Excadrill counters

Gen 9 Alphabet Cup · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Excadrill
#0530 Excadrill
GroundSteel
USAGE 5.0% #35
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 93.5% Swords Dance 64.9% Diamond Storm 62.5% Dragon Ascent 52.8% Rapid Spin 49.9% Dragon Dance 29.3% Iron Head 24.3% Encore 11.0%
Items
Heavy-Duty Boots 35.1% Air Balloon 18.9% Leftovers 16.5% Focus Sash 16.1% Life Orb 11.6% Lum Berry 1.4% Covert Cloak 0.1% Choice Band 0.1%
Abilities
Sand Rush56.6%Mold Breaker42.8%Sand Force0.6%
Common Teammates
Tyranitar55.1%Sinistcha33.4%Ogerpon-Cornerstone33.3%Hippowdon33.3%Iron Valiant30.7%Toxapex26.3%Corviknight26.2%Polteageist15.4%

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 #35 with 4.96% usage. Sorted by reliability score.