Best moves

Sandslash

Movepool

3 fast and 5 charged moves, elite / legacy included. Ranked by damage per second (fast) and damage per energy (charged), both with this form's x1.2 STAB applied where it earns it.

Best moveset21.8 DPS

groundSand Attack

groundEarthquake

15 x Sand Attack per Earthquake · 11.0s cycle · 240 power with STAB

#221.3 DPS

steelMetal Claw

groundEarthquake

20 x Metal Claw per Earthquake · 13.5s cycle · 288 power with STAB

#321.0 DPS

steelMetal Claw

groundScorching Sands

10 x Metal Claw per Scorching Sands · 8.0s cycle · 168 power with STAB

Fast moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Duration	DPS	EPS	Att DPS	Def DPS	PvP	Source
Metal Claw	steel	6	+5	0.5s	12.00	10.00	2.4	12.0	5 / 7 / 2t	standard
Mud ShotSTAB	ground	4	+6	0.5s	9.60	12.00	1.6	8.0	3 / 9 / 2t	standard
Sand AttackSTAB	ground	4	+7	0.5s	9.60	14.00	1.6	8.0	2 / 4 / 1t	standard

Charged moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Duration	DPS	DPE	Att DPS	Def DPS	PvP	Source
Scorching SandsSTAB	ground	90	-50	3.0s	36.00	2.16	18.0	30.0	80 / 50	standard
BulldozeSTAB	ground	80	-50	3.5s	27.43	1.92	14.5	22.9	45 / 45	standard
EarthquakeSTAB	ground	140	-100	3.5s	48.00	1.68	25.5	40.0	120 / 65	standard
Night Slash	dark	45	-33	2.0s	22.50	1.36	11.3	22.5	50 / 35	elite / legacy
Rock Tomb	rock	65	-50	3.0s	21.67	1.30	13.0	21.7	75 / 50	standard

STAB marks moves that share a type with this form (x1.2 damage), and the DPS and DPE columns above already have that x1.2 in them — so a STAB move and a stronger-on-paper neutral move can be compared straight down the column, which is how the best-moveset cards rank them too. Power and Duration stay raw; hover a DPS or DPE figure to see the arithmetic. Att DPS and Def DPS are the two columns pokebattler.com prints in the same table, reproduced exactly: both are raw with no STAB, Def DPS is power / duration, and Att DPS is power / (duration + 2s), the gym move delay. They are there so this table can be diffed against theirs row by row — every row on the pages read on 2026-09-11 matches. Energy is gained on fast moves and spent on charged moves. Every move name opens its own page with the damage window and every other form that learns it — or browse all moves.