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Excadrill

Rank 28

Excadrill build and set

GroundSteel
Usage
6.5%Up 0.5 points from the previous window
Brought
72.5%
Leads
41.8%
Mega Evolves
1.5%
Win rate
50.8%
▲ 0.8 pts above 50%
46.9% – 54.6% · 650 games

5,298 battles · 24 h · updated 6 min ago

Recommended build

Excadrill

GroundSteel

Mold Breaker

Focus SashAdamant+Atk −SpA

  • GroundPhysicalHigh Horsepower
  • NormalStatusProtect
  • RockPhysicalRock Slide
  • SteelPhysicalIron Head
HP
187
2
Atk
205
32
Def
80
0
SpA
63
0
SpD
85
0
Spe
140
32

Item, ability and moves: the most revealed in VGC 2026 Reg M-C over 7 days

Nature and SP: Smogon, September 2026

Showdown paste

Excadrill @ Focus Sash
Ability: Mold Breaker
Level: 50
EVs: 2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe
Adamant Nature
- High Horsepower
- Protect
- Rock Slide
- Iron Head

Spreads (Smogon)

Source: Smogon, September 2026 (1,760+ cutoff)

  1. Adamant

    +Atk−SpA

    56.7%Most used
    • HP2
    • Atk32
    • Def0
    • SpA0
    • SpD0
    • Spe32
  2. Jolly

    +Spe−SpA

    16.6%
    • HP2
    • Atk32
    • Def0
    • SpA0
    • SpD0
    • Spe32
  3. Jolly

    +Spe−SpA

    8.4%
    • HP0
    • Atk32
    • Def2
    • SpA0
    • SpD0
    • Spe32

Abilities

Not enough data

Moves

Revealed in 396 games

Show all (13)
  • NormalPhysicalHorn Drill0.5%
  • RockPhysicalRock Tomb0.5%
  • NormalPhysicalRapid Spin0.3%
  • RockStatusSandstorm0.3%
  • BugPhysicalX-Scissor0.3%

Items

Revealed in 163 games

Excadrill is on 6.5% of VGC 2026 Reg M-C teams (24 h), ranking 28. Its most seen moves are High Horsepower, Protect and Rock Slide. The most revealed item is Focus Sash. It usually teams up with Tyranitar and Salamence. It is brought in 73% of its games and leads in 42%.