Who to bring
CP 649–739
† Legacy move (Elite TM) · Mega-only move
Weak to2.56x2.56x1.6x
Alolan Sandshrew against every one of the 18 attacking types. GO multipliers: 1.6x super effective, 2.56x doubly, 0.625x resisted, 0.39x doubly resisted.
It resists 0.39x0.39x0.625x0.625x
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0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.
What the encounter after the fight can hand you.
| IV spread | CP at L20 | CP at L25 (weather boosted) |
|---|---|---|
| 6/6/6floor | 649 | 812 |
| 7/7/7 | 659 | 824 |
| 8/8/8 | 669 | 836 |
| 9/9/9 | 678 | 848 |
| 10/10/10 | 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 649 - 739, or 812 - 924 when the weather boosts it.
A raid encounter is level 20 (level 25 weather boosted) and cannot roll an IV below 6/6/6 — a Shadow raid's floor is 6, not the usual 10. Anything outside the first range is not this raid's reward.
Shadow raid floor. A Shadow Raid encounter rolls a minimum of 6/6/6, so this band starts at 649, not at the 688 a 10/10/10 catch would give. pokebattler.com's own page for a Shadow boss prints that 10/10/10 value as its floor — it is applying the standard-raid rule — so expect its range to start 39 CP higher than this one.
What Alolan Sandshrew throws at you: its standard movepool, with the damage window a dodge has to beat.
| Move | Power | Energy | Duration | Hits at |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Metal ClawSTAB | 6 | +5 | 0.5s | 0.23s |
| Powder SnowSTAB | 6 | +15 | 1.0s | 0.85s |
| Move | Power | Energy | Duration | Hits at |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlizzardSTAB | 130 | -100 | 3.0s | 1.40s |
| Gyro BallSTAB | 85 | -50 | 3.5s | 3.20s |
 Night Slash | 45 | -33 | 2.0s | 1.10s |
Simulating each boss moveset…
A Shadow raid boss hits harder than its normal form (Shadow Frenzy), and the Pokemon you catch afterwards is a Shadow. Purified Gems weaken it mid-fight; the simulation does not use them.
Beating Shadow Alolan Sandshrew should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 649-739.
Type a name, then Enter or click a result
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.
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% | 1041% | 3793.3% | 0:11 | 0.0 | 0.06 |
| Powder Snow / Night Slash | 100% | 1026% | 3788.7% | 0:12 | 0.0 | 0.06 |
| Metal Claw / Blizzard |
The chevron on the top 15 opens damage per move, breakpoints and the energy cycle. Every column (CP, faints, power, pokebattler.com's own rank) is under All settings.
Shadow Tier 1: 600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 83 / Defense 86 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).
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 megaPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+ | Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets | 100% | 5448.8% | 0.04 | 0:08 | 0.0 | 100% | 6,112 | 78.5 | 628 |
| 2 | Mega Lucario megaForce Palm / Aura Sphere | Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets | 63% | 4097.6% | 0.06 | 0:11 | 0.0 | 100% | 3,826 | 66.4 | 705 |
| 3 | Mega Blaziken megaCounter / Aura Sphere | Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets | 59% | 3963.4% | 0.06 | 0:11 | 0.0 | 100% | 4,161 | 55.6 | 611 |
| 4 | Mega Falinks megaCounter / Brick Break+ | Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets | 57% | 3850.7% | 0.06 | 0:11 | 0.0 | 100% | 3,670 | 68.0 | 769 |
| 5 | Mega Charizard Y megaFire Spin / Blast Burn | Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets | 54% | 3791.1% | 0.06 | 0:11 | 0.0 | 100% | 4,455 | 53.2 | 612 |
| 6 | Blacephalon  Incinerate / Mind Blown | Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets | 51% | 3771.4% | 0.06 | 0:12 | 0.0 | 100% | 3,297 | 53.1 | 614 |
| 7 | Mega Delphox megaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+ | Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets | 57% | 3725.6% | 0.07 | 0:12 | 0.0 | 100% | 4,783 | 77.0 | 900 |
| 8 | Mega Gallade megaLow Kick / Sacred Sword | Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets | 51% | 3639.2% | 0.07 | 0:12 | 0.0 | 100% | 4,521 | 55.6 | 665 |
| 9 | Shadow Conkeldurr shadowForce Palm / Dynamic Punch | Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets | 50% | 3633.1% | 0.07 | 0:12 | 0.0 | 100% | 3,337 | 50.1 | 601 |
| 10 | Shadow Gallade shadowLow Kick / Sacred Sword | Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets | 46% | 3579.4% | 0.07 | 0:12 | 0.0 | 100% | 3,093 | 49.7 | 605 |
| 11 | Shadow Reshiram shadowFire Fang / Fusion Flare | Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets | 51% | 3556.0% | 0.07 | 0:12 | 0.0 | 100% | 4,038 | 63.1 | 773 |
| 12 | Reshiram Fire Fang / Fusion Flare | Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets | 50% | 3471.1% | 0.07 | 0:13 | 0.0 | 100% | 4,038 | 52.2 | 655 |
| 13 | Shadow Heatran shadowFire Spin / Magma Storm | Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets | 54% | 3465.6% | 0.07 | 0:13 | 0.0 | 100% | 3,754 | 51.4 | 646 |
| 14 | Pheromosa Low Kick / Focus Blast | Low Kick / Focus Blast+7 more movesets | 42% | 3457.3% | 0.07 | 0:13 | 0.0 | 100% | 2,842 | 49.9 | 629 |
| 15 | Shadow Galarian Zapdos shadowCounter / Close Combat | Counter / Close Combat+7 more movesets | 44% | 3374.4% | 0.07 | 0:13 | 0.0 | 100% | 3,548 | 48.5 | 626 |
| 16 | Shadow Machamp shadowKarate Chop / Dynamic Punch | Karate Chop / Dynamic Punch+23 more movesets | 44% | 3353.6% | 0.07 | 0:13 | 0.0 | 100% | 3,056 | 46.9 | 610 |
| 17 | Cinderace Fire Spin / Pyroball | Fire Spin / Pyroball+14 more movesets | 47% | 3353.6% | 0.07 | 0:13 | 0.0 | 100% | 3,018 | 46.5 | 604 |
| 18 | Mega Heracross megaCounter / Close Combat | Counter / Close Combat+17 more movesets | 47% | 3348.4% | 0.07 | 0:13 | 0.0 | 100% | 4,814 | 52.7 | 685 |
| 19 | Shadow Sirfetch'd shadowCounter / Close Combat | Counter / Close Combat+7 more movesets | 43% | 3343.3% | 0.07 | 0:13 | 0.0 | 100% | 2,985 | 48.1 | 626 |
| 20 | Shadow Blaziken shadowCounter / Blaze Kick | Counter / Blaze Kick+20 more movesets | 44% | 3287.8% | 0.07 | 0:13 | 0.0 | 100% | 2,848 | 48.0 | 636 |
| 21 | Terrakion  Double Kick / Sacred Sword | Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets | 44% | 3273.0% | 0.07 | 0:13 | 0.0 | 100% | 3,698 | 49.5 | 658 |
| 22 | Mega Mewtwo Y megaCounter / Flamethrower | Counter / Flamethrower+26 more movesets | 46% | 3239.0% | 0.08 | 0:13 | 0.0 | 100% | 6,428 | 52.5 | 708 |
| 23 | Keldeo  Low Kick / Secret Sword | Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets | 49% | 3236.6% | 0.08 | 0:13 | 0.0 | 100% | 3,698 | 56.6 | 761 |
| 24 | Shadow Hisuian Typhlosion shadowEmber / Overheat | Ember / Overheat+9 more movesets | 42% | 3196.2% | 0.08 | 0:14 | 0.0 | 100% | 2,994 | 46.4 | 633 |
| 25 | Shadow Mewtwo shadowCounter / Focus Blast | Counter / Focus Blast+23 more movesets | 42% | 3196.2% | 0.08 | 0:14 | 0.0 | 100% | 4,178 | 51.4 | 701 |
| 26 | Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) shadowFire Fang / Focus Blast | Fire Fang / Focus Blast+11 more movesets | 43% | 3191.5% | 0.08 | 0:14 | 0.0 | 100% | 3,105 | 49.1 | 670 |
| 27 | Blaziken Ember / Aura Sphere | Ember / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets | 45% | 3173.0% | 0.08 | 0:14 | 0.0 | 100% | 2,848 | 44.9 | 617 |
| 28 | Mega Alakazam megaCounter / Focus Blast | Counter / Focus Blast+17 more movesets | 41% | 3159.2% | 0.08 | 0:14 | 0.0 | 100% | 4,510 | 51.5 | 710 |
| 29 | Shadow Moltres shadowFire Spin / Heat Wave | Fire Spin / Heat Wave+11 more movesets | 42% | 3114.0% | 0.08 | 0:14 | 0.0 | 100% | 3,465 | 44.2 | 619 |
| 30 | Shadow Salamence shadowFire Fang / Fire Blast | Fire Fang / Fire Blast+20 more movesets | 34% | 2838.5% | 0.09 | 0:15 | 0.2 | 100% | 3,749 | 43.5 | 597 |
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%.
This boss on pokebattler.com (its Shadow boss page; the ordinary boss's page is a different, easier fight). Boss-by-boss accuracy report.
Ranked 30 attackers in 0.1 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.
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+.
| 100% |
| 988% |
| 3797.9% |
| 0:11 |
| 0.0 |
| 0.06 |
| Metal Claw / Gyro Ball | 100% | 1066% | 3804.8% | 0:11 | 0.0 | 0.06 |
| Powder Snow / Gyro Ball | 100% | 1104% | 3807.1% | 0:11 | 0.0 | 0.06 |
| Metal Claw / Night Slash | 100% | 1053% | 3809.4% | 0:11 | 0.0 | 0.06 |
| Powder Snow / Blizzard | 100% | 1014% | 3832.6% | 0:11 | 0.0 | 0.06 |
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.
