Best Sandaconda counters in Pokémon GO

This table displays a list of best Sandaconda 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.

Simulation settings

Weather

Raid Difficulty

Attacker typing

Attacker moves type

Best overall 👑

Primal Kyogre

Waterfall

Origin Pulse *

Best performing move types

41.0%
25.0%
15.5%
5.5%
4.0%
2.5%
2.0%
1.0%
1.0%
1.0%
0.5%
0.5%
0.5%

#	Name	Fast Attack	Charged Attack	DPS	TDO	Faints	TTW	Score
1	Primal Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	35.58	1424.74	2	111.3s	75.0
2	Mega Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	28.35	2279.68	1	133.3s	69.0
3	Shaymin (Sky)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	27.06	2702.21	1	138.4s	68.8
4	Mega Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	33.30	1207.74	2	120.0s	68.8
5	Mega Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	32.57	1116.16	3	123.4s	66.5
6	Mega Blastoise	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	30.23	944.41	3	134.3s	60.6
7	Shadow Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	26.53	1554.87	2	145.0s	60.5
8	Kartana	Razor Leaf	Leaf Blade	32.56	609.36	5	134.2s	58.8
9	Shadow Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	31.27	672.98	5	136.5s	58.1
10	Zarude	Vine Whip	Power Whip	25.81	1408.83	2	149.7s	58.0
11	Shadow Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	30.51	720.24	4	138.0s	57.8
12	Shadow Kingler	Bubble	Crabhammer	32.80	535.35	6	136.7s	57.6
13	Shadow Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	29.08	815.90	4	141.4s	57.0
14	Shadow Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	27.12	1052.21	3	146.4s	56.8
15	Mega Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	27.23	1004.68	3	146.5s	56.5
16	Mega Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	27.85	908.51	3	145.1s	56.3
17	Kyogre	Waterfall	Origin Pulse *	27.76	907.98	3	145.5s	56.2
18	Shadow Torterra	Razor Leaf	Frenzy Plant *	26.82	1020.67	3	148.3s	56.0
19	Shadow Feraligatr	Water Gun *	Hydro Cannon *	29.73	664.19	5	142.8s	55.7
20	Mega Abomasnow	Leafage	Weather Ball	25.35	1116.93	3	154.9s	54.5
21	Mega Salamence	Dragon Tail	Hydro Pump	21.62	1926.79	1	174.0s	53.7
22	Mega Gardevoir	Magical Leaf	Triple Axel	27.42	752.87	4	150.4s	53.5
23	Shadow Venusaur	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	28.68	619.58	5	148.8s	53.3
24	Shadow Weavile	Ice Shard	Avalanche	29.74	535.91	6	147.9s	53.3
25	Shadow Exeggutor	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	26.40	819.47	4	153.9s	52.9
26	Shadow Salamence	Dragon Tail	Hydro Pump	23.47	1261.15	2	164.8s	52.6
27	Exeggutor (Alola Shadow)	Bullet Seed	Solar Beam	26.08	828.35	4	155.4s	52.5
28	Gyarados	Waterfall	Hydro Pump	22.16	1535.58	2	171.8s	52.3
29	Shadow Mewtwo	Psycho Cut	Ice Beam	27.44	640.17	5	153.7s	51.8
30	Tapu Bulu	Bullet Seed	Grass Knot	24.15	994.12	3	163.5s	51.2
31	Primal Groudon	Mud Shot	Solar Beam	26.61	679.03	5	156.5s	51.2
32	Galarian Standard Darmanitan	Ice Fang	Avalanche	27.93	558.10	6	154.7s	51.1
33	Baxcalibur	Ice Fang	Avalanche	26.12	721.33	4	157.8s	51.1
34	Shadow Articuno	Frost Breath	Blizzard	21.62	1492.76	2	176.2s	51.0
35	Rayquaza	Dragon Tail	Dragon Ascent	21.92	1389.42	2	174.6s	50.8
36	Meowscarada	Leafage	Grass Knot	25.12	813.93	4	161.0s	50.7
37	Chesnaught	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	23.37	1075.86	3	167.5s	50.7
38	Greninja	Water Shuriken	Hydro Cannon *	27.70	548.06	6	156.2s	50.6
39	Shaymin (Land)	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	22.62	1170.72	3	171.4s	50.3
40	Mega Latios	Dragon Breath	Solar Beam	24.87	796.51	4	162.8s	50.1
41	Tsareena	Magical Leaf	Grass Knot	23.72	915.68	3	167.5s	49.7
42	Swampert	Water Gun	Hydro Cannon *	25.19	709.59	5	163.2s	49.4
43	Mamoswine	Powder Snow	Avalanche	25.66	659.34	5	162.1s	49.4
44	Kingler	Bubble	Crabhammer	27.11	527.90	6	160.1s	49.4
45	Shadow Meganium	Vine Whip	Frenzy Plant *	23.92	860.55	4	167.3s	49.4
46	Sceptile	Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant *	24.21	807.66	4	166.6s	49.2
47	Tangrowth	Vine Whip	Power Whip	22.58	1041.34	3	173.2s	49.0
48	Shadow Porygon-Z	Lock-On	Solar Beam	27.26	498.00	7	161.0s	49.0
49	Mega Glalie	Frost Breath	Avalanche	25.92	601.43	5	162.8s	48.9
50	Celebi	Magical Leaf *	Leaf Storm	21.99	1138.20	3	176.3s	48.9

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About the results

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

The top-ranked Sandaconda counter is Primal Kyogre, followed by Mega Rayquaza, Shaymin (Sky), and Mega Sceptile. The table also includes Mega Swampert, Mega Blastoise, Shadow Gyarados, and Kartana, among others. Each Pokemon's move type is indicated by an icon beside the move name.

Sandaconda type chart

When fighting Sandaconda, keep in mind the following that Ground-type Pokémon are weak to Grass, Ice, and Water type moves. They take reduced damage from Poison, Rock, and Electric type moves.

Weaknesses

Grass	160.0%
Ice	160.0%
Water	160.0%

Resistances

Electric	39.1%
Poison	62.5%
Rock	62.5%

Type chart shows the percentage (%) of damage taken from an incoming attack of a particular type.

Best move-types and weather for Sandaconda Raids

Move-type	Usage (%)	Weather
Grass	41.0%	Sunny
Water	25.0%	Rainy
Ice	15.5%	Snow
Dragon	5.5%	Windy
Bug	4.0%	Rainy
Psychic	2.5%	Windy
Flying	2.0%	Windy
Normal	1.0%	Partly Cloudy
Dark	1.0%	Fog
Fire	1.0%	Sunny
Ground	0.5%	Sunny
Electric	0.5%	Rainy
Fighting	0.5%	Cloudy

About our ranking methodology

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 moves, 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.

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.