Wormadam (Sandy) counters

#0413

bug groundTier 3

Lobby CP

13,070

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

113

Defense

142

Difficulty

0.49

Pokebattler scale

Beating Wormadam (Sandy) should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 954-1,013.

Weak toflying1.6xfire1.6xwater1.6xice1.6x

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 Fire Mega — most top counters attack with Fire

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 Wormadam (Sandy) counters are Mega Delphox, Shadow Reshiram, Shadow Salamence, Shadow Moltres, Blacephalon & Kyurem (White).

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Delphox
S. Reshiram
S. Salamence
S. Moltres
Blacephalon
Kyurem (White)

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 DelphoxMegapartyFire Spin / Mystical Fire+0.451:18
2Mega RayquazaMegaLegendaryAir Slash / Dragon Ascent0.451:19
3Mega GreninjaMegaWater Shuriken / Surf+0.461:21
4Mega StaraptorMegaWing Attack / Brave Bird+0.511:29
5Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare0.521:32
6Mega StarmieMegaPsywave / Liquidation+0.531:33
7Mega BlazikenMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.541:34
8Mega Charizard YMegaFire Spin / Blast Burn0.541:35
9Shadow SalamenceShadowpartyFire Fang / Fly0.541:35
10Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.541:35
11Shadow MoltresShadowLegendarypartyFire Spin / Fly0.551:36
13BlacephalonLegendarypartyIncinerate / Mind Blown0.561:38
14Kyurem (White)LegendarypartyIce Fang / Ice Burn0.561:38

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

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Top 15 Wormadam (Sandy) 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 Delphoxfirepsychicjoint top pick	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	1:18	0.45	1.2	299.9%
2	Mega Rayquazadragonflyingjoint top pick	flyingAir SlashflyingDragon Ascent	5,713	1:19	0.45	0.6	297.1%
3	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	1:21	0.46	1.5	291.1%
4	Mega Staraptorfightingflying	flyingWing AttackflyingBrave Bird+	3,979	1:29	0.51	1.0	263.5%
5	Shadow Reshiramdragonfire	fireFire FangfireFusion Flare	4,038	1:32	0.52	1.8	255.6%
6	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	psychicPsywavewaterLiquidation+	3,701	1:33	0.53	2.0	251.8%
7	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,161	1:34	0.54	2.3	248.8%
8	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	1:35	0.54	1.0	248.1%
9	Shadow Salamencedragonflying	fireFire FangflyingFly	3,749	1:35	0.54	1.5	247.3%
10	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	1:35	0.54	1.1	247.2%
11	Shadow Moltresfireflying	fireFire SpinflyingFly	3,465	1:36	0.55	1.4	243.9%
12	Mega Skarmorysteelflying	flyingAir SlashflyingDrill Peck+	3,741	1:37	0.56	1.0	240.8%
13	Blacephalonfireghost	fireIncineratefireMind Blown	3,297	1:38	0.56	3.1	240.1%
14	Kyurem (White)dragonice	iceIce FangiceIce Burn	4,605	1:38	0.56	1.5	239.3%
15	Shadow Toucannonnormalflying	flyingPeckflyingBeak Blast	2,689	1:39	0.56	1.9	237.0%

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 Wormadam (Sandy).

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Wormadam (Sandy)'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.

“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.

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%	193%	253.1%	1:33	1.7	0.53
Sucker Punch / Bulldoze	100%	184%	245.3%	1:36	2.3	0.54
Bug Bite / Bulldoze	100%	188%	245.5%	1:36	2.3	0.54
Confusion / Bulldoze	100%	181%	251.1%	1:33	2.3	0.53
Sucker Punch / Bug Buzz	100%	208%	255.2%	1:32	1.4	0.52
Confusion / Bug Buzz	100%	201%	255.9%	1:32	1.4	0.52
Bug Bite / Bug Buzz	100%	213%	256.6%	1:31	1.3	0.52
Sucker Punch / Psybeam	100%	228%	256.8%	1:31	1.3	0.52
Bug Bite / Psybeam	100%	233%	257.0%	1:31	1.2	0.52
Confusion / Psybeam	100%	225%	257.2%	1:31	1.4	0.52

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…

Wormadam (Sandy) 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.

flying1.6x fire1.6x water1.6x ice1.6x normal1x rock1x bug1x ghost1x steel1x grass1x psychic1x dragon1x dark1x fairy1x fighting0.63x poison0.63x ground0.63x electric0.39x

Weak (4)
Neutral (10)
Resists (4)

It resists electric0.39xfighting0.625xpoison0.625xground0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Wormadam (Sandy) throws at you

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

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
psychicConfusion	19	+14	1.5s	0.50s
bugBug BiteSTAB	5	+6	0.5s	0.25s
darkSucker Punch	5	+6	0.5s	0.10s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
bugBug BuzzSTAB	95	-50	3.5s	1.80s
groundBulldozeSTAB	80	-50	3.5s	2.60s
psychicPsybeam	65	-50	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	954	1,192
11/11/11	965	1,207
12/12/12	977	1,222
13/13/13	989	1,237
14/14/14	1,001	1,252
15/15/15hundo	1,013	1,267

Caught CP range 954 - 1,013, or 1,192 - 1,267 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.

Wormadam (Sandy) 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 113 / Defense 142 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

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Attackers allowed

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

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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 Delphox top pickfirepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	93%	299.9%	0.45	1:18	1.1	100%	4,783	46.9	2030
2	Mega Rayquaza top pickdragonflyingmega Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	100%	297.1%	0.45	1:19	0.6	100%	5,713	47.7	2568
3	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	86%	291.1%	0.46	1:21	1.4	100%	3,784	45.0	1974
4	Mega Staraptor fightingflyingmega Wing Attack / Brave Bird+	Wing Attack / Brave Bird++19 more movesets	83%	263.5%	0.51	1:29	0.9	100%	3,979	40.7	2167
5	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	74%	255.6%	0.52	1:32	1.7	100%	4,038	40.1	1462
6	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Psywave / Liquidation+	Psywave / Liquidation++44 more movesets	74%	251.8%	0.53	1:33	1.8	100%	3,701	41.1	1415
7	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	71%	248.8%	0.54	1:34	2.1	100%	4,161	38.9	1233
8	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	78%	248.1%	0.54	1:35	0.9	100%	4,455	38.6	1825
9	Shadow Salamence dragonflyingshadow Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	75%	247.3%	0.54	1:35	1.4	100%	3,749	38.6	1511
10	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	77%	247.2%	0.54	1:35	1.0	100%	5,902	38.2	1765
11	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Fly	Fire Spin / Fly+11 more movesets	74%	243.9%	0.55	1:36	1.3	100%	3,465	38.1	1599
12	Mega Skarmory steelflyingmega Air Slash / Drill Peck+	Air Slash / Drill Peck++9 more movesets	78%	240.8%	0.56	1:37	0.9	100%	3,741	37.4	1856
13	Blacephalon fireghost Incinerate / Mind Blown	Incinerate / Mind Blown+7 more movesets	65%	240.1%	0.56	1:38	2.9	100%	3,297	38.1	1038
14	Kyurem (White) dragonice Ice Fang / Ice Burn	Ice Fang / Ice Burn+17 more movesets	72%	239.3%	0.56	1:38	1.3	100%	4,605	37.1	1541
15	Shadow Toucannon normalflyingshadow Peck / Beak Blast	Peck / Beak Blast+11 more movesets	69%	237.0%	0.56	1:39	1.7	100%	2,689	36.7	1310
16	Rayquaza dragonflying Air Slash / Dragon Ascent	Air Slash / Dragon Ascent+11 more movesets	73%	234.6%	0.57	1:40	1.1	100%	3,835	36.4	1664
17	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Psycho Cut / Future Sight+	Psycho Cut / Future Sight++26 more movesets	69%	227.2%	0.59	1:43	1.4	100%	6,428	36.6	1739
18	Mega Salamence dragonflyingmega Fire Fang / Fly	Fire Fang / Fly+20 more movesets	73%	225.7%	0.59	1:44	0.7	100%	5,031	35.3	2235
19	Shadow Staraptor normalflyingshadow Gust / Fly	Gust / Fly+15 more movesets	65%	225.0%	0.59	1:44	1.9	100%	2,825	35.0	1264
20	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	65%	223.2%	0.60	1:45	1.8	100%	4,115	34.9	1278
21	Shadow Galarian Articuno psychicflyingshadow Psycho Cut / Fly	Psycho Cut / Fly+7 more movesets	67%	221.2%	0.60	1:46	1.3	100%	3,590	34.9	1618
22	Reshiram dragonfire Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	63%	216.2%	0.62	1:49	1.6	100%	4,038	33.5	1438
23	Kyurem (Black) dragonice Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock	Dragon Tail / Freeze Shock+11 more movesets	64%	215.2%	0.62	1:49	1.5	100%	4,605	34.2	1457
24	Shadow Darmanitan (Standard) fireshadow Fire Fang / Overheat	Fire Fang / Overheat+11 more movesets	57%	214.7%	0.62	1:49	3.5	100%	3,105	34.3	860
25	Shadow Heatran firesteelshadow Fire Spin / Magma Storm	Fire Spin / Magma Storm+11 more movesets	60%	214.7%	0.62	1:49	2.5	100%	3,754	34.0	1373
26	Shadow Delphox firepsychicshadow Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+20 more movesets	59%	214.6%	0.62	1:49	2.6	100%	3,059	33.6	1103
27	Shadow Tornadus (Therian) flyingshadow Gust / Bleakwind Storm	Gust / Bleakwind Storm+9 more movesets	63%	214.4%	0.62	1:49	1.6	100%	3,215	33.8	1420
28	Shadow Ho-Oh fireflyingshadow Incinerate / Sacred Fire++	Incinerate / Sacred Fire+++27 more movesets	67%	214.3%	0.62	1:50	1.0	100%	3,863	33.7	1830
29	Shadow Kingler watershadow Bubble / Crabhammer	Bubble / Crabhammer+14 more movesets	57%	213.6%	0.63	1:50	3.2	100%	2,829	33.3	854
30	Shadow Galarian Darmanitan (Standard) iceshadow Ice Fang / Avalanche	Ice Fang / Avalanche+7 more movesets	56%	211.0%	0.63	1:51	3.2	100%	3,105	33.0	837

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.