Excadrill counters

Gen 9 OU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Mar 2026 - May 2026

Excadrill
#0530 Excadrill
GroundSteel
USAGE 2.5% #52
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 99.1% Rapid Spin 96.3% Swords Dance 60.0% Iron Head 49.2% Rock Slide 46.5% Substitute 33.5% Tera Blast 6.5% Stealth Rock 3.3%
Items
Leftovers 47.7% Air Balloon 38.9% Life Orb 5.3% Loaded Dice 2.2% Focus Sash 1.7% Choice Band 1.6% Heavy-Duty Boots 0.8% Rocky Helmet 0.7%
Abilities
Sand Rush96.6%Mold Breaker3.4%Sand Force0.1%
Tera Types
Ground 46.7% Ghost 28.1% Fire 8.6% Fairy 6.4% Flying 3.0% Bug 1.4% Rock 1.4% Ice 1.3%
Common Teammates
Tyranitar84.5%Iron Valiant35.6%Ogerpon-Wellspring26.1%Garganacl24.8%Pecharunt23.9%Hydrapple23.2%Zamazenta22.8%Moltres20.7%
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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 #52 with 2.51% usage. Sorted by reliability score.