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Battle Spot Excadrill

Team Options
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Bringing either a Tyranitar or Hippowdon is mandatory to set up the sandstorm necessary for Excadrill to abuse Sand Rush. The problem with them is that they share weaknesses with Excadrill including Water, Fighting, and Ground. You also need a teammate that can easily take care of Azumarill, which is probably Sand Rush Excadrill's biggest threat. Venusaur and Roserade work well, as they resist Excadrill's— as well as Tyranitar's or Hippowdon's— weaknesses and can also deal with Azumarill well. Serperior can also come in and start setting up Leaf Storm boosts against most things that threaten Excadrill's sweep. Latias and Latios make for good partners, as they resist Water and Fighting while being immune to Ground thanks to Levitate, while Excadrill resists their Dragon, Fairy, and Bug weaknesses. They can also manually set up sandstorm, while Latias can even use Healing Wish to get Excadrill in safely and also heal it in the process.
I changed that bit to STAB, cause &mdash didn't quite make sense.

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I changed that bit to STAB, cause &mdash didn't quite make sense.

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But then it reads as "Roserade and Venusaur work well (as teammates) as they resist Excadrill's STAB as well as Tyranitar's or Hippowdon's STAB weaknesses..." which doesn't make sense (since we're talking about how they resist Excadrill's, Tyranitar's and Hippowdon's weaknesses. The — is meant to be a dash, so it's meant to be "They resist Ezcadrill's - as well as Tyranitar or Hippowdon's - weaknesses." Gato changed the - to — in his GP check. I assumed is was what needed to be written to produce a - onsite. If the dashes don't work then maybe "as well as Tyranitar or Hippowdon's" could just be in brackets...
 
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