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Excadrill

GroundSteel Legal in M-C Mega Evolution

Excadrill is #31 on the ladder, on 5.7% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 110
Atk 135
Def 60
SpA 50
SpD 65
Spe 88

Base stat total 508

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Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe · Adamant Nature

Types and weaknesses

GroundSteel
Weak ×2
FireWaterFightingGround
Resists ×½
NormalFlyingPsychicBugDragonSteelFairy
Resists ×¼
Rock
Immune
ElectricPoison

Abilities

Sand Rush
If Sandstorm is active, this Pokemon's Speed is doubled; immunity to Sandstorm. · used by 98%
Sand Force
This Pokemon's Ground/Rock/Steel attacks do 1.3× in Sandstorm; immunity to it. · used by 0%
Mold Breaker
This Pokemon's moves and their effects ignore the Abilities of other Pokemon. · used by 1%

Speed tier

Most common
140 (Adamant, 32 Spe SP, 69% of spreads)
With Choice Scarf
210 (held by 1%)
Fastest
154 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
108 (0 SP)
Slowest
97 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 140, it outspeeds 22 of the other 49 Pokémon in the top 50, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Mega Dragonite 152
  2. Archaludon 150
  3. Gholdengo 149
  4. Excadrill (this) 140
  5. Kommo-o 137
  6. Mega Tyranitar 135
  7. Venusaur 132
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #31 · on 5.7% of teams · 196,128 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Iron Head 99.2%
  2. Protect 98.4%
  3. High Horsepower 89.5%
  4. Rock Slide 81.5%
  5. Earthquake 22.3%
  6. Swords Dance 3.4%
  7. Rock Tomb 2.5%
  8. Stomping Tantrum 1.2%
  9. Brick Break 0.4%
  10. Drill Run 0.3%

Items

  1. Focus Sash 87.9%
  2. Life Orb 8.0%
  3. Chople Berry 1.9%
  4. Choice Scarf 0.7%
  5. Expert Belt 0.7%
  6. Soft Sand 0.2%

Abilities

  1. Sand Rush 98.4%
  2. Mold Breaker 1.1%
  3. Sand Force 0.5%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 140 56.8%
  2. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 154 17.0%
  3. Jolly 0/32/2/0/0/32 · Spe 154 8.7%
  4. Adamant 0/32/2/0/0/32 · Spe 140 6.8%
  5. Jolly 0/27/7/0/0/32 · Spe 154 1.0%
  6. Jolly 0/32/1/0/1/32 · Spe 154 0.9%
  7. Jolly 8/22/4/0/0/32 · Spe 154 0.8%
  8. Adamant 1/32/1/0/0/32 · Spe 140 0.8%

Teammates

  1. Mega Tyranitar 70.1%
  2. Mega Salamence 66.8%
  3. Sneasler 45.6%
  4. Milotic 35.4%
  5. Gholdengo 30.5%
  6. Indeedee 29.0%
  7. Rillaboom 28.2%
  8. Tyranitar 18.8%
  9. Corviknight 17.4%
  10. Sinistcha 9.7%
  11. Indeedee-F 9.4%
  12. Basculegion 8.4%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #31 · on 6.0% of teams · 196,128 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Iron Head 98.5%
  2. Protect 97.1%
  3. High Horsepower 87.5%
  4. Rock Slide 84.6%
  5. Earthquake 21.2%
  6. Swords Dance 4.0%
  7. Stomping Tantrum 1.5%
  8. Drill Run 1.0%
  9. Rock Tomb 0.8%
  10. Throat Chop 0.6%

Items

  1. Focus Sash 87.1%
  2. Life Orb 8.1%
  3. Choice Scarf 1.5%
  4. Expert Belt 0.8%
  5. Chople Berry 0.5%
  6. Soft Sand 0.4%

Abilities

  1. Sand Rush 96.8%
  2. Mold Breaker 2.2%
  3. Sand Force 1.0%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 140 52.3%
  2. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 154 22.1%
  3. Adamant 0/32/2/0/0/32 · Spe 140 6.7%
  4. Jolly 0/32/2/0/0/32 · Spe 154 5.2%
  5. Adamant 0/32/0/0/2/32 · Spe 140 1.0%
  6. Adamant 0/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 140 0.9%
  7. Adamant 1/32/1/0/0/32 · Spe 140 0.7%
  8. Jolly 0/32/0/0/2/32 · Spe 154 0.7%

Teammates

  1. Mega Tyranitar 73.9%
  2. Mega Salamence 60.5%
  3. Sneasler 48.7%
  4. Indeedee 36.7%
  5. Milotic 30.0%
  6. Rillaboom 25.4%
  7. Gholdengo 22.6%
  8. Corviknight 21.3%
  9. Tyranitar 13.5%
  10. Indeedee-F 9.6%
  11. Sinistcha 8.6%
  12. Volcarona 6.8%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #33 · on 5.4% of teams · 196,128 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Iron Head 98.1%
  2. Protect 95.0%
  3. Rock Slide 83.9%
  4. High Horsepower 83.3%
  5. Earthquake 24.2%
  6. Swords Dance 4.9%
  7. Stomping Tantrum 1.8%
  8. Drill Run 1.6%
  9. Throat Chop 0.9%
  10. Rock Tomb 0.9%

Items

  1. Focus Sash 83.1%
  2. Life Orb 9.8%
  3. Choice Scarf 2.4%
  4. Expert Belt 1.2%
  5. Chople Berry 0.6%
  6. Soft Sand 0.5%

Abilities

  1. Sand Rush 94.5%
  2. Mold Breaker 3.9%
  3. Sand Force 1.7%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 140 52.1%
  2. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 154 22.4%
  3. Adamant 0/32/2/0/0/32 · Spe 140 6.0%
  4. Jolly 0/32/2/0/0/32 · Spe 154 4.5%
  5. Adamant 0/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 140 1.0%
  6. Adamant 0/32/0/0/2/32 · Spe 140 1.0%
  7. Jolly 0/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 154 0.7%
  8. Jolly 0/32/0/0/2/32 · Spe 154 0.7%

Teammates

  1. Mega Tyranitar 70.9%
  2. Mega Salamence 55.6%
  3. Sneasler 45.3%
  4. Indeedee 34.7%
  5. Milotic 27.4%
  6. Rillaboom 22.6%
  7. Corviknight 20.4%
  8. Gholdengo 20.2%
  9. Tyranitar 13.5%
  10. Sinistcha 9.9%
  11. Indeedee-F 9.9%
  12. Volcarona 6.4%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 292 of 4,641 teams (6.3%) · win rate 50.2% (95% interval 47.7%–52.7%, n = 1,562 games) · 20 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

  1. Incineroar +1.6 pp n = 98 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatTeams with Incineroar beat teams bringing Excadrill more often than expected+1.6 pp · n = 98 · Showdown replays

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Strong against (replays)

Teams with it beat teams bringing these more often than expected.

  1. Sneasler +2.3 pp n = 72 Replays
    Why? 1
    • StatBeats teams bringing Sneasler more often than expected+2.3 pp · n = 72 · Showdown replays

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,444 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Corviknight +15.3 pp n = 34,185 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 17% of Excadrill teams; Corviknight is on 2% of all teams (8.19× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Tyranitar +16.5 pp n = 36,813 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 19% of Excadrill teams; Tyranitar is on 2% of all teams (8.11× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Mega Tyranitar +64.4 pp n = 137,525 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 70% of Excadrill teams; Mega Tyranitar is on 6% of all teams (12.26× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Indeedee +22.9 pp n = 56,975 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 29% of Excadrill teams; Indeedee is on 6% of all teams (4.69× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Milotic +23.5 pp n = 69,351 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 35% of Excadrill teams; Milotic is on 12% of all teams (2.98× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Mega Salamence +38.8 pp n = 131,053 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 67% of Excadrill teams; Mega Salamence is on 28% of all teams (2.38× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Gholdengo +11.5 pp n = 59,897 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 31% of Excadrill teams; Gholdengo is on 19% of all teams (1.60× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Sinistcha +2.4 pp n = 19,044 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 10% of Excadrill teams; Sinistcha is on 7% of all teams (1.32× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Sneasler +8.5 pp n = 89,376 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 46% of Excadrill teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (1.23× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Rillaboom -18.3 pp n = 55,406 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 28% of Excadrill teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.61× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Indeedee-F -10.8 pp n = 18,534 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 9% of Excadrill teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (0.47× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Basculegion -12.2 pp n = 16,475 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 8% of Excadrill teams; Basculegion is on 21% of all teams (0.41× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

Stats at level 50

HP 110
Atk 165
Def 100
SpA 65
SpD 65
Spe 103

Base stat total 608

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Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 7 HP / 27 SpD / 32 Spe · Jolly Nature

Types and weaknesses

GroundSteel
Weak ×2
FireWaterFightingGround
Resists ×½
NormalFlyingPsychicBugDragonSteelFairy
Resists ×¼
Rock
Immune
ElectricPoison

Abilities

Piercing Drill
This Pokemon's contact moves ignore a target's protection and deal 1/4 the usual damage. · used by 100%

Mega Evolves from Excadrill holding Excadrite .

Speed tier

Most common
170
Fastest
170 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
123 (0 SP)
Slowest
110 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 170, it outspeeds 32 of the 50 most used Pokémon, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Ninetales-Alola 177
  2. Pawmot 172
  3. Sneasler 172
  4. Mega Excadrill (this) 170
  5. Mega Floette 169
  6. Garchomp 169
  7. Mega Charizard Y 167
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #188 · on 0.1% of teams · 8,852 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Protect 98.9%
  2. Iron Head 95.7%
  3. High Horsepower 83.3%
  4. Rock Slide 44.3%
  5. Swords Dance 37.9%
  6. Earthquake 12.5%
  7. Horn Drill 10.3%
  8. Stomping Tantrum 9.7%
  9. X-Scissor 1.9%
  10. Megahorn 1.7%

Items

  1. Excadrite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Piercing Drill 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 7/0/0/0/27/32 · Spe 170 32.2%
  2. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 170 19.4%
  3. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 155 9.9%
  4. Jolly 0/32/1/0/1/32 · Spe 170 8.8%
  5. Jolly 18/1/0/0/15/32 · Spe 170 7.0%
  6. Jolly 0/0/2/0/32/32 · Spe 170 3.3%
  7. Jolly 0/32/2/0/0/32 · Spe 170 2.8%
  8. Jolly 0/32/0/0/2/32 · Spe 170 2.8%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 58.5%
  2. Basculegion 47.5%
  3. Aerodactyl 39.0%
  4. Arcanine-Hisui 39.0%
  5. Mega Froslass 38.9%
  6. Sneasler 19.0%
  7. Mega Salamence 16.0%
  8. Indeedee-F 14.6%
  9. Tyranitar 10.1%
  10. Incineroar 9.1%
  11. Armarouge 8.3%
  12. Mega Glalie 7.6%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #199 · on 0.2% of teams · 8,852 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Iron Head 94.2%
  2. Protect 91.9%
  3. High Horsepower 70.9%
  4. Rock Slide 53.9%
  5. Swords Dance 27.2%
  6. Earthquake 22.6%
  7. Drill Run 7.9%
  8. Horn Drill 6.9%
  9. Stomping Tantrum 6.5%
  10. Megahorn 2.5%

Items

  1. Excadrite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Piercing Drill 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 170 35.6%
  2. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 155 20.3%
  3. Impish 32/0/13/0/0/21 · Spe 144 5.0%
  4. Bold 28/0/17/0/0/21 · Spe 144 3.3%
  5. Jolly 0/32/0/0/2/32 · Spe 170 3.1%
  6. Jolly 0/32/4/0/0/30 · Spe 168 1.6%
  7. Jolly 0/32/1/0/1/32 · Spe 170 1.2%
  8. Jolly 0/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 170 1.1%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 30.4%
  2. Incineroar 26.4%
  3. Sneasler 20.2%
  4. Tyranitar 16.9%
  5. Indeedee-F 14.0%
  6. Mega Salamence 13.5%
  7. Whimsicott 13.0%
  8. Milotic 10.8%
  9. Sinistcha 10.5%
  10. Talonflame 9.8%
  11. Ninetales-Alola 9.2%
  12. Rotom-Wash 8.3%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #197 · on 0.2% of teams · 8,852 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Iron Head 91.1%
  2. Protect 85.8%
  3. High Horsepower 55.0%
  4. Rock Slide 50.4%
  5. Earthquake 30.1%
  6. Swords Dance 23.6%
  7. Drill Run 14.5%
  8. Horn Drill 10.6%
  9. Stomping Tantrum 10.5%
  10. Megahorn 5.1%

Items

  1. Excadrite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Piercing Drill 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Jolly 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 170 37.4%
  2. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 155 20.5%
  3. Jolly 0/32/4/0/0/30 · Spe 168 2.6%
  4. Jolly 0/32/0/0/2/32 · Spe 170 2.5%
  5. Impish 32/0/13/0/0/21 · Spe 144 1.9%
  6. Jolly 3/32/0/0/0/31 · Spe 169 1.7%
  7. Bold 28/0/17/0/0/21 · Spe 144 1.3%
  8. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 123 1.2%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 24.5%
  2. Tyranitar 21.9%
  3. Incineroar 18.5%
  4. Sneasler 15.9%
  5. Whimsicott 13.8%
  6. Indeedee-F 11.7%
  7. Sinistcha 11.6%
  8. Milotic 9.9%
  9. Mega Salamence 8.5%
  10. Mega Tyranitar 7.2%
  11. Talonflame 6.7%
  12. Farigiraf 6.6%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 4 of 4,641 teams (0.1%) · win rate 21.1% (95% interval 8.5%–43.3%, n = 19 games) · 0 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No matchup in the replay sample passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,444 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Aerodactyl +37.6 pp n = 3,451 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 39% of Mega Excadrill teams; Aerodactyl is on 1% of all teams (27.94× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Mega Glalie +7.5 pp n = 672 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 8% of Mega Excadrill teams; Mega Glalie is on 0% of all teams (105.71× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Mega Froslass +34.1 pp n = 3,443 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 39% of Mega Excadrill teams; Mega Froslass is on 5% of all teams (8.08× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Tyranitar +7.8 pp n = 898 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 10% of Mega Excadrill teams; Tyranitar is on 2% of all teams (4.38× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Arcanine-Hisui +27.4 pp n = 3,450 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 39% of Mega Excadrill teams; Arcanine-Hisui is on 12% of all teams (3.36× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Basculegion +26.9 pp n = 4,206 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 48% of Mega Excadrill teams; Basculegion is on 21% of all teams (2.31× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Armarouge +2.0 pp n = 732 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 8% of Mega Excadrill teams; Armarouge is on 6% of all teams (1.31× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Rillaboom +11.9 pp n = 5,178 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 58% of Mega Excadrill teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (1.26× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Indeedee-F -5.7 pp n = 1,291 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Mega Excadrill teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (0.72× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Mega Salamence -12.0 pp n = 1,419 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Mega Excadrill teams; Mega Salamence is on 28% of all teams (0.57× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Sneasler -18.1 pp n = 1,683 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 19% of Mega Excadrill teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (0.51× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Incineroar -22.6 pp n = 803 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 9% of Mega Excadrill teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (0.29× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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