Excadrill counters

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

Excadrill
#0530 Excadrill
GroundSteel
USAGE 10.0% #11
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 100.0% Iron Head 81.3% Rock Slide 62.1% Rapid Spin 52.6% Swords Dance 40.1% X-Scissor 32.2% Toxic 10.3% Poison Jab 6.2%
Items
Choice Band 36.8% Steelium Z 25.7% Rockium Z 16.6% Choice Scarf 14.9% Focus Sash 3.1% Heavy-Duty Boots 1.6% Life Orb 0.4% Air Balloon 0.3%
Abilities
Sand Rush69.6%Mold Breaker30.4%Sand Force0.0%
Common Teammates
Hippowdon69.8%Landorus64.9%Clodsire58.2%Garchomp42.0%Mamoswine28.7%Gholdengo28.2%Iron Treads28.0%Heatran26.7%

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 #11 with 10.01% usage. Sorted by reliability score.