Best moves

Alolan Sandslash

Movepool

3 fast and 7 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 moveset23.1 DPS

steelMetal Claw

iceBlizzard

20 x Metal Claw per Blizzard · 13.0s cycle · 300 power with STAB

#220.6 DPS

icePowder Snow

iceBlizzard

7 x Powder Snow per Blizzard · 10.0s cycle · 206 power with STAB

#320.5 DPS

steelMetal Claw

steelGyro Ball

10 x Metal Claw per Gyro Ball · 8.5s cycle · 174 power with STAB

Fast moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Duration	DPS	EPS	Att DPS	Def DPS	PvP	Source
Metal ClawSTAB	steel	6	+5	0.5s	14.40	10.00	2.4	12.0	5 / 7 / 2t	standard
Shadow Claw	ghost	6	+4	0.5s	12.00	8.00	2.4	12.0	6 / 8 / 2t	elite / legacy
Powder SnowSTAB	ice	6	+15	1.0s	7.20	15.00	2.0	6.0	6 / 8 / 2t	standard

Charged moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Duration	DPS	DPE	Att DPS	Def DPS	PvP	Source
Gyro BallSTAB	steel	85	-50	3.5s	29.14	2.04	15.5	24.3	80 / 50	standard
Ice PunchSTAB	ice	50	-33	2.0s	30.00	1.82	12.5	25.0	60 / 40	standard
Drill Run	ground	85	-50	3.0s	28.33	1.70	17.0	28.3	70 / 40	standard
Aerial Ace	flying	55	-33	2.5s	22.00	1.67	12.2	22.0	60 / 45	standard
Bulldoze	ground	80	-50	3.5s	22.86	1.60	14.5	22.9	45 / 45	standard
BlizzardSTAB	ice	130	-100	3.0s	52.00	1.56	26.0	43.3	140 / 75	standard
Night Slash	dark	45	-33	2.0s	22.50	1.36	11.3	22.5	50 / 35	elite / legacyrestored

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.