Mega EvolutionMega Excadrill
Mega Evolution of Excadrill. Triggered by the Omni Ring once per battle.
Mega statsvs Excadrill
How to Mega Evolve
Excadrill Mega is reached in battle by giving Excadrill its Mega Stone and triggering the Omni Ring — one Mega per battle, held for the rest of the match even after switching out.
Abilities
Competitive usage
Ladder snapshot Jun 2026 · 1,163,315 battles·Win rate: not published by this source
Moves
- Iron Head24.3%
- Protect21.7%
- Rock Slide19.9%
- Earthquake17.0%
- High Horsepower11.5%
- Swords Dance1.7%
- Stomping Tantrum0.8%
- Drill Run0.6%
- Brick Break0.6%
- Rock Tomb0.4%
Items
- Focus Sash71.0%
- Life Orb14.6%
- Choice Scarf8.4%
- Muscle Band2.4%
- Expert Belt1.0%
- Soft Sand0.6%
- Leftovers0.3%
- White Herb0.3%
Abilities
- Sand Rush83.3%
- Mold Breaker14.8%
- Sand Force2.0%
Natures
- Adamant78.3%
- Jolly20.9%
- Hardy0.5%
- Brave0.1%
- Impish0.0%
Common teammates
- Tyranitar-Mega11.8%
- Sinistcha8.8%
- Staraptor-Mega7.0%
- Rotom-Wash5.4%
- Houndstone4.8%
- Tyranitar4.6%
- Corviknight4.2%
- Incineroar3.6%
Stat-Point spreads
- Adamant · 2/32/0/0/0/32 SP53.2%
- Jolly · 2/32/0/0/0/32 SP14.2%
- Adamant · 0/32/2/0/0/32 SP5.9%
- Adamant · 0/32/1/0/1/32 SP2.6%
- Adamant · 4/32/0/0/0/30 SP2.4%
- Adamant · 0/32/7/0/12/15 SP2.1%
Ladder spreads in Champions Stat Points (stat order HP/Atk/Def/SpA/SpD/Spe) — the ladder's Champions formats use SP natively.
Source: Smogon / Pokémon Showdown usage statistics (Champions ladder) — Showdown ladder, not the official in-game ranked ladder. 1,163,315 battles, snapshot 2026-06. Methodology
Notable moves
Its hardest-hitting attacks, one per type — from a movepool of 75 legal moves.
Featured in meta teams
Tyranitar's Sand Stream doubles Excadrill's Speed via Sand Rush and chips everything that isn't Rock, Ground or Steel. Garchomp takes your one Mega slot, Incineroar's Intimidate and Fake Out buy setup turns, and Gholdengo (Good as Gold) walls the status moves that would slow the sweep.