Alolan Sandshrew Raid Guide

Alolan Sandshrew Raid guide

Ice  /  Steel

Alolan Sandshrew is an easy Tier 1 raid boss to defeat, with a CP value of 4115. You can solo Alolan Sandshrew raids without any problem at all. Alolan Sandshrew is vulnerable to Fighting, Rock, Steel, Fire type moves and mainly weaker to Pokémon such as Ho-Oh, Dialga, Tyranitar, Metagross, Heatran.

Alolan Sandshrew can obtain below CP values when defeated.

  • 860 - 924 CP during Snow weather conditions.
  • 688 - 739 CP during other weather conditions.

Alolan Sandshrew is not available at the moment in raids and the last recently available date was December 31, 2022. Shiny Sandshrew is also available from raids in the game.

Weather boost

Alolan Sandshrew raids will be boosted during Snow weather conditions.

Ice type Damage Relations

Double damage from: Fighting
Double damage to: Flying
Half damage from: Ice
Half damage to: Steel
No damage from: -
No damage to: -

Alolan Sandshrew Raid Counters

  • Ho-Oh

    Ho-Oh is a Fire, Flying type Pokémon with charged moves: Fire Blast   and fast moves: Incinerate   Steel Wing   which are effective against Alolan Sandshrew.

  • Dialga

    Dialga is a Steel, Dragon type Pokémon with charged moves: Iron Head   and fast moves: Metal Claw   which are effective against Alolan Sandshrew.

  • Tyranitar

    Tyranitar is a Rock, Dark type Pokémon with charged moves: Fire Blast   Stone Edge   and fast moves: Iron Tail   which are effective against Alolan Sandshrew.

  • Metagross

    Metagross is a Steel, Psychic type Pokémon with charged moves: Flash Cannon   and fast moves: Bullet Punch   which are effective against Alolan Sandshrew.

  • Heatran

    Heatran is a Fire, Steel type Pokémon with charged moves: Fire Blast   Flamethrower   Iron Head   Stone Edge   and fast moves: Fire Spin   which are effective against Alolan Sandshrew.

  • Terrakion

    Terrakion is a Rock, Fighting type Pokémon with charged moves: Close Combat   Rock Slide   and fast moves: Smack Down   which are effective against Alolan Sandshrew.

  • Entei

    Entei is a Fire type Pokémon with charged moves: Fire Blast   Flame Charge   Flamethrower   Iron Head   Overheat   and fast moves: Fire Fang   Fire Spin   which are effective against Alolan Sandshrew.

  • Conkeldurr

    Conkeldurr is a Fighting type Pokémon with charged moves: Dynamic Punch   Focus Blast   Stone Edge   and fast moves: Counter   which are effective against Alolan Sandshrew.

  • Moltres

    Moltres is a Fire, Flying type Pokémon with charged moves: Ancient Power   Fire Blast   Heat Wave   Overheat   and fast moves: Fire Spin   which are effective against Alolan Sandshrew.

  • Rampardos

    Rampardos is a Rock type Pokémon with charged moves: Flamethrower   Rock Slide   and fast moves: Smack Down   which are effective against Alolan Sandshrew.

  • Gigalith

    Gigalith is a Rock type Pokémon with charged moves: Heavy Slam   Rock Slide   Superpower   and fast moves: Smack Down   which are effective against Alolan Sandshrew.

  • Tyrantrum

    Tyrantrum is a Rock, Dragon type Pokémon with charged moves: Stone Edge   and fast moves: Rock Throw   which are effective against Alolan Sandshrew.

  • Victini

    Victini is a Fire, Psychic type Pokémon with charged moves: Focus Blast   Overheat   which are effective against Alolan Sandshrew.

  • Jirachi

    Jirachi is a Steel, Psychic type Pokémon with charged moves: Doom Desire   which is effective against Alolan Sandshrew.

  • Regirock

    Regirock is a Rock type Pokémon with charged moves: Focus Blast   Stone Edge   and fast moves: Rock Smash   Rock Throw   which are effective against Alolan Sandshrew.

  • Archeops

    Archeops is a Rock, Flying type Pokémon with charged moves: Ancient Power   and fast moves: Steel Wing   which are effective against Alolan Sandshrew.

  • Cobalion

    Cobalion is a Steel, Fighting type Pokémon with charged moves: Close Combat   Iron Head   Stone Edge   and fast moves: Metal Claw   which are effective against Alolan Sandshrew.

  • Aggron

    Aggron is a Steel, Rock type Pokémon with charged moves: Heavy Slam   Stone Edge   and fast moves: Iron Tail   Smack Down   which are effective against Alolan Sandshrew.

  • Magmortar

    Magmortar is a Fire type Pokémon with charged moves: Brick Break   Fire Blast   Fire Punch   and fast moves: Fire Spin   Karate Chop   which are effective against Alolan Sandshrew.

  • Golem

    Golem is a Rock, Ground type Pokémon with charged moves: Ancient Power   Rock Blast   Stone Edge   and fast moves: Rock Throw   which are effective against Alolan Sandshrew.

  • Flareon

    Flareon is a Fire type Pokémon with charged moves: Fire Blast   Flamethrower   Overheat   and fast moves: Ember   Fire Spin   which are effective against Alolan Sandshrew.

  • Delphox

    Delphox is a Fire, Psychic type Pokémon with charged moves: Fire Blast   Flame Charge   Flamethrower   and fast moves: Fire Spin   which are effective against Alolan Sandshrew.

Alolan Sandshrew moves set

Alolan Sandshrew will use below moves during the battle.

Dig Charged Ground 21.3
Mud Shot Fast Ground 8.3
Rock Slide Charged Rock 29.6
Sand Tomb Charged Ground 20.0
Scratch Fast Normal 12.0

Alolan Sandshrew raids weather impact

Here is how each weather condition boosts Alolan Sandshrew moves and impacts your Pokemon during the battle with Alolan Sandshrew.

Cloudy Great for battle
Fog Great for battle
Partly cloudy Boosts Rock Slide
Boosts Scratch		 Rock Slide is bad for Steel type Pokemon, Rock Slide is bad for Fighting type Pokemon
Scratch is bad for Fighting type Pokemon, Rock Slide is bad for Fighting type Pokemon
Rainy Great for battle
Snow Great for battle
Sunny / clear Boosts Dig
Boosts Mud Shot
Boosts Sand Tomb		 Great for battle
Windy Great for battle

Sandshrew stats

Attack: 126
Defence: 145
HP:
Max CP (level 50): 1383
Max HP (level 50): 98

Shiny Sandshrew

There is a chance that you may encounter a shiny Sandshrew if you win the raid. The rate of encounting a shiny Alolan Sandshrew can be around 2%.

Raid events