Excadrill counters

#0530

ground steelTier 3

Lobby CP

19,440

3,600

Timer

3:00

Attack

197

Defense

105

Difficulty

0.37

Pokebattler scale

Beating Excadrill should take 1 trainer with level 40 counters. Caught CP 1,770-1,853.

Weak tofighting1.6xground1.6xfire1.6xwater1.6x

Who to bring

IncludeMega Legendary Shadow

Improve your raidweather · friendship · Mega in the lobby · Party Power · Adventure EffectsShow ▾

Weather

★ boosts a type this boss is weak to

No boost Sunny or clear ★Rainy ★Partly cloudy Cloudy ★Windy Snow Fog

Friendship

every trainer in the lobby who is your friend

None Good friend (+3%)Great friend (+5%)Ultra friend (+7%)Best friend (+10%)

Mega in the lobby

a Mega boosts every trainer's attacks: 1.3x of its own type, 1.1x of others

Try a Fighting Mega — most top counters attack with Fighting

Party Power

Party Play: the charged move after a full meter does 2x

Off 2 trainers 3 trainers 4 trainers

Adventure Effects

only these three change a raid

Behemoth Blade (+10% attack)Behemoth Bash (+10% defense)Dynamic Punch+ (+15% attack vs Mega)

Of the game's eleven Adventure Effects only Behemoth Blade (Crowned Sword Zacian), Behemoth Bash (Crowned Shield Zamazenta) and Dynamic Punch+ (Mega Mewtwo X) change a raid; Roar of Time, Spacial Rend, Freeze Shock, Ice Burn, Sunsteel Strike, Moongeist Beam, Future Sight+ and Dynamax Cannon act outside raids. Dynamic Punch+ only counts against a Mega boss, so it changes nothing here. Sources: the full list, Behemoth Blade / Bash, Dynamic Punch+.

Best counters

Mega, Legendary, Shadow · level 40

The best Excadrill counters are Mega Mewtwo X, Keldeo, Shadow Landorus (Therian), Shadow Kyogre, Shadow Reshiram & Shadow Groudon.

Suggested party of sixat most one Mega

M. Mewtwo X
Keldeo
S. Landorus (Therian)
S. Kyogre
S. Reshiram
S. Groudon

13 more Megas ranked inside the top six — a party can hold only one Mega, so the best one stays and the next non-Mega takes the slot.

Ranked by Estimator (trainers needed); small print: time to winOrder byEstimatorOverall %

1Mega Mewtwo XMegaLegendarypartyCounter / Dynamic Punch+0.290:51
2Mega GreninjaMegaWater Shuriken / Surf+0.361:03
3Mega DelphoxMegaFire Spin / Mystical Fire+0.371:04
4Mega LucarioMegaForce Palm / Aura Sphere0.381:07
5Mega StarmieMegaWater Gun / Liquidation+0.391:09
6Mega FalinksMegaCounter / Brick Break+0.401:10
7Mega BlazikenMegaCounter / Aura Sphere0.401:11
8Primal KyogreMegaLegendaryWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.411:12
9Mega GalladeMegaLow Kick / Sacred Sword0.411:12
10KeldeoLegendarypartyLow Kick / Secret Sword0.421:14
11Shadow Landorus (Therian)ShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Sandsear Storm0.421:14
16Shadow KyogreShadowLegendarypartyWaterfall / Origin Pulse0.451:19
17Shadow ReshiramShadowLegendarypartyFire Fang / Fusion Flare0.451:20
19Shadow GroudonShadowLegendarypartyMud Shot / Precipice Blades0.461:21

More orders under All settings (Sort by). The top 15 in detail.

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Top 15 Excadrill counters in detail

Click a row for damage per move, breakpoints and the energy cycle. Click a column to sort. All 30 ranked attackers, with every column, are under All settings.

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#	Attacker	Moveset
1	Mega Mewtwo Xpsychicfightingjoint top pick	fightingCounterfightingDynamic Punch+	6,112	0:51	0.29	1.1	458.9%
2	Mega Greninjawaterdark	waterWater ShurikenwaterSurf+	3,784	1:03	0.36	2.2	370.3%
3	Mega Delphoxfirepsychic	fireFire SpinfireMystical Fire+	4,783	1:04	0.37	2.9	365.4%
4	Mega Lucariofightingsteel	fightingForce PalmfightingAura Sphere	3,826	1:07	0.38	3.3	348.0%
5	Mega Starmiewaterpsychic	waterWater GunwaterLiquidation+	3,701	1:09	0.39	2.2	338.7%
6	Mega Falinksfighting	fightingCounterfightingBrick Break+	3,670	1:10	0.40	2.3	335.4%
7	Mega Blazikenfirefighting	fightingCounterfightingAura Sphere	4,161	1:11	0.40	3.6	332.3%
8	Primal Kyogrewater	waterWaterfallwaterOrigin Pulse	5,902	1:12	0.41	1.6	324.6%
9	Mega Galladepsychicfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSacred Sword	4,521	1:12	0.41	2.5	323.9%
10	Keldeowaterfighting	fightingLow KickfightingSecret Sword	3,698	1:14	0.42	2.2	318.3%
11	Shadow Landorus (Therian)groundflying	groundMud ShotgroundSandsear Storm	3,922	1:14	0.42	2.0	317.5%
12	Mega Charizard Yfireflying	fireFire SpinfireBlast Burn	4,455	1:14	0.42	2.3	315.7%
13	Primal Groudongroundfire	groundMud ShotgroundPrecipice Blades	5,902	1:15	0.43	2.3	311.7%
14	Mega Mewtwo Ypsychic	fightingCounterfightingFocus Blast	6,428	1:16	0.43	2.0	310.7%
15	Mega Garchompdragonground	groundMud ShotgroundEarth Power	5,424	1:19	0.45	1.9	296.6%

Ordered by Estimator alone, fewest trainers needed first. . The place badge names each row's Overall place on hover.

Times are one trainer with six copies of that attacker, level 40 at 15/15/15, no weather, no friendship, no dodging, Shadow / Mega / Legendary attackers hidden — the same defaults pokebattler.com's own counter pages open with. Open the full counter tool to change any of them. "Details" opens the per-move damage, breakpoints and energy cycle against Excadrill.

Estimator is how many trainers of this strength the fight needs. Power is the share of Excadrill's HP that six of that attacker remove inside one raid timer, so over 100% means they finish it with time to spare. Faints is how many of the six go down inside that timer.

Hardest movesets to raid against

The same boss is a different fight depending on what it knows. Each row re-simulates the top 6 counters above against one specific moveset; the list is ordered hardest first, and clicking a row filters the whole page to that moveset — the ranking, the estimator and the share link all follow.

Boss moveset	Win % (1)	Overall	Power	Time to win	Faints	Estimator
Random (any moveset)showing	100%	177%	316.1%	1:14	2.4	0.42
Metal Claw / Earthquake	100%	145%	285.5%	1:22	3.3	0.47
Mud Shot / Earthquake	100%	154%	287.1%	1:22	3.1	0.47
Mud-Slap / Earthquake	100%	151%	304.0%	1:17	3.1	0.44
Mud Shot / Drill Run	100%	187%	324.7%	1:12	2.3	0.41
Metal Claw / Drill Run	100%	180%	324.9%	1:12	2.4	0.41
Metal Claw / Scorching Sands	100%	177%	325.8%	1:12	2.5	0.41
Mud Shot / Scorching Sands	100%	182%	326.3%	1:12	2.4	0.41
Mud-Slap / Scorching Sands	100%	174%	328.1%	1:12	2.7	0.41
Mud-Slap / Drill Run	100%	180%	330.6%	1:11	2.5	0.40
Mud-Slap / Rock Slide	100%	199%	330.7%	1:11	2.2	0.40
Mud-Slap / Iron Head	100%	192%	331.7%	1:11	2.0	0.40
Metal Claw / Iron Head	100%	219%	332.1%	1:11	1.7	0.40
Mud Shot / Iron Head	100%	220%	332.5%	1:11	1.6	0.40
Mud Shot / Rock Slide	100%	230%	332.8%	1:11	1.7	0.40
Metal Claw / Rock Slide	100%	227%	334.7%	1:10	1.7	0.40

Measured over the top 6 attackers on the list above rather than by re-ranking the whole roster once per moveset — the ordering is what the table is for, and a full re-rank per moveset would cost ten times the page's whole simulation budget. Win % is the share of runs 1 trainers of those attackers finish inside the raid timer. Overall is Pokebattler's published blend on its own absolute scale (higher is easier), not a percentage of the best row the way the ranked table's Overall column is — which is why an easy boss reads well above 100% here.

Simulating each boss moveset…

Excadrill weaknesses and resistances

Every one of the 18 attacking types against this boss's typing. GO multipliers: 1.6x super effective, 2.56x doubly, 0.625x resisted, 0.39x doubly resisted.

fighting1.6x ground1.6x fire1.6x water1.6x ghost1x grass1x ice1x dark1x normal0.63x flying0.63x bug0.63x steel0.63x psychic0.63x dragon0.63x fairy0.63x rock0.39x electric0.39x poison0.24x

Weak (4)
Neutral (4)
Resists (9)
Double resists (1)

It resists poison0.24xrock0.39xelectric0.39xnormal0.625xflying0.625xbug0.625xsteel0.625xpsychic0.625xdragon0.625xfairy0.625x— bringing one of those is throwing damage away.

What Excadrill throws at you

Its standard movepool, with the damage window a dodge has to beat.

Fast moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
groundMud-SlapSTAB	19	+13	1.5s	1.25s
steelMetal ClawSTAB	6	+5	0.5s	0.23s
groundMud ShotSTAB	4	+6	0.5s	0.25s

Charged moves

Move	Power	Energy	Duration	Hits at
groundEarthquakeSTAB	140	-100	3.5s	2.60s
steelIron HeadSTAB	60	-50	2.0s	1.40s
groundScorching SandsSTAB	90	-50	3.0s	1.40s
groundDrill RunSTAB	85	-50	3.0s	1.90s
rockRock Slide	75	-50	2.5s	1.30s

Catch CP

What the encounter after the fight can hand you.

IV spread	CP at L20	CP at L25 (weather boosted)
10/10/10floor	1,770	2,212
11/11/11	1,786	2,233
12/12/12	1,803	2,254
13/13/13	1,820	2,275
14/14/14	1,836	2,296
15/15/15hundo	1,853	2,317

Caught CP range 1,770 - 1,853, or 2,212 - 2,317 when the weather boosts it.

A raid encounter is level 20 (level 25 weather boosted) and cannot roll an IV below 10/10/10. Anything outside the first range is not this raid's reward.

When it is in raids

From the raid schedule, refreshed daily.

Excadrill is not on the raid schedule right now. The simulation above is still exact for the tier chosen — any boss can be simulated, current or not.

All settings

Tier 3: 3,600 HP, 3:00 timer, boss Attack 197 / Defense 105 (15/15/15 at tier CPM 0.73).

Raid bossAttacker levelAttacker IVsWeatherFriendshipDodgingTrainers in the lobbyMega in the lobbyParty Play trainersBoss fast moveBoss charged moveSort by

Attackers allowed

ShadowMega and PrimalLegendary, Mythical, Ultra BeastLegacy and Elite TM moves

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Every column, and pokebattler.com's own rank

On a phone the list shows estimator, time to win and faints. Overall, Power, win chance, CP, DPS and TDO appear on a wider screen.

#	Attacker	Moveset	Overall	Power	Est.Estimator	TimeTime to win	Faints	Win % (1)	CP	DPS	TDO
1	Mega Mewtwo X psychicfightingmega Counter / Dynamic Punch+	Counter / Dynamic Punch++26 more movesets	100%	458.9%	0.29	0:51	1.0	100%	6,112	71.6	1834
2	Mega Greninja waterdarkmega Water Shuriken / Surf+	Water Shuriken / Surf++17 more movesets	74%	370.3%	0.36	1:03	2.0	100%	3,784	59.4	1206
3	Mega Delphox firepsychicmega Fire Spin / Mystical Fire+	Fire Spin / Mystical Fire++23 more movesets	71%	365.4%	0.37	1:04	2.6	100%	4,783	58.5	1054
4	Mega Lucario fightingsteelmega Force Palm / Aura Sphere	Force Palm / Aura Sphere+23 more movesets	66%	348.0%	0.38	1:07	3.1	100%	3,826	55.9	1041
5	Mega Starmie waterpsychicmega Water Gun / Liquidation+	Water Gun / Liquidation++44 more movesets	68%	338.7%	0.39	1:09	2.0	100%	3,701	53.4	1201
6	Mega Falinks fightingmega Counter / Brick Break+	Counter / Brick Break++7 more movesets	67%	335.4%	0.40	1:10	2.1	100%	3,670	52.7	1175
7	Mega Blaziken firefightingmega Counter / Aura Sphere	Counter / Aura Sphere+20 more movesets	62%	332.3%	0.40	1:11	3.7	100%	4,161	54.1	896
8	Primal Kyogre watermega Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	69%	324.6%	0.41	1:12	1.5	100%	5,902	51.2	1464
9	Mega Gallade psychicfightingmega Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	64%	323.9%	0.41	1:12	2.3	100%	4,521	50.3	1115
10	Keldeo waterfighting Low Kick / Secret Sword	Low Kick / Secret Sword+11 more movesets	64%	318.3%	0.42	1:14	2.0	100%	3,698	50.3	1251
11	Shadow Landorus (Therian) groundflyingshadow Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	65%	317.5%	0.42	1:14	1.8	100%	3,922	50.6	1375
12	Mega Charizard Y fireflyingmega Fire Spin / Blast Burn	Fire Spin / Blast Burn+29 more movesets	63%	315.7%	0.42	1:14	2.2	100%	4,455	49.6	1278
13	Primal Groudon groundfiremega Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	62%	311.7%	0.43	1:15	2.1	100%	5,902	49.2	1225
14	Mega Mewtwo Y psychicmega Counter / Focus Blast	Counter / Focus Blast+26 more movesets	63%	310.7%	0.43	1:16	1.8	100%	6,428	48.8	1263
15	Mega Garchomp dragongroundmega Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	61%	296.6%	0.45	1:19	1.7	100%	5,424	46.2	1327
16	Shadow Kyogre watershadow Waterfall / Origin Pulse	Waterfall / Origin Pulse+5 more movesets	58%	295.2%	0.45	1:19	2.5	100%	4,115	46.3	1071
17	Shadow Reshiram dragonfireshadow Fire Fang / Fusion Flare	Fire Fang / Fusion Flare+9 more movesets	54%	293.9%	0.45	1:20	4.1	100%	4,038	48.2	810
18	Mega Swampert watergroundmega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+11 more movesets	59%	290.7%	0.46	1:21	1.8	100%	4,401	45.3	1330
19	Shadow Groudon groundshadow Mud Shot / Precipice Blades	Mud Shot / Precipice Blades+9 more movesets	56%	289.3%	0.46	1:21	2.4	100%	4,115	45.6	1049
20	Shadow Conkeldurr fightingshadow Force Palm / Dynamic Punch	Force Palm / Dynamic Punch+11 more movesets	54%	288.3%	0.46	1:21	3.1	100%	3,337	45.4	882
21	Mega Heracross bugfightingmega Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+17 more movesets	58%	287.4%	0.47	1:22	1.8	100%	4,814	44.7	1246
22	Shadow Gallade psychicfightingshadow Low Kick / Sacred Sword	Low Kick / Sacred Sword+19 more movesets	51%	277.7%	0.48	1:25	3.8	100%	3,093	43.6	742
23	Terrakion rockfighting Double Kick / Sacred Sword	Double Kick / Sacred Sword+11 more movesets	50%	276.2%	0.48	1:25	3.8	100%	3,698	43.4	769
24	Shadow Garchomp dragongroundshadow Mud Shot / Earth Power	Mud Shot / Earth Power+13 more movesets	53%	274.1%	0.49	1:26	2.6	100%	3,962	42.5	974
25	Mega Blastoise watermega Water Gun / Hydro Cannon	Water Gun / Hydro Cannon+14 more movesets	52%	270.7%	0.49	1:27	2.5	100%	3,941	42.1	1042
26	Shadow Ho-Oh fireflyingshadow Incinerate / Sacred Fire++	Incinerate / Sacred Fire+++27 more movesets	53%	269.9%	0.50	1:27	2.4	100%	3,863	43.3	1253
27	Landorus (Therian) groundflying Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm	Mud Shot / Sandsear Storm+9 more movesets	55%	269.0%	0.50	1:27	1.7	100%	3,922	43.4	1452
28	Shadow Moltres fireflyingshadow Fire Spin / Overheat	Fire Spin / Overheat+11 more movesets	51%	267.6%	0.50	1:28	2.9	100%	3,465	42.9	996
29	Shadow Mewtwo psychicshadow Counter / Flamethrower	Counter / Flamethrower+23 more movesets	49%	265.0%	0.50	1:29	3.4	100%	4,178	41.0	780
30	Shadow Galarian Zapdos fightingflyingshadow Counter / Close Combat	Counter / Close Combat+7 more movesets	53%	264.4%	0.51	1:29	2.1	100%	3,548	41.3	1227

How accurate is this? Same top pick as pokebattler.com on 26 of 27 lists checked, 90% of its top tens shared; weakest on Mewtwo's default list (7 of 10).

Ranking. Our full ranking against the page pokebattler.com serves for the same boss and settings, on 27 boss and filter combinations read live (2026-10-04): 242 of 270 top-ten places shared, the same #1 on 26. On the six fixed reference bosses (read 2026-10-03): 85% top-ten overlap with its default filters, 83% with Shadow, Mega and Legendary on. A close top three is shown as a tie because the order inside it is below what we can measure.

Time to win. Graded with Pokebattler's own movesets against every boss moveset, average per boss: Tier 1 and 3 +0.1% to +1.2%; Tier 5 −2.9% to +1.3%; Mega −1.1% to +2.6%; Shadow Tier 5 −1.8% to +0.3%. One attacker can be off by more: median 1.6%, worst 15%, RMS per boss moveset 2.05%.

Known weak spots.

Mewtwo (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of Pokebattler's top 10: Absol, Incineroar and Salamence sit just outside ours, Polteageist, Cursola and Hisuian Typhlosion just inside.
Groudon (Tier 5, default filters) shares 7 of 10; its Grass and Water counters run 2-6% fast here.
Tier 5 times run about 2-3% fast for attackers that faint often, and 2-3% slow on Mega Charizard Y and Mega Beedrill, whose counters resist the boss.
Tier 1 lists are the least checked: Combee (Tier 1) shares only 3 of Pokebattler's top 10, with Gigalith first here where Pokebattler puts Rhyperior.

This boss on pokebattler.com. Boss-by-boss accuracy report.

Ranked 30 attackers in 0.3 s (50 Monte Carlo runs each, seed 1). Same boss on pokebattler.com. The same ranking as JSON: /api/raids/rank.