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Alolan Sandslash has higher physical Defense, but much lower Sp. Atk than it's Kantonian counterpart, not that neither variant would be commonly running special moves.
A lot of Pokémon have improved movepools in later generations.
Sandslash and Ninetales helped give Kanto's type chart much needed balance and variety the moment they and their pre-evolutions received regional variants.