Competitive Information for Excadrill [Black/White]
Ground / Steel
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Excadrill? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Black/White Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Black/White generation metagame.
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Excadrill is an outstanding Ground and Steel-typed Pokemon. It's a almost common sight to see Excadrill out in the 5th generation battlefield. Excadrill can usually be found in the OU tier (Overused). Excadrill is weak to Fighting, Fire, Ground, and Water-typed attacks.
Item: Leftovers / Choice Scarf
Ability: Mold Breaker
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
- Rapid Spin
- Protect
Physical Sweeper Excadrill (Popular/Trending)
Excadrill is a sensational Physical Sweeper. It attempts to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Leftovers are always a great recovery option to ensure Excadrill last longer regaining it's HP every turn. Choice Scarf will increase Excadrill's speed by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Mold Breaker, Excadrill's moves and their effects ignore the abilities of other pokemon.
♦ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Rapid Spin is a physical 20-base power Normal-type move (frees Excadrill from hazards, binding, leech seed).
♦ Protect is a status move (prevents moves from affecting your Excadrill this turn).
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Item: Life Orb / Soft Sand
Ability: Sand Force
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 20 Def / 236 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Drill Run
- Iron Head / Metal Claw
- Return / Frustration
- Rock Slide
Physical Sweeper Excadrill (Sand Force)
Excadrill is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It's meant to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Excadrill from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Excadrill's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sand Force, Excadrill's ground/rock/steel attacks do 1.3x in sandstorm; immunity to it.
♦ Drill Run is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Ground-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Metal Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Excadrill's attack by 1 stage).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
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Item: Life Orb / Soft Sand
Ability: Sand Rush
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 64 Hp / 252 Atk / 116 Def / 76 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Drill Run
- Iron Head / Metal Claw
- Return / Frustration
- X-Scissor
Physical Sweeper Excadrill (Sand Rush)
Excadrill is a remarkable Physical Sweeper. It was designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Excadrill from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Excadrill's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sand Rush, if sandstorm is active Excadrill's speed is doubled; immunity to sandstorm.
♦ Drill Run is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Ground-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Metal Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Excadrill's attack by 1 stage).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ X-Scissor is a physical 80-base power Bug-type move that deals a nice amount of damage.
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Item: Air Balloon
Ability: Sand Rush
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Iron Head
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake
- Swords Dance
Excadrill Physical Sweeper (Uberdrill)
Excadrill is popular Physical Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Sand Rush, if sandstorm is active Excadrill's speed is doubled; immunity to sandstorm. Works best in Sandstorm but still works incredibly well without it... Swords dance first turn and sweep the other trainer's team away.
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Earthquake is a physical STAB-boosted 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Excadrill's attack by 2 stages).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Excadrill? These builds have been optimized for Black/White Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Black/White generation metagame.
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Item: Life Orb / Soft Sand
Ability: Sand Force
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 20 Def / 236 Spe
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Iron Head / Metal Claw
- Return / Frustration
Doubles Physical Sweeper Excadrill (Sand Force)
Excadrill is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. It's purpose is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Excadrill from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Excadrill's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sand Force, Excadrill's ground/rock/steel attacks do 1.3x in sandstorm; immunity to it.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Metal Claw is a physical STAB-boosted 50-base power Steel-type move (10% chance to raise your Excadrill's attack by 1 stage).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
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Item: Life Orb / Soft Sand
Ability: Sand Rush
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 64 Hp / 252 Atk / 116 Def / 76 SpD
Moveset:
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Iron Head
- Frustration / Return
Doubles Physical Sweeper Excadrill (Sand Rush)
Excadrill is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Excadrill from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Excadrill's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Sand Rush, if sandstorm is active Excadrill's speed is doubled; immunity to sandstorm.
♦ Bulldoze is a physical STAB-boosted 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Iron Head is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Steel-type move (30% chance to flinch the target).
♦ Frustration is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at minimum happiness).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Excadrill learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Excadrill can perform in Black/White. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive BW Move and Ability Combos for Excadrill
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Moves with Priority: Protect
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Excadrill's stats
- Hone Claws
- Iron Defense
- Metal Claw
- Rapid Spin
- Skull Bash
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Excadrill
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
- Protect
- Rapid Spin
- Rest
- Rock Slide
- Stealth Rock
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Excadrill in Black and White
- Jolly Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252/ )
- Careful Nature ( 252/0/4/0/252/0/ )
- Optimize Excadrill's EV spread for Pokemon Black and White
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