Orange Pokémon are found in the brown, red and yellow categories. Minior and Alcremie are tied for being in the most color groups, each appearing in six:.Frillish and Jellicent change color as well, being blue while male and pink while female, however, in the Pokédex they're all white. The only Pokémon that changes its color depending its gender is Meowstic, the male being blue and the female white.#29 - #34: Nidoran♀, Nidorina, Nidoqueen, Nidoran♂.#174, #39 - #40: Igglybuff, Jigglypuff & Wigglytuff.#43 - #45, #182: Oddish, Gloom, Vileplume & Bellossom.That is the reason why Sandslash gets a 3.5-star rating. Remember, my rating is not based on just a Pokémon's fighting performances, but also on its design, my personal experiences with said Pokémon and whether or not I'd like to use it in a playthrough once. And even though Sandslash may not be the best Pokémon out there, I really like this Pokémon. Moreover, Sandslash's claws can break and its spikes are shed regularly, after which they grow back quickly. One last feature I think is really nice, is that Sandshrew and Sandslash's claws are venomous, just like a shrew (a mouse-like mammal) is poisonous in real-life, hence their ability to learn Poison Sting naturally. Not to mention it would be completely bodied by fairy types due to its lackluster special defense. You can even go with a speed-reducing nature and teach it Gyro Ball (a move that does more damage the slower the user is compared to the target), but if you insist on teaching Sandlsash a steel-type move, you'll be better off with the Move Tutor move Iron Tail instead, because most ice types aren't very fast to begin with.
The other two slots in its moveset should be filled in by Rock Slide and Poison Jab (to counter ice and grass types, to which Sandslash is weak), while X-Scissor is also an option. The moves it learns are some really basic TM moves though, but Earthquake is going to be its main move anyway, combined with Swords Dance.
However, spend some time EV-training Sandslash with either an attack- or defense-bossting nature in its attack and defense stats (as well as some of its HP) and you have a hard-hitting physical tank. Its special attack is absolutely booty, but it doesn't need it, while it could use some more special defense and speed. In fact, with its high attack and defense stats it can actually put in some good work. Well, Sandslash isn't used all that much in the competitive scene, but that doesn't mean it's not capable. I wanted to say that Sandshrew mainly serves as the pre-evolution of the ground-type hedgehog/porcupine thing that is Sandslash, so how does Sandslash fare in battles? Goddammit, I shouldn't worry about this whole thing over and over again. I'll grant them, Sandshrew has some traits of mice, but Sandslash. However, it seems that Game Freak have had a broad view of what exactly a mouse is: as is the case with Rattata and Raticate, both Sandshrew and Sandslash have been erroneously classified as 'Mouse Pokémon'. (Perhaps I should mention that I didn't have all that many plushies to begin with, so that is probably the reason why it was my favorite.) Game Freak can even make a pangolin/armadillo Pokémon look cute if they want to, even though it should be noted that all real-life animals can be cute if drawn correctly. And even though I don't have it anymore, it was definitely my favorite and most huggable Pokémon plushie, aside from maybe Togepi. Well, Sandshrew is actually just there for being adorable, and that manifests itself in those fluffy plushies of Sandshrew that I had one of as well. I'm not saying that they're not likeable or even capable Pokémon, so let's see what they have in store for us. Yeah, I don't think that's gonna happen right now though, because Sandshrew and Sandslash cannot compete with Pikachu's popularity. Writing the previous entry about the Pokémon franchise mascot felt like writing a 1,000-page novel.
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