[OVERVIEW]
* An extremly useful defensive typing and well distributed stats allow Excadrill to shine in multiple roles.
* Stealth Rock and Rapid Spin in combination with its offensive stats make Excadrill a premier choice for Hazard control.
* Sand Rush catapults Excadrills medicore speed to extreme levels, turning it into a potent sweeper and allowing it to revenge the majority of the metagame.
* Excadrills solid bulk in tandem with its immunities let Excadrill chack some common offensive threats.
* Its offensive movepool is lacking and even with the Z-Moves Excadrill is hard walled by some common defensive mons like Tangrowht, Skarmory and Zapdos.
* Without the speed boost Sand Rush provides, Excadrill sits in a ver uncofortable speed tier.
[SET]
name: Sand Rush Offense
move 1: Earthquake
move 2: Iron Head
move 3: Rock Slide
move 4: Sword Dance / Rapid Spin
item: Life Orb / Steelium Z
ability: Sand Rush
nature: Jolly
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
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*Earthquake is the Ground STAB move of choice as its reliable and sports solid firepower
*Iron Head compliments Earthquake and hits most Ground resists and immunities for neutral damage. It also comes witha handy 30% flinch chance.
*Rock Slide is mainly used to nail Flying types, or Pokemon who resist Excadrills STAB combo.
*Sword Dance allows Excadrill to take advantage of te switches its forces and bolsters its Attack, giving it a chance to muscle through potential checks and i some cases trough entire teams.
*Rapid Spin provides a reliable way to removes entry hazard (even more so under Sand) while keeping our own entry hazards on the field.
Set Details
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*A Jolly nature lets Excadrill get the jump on some key Pokemon within the base 77 to 86 Speed range outside of sand, including Tapu Lele, Rotom-W, and Heatran. It even lets you outspeed neutral nature base 100 Speed Pokemon.
*Adamant nature underlines Excadrills already high attack, but misses the ability to ouspeed the likes of Gyarados and Heatran.
*Life Orb grants Excadrill a major power boost, often allowing it to OHKO most non-defensive Pokemon after they've taken a bit of prior damage. Steelium Z pauirs very well with Sword Dance,turing Iron Head into a 160BP Corkscrew Crash and nailing Pokemon who would usually take on the Life Orb Set such as Landorus-T, Tangrowth, Buzzwole, Hippowdon, defensive Garchomp, and Tapu Fini when Excadrill is at +2.
*Sand Rush is the ability of choice,allowing Excadrill to outspeed the practically anything relevant under Sand and making it extremly hard to revenge kill.
Usage Tips
========
*Try to keep Sand up overs the course of the match since Excadril requires the speed boost to revenge kill faster treats and clean in the late game.
Team Options
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[SET]
name: Bulky Spinner
move 1: Rapid Spin
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Iron Head
move 4: Stealth Rock / Toxic
item: Leftovers
ability: Mold Breaker
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
Set Details
========
Usage Tips
========
Team Options
========
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
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Checks and Counters
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* An extremly useful defensive typing and well distributed stats allow Excadrill to shine in multiple roles.
* Stealth Rock and Rapid Spin in combination with its offensive stats make Excadrill a premier choice for Hazard control.
* Sand Rush catapults Excadrills medicore speed to extreme levels, turning it into a potent sweeper and allowing it to revenge the majority of the metagame.
* Excadrills solid bulk in tandem with its immunities let Excadrill chack some common offensive threats.
* Its offensive movepool is lacking and even with the Z-Moves Excadrill is hard walled by some common defensive mons like Tangrowht, Skarmory and Zapdos.
* Without the speed boost Sand Rush provides, Excadrill sits in a ver uncofortable speed tier.
[SET]
name: Sand Rush Offense
move 1: Earthquake
move 2: Iron Head
move 3: Rock Slide
move 4: Sword Dance / Rapid Spin
item: Life Orb / Steelium Z
ability: Sand Rush
nature: Jolly
evs: 4 HP / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
*Earthquake is the Ground STAB move of choice as its reliable and sports solid firepower
*Iron Head compliments Earthquake and hits most Ground resists and immunities for neutral damage. It also comes witha handy 30% flinch chance.
*Rock Slide is mainly used to nail Flying types, or Pokemon who resist Excadrills STAB combo.
*Sword Dance allows Excadrill to take advantage of te switches its forces and bolsters its Attack, giving it a chance to muscle through potential checks and i some cases trough entire teams.
*Rapid Spin provides a reliable way to removes entry hazard (even more so under Sand) while keeping our own entry hazards on the field.
Set Details
========
*A Jolly nature lets Excadrill get the jump on some key Pokemon within the base 77 to 86 Speed range outside of sand, including Tapu Lele, Rotom-W, and Heatran. It even lets you outspeed neutral nature base 100 Speed Pokemon.
*Adamant nature underlines Excadrills already high attack, but misses the ability to ouspeed the likes of Gyarados and Heatran.
*Life Orb grants Excadrill a major power boost, often allowing it to OHKO most non-defensive Pokemon after they've taken a bit of prior damage. Steelium Z pauirs very well with Sword Dance,turing Iron Head into a 160BP Corkscrew Crash and nailing Pokemon who would usually take on the Life Orb Set such as Landorus-T, Tangrowth, Buzzwole, Hippowdon, defensive Garchomp, and Tapu Fini when Excadrill is at +2.
*Sand Rush is the ability of choice,allowing Excadrill to outspeed the practically anything relevant under Sand and making it extremly hard to revenge kill.
Usage Tips
========
*Try to keep Sand up overs the course of the match since Excadril requires the speed boost to revenge kill faster treats and clean in the late game.
Team Options
========
[SET]
name: Bulky Spinner
move 1: Rapid Spin
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Iron Head
move 4: Stealth Rock / Toxic
item: Leftovers
ability: Mold Breaker
nature: Careful
evs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD
[SET COMMENTS]
Moves
========
Set Details
========
Usage Tips
========
Team Options
========
[STRATEGY COMMENTS]
Other Options
=============
Checks and Counters
===================
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