Shadow raid

Shadow Sandshrew counters

#0027

groundShadow Tier 1

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.

Lobby CP

4,012

600

Timer

3:00

Attack

Defense

Difficulty

0.09

Pokebattler scale

Beating Shadow Sandshrew should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 632-720.

Weak towater1.6xgrass1.6xice1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

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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 Shadow Sandshrew counters are Primal Kyogre, Kyurem (White), Shadow Kingler, Shadow Kyogre, Shadow Greninja & Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

Primal Kyogre
Kyurem (White)
S. Kingler
S. Kyogre
S. Greninja
S. Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)

5 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 %

1Primal KyogreMegaLegendarypartyWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.090:15
2Mega GreninjaMegaWater Shuriken / Hydro Cannon0.090:16
3Mega SceptileMegaFury Cutter / Frenzy Plant0.090:17
4Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn0.090:17
5Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+0.100:17
6Mega Mewtwo YMegaLegendaryPsycho Cut / Future Sight+0.100:17
7Shadow KinglerShadowpartyBubble / Crabhammer0.100:17
8Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.100:17
9Mega StarmieMegaWater Gun / Liquidation+0.100:17
10Shadow GreninjaShadowpartyBubble / Hydro Cannon0.100:18
11Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)ShadowpartyIce Fang / Avalanche0.100:18

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

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Raid tier — Easy Shadow 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 countersAlolan Sandshrew

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Top 15 Shadow Sandshrew 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	Primal Kyogrewaterjoint top pick	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	0:15	0.09	2812.6%
2	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterHydro Cannon	3,784	0:16	0.09	2671.3%
3	Mega Sceptilegrassdragon	bugFury CuttergrassFrenzy Plant	4,056	0:17	0.09	2632.6%
4	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	0:17	0.09	2572.0%
5	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfighting	psychicPsycho CutfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:17	0.10	2549.1%
6	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	psychicPsycho CutpsychicFuture Sight+	6,428	0:17	0.10	2541.7%
7	Shadow Kinglerwater	waterBubblewaterCrabhammer	2,829	0:17	0.10	2499.7%
8	Shadow Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	4,115	0:17	0.10	2491.1%
9	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	waterWater GunwaterLiquidation+	3,701	0:17	0.10	2491.1%
10	Shadow Greninjawaterdark	waterBubblewaterHydro Cannon	2,654	0:18	0.10	2421.9%
11	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard)ice	iceIce FangiceAvalanche	3,105	0:18	0.10	2394.0%
12	Inteleonwater	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	2,964	0:19	0.11	2295.7%
13	Shadow Samurottwater	bugFury CutterwaterHydro Cannon	2,826	0:19	0.11	2283.6%
14	Mega Blastoisewater	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	3,941	0:20	0.11	2232.2%
15	Mega Swampertwaterground	waterWater GunwaterHydro Cannon	4,401	0:20	0.11	2229.9%

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 Shadow Sandshrew.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Shadow Sandshrew'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%	548%	2529.3%	0:17	0.10
Mud Shot / Dig	100%	530%	2514.1%	0:17	0.10
Sand Attack / Dig	100%	530%	2514.1%	0:17	0.10
Mud Shot / Sand Tomb	100%	581%	2521.2%	0:17	0.10
Sand Attack / Sand Tomb	100%	568%	2521.2%	0:17	0.10
Scratch / Dig	100%	529%	2527.2%	0:17	0.10
Mud Shot / Rock Slide	100%	505%	2532.9%	0:17	0.10
Sand Attack / Rock Slide	100%	505%	2532.9%	0:17	0.10
Scratch / Rock Slide	100%	504%	2540.5%	0:17	0.10
Scratch / Sand Tomb	100%	581%	2540.5%	0:17	0.10

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…

Sandshrew 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 Sandshrew throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
normalScratch	6	+4	0.5s	0.30s
groundMud ShotSTAB	4	+6	0.5s	0.25s
groundSand AttackSTAB	4	+7	0.5s	0.30s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
rockRock Slide	75	-50	2.5s	1.30s
groundDigSTAB	100	-50	4.5s	2.60s
groundSand TombSTAB	60	-33	4.0s	1.70s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
6/6/6floor	632	790
7/7/7	641	802
8/8/8	651	814
9/9/9	661	826
10/10/10	670	838
11/11/11	680	851
12/12/12	690	863
13/13/13	700	875
14/14/14	710	888
15/15/15hundo	720	901

Caught CP range 632 - 720, or 790 - 901 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 632, not at the 670 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 38 CP higher than this one. LeekDuck's published band agrees with the table above.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

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.

All settings

Shadow Tier 1: 600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 84 / Defense 80 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.5974).

Raid bossAttacker levelAttacker IVsWeatherFriendshipDodgingTrainers in the lobbyMega in the lobbyParty Play trainersBoss fast moveBoss charged moveSort by

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	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	100%	2812.6%	0.09	0:15	100%	5,902	38.8	602
2	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon	Water Shuriken / Hydro Cannon+17 more movesets	89%	2671.3%	0.09	0:16	100%	3,784	38.4	627
3	Mega Sceptile grassdragonmega Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant	Fury Cutter / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	92%	2632.6%	0.09	0:17	100%	4,056	37.2	615
4	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	87%	2572.0%	0.09	0:17	100%	4,605	37.0	627
5	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch+	Psycho Cut / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	91%	2549.1%	0.10	0:17	100%	6,112	37.5	641
6	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	91%	2541.7%	0.10	0:17	100%	6,428	40.4	693
7	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	77%	2499.7%	0.10	0:17	100%	2,829	35.3	614
8	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	81%	2491.1%	0.10	0:17	100%	4,115	34.6	605
9	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Water Gun / Liquidation+	Water Gun / Liquidation++44 more movesets	81%	2491.1%	0.10	0:17	100%	3,701	34.5	603
10	Shadow Greninja waterdarkshadow Bubble / Hydro Cannon	Bubble / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	73%	2421.9%	0.10	0:18	100%	2,654	33.8	609
11	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	71%	2394.0%	0.10	0:18	100%	3,105	33.9	616
12	Inteleon water Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+9 more movesets	69%	2295.7%	0.11	0:19	100%	2,964	32.3	613
13	Shadow Samurott watershadow Fury Cutter / Hydro Cannon	Fury Cutter / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	71%	2283.6%	0.11	0:19	100%	2,826	32.3	617
14	Mega Blastoise watermega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	72%	2232.2%	0.11	0:20	100%	3,941	31.8	621
15	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	76%	2229.9%	0.11	0:20	100%	4,401	34.7	679
16	Kartana grasssteel Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade	Razor Leaf / Leaf Blade+14 more movesets	69%	2228.8%	0.11	0:20	100%	3,677	34.5	673
17	Shadow Feraligatr watershadow Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+19 more movesets	68%	2227.6%	0.11	0:20	100%	2,857	30.7	601
18	Shadow Swampert watergroundshadow Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	70%	2223.1%	0.11	0:20	100%	2,974	31.0	608
19	Shadow Porygon-Z normalshadow Lock-On / Solar Beam	Lock-On / Solar Beam+14 more movesets	68%	2179.7%	0.11	0:20	100%	3,266	30.0	600
20	Mega Rayquaza dragonflyingmega Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent	Dragon Tail / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	74%	2174.3%	0.11	0:20	100%	5,713	30.9	620
21	Shadow Weavile darkiceshadow Ice Shard / Avalanche	Ice Shard / Avalanche+11 more movesets	63%	2171.0%	0.11	0:20	100%	3,005	31.9	640
22	Shadow Crawdaunt waterdarkshadow Waterfall / Razor Shell	Waterfall / Razor Shell+11 more movesets	62%	2167.8%	0.11	0:20	100%	2,474	31.6	635
23	Shadow Venusaur grasspoisonshadow Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	66%	2165.6%	0.11	0:20	100%	2,720	31.9	641
24	Shadow Tangrowth grassshadow Vine Whip / Power Whip	Vine Whip / Power Whip+9 more movesets	68%	2129.7%	0.11	0:20	100%	3,030	30.3	620
25	Shaymin (Sky) grassflying Magical Leaf / Grass Knot	Magical Leaf / Grass Knot+11 more movesets	71%	2127.6%	0.11	0:20	100%	3,592	30.6	627
26	Mega Chesnaught grassfightingmega Vine Whip / Seed Bomb+	Vine Whip / Seed Bomb++20 more movesets	76%	2126.5%	0.11	0:20	100%	4,093	29.6	606
27	Shadow Hisuian Samurott waterdarkshadow Waterfall / Razor Shell	Waterfall / Razor Shell+14 more movesets	63%	2120.3%	0.11	0:21	100%	2,802	30.3	623
28	Shadow Sceptile grassshadow Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant	Bullet Seed / Frenzy Plant+11 more movesets	65%	2117.3%	0.11	0:21	100%	2,757	29.8	614
29	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Psycho Cut / Ice Beam	Psycho Cut / Ice Beam+23 more movesets	66%	2117.3%	0.11	0:21	100%	4,178	29.3	604
30	Mega Venusaur grasspoisonmega Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant	Vine Whip / Frenzy Plant+9 more movesets	68%	2101.9%	0.12	0:21	100%	3,698	31.5	652

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 (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.