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Regulation Set M-B

Excadrill

Physical Attacker

groundsteel
doubles
ABILITY: SAND RUSH
physicalEarthquake
physicalIron Head
physicalRock Slide
statusProtect

NATURE: Adamant

HP
2
ATK
32
DEF
0
SpA
0
SpD
0
SPE
32
Excadrillgroundsteeldoubles
Team RolePhysical Attacker
Build Notes

Excadrill is built to abuse sand right alongside Houndstone, running a maxed Adamant Attack and Speed spread behind Focus Sash so it survives to move first regardless of who leads. Earthquake is deliberately safe next to the team's Flying-type Staraptor, and Iron Head adds coverage that catches Charizard when Rock Slide alone would not finish the job. Running double Sand Rush with Houndstone is the entire point of the archetype: once Tyranitar or Rotom-Wash has set the position up, Excadrill only needs one turn under sand to outrun the field and clean up the rest of the game.

Team
Mega Staraptor
Houndstone
Tyranitar
Rotom (Wash)
Excadrill
Mega Venusaur

Houndstone/Staraptor Sand

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Sand Stream from Tyranitar keeps both Excadrill and Houndstone permanently ahead of the field while chipping the opposing side every turn, and Mega…

Build Data
Ability
Sand Rush
Nature
Adamant
Item
Focus Sash
Stat Points
HP
2
Attack
32
Defense
0
Sp. Atk
0
Sp. Def
0
Speed
32
Moves
Earthquake
Iron Head
Rock Slide
Protect
Export
Excadrill @ Focus Sash
Ability: Sand Rush
Adamant Nature
Level: 50
EVs: 2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe
- Earthquake
- Iron Head
- Rock Slide
- Protect

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