Shadow Sandslash Best Moveset & Pokémon GO Raid/Gym Rating
Shadow Sandslash is a Ground-type raid attacker and gym attacker in Pokémon GO. Best moveset: Metal Claw / Scorching Sands. Also competitive in Great League, Ultra League PvP.
Dex No. #28
Type Ground
Category Shadow
Trade Status Untradeable
Buddy Distance 3 km
Primary Roles Battle League (Great League / Ultra League)
Raid Rating A (DPS 4112 / ER 162.8)
Gym Rating S (DPS 4112 / ER 194.9)
Best Raid Moves Metal Claw / Scorching Sands
Best Gym Moves Sand Attack / Earthquake
Weaknesses Grass (×1.6), Ice (×1.6), Water (×1.6)
Resistances Rock (×0.62), Poison (×0.62), Electric (×0.39)
Great League S
Ultra League S
Master League —
Type Ranking Position Ground Type Gym Ranking #18 (STAB) Ground Type Raid Ranking #64 (Non-STAB) Ground Type Raid Ranking #34 (STAB) Ground Type Gym Ranking #70 (Non-STAB) Dark Type Gym Ranking #180 (Non-STAB) Dark Type Raid Ranking #154 (Non-STAB)
Great League Optimal IV Top 10 (by SCP) SCP Rank IV Eff. Atk Eff. Def Eff. HP SCP CP PL Mirror Rank 1 0/14/15 119.11 123.69 128 1526.3 1500 24 4046 2 0/15/14 119.11 124.34 127 1523.7 1500 24 4047 3 1/15/12 119.76 124.34 126 1521.3 1500 24 3965 4 1/12/15 119.76 122.38 128 1521.1 1500 24 3966 5 0/13/15 119.11 123.03 128 1521.0 1496 24 4048 6 1/13/14 119.76 123.03 127 1518.6 1500 24 3967 7 0/14/14 119.11 123.69 127 1518.4 1496 24 4049 8 1/14/13 119.76 123.69 126 1515.9 1500 24 3968 8 1/14/12 119.76 123.69 126 1515.9 1496 24 3968 10 2/10/15 120.42 121.07 128 1515.7 1500 24 3743
Ultra League Optimal IV Top 10 (by SCP) SCP Rank IV Eff. Atk Eff. Def Eff. HP SCP CP PL Mirror Rank 1 0/15/15 153.39 160.13 165 2542.0 2494 50.5 4094 2 0/11/15 154.29 157.68 166 2536.0 2497 51.5 4065 3 0/12/14 154.29 158.53 165 2534.9 2497 51.5 4066 4 0/12/12 154.74 158.99 164 2534.3 2499 52 3809 5 0/13/15 153.84 158.92 165 2534.1 2496 51 4084 6 0/13/13 154.29 159.38 164 2533.6 2497 51.5 4067 7 1/13/15 154.23 158.45 165 2533.4 2495 50.5 4076 8 0/14/15 153.39 159.29 165 2533.1 2488 50.5 4095 9 0/13/11 154.74 159.84 163 2533.0 2499 52 3810 10 0/14/14 153.84 159.76 164 2532.8 2496 51 4085
Master League Optimal IV Top 10 (by SCP) SCP Rank IV Eff. Atk Eff. Def Eff. HP SCP CP PL Mirror Rank 1 15/15/15 165.54 159.66 164 2658.4 2684 50 1 2 14/15/15 164.70 159.66 164 2649.4 2670 50 257 3 15/14/15 165.54 158.82 164 2649.1 2677 50 2 4 15/15/14 165.54 159.66 163 2647.6 2677 50 3 4 15/15/13 165.54 159.66 163 2647.6 2670 50 3 6 13/15/15 163.86 159.66 164 2640.4 2657 50 513 7 14/14/15 164.70 158.82 164 2640.1 2663 50 258 8 15/13/15 165.54 157.98 164 2639.7 2670 50 5 9 14/15/14 164.70 159.66 163 2638.6 2663 50 259 9 14/15/13 164.70 159.66 163 2638.6 2657 50 259
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