No.0551 · Desert Croc Pokémon
Sandile
メグロコ
Lowers opponents' Attack one stage upon entering battle.
Raises Attack one stage upon KOing a Pokémon.
Raises Attack to the maximum of six stages upon receiving a critical hit.
02 //Base stats
Ranges assume 0 IV/0 EV with a hindering nature (min) up to 31 IV/252 EV with a boosting nature (max).
- HPtop 80%
- Attacktop 54%
- Defensetop 96%
- Sp. Atktop 92%
- Sp. Deftop 95%
- Speedtop 52%
03 //Type matchups
04 //Evolution
05 //Easily confused with
Ranked by a DINOv2 vision model comparing silhouette shapes — these are the options Who's That Pokémon? hard mode will try to trip you up with. Tap to reveal.
06 //Where to find it
| Games | Location | Method |
|---|---|---|
SV | Asado DesertAtlas | Wild |
SV | Savanna BiomeAtlas The Indigo Disk | Wild |
SV | Tera Raid Battles 2★ | Tera Raid |
ZA | Hyperspace Lumiose Ground zone · 1★ | Hyperspace |
ZA | Hyperspace Lumiose Ground zone · 3★ | Hyperspace |
ZA | Hyperspace Lumiose Dark zone · 1★ | Hyperspace |
ZA | Hyperspace Lumiose Dark zone · 3★ | Hyperspace |
ZA | Wild Zone 8 | Wild |
Gens 1–7 from PokéAPI checked against Serebii (places PokéAPI lacks come from Serebii), Let's Go and Gens 8–9 from Serebii. Rates are the chance per encounter in that spot; Gen 8–9 raids and overview-only spots list no levels or rates. Tap a place for its page, or Atlas to find it on the map.
07 //Moves
| Lv | Move | Type | Cat. | Pow | Acc | PP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Page → | Normal | — | 100 | 30 | ||
| 1 | Page → | Dark | 20 | 100 | 10 | ||
| 3 | Page → | Ground | — | 100 | 15 | ||
| 6 | Page → | Dark | — | — | 15 | ||
| 9 | Page → | Ground | 35 | 85 | 15 | ||
| 12 | Page → | Normal | — | 100 | 10 | ||
| 15 | Page → | Dark | 60 | 100 | 25 | ||
| 18 | Page → | Dark | — | 100 | 15 | ||
| 21 | Page → | Ground | 80 | 100 | 10 | ||
| 24 | Page → | Normal | — | 85 | 15 | ||
| 27 | Page → | Dark | 80 | 100 | 15 | ||
| 30 | Page → | Rock | — | — | 10 | ||
| 33 | Page → | Dark | 95 | 100 | 15 | ||
| 36 | Page → | Ground | 100 | 100 | 10 | ||
| 39 | Page → | Normal | 120 | 100 | 10 |
Learnset from Scarlet & Violet. Tap a move for its effect.
08 //Pokédex entries
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.
The desert gets cold at night, so when the sun sets, this Pokémon burrows deep into the sand and sleeps until sunrise.
Sandile’s still not good at hunting, so it mostly eats things that have collapsed in the desert. It’s called “the cleaner of the desert.”
Alola, where it’s warm all year round, is a comfortable environment for this Pokémon. Sometimes you’ll even see it outside of deserts.
It conceals itself in the sand and chomps down on the legs of any prey that unwarily walk over it. Its favorite food is Trapinch.
It submerges itself in sand and moves as if swimming. This wise behavior keeps its enemies from finding it and maintains its temperature.
09 //Names in other languages
- Japanese
- メグロコ
- Rōmaji
- Meguroco
- Korean
- 깜눈크
- Chinese (Simplified)
- 黑眼鳄
- Chinese (Traditional)
- 黑眼鱷
- French
- Mascaïman
- German
- Ganovil
- Spanish
- Sandile
- Italian
- Sandile
10 //Training & breeding
Training
Breeding
Other names
Regional Pokédex numbers
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