**To use Excadrill effectively in the current VGC format, leverage its Ground/Steel type typing and build around its top-performing movesets.** Excadrill appears as a prominent choice in the current Pokémon Champions format, with usage data pulled from competitive teams, tournament results and Showdown-ready pastes tracked by MetaVGC. This page brings together its most common moveset, nature, ability, item, teammates and type weaknesses so you can judge where Excadrill fits in a VGC team.

The most common build highlights Sand Rush, Focus Sash and Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32. Its frequent moves include Iron Head, Protect, Rock Slide, Earthquake, High Horsepower, and Swords Dance. Treat those choices as a data-backed starting point: they show what players are bringing, while EV spreads, Tera Type and the final move slot should still respond to your expected matchups.

Defensively, Excadrill has important weaknesses to fighting 2x, fire 2x, ground 2x, water 2x. That matters during teambuilding because a strong composition needs ways to cover those attacks without giving up offensive pressure. Partners such as Tyranitar-Mega, Sinistcha, Staraptor-Mega, Rotom-Wash, and Tyranitar appear often because they can add positioning, type coverage, speed control or safer switches into common checks.

MetaVGC tracks recent teams using Excadrill. Open the Excadrill teams page to compare complete structures, copy Showdown pastes and see how players combine Excadrill with other Pokémon in the active format.