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[SET]
name: Lead
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Rock Tomb
move 4: Rapid Spin
item: Focus Sash
ability: Mold Breaker
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Ghost
[SET COMMENTS]
Excadrill can be a useful lead on hyper offense teams thanks to its ability to enable threats like Ogerpon-C and Greninja that enjoy entry hazards being removed while providing some facet of removal against Sticky Web teams. Excadrill compresses Stealth Rock as a lead and can get it up by forcing out Pokemon such as Metagross, Rotom-W, and Tyranitar. Rock Tomb can slow down Pokemon attempting to set up against Excadrill like Zarude and Thundurus-T as well as general offensive leads like Tornadus-T and Ogerpon. Steel Beam is an alternative so Excadrill can KO itself to deny Mandibuzz and opposing Excadrill from removing its entry hazards, but Excadrill still offers some useful traits like checking Latios and Comfey that make it worth not KOing itself. Focus Sash guarantees that Excadrill can get off at least one attack, often choosing to use Rapid Spin into Stealth Rock into attacking. While Excadrill should not be Terastallized under most common circumstances, as the mechanic is better utilized by a sweeper on the hyper offense team, Tera Ghost can be used in an emergency to block Rapid Spin from opposing Excadrill to guarantee Stealth Rock remains up.
Lead Excadrill is exclusively relegated to hyper offense teams as a lead that enables many sweepers to perform effectively. Iron Crown and Ogerpon-C are two of the best sweepers of the archetype, the former enjoying Excadrill keeping off Sticky Web and the latter benefitting from Excadrill keeping off Stealth Rock, and they are able to take advantage of threats Excadrill gives entry to such as Keldeo, Slowking, and Zapdos. Mimikyu can block Rapid Spin from opposing Excadrill, allowing Tera to be preserved, and utilizes the entry hazards to take out foes like Tinkaton more easily while providing very valuable defensive utility against Lokix, Latios, and Greninja. Greninja appreciates entry hazard chip damage wearing down Tornadus-T and can offensively check foes like Slowking, Cobalion, and Hydrapple. Threatening sweepers like Comfey and Okidogi are able to set up on and pressure Mandibuzz and Lokix, not to mention they can use Tera themselves to now take out other threats like Metagross and Tinkaton for the former and Zapdos and Excadrill for the latter. Bisharp similarly can punish Mandibuzz attempting to use Defog with Defiant and take advantage of Stealth Rock chip damage to clean with Sucker Punch, while Azumarill takes advantage of Pokemon that lead Excadrill invites in such as Hydrapple, Quaquaval, and Hippowdon while liking hazards up to break Ogerpon-C's Sturdy.
[CREDITS]
Written by:
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Quality checked by:
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Grammar checked by:
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name: Lead
move 1: Stealth Rock
move 2: Earthquake
move 3: Rock Tomb
move 4: Rapid Spin
item: Focus Sash
ability: Mold Breaker
nature: Jolly
evs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
tera type: Ghost
[SET COMMENTS]
Excadrill can be a useful lead on hyper offense teams thanks to its ability to enable threats like Ogerpon-C and Greninja that enjoy entry hazards being removed while providing some facet of removal against Sticky Web teams. Excadrill compresses Stealth Rock as a lead and can get it up by forcing out Pokemon such as Metagross, Rotom-W, and Tyranitar. Rock Tomb can slow down Pokemon attempting to set up against Excadrill like Zarude and Thundurus-T as well as general offensive leads like Tornadus-T and Ogerpon. Steel Beam is an alternative so Excadrill can KO itself to deny Mandibuzz and opposing Excadrill from removing its entry hazards, but Excadrill still offers some useful traits like checking Latios and Comfey that make it worth not KOing itself. Focus Sash guarantees that Excadrill can get off at least one attack, often choosing to use Rapid Spin into Stealth Rock into attacking. While Excadrill should not be Terastallized under most common circumstances, as the mechanic is better utilized by a sweeper on the hyper offense team, Tera Ghost can be used in an emergency to block Rapid Spin from opposing Excadrill to guarantee Stealth Rock remains up.
Lead Excadrill is exclusively relegated to hyper offense teams as a lead that enables many sweepers to perform effectively. Iron Crown and Ogerpon-C are two of the best sweepers of the archetype, the former enjoying Excadrill keeping off Sticky Web and the latter benefitting from Excadrill keeping off Stealth Rock, and they are able to take advantage of threats Excadrill gives entry to such as Keldeo, Slowking, and Zapdos. Mimikyu can block Rapid Spin from opposing Excadrill, allowing Tera to be preserved, and utilizes the entry hazards to take out foes like Tinkaton more easily while providing very valuable defensive utility against Lokix, Latios, and Greninja. Greninja appreciates entry hazard chip damage wearing down Tornadus-T and can offensively check foes like Slowking, Cobalion, and Hydrapple. Threatening sweepers like Comfey and Okidogi are able to set up on and pressure Mandibuzz and Lokix, not to mention they can use Tera themselves to now take out other threats like Metagross and Tinkaton for the former and Zapdos and Excadrill for the latter. Bisharp similarly can punish Mandibuzz attempting to use Defog with Defiant and take advantage of Stealth Rock chip damage to clean with Sucker Punch, while Azumarill takes advantage of Pokemon that lead Excadrill invites in such as Hydrapple, Quaquaval, and Hippowdon while liking hazards up to break Ogerpon-C's Sturdy.
[CREDITS]
Written by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/monky25.515132/
Quality checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/melt-gibson.617840/
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/cheru.524894/
Grammar checked by:
https://www.smogon.com/forums/members/autumn.384270/