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Excadrill

Rank 29

Excadrill build and set

GroundSteel
Usage
5.9%—
Brought
68.4%
Leads
38.4%
Mega Evolves
1.7%
Win rate
50.4%
▲ 0.4 pts above 50%
48.4% – 52.3% · 2,542 games

22,204 battles · 30 days · updated 58 min ago

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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

  • Mold Breaker 75.0%
  • Sand Rush 25.0%

Moves

Revealed in 1,455 games

Show all (19)
  • GroundPhysicalDrill Run0.3%
  • GroundPhysicalFissure0.1%
  • RockPhysicalRock Tomb0.1%
  • BugPhysicalX-Scissor0.1%
  • GhostSpecialBitter Malice0.1%
  • NormalSpecialHyper Voice0.1%
  • BugPhysicalMegahorn0.1%
  • NormalPhysicalRapid Spin0.1%
  • RockPhysicalRock Blast0.1%
  • RockStatusSandstorm0.1%
  • DarkPhysicalThroat Chop0.1%

Items

Revealed in 594 games

Show all (9)
  • Shell Bell0.2%
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 5.9% of VGC 2026 Reg M-C teams (30 days), ranking 29. 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 68% of its games and leads in 38%.