Excadrill counters

Gen 9 National Dex Doubles · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Excadrill
#0530 Excadrill
GroundSteel
USAGE 2.2% #71
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
Iron Head 97.4% Protect 81.8% High Horsepower 73.6% Rock Slide 63.9% Earthquake 43.1% Swords Dance 11.9% Rapid Spin 10.9% X-Scissor 7.6%
Items
Life Orb 38.1% Focus Sash 35.9% Clear Amulet 9.9% Groundium Z 6.7% Choice Band 4.3% Steelium Z 1.1% Air Balloon 1.1% Assault Vest 0.8%
Abilities
Sand Rush95.5%Mold Breaker3.1%Sand Force1.3%
Tera Types
Ground 48.9% Fire 17.0% Ghost 6.9% Dragon 4.2% Grass 3.7% Water 2.6% Stellar 2.4%
Common Teammates
Tyranitar-Mega54.9%Tyranitar39.7%Salamence-Mega25.9%Sinistcha22.6%Amoonguss20.2%Tornadus19.4%Gholdengo19.3%Indeedee-F16.6%

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 #71 with 2.16% usage. Sorted by reliability score.