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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

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

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

Suicide Lead
Item
Focus Sash
Ability
Mold Breaker
Nature
Jolly
EVs
Atk 252
SpD 4
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Excadrill is a great suicide lead for hyper offensive teams due to its decent Speed, access to Rapid Spin, and ability in Mold Breaker, which lets it set up Stealth Rock against Magic Bounce users. Toxic and Rapid Spin allow Excadrill to beat opposing leads such as Shuckle and Arceus-Fairy by crippling them with Toxic and removing their entry hazards. However, due to its shallow movepool, Excadrill is quite predictable and can be easily outplayed by leading Pokemon that can easily beat it such as Zygarde and faster Pokemon that can shut it down with Taunt. This leaves Excadrill only viable on hyper offensive teams, as balanced and defensive teams prefer Pokemon such as Skarmory that can easily clear away hazards with Defog and more bulky Stealth Rock setters such as Ferrothorn.

Most Used Moves

Iron Head
77.6%
Toxic
26.3%

Most Used Items

Leftovers
20.3%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc