#0551

Sandile

Desert Croc Pokémon

Sandile is small, but its legs and lower body are powerful. Pushing sand aside as it goes, Sandile moves through the desert as if it’s swimming.

In Pokémon GO · 1037 max CP 2 TCG Pocket cards

Details

Height0.7 m

Weight15.2 kg

Gender50.0% ♂ · 50.0% ♀

Catch rate180

Base friendship70

Growth ratemedium slow

Abilities

Intimidate

Lowers opponents' Attack one stage upon entering battle.

Moxie

Raises Attack one stage upon KOing a Pokémon.

Anger PointHidden

Raises Attack to the maximum of six stages upon receiving a critical hit.

Egg groups: Field

Appears in these games

Black · White#057 Black 2 · White 2#099 X · Y — Coastal Kalos#043 Sun · Moon#232 Ultra Sun · Ultra Moon#301 SwSh — Isle of Armor#176 Scarlet · Violet#267 SV — The Indigo Disk#027 Legends: Z-A#122

Base stats

Attack

Defense

Sp. Atk

Sp. Def

Speed

Total

292

Base Stat Total

Type defenses

Damage taken from each attacking type.

Competitive movesets

Smogon · Gen 9

Recommended battle-ready sets by competitive tier. A “/” means either option works in that slot.

Bulky Stealth Rock

Item: Eviolite
Nature: Jolly
EVs: 180 Atk / 76 Def / 236 Spe
Tera: Fire

Evolution

#0551Sandile

Lv. 29

#0552Krokorok

Lv. 40

#0553Krookodile

Notable moves

The strongest damaging moves Sandile can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.

Sprites & renders

13 sprites & renders for Sandile.

Across the games

Moves

Lv.	Move	Type	Class	Power	Acc.	PP
1	Leer	Normal	Status	—	100	30
1	Power Trip	Dark	Physical	20	100	10
1	Rage	Normal	Physical	20	100	20
3	Sand Attack	Ground	Status	—	100	15
6	Hone Claws	Dark	Status	—	—	15
9	Sand Tomb	Ground	Physical	35	85	15
12	Scary Face	Normal	Status	—	100	10
15	Bite	Dark	Physical	60	100	25
16	Assurance	Dark	Physical	60	100	10
18	Torment	Dark	Status	—	100	15
19	Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	20	100	10
21	Dig	Ground	Physical	80	100	10
22	Embargo	Dark	Status	—	100	15
24	Swagger	Normal	Status	—	85	15
27	Crunch	Dark	Physical	80	100	15
30	Sandstorm	Rock	Status	—	—	10
33	Foul Play	Dark	Physical	95	100	15
36	Earthquake	Ground	Physical	100	100	10
39	Thrash	Normal	Physical	120	100	10