Ground Dark

Sandile is a Ground and Dark-type Pokémon with a Max CP of 1172 in Pokémon GO. Sandile's best moveset is Bite and Crunch. It is weather boosted by Sunny and Fog weather, and it was originally found in the Unova region. Shiny Sandile is available in Pokémon GO.

Sandile is weak to Bug, Fairy, Fighting, Grass, Ice, and Water-type moves. It takes reduced damage from Dark, Ghost, Poison, Rock, Electric, and Psychic-type moves.

Stats

Max CP	1172 CP
Attack	132 ATK
Defense	69 DEF
Stamina	137 STA
Weather Boost	Sunny Fog
Released	Yes
Shiny released	Yes
Buddy distance	5 km

Pokédex information

Pokédex Number	#551
Height	0.7 m
Weight	15.2 kg
Region	Unova Generation 5
Can be traded	Allowed
Pokémon Home transfer	Allowed
Base Catch Rate	20%
Base Flee Rate	0%
Catch rewards	3 100
Additional Move Cost	75 75000

Sandile type chart

Takes increased damage

Bug	160.0%
Fairy	160.0%
Fighting	160.0%
Grass	160.0%
Ice	160.0%
Water	160.0%

Takes decreased damage

Electric	39.1%
Psychic	39.1%
Dark	62.5%
Ghost	62.5%
Poison	62.5%
Rock	62.5%

Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

Sandile's best moves and movesets

Sandile's best moveset is Bite and Crunch, with 8.91 DPS (damage per second) and 79.0 TDO (total damage output). These moves are boosted by Fog weather.

Best Sandile moves

Bite

Crunch

DPS8.91

TDO78.97

Score9.7

Weather Boost

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If you are unable to get Sandile with its best moveset, we recommend to use Bite/Bulldoze. You will lose around 2.4% DPS and TDO, which makes these moves a viable alternative to Sandile's strongest moveset (Bite/Crunch).

Sandile moves comparison

The following chart shows Sandile's DPS and TDO for every fast and charge attack combination. This chart is useful for comparing the relative strength of Sandile's movesets. You can change the weather and the opposing Pokémon to see how it affects the rankings.

Weather

Extreme↓

Opponent

#	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Score 🔽
1.	Bite	Crunch	8.91	79.0	9.7
2.	Bite	Bulldoze	8.70	77.1	9.4
3.	Mud-Slap	Crunch	8.58	76.0	9.3
4.	Bite	Dig	8.53	75.6	9.3
5.	Mud-Slap	Bulldoze	8.23	73.0	8.9
6.	Mud-Slap	Dig	8.15	72.2	8.9

Fast Attacks

• Bite640.5s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Ghost
    • Psychic

  • 62.5%
  • • Fighting
    • Dark
    • Fairy

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	6
  Energy	4
  Weather boost	Fog
  Duration	0.5s
  Damage window	0.3s - 0.5s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	4
  Energy	2

  
  

  Effects

  Bite has no special effects.

  See Bite details page ↗
• Mud-Slap18121.4s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Poison
    • Rock
    • Steel
    • Fire
    • Electric

  • 62.5%
  • • Bug
    • Grass

  • 39.1%
  • • Flying

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	18
  Energy	12
  Weather boost	Sunny
  Duration	1.4s
  Damage window	1.1s - 1.4s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	11
  Energy	9

  
  

  Effects

  Mud-Slap has no special effects.

  See Mud-Slap details page ↗

Charged Moves

• Dig100504.7s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Poison
    • Rock
    • Steel
    • Fire
    • Electric

  • 62.5%
  • • Bug
    • Grass

  • 39.1%
  • • Flying

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	100
  Energy	50
  Weather boost	Sunny
  Duration	4.7s
  Damage window	2.8s - 4.5s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	80
  Energy	50

  
  

  Effects

  Dig has no special effects.

  See Dig details page ↗
• Bulldoze80503.5s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Poison
    • Rock
    • Steel
    • Fire
    • Electric

  • 62.5%
  • • Bug
    • Grass

  • 39.1%
  • • Flying

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	80
  Energy	50
  Weather boost	Sunny
  Duration	3.5s
  Damage window	2.6s - 3.1s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	80
  Energy	60

  
  

  Effects

  Bulldoze has no special effects.

  See Bulldoze details page ↗
• Crunch70333.2s

  

  Type effectiveness chart

  • 160.0%
  • • Ghost
    • Psychic

  • 62.5%
  • • Fighting
    • Dark
    • Fairy

  Gym and Raid Battles

  Damage	70
  Energy	33
  Weather boost	Fog
  Duration	3.2s
  Damage window	1.3s - 3.0s

  Trainer Battles

  Damage	70
  Energy	45

  
  

  Effects

  Special

  Crunch has a 30.0% chance to:

  • Decrease Target's Defense by 20.0%

  See Crunch details page ↗

Sandile Special CP Values

Max CP values in Raids, Eggs, Field Research

Sandile's has 1172 max CP (at Level 50). A Sandile obtained from Raids can be encountered from 546 CP to 592 CP, or if weather boosted, in the 682 CP to 741 CP range. In Field and Special Research, Sandile can be found in the 409 CP to 444 CP range.

Max CP	1172 CP
	Level 50, 15/15/15 IVs
Research	409 CP - 444 CP
	Level 15, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
Eggs	546 CP - 592 CP
	Level 20, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
Raids	546 CP - 592 CP
	Level 20, 10/10/10 minimum IVs
RaidsWeather Boost Sunny Fog	682 CP - 741 CP
	Weather boosted, Level 25, 10/10/10 minimum IVs

More information

• Field and Special Research encounters are always Level 15. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Field Research encounters have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
• Pokémon hatched from Eggs are always Level 20. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Egg Hatches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
• Raid Bosses caught without weather boost are always Level 20. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Raid Catches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
  • 😈 Shadow Pokémon have 6/6/6 IV floor in raids.
• Raid Bosses caught with weather boost are always Level 25. IVs range from 10 (min) to 15 (max). Weather boosted Raid Catches have a 10/10/10 IV floor.
  • 😈 Shadow Pokémon have 6/6/6 IV floor in raids.
• Wild encounters range from Level 1 to Level 30 Pokémon. Their IVs range from 0 (min) to 15 (max) for each stat.
• Weather Boosted wild Pokémon encounters get a 5 Level boost, bringing their Level range to Level 6 to Level 35. In addition, they have a guaraneed minimum IV value of 4 for each stat, resulting in a 4/4/4 IV floor.

Sandile Max CP Chart

Max Combat Power per Level chart

Sandile Max CP per level chart. This table shows maximum Combat Power values from Level 1 to Level 50.

Sandile evolution chart

Pokémon	Requires	Evolution
Sandile	25 Candy	Krokorok
Krokorok	100 Candy	Krookodile

• Sandile evolves into Krokorok which costs 25 Candy.
• Krokorok evolves into Krookodile which costs 100 Candy.

Regular and Shiny Sandile

• #551Sandile
• #551Shiny Sandile

Mega Pokémon that boost Sandile

A list of Mega Pokémon that boost Sandile's Ground and Dark-type moves, Candy, and Candy XL from catching Sandile.

Mega Gyarados

Mega Steelix

Mega Houndoom

Mega Tyranitar

Mega Swampert

Mega Absol

Primal Groudon

Mega Garchomp

More information

Mega and Primal Raid Bonus –Mega Pokémon boost the attack power of all other Pokémon when battling in Raid Battles by 10%. Attacks that share their type with the Mega Pokémon's type(s) receive a 30% boost. However, these bonuses do not stack if there are multiple Mega-Evolved Pokémon battling simultaneously; only the higher boost will be applied.

Mega and Primal Catch Bonus –While a Pokémon is Mega-Evolved, additional XP and Candy is granted when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it, or for any raid boss caught. These do not stack with each other. Additionally, High and Max Level Mega-Evolved Pokémon grant an increased chance to obtain Candy XL when catching a Pokémon that shares a type with it.

Note on Primal Kyogre and Groudon

• Primal Kyogre boosts Water-, Electric- and Bug-type attacks and Pokémon.
• Primal Groudon boosts Fire-, Grass- and Ground-type attacks and Pokémon.

Sandile Catch Rates

The base catch rate for Sandile in Pokémon GO is 24.03%, calculated for catching a Level 20 with no berries. Curved Great throw has a 50.38% chance to catch, and adding a Razz Berry raises that to 65.04%.

Configure

Pokémon level

Level 20↓

Ball Type

PokéBall↓

Ground medal

None↓

Dark medal

None↓

Number of throws

1↓

		Normal	Nice	Great	Excellent
No Berry	-	24.03%	27.09%	33.78%	39.85%
	Curve	37.32%	41.56%	50.38%	57.86%
Razz Berry	-	33.78%	37.75%	46.11%	53.35%
	Curve	50.38%	55.33%	65.04%	72.65%
Silver Pinap Berry	-	39.02%	43.38%	52.38%	59.95%
	Curve	56.87%	61.98%	71.67%	78.89%
Golden Razz Berry	-	49.69%	54.62%	64.32%	71.94%
	Curve	68.90%	73.89%	82.65%	88.47%

More information

Catch probability with multiple throws

In order to help Trainers understand their overall odds when catching Sandile, we enable the functionality to showing the total chance to catch it depending on the number of available throws. We calculate this chance as if you repeated the same throw N-number of times.

To activate this functionality, change the number of Number of throws to a value greater than 1. The Number of throws option is available in the configuration options above the chart

Catch rate formula

Pokémon GO catch rate formula can be expressed as follows:

• CATCH_MULTIPLIERS = ball * curve * berry * throwType * (type1Medal + type2Medal / 2)
• CATCH_RATE = 1 - Math.pow(1 - baseCatchRate / (2 * cpm), CATCH_MULTIPLIERS)

There are different multipliers that come into play when calculating catch rate.

Curved throws are more effective than regular throws, stronger types of Poké Ball have a higher catch rate, and using a Razz Berry or a Golden Razz Berry also improves your chances.

Catch rate multipliers

The following table shows all the different catch rate multipliers in Pokémon GO:

Multiplier	Amount
Razz Berry	1.5
Silver Pinap Berry	1.8
Golden Razz Berry	2.5
Curveball	1.7
Nice Throw	1.15
Great Throw	1.5
Excellent Throw	1.85
PokéBall	1.0
Premier Ball	1.0
Great Ball	1.5
Ultra Ball	2.0
Bronze medal	1.1
Silver medal	1.2
Gold medal	1.3

Sandile family

A list of Pokémon that are somehow related to Sandile in Pokémon GO. Includes evolutions, regional, and form variations.

Sandile

Krokorok

Krookodile

List of Sandile costumes

A list of Sandile costumes available in Pokémon GO.

Sandile high resolution sprites

A list of high resolution Pokémon HOME sprites related to Sandile. Sprite description is a best guess on what the sprite is related to, use your own judgment. Click to download full 512x512 resolution.

• #551
• #551

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