#0770
Palossand
Sand Castle Pokémon
This Pokémon lives on beaches, but it hates water. Palossand can’t maintain its castle-like shape if it gets drenched by a heavy rain.
Details
Height1.3 m
Weight250.0 kg
Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀
Catch rate60
Base friendship70
Growth ratemedium
Appears in these games
Base stats
HP
85
Attack
75
Defense
110
Sp. Atk
100
Sp. Def
75
Speed
35
Total
480
Base Stat Total
Competitive movesets
Smogon · Gen 9Recommended battle-ready sets by competitive tier. A “/” means either option works in that slot.
Defensive
- Item
- Heavy-Duty Boots / Colbur Berry
- Nature
- Bold
- EVs
- 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpD
- Tera
- WaterFairyPoison
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Palossand can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Sprites & renders
11 sprites & renders for Palossand.
Across the games
Moves
| Lv. | Move | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Absorb | Grass | Special | 20 | 100 | 25 |
| 1 | Astonish | Ghost | Physical | 30 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Harden | Normal | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 1 | Sand Tomb | Ground | Physical | 35 | 85 | 15 |
| 15 | Mega Drain | Grass | Special | 40 | 100 | 15 |
| 20 | Sand Attack | Ground | Status | — | 100 | 15 |
| 25 | Bulldoze | Ground | Physical | 60 | 100 | 20 |
| 30 | Hypnosis | Psychic | Status | — | 60 | 20 |
| 35 | Giga Drain | Grass | Special | 75 | 100 | 10 |
| 40 | Iron Defense | Steel | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 47 | Shadow Ball | Ghost | Special | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 54 | Earth Power | Ground | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 61 | Shore Up | Ground | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 68 | Sandstorm | Rock | Status | — | — | 10 |