Just a nitpick, nothing in the game resists EQ, Rock Slide, and X-Scissor on their own, although it is much more effective to floating things neutral to Rock Slide and Return with the latter move.Excadrill is able to run its optimal four move coverage in Earthquake, Rock Slide, Return, and X-Scissor. Nothing in the game resists all of these moves
Yeah, as mentioned in the analysis, Excadrill will NOT carry Mold Breaker because of how good Sand Rush is. It resists Earthquake and X-Scissor, and won't take much from Rock Slide given its weak base power.Playtested: Classic Weezing with W'o'W and haze along with defensive EVs is a really good check/counter for excadrill asuming the wisp hits.
In theory, Weezing is a good check, but in reality, it really isn't, since it's destroyed by a +2 LO Return, and it can really do nothing to Excadrill in return. It could hit it with WoW, but one miss, and it's chow for the two foot steel mole. Most things can't handle Excadrill and its' awesomeness, but if you take away its' sand, there's a chance to be faster then it and revenge kill the frail sweeper, but in the process you could lose one or more of your Pokemon. It's funny how something so tiny can bring so much pain and destruction to the OU (And Uber, possibly) metagame.^Weezing is a shaky check due to him relying on a 75% acc move to cripple Excadrill or a 85% acc move to 2HKO and he gets hammered for about 70% by +2 LO Return. Oh, and he has no reliable recovery.
I suppose if he was a good Pokemon in his own right then he could be mentioned but he's not a good enough check to disregard his general suckiness.
Whimsicott can do that to anything without Magic Mirror or a faster Prankster user. Magic Coat users too I guess. Something that universal doesn't really need to be mentioned.Just a thought, but I think Prankster Whimsicott can also be a check to Excadrill to an extent. While Excadrill Dances on the switch, Whimsicott can use priority Encore thanks to Prankster to turn Excadrill into set-up fodder for either itself (SubSeed Cotton Guard anyone?) or a partner.
Does that same concept apply to Unaware Quagsire?Whimsicott can do that to anything without Magic Mirror or a faster Prankster user. Magic Coat users too I guess. Something that universal doesn't really need to be mentioned.