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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
Immune to
Abilities
Forms
Evolution Chain
Moves
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
Front
Back
Front Shiny
Back Shiny
Official Art
Official Art (Shiny)Competitive
Suicide Lead
Item
Focus Sash
Ability
Mold Breaker
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252
Strategy Overview
- Excadrill is the fastest Pokemon with the combination of Stealth Rock and Mold Breaker, making it usable as a suicide lead that is able to bypass Magic Bounce and reliably get Stealth Rock up against most teams.
- Access to Rapid Spin and Rock Tomb allows Excadrill to give its teammates an early-game advantage by clearing entry hazards and ensuring a Speed advantage.
- Cloyster, another common suicide lead, completely destroys Excadrill and can end up doing massive damage in lead matchups due to Shell Smash.
- Excadrill has to choose between Earthquake and Toxic, meaning it will be setup bait for Substitute Zygarde-C if it lacks Toxic or lose to certain Taunt users, such as Mega Gengar and Substitute Arceus-Ground, without Earthquake.
- Defog's prominence hurts Excadrill's viability, as the one-time nature of suicide leads ensures that once removed, Stealth Rock is staying gone. As a result, bulkier Stealth Rock users like Primal Groudon are often preferred due to their ability to set Stealth Rock up throughout the match.
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Common Teammates
Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc