Excadrill counters

Gen 8 OU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Apr 2026 - Jun 2026

Excadrill
#0530 Excadrill
GroundSteel
USAGE 8.5% #25
ABILITYSand Rush
BASE STATS
HP 110
ATK 135
DEF 60
SPA 50
SPD 65
SPE 88
BST508
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
FireWaterFightingGround
½×
NormalFlyingPsychicBugDragonSteelFairy
¼×
Rock
0×
ElectricPoison
Moves
Earthquake 98.9% Iron Head 97.4% Swords Dance 86.9% Rapid Spin 82.1% Rock Slide 27.1% Stealth Rock 4.4% Toxic 1.9% High Horsepower 1.1%
Items
Leftovers 71.6% Air Balloon 13.1% Choice Band 3.9% Heavy-Duty Boots 3.6% Life Orb 2.9% Choice Scarf 2.8% Focus Sash 1.3% Lum Berry 0.6%
Abilities
Sand Rush90.3%Mold Breaker7.5%Sand Force2.2%
Common Teammates
Tyranitar89.3%Ferrothorn53.5%Tornadus-Therian42.1%Slowbro34.2%Clefable25.4%Buzzwole24.2%Dragapult23.8%Zapdos20.0%
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Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

This Pokémon doesn't have enough usage for Smogon to compute meaningful Checks & Counters. Only the most-used Pokémon in a format receive this data.

Ranked #25 with 8.47% usage. Sorted by reliability score.