Sandile counters

#0551

ground darkTier 3

Lobby CP

8,083

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

107

Defense

Difficulty

0.21

Pokebattler scale

Beating Sandile should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 546-592.

Weak tofighting1.6xbug1.6xwater1.6xgrass1.6xice1.6xfairy1.6x

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 Sandile counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Kyurem (White), Shadow Blaziken, Keldeo, Shadow Kyogre & Lucario.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
Kyurem (White)
S. Blaziken
Keldeo
S. Kyogre
Lucario

12 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+0.190:33
2Mega GreninjaMegaWater Shuriken / Surf+0.190:34
3Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.200:35
4Mega StarmieMegaWater Gun / Liquidation+0.210:38
5Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere0.220:38
6Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+0.220:39
7Mega BeedrillMegaBug Bite / Fell Stinger+0.230:41
8Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.230:41
9Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn0.240:41
10Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryCounter / Focus Blast0.240:42
13Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyCounter / Aura Sphere0.240:43
14KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword0.250:43
16Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.260:45
18LucariopartyForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.270:47

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

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Related countersShadow Sandile

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Top 15 Sandile 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	0:33	0.19	0.0	711.7%
2	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	0:34	0.19	0.2	687.1%
3	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	0:35	0.20	0.6	676.7%
4	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	waterWater GunwaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:38	0.21	0.6	622.5%
5	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	0:38	0.22	0.6	620.6%
6	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	0:39	0.22	0.2	604.1%
7	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	bugBug BitebugFell Stinger+	3,383	0:41	0.23	0.9	577.4%
8	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	0:41	0.23	0.0	572.5%
9	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	0:41	0.24	0.1	567.0%
10	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterfightingFocus Blast	6,428	0:42	0.24	0.2	558.7%
11	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	grassBullet SeedgrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:42	0.24	0.2	556.4%
12	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	0:42	0.24	0.4	553.4%
13	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	2,848	0:43	0.24	1.5	551.3%
14	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	0:43	0.25	0.2	543.5%
15	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	0:44	0.25	0.0	529.6%

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 Sandile.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Sandile'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
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	422%	556.4%	0:42	0.7	0.24
Bite / Bulldoze	100%	413%	544.2%	0:43	0.8	0.25
Bite / Dig	100%	398%	546.5%	0:43	0.8	0.24
Mud-Slap / Dig	100%	391%	554.0%	0:42	0.9	0.24
Mud-Slap / Bulldoze	100%	399%	560.2%	0:42	0.9	0.24
Mud-Slap / Crunch	100%	464%	565.9%	0:41	0.4	0.24
Bite / Crunch	100%	515%	568.8%	0:41	0.1	0.23

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…

Sandile 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.

fighting1.6x bug1.6x water1.6x grass1.6x ice1.6x fairy1.6x normal1x flying1x ground1x steel1x fire1x dragon1x poison0.63x rock0.63x ghost0.63x dark0.63x electric0.39x psychic0.39x

Weak (6)
Neutral (6)
Resists (6)

It resists electric0.39xpsychic0.39xpoison0.625xrock0.625xghost0.625xdark0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Sandile throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
groundMud-SlapSTAB	19	+13	1.5s	1.25s
darkBiteSTAB	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
groundBulldozeSTAB	80	-50	3.5s	2.60s
groundDigSTAB	100	-50	4.5s	2.60s
darkCrunchSTAB	65	-33	3.0s	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	546	682
11/11/11	555	694
12/12/12	564	705
13/13/13	573	717
14/14/14	583	729
15/15/15hundo	592	741

Caught CP range 546 - 592, or 682 - 741 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.

Sandile 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 107 / Defense 61 (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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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 psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	711.7%	0.19	0:33	0.0	100%	6,112	113.8	3754
2	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	92%	687.1%	0.19	0:34	0.2	100%	3,784	107.7	3255
3	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	84%	676.7%	0.20	0:35	0.6	100%	3,826	105.1	2496
4	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Water Gun / Liquidation+	Water Gun / Liquidation++44 more movesets	79%	622.5%	0.21	0:38	0.5	100%	3,701	96.7	2613
5	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	77%	620.6%	0.22	0:38	0.6	100%	4,161	100.8	2629
6	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	80%	604.1%	0.22	0:39	0.2	100%	3,670	93.6	3233
7	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Bug Bite / Fell Stinger+	Bug Bite / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	72%	577.4%	0.23	0:41	0.8	100%	3,383	101.3	2254
8	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	79%	572.5%	0.23	0:41	0.0	100%	5,902	93.5	3831
9	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	75%	567.0%	0.24	0:41	0.1	100%	4,605	90.0	3607
10	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+26 more movesets	73%	558.7%	0.24	0:42	0.2	100%	6,428	88.4	3239
11	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	73%	556.4%	0.24	0:42	0.2	100%	4,056	86.2	3195
12	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	72%	553.4%	0.24	0:42	0.4	100%	4,521	86.7	2933
13	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	63%	551.3%	0.24	0:43	1.3	100%	2,848	87.0	1755
14	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	73%	543.5%	0.25	0:43	0.2	100%	3,698	90.1	3535
15	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	78%	529.6%	0.25	0:44	0.0	100%	4,093	90.3	4001
16	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	66%	519.1%	0.26	0:45	0.6	100%	4,115	82.9	2491
17	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Megahorn	Counter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	70%	508.7%	0.26	0:46	0.0	100%	4,814	80.3	3704
18	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	58%	503.3%	0.27	0:47	1.2	100%	2,703	78.6	1845
19	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	59%	501.5%	0.27	0:47	1.0	100%	3,105	77.9	1784
20	Kartana grasssteel Fury Cutter / Sacred Sword	Fury Cutter / Sacred Sword+14 more movesets	60%	499.9%	0.27	0:47	0.9	100%	3,677	77.4	1840
21	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	58%	496.7%	0.27	0:47	1.0	100%	2,829	78.3	1820
22	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	62%	496.0%	0.27	0:47	0.6	100%	3,337	81.1	2613
23	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	60%	488.1%	0.27	0:48	0.6	100%	3,698	76.6	2485
24	Shadow Samurott watershadow Fury Cutter / Hydro Cannon	Fury Cutter / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	59%	487.1%	0.27	0:48	0.9	100%	2,826	76.5	1876
25	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	64%	484.5%	0.28	0:48	0.2	100%	4,401	78.2	3313
26	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Bubble / Hydro Cannon	Bubble / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	57%	484.0%	0.28	0:48	1.0	100%	2,654	76.3	1835
27	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	58%	481.6%	0.28	0:49	0.9	100%	3,093	74.9	1862
28	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	59%	476.3%	0.28	0:49	0.8	100%	2,757	77.1	2148
29	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Powder Snow / Avalanche	Powder Snow / Avalanche+11 more movesets	56%	463.9%	0.29	0:51	0.9	100%	3,328	71.6	1883
30	Inteleon water Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+9 more movesets	55%	462.5%	0.29	0:51	0.9	100%	2,964	72.4	1833

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.