A- to A
With the removal of Mag and Ace and the decline of Melmetal this thing became a complete nuke. Steel types like Heatran can't switch into it thanks to focus blast, and the only sorts of recovery it has is through Leftovers so it's easy to chip into focus Blast range, so it's best checks are the uncommon slowking and Corviknight with lots of spdef investment. Not to mention it's amazing ability in Psychic Surge boosting its psychic stabs to extreme levels of power making anything that isn't a resist a 2HKO or even a one shot. With its decent base 95 speed it can get the jump on many common pokémon like Nidoking, Rillaboom and non Scarf Landorus-Therian and blow them away with its powerful Stabs. Overall with its good move pool, solid speed tier, great ability and the removal of Ace and Mag (Ace could outspeed and KO with gs and Mag could tank its stabs.) It can freely cause havoc on the ou tier and destroy any unprepared teams if played correctly.
A- to B+
With Corviknight and Skarmory on the rise and old counters like Slowbro and Landorus-Therian Stil being prominent in the meta. Excadrill really has a hard time breaking through teams. Not to mention Rillaboom is a great check to it, always KO'ing it with a Cb Grassy Glide. Excadrill just has to many good counters and it generally struggles with many common pokémon. Putting it in the same tier as Dracozolt is about right.
To C+ or C
Idk why you would ever use this shit. Yes it can check Rillaboom, Excadrill and Landorus-Therian but there are mons that do its job better and bring more support to the table.
B to A-
One of the biggest Winners of the Ace and Mag ban. It lost one of its best counters and lost competition as a SpA Steel type. Specs hits everything extremely hard except for Blissey and Mandibuzz. Blissey can't switch into cc and Mandibuzz doesn't like getting Toxic by Aegislashes teammates. Not to mention that Mandibuzz has been falling off in terms of usage. It can also check other dangerous mons like Latios without Mystical Fire and Switch into both of Kyurems stab moves.
B- to C
Worst Nidoking. It can hard wall Koko I guess but that's about it. Nidoking is better in most matchups.
C+ to C-
Outclassed as a defensive fairy by Clefable and Fini. Faces competition from Tornadus-Therian as well. Overall Mediocre.
B to C+
As a stealth rocker it's outclassed by Landorus-Therian and Garchomp. It has Belly Drum and Clangorous Soul so you could run it on screens I guess but even then it's outclassed by the already mentioned Garchomp and Dragonite.
B- to C
Pretty meh Bulk, Slow and offensively outclassed by Lele. It has a role on TR teams as a suicide lead so it's not UR, but overall it's pretty underwhelming. Doesn't help that TR is extremely niche.
C- to UR
Forced to run Boots so it has no recovery. Outclassed by Landorus-Therian as an Intimidatedor. There's no reason to ever use Incineroar.
With the removal of Mag and Ace and the decline of Melmetal this thing became a complete nuke. Steel types like Heatran can't switch into it thanks to focus blast, and the only sorts of recovery it has is through Leftovers so it's easy to chip into focus Blast range, so it's best checks are the uncommon slowking and Corviknight with lots of spdef investment. Not to mention it's amazing ability in Psychic Surge boosting its psychic stabs to extreme levels of power making anything that isn't a resist a 2HKO or even a one shot. With its decent base 95 speed it can get the jump on many common pokémon like Nidoking, Rillaboom and non Scarf Landorus-Therian and blow them away with its powerful Stabs. Overall with its good move pool, solid speed tier, great ability and the removal of Ace and Mag (Ace could outspeed and KO with gs and Mag could tank its stabs.) It can freely cause havoc on the ou tier and destroy any unprepared teams if played correctly.
A- to B+
With Corviknight and Skarmory on the rise and old counters like Slowbro and Landorus-Therian Stil being prominent in the meta. Excadrill really has a hard time breaking through teams. Not to mention Rillaboom is a great check to it, always KO'ing it with a Cb Grassy Glide. Excadrill just has to many good counters and it generally struggles with many common pokémon. Putting it in the same tier as Dracozolt is about right.
To C+ or C
Idk why you would ever use this shit. Yes it can check Rillaboom, Excadrill and Landorus-Therian but there are mons that do its job better and bring more support to the table.
B to A-
One of the biggest Winners of the Ace and Mag ban. It lost one of its best counters and lost competition as a SpA Steel type. Specs hits everything extremely hard except for Blissey and Mandibuzz. Blissey can't switch into cc and Mandibuzz doesn't like getting Toxic by Aegislashes teammates. Not to mention that Mandibuzz has been falling off in terms of usage. It can also check other dangerous mons like Latios without Mystical Fire and Switch into both of Kyurems stab moves.
B- to C
Worst Nidoking. It can hard wall Koko I guess but that's about it. Nidoking is better in most matchups.
C+ to C-
Outclassed as a defensive fairy by Clefable and Fini. Faces competition from Tornadus-Therian as well. Overall Mediocre.
B to C+
As a stealth rocker it's outclassed by Landorus-Therian and Garchomp. It has Belly Drum and Clangorous Soul so you could run it on screens I guess but even then it's outclassed by the already mentioned Garchomp and Dragonite.
B- to C
Pretty meh Bulk, Slow and offensively outclassed by Lele. It has a role on TR teams as a suicide lead so it's not UR, but overall it's pretty underwhelming. Doesn't help that TR is extremely niche.
C- to UR
Forced to run Boots so it has no recovery. Outclassed by Landorus-Therian as an Intimidatedor. There's no reason to ever use Incineroar.
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