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Not obtainable in Pokemon GO as of 2026-10-03: PvPoke flags it released:false and onemorecatch.site lists the species as unavailable. It is left out of default counter lists, boss pickers, tools and the Pokebox; the numbers on this page are what the Game Master gives it.

List checked 2026-10-03. Source: PvPoke gamemaster released:false flags (github.com/pvpoke/pvpoke, snapshot 2026-10-03 03:11:52) cross-checked with onemorecatch.site's unavailable list (updated 2026-10-02) and theclick.gg's Mega list (2026-09-16); PvP-only exclusions (Ditto, Shedinja, Spewpa, Cosmog, Cosmoem) and the stale Mega Camerupt flag corrected by hand.

Sandy Shocks counters

#0989Not released in Pokemon GO

electric groundTier 3

Lobby CP

22,519

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

189

Defense

153

Difficulty

0.57

Pokebattler scale

Beating Sandy Shocks should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,871-1,954.

Weak toground1.6xwater1.6xgrass1.6xice1.6x

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 Water Mega — most top counters attack with Water

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 Sandy Shocks counters are Mega Greninja, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Kyurem (White), Shadow Kyogre, Shadow Groudon & Kyurem (Black).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Greninja
S. Landorus (Therian)
Kyurem (White)
S. Kyogre
S. Groudon
Kyurem (Black)

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 GreninjaMegapartyWater Shuriken / Surf+0.521:32
2Mega StarmieMegaPsywave / Liquidation+0.541:34
3Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.561:39
4Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.601:45
5Primal GroudonMegaLegendaryMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.601:45
6Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn0.601:45
7Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Seed Bomb+0.601:45
8Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.601:45
9Mega SceptileMegaFury Cutter / Frenzy Plant0.611:46
10Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.621:50
12Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.651:54
13Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyDragon Tail / Freeze Shock0.651:54

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

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Top 15 Sandy Shocks 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 Greninjawaterdarkjoint top pick	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	1:32	0.52	1.2	255.0%
2	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	1:34	0.54	1.1	249.4%
3	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	1:39	0.56	1.4	238.2%
4	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	1:45	0.60	0.8	224.1%
5	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	1:45	0.60	0.9	224.0%
6	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	1:45	0.60	1.0	223.7%
7	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	1:45	0.60	0.8	223.3%
8	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	1:45	0.60	1.0	222.6%
9	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	1:46	0.61	1.6	220.5%
10	Shadow Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	4,115	1:50	0.62	1.3	214.3%
11	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	1:53	0.64	1.0	208.3%
12	Shadow Groudonground	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	4,115	1:54	0.65	1.4	205.3%
13	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	dragonDragon TailiceFreeze Shock	4,605	1:54	0.65	1.1	205.2%
14	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	1:56	0.66	1.0	203.0%
15	Shadow Kinglerwater	waterBubblewaterCrabhammer	2,829	1:56	0.66	2.7	202.7%

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 Sandy Shocks.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Sandy Shocks'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.

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
Splash / Struggle	100%	212%	222.5%	1:45	1.2	0.60

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…

Sandy Shocks 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.

ground1.6x water1.6x grass1.6x ice1.6x normal1x fighting1x bug1x ghost1x fire1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x flying0.63x poison0.63x rock0.63x steel0.63x electric0.24x

Weak (4)
Neutral (9)
Resists (4)
Double resists (1)

It resists electric0.24xflying0.625xpoison0.625xrock0.625xsteel0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Sandy Shocks throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
waterSplash	0	+17	1.5s	0.80s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
normalStruggle	35	-0	2.0s	1.00s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,871	2,339
11/11/11	1,888	2,360
12/12/12	1,904	2,381
13/13/13	1,921	2,402
14/14/14	1,938	2,422
15/15/15hundo	1,954	2,443

Caught CP range 1,871 - 1,954, or 2,339 - 2,443 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.

Sandy Shocks 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 189 / Defense 153 (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 Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	100%	255.0%	0.52	1:32	1.1	100%	3,784	41.2	1742
2	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	99%	249.4%	0.54	1:34	1.0	100%	3,701	38.5	1749
3	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	92%	238.2%	0.56	1:39	1.3	100%	3,922	36.8	1581
4	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	94%	224.1%	0.60	1:45	0.7	100%	5,902	35.0	2165
5	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	94%	224.0%	0.60	1:45	0.8	100%	5,902	34.9	2093
6	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	90%	223.7%	0.60	1:45	0.9	100%	4,605	34.6	1804
7	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	94%	223.3%	0.60	1:45	0.8	100%	4,093	34.8	2120
8	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	91%	222.6%	0.60	1:45	0.9	100%	6,428	34.3	1809
9	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	84%	220.5%	0.61	1:46	1.5	100%	4,056	34.0	1431
10	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	83%	214.3%	0.62	1:50	1.2	100%	4,115	33.3	1629
11	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	84%	208.3%	0.64	1:53	0.9	100%	6,112	32.3	1816
12	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	79%	205.3%	0.65	1:54	1.3	100%	4,115	32.4	1616
13	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	81%	205.2%	0.65	1:54	1.0	100%	4,605	32.4	1800
14	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	82%	203.0%	0.66	1:56	0.9	100%	5,424	32.0	1838
15	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	72%	202.7%	0.66	1:56	2.5	100%	2,829	31.3	1006
16	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	80%	199.7%	0.67	1:58	0.9	100%	4,401	31.2	1810
17	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	77%	199.5%	0.67	1:58	1.3	100%	3,922	31.6	1570
18	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Bubble / Hydro Cannon	Bubble / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	70%	199.0%	0.67	1:58	2.5	100%	2,654	31.0	991
19	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	77%	198.7%	0.67	1:58	1.2	100%	3,677	30.8	1638
20	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	70%	198.5%	0.67	1:58	2.5	100%	3,105	31.0	1002
21	Shadow Excadrill groundsteelshadow Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands	Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands+14 more movesets	77%	196.2%	0.68	1:60	1.2	100%	3,244	30.5	1652
22	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Mud-Slap / Avalanche	Mud-Slap / Avalanche+11 more movesets	73%	195.6%	0.68	2:00	1.8	100%	3,328	30.5	1262
23	Shadow Landorus (Incarnate) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+7 more movesets	69%	187.5%	0.71	2:05	1.8	100%	3,588	29.2	1252
24	Mega Blastoise watermega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	71%	183.9%	0.73	2:08	1.2	100%	3,941	28.3	1589
25	Shadow Swampert watergroundshadow Mud Shot / Hydro Cannon	Mud Shot / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	67%	182.8%	0.73	2:08	1.9	100%	2,974	28.3	1209
26	Shadow Crawdaunt waterdarkshadow Waterfall / Crabhammer	Waterfall / Crabhammer+11 more movesets	63%	182.3%	0.73	2:09	2.9	100%	2,474	28.2	874
27	Shadow Rhyperior groundrockshadow Mud-Slap / Earthquake	Mud-Slap / Earthquake+15 more movesets	75%	182.0%	0.73	2:09	0.9	100%	3,733	28.5	1836
28	Shadow Samurott watershadow Waterfall / Hydro Cannon	Waterfall / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	65%	181.1%	0.74	2:10	2.2	100%	2,826	28.1	1094
29	Shadow Empoleon watersteelshadow Waterfall / Hydro Cannon	Waterfall / Hydro Cannon+19 more movesets	70%	178.8%	0.75	2:11	1.0	100%	2,900	27.8	1764
30	Inteleon water Water Gun / Snipe Shot	Water Gun / Snipe Shot+9 more movesets	62%	175.4%	0.76	2:14	2.3	100%	2,964	27.4	1063

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