official artwork

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Sandy Shocks: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

ElectricGroundUU

Sandy Shocks is a fast, hard-hitting attacker, led by its Sp. Atk (121) and Speed (101), with a base stat total of 570. Competitively it is a leading pick in the UnderUsed tier.

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What is Sandy Shocks weak to?

How much damage Sandy Shocks takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toGrassGroundIceWater
0.5×ResistsFlyingPoisonRockSteel
0×Immune toElectric

Sandy Shocks takes super-effective damage from Grass, Ground, Ice, Water. It resists Flying, Poison, Rock, Steel and is immune to Electric.

Best moveset for Sandy Shocks

Sandy Shocks has no significant ranked usage this month, so here are its strongest attacking options by type coverage:

  • Giga ImpactNormal150
  • Zap CannonElectric120
  • EarthquakeGround100
  • Body PressFighting80

Best nature for Sandy Shocks

Timid. Sandy Shocks is a special attacker (121 Sp. Atk) with usable 101 Speed, so Timid (+Speed, −Attack) is the standard pick.

Abilities

  • ProtosynthesisSunny Day active or Booster Energy used: highest stat is 1.3x, or 1.5x if Speed.
Full learnset (54 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Zap CannonElectric12050%Special
ThunderElectric11070%Special
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
Supercell SlamElectric10095%Physical
High HorsepowerGround9595%Physical
Earth PowerGround90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
ThunderboltElectric90100%Special
Wild ChargeElectric90100%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Body PressFighting80100%Physical
DischargeElectric80100%Special
Flash CannonSteel80100%Special
Power GemRock80100%Special
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Tri AttackNormal80100%Special
Stomping TantrumGround75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Scorching SandsGround70100%Special
Volt SwitchElectric70100%Special
SparkElectric65100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
SwiftNormal60-Special
ElectrowebElectric5595%Special
Mud ShotGround5595%Special
Charge BeamElectric5090%Special
Thunder ShockElectric40100%Special
Sand TombGround3585%Physical
Electro BallElectric?100%Special
Heavy SlamSteel?100%Physical
Mirror CoatPsychic?100%Special
ChargeElectric--Status
Eerie ImpulseElectric-100%Status
Electric TerrainElectric--Status
EndureNormal--Status
GravityPsychic--Status
Iron DefenseSteel--Status
Light ScreenPsychic--Status
Magnetic FluxElectric--Status
Metal SoundSteel-85%Status
ProtectNormal--Status
ReflectPsychic--Status
RestPsychic--Status
SandstormRock--Status
ScreechNormal-85%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SpikesGround--Status
Stealth RockRock--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
SupersonicNormal-55%Status
Thunder WaveElectric-90%Status