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Excadrill

1,388 appearances (Regulation M-A)
Forms: Excadrill [Mega Excadrill]
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Unranked
Excadrill
Ground Steel
HP 110
Atk 135
Def 60
Sp.Atk 50
Sp.Def 65
Speed 88
Total 508
Weight 89.1 lbs.
Sand Rush
Doubles the Pokémon’s Speed stat in a sandstorm.
Sand Force
Boosts the power of the Pokémon’s Rock-, Ground-, and Steel-type moves by 30% in a sandstorm.
Mold Breaker
The Pokémon’s moves are unaffected by the Ability of the target (with certain exceptions).

Type effectiveness

Weakness · 2×
Fire Water Fighting Ground
Resistance · ½×
Normal Flying Psychic Bug Dragon Steel Fairy
Resistance · ¼×
Rock
Immunity · 0×
Electric Poison

Meta Builds

Meta Popular

Builds ranked by competitive performance — higher placement at larger events scores more.

#1
Sand Rush Focus Sash
100.0 52.4% WR · 464 teams
Earthquake Iron Head Protect Rock Slide
Team
Excadrill
Excadrill
Sand Rush · Focus Sash
100%
Tyranitar
Tyranitar
Sand Stream · Tyranitarite
100%
Corviknight
Corviknight
Mirror Armor · Leftovers
71%
Rotom [Wash Rotom]
Rotom [Wash Rotom]
Levitate · Sitrus Berry
62%
Hydreigon
Hydreigon
Levitate · Choice Scarf
40%
Sinistcha
Sinistcha
Hospitality · Sitrus Berry
31%
The Grand Champions Festival · JoeUX9 (#32) · 12–3
Excadrill
Excadrill
Sand Rush Focus Sash
Iron Head Earthquake Rock Slide Protect
Tyranitar
Tyranitar
Sand Stream Tyranitarite
Rock Slide Knock Off Low Kick Protect
Corviknight
Corviknight
Mirror Armor Leftovers
Brave Bird Bulk Up Roost Tailwind
Hydreigon
Hydreigon
Levitate Choice Scarf
Dark Pulse Draco Meteor Heat Wave Snarl
Rotom [Wash Rotom]
Rotom [Wash Rotom]
Levitate Sitrus Berry
Thunderbolt Hydro Pump Will-O-Wisp Protect
Mimikyu
Mimikyu
Disguise White Herb
Shadow Claw Shadow Sneak Play Rough Protect
#2
Sand Rush Focus Sash
97.2 51.7% WR · 230 teams
Earthquake High Horsepower Iron Head Protect
Team
Excadrill
Excadrill
Sand Rush · Focus Sash
100%
Tyranitar
Tyranitar
Sand Stream · Tyranitarite
99%
Sinistcha
Sinistcha
Hospitality · Sitrus Berry
52%
Rotom [Wash Rotom]
Rotom [Wash Rotom]
Levitate · Sitrus Berry
44%
Corviknight
Corviknight
Mirror Armor · Leftovers
37%
Incineroar
Incineroar
Intimidate · Sitrus Berry
32%
The Grand Champions Festival · Dathluke (#76) · 11–4
Tyranitar
Tyranitar
Sand Stream Tyranitarite
Rock Slide Knock Off Low Kick Protect
Excadrill
Excadrill
Sand Rush Focus Sash
Iron Head High Horsepower Earthquake Protect
Milotic
Milotic
Competitive Sitrus Berry
Scald Ice Beam Recover Protect
Corviknight
Corviknight
Mirror Armor Leftovers
Brave Bird Tailwind Roost Bulk Up
Rotom [Mow Rotom]
Rotom [Mow Rotom]
Levitate Choice Scarf
Leaf Storm Electroweb Thunderbolt Volt Switch
Volcarona
Volcarona
Flame Body Passho Berry
Overheat Struggle Bug Tailwind Rage Powder
#3
Sand Rush Focus Sash
90.1 47.8% WR · 323 teams
High Horsepower Iron Head Protect Rock Slide
Team
Excadrill
Excadrill
Sand Rush · Focus Sash
100%
Tyranitar
Tyranitar
Sand Stream · Tyranitarite
100%
Sinistcha
Sinistcha
Hospitality · Sitrus Berry
51%
Incineroar
Incineroar
Intimidate · Chople Berry
49%
Rotom [Wash Rotom]
Rotom [Wash Rotom]
Levitate · Leftovers
39%
Sneasler
Sneasler
Unburden · White Herb
33%
ZGG #1 Pokemon Champions VGC $200 Tournament! · Purplepiglis (#3) · 12–2
Tyranitar
Tyranitar
Sand Stream Tyranitarite
Rock Slide Knock Off Protect Low Kick
Excadrill
Excadrill
Sand Rush Focus Sash
High Horsepower Iron Head Rock Slide Protect
Incineroar
Incineroar
Intimidate Sitrus Berry
Flare Blitz Fake Out Darkest Lariat Parting Shot
Corviknight
Corviknight
Mirror Armor Leftovers
Bulk Up Brave Bird Body Press Tailwind
Sinistcha
Sinistcha
Hospitality Mental Herb
Strength Sap Matcha Gotcha Rage Powder Trick Room
Milotic
Milotic
Competitive Wacan Berry
Scald Ice Beam Recover Protect
#4
Sand Rush Focus Sash
85.2 56.4% WR · 12 teams
High Horsepower Iron Head Protect Throat Chop
Team
Excadrill
Excadrill
Sand Rush · Focus Sash
100%
Tyranitar
Tyranitar
Sand Stream · Tyranitarite
100%
Corviknight
Corviknight
Mirror Armor · Leftovers
83%
Kommo-o
Kommo-o
Overcoat · Dragon Fang
83%
Rotom [Heat Rotom]
Rotom [Heat Rotom]
Levitate · Lum Berry
58%
Sinistcha
Sinistcha
Hospitality · Sitrus Berry
50%
Chaos League Sunday Slam #100 ($100 Prize Pool) · jay49 (#8) · 7–3
Tyranitar
Tyranitar
Sand Stream Tyranitarite
Protect Knock Off Rock Slide Low Kick
Kommo-o
Kommo-o
Soundproof Choice Scarf
Clanging Scales Aura Sphere Draco Meteor Flamethrower
Excadrill
Excadrill
Sand Rush Focus Sash
Iron Head High Horsepower Throat Chop Protect
Corviknight
Corviknight
Mirror Armor Leftovers
Brave Bird Bulk Up Tailwind Roost
Rotom [Wash Rotom]
Rotom [Wash Rotom]
Levitate Sitrus Berry
Thunderbolt Hydro Pump Will-O-Wisp Protect
Mimikyu
Mimikyu
Disguise White Herb
Play Rough Shadow Claw Shadow Sneak Protect
#5
Mold Breaker Excadrite
78.2 50.0% WR · 11 teams
High Horsepower Iron Head Protect Rock Slide
Team
Excadrill
Excadrill
Mold Breaker · Excadrite
100%
Sneasler
Sneasler
Unburden · White Herb
73%
Basculegion
Basculegion
Adaptability · Choice Scarf
36%
Milotic
Milotic
Competitive · Leftovers
27%
Archaludon
Archaludon
Stamina · Quick Claw
27%
Charizard
Charizard
Blaze · Charizardite X
27%
The Grand Champions Festival · Mitchell D (#807) · 6–3
Meganium
Meganium
Overgrow Meganiumite
Protect Solar Beam Weather Ball Dazzling Gleam
Whimsicott
Whimsicott
Prankster Focus Sash
Protect Moonblast Encore Tailwind
Excadrill
Excadrill
Mold Breaker Excadrite
Protect Iron Head Rock Slide High Horsepower
Farigiraf
Farigiraf
Armor Tail Colbur Berry
Twin Beam Hyper Voice Helping Hand Trick Room
Basculegion
Basculegion
Adaptability Choice Scarf
Wave Crash Aqua Jet Last Respects Flip Turn
Incineroar
Incineroar
Intimidate Sitrus Berry
Darkest Lariat Fake Out Flare Blitz Parting Shot

Tournament Stats

Submissions that don't match in-game data (typos, renamed moves or abilities) are discarded during import, so the counts here can differ from the total appearance count above.

Most Common Teammates

Tyranitar
Tyranitar
Rock Dark
93.3% usage · WR 48.5%
Corviknight
Corviknight
Flying Steel
42.6% usage · WR 51.9%
Rotom [Wash Rotom]
Rotom [Wash Rotom]
Electric Water
42.3% usage · WR 51.5%
Sinistcha
Sinistcha
Grass Ghost
41.6% usage · WR 47.3%
Incineroar
Incineroar
Fire Dark
32.9% usage · WR 45.6%
Sneasler
Sneasler
Fighting Poison
24.3% usage · WR 45.4%
Hydreigon
Hydreigon
Dark Dragon
17.7% usage · WR 55.0%
Mimikyu
Mimikyu
Ghost Fairy
12.8% usage · WR 55.8%

Most Common Moves

Iron Head
1336 (96.3%)
Protect
1326 (95.5%)
Rock Slide
1010 (72.8%)
Earthquake
898 (64.7%)
High Horsepower
739 (53.2%)
Swords Dance
64 (4.6%)
Drill Run
31 (2.2%)
Stomping Tantrum
24 (1.7%)
Throat Chop
19 (1.4%)
Horn Drill
16 (1.2%)

Most Common Items

Focus Sash Focus Sash
1191 (85.8%)
Excadrite Excadrite
65 (4.7%)
White Herb White Herb
42 (3.0%)
Choice Scarf Choice Scarf
30 (2.2%)
Soft Sand Soft Sand
15 (1.1%)
Chople Berry Chople Berry
7 (0.5%)
Occa Berry Occa Berry
6 (0.4%)
Shuca Berry Shuca Berry
6 (0.4%)
Sitrus Berry Sitrus Berry
5 (0.4%)
Metal Coat Metal Coat
4 (0.3%)

Most Common Abilities

Sand Rush
1293 (93.4%)
Mold Breaker
66 (4.8%)
Sand Force
26 (1.9%)

Learnable Moves

Move Type Cat. Pow Acc PP
Aerial Ace Flying Physical 60 101 20
Body Slam Normal Physical 85 100 16
Brick Break Fighting Physical 75 100 16
Brutal Swing Dark Physical 60 100 20
Bulldoze Ground Physical 60 100 20
Crush Claw Normal Physical 75 95 12
Curse Ghost Status - 101 12
Dig Ground Physical 80 100 12
Double-Edge Normal Physical 120 100 16
Drill Run Ground Physical 80 95 12
Earth Power Ground Special 90 100 12
Earthquake Ground Physical 100 100 12
Endure Normal Status - 101 12
Facade Normal Physical 70 100 20
Fissure Ground Physical 1 30 8
Fling Dark Physical 1 100 12
Focus Blast Fighting Special 120 70 8
Giga Impact Normal Physical 150 90 8
Helping Hand Normal Status - 101 20
High Horsepower Ground Physical 95 95 12
Hone Claws Dark Status - 101 16
Horn Drill Normal Physical 1 30 8
Hyper Beam Normal Special 150 90 8
Iron Defense Steel Status - 101 16
Iron Head Steel Physical 80 100 16
Megahorn Bug Physical 120 85 12
Metal Claw Steel Physical 50 95 20
Metal Sound Steel Status - 85 20
Move Type Cat. Pow Acc PP
Mud Shot Ground Special 55 95 16
Mud-Slap Ground Special 20 100 12
Poison Jab Poison Physical 80 100 20
Protect Normal Status - 101 8
Rapid Spin Normal Physical 50 100 20
Rest Psychic Status - 101 8
Rock Blast Rock Physical 25 90 12
Rock Slide Rock Physical 75 90 12
Rock Tomb Rock Physical 60 95 16
Round Normal Special 60 100 16
Sand Tomb Ground Physical 35 85 16
Sandstorm Rock Status - 101 8
Scary Face Normal Status - 100 12
Scorching Sands Ground Special 70 100 12
Shadow Claw Ghost Physical 70 100 16
Sleep Talk Normal Status - 101 12
Sludge Bomb Poison Special 90 100 12
Smart Strike Steel Physical 70 101 12
Snore Normal Special 50 100 16
Stealth Rock Rock Status - 101 20
Steel Beam Steel Special 140 95 8
Stomping Tantrum Ground Physical 75 100 12
Substitute Normal Status - 101 12
Sunny Day Fire Status - 101 8
Swords Dance Normal Status - 101 20
Throat Chop Dark Physical 80 100 16
X-Scissor Bug Physical 80 100 16

Notable Placements

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#2 Archeomatty Chaos League Sunday Slam #96 7-3-0
#2 heckheckingheck Rookidee VGC Cup 7-2-0
#2 Alan Ruiz Chaos League Sunday Slam #100 ($100 Prize Pool) 9-3-0
#2 Ksomon Coupe Critique Champions VGC #1 - 100€ de cp 8-2-0
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#3 Purplepiglis ZGG #1 Pokemon Champions VGC $200 Tournament! 12-2-0
#4 Brelinq Devils Den Tournaments #76 - $100 For First 8-3-0
#4 Werick Pokemon Champions Challenge #1 9-3-0
#4 Mastaroth Pokepal Smackdown #137 (Champions) (Reg M-A) 4-1-0
#5 eril Lega dei Bollenti (Pokemon Champions) 6-2-0
#5 J2 ZGG #2 Pokemon Champions VGC $100 Tournament! 10-1-0
#5 SurgeVGC Devils Den Tournaments #74 7-2-0
#5 Wb_vg SpearPillar Champions Tour #6 | Reg M-A $100 Prize 9-2-0
#5 kingcoleman Chaos League Sunday Slam #96 6-2-0
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