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Excadrill

#7 Singles (OU) · 17.5% GroundSteel

Usage, sets and teammates pulled from the Pokémon Showdown / Smogon Champions ladder, June 2026.

Singles (OU) set #7 · 17.5% usage

Moves

Earthquake99.7%
Rapid Spin98.3%
Iron Head84.4%
Stealth Rock59.9%
Rock Slide23.1%
Swords Dance19.4%

Held items

Focus Sash28.4%
Shuca Berry16.2%
Leftovers15.4%
Soft Sand12.7%
Choice Scarf12.3%

Ability

Mold Breaker 87.3%Sand Rush 12.4%Sand Force 0.3%

Common EV spreads

Jolly 16 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe 48.6%
Jolly 252 Atk / 16 SpD / 252 Spe 13%
Adamant 16 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe 6.9%

Best teammates

Hisuian Samurott Hisuian Samurott 26.5% Gholdengo Gholdengo 20.8% Dragapult Dragapult 17.1% Wash Rotom Wash Rotom 16% Kingambit Kingambit 15.9% Pelipper Pelipper 15.4%

Counters & checks

Type-matchup math for Excadrill, cross-referenced with the live June 2026 meta. These flag likely threats and targets; confirm exact damage with the damage calculator.

Defensive profile

2× weakFireWaterFightingGround
resistsRockNormalFlyingPsychicBugDragonSteelFairy
immuneElectricPoison

Threatens Excadrill

Meta Pokémon carrying STAB that hits Excadrill super-effectively.

Garchomp Garchomp 48% Hisuian Samurott Hisuian Samurott 28.3% Wash Rotom Wash Rotom 13.3% Sneasler Sneasler 12.3% Ceruledge Ceruledge 10.1% Pelipper Pelipper 9.8% Volcarona Volcarona 9.4% Quaquaval Quaquaval 8.8% Primarina Primarina 8% Araquanid Araquanid 7.7%

Excadrill pressures

Common meta Pokémon weak to Excadrill's STAB.

Kingambit Kingambit 21.9% Glimmora Glimmora 19.6% Gholdengo Gholdengo 19.3% Galarian Slowking Galarian Slowking 16.8% Hatterene Hatterene 14.8% Wash Rotom Wash Rotom 13.3% Sneasler Sneasler 12.3% Aegislash Aegislash 12.1% Ceruledge Ceruledge 10.1% Archaludon Archaludon 10.1%

Archetypes that run Excadrill

Sand 64.0% WR

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