Best Salandit counters

The best Salandit counters in Pokémon GO are Primal Groudon, Shadow Groudon, Mega Garchomp, Groudon, Shadow Garchomp, Therian Forme Landorus, and Shadow Excadrill. These Pokémon perform best with the moves outlined below. We suggest a minimum group size of 1 - 3 Trainers to defeat Salandit in a 3-Star Raid.

Simulation settings

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Primal Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Shadow Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Mega Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Groudon

Mud Shot / Precipice Blades

Shadow Garchomp

Mud Shot / Earth Power

Therian Forme Landorus

Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm

Shadow Excadrill

Mud Shot / Scorching Sands

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1.	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	151.01	11370.2	0	25s	362.4
2.	Shadow Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	141.14	6234.9	0	27s	303.7
3.	Mega Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	124.65	7375.7	0	30s	284.8
4.	Groudon	Mud Shot	Precipice Blades *	117.61	6131.9	0	32s	261.8
5.	Shadow Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	118.20	5252.2	0	32s	254.6
6.	Therian Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Sandsear Storm *	118.17	5018.6	0	32s	252.2
7.	Shadow Excadrill	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	123.22	3762.3	0	31s	245.9
8.	Mega Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	104.60	6841.7	0	35s	243.9
9.	Shadow Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	98.36	5965.2	0	38s	225.8
10.	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	96.19	6322.2	0	38s	224.5
11.	Garchomp	Mud Shot	Earth Power *	97.90	5145.1	0	38s	218.3
12.	Excadrill	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	101.63	3687.0	0	37s	210.1
13.	Incarnate Forme Landorus	Mud Shot	Earth Power	97.86	4215.4	0	38s	209.5
14.	Shadow Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	106.60	2949.9	1	35s	208.5
15.	Shadow Golem	Mud Shot	Earthquake	94.94	4593.7	0	39s	208.1
16.	Shadow Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	94.41	4355.3	0	39s	205.0
17.	Shadow Rhydon	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	91.01	4710.7	0	41s	202.3
18.	Shadow Flygon	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	98.23	3126.8	1	38s	197.7
19.	Shadow Hippowdon	Sand Attack	Scorching Sands	92.00	4029.2	0	41s	197.6
20.	Shadow Golurk	Mud-Slap	Earth Power	95.67	3282.3	1	39s	195.5
21.	Shadow Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	89.76	4123.7	0	41s	194.7
22.	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Psystrike *	95.60	3208.9	1	39s	194.5
23.	Rhyperior	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	81.82	5843.2	0	45s	194.2
24.	Shadow Donphan	Mud-Slap	Earthquake	87.83	3270.9	1	43s	182.5
25.	Golem	Mud Shot	Earthquake	79.30	4515.3	0	47s	179.7
26.	Mamoswine	Mud-Slap	High Horsepower	88.19	2902.6	1	43s	178.7
27.	Shadow Rampardos	Smack Down	Rock Slide	89.18	2692.9	1	42s	177.6
28.	Swampert	Mud Shot	Earthquake	78.77	4291.6	0	47s	176.9
29.	Shadow Sandslash	Mud Shot	Scorching Sands	87.83	2753.0	1	43s	176.2
30.	Mega Alakazam	Psycho Cut	Future Sight	87.24	2725.2	1	43s	174.9

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Group size

You need at least 1 Trainers to defeat a Salandit in a 3-Star Raid.

Minimum group size: 1 Trainers
Optimal group size: 2 - 3 Trainers
Very easy with: 4+ Trainers

Salandit CP range from Raids

Salandit can be caught with the following Combat Power after being defeated in Raids:

From 593 CP to 641 CP, with no weather boost
From 741 CP to 801 CP with Cloudy and Sunny weather boost

Salandit weaknesses

Salandit type chart

When fighting Salandit, keep in mind the that Poison and Fire-type Pokémon are weak to Ground (2x), Psychic, Rock, and Water-type moves. They take reduced damage from Fighting, Fire, Ice, Poison, Steel, Bug, Fairy, and Grass-type moves.

Weaknesses

Ground256.0%
Psychic160.0%
Rock160.0%
Water160.0%

Resistances

Bug39.1%
Fairy39.1%
Grass39.1%
Fighting62.5%
Fire62.5%
Ice62.5%
Poison62.5%
Steel62.5%

More information

Salandit takes increased damage from Ground, Psychic, Rock, and Water type moves.
Salandit takes reduced damage from Bug, Fairy, Grass, Fighting, Fire, Ice, Poison, and Steel type moves.
Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

Best move-types and best weather for defeating Salandit

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Ground	214.0%	Sunny
Psychic	66.0%	Windy
Water	46.0%	Rain
Rock	46.0%	Partly Cloudy
Fire	8.0%	Sunny
Electric	6.0%	Rain
Normal	4.0%	Partly Cloudy
Ghost	4.0%	Fog
Flying	4.0%	Windy
Fighting	2.0%	Cloudy

About our ranking methodology

Our guide provides detailed information on recommended Pokémon and moves that are most effective against Salandit in Raid Battles. Whether you're looking for the best counters to take Salandit down quickly with high DPS, or the tankiest counters that can withstand its attacks, our guide has something for every trainer.

This guide displays a list of best Salandit counters in Pokémon GO with their Fast Attacks, Charged Attacks, DPS (damage per second), TDO (total damage output), faints, TTW (time to win), and score. The list is sorted by the score, which is calculated based on the DPS and TDO. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

When calculating the best counters for any Pokémon, our simulator takes into account various factors, such as the defender's typing and average DPS against each attacker, the weather's influence, energy left over from using charge attacks, Shadow Pokémon attack and defense stat changes, and more. During the initial phase of simulations, we calculate DPS and TDO for each attacker that is currently available in the game, and then we continue to rank them.

We use a ranking method developed by a Reddit user named /u/Elastic_Space, which is described in detail in this Reddit post. It is a fairly complicated, but very well thought-out mathematical model for predicting simulation results without actually running the simulations. It also correlates with field data almost too well not to be used. Reddit

Our Time to Win (TTW) and Faint numbers are also estimated, and should be taken with a grain of salt. Since we do not account for factors like Friendship and Mega damage boost, they will differ from actual experience in the field.