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excadrill
#530

Excadrill

Subterrene Pokémon

GroundSteel

It can help in tunnel construction. Its drill has evolved into steel strong enough to bore through iron plates.

Base Stats

HP 110
Attack 135
Defense 60
Sp. Atk 50
Sp. Def 65
Speed 88
Total 508

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Evolution Chain

Moves

Locations

Details

Category Subterrene Pokémon
Height 0.7 m
Weight 40.4 kg
Base Exp 178
Growth Rate Medium
Capture Rate 60
Base Happiness 70
Gender 50% ♂ / 50% ♀
Habitat
Egg Groups Ground

Sprites

excadrill Front Front
excadrill Back Back
excadrill Front Shiny Front Shiny
excadrill Back Shiny Back Shiny
excadrill Official Art Official Art
excadrill Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Bulky Rapid Spin
Item
Leftovers
Ability
Mold Breaker
Nature
Adamant
EVs
HP 176
Atk 60
SpD 252
Spe 20
Offensive Swords Dance
Moves
Rock Slide / Rapid Spin
Iron Head / Rapid Spin / Shadow Claw
Item
Life Orb / Air Balloon
Nature
Adamant / Jolly
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Excadrill serves two main roles in the Uber tier. Firstly, with a high base 135 Attack and an ability that doubles its decent base 88 Speed in sandstorm, Excadrill is a terrifying sweeper. Swords Dance is the icing on the cake, pumping Excadrill's already high Attack stat to insane levels. Excadrill has the perfect typing for a sweeper too, being immune to both Thunder Wave and Toxic, while resisting Stealth Rock. Its concise movepool contains all it needs to sweep, allowing it to act as a decent offensive Rapid Spin user. Secondly, Excadrill possesses the bulk and typing to run a bulky spinner set in the rain. Its ability, Mold Breaker, allows it to smash the commonly used spinblocker, Giratina-O, with a powerful STAB Earthquake.

Most Used Moves

Toxic
44.9%
Iron Head
36.5%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
51.8%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc