Excadrill counters

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

Excadrill
#0530 Excadrill
GroundSteel
USAGE 20.5% #8
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 99.5% Rapid Spin 96.3% Iron Head 94.9% Rock Slide 52.6% Swords Dance 26.4% Stealth Rock 20.4% Rock Tomb 3.2% Poison Jab 2.8%
Items
Choice Scarf 22.1% Life Orb 20.5% Air Balloon 16.6% Leftovers 13.4% Focus Sash 11.0% Assault Vest 10.5% Heavy-Duty Boots 4.1% Choice Band 0.6%
Abilities
Mold Breaker63.7%Sand Rush36.1%Sand Force0.2%
Common Teammates
Garchomp42.1%Magearna32.8%Rotom-Wash30.2%Clefable25.0%Melmetal19.7%Meganium-Mega18.7%Latios18.6%Volcanion16.2%

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 #8 with 20.51% usage. Sorted by reliability score.