#0028 · Gen 1

Sandslash (Alola) — Best counters

Weaknesses

fighting×2.56 double weaknessfire×2.56 double weaknessground×1.60

	Pokémon	Fast move	Charged move	Weather	Score
1	Lucario (Mega)	fightingForce PalmELITE	fightingAura Sphere	Overcast	10022.2
2	Blaziken (Mega)	fightingCounter	fireBlast BurnELITE	Clear · partial	9521.1
3	Charizard (Mega Y)	fireFire Spin	fireBlast BurnELITE	Clear	9220.4
4	Blacephalon	fireIncinerate	fireOverheat	Clear	8418.8
5	Heracross (Mega)	fightingCounter	fightingClose Combat	Overcast	8318.5
6	Alakazam (Mega)	fightingCounterELITE	fightingFocus Blast	Overcast	8117.9
7	Reshiram	fireFire Fang	fireFusion FlareELITE	Clear	8017.9
8	Charizard (Mega X)	fireFire Spin	fireBlast BurnELITE	Clear	7917.5
9	Pheromosa	fightingLow Kick	fightingFocus Blast	Overcast	7817.3
10	Lucario	fightingForce PalmELITE	fightingAura Sphere	Overcast	7616.9
11	Lopunny (Mega)	fightingDouble Kick	fightingFocus Blast	Overcast	7516.6
12	Chandelure	fireFire Spin	fireOverheat	Clear	7416.4
13	Houndoom (Mega)	fireFire Fang	fireFire Blast	Clear	7416.4
14	Gallade (Mega)	fightingLow Kick	fightingClose Combat	Overcast	7416.4
15	Volcarona	fireFire Spin	fireOverheat	Clear	7216.0
16	Terrakion	fightingDouble Kick	fightingSacred SwordELITE	Overcast	7216.0
17	Darmanitan (Standard)	fireFire Fang	fireOverheat	Clear	7216.0
18	Groudon (Primal)	groundMud Shot	fireFire Blast	Clear	7115.8
19	Ho Oh	fireIncinerate	fireSacred FireELITE	Clear	6915.4
20	Blaziken	fightingCounter	fireBlast BurnELITE	Clear · partial	6915.4

Fighting and Fire hits for ×2.56 — Sandslash (Alola)'s Ice/Steel typing is double-weak, so those attackers outperform their score gap.
Watch its Steel/Ice/Ground/Flying/Ghost moves — counters like Lucario (Mega) and Blaziken (Mega) take super-effective damage from them.
Overcast weather boosts Fighting moves ×1.2 — the best time to battle Sandslash (Alola).

Rankings are estimated cycle DPS (attack stat × move damage ÷ cycle time, with STAB and type effectiveness). Not a full battle simulation.