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Excadrill, a Ground and Steel type Pokémon, official artwork

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Excadrill: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

GroundSteelUU

Excadrill is a straightforward attacker, led by its Attack (135) and HP (110), with a base stat total of 508. Competitively it is a leading pick in the UnderUsed tier. It currently appears on 2.7% of OU teams. In the VGC ladder it sits at 4.1% usage.

Build a team with Excadrill

What is Excadrill weak to?

How much damage Excadrill takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toFightingFireGroundWater
0.5×ResistsBugDragonFairyFlyingNormalPsychicSteel
0.25×ResistsRock
0×Immune toElectricPoison

Excadrill takes super-effective damage from Fighting, Fire, Ground, Water. It resists Bug, Dragon, Fairy, Flying, Normal, Psychic, Steel, Rock and is immune to Electric, Poison.

Best moveset for Excadrill

The most-used moves on Excadrill in OU (Smogon singles) this month (2026-07 usage statistics):

  • EarthquakeGround10025.7%
  • Rapid SpinNormal5023.9%
  • Iron HeadSteel8017.3%
  • Rock SlideRock7515.2%
  • Swords DanceNormal-10.2%
  • SubstituteNormal-4.7%

Best nature for Excadrill

Adamant. It is the most common choice on ranked sets right now; the top spread is Adamant with 0/252/0/0/4/252 EVs (35.2% of sets).

Abilities

  • Sand RushIf Sandstorm is active, this Pokemon's Speed is doubled; immunity to Sandstorm.
  • Sand ForceThis Pokemon's Ground/Rock/Steel attacks do 1.3x in Sandstorm; immunity to it.
  • Mold BreakerThis Pokemon's moves and their effects ignore the Abilities of other Pokemon.

Evolution line

Drilbur
Excadrill

Best counters for Excadrill

Based on OU (Smogon singles) battle statistics, these Pokémon most reliably beat or force out Excadrill:

Best teammates for Excadrill

Pokémon most often paired with Excadrill on successful OU (Smogon singles) teams. Start from one of these cores, then check your coverage in the team builder:

Full learnset (54 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Steel BeamSteel14095%Special
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
Focus BlastFighting12070%Special
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
High HorsepowerGround9595%Physical
Earth PowerGround90100%Special
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
DigGround80100%Physical
Drill RunGround8095%Physical
Iron HeadSteel80100%Physical
Poison JabPoison80100%Physical
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Throat ChopDark80100%Physical
X-ScissorBug80100%Physical
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Crush ClawNormal7595%Physical
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
Stomping TantrumGround75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Scorching SandsGround70100%Special
Shadow ClawGhost70100%Physical
Smart StrikeSteel70-Physical
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
Mud ShotGround5595%Special
Metal ClawSteel5095%Physical
Rapid SpinNormal50100%Physical
ScratchNormal40100%Physical
Sand TombGround3585%Physical
Rock BlastRock2590%Physical
Mud-SlapGround20100%Special
Fury SwipesNormal1880%Physical
FissureGround?30%Physical
FlingDark?100%Physical
Horn DrillNormal?30%Physical
CurseGhost--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
Hone ClawsDark--Status
Iron DefenseSteel--Status
Metal SoundSteel-85%Status
ProtectNormal--Status
RestPsychic--Status
SandstormRock--Status
Scary FaceNormal-100%Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
Stealth RockRock--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
Swords DanceNormal--Status