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Excadrill-Mega.

VGC 2026 Reg M-B usage profile · rank #181
august 2026 · 1.3M battles
Excadrill-Mega
groundsteelPokédex entry
Usage · August 2026
0.1%
Excadrill-Mega is ranked #181 in VGC 2026 Reg M-B, carried by 14,780 teams
TierD · outside the top 60
Ladder rank#181 of 277
Raw count14,780
Viability ceiling78
Month on month-0.05pp
13 month peak0.2%
FormatVGC 2026 Reg M-B
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sets and counters from 1.3M battles
Base statsspecies values, before EVs and natureBST 508
HP
110
Atk
135
Def
60
SpA
50
SpD
65
Spe
88
Usage over time0.1% 0.05pppeak 0.2% · Jul '26
0.10.10.20.2Aug '25Sep '25Nov '25Jan '26Mar '26May '26Jul '26Aug '26
hover a month for the exact figure · 13 months of ladder history

Most used set

61.7% of Excadrill-Mega teams
HP
2
Atk
32
Def
0
SpA
0
SpD
0
Spe
32
NatureJolly
AbilityPiercing Drill · 100.0%
ItemExcadrite · 100.0%
EV spread2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe
Moves
Iron Head98.1%
Protect97.4%
Rock Slide78.2%
High Horsepower68.5%

Alternative spreads

over 5% usage
Jolly32 Atk / 2 SpD / 32 Spe9.9%
Adamant2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe7.6%

Moves

7 tracked
Iron Head98.1%
Protect97.4%
Rock Slide78.2%
High Horsepower68.5%
Earthquake25.6%
Swords Dance8.1%
Drill Run5.8%

Items

Excadrite100.0%

Abilities

Piercing Drill100.0%

EV spreads

top 6
Jolly2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe61.7%
Jolly32 Atk / 2 SpD / 32 Spe9.9%
Adamant2 HP / 32 Atk / 32 Spe7.6%
Adamant18 HP / 5 Atk / 1 Def / 32 SpD / 10 Spe3.3%
Jolly32 HP / 2 Atk / 32 Spe3.0%
Adamant32 Atk / 2 SpD / 32 Spe2.2%

Top teammates

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Best Excadrill-Mega build for VGC 2026 Reg M-B

The set above is the one VGC 2026 Reg M-B players run most often, taken from 1,269,250 battles in August 2026. Excadrill-Mega sits at rank #181 with 0.1% usage, which puts it in D tier, down 0.05 points on the month before.

These are usage numbers, not a recommendation from a council. A move at 90% is close to mandatory; anything under 30% is a tech pick that answers a specific matchup. Read the spreads the same way: the top spread is the safe default, and the alternatives usually trade bulk for speed or the other way round.

The checks and counters table is generated from real games rather than a type chart, so it accounts for items, Tera choices, and how often the matchup ends in a switch instead of a knockout.

Related
VGC 2026 Reg M-B tier listEvery ranked PokémonExcadrill-Mega Pokédex entryStats, moves, evolutionsAll formatsSmogon and VGC tier listsDamage calculatorRun this set through the calcTeam builderCoverage and weaknesses