Excadrill counters

Gen 9 Legends Z-A OU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Excadrill
#0530 Excadrill
GroundSteel
USAGE 23.9% #5
ABILITYMold Breaker
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% Rapid Spin 95.0% Iron Head 91.3% Rock Slide 45.3% Swords Dance 28.7% Stealth Rock 26.7% Megahorn 3.2% Rock Tomb 2.7%
Items
Choice Scarf 34.3% Leftovers 18.2% Air Balloon 16.4% Focus Sash 9.7% Life Orb 6.6% Heavy-Duty Boots 6.0% Assault Vest 5.4% Chople Berry 1.0%
Abilities
Mold Breaker71.1%Sand Rush27.7%Sand Force1.3%
Common Teammates
Magearna27.8%Rotom-Wash27.3%Ceruledge26.2%Garchomp25.9%Clefable24.6%Keldeo24.5%Tyranitar21.3%Greninja20.8%

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 #5 with 23.94% usage. Sorted by reliability score.