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Excadrill

Rank 28

Excadrill build and set

GroundSteel
Usage
6.6%Up 0.5 points from the previous window
Brought
71.8%
Leads
41.2%
Mega Evolves
1.3%
Win rate
50.4%
▲ 0.4 pts above 50%
46.5% – 54.2% · 647 games

5,273 battles · 24 h · updated 9 min ago

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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 392 games

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  • NormalPhysicalHorn Drill0.5%
  • RockPhysicalRock Tomb0.5%
  • NormalPhysicalRapid Spin0.3%
  • RockStatusSandstorm0.3%
  • BugPhysicalX-Scissor0.3%

Items

Revealed in 158 games

30-day trend4.9% – 6.9%

Most common teammates

Lead pairs

Counters

Struggles against

  1. Rillaboomwins 42.1%515 games
  2. Sinistchawins 39.2%79 games
  3. Kingambitwins 43.5%154 games

Does well against

  1. Gardevoirwins 67.2%58 games
  2. Volcaronawins 59.6%99 games
  3. Sylveonwins 57.1%91 games
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Excadrill is on 6.6% 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 72% of its games and leads in 41%.