Sandslash

GroundIceHeatproof, Snow Cloak

Veilstone House Acuity Lakefront Open in the guide Compare

In Platinum Redux: First found in Veilstone House (Palmer), and in 1 more area. It is Ground / Ice type here; the official games have it as Ground. Base stats total 569, up from 450; all six changed, most of all Sp. Def (55 → 86). Abilities: it gains Heatproof and Snow Cloak and loses Sand Veil and Sand Rush. 18 of its 19 level-up moves are new compared with Pokémon Platinum, including Ice Shard and Spikes.

Level-up moves 19

Lv	Move	Type	Cat	Pow	Acc	PP
1	Ice Shard Priority +1 Goes first (priority +1).	Ice	Phys	55	100	30
2	Spikes Spikes effect	Ground	Stat	0	0	3
3	Rock Slide Chance to flinch (25%)	Rock	Phys	75	100	20
4	Bulldoze Lowers Spe (100%) Makes contact.	Ground	Phys	70	100	15
29	Ice Punch Chance to freeze (10%)	Ice	Phys	75	100	15
31	Defense Curl Raises user's Def and SpDef	Rock	Stat	0	0	1
33	Scale Smash Chance to increase Def (30%) Makes contact.	Dragon	Phys	70	100	20
34	Chilly Crash Chance to increase Def (100%)	Ice	Phys	50	100	2
35	Night Slash High crit ratio	Dark	Phys	90	90	15
37	Tear Up Always hits	Normal	Phys	85	100	10
39	Earthquake Lowers Spe (10%)	Ground	Phys	85	100	10
41	Dragon Claw Lowers Def (10%)	Dragon	Phys	85	100	15
43	Glacial Twist Removes all hazards/ binding moves on user's side of the field Makes contact.	Ice	Phys	80	100	15
45	Poison Tail High crit ratio and poison chance (30%)	Poison	Phys	100	85	10
47	Rock Wrecker lowers users Spe	Rock	Phys	105	90	10
50	Bonemerang Usually goes last; chance to confuse (10%) Goes last (priority -1).	Ground	Phys	110	90	10
54	Subzero Slam Lowers Spe (50%) Makes contact.	Ice	Phys	100	85	10
59	Iron Tail Chance to increase Def (30%)	Steel	Phys	90	90	20
70	Guillotine 1/4 Recoil	Bug	Phys	110	100	10

* a legal move, just moved to level-up · ** new to this game

TMs & HMs 24

#	Move · where to get it	Type	Pow
TM02	Giga Impact Galactic Veilstone. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Victory Road	Steel	95
TM06	Mud-Slap Route 203. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Floaroma Town	Ground	55
TM08	Rapid Spin Route 202. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Floaroma Town	Flying	60
TM14	Cross Poison Valor Lakefront. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Canalave City	Poison	70
TM17	Toxic Route 217. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Victory Road	Poison	—
TM28	Swords Dance Mt. Coronet North. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Victory Road	Normal	—
TM34	Aerial Ace Old Chateau. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Jungle Path	Flying	55
TM40	Bulk Up Route 215. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Pastoria City	Fighting	—
TM42	Tectonic Shift Route 208, and you need Rock Climb to reach it. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Pokémon League	Ground	80
TM46	Sandstorm Route 207. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Hearthome City	Rock	—
TM47	Rock Tomb Route 204. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Hearthome City	Rock	70
TM50	Stone Edge Route 208, and you need Waterfall to reach it. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Pokémon League	Rock	110
TM51	Knock Off Great Marsh. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Canalave City	Dark	70
TM52	Brick Break Great Marsh. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Canalave City	Fighting	80
TM61	Earthquake Valley Windworks, and you need Surf to reach it. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 222	Ground	85
TM65	Shadow Claw Hearthome Gym, once you have beaten Fantina. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Celestic Town	Ghost	75
TM76	Stealth Rock Oreburgh Gym, once you have beaten Roark. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Eterna City	Rock	—
TM80	Iron Head Solaceon Ruins. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 213	Steel	80
TM85	Freeze Strike Iron Island. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 222	Ice	80
TM89	X-Scissor Trophy Garden. Professor Rowan hands out as many more copies as you want at Route 217	Bug	80
HM01	Cut Eterna City	Grass	60
HM04	Strength Iron Island	Fighting	75
HM06	Rock Smash Oreburgh Gate	Fighting	55
HM08	Rock Climb Route 217	Rock	80

Where to find Sandslash

Area	Method	Level
Veilstone House	Palmer
Acuity Lakefront	Grass

Other changes in this game

This game gives it a new look and a Pokédex entry of its own.