I've had really good success countering Excadrill with relaxed Swampert. Scald FTW.
We generally try avoiding sets needing Trick Room support, so Sand Rush is the way to go in this metagame.The Sand Force set is actually pretty good considering Trick Room is out and Excadrill's high Hit Points.
The analysis already has a Choice Band set. By the way, Aerial Ace and Brick Break are too weak in order to be used well with a Choice Band. Besides, Aerial Ace doesn't kill anything except Breloom, which (I think) gets murdered by Return anyway.Excadrill @ Choice band
252 attk/4 DEF/ 252 SPEED
Ability: Sand rush
Earthquake
Rock slide
Brick break
Aerial ace
This thing simply rips through things in sand. And if given the right opportuinty can sweep late game.
Sorry for bad formatting, on my phone
If anybody has other suggestions tho I am open too them
I wouldn't be any slower than Timid Scarf Gengar/Latios. At that point, though, you should probably max out speed to not be completely helpless against other Adamant Excadrill...I run an adamant Excadrill, I know exactly what I am risking (speed ties, and choice scarf Landorous), but I have been pondering, if you do run adamant, what is a good speed to fall on? An outright 252 speed seems wasteful.
How is it overkill? Jolly is mainly only useful for speed tying other Jolly Excadrills. Adamant LO allows you to do even more damage to Gliscor, and hit even harder. Since most Excadrills are Adamant, running Adamant LO still gives you a chance to speed tie.Jolly Orb or Adamant Balloon imo. One or the other is just overkill.
It could just be me, but this looks weird.Rapid Spin is also a very effective tool for that last slot, however, if you're not looking for added coverage.
other than those minor nitpicks, everything looks good. :)<p>The EV spread is standard for an offensive sweeper. Adamant is the preferred nature as it adds considerable punch to Excadrill's attacks, especially after a boost. Jolly is a very viable alternative, however, due to the fact that with it Excadrill can Speed tie opposing Excadrill. Regardless, Excadrill typically needs the extra power to break down its defensive checks, so Adamant is the best choice. Adamant is also the better nature when run with Air Balloon, since it prevents opposing Excadrill from hitting yours (removed hyphen) super effectively if kept intact.
Because Jolly Air Balloon doesn't hit hard enough, Adamant LO is situational and you lose to most Excadrill.How is it overkill? Jolly is mainly only useful for speed tying other Jolly Excadrills. Adamant LO allows you to do even more damage to Gliscor, and hit even harder. Since most Excadrills are Adamant, running Adamant LO still gives you a chance to speed tie.
Rotom-A isn't a Ghost-type anymore. Maybe replace Ghost-types with Levitators?[Other Options]
<p>There's a good reason why Excadrill is forced to use moves like Return and X-Scissor for coverage, and that's because it has virtually no other attacking moves worth using over the listed options. Brick Break can be run as a coverage move to nail opposing Excadrill that are floating on an Air Balloon, but otherwise has basically no utility; practically every other Pokemon vulnerable to Brick Break, namely Tyranitar and Ferrothorn, is hit equally hard by Earthquake. Shadow Claw might sound nice to hit Ghost-types that are immune to Rapid Spin, but a neutral Earthquake hits all Ghost-type Pokemon in the game except for Rotom and Gengar for the same Base Power as Shadow Claw. Since both Rotom and Gengar are easily dispatched of with a boosted Rock Slide, Shadow Claw has no real value. Excadrill can run Hone Claws over Swords Dance for setting up so that Rock Slide will never miss, though this is always inferior to just chancing Rock Slide's accuracy with a Swords Dance boost.</p>