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The best Excadrill Tera Raid Build in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV) has the Sand Force ability, and the Shell Bell held item. Read on to learn what the best Excadrill Tera Raid Build is and how to use it.
Excadrill - Related Guides | ||
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Evolution and Learnset | Moveset for Ranked Battle | Tera Raid Build |
List of Contents
Best Excadrill Tera Builds | |
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Ground Tera Build | Steel Tera Build |
Excadrill |
Tera Type | Nature | ||||
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Adamant (↑Atk, ↓Sp. Atk) |
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EV Spread | ||||||
HP: 252 |
Atk: 252 |
Spe: 4 |
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Ability | Moveset | |||||
Sand Force | ・
Swords Dance
・ Sandstorm ・ Drill Run ・ Stomping Tantrum |
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Held Item | ||||||
Shell Bell |
Drill Run has a high Critical-Hit Ratio. If Drill Run misses, Stomping Tantrum will double in power. Sand Force increases Excadrill's damage in Sandstorm. Further boost your damage with Swords Dance. |
The best ability for Excadrill in Tera Raid Battles is Sand Force. This will boost the power of its Ground-type moves in Sandstorm.
This build recommends Excadrill to have a Ground Tera Type to maximize the damage dealt by its Ground type moves.
As a Physical Attacker, an Adamant nature is the recommended nature. If Excadrill happens to have a different nature, you can use an Adamant Mint to change its nature.
Let Excadrill hold a Shell Bell to restore health when it deals damage, increasing its survivability against raid bosses.
Best Tera Types: Best Pokemon to Terastallize
Tera Raid EV spreads should lean towards bulky offense to increase survivability while dealing the maximum damage possible. EV Train to max out Excadrill's Attack and HP, while adding the remaining EVs into Speed.
Excadrill Tera Raid Turn-by-Turn Counter Strategy | |
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Turns 1~3 | Use Swords Dance to max out your Attack stat. |
Turns 2~4 | Use Drill Run to build Tera Orb charges. |
Drilll Run Misses | If you miss with hitting Drill Run, switch to Stomping Tantrum to make use of its double power boost. |
Turn 5 | Use Sandstorm to activate your ability. |
Turns 6+ | Terastallize and use Drill Run or Stomping Tantrum. Feel free to set up any buffs you may have lost. |
This build focuses on boosting Excadrill's damage with both Sand Force and Swords Dance.
This strategy is similar to Groudon's Precipice Blades strategy with Drill Run not having perfect accuracy, you can switch your attacking move to Stomping Tantrum to deal double damage.
Super Effective Damage Dealt by Excadrill |
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Drill Run(+6 Atk, Critical Hit, Sand Force, Ground Tera) 2,172 ~ 2,556 (28.5 ~ 33.6%) |
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Stomping Tantrum (Previous Move Missed)(+6 Atk, Sand Force, Ground Tera) 2,708 ~ 3,188 (35.6 ~ 41.9%) |
These calculations were done using our Tera Raid Damage Calculator
Super Effective (2x) |
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Not Very Effective (x0.5) | |
No Effect (x0) |
This Excadrill Tera Raid Build is an effective counter to Fire, Electric, Poison, Rock, and Steel Type Tera Raid Bosses. If the Tera Raid Boss is usually a Water or Grass Type outside of Terastallization, perhaps consider a different build, as Excadrill will be weak to these Types as a Ground-Type attacker.
Type Chart: All Matchups and Effectiveness
Excadrill |
Tera Type | Nature | ||||
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Adamant (↑Atk, ↓Sp. Atk) |
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EV Spread | ||||||
HP: 252 |
Atk: 252 |
Spe: 4 |
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Ability | Moveset | |||||
Sand Force | ・
Swords Dance
・ Sandstorm ・ Iron Head ・ Crush Claw |
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Held Item | ||||||
Shell Bell |
Build Tera Orb charges with Crush Claw with the chance to lower Defense. Sand Force increases Excadrill's damage in Sandstorm. Further boost your damage with Swords Dance. |
The best ability for Excadrill in Tera Raid Battles is Sand Force. This will boost the power of its Steel-type moves in Sandstorm.
This build recommends Excadrill to have a Steel Tera Type to maximize the damage dealt by Iron Head from a double STAB.
As a Physical Attacker, an Adamant nature is the recommended nature. If Excadrill happens to have a different nature, you can use an Adamant Mint to change its nature.
Let Excadrill hold a Shell Bell to restore health when it deals damage, increasing its survivability against raid bosses.
Best Tera Types: Best Pokemon to Terastallize
Tera Raid EV spreads should lean towards bulky offense to increase survivability while dealing the maximum damage possible. EV Train to max out Excadrill's Attack and HP, while adding the remaining EVs into Speed.
Excadrill Tera Raid Turn-by-Turn Counter Strategy | |
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Turns 1~3 | Use Swords Dance to max out your Attack stat. |
Turns 2~4 | Use Crush Claw to build Tera Orb charges while passively lowering the Raid Boss' Defense stat. |
Turn 5 | Use Sandstorm to activate your ability. |
Turns 6+ | Terastallize and use Iron Head. Feel free to set up any buffs you may have lost. |
This build focuses on boosting Excadrill's damage with both Sand Force and Swords Dance. Crush Claw is then used in this build to build Tera Orb charges thanks to its innate 50% chance to lower the Raid Boss' Defense.
Super Effective Damage Dealt by Excadrill |
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Iron Head(+6 Atk, Sand Force, Steel Tera) 1,928 ~ 2,272 (25.3 ~ 29.8%) |
These calculations were done using our Tera Raid Damage Calculator
Super Effective (2x) |
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Not Very Effective (x0.5) | |
No Effect (x0) |
None |
This Excadrill Tera Raid Build is an effective counter to Ice, Rock, and Fairy Type Tera Raid Bosses. If the Tera Raid Boss is usually a Ground or Fighting Type outside of Terastallization, perhaps consider a different build, as Excadrill will be weak to these Types as a Steel Type attacker.
Type Chart: All Matchups and Effectiveness
How to Make Best Excadrill Tera Raid Build |
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You can catch a Drilbur with a Ground Tera Type at Canyon Biome.
Make sure to bring a Pokemon that has False Swipe and can inflict a status effect to make it easier to catch.
If the Excadrill build you are following requires it to have a different Tera type, you will need to have 50 Tera Shards of the type you need, and bring it to Medali to have your Pokemon's Tera Type changed.
If it has a different nature, you can use Adamant Mint to change its nature to Adamant.
The easiest way to get this is by buying it from the Chansey Supply shop at Mesagoza for ₽20,000.
How to Change a Pokemon's Nature
If its ability is different from our recommendation, you can use an Ability Capsule to change it.
This item can be bought at Chansey Supply shops for ₽100,000.
Ability Capsule Location and How to Get
If the build you are following requires it to have its Hidden Ability, you can use an Ability Patch to give Excadrill its Hidden Ability.
Ability Patch Location and How to Get
EV train Excadrill according to the build's EV spread using Vitamins, Mochis, or the traditional way with Power Items and battling Pokemon with the right EV yield.
Vitamins can be bought at any Chansey Supply shop and it will cost you ₽530,000 to fully train a Pokemon. Meanwhile, Mochi can be obtained through the Ogre Oustin' Minigame.
If you have the money for it, you can just buy 26 HP Up (for HP), 26 Protein (for Atk), and a Carbos.
Alternatively, you can use Power Items that you can buy at a Delibird Presents shop for ₽10,000 each. Have your Pokemon hold the respective Power Item while defeating the Pokemon listed below.
Held Item | Number of Pokemon to Defeat | Defeat Any of These Pokemon |
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Power Weight
(For HP EVs) |
28 in Total (To get 252 HP EVs) |
・Azurill ・Lechonk ・Paldean Wooper Location: South of Los Platos |
Power Bracer
(For Attack EVs) |
28 in Total (To get 252 Attack EVs) |
・Shinx ・Growlithe ・Yungoos ・Nymble Location: South Province (Area 3) |
Power Anklet
(For Speed EVs) |
1 in Total (To get 4 Speed EVs) |
・Rookidee Location: South Province (Area 3) |
After EV training it, head to Montenevera and talk to the man with an Abomasnow near the Pokemon Center. He will hyper train your Pokemon using Bottle Caps.
A Bottle Cap can be bought at the Delibird Presents shops for ₽20,000 after getting 6 Gym Badges. 1 Bottle Cap is needed for each stat that will be maxed out.
Hyper Training: How to Increase IVs
Next, level it up to 100 to maximize its stats. The easiest way to do this is by farming Exp candies from Tera Raid Battles.
How to Level Up Fast: EXP Farming Guide
You can also give your Excadrill a Held Item to help it when facing off against various Raid Pokemon.
Learn how to find the recommended held item and price from the table below!
Item Name | Location | Price |
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Shell Bell | Levincia Delibird Presents | ₽20,000 |
Delibird Presents Locations and All Items
The table below includes all the moves Excadrill learns through level up needed for our recommended builds. Choose the moves depending on the build you are trying to make.
Level | Move | Type |
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20 | Sandstorm | |
24 | Crush Claw | |
40 | Swords Dance | |
46 | Drill Run |
You can have Excadrill remember moves by going to the "Moves and Stats" menu and pressing A.
The table below includes all the moves Excadrill learns from TMs needed for our recommended builds. Choose the moves depending on the build you are trying to make.
TM / Move Name | How to Get Materials |
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TM084 Stomping Tantrum |
Rewarded by Battle League Representative in Levincia for defeating six trainers in East Province Area Two. Required League Points: 5000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Phanpy Nail x3 ・Mudbray Mud x3 |
TM099 Iron Head |
Located at the northeast section of Casseroya Lake. Required League Points: 8000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Pawniard Blade x3 ・Rookidee Feather x3 ・Cufant Tarnish x5 |
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