What are the pros and cons of Excadrill and Dracozolt in Gen 8 OU? What are the pros and cons of these two sand rushers? And more importantly, who is better in most situations?
I'll do a comparison if you're still curious
Excadrill
- No Corviknight, Skarmory or Rotom wash? RIP
- Vulnerable to Rillaboom
- Typing gives it plenty of room to switch in
- This thing gets swords dance, RIP
- Low defensive stats offsets its impressive hp
- Resistant to the ever present stealth rocks
- Faster than Dracozolt
Dracozolt
- Bolt beak hurts, a lot to non resists
- Very large offensive movepool that includes stuff like fire blast, earthquake and draco meteor among others
- A mixed set is basically a sand rush Nidoking, with only specially defensive ground types capable of switching in
- It's typing can sometimes be inconsistent, depending on what it is facing due to all the fairies and ground types running around
- Lack of boosting move means it's sweep can sometimes fall short
- Not as vulnerable to Rillaboom as Excadrill
- Slower than Excadrill
So those are just some comparison between those two but as Finch and Bitio said, Excadrill is the better, safer and more consistent