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palossand
#770

Palossand

Sand Castle Pokémon

GhostGround

Possessed people controlled by this Pokémon transformed its sand mound into a castle. As it evolved, its power to curse grew ever stronger.

Base Stats

HP 85
Attack 75
Defense 110
Sp. Atk 100
Sp. Def 75
Speed 35
Total 480

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Held Items

Evolution Chain

Moves

Details

Category Sand Castle Pokémon
Height 1.3 m
Weight 250.0 kg
Base Exp 168
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 60
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Indeterminate

Sprites

palossand Front Front
palossand Back Back
palossand Front Shiny Front Shiny
palossand Back Shiny Back Shiny
palossand Official Art Official Art
palossand Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

uu Usage: 0.0%
Stealth Rock
Item
Leftovers / Colbur Berry
Nature
Bold
EVs
HP 252
Def 164
SpD 92

Strategy Overview

Palossand has a small niche in the UnderUsed metagame over other Stealth Rock setters, capable of checking several physical attackers like Mega Aerodactyl, Cobalion, Zeraora, and one of the most threatening wallbreakers in the tier, Terrakion. Its Ground typing gives it an Electric immunity that prevents Mega Manectric and Zeraora from using Volt Switch to switch out, while its Ghost typing gives it a Fighting immunity and resistance to U-turn. However, Palossand is fairly passive and is prone to becoming setup fodder for Pokemon such as Swords Dance Scizor and Nasty Plot Togekiss. Palossand also faces competition from other Stealth Rock setters like Hippowdon, Gligar, Swampert, and even Seismitoad to an extent as it exerts less offensive pressure and has no phazing move. Hippowdon's overall superior bulk and much more useful ability makes it usually a better pick than Palossand.

Most Used Moves

Shore Up
65.1%
Toxic
65.1%
Block
34.8%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
34.8%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc