Who to bring
CP 688–739 · boosted 860–924
† 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 10/10/10floor | 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 688 - 739, or 860 - 924 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.
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…
Beating Alolan Sandshrew should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 688-739.
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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 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.
“Joint top pick”: 2 attackers inside 2.1% of each other — this simulator's own accuracy against pokebattler.com (median 1.6% per attacker), so any of them is the right answer.
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% | 476% | 532.2% | 0:44 | 0.5 | 0.25 |
| Metal Claw / Gyro Ball | 100% | 473% | 530.1% | 0:44 | 0.4 | 0.25 |
| Powder Snow / Night Slash |
Tier 3: 3,600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 102 / Defense 105 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).
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 top pick megaCounter / Dynamic Punch+ | Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets | 100% | 675.5% | 0.20 | 0:35 | 0.0 | 100% | 6,112 | 121.4 | 4169 |
| 2 | Mega Delphox top pick megaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+ | Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets | 97% | 664.9% | 0.20 | 0:35 | 0.0 | 100% | 4,783 | 107.7 | 3801 |
| 3 | Mega Lucario megaForce Palm / Aura Sphere | Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets | 84% | 593.5% | 0.23 | 0:40 | 0.2 | 100% | 3,826 | 98.0 | 3447 |
| 4 | Mega Blaziken megaCounter / Aura Sphere | Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets | 84% | 584.5% | 0.23 | 0:40 | 0.1 | 100% | 4,161 | 95.4 | 3638 |
| 5 | Shadow Reshiram shadowFire Fang / Fusion Flare | Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets | 73% | 539.7% | 0.25 | 0:43 | 0.3 | 100% | 4,038 | 84.0 | 3067 |
| 6 | Mega Charizard Y megaFire Spin / Blast Burn | Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets | 72% | 529.5% | 0.25 | 0:44 | 0.3 | 100% | 4,455 | 82.8 | 3073 |
| 7 | Mega Falinks megaCounter / Brick Break+ | Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets | 72% | 529.4% | 0.25 | 0:44 | 0.5 | 100% | 3,670 | 82.3 | 2623 |
| 8 | Keldeo  Low Kick / Secret Sword | Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets | 77% | 529.0% | 0.25 | 0:44 | 0.0 | 100% | 3,698 | 82.2 | 3646 |
| 9 | Mega Mewtwo Y megaCounter / Focus Blast | Counter / Focus Blast+26 more movesets | 71% | 522.6% | 0.26 | 0:45 | 0.2 | 100% | 6,428 | 80.7 | 3225 |
| 10 | Shadow Blaziken shadowCounter / Aura Sphere | Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets | 67% | 512.3% | 0.26 | 0:46 | 0.5 | 100% | 2,848 | 81.6 | 2688 |
| 11 | Blacephalon  Incinerate / Mind Blown | Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets | 65% | 507.5% | 0.26 | 0:46 | 0.8 | 100% | 3,297 | 85.7 | 2289 |
| 12 | Mega Gallade megaLow Kick / Sacred Sword | Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets | 67% | 500.9% | 0.27 | 0:47 | 0.5 | 100% | 4,521 | 78.9 | 2630 |
| 13 | Shadow Chandelure shadowFire Spin / Overheat | Fire Spin / Overheat+19 more movesets | 62% | 487.1% | 0.27 | 0:48 | 0.8 | 100% | 3,268 | 77.1 | 2082 |
| 14 | Shadow Conkeldurr shadowForce Palm / Dynamic Punch | Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets | 63% | 485.8% | 0.28 | 0:48 | 0.6 | 100% | 3,337 | 75.0 | 2466 |
| 15 | Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) shadowFire Fang / Overheat | Fire Fang / Overheat+11 more movesets | 62% | 482.8% | 0.28 | 0:49 | 0.7 | 100% | 3,105 | 75.3 | 2338 |
| 16 | Shadow Heatran shadowFire Spin / Magma Storm | Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets | 69% | 477.2% | 0.28 | 0:49 | 0.0 | 100% | 3,754 | 75.5 | 3711 |
| 17 | Reshiram Fire Fang / Fusion Flare | Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets | 65% | 473.7% | 0.28 | 0:50 | 0.2 | 100% | 4,038 | 74.5 | 3235 |
| 18 | Lucario Force Palm / Aura Sphere | Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets | 63% | 473.1% | 0.28 | 0:50 | 0.4 | 100% | 2,703 | 75.4 | 2834 |
| 19 | Mega Charizard X megaFire Spin / Blast Burn | Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets | 63% | 468.3% | 0.29 | 0:50 | 0.3 | 100% | 3,850 | 72.9 | 3064 |
| 20 | Shadow Infernape shadowFire Spin / Blast Burn | Fire Spin / Blast Burn+7 more movesets | 59% | 455.8% | 0.29 | 0:51 | 0.5 | 100% | 2,683 | 70.9 | 2548 |
| 21 | Mega Heracross megaCounter / Close Combat | Counter / Close Combat+17 more movesets | 61% | 455.6% | 0.29 | 0:52 | 0.4 | 100% | 4,814 | 73.1 | 2881 |
| 22 | Shadow Delphox shadowFire Spin / Blast Burn | Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets | 59% | 455.6% | 0.29 | 0:52 | 0.7 | 100% | 3,059 | 72.8 | 2313 |
| 23 | Shadow Gallade shadowLow Kick / Sacred Sword | Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets | 56% | 455.5% | 0.29 | 0:52 | 0.9 | 100% | 3,093 | 70.8 | 2027 |
| 24 | Terrakion  Double Kick / Sacred Sword | Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets | 58% | 452.3% | 0.30 | 0:52 | 0.6 | 100% | 3,698 | 70.3 | 2424 |
| 25 | Shadow Ho-Oh shadowIncinerate / Sacred Fire++ | Incinerate / Sacred Fire+++27 more movesets | 60% | 443.9% | 0.30 | 0:53 | 0.3 | 100% | 3,863 | 72.8 | 3271 |
| 26 | Shadow Emboar shadowLow Kick / Blast Burn | Low Kick / Blast Burn+9 more movesets | 59% | 443.6% | 0.30 | 0:53 | 0.5 | 100% | 2,982 | 73.8 | 2892 |
| 27 | Shadow Moltres shadowFire Spin / Overheat | Fire Spin / Overheat+11 more movesets | 58% | 442.6% | 0.30 | 0:53 | 0.6 | 100% | 3,465 | 71.0 | 2595 |
| 28 | Shadow Typhlosion shadowIncinerate / Blast Burn | Incinerate / Blast Burn+14 more movesets | 57% | 437.0% | 0.31 | 0:54 | 0.6 | 100% | 2,889 | 68.8 | 2466 |
| 29 | Shadow Mewtwo shadowCounter / Flamethrower | Counter / Flamethrower+23 more movesets | 53% | 431.6% | 0.31 | 0:54 | 1.0 | 100% | 4,178 | 67.5 | 1893 |
| 30 | Blaziken Counter / Aura Sphere | Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets | 57% | 431.3% | 0.31 | 0:54 | 0.5 | 100% | 2,848 | 69.2 | 2798 |
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%.
Ranked 30 attackers in 0.2 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% |
| 553% |
| 531.1% |
| 0:44 |
| 0.3 |
| 0.25 |
| Metal Claw / Night Slash | 100% | 541% | 534.9% | 0:44 | 0.3 | 0.25 |
| Powder Snow / Blizzard | 100% | 402% | 535.4% | 0:44 | 0.6 | 0.25 |
| Powder Snow / Gyro Ball | 100% | 479% | 535.6% | 0:44 | 0.4 | 0.25 |
| Metal Claw / Blizzard | 100% | 381% | 537.0% | 0:44 | 0.6 | 0.25 |
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.
