Sandaconda counters

#0844

groundTier 3

Lobby CP

19,399

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

158

Defense

162

Difficulty

0.61

Pokebattler scale

Beating Sandaconda should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,520-1,594.

Weak towater1.6xgrass1.6xice1.6x

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 Sandaconda counters are Mega Greninja, Kyurem (White), Shadow Kyogre, Kyurem (Black), Shadow Greninja & Shadow Kingler.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Greninja
Kyurem (White)
S. Kyogre
Kyurem (Black)
S. Greninja
S. Kingler

8 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+0.551:37
2Mega StarmieMegaPsywave / Liquidation+0.591:44
3Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.621:49
4Mega ChesnaughtMegaVine Whip / Seed Bomb+0.631:50
5Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.631:51
6Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn0.641:52
7Mega SceptileMegaFury Cutter / Frenzy Plant0.641:52
8Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.692:00
9Kyurem (Black)LegendarypartyDragon Tail / Freeze Shock0.692:02
10Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.712:06
12Shadow GreninjaShadowpartyWater Shuriken / Hydro Cannon0.742:10
14Shadow KinglerShadowpartyBubble / Crabhammer0.752:12

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

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Top 15 Sandaconda 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	1:37	0.55	3.0	241.4%
2	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	1:44	0.59	3.0	225.9%
3	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	1:49	0.62	2.0	215.0%
4	Mega Chesnaughtgrassfighting	grassVine WhipgrassSeed Bomb+	4,093	1:50	0.63	1.1	212.7%
5	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	1:51	0.63	2.2	211.0%
6	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	1:52	0.64	2.7	209.4%
7	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	1:52	0.64	2.4	209.3%
8	Shadow Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	4,115	2:00	0.69	3.4	194.8%
9	Kyurem (Black)dragonice	dragonDragon TailiceFreeze Shock	4,605	2:02	0.69	2.9	192.5%
10	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	2:06	0.71	2.7	186.9%
11	Mega Swampertwaterground	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	4,401	2:06	0.72	2.7	186.7%
12	Shadow Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterHydro Cannon	2,654	2:10	0.74	5.5	180.7%
13	Mega Rayquazadragonflying	dragonDragon TailflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	2:12	0.75	1.2	178.1%
14	Shadow Kinglerwater	waterBubblewaterCrabhammer	2,829	2:12	0.75	5.5	177.4%
15	Mega Blastoisewater	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	3,941	2:13	0.76	3.2	176.5%

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 Sandaconda.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Sandaconda'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%	109%	197.2%	1:59	3.9	0.68
Mud Shot / Earth Power	100%	100%	192.1%	2:02	4.3	0.70
Mud Shot / Bulldoze	100%	110%	193.6%	2:01	4.0	0.69
Mud-Slap / Earth Power	100%	97%	195.0%	2:00	4.5	0.69
Mud Shot / Dig	100%	111%	195.6%	1:60	4.0	0.68
Mud-Slap / Dig	100%	105%	195.6%	1:60	4.3	0.68
Mud-Slap / Bulldoze	100%	109%	197.0%	1:59	4.0	0.68
Mud-Slap / Wrap	100%	130%	201.6%	1:56	3.2	0.66
Mud Shot / Wrap	100%	146%	203.0%	1:56	2.6	0.66

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…

Sandaconda 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.

water1.6x grass1.6x ice1.6x normal1x fighting1x flying1x ground1x bug1x ghost1x steel1x fire1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x poison0.63x rock0.63x electric0.39x

Weak (3)
Neutral (12)
Resists (3)

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

What Sandaconda 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
groundMud ShotSTAB	4	+6	0.5s	0.25s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
groundEarth PowerSTAB	100	-50	3.5s	2.60s
groundBulldozeSTAB	80	-50	3.5s	2.60s
groundDigSTAB	100	-50	4.5s	2.60s
normalWrap	60	-33	3.0s	2.15s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,520	1,900
11/11/11	1,534	1,918
12/12/12	1,549	1,937
13/13/13	1,564	1,955
14/14/14	1,579	1,974
15/15/15hundo	1,594	1,993

Caught CP range 1,520 - 1,594, or 1,900 - 1,993 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.

Sandaconda 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 158 / Defense 162 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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Attackers allowed

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

Share these exact settings

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%	241.4%	0.55	1:37	2.7	100%	3,784	37.8	954
2	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	94%	225.9%	0.59	1:44	2.7	100%	3,701	36.6	994
3	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	94%	215.0%	0.62	1:49	1.8	100%	5,902	33.4	1262
4	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	100%	212.7%	0.63	1:50	1.0	100%	4,093	33.5	1810
5	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	92%	211.0%	0.63	1:51	2.0	100%	6,428	33.6	1213
6	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	89%	209.4%	0.64	1:52	2.4	100%	4,605	32.8	1031
7	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	89%	209.3%	0.64	1:52	2.2	100%	4,056	32.4	1079
8	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	79%	194.8%	0.69	2:00	3.1	100%	4,115	30.3	855
9	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	80%	192.5%	0.69	2:02	2.6	100%	4,605	30.0	973
10	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	79%	186.9%	0.71	2:06	2.4	100%	6,112	29.0	1024
11	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	78%	186.7%	0.72	2:06	2.5	100%	4,401	29.1	996
12	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	68%	180.7%	0.74	2:10	5.2	100%	2,654	29.2	554
13	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	83%	178.1%	0.75	2:12	1.1	100%	5,713	27.8	1681
14	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	66%	177.4%	0.75	2:12	5.4	100%	2,829	28.7	544
15	Mega Blastoise watermega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	72%	176.5%	0.76	2:13	2.9	100%	3,941	27.4	887
16	Shadow Chesnaught grassfightingshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	73%	176.2%	0.76	2:13	2.6	100%	2,954	27.3	940
17	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	66%	174.9%	0.76	2:14	5.0	100%	3,677	28.2	615
18	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	69%	174.8%	0.76	2:14	3.7	100%	2,757	27.0	732
19	Shadow Swampert watergroundshadow Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	68%	174.5%	0.77	2:15	3.9	100%	2,974	27.1	698
20	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	65%	173.8%	0.77	2:15	5.5	100%	3,105	28.2	538
21	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	71%	173.7%	0.77	2:15	2.9	100%	3,698	26.9	887
22	Shadow Mamoswine icegroundshadow Powder Snow / Avalanche	Powder Snow / Avalanche+11 more movesets	67%	173.3%	0.77	2:15	4.3	100%	3,328	27.2	655
23	Shaymin (Sky) grassflying Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	79%	170.1%	0.79	2:18	1.3	100%	3,592	26.5	1638
24	Shadow Tangrowth grassshadow Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+9 more movesets	70%	169.1%	0.79	2:19	2.7	100%	3,030	26.1	913
25	Shadow Venusaur grasspoisonshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	65%	169.1%	0.79	2:19	4.4	100%	2,720	26.6	638
26	Shadow Feraligatr watershadow Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+19 more movesets	65%	168.4%	0.79	2:19	4.3	100%	2,857	26.5	656
27	Shadow Samurott watershadow Waterfall / Hydro Cannon	Waterfall / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	64%	168.2%	0.79	2:20	4.8	100%	2,826	26.7	600
28	Zarude darkgrass Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+5 more movesets	72%	165.2%	0.81	2:22	1.9	100%	3,833	25.6	1189
29	Shadow Gyarados waterflyingshadow Waterfall / Hydro Pump	Waterfall / Hydro Pump+23 more movesets	71%	165.0%	0.81	2:22	2.1	100%	3,391	25.6	1138
30	Mega Gyarados waterdarkmega Waterfall / Hydro Pump	Waterfall / Hydro Pump+23 more movesets	68%	165.0%	0.81	2:22	2.7	100%	4,717	25.6	954

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.