Pokemon GO Drilbur Max Battle

Drillbur's evolved form is one of the best ground-type Pokemon available in the world Pokemon GOthanks to its speed, and the secondary steel dialed. When a Drillbur participates in Max Battles, you have a chance to get a Dynamax Excadrill with the best moves and the best stats to use in future tough Max Raids.

With the Wild Area event looming on the horizon and the main featured Pokemon Toxtricity having both Electric and Poison types, having a full team of three pumped up Pokemon that can completely nullify their attacks will be key to defeating with these Gigantamax (G-Max ) Pokemon. So, here's everything you need to know about beating Drillbur Pokemon GO Max Battles, including a list of its resistances and weaknesses, as well as the best matchups against this ground-based Pokemon in battle.

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Pokemon GO Max Battle: Drilbur's weaknesses and resistance

Pokemon GO Drilbur Max Battle: Drilbur holds his claws against a green/blue gradient background.

Being a pure ground type, Drilbur is very strong against many attack types in Pokemon GO Max Raid battles. On the other side of the coin, it also has a strong resistance against one type, but is thankfully weak against the other two that are commonly available among the current list of available Dynamax Pokemon.

Drillbur will appear in one-star Max Battles during this event, so you shouldn't have much trouble beating them with super-powered teams. Each battle costs 250 maximum particles, but they are only spent after victory.

Drilbur's Pokemon GO Stats Spread

Attack stats: 154 attacks
Defense Stats: 85 DEF
Stamina Stats: 155 STA

Weaknesses of Drilbur in Pokemon GO

Grass type moves
Water-type moves
Ice-type moves

Strengths of Drilbur in Pokemon GO

Electric-type Pokemon (minimum damage they do)
Poison-type Pokemon
Rock-type Pokemon

Pokemon GO Max Battle: Excadrill Weaknesses and Resistances

Pokemon GO Drilbur Max Battle: Excadrill holds its shovel claws sideways on a brown and white gradient background.

Catching Drilbur and evolving it into Excadrill will give you a ton of benefits, such as a dramatically increased stat spread, as well as a heavily modified set of resistances and weaknesses to give one of the best defense Pokemon in the game. The new stats and resistances of the type are shown below:

Pokemon GO Stats Distribution by Excadrill

Attack Stats: 255 ATK
Defense Stats: 129 DEF
Stability: 242 STA

Weaknesses of Excadrill in Pokemon GO

Combat type attacks
Ground type attacks
Fire type attacks
Water type attacks

Strengths of Excadrill in Pokemon GO

Electric-type Pokemon (minimum damage they do)
Poison-type Pokemon (minimum damage they do)
Rock-type Pokemon (strongly resist damage)
Normal type Pokemon
Flying type Pokemon
Bug type Pokemon
Steel type Pokemon
Psychic type Pokemon
A dragon-type Pokemon
Fairy-type Pokemon

Best Drilbur Max Battle Counters in Pokemon GO

You shouldn't have much trouble beating this Dynamax Pokemon on your own in Max Raids, but if you want to get through those Drilbur battles as quickly as possible, you should use grass or water. If you win, you'll get some item rewards, a chance to catch a Drilbur for yourself, and a small chance to meet a shiny variant of the ground Pokemon.

Dynamax Drilbur counter	Quick move	Charged move	Dynamax/G-Max Move
Dynamax/G-Max Venusaur	Vine whip	Mad factory	Max Overgrowth/G-Max Vine Lash
Dynamax Rillaboom	Razor Sheet	Grass knot	Max Overgrowth
Dynamax/G-Max Blastoise	Water gun	Hydro cannon	Max Geyser/G-Max Cannonade
Dynamax Inteleon	Water gun	Surf	Max Geyser

How to get Shiny Dynamax Drilbur in Pokemon GO?

pokemon-go-drilbur-max-battle-shiny — Pokemon GO Drilbur Max Battle: A brilliant hands-up variant of Drilbur. He is brown with a blue nose and pink scars.

Each victory against Drillbur in Max battles will allow you to catch this Dynamax Pokemon, and sometimes you may be lucky enough to encounter its Shiny variant. This gloss keeps the skin dirty brown, but changes the nose to blue and its stripes to pink. Unfortunately, there is little data on the odds of encountering a Dynamax Shiny Pokemon compared to other Shiny Pokemon.