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excadrill
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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

Abilities

Forms

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

Lead
Item
Focus Sash
Ability
Mold Breaker
Nature
Jolly
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252
Sand Rush Sweeper
Moves
Rapid Spin / Rock Slide
Swords Dance / Rock Slide
Item
Life Orb / Air Balloon
Nature
Jolly / Adamant
EVs
HP 4
Atk 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Excadrill has a rather distinct niche in the Ubers metagame thanks to its ability Mold Breaker, which enables it to set up Stealth Rock against Magic Bounce users, something that no other suicide lead can guarantee. This role is aided by Excadrill's movepool, which gives it access to moves such as Rapid Spin to reliably beat opposing suicide leads and Toxic to discourage Defog. Mold Breaker also allows Excadrill to hit Pokemon with the ability Levitate and inflict Toxic on Magic Bounce users, which makes Mega Sableye significantly easier to handle. Excadrill can also function decently as a sand sweeper—the only viable one in the metagame— that can be deadly when played well against offensive teams, thanks to its respectable power, good Speed, and useful typing, offering it resistances to Extreme Speed and Moonblast, even though its bulk is rather poor.

Most Used Moves

Rock Tomb
72.3%
Toxic
57.1%

Most Used Items

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc