Sandile counters

#0551

ground darkTier 1

Lobby CP

3,300

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.03

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 Lucario, Kyurem (White), Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard), Kartana, Shadow Blaziken & Shadow Kingler.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Lucario
Kyurem (White)
S. Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)
Kartana
S. Blaziken
S. Kingler

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 LucarioMegapartyForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.030:05
2Mega SceptileMegaFury Cutter / Frenzy Plant0.030:06
3Mega GreninjaMegaWater Shuriken / Hydro Cannon0.030:06
4Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn0.040:06
5Mega HeracrossMegaCounter / Upper Hand0.040:07
6Mega GalladeMegaCharm / Sacred Sword0.040:07
7Mega BlazikenMegaEmber / Aura Sphere0.040:07
8Mega SwampertMegaWater Gun / Hydro Cannon0.040:07
9Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)ShadowpartyIce Fang / Avalanche0.040:07
10KartanaLegendarypartyRazor Leaf / Sacred Sword0.040:07
12Shadow BlazikenShadowpartyEmber / Aura Sphere0.040:07
13Shadow KinglerShadowpartyBubble / Crabhammer0.040:07

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

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Raid tier — Solo Raid

Super Mega Legendary Super Mega Primal Mega Legendary Mega Elite Shadow Tier 5 Tier 5 Shadow Tier 3 Tier 3 Shadow Tier 1 Tier 1 Tier 4 Tier 2

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 Lucariofightingsteeljoint top pick	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	0:05	0.03	8015.8%
2	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:06	0.03	7717.8%
3	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterHydro Cannon	3,784	0:06	0.03	7267.4%
4	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	0:06	0.04	6708.2%
5	Mega Heracrossbugfighting	fightingCounterfightingUpper Hand	4,814	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
6	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fairyCharmfightingSacred Sword	4,521	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
7	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fireEmberfightingAura Sphere	4,161	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
8	Mega Swampertwaterground	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	4,401	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
9	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)ice	iceIce FangiceAvalanche	3,105	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
10	Kartanagrasssteel	grassRazor LeaffightingSacred Sword	3,677	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
11	Mega Blastoisewater	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	3,941	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
12	Shadow Blazikenfirefighting	fireEmberfightingAura Sphere	2,848	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
13	Shadow Kinglerwater	waterBubblewaterCrabhammer	2,829	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
14	Terrakionrockfighting	fightingDouble KickfightingSacred Sword	3,698	0:07	0.04	6228.9%
15	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	0:07	0.04	6228.9%

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	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	1423%	6554.1%	0:07	0.04
Bite / Dig	100%	1943%	6499.8%	0:07	0.04
Bite / Crunch	100%	1503%	6499.8%	0:07	0.04
Bite / Bulldoze	100%	1770%	6499.8%	0:07	0.04
Mud-Slap / Dig	100%	1528%	6623.3%	0:07	0.04
Mud-Slap / Crunch	100%	1234%	6623.3%	0:07	0.04
Mud-Slap / Bulldoze	100%	1324%	6623.3%	0:07	0.04

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 1: 600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 87 / Defense 50 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

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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	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	96%	8015.8%	0.03	0:05	100%	3,826	122.7	664
2	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	100%	7717.8%	0.03	0:06	100%	4,056	108.8	614
3	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+17 more movesets	91%	7267.4%	0.03	0:06	100%	3,784	101.5	609
4	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	86%	6708.2%	0.04	0:06	100%	4,605	95.4	620
5	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Upper Hand	Counter / Upper Hand+17 more movesets	77%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,814	87.0	609
6	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Charm / Sacred Sword	Charm / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	75%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,521	86.0	602
7	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Ember / Aura Sphere	Ember / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	73%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,161	98.0	686
8	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	75%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,401	90.9	636
9	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	69%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,105	87.5	612
10	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Sacred Sword	Razor Leaf / Sacred Sword+14 more movesets	67%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,677	87.9	615
11	Mega Blastoise watermega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	75%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,941	85.7	600
12	Shadow Blaziken firefightingshadow Ember / Aura Sphere	Ember / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	68%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,848	86.9	608
13	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	66%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,829	89.9	629
14	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	74%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,698	89.5	626
15	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	78%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,698	101.3	709
16	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Bubble / Hydro Cannon	Bubble / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	71%	6228.9%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,654	87.0	609
17	Mega Pinsir bugflyingmega Fury Cutter / X-Scissor	Fury Cutter / X-Scissor+14 more movesets	74%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,182	82.2	616
18	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	65%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,337	84.4	633
19	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Ice Shard / Avalanche	Ice Shard / Avalanche+11 more movesets	62%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,005	84.4	633
20	Shadow Machamp fightingshadow Karate Chop / Dynamic Punch	Karate Chop / Dynamic Punch+23 more movesets	63%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,056	81.9	614
21	Shadow Haxorus dragonshadow Counter / Surf	Counter / Surf+9 more movesets	61%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,593	83.5	626
22	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+20 more movesets	76%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	4,093	84.6	634
23	Enamorus (Incarnate) fairyflying Fairy Wind / Dazzling Gleam	Fairy Wind / Dazzling Gleam+8 more movesets	73%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,425	81.6	612
24	Shadow Tangrowth grassshadow Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+9 more movesets	67%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,030	81.8	613
25	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	68%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	3,698	83.8	628
26	Shadow Hisuian Samurott waterdarkshadow Fury Cutter / Razor Shell	Fury Cutter / Razor Shell+14 more movesets	67%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,802	80.2	601
27	Shadow Chesnaught grassfightingshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+17 more movesets	69%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,954	84.3	632
28	Shadow Venusaur grasspoisonshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	63%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,720	83.6	627
29	Inteleon water Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+9 more movesets	63%	5813.6%	0.04	0:07	100%	2,964	81.1	608
30	Pheromosa bugfighting Bug Bite / Bug Buzz	Bug Bite / Bug Buzz+7 more movesets	61%	5714.5%	0.04	0:08	100%	2,842	90.6	691

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