Excadrill

Excadrill and its Mega in Champions

Mega Excadrill holds Excadrite. Its ability is Piercing Drill: this Pokémon's contact moves ignore a target's protection and deal 1/4 the usual damage.

Speed at common investments

Level 50. Min is 0 Stat Points with a Speed-lowering nature (Trick Room), 32 SP+ is full investment with a Speed-raising nature, and Ladder is the most-used spread on the October 2026 ladder. A Mega moves at its own Speed on the turn it Mega Evolves. Compare with the meta on the speed tiers.

Doubles (VGC) set #40 · 4.9% usage

Moves

Iron Head99%

Protect98.5%

High Horsepower95.1%

Rock Slide78.4%

Earthquake20%

Held items

Focus Sash91.7%

Life Orb4.7%

Ability

Sand Rush 98.2%Mold Breaker 1.3%Sand Force 0.4%

Most-used Stat Point spreads

Adamant 2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe 46.6%

Jolly 2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe 23.2%

Adamant 32 Atk / 2 Def / 32 Spe 9.8%

Adamant 32 Atk / 1 Def / 1 SpD / 32 Spe 4.8%

Best teammates

Mega Tyranitar 77.9% Mega Salamence 41.1% Sneasler 34% Gholdengo 31.5% Milotic 30.1% Indeedee 23.1%

Singles (OU) set #7 · 15.9% usage

Moves

Rapid Spin98.8%

Iron Head89.3%

Earthquake87.8%

Stealth Rock78.3%

Swords Dance13.2%

High Horsepower12.1%

Held items

Air Balloon37.1%

Focus Sash18.2%

Choice Scarf18%

Leftovers11.9%

Shuca Berry4%

Ability

Mold Breaker 94.8%Sand Rush 5.1%Sand Force 0.1%

Most-used Stat Point spreads

Jolly 2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe 58.7%

Jolly 32 Atk / 2 Def / 32 Spe 5.1%

Careful 32 HP / 29 SpD / 5 Spe 4.5%

Careful 32 HP / 28 SpD / 6 Spe 4.4%

Best teammates

Hisuian Samurott 35% Corviknight 22.5% Mega Golisopod 19.8% Hatterene 17.5% Galarian Slowking 17% Dragapult 15.8%

Archetypes that run Excadrill