OU Excadrill QC 2/2 GP 1/1

[Twilight]

[SET]
name: Swords Dance Wallbreaker
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Iron Head
move 4: Rapid Spin
item: Leftovers
ability: Mold Breaker / Sand Rush
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Excadrill's ability to compress the roles of a wallbreaker with Swords Dance, a late-game sweeper, and an amazing defensive typing in Ground/Steel paired with Rapid Spin support make it a top-tier threat. Mold Breaker allows Excadrill to break past its would-be checks in Rotom-W and Rotom-H with Earthquake as well as bypass Mimikyu's Disguise and OHKO it with Iron Head. Sand Rush boosts Excadrill's Speed greatly, which lets it be a great late-game cleaner, as faster threats such as Dragapult and Cinderace can no longer revenge kill Excadrill. Rapid Spin can also give Excadrill a Speed boost, which allows Mold Breaker sets to outspeed and OHKO Dragapult and Choice Scarf Rotom-W, while Sand Rush sets are able to outspeed most of the boosted metagame. Rock Slide is an option, as it allows Excadrill to dent two of its best defensive checks in Corviknight and Gyarados, as well as Rotom-H if lacking Mold Breaker. Leftovers provides Excadrill with passive recovery to pivot into Pokemon like Toxtricity and mitigate the chip damage from the entry hazards it attempts to remove with Rapid Spin. Alternatively, Life Orb can be used to increase the power behind its moves; however, it can easily wear itself down using Rapid Spin, so this should only be used on Rock Slide variants. A Jolly nature is preferred in order to outspeed Dragapult and Rotom-W after one Speed boost and outpace a +2 Gyarados under sand.

Partners that appreciate Excadrill's wallbreaking potential like Kommo-o, Hawlucha, and Gyarados make great partners, as it can help weaken walls for them to sweep, while Gyarados in particular also benefits from Excadrill potentially removing Rotom-W for it. Dragapult and Hydreigon make great partners, as they can help pressure defensive walls such as Corviknight and Galarian Corsola, which Excadrill struggles to break past even after a Swords Dance. Rotom-W is a fantastic partner to pair with Excadrill, as it is capable of handling Gyarados, Pelipper, and Corviknight, which Excadrill invites in and cannot threaten without Rock Slide, and it can bring Excadrill in safely via Volt Switch. If using Sand Rush, then Tyranitar and Hippowdon are necessary in order to set up sand. Tyranitar can also threaten Galarian Corsola and Corviknight for Excadrill as well as set up Stealth Rock to weaken Excadrill's checks such as Rotom-W. Checks to Fighting-types like Conkeldurr are mandatory, so Pokemon like Clefable, Togekiss, and Jellicent are greatly appreciated.

[SET]
name: Suicide Lead
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Steel Beam
move 4: Rapid Spin
item: Focus Sash
ability: Mold Breaker
nature: Hasty
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Excadrill is a great suicide lead because it is can reliably set up Stealth Rock as well as keep opposing entry hazards off the field with Rapid Spin. Rapid Spin also gives Excadrill a boost in Speed upon use, which allows it to outspeed faster Pokemon like Hydreigon to get significant damage off. Steel Beam allows Excadrill to cut down its own health in order to get a teammate in safely for free and prevent the use of Defog. Rock Tomb is a viable option that prevents Gyarados from using Excadrill as a setup opportunity; however, Excadrill struggles to fit the move onto this set. Mold Breaker is Excadrill's best ability for this set, allowing it to heavily damage the likes of Rotom-W and also set up Stealth Rock without fear of Hatterene bouncing it back with Magic Bounce.

This Excadrill set fits best on hyper offensive teams that appreciate its ability to keep entry hazards both on and off the field. Grimmsnarl makes a great partner, as it can help keep Excadrill's Stealth Rock up with Taunt and further support sweepers with dual screens support, these sweepers being Bisharp, Gyarados, Hawlucha, and Kommo-o. Bisharp is a great partner, as it can deter the use of Defog because it can be given a Defiant boost. Aegislash and Gengar make for great partners, as they can spinblock to prevent Stealth Rock from being removed off the field and they appreciate Excadrill bringing in passive Pokemon like Corviknight and Ferrothorn to start wallbreaking, while the former two can also use these passive Pokemon to set up a Swords Dance and Nasty Plot, respectively.


[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Twilight, 344575]]
- Quality checked by: [[Mannat, 144451], [Jordy, 395754]]
- Grammar checked by: [[deetah, 297659]]

 

[Twilight]

This is ready for qc

 

[lydian]

hey QC wants the mold breaker set as the first set. with swords dance slashed over rocks, iron head instead of rock tomb, and leftovers over focus sash! also for the sand rush please have leftovers as the only item! you can mention shuca in set comments if you want but balloon and life orb are pretty bad...

 

[Twilight]

lyd done

 

[MANNAT]

Hey Twilight the QC team has decided to combine the two sets here into the following set, as they function fairly similarly and you can save a bit of space:

[SET]
name: Swords Dance Wallbreaker
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Iron Head
move 4: Rapid Spin (rock slide in moves)
item: Leftovers
ability: Mold Breaker / Sand Rush
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

Additionally, we've decided to add a suicide lead set, as it's quite potent on hyperoffensive teams:

[SET]
name: Suicide Lead
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Steel Beam
move 4: Rapid Spin
item: Focus Sash
ability: Mold Breaker
nature: Hasty
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe

Please put the analysis into WIP and tag me when you're done so that I can check this

 

[Twilight]

Bruh

Will do this tomorrow

 

[lydian]

F

 

[MANNAT]

Comments in Purple

[SET]
name: Swords Dance Wallbreaker
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Iron Head
move 4: Rapid Spin
item: Leftovers
ability: Mold Breaker / Sand Rush
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Excadrill's ability to compress the roles of a wallbreaker with Swords Dance, sweeper if using Sand Rush(the rapid spin speed boost allows it to function as a sweeper with mold breaker as well, if not a more consistent one bc it can hit rotom), and provide utility support with Rapid Spin, gives it an unprecedented role in the tiermakes it a top tier threat (saying unprecedented role is kinda weird here and sound kinda clunky). Mold Breaker allows Excadrill to break past its would be check in Rotom-W with Earthquake as well as bypass Mimikyu's Disguise and OHKO it with Iron Head. Sand Rush boosts Excadrill's speed greatly, which lets it be a great late-game cleaner as faster threats such as Dragapult and Cinderace can no longer revenge kill Excadrill. Rapid Spin can also give Excadrill a Speed boost, which allows Mold Breaker sets to outspeed and OHKO Dragapult and Choice Scarf Rotom-W, while Sand Rush sets are able to outspeed most of the boosted metagame, including an Unburden boosted Hawlucha(this is straight up wrong idk where u got that from). Rock Slide is an option as it allows Excadrill to dent two of its best defensive checks in Corviknight and Gyarados, Rotom-WRotom-H (you hit it harder so it makes more sense to mention here) if lacking Mold Breaker, and allow Excadrill to set up its own sand with Max Rockfall. Leftovers provide Excadrill with passive recovery to pivot into Pokemon like Toxtricity and mitigate the chip damage from the entry hazards it attempts to remove with Rapid Spin. A Jolly nature is preferred in order to outspeed Dragapult and Rotom-W after one Speed boost and outpace a +2 Gyarados under Sand.

Partners that appreciate Excadrill's wallbreaking potential like Kommo-o, Hawlucha, and Gyarados make great partners as it can help weaken walls for them to sweep. Gyarados also benefits from Excadrill potentially removing Rotom-W in order to preserve the need for it to Dynamax in order to break it(whether or not dynamax is preserved, dd gyara is always gonna like rotom gone because scarf rotom w can still revenge kill it, so you can take out this part). Dragapult and Hydreigon make great partners as they can help remove pressure defensive walls such as Corviknight and Galarian Corsola (corsola's annoying as hell, but its usage has died down a bit, so it shouldn't really merit a sentence by itself here), which Excadrill struggles to break past even after a Swords Dance. Rotom-W is a fantastic partner to pair with Excadrill as it is capable of handling Gyarados, Pelipper, and Corviknight, which Excadrill invites in and cannot threaten without Rock Slide, and it can bring Excadrill in safely via Volt Switch. If using Sand Rush then Tyranitar or Hippowdon is are necessary in order to set up sand. Tyranitar can also threaten Galarian Corsola and Corviknight for Excadrill as well as set up Stealth Rock to weaken Excadrill's checks such as Rotom-W. Checks to Fighting-types like Conkeldurr are mandatory so Pokemon like Galarian Corsola, Togekiss, and Jellicent are greatly appreciated.

[SET]
name: Suicide Lead
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Steel Beam
move 4: Rapid Spin
item: Focus Sash
ability: Mold Breaker
nature: Hasty
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Excadrill is a great suicide lead because it is can reliably set up Stealth Rock as well as keep opposing entry hazards off the field with Rapid Spin. Rapid Spin also gives Excadrill a boost in Speed upon use, which allows it to outspeed faster Pokemon like Hydreigon to get significant damage off. Steel Beam with a Hasty nature gives Excadrill a decently strong STAB move that allows it Excadrill to cut down its own health by half in order to get a teammate in safely for free and prevent Defog (Steel Beam is really only used to kill yourself either for momentum or defog blocking, it's actually laughably weak even at 150 bp bc of how low drill's spatk is so decently strong is honestly misleading here). Mold Breaker is Excadrill's best ability for this set, allowing it to heavily damage the likes of Rotom-W and also set up Stealth Rock without fear of Hatterene bouncing it back with Magic Bounce.

This Excadrill set fits best on hyper offensive (suicide leads generally don't fit outside of HO) teams that appreciate Excadrill's ability to keep entry hazards both on and off the field to support the wallbreakers and sweepers it aims to support(hazard control is known as a form of support, you don't really have to state that it's providing support by doing that). Grimmsnarl makes a great partner as it can help keep Excadrill's Stealth Rock up with Taunt and further support the sweepers with dual screens support, these sweepers being Bisharp, Gyarados, Hawlucha, and Kommo-o. Bisharp is a great partner as it can deter the use of Defog because it can be given a Defiant boost. Aegislash makes for a great partner as it can spinblock to prevent Stealth Rock from being removed off the field and appreciates Excadrill bringing in passive Pokemon like Corviknight for it to set-up on. (I'd mention Gengar and Dragapult in the sentence about spinblocking since their speed tiers make them better fits on HO teams in general)

[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Twilight, 344575]]
- Quality checked by: [[<username1>, <userid1>], [<username2>, <userid2>]]
- Grammar checked by: [[<username1>, <userid1>]]

Sorry again for making you redo this :c QC 1/2 (also say [qc 0/2] and such in your thread titles in the future pls, it's usually what I look at to see whether or not analyses are ready for QC)

 

[Twilight]

implemented, rdy for last check

 

[Jordy]

comments in purple things to remove in red

[SET]
name: Swords Dance Wallbreaker
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Iron Head
move 4: Rapid Spin
item: Leftovers
ability: Mold Breaker / Sand Rush
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Excadrill's ability to compress the roles of a wallbreaker with Swords Dance, a late-game sweeper, and provide utility support with Rapid Spin, make it a top tier threat. You should also mention its useful defensive typing here as well. Mold Breaker allows Excadrill to break past its would be check in Rotom-W and Rotom-H with Earthquake as well as bypass Mimikyu's Disguise and OHKO it with Iron Head. Sand Rush boosts Excadrill's speed greatly, which lets it be a great late-game cleaner as faster threats such as Dragapult and Cinderace can no longer revenge kill Excadrill. Rapid Spin can also give Excadrill a Speed boost, which allows Mold Breaker sets to outspeed and OHKO Dragapult and Choice Scarf Rotom-W, while Sand Rush sets are able to outspeed most of the boosted metagame. Rock Slide is an option as it allows Excadrill to dent two of its best defensive checks in Corviknight and Gyarados, Rotom-H if lacking Mold Breaker, and allow Excadrill to set up its own sand with Max Rockfall. Leftovers provide Excadrill with passive recovery to pivot into Pokemon like Toxtricity and mitigate the chip damage from the entry hazards it attempts to remove with Rapid Spin. I think you should mention Life Orb here as well. Explain why it shouldn't be run with Rapid Spin because Excadrill will be worn down quickly, and mention that it's only an option on Rock Slide variants. A Jolly nature is preferred in order to outspeed Dragapult and Rotom-W after one Speed boost and outpace a +2 Gyarados under Sand.

Partners that appreciate Excadrill's wallbreaking potential like Kommo-o, Hawlucha, and Gyarados make great partners as it can help weaken walls for them to sweep while Gyarados in particular also benefits from Excadrill potentially removing Rotom-W for it. Dragapult and Hydreigon make great partners as they can help pressure defensive walls such as Corviknight and Galarian Corsola, which Excadrill struggles to break past even after a Swords Dance. Rotom-W is a fantastic partner to pair with Excadrill as it is capable of handling Gyarados, Pelipper, and Corviknight, which Excadrill invites in and cannot threaten without Rock Slide, and it can bring Excadrill in safely via Volt Switch. If using Sand Rush then Tyranitar and Hippowdon are necessary in order to set up sand. Tyranitar can also threaten Galarian Corsola and Corviknight for Excadrill as well as set up Stealth Rock to weaken Excadrill's checks such as Rotom-W. Checks to Fighting-types like Conkeldurr are mandatory so Pokemon like Galarian Corsola Clefable, Togekiss, and Jellicent are greatly appreciated. Galarian Corsola is pretty awkward on teams with Excadrill, so I'd rather have a more splashable Pokemon as an example, such as Clefable.

[SET]
name: Suicide Lead
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Steel Beam
move 4: Rapid Spin
item: Focus Sash
ability: Mold Breaker
nature: Hasty
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Excadrill is a great suicide lead because it is can reliably set up Stealth Rock as well as keep opposing entry hazards off the field with Rapid Spin. Rapid Spin also gives Excadrill a boost in Speed upon use, which allows it to outspeed faster Pokemon like Hydreigon to get significant damage off. Steel Beam allows Excadrill to cut down its own health in order to get a teammate in safely for free and to prevent the use of Defog. Mention Rock Tomb here as well; it can be nice to deal with Gyarados, but it's hard to fit. Mold Breaker is Excadrill's best ability for this set, allowing it to heavily damage the likes of Rotom-W and also set up Stealth Rock without fear of Hatterene bouncing it back with Magic Bounce.

This Excadrill set fits best on hyper offensive teams that appreciate Excadrill's ability to keep entry hazards both on and off the field. Grimmsnarl makes a great partner as it can help keep Excadrill's Stealth Rock up with Taunt and further support the sweepers with dual screens support, these sweepers being Bisharp, Gyarados, Hawlucha, and Kommo-o. There's no need to say "the sweepers". Saying "the sweepers" and then mentioning which you're talking about is misleading because the wording makes it seem as if they're the only good sweepers that you can run alongside Excadrill, which is not the case. Bisharp is a great partner as it can deter the use of Defog because it can be given a Defiant boost. Aegislash, and Gengar, and Dragapult make for great partners as they can spinblock to prevent Stealth Rock from being removed off the field and they appreciate Excadrill bringing in passive Pokemon like Corviknight and Ferrothorn to start wallbreaking, while the former two can also use these passive Pokemon to set up a Swords Dance and Nasty Plot respectively.


[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Twilight, 344575]]
- Quality checked by: [[Mannat, 144451], [<username2>, <userid2>]]
- Grammar checked by: [[<username1>, <userid1>]]

Good job, 2/2.

 

[MANNAT]

, and allow Excadrill to set up its own sand with Max Rockfall

Quick reminder to remove this part since dynamax is gone, thank you for dealing with all the changes we made along the way n_n

 

[deetah]

Add Remove Comments (AC) = Add Comma (RC) = Remove Comma (AH) = Add Hyphen (SC) = Semicolon

GP 1/1

Excadrill

[SET]
name: Swords Dance Wallbreaker
move 1: Swords Dance
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Iron Head
move 4: Rapid Spin
item: Leftovers
ability: Mold Breaker / Sand Rush
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]

Excadrill's ability to compress the roles of a wallbreaker with Swords Dance, a late-game sweeper, and an amazing defensive typing in Ground / Steel paired with Rapid Spin support, (RC) make it a top-(AH)tier threat. Mold Breaker allows Excadrill to break past its would-(AH)be check checks in Rotom-W and Rotom-H with Earthquake as well as bypass Mimikyu's Disguise and OHKO it with Iron Head. Sand Rush boosts Excadrill's Speed (Capitalize) greatly, which lets it be a great late-game cleaner, (AC) as faster threats such as Dragapult and Cinderace can no longer revenge kill Excadrill. Rapid Spin can also give Excadrill a Speed boost, which allows Mold Breaker sets to outspeed and OHKO Dragapult and Choice Scarf Rotom-W, while Sand Rush sets are able to outspeed most of the boosted metagame. Rock Slide is an option, (AC) as it allows Excadrill to dent two of its best defensive checks in Corviknight and Gyarados, as well as Rotom-H if lacking Mold Breaker. Leftovers provide provides Excadrill with passive recovery to pivot into Pokemon like Toxtricity and mitigate the chip damage from the entry hazards it attempts to remove with Rapid Spin. Alternatively, Life Orb can be used to increase the power behind its moves; (SC) however, it can easily wear itself down using Rapid Spin, so this should only be used on Rock Slide variants. A Jolly nature is preferred in order to outspeed Dragapult and Rotom-W after one Speed boost and outpace a +2 Gyarados under sand (Lowercase).

Partners that appreciate Excadrill's wallbreaking potential like Kommo-o, Hawlucha, and Gyarados make great partners, (AC) as it can help weaken walls for them to sweep, (AC) while Gyarados in particular also benefits from Excadrill potentially removing Rotom-W for it. Dragapult and Hydreigon make great partners, (AC) as they can help pressure defensive walls such as Corviknight and Galarian Corsola, which Excadrill struggles to break past even after a Swords Dance. Rotom-W is a fantastic partner to pair with Excadrill, (AC) as it is capable of handling Gyarados, Pelipper, and Corviknight, which Excadrill invites in and cannot threaten without Rock Slide, and it can bring Excadrill in safely via Volt Switch. If using Sand Rush, (AC) then Tyranitar and Hippowdon are necessary in order to set up sand. Tyranitar can also threaten Galarian Corsola and Corviknight for Excadrill as well as set up Stealth Rock to weaken Excadrill's checks such as Rotom-W. Checks to Fighting-types like Conkeldurr are mandatory, (AC) so Pokemon like Clefable, Togekiss, and Jellicent are greatly appreciated.

[SET]
name: Suicide Lead
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Steel Beam
move 4: Rapid Spin
item: Focus Sash
ability: Mold Breaker
nature: Hasty
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpA / 252 Spe

[SET COMMENTS]
Excadrill is a great suicide lead because it is can reliably set up Stealth Rock as well as keep opposing entry hazards off the field with Rapid Spin. Rapid Spin also gives Excadrill a boost in Speed upon use, which allows it to outspeed faster Pokemon like Hydreigon to get significant damage off. Steel Beam allows Excadrill to cut down its own health in order to get a teammate in safely for free and to prevent the use of Defog. Rock Tomb is a viable option, (RC) which that prevents Gyarados from using Excadrill as a setup opportunity; (SC) however, (AC) Excadrill struggles to fit the move onto this set. Mold Breaker is Excadrill's best ability for this set, allowing it to heavily damage the likes of Rotom-W and also set up Stealth Rock without fear of Hatterene bouncing it back with Magic Bounce.

This Excadrill set fits best on hyper offensive teams that appreciate Excadrill's its ability to keep entry hazards both on and off the field. Grimmsnarl makes a great partner, (AC) as it can help keep Excadrill's Stealth Rock up with Taunt and further support sweepers with dual screens support, these sweepers being Bisharp, Gyarados, Hawlucha, and Kommo-o. Bisharp is a great partner, (AC) as it can deter the use of Defog because it can be given a Defiant boost. Aegislash and Gengar make for great partners, (AC) as they can spinblock to prevent Stealth Rock from being removed off the field and they appreciate Excadrill bringing in passive Pokemon like Corviknight and Ferrothorn to start wallbreaking, while the former two can also use these passive Pokemon to set up a Swords Dance and Nasty Plot, (AC) respectively.


[CREDITS]
- Written by: [[Twilight, 344575]]
- Quality checked by: [[Mannat, 144451], [Jordy, 395754]]
- Grammar checked by: [[<username1>, <userid1>]]

 

[Twilight]

Jordy this is ready to upload