Sandile counters

#0551

ground darkTier 5

Lobby CP

16,500

15,000

Timer

5:00

Attack

116

Defense

Difficulty

0.60

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), Keldeo, Shadow Blaziken, Shadow Kyogre & Kyurem (Black).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

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

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+0.502:17
2Mega GreninjaMegaWater Shuriken / Surf+0.592:42
3Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.612:49
4Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere0.622:51
5Mega BeedrillMegaBug Bite / Fell Stinger+0.622:51
6Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+0.642:57
7Mega SceptileMegaFury Cutter / Frenzy Plant0.663:03
8Mega StarmieMegaWater Gun / Liquidation+0.673:06
9Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.683:07
10Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn0.693:10
11KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword0.693:11
15Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyCounter / Aura Sphere0.723:20
17Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.753:26
18Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyDragon Tail / Freeze Shock0.763:31

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

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Raid tier — Legendary Raid

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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	2:17	0.50	2.2	222.3%
2	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	2:42	0.59	3.6	187.5%
3	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	2:49	0.61	4.9	180.2%
4	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	2:51	0.62	4.8	177.9%
5	Mega Beedrillbugpoison	bugBug BitebugFell Stinger+	3,383	2:51	0.62	5.4	177.7%
6	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	2:57	0.64	3.5	172.1%
7	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	3:03	0.66	3.5	165.8%
8	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	waterWater GunwaterLiquidation+	3,701	3:06	0.67	5.0	163.7%
9	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	3:07	0.68	2.8	162.5%
10	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	3:10	0.69	3.7	159.9%
11	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	3:11	0.69	3.8	159.1%
12	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	3:13	0.70	1.8	157.4%
13	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterfightingFocus Blast	6,428	3:14	0.70	3.8	157.2%
14	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	3:14	0.70	4.3	156.9%
15	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	2,848	3:20	0.72	5.6	152.2%

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%	316%	159.8%	3:10	4.1	0.69
Bite / Bulldoze	100%	305%	158.5%	3:12	4.2	0.70
Mud-Slap / Bulldoze	100%	294%	159.7%	3:10	4.4	0.69
Mud-Slap / Dig	100%	287%	160.2%	3:10	4.5	0.69
Bite / Dig	100%	295%	160.3%	3:10	4.4	0.69
Mud-Slap / Crunch	100%	354%	162.3%	3:07	3.8	0.68
Bite / Crunch	100%	388%	162.9%	3:07	3.2	0.68

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 5: 15,000 HP, 5:00 timer, boss Attack 116 / Defense 66 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.79).

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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 psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	222.3%	0.50	2:17	2.1	100%	6,112	111.3	4821
2	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	81%	187.5%	0.59	2:42	3.5	100%	3,784	94.4	3474
3	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	73%	180.2%	0.61	2:49	5.9	100%	3,826	92.6	2544
4	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	73%	177.9%	0.62	2:51	5.3	100%	4,161	91.2	2718
5	Mega Beedrill bugpoisonmega Bug Bite / Fell Stinger+	Bug Bite / Fell Stinger++23 more movesets	73%	177.7%	0.62	2:51	5.2	100%	3,383	90.9	2385
6	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	74%	172.1%	0.64	2:57	3.3	100%	3,670	86.4	3614
7	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	71%	165.8%	0.66	3:03	3.4	100%	4,056	82.6	3402
8	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Water Gun / Liquidation+	Water Gun / Liquidation++44 more movesets	68%	163.7%	0.67	3:06	4.9	100%	3,701	83.4	2563
9	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	72%	162.5%	0.68	3:07	2.7	100%	5,902	80.6	4047
10	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	69%	159.9%	0.69	3:10	3.5	100%	4,605	79.6	3285
11	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	68%	159.1%	0.69	3:11	3.6	100%	3,698	79.1	3368
12	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	72%	157.4%	0.70	3:13	1.8	100%	4,093	77.8	5412
13	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+26 more movesets	67%	157.2%	0.70	3:14	3.6	100%	6,428	78.4	3243
14	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	66%	156.9%	0.70	3:14	4.1	100%	4,521	77.8	2869
15	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	60%	152.2%	0.72	3:20	8.6	100%	2,848	78.9	1755
16	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Megahorn	Counter / Megahorn+17 more movesets	66%	149.8%	0.74	3:23	2.6	100%	4,814	74.4	4178
17	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	62%	147.7%	0.75	3:26	4.5	100%	4,115	73.6	2669
18	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	61%	144.1%	0.76	3:31	3.9	100%	4,605	72.0	3037
19	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	61%	144.0%	0.76	3:31	3.6	100%	4,401	71.6	3178
20	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	59%	143.8%	0.77	3:31	5.1	100%	3,337	73.2	2542
21	Mega Gardevoir psychicfairymega Charm / Dazzling Gleam	Charm / Dazzling Gleam+19 more movesets	59%	141.3%	0.78	3:35	4.6	100%	4,512	70.8	2647
22	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	56%	138.9%	0.79	3:39	6.9	100%	2,654	71.0	1965
23	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	57%	137.9%	0.80	3:40	5.4	100%	2,757	70.0	2347
24	Kartana grasssteel Fury Cutter / Sacred Sword	Fury Cutter / Sacred Sword+14 more movesets	55%	137.3%	0.80	3:41	6.9	100%	3,677	70.5	1855
25	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	54%	137.2%	0.80	3:42	7.7	100%	3,105	70.8	1699
26	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	56%	137.1%	0.80	3:42	5.9	100%	3,698	69.4	2384
27	Lucario fightingsteel Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	54%	137.0%	0.80	3:42	8.8	100%	2,703	71.1	1700
28	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	54%	136.7%	0.81	3:42	7.8	100%	2,829	70.5	1671
29	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	55%	136.7%	0.81	3:42	6.5	100%	3,093	70.2	1959
30	Shadow Samurott watershadow Fury Cutter / Hydro Cannon	Fury Cutter / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	54%	134.9%	0.82	3:45	6.5	100%	2,826	69.4	1961

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