Alolan Sandshrew counters

#0027

ice steelTier 3

Lobby CP

10,080

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

102

Defense

105

Difficulty

0.23

Pokebattler scale

Beating Alolan Sandshrew should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 688-739.

Weak tofighting2.56xfire2.56xground1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

Improve your raidweather · friendship · Mega in the lobby · Party Power · Adventure EffectsShow ▾

Weather

★ boosts a type this boss is weak to

No boost Sunny or clear ★Rainy Partly cloudy Cloudy ★Windy Snow Fog

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend

None Good friend (+3%)Great friend (+5%)Ultra friend (+7%)Best friend (+10%)

Mega in the lobby

a Mega boosts every trainer's attacks: 1.3x of its own type, 1.1x of others

Try a Fighting Mega — most top counters attack with Fighting

Party Power

Party Play: the charged move after a full meter does 2x

Off 2 trainers 3 trainers 4 trainers

Adventure Effects

only these three change a raid

Behemoth Blade (+10% attack)Behemoth Bash (+10% defense)Dynamic Punch+ (+15% attack vs Mega)

Of the game's eleven Adventure Effects only Behemoth Blade (Crowned Sword Zacian), Behemoth Bash (Crowned Shield Zamazenta) and Dynamic Punch+ (Mega Mewtwo X) change a raid; Roar of Time, Spacial Rend, Freeze Shock, Ice Burn, Sunsteel Strike, Moongeist Beam, Future Sight+ and Dynamax Cannon act outside raids. Dynamic Punch+ only counts against a Mega boss, so it changes nothing here. Sources: the full list, Behemoth Blade / Bash, Dynamic Punch+.

Best counters

Mega, Legendary, Shadow · level 40

The best Alolan Sandshrew counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Shadow Reshiram, Keldeo, Shadow Blaziken, Blacephalon & Shadow Chandelure.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
S. Reshiram
Keldeo
S. Blaziken
Blacephalon
S. Chandelure

7 more Megas ranked inside the top six — a party can hold only one Mega, so the best one stays and the next non-Mega takes the slot.

Ranked by Estimator (trainers needed); small print: time to winOrder byEstimatorOverall %

1Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendarypartyCounter / Dynamic Punch+0.200:35
2Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+0.200:35
3Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.230:40
4Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere0.230:40
5Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare0.250:43
6Mega Charizard YMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.250:44
7Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+0.250:44
8KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword0.250:44
9Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryCounter / Focus Blast0.260:45
10Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyCounter / Aura Sphere0.260:46
11BlacephalonLegendarypartyIncinerate / Mind Blown0.260:46
13Shadow ChandelureShadowpartyFire Spin / Overheat0.270:48

More orders under All settings (Sort by). The top 15 in detail.

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Raid tier — Group Raid

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Related countersShadow Alolan Sandshrew Sandshrew

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Top 15 Alolan Sandshrew counters in detail

Click a row for damage per move, breakpoints and the energy cycle. Click a column to sort. All 30 ranked attackers, with every column, are under All settings.

Trainers1soloable

#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:35	0.20	0.0	675.5%
2	Mega Delphoxfirepsychicjoint top pick	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	0:35	0.20	0.0	664.9%
3	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	0:40	0.23	0.2	593.5%
4	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	0:40	0.23	0.1	584.5%
5	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	0:43	0.25	0.3	539.7%
6	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	0:44	0.25	0.3	529.5%
7	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	0:44	0.25	0.6	529.4%
8	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	0:44	0.25	0.0	529.0%
9	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterfightingFocus Blast	6,428	0:45	0.26	0.2	522.6%
10	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	2,848	0:46	0.26	0.6	512.3%
11	Blacephalonfireghost	fireIncineratefireMind Blown	3,297	0:46	0.26	0.8	507.5%
12	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	0:47	0.27	0.6	500.9%
13	Shadow Chandelureghostfire	fireFire SpinfireOverheat	3,268	0:48	0.27	0.9	487.1%
14	Shadow Conkeldurrfighting	fightingForce PalmfightingDynamic Punch	3,337	0:48	0.28	0.7	485.8%
15	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard)fire	fireFire FangfireOverheat	3,105	0:49	0.28	0.7	482.8%

Ordered by Estimator alone, fewest trainers needed first. . The place badge names each row's Overall place on hover.

Times are one trainer with six copies of that attacker, level 40 at 15/15/15, no weather, no friendship, no dodging, Shadow / Mega / Legendary attackers hidden — the same defaults pokebattler.com's own counter pages open with. Open the full counter tool to change any of them. "Details" opens the per-move damage, breakpoints and energy cycle against Alolan Sandshrew.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Alolan Sandshrew's HP that six of that attacker remove inside one raid timer, so over 100% means they finish it with time to spare. Faints is how many of the six go down inside that timer.

“Joint top pick”: 2 attackers inside 2.1% of each other — this simulator's own accuracy against pokebattler.com (median 1.6% per attacker), so any of them is the right answer.

Hardest movesets to raid against

The same boss is a different fight depending on what it knows. Each row re-simulates the top 6 counters above against one specific moveset; the list is ordered hardest first, and clicking a row filters the whole page to that moveset — the ranking, the estimator and the share link all follow.

Boss moveset	Win % (1)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	476%	532.2%	0:44	0.5	0.25
Metal Claw / Gyro Ball	100%	473%	530.1%	0:44	0.4	0.25
Powder Snow / Night Slash	100%	553%	531.1%	0:44	0.3	0.25
Metal Claw / Night Slash	100%	541%	534.9%	0:44	0.3	0.25
Powder Snow / Blizzard	100%	402%	535.4%	0:44	0.6	0.25
Powder Snow / Gyro Ball	100%	479%	535.6%	0:44	0.4	0.25
Metal Claw / Blizzard	100%	381%	537.0%	0:44	0.6	0.25

Measured over the top 6 attackers on the list above rather than by re-ranking the whole roster once per moveset — the ordering is what the table is for, and a full re-rank per moveset would cost ten times the page's whole simulation budget. Win % is the share of runs 1 trainers of those attackers finish inside the raid timer. Overall is Pokebattler's published blend on its own absolute scale (higher is easier), not a percentage of the best row the way the ranked table's Overall column is — which is why an easy boss reads well above 100% here.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Alolan Sandshrew weaknesses and resistances

Every one of the 18 attacking types against this boss's typing. GO multipliers: 1.6x super effective, 2.56x doubly, 0.625x resisted, 0.39x doubly resisted.

fighting2.56x fire2.56x ground1.6x rock1x ghost1x steel1x water1x electric1x dark1x normal0.63x flying0.63x bug0.63x grass0.63x psychic0.63x dragon0.63x fairy0.63x poison0.39x ice0.39x

Double weak (2)
Weak (1)
Neutral (6)
Resists (9)

It resists poison0.39xice0.39xnormal0.625xflying0.625xbug0.625xgrass0.625xpsychic0.625xdragon0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Alolan Sandshrew throws at you

Its standard movepool, with the damage window a dodge has to beat.

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
steelMetal ClawSTAB	6	+5	0.5s	0.23s
icePowder SnowSTAB	6	+15	1.0s	0.85s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
iceBlizzardSTAB	130	-100	3.0s	1.40s
steelGyro BallSTAB	85	-50	3.5s	3.20s
darkNight Slash	45	-33	2.0s	1.10s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	688	860
11/11/11	698	873
12/12/12	708	885
13/13/13	718	898
14/14/14	728	911
15/15/15hundo	739	924

Caught CP range 688 - 739, or 860 - 924 when the weather boosts it.

A raid encounter is level 20 (level 25 weather boosted) and cannot roll an IV below 10/10/10. Anything outside the first range is not this raid's reward.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Alolan Sandshrew is not on the raid schedule right now. The simulation above is still exact for the tier chosen — any boss can be simulated, current or not.

All settings

Tier 3: 3,600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 102 / Defense 105 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

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Every column, and pokebattler.com's own rank

On a phone the list shows estimator, time to win and faints. Overall, Power, win chance, CP, DPS and TDO appear on a wider screen.

#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Faints	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo X top pickpsychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	675.5%	0.20	0:35	0.0	100%	6,112	121.4	4169
2	Mega Delphox top pickfirepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	97%	664.9%	0.20	0:35	0.0	100%	4,783	107.7	3801
3	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	84%	593.5%	0.23	0:40	0.2	100%	3,826	98.0	3447
4	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	84%	584.5%	0.23	0:40	0.1	100%	4,161	95.4	3638
5	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	73%	539.7%	0.25	0:43	0.3	100%	4,038	84.0	3067
6	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	72%	529.5%	0.25	0:44	0.3	100%	4,455	82.8	3073
7	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	72%	529.4%	0.25	0:44	0.5	100%	3,670	82.3	2623
8	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	77%	529.0%	0.25	0:44	0.0	100%	3,698	82.2	3646
9	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+26 more movesets	71%	522.6%	0.26	0:45	0.2	100%	6,428	80.7	3225
10	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	67%	512.3%	0.26	0:46	0.5	100%	2,848	81.6	2688
11	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mind Blown	Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	65%	507.5%	0.26	0:46	0.8	100%	3,297	85.7	2289
12	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	67%	500.9%	0.27	0:47	0.5	100%	4,521	78.9	2630
13	Shadow Chandelure ghostfireshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+19 more movesets	62%	487.1%	0.27	0:48	0.8	100%	3,268	77.1	2082
14	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	63%	485.8%	0.28	0:48	0.6	100%	3,337	75.0	2466
15	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) fireshadow Fire Fang / Overheat	Fire Fang / Overheat+11 more movesets	62%	482.8%	0.28	0:49	0.7	100%	3,105	75.3	2338
16	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	69%	477.2%	0.28	0:49	0.0	100%	3,754	75.5	3711
17	Reshiram dragonfire Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	65%	473.7%	0.28	0:50	0.2	100%	4,038	74.5	3235
18	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	63%	473.1%	0.28	0:50	0.4	100%	2,703	75.4	2834
19	Mega Charizard X firedragonmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	63%	468.3%	0.29	0:50	0.3	100%	3,850	72.9	3064
20	Shadow Infernape firefightingshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+7 more movesets	59%	455.8%	0.29	0:51	0.5	100%	2,683	70.9	2548
21	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+17 more movesets	61%	455.6%	0.29	0:52	0.4	100%	4,814	73.1	2881
22	Shadow Delphox firepsychicshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	59%	455.6%	0.29	0:52	0.7	100%	3,059	72.8	2313
23	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	56%	455.5%	0.29	0:52	0.9	100%	3,093	70.8	2027
24	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	58%	452.3%	0.30	0:52	0.6	100%	3,698	70.3	2424
25	Shadow Ho-Oh fireflyingshadow Incinerate / Sacred Fire++	Incinerate / Sacred Fire+++27 more movesets	60%	443.9%	0.30	0:53	0.3	100%	3,863	72.8	3271
26	Shadow Emboar firefightingshadow Low Kick / Blast Burn	Low Kick / Blast Burn+9 more movesets	59%	443.6%	0.30	0:53	0.5	100%	2,982	73.8	2892
27	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+11 more movesets	58%	442.6%	0.30	0:53	0.6	100%	3,465	71.0	2595
28	Shadow Typhlosion fireshadow Incinerate / Blast Burn	Incinerate / Blast Burn+14 more movesets	57%	437.0%	0.31	0:54	0.6	100%	2,889	68.8	2466
29	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Counter / Flamethrower	Counter / Flamethrower+23 more movesets	53%	431.6%	0.31	0:54	1.0	100%	4,178	67.5	1893
30	Blaziken firefighting Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	57%	431.3%	0.31	0:54	0.5	100%	2,848	69.2	2798

How accurate is this? Same top pick as pokebattler.com on 26 of 27 lists checked, 90% of its top tens shared; weakest on Mewtwo's default list (7 of 10).

Ranking. Our full ranking against the page pokebattler.com serves for the same boss and settings, on 27 boss and filter combinations read live (2026-10-04): 242 of 270 top-ten places shared, the same #1 on 26. On the six fixed reference bosses (read 2026-10-03): 85% top-ten overlap with its default filters, 83% with Shadow, Mega and Legendary on. A close top three is shown as a tie because the order inside it is below what we can measure.

Time to win. Graded with Pokebattler's own movesets against every boss moveset, average per boss: Tier 1 and 3 +0.1% to +1.2%; Tier 5 −2.9% to +1.3%; Mega −1.1% to +2.6%; Shadow Tier 5 −1.8% to +0.3%. One attacker can be off by more: median 1.6%, worst 15%, RMS per boss moveset 2.05%.

Known weak spots.

Mewtwo (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of Pokebattler's top 10: Absol, Incineroar and Salamence sit just outside ours, Polteageist, Cursola and Hisuian Typhlosion just inside.
Groudon (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of 10; its Grass and Water counters run 2-6% fast here.
Tier 5 times run about 2-3% fast for attackers that faint often, and 2-3% slow on Mega Charizard Y and Mega Beedrill, whose counters resist the boss.
Tier 1 lists are the least checked: Combee (Tier 1) shares only 3 of Pokebattler's top 10, with Gigalith first here where Pokebattler puts Rhyperior.

This boss on pokebattler.com. Boss-by-boss accuracy report.

Ranked 30 attackers in 0.2 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.