I ACTUALLY Used Sandslash, And Made It Strong

Sandslash has always been one of my favorite gen 1 Pokemon, and today we're trying to do it some justice.
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Team:
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[@paopaothesiopao995]

Slaking “avoiding” Hydro Pump while he’s just chilling there is hilarious 😂

[@LimeLivesMatter]

I didn't know Sandslash casually rolls in the intro

[@ChocolateSoda1]

Rapid spin

[@LimeLivesMatter]

@@ChocolateSoda1 Not Roll Out?

[@ElectricityRaichu]

Sandslash solos sonic the Hedgehog fr

[@DaGreatKikos]

Me neither. I first found out when I had one following me in let’s go eevee 😂

[@bluespy4050]

Babe, wake up. Haydunn made a Gen 1 Pokémon useful again

[@mrphatman69]

"Single blade of grass" looked like a ball to me. Poor Gastrodon, getting green balls to the face.

[@NotRustyHere]

I wonder how I can get my balls... Green 😏

[@brunokingz]

I have a soft spot for Sandslash, it was my first shiny... so good seeing him being used

[@ggrarl]

Sandslash was pretty good in Stadium.

[@DanielFalcocchio]

Wait he was my first shiny too (sandshrew) in pokemon sapphire! Like 20 years ago

[@napaim1038]

Ah, the Excadrill we have at home.

[@tylerc4229]

Crazy after 20+ years crystals sprites still have the most character

[@greyborg3846]

Sandshrew and Sandslash have always been two of my favorite pokemon ever since gen 1. I'm so glad to see Sandslash putting in some work here. Excellent video and I hope to see many more like it.

[@yn-central_anime]

7:18 Sandslash was always one my favorite gen 1 mons just because I thought it had such a cool design but anytime Haydunn has the good boi Knuckles come out and grab a kill just by sitting still in a bean bag it's gonna be a good day for me! 😂💝🎉

[@chriscunningham6401]

Sandslash is my favorite Pokémon, since GEN1, glad to see it doing some work.

[@legendoflike4942]

Bro was I the only one that thought sandshrew and sandslash was so cute when it got released and used it when it got released?

[@dranide]

Ya know, it’s wild, because of the billions of people in the world, you actually ARE the only one who did.

[@sethnaffziger1402]

I was really disappointed after seeing the anime where that one guys sandshrew was all tough and trained to shrug off water attacks and then mine died to water gun in the game 😅

[@Jamiereid967]

I’ve not been back in a few years but I’ve had notis on the whole time 1 can’t believe your voice had got so much deeper 2 the intro still slaps

[@Real_AnimA]

If there's one thing i've learned over the years, It's use whatever pokemon you like no matter how strong they are, There's always a way to make them work

[@DJQuartz]

Finally someone else recognizes that thank you

[@mercury2118]

Any tips on clawitzer?

[@matthewbrown8614]

While it's possible it's very hard to do good in ranked when u are using sub or under 500 stat mons against borderline OP stuff like Flutter mane, bundle, Urshifu, tailwind spamming, etc.

[@Stardust_9523]

​@@glurpious73 Tried making a Flareon set actually. Normal Tera with fire orb, facade/trailblaze/flare blitz/protect. Might swap protect for something else, but I figured it was neat that Flareon could have a chance to shine thanks to not needing toxic orb anymore, plus flare blitz being better then fire fang. Sadly it's still just a bit too slow. If only some of those special attack points went into speed lol

[@InsaneGarrison25]

@@mercury2118Can do work in Sticky Web or Rain teams

[@marinasea17]

Sandslash deserves a strong, high crit ground type slashing contact move. No you cannot change my mind.

[@gregariosity]

It already gets drill run

[@Luachra]

This is definitely the first time I’ve seen a guy absolutely on level 10 chilling inside of a sandstorm inside of a minecraft diamond house.

[@ronnycrawf2441]

Btw hydrapple is like 40 something base speed so there was never a threat of it being faster.

[@jonathonriley6866]

Good to see the bread back on the team

[@wires8054]

My dude! First Dewgong and now Sandslash! You’re using all my favourites, next you’ll be making my Zappy Boi Raichu a star somehow. Love your content. The Slash was what I went for my Let’s Go nostalgia trip with. The boi rolling all over Kanto with me 💙

[@WinterAlekz]

Gengar cooked that guys ninetails

[@dathbaeder]

I always assumed Sandslash had less than 50 speed, didn't realize it had damn near 70

[@Glyjerify]

Would you consider making a video about your team building process and analysis? I've loved how you can use niche picks in such a fun and threatening way and I'd like to have a better understanding of how to do it myself!

[@teaguevox8160]

If Ribombee would have quiver danced instead of sticky webbed, that would have been carnation instant scary.

[@EdgmundOza]

bro sandslash is amazing. i used to run alolan ninetails (max speed + aurora veil) with snow warning and alolan sandslash (max HP and max ATK) with slush rush in Gen 7

[@Roinaeh]

Haydunn did nail it again. Sandslash is a cool one. Always been.

[@_cryskar]

Sandslash is unfortunately just a poor mans Excadrill. Like the only things it got that Excadrill can't do are Knock Off and Gunk Shot, both have Poison Jab though. Its nice to see someone still use Sandslash instead though

[@pappy2690]

Been in these battles before. Almost every move for the last half of the battle just went comically wrong for him

[@Bayzer0191]

I don't play comp or anything, but one thing I noticed is that Sandslash is one of the few Pokémon with access to Rapid Spin and Stealth Rock/Spikes while having a HP Draining move in Leech Life. Sadly it's... well a Bug Type move. While Ground would hit the Fire, Poison, and Steel Types that resist Bug, there's still Fighting, Flying, Ghost, and Fairy... granted Stealth Rock could threaten Flying. And then there's just... Sandslash's stats being VERY power creeped as a Gen 1 Pokémon. 😔 Toedscruel and Brambleghast have Giga Drain, but that would use a Special moveset, and Rapid Spin is Physical. They also only have access to Spikes (and Toedscruel would always move last using Spikes because of its ability). Other Pokémon running Rapid Spin + hazard move would have to rely on items/abilities or take up another move slot just to heal. Edit: Throwing in that Sandslash also has access to Drill Run for possible Critical Hit shenanigans.

[@inserttaken_name1762]

i love sandslash so much, its a joy to see whenever showdown gives me one in ranbats since its almost sure to have rapid spin for those pesky hazards and if im lucky it can knock a mon or 2 out with its high atk stat

[@naomiseadragon2676]

Back in the day, I used to use swords dance sandslash in PU with hippopotas to set up the sand. It was a lot of fun to use!

[@cooljams_jams]

Won some key RBY tourney matches with Sandslash. Important case where stat total tells a small tale.

[@a-man27]

I tried the Comfey build and it’s super strong, sandslash is so good too

[@Iheartdrumzz]

Been watching the Black Nuzlocke and Lanturn is here too!

[@matthewbrown8614]

Great video! I gotta back up A Ninetails tho. When u said it never surprises, I surprise people a lot by going for a Nasty plot when I know they are gonna switch, especially when I know they are gonna switch to another weather setter. I've gone on sweeps and still get my A Veil up at times. Tera Steal is great for it as well. Blizzard or Moon blast + a NP goes brrrrrr! A Ninetails with encore is great too (but I don't have it on my set)

[@Caun-88]

This guy is my childhood favorite I'm glad it's getting showcased

[@KitDoctor]

Super sand legend

[@Jikrin]

Sandslash playthrough of gen 3 coming up

[@salutauo2035]

In order to balance out rock type attacks having low accuracy, I feel that sandstorm should lower opponents moves accuracy instead of damaging them

[@acehomi]

I’ve always loved sandslash because it reminds me of SSJ3

[@JoshuaDuaneClark]

The youtube shorts are a good move. Wouldn't have seen the video otherwise, didn't come up in my feed

[@KiryuuYoshiya]

sandslash has always been a top tier gen 1 mon to me (and my mom, for that matter. she loves sandslash). i always name my shiny ones knuckles 😌 we love to see a good boy put in the work

[@Veezy_POP]

Bro did not vibe after that Greninja took their master emerald

[@wgt7537]

Gengar is the OG ghost. GIVE BACK LEVITATE! I run gengar on almost all of my teams no matter how far it drops 😁💜. Also, the Slaking attack animation + the Knock Off animation go hand-in-hand smoothly 👋😝

[@MsHellfe]

This video was the perfect length for me to eat my lunch to

[@synysterdawn8913]

Those Gen 1 stat spreads are painful to see anymore. I feel like you could reasonably bump most older Pokemon up to at least 500 BST and it would make such a massive difference in viability.

[@tristiancook5821]

Yeah, I was about to say. I knew sandslash was coming. In your last video, it easily could've been the feature. Don't get me wrong, Doug is great and all but knuckles is SHARP

[@DrMat]

Sandshrew/Sandslash are the best Pokemon. Fact! Thanks for showing how awesome they are!

[@terminalpower.]

My fav pkmn since Gen 1, I put it on teams every generation. Usually VGC tho.

[@n7sorcerer419]

My head canon is this is the kind of Sandslash that Blue would ACTUALLY use on his team.

[@IronDino]

This was a wonderful watch.

[@DefinitelyNotAFerret]

Just the break I need from studying for A&P

[@freydawg56]

Hot damn. It's the soggy bottom Sand Splash!

[@valentinahotsauce666]

Sandslash slashing through em

[@Lbozo-jn9lv]

My boy sandslash finally used ❤

[@KTDBOGKUSH]

Nice lil sweep. great game!

[@freemovies411]

Calling the Roton Wash "George Washington" caught me so off-guard, I had to double check its nickname. XD

[@DominicGuarino]

Casually serving knuckle sandwiches

[@Kylored]

Well played!

[@triumphoverdeath]

Minecraft diamond house LOL

[@christophertsongos1261]

Sandslash has a good design

[@Obamas-Mole]

Alolan sandlash Slush rush ability Heavy duty boots Tera ground Swords dance Rapid spin Iron head Earthquake Pairs well with alolan ninetails

[@Giratina575]

Energy ball on a gastrodon....that seems Familiar. Reminds me of gen 5

[@yerba_morte]

bro i've loved Sandslash since yellow version this rocks

[@gregbellin6676]

My boy Sandslash is a goat!!!

[@sachindrabhagat]

Yes the return of Sandjobs!

[@SeonilKim-ry5lj]

Your Sandslash rougher than the rest of them.

[@SquishyOfCinder]

You should use Meganium since it has trailblaze, knock off and eq

[@evanreloadingbazookagaming1699]

I was just wondering, do you go into a match and try to use a certain mon for the video? Or do you just hit record and see who pops off the most, then title the video to be about that mon?

[@Haydunn]

just hit record and see who pops off mostly lmao

[@BrentBowersWithTics]

Great video!

[@454ffv]

That rotom could’ve protected against slaking but chose not to lmao what was dude thinking?

[@zephyrdreamcrafter]

Leaving a like for my boy sandslash

[@leandrolopes5888]

With my WHOLE HEART: THANK YOU for showing SANDSLASH my favorite mon 🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🤎🦔🦔🦔🦔🦔🦔

[@VivaBoricua93]

I love sandslash so much I wish it had better stats or at least an evolution

[@azlansalman2549]

Isn't this basically just a lackluster excadrill?

[@tarantulaman4590]

What about a video for Coalossal?

[@jytan740]

all the ghost are named spookshire

[@gunner6233]

you should try to use a completely useless pokemon like delibird or kricketune, they are my favs :)

[@sonic-bb]

Kricketune is my boi. You take that back!

[@nyang015]

So at 4:11 when you send out the hippo against greninja why does it shows earthquake to be super effective? Greninja is water and dark so it shouldn't be weak to it. I've also noticed when I was playing with npc which show that earthquake was supper effective against snorlex but normal it's not weak to ground move. I try searching this up but nothing comes up to why earthquake was supper effective to snorlex similar to here on how your eathquick is supper effective to greninja.

[@gregariosity]

Greninja was rock type bc of its ability Protean

[@underabridge5639]

Finally ma boi gets respect

[@arbiter771]

imagine making starf berry tropius strong

[@porkysugrim]

Knuckles OP

[@dizzyheads]

I like Sandslash It looks so awesome Wish it gets a buff

[@DarkZekrom9898]

This was almost a Haiku

[@bradleyAOT]

i used the heracross one shot my friends terrakion w/bullet seed

[@todayidraw]

Just curious, does sandslash learn spiky shield?

[@Veezy_POP]

No but it should’ve tho since it makes so much sense

[@todayidraw]

@@Veezy_POP sandslash was so forgettable.. Sad because he was so iconic in gen1 and was in our rival's team in Yellow as a champion

[@DcJensen]

Can you take a look at my Venomoth build Venomoth Miracle Seed Ability Tinted Lens Tera Type Grass EVs: 136 HP / 24 Def / 168 SpA / 132 SpD / 48 Spe Calm Nature IVs: 0 Atk - Quiver Dance - Sleep Powder - Baton Pass - Giga Drain

[@haisex3]

Wish it had more attack and speed tho :/ Sandslash has always been a cool pokemon to me

[@calistinsin]

RIP Sand Jobs

[@LimeLivesMatter]

I can't believe Gastrodon survived the Energy Ball from Gengar...how? Did you not invest in its Sp.Att?

[@Haydunn]

252+ SpA Gengar Energy Ball vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Gastrodon: 356-420 (83.5 - 98.5%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery

[@LimeLivesMatter]

@@Haydunn So Gastrodon is just Sp. bulky Edit: It has alot of HP actually

[@jsmoove299]

Sandjobs the 🐐

[@nv854]

Make a generation 1 Ninetales video

[@Heavyboi]

Can you do revamped armarouge

[@RalseiRamparts]

SLASHING CHAIN

[@doc-t-8648]

sandslash 4 mon sweep?

[@TheStarger]

i miss Sandjobs☹

[@voltneo3082]

Lanturn gang wya

[@turboshazed7370]

Plz use Slither Wing ❤️

[@car2x3t30]

Yoo its my favorite pokemon

[@SnazzieAzzie]

And Knuckles

[@galactic3536]

I love lanturn :)

[@blu6600]

alolan sandslash

[@hunterhaynes]

What up.