Drill Run (move)

Drill Run ドリルライナー Drill Liner

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Battles Type  Ground Category  Physical PP  10 (max. 16) Power  80 Accuracy  95% Priority  {{{priority}}} Makes contact Affected by Protect Not affected by Magic Coat Not affected by Snatch Affected by King's Rock

Target Foe Foe Foe Self Ally Ally May affect anyone adjacent to the user

Availability Introduced  Generation V Not a TM, TR, HM, or Move Tutor move.

Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jam  0

Super Contests Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0

Contest Spectaculars Condition  [[{{{category}}} (condition)|{{{category}}}]] Appeal  0   Jamming  0

On Smogon's Movedex: Generation V Generation VI Generation VII Generation VIII Generation IX

Drill Run (Japanese: ドリルライナー Drill Liner) is a damage-dealing Ground-type move introduced in Generation V.

Effect

Drill Run deals damage and has an increased critical hit ratio.

Description

Learnset

By leveling up

#	Pokémon		Type		Level
					I		II		III		IV		V		VI
022		Fearow	Normal	Flying	53			'
111		Rhyhorn	Ground	Rock	45			''''
112		Rhydon	Ground	Rock	47			''''
464		Rhyperior	Ground	Rock	47			''''
529		Drilbur	Ground		Ground	43			''''
530		Excadrill	Ground	Steel	55			''''
Bold indicates a Pokémon gains STAB from this move. Italics indicates a Pokémon whose evolution or alternate form receives STAB from this move. A dash (−) indicates a Pokémon cannot learn the move by the designated method. An empty cell indicates a Pokémon that is unavailable in that game/generation.

In the anime

Excadrill Drilbur
The user attacks by spinning its body like a drill.
Pokémon	Method
User	First Used In		Notes
	Excadrill puts its arms up to its head and forms its body into a drill. It then jumps into the air and rotates its body while charging at the opponent, stabbing the opponent with its drill-like body, or Excadrill jumps into the air and holds out its arms. It then spins its body rapidly and dives forward, stabbing the opponent with the protrusion sticking out of its head.
Iris's Excadrill	The Bloom Is on Axew!		Debut
Clay's Excadrill	Battling the King of the Mines!		None
	Drilbur puts its arms up to its head and forms its body into a drill. It then rotates its body quickly and charges at the opponent while floating through the air, stabbing it with its drill-like body.
Iris's Drilbur	Iris and Excadrill Against the Dragon Buster!		None

Trivia

• Fearow is the only non-Ground-type Pokémon to learn Drill Run.
  • Therefore, Fearow is also the only Pokémon that doesn't receive STAB from Drill Run.
• Drilbur is the only Pokémon able to learn Drill Run that isn't dual type.
• No Pokémon from Generations II and III can learn Drill Run. However, Smeargle can learn it via Sketch.

In other languages

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 低空鑽 Dīkōng-zuān Dutch Drilkoers French Tunnelier German Schlagbohrer Italian Giravvita Korean 드릴라이너 Drill Liner Polish Odwiert Spanish Taladradora

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