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General

Sand Tomb

Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald RSE

Quick Description

Flavor text: The user traps the foe inside a harshly raging sandstorm for two to five turns.
Eevine summary: Both prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts damage for 2-5 turns.

Damage Inflicts

0× against
½× against
2× against

Stats

Power: 15
Accuracy: 70%
PP: 15; maximum is 24
Target: enemy
Effect chance: n/a
Power × accuracy: 10.5
Power percentile: 44.5
Priority: 0

Names

Japanese: すなじごく
Romaji: Sunajigoku

Flags

Affected by accuracy
Makes contact
Stopped by Detect/Protect
Gains Flinch bonus from King's Rock
Reflected by Magic Coat
Can be stolen by Snatch

TMs

RBY TM: n/a
GSC TM: n/a
RSE TM: Not a TM
DPPT TM: Not a TM

Effect Details

Prevents the target from fleeing and inflicts 1/16 its max HP in damage at the end of every turn for 2-5 turns -- 3/8 chance each to last 2 or 3 turns, and 1/8 chance each to last 4 or 5 turns. This effect can be canceled by Rapid Spin.

Flavor Text

Traps and hurts the foe in quicksand for 2 to 5 turns.

Contest Stuff

Contest Stats

Type
Appeal: 3
Jam: 0
Flavor text: Prevents the Applause Meter from rising for the rest of the turn.

Similar Moves

: Fire Spin, Ice Ball, Whirlpool
: Doom Desire, Leer
: Follow Me, Wish
: Future Sight, Kinesis, Lock-On, Mind Reader, Rock Tomb
: Bind, Clamp, Rollout, Wrap

Combos

Use Sand Tomb before: none
Use Sand Tomb after: Sandstorm

Contest Effect

Pokémon

By leveling up

12 Pokémon

				Pokémon	Height	Weight	Type	Egg groups	Abilities	HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spd	Avg
26	26	26	26	Dugtrio	2'3.6"	73.4 lb		Ground	Sand Veil Arena Trap	35	80	50	50	70	120	67.5
25	25	25	25	Flygon	6'6.7"	180.8 lb		Bug	Levitate Levitate	80	100	80	80	80	100	86.7
		19	19	Gabite	4'7.1"	123.5 lb		Monster Dragon	Sand Veil	68	90	65	50	55	82	68.3
		19	19	Garchomp	6'2.8"	209.4 lb		Monster Dragon	Sand Veil	108	130	95	80	85	102	100.0
		19	19	Gible	2'3.6"	45.2 lb		Monster Dragon	Sand Veil	58	70	45	40	45	42	50.0
		25	25	Hippopotas	2'7.5"	109.1 lb		Ground	Sand Stream	68	72	78	38	42	32	55.0
		25	25	Hippowdon	6'6.7"	661.4 lb		Ground	Sand Stream	108	112	118	68	72	47	87.5
49	52	41	46	Onix	28'10.5"	463 lb		Mineral	Sturdy Rock Head	35	45	160	30	45	70	64.2
45	45	27	27	Sandshrew	1'11.6"	26.5 lb		Ground	Sand Veil	50	75	85	20	30	40	50.0
52	52	33	33	Sandslash	3'3.4"	65 lb		Ground	Sand Veil	75	100	110	45	55	65	75.0
25	25	25	25	Trapinch	2'3.6"	33.1 lb		Bug	Hyper Cutter Arena Trap	45	100	45	45	45	10	48.3
25	25	25	25	Vibrava	3'7.3"	33.7 lb		Bug	Levitate Levitate	50	70	50	50	50	70	56.7

Egg

8 Pokémon

Pokémon	Height	Weight	Egg groups	Abilities	HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spd	Avg
Bonsly	1'7.7"	33.1 lb	No Eggs	Sturdy Rock Head	50	80	95	10	45	10	48.3
Gible	2'3.6"	45.2 lb	Monster Dragon	Sand Veil	58	70	45	40	45	42	50.0
Gligar	3'7.3"	142.9 lb	Bug	Sand Veil Hyper Cutter	65	75	105	35	65	85	71.7
Hippopotas	2'7.5"	109.1 lb	Ground	Sand Stream	68	72	78	38	42	32	55.0
Pineco	1'11.6"	15.9 lb	Bug	Sturdy	50	65	90	35	35	15	48.3
Shuckle	1'11.6"	45.2 lb	Bug	Sturdy Gluttony	20	10	230	10	230	5	84.2
Sudowoodo	3'11.2"	83.8 lb	Mineral	Sturdy Rock Head	70	100	115	30	65	30	68.3
Turtwig	1'3.7"	22.5 lb	Monster Plant	Overgrow	55	68	64	45	55	31	53.0

Sand Tomb in other Pokédexes

Siblings

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