sandaconda

sandaconda

Attributes

  • Species: Sandaconda
  • Base Experience: 179
  • Height: 38
  • Weight: 655
  • Is Default: True
  • Order: 1025
  • Base Happiness: 50
  • Capture Rate: 120
  • Color: Green
  • Egg Groups: Ground , Dragon
  • Gender Rate: 4
  • Has No Gender Differences
  • Hatch Counter: 20
  • Habitat:
  • Is Baby: False
  • Is Legendary: False
  • Is Mythical: False
  • Shape: Squiggle

Stats

  • HP
    72
  • Attack
    107
  • Defense
    125
  • Special Attack
    65
  • Special Defense
    70
  • Speed
    71

Abilities

Held items

    None

Summary

Sandaconda is a Ground-type Pokémon introduced in Generation VIII.

Type: Ground

Abilities:

  • Sand Spit: When hit by an attack, Sandaconda creates a sandstorm.
  • Shed Skin: May heal its own status conditions.
  • Sand Veil (Hidden Ability): Increases evasion in a sandstorm.

Physical Characteristics:

  • Sandaconda is a serpentine, snake-like Pokémon.
  • It has a large, coiled body that resembles a sandbag.
  • Its coloration is primarily brown and tan, with a darker brown pattern reminiscent of desert camo.
  • Sandaconda has a distinctive nostril structure that resembles a gas mask.
  • Its eyes are piercing and narrow, giving it a vigilant appearance.

Behavior and Habitat:

  • Sandaconda is typically found in arid, sandy environments such as deserts.
  • It spends much of its time coiled up beneath the sand, ambushing prey.
  • Known for its ability to shoot sand from its nose with great force, which it uses both defensively and during hunting.
  • Forms a symbiotic relationship with sandstorms, which it thrives in by using the harsh weather to its advantage.

In Battle:

  • Sandaconda is known for its defensive capabilities and ability to disrupt opponents with sandstorms.
  • Signature moves include Sand Tomb and Glare.
  • It excels at setting up sandstorms to increase its evasion with Sand Veil and to benefit from its Sand Spit ability.
  • Often used to wear down opponents with residual damage from sandstorms.
  • Strong against Electric, Poison, Rock, and Steel types, but weak to Water, Ice, and Grass types.

Evolution:

  • Sandaconda evolves from Silicobra starting at level 36.
  • There are no further evolutions beyond Sandaconda.

Interesting Facts:

  • Sandaconda's name is a play on "sand" and "anaconda," reflecting its snake-like appearance and sandy habitat.
  • Its ability to generate sandstorms on being hit makes it a unique Pokémon for weather-based strategies.
  • Sandaconda played a prominent role in some of the competitive battles during its debut generation, thanks to its unique typing and abilities.
  • In the Pokémon Sword and Shield games, Sandaconda can Gigantamax, gaining a new form and the powerful G-Max move, Sandblast, which traps opponents in a swirling sandstorm.

Pokémon Sprites

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Front Default
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Back Default
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Front Shiny
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Back Shiny

Evolution Chain

Silicobra - 843
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Sandaconda - 844
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Min. Lvl 36

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Moves

Level Up

TM/HM

Breeding

Tutor

Other

Flavor Text Entries

  • Sword: When it contracts its body, over 220 pounds of sand sprays from its nose. If it ever runs out of sand, it becomes disheartened.
  • Shield: Its unique style of coiling allows it to blast sand out of its sand sac more efficiently.

Pokedex

  • 844 National
  • 313 Galar
  • 175 Isle-Of-Armor
  • 271 Paldea