Quality Control Swords Dance Excadrill

[Lily]

[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Rock Slide / Iron Head
move 4: Rapid Spin
item: Leftovers / Air Balloon
ability: Mold Breaker
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
tera type: Dragon / Ground / Electric

[SET COMMENTS]
Swords Dance lets Excadrill act as both an excellent utility Pokemon with Rapid Spin and a dangerous wallbreaker and cleaner all in one set. Rock Slide is preferred over Iron Head to let Excadrill more easily beat Zapdos, Pelipper, and Tornadus-T, while Rapid Spin is used both its ability to remove hazards and also the crucial Speed boost it gives that lets Excadrill outrun the majority of the tier. Tera Dragon lets Excadrill flip weaknesses to common moves used to check it like Greninja's Surf, Azumarill's Aqua Jet, Ogerpon's Ivy Cudgel, and Hisuian Arcanine's Flare Blitz, while Tera Ground gives it a strong power boost on Earthquake and lets it shed its weakness to opposing Excadrill. Tera Electric is useful on Iron Head sets to let Excadrill beat Zapdos despite lacking coverage against it. These are the main choices, but Excadrill can viably run a lot of Tera types; Tera Fire lets it set up on Skeledirge, Tera Fairy and Tera Ghost give it a resistance to moves like Mienshao's Close Combat and Kommo-o's Drain Punch, Tera Flying lets it beat opposing Excadrill more consistently, and Tera Water helps with Greninja while retaining a stronger Scizor and Mamoswine matchup. Leftovers lets Excadrill play more flexibly in the mid-game before it goes for a sweep, but Air Balloon lets Excadrill beat opposing Excadrill and act as a more reliable hazard remover against Spikes teams.

Excadrill fits on just about any team you can think of thanks to its remarkable offensive capabilities and utility. It's great at supporting the likes of Assault Vest Tornadus-T and Silver Powder Lokix which hate having Stealth Rock on the field. It appreciates support from entry hazard setters like Tinkaton and Hisuian Arcanine; with the help of Knock Off users like the aforementioned Tornadus-T and Lokix, Excadrill can much more easily cleave through checks like Zapdos and Slowking. Excadrill has few defensive checks, but teammates like Scizor and Mamoswine that can threaten or weaken checks like Hydrapple and Zapdos are extremely appreciated. Excadrill can be revenge killed by foes like Greninja, Azumarill, and Lokix, so checks like Keldeo, Zapdos, and Rotom-W make for helpful teammates.

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[SET]
name: Swords Dance
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Rock Slide / Iron Head
move 4: Rapid Spin
item: Leftovers / Air Balloon
ability: Mold Breaker
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
tera type: Dragon / Ground / Electric

[SET COMMENTS]
Swords Dance lets Excadrill act as both an excellent utility Pokemon with Rapid Spin Not sure I follow this line of thought. Did you mean to refer to the name of the set? and a dangerous wallbreaker and cleaner all in one set. Rock Slide is preferred over Iron Head to let Excadrill more easily beat Zapdos, Pelipper, and Tornadus-T, while Rapid Spin is used both for its ability to remove hazards and also the crucial Speed boost it gives that lets Excadrill outrun the majority of the tier. May as well just say it outspeeds the unboosted metagame to be more accurate. Tera Dragon lets Excadrill flip weaknesses to common moves used to check it like Greninja's Surf, Azumarill's Aqua Jet, Ogerpon's Ivy Cudgel, and Hisuian Arcanine's Flare Blitz, while Tera Ground gives it a strong power boost on Earthquake Could mention it notably lets it OHKO Skele and King at +2 and lets it shed its weakness to opposing Excadrill. Tera Electric is useful on Iron Head sets to let Excadrill beat Zapdos despite lacking coverage against it. These are the main choices, but Excadrill can viably run a lot of Tera types; Tera Fire lets it set up on Skeledirge, Tera Fairy and Tera Ghost give it a resistance to moves like Mienshao's Close Combat and Kommo-o's Drain Punch, A big one of Fairy is beating Mandibuzz with resisting Foul Play Tera Flying lets it beat opposing Excadrill more consistently, and Tera Water helps with Greninja while retaining a stronger Scizor and Mamoswine matchup. Leftovers lets Excadrill play more flexibly in the mid-game before it goes for a sweep, but Air Balloon lets Excadrill beat opposing Excadrill and act as a more reliable hazard remover against Spikes teams. Specifically, bring up Sandy Shocks here as a favorable matchup and ties in with the Spikes mention nicely

Excadrill fits on just about any team you can think of thanks to its remarkable offensive capabilities and utility. It's great at supporting the likes of Assault Vest Tornadus-T and Silver Powder Lokix which hate having Stealth Rock on the field. It appreciates support from entry hazard setters like Tinkaton and Hisuian Arcanine; with the help of Knock Off users like the aforementioned Tornadus-T and Lokix, Excadrill can much more easily cleave through checks like Zapdos and Slowking. Excadrill has few defensive checks, but teammates like Scizor and Mamoswine that can threaten or weaken checks like Hydrapple and Zapdos are extremely appreciated. Excadrill can be revenge killed by foes like Greninja, Azumarill, and Lokix, so checks like Keldeo, Zapdos, and Rotom-W make for helpful teammates.

You mentioned Tink and AV Torn already so with either of them just add another line about Excadrill appreciating another partner that can pivot into Specs Latios as it struggles to do so with no bulk.

I'd tie in a small mention about some partners that help with Iron Crown too as Booster is faster and offensive Drill can't switch into Specs. Slowking is an example as it can Twave to let drill be faster + gives a slow pivot. Alternatively, just tie it in with the examples you have, your choice.

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