#21: Excadrill

Steel-type Pokémon are only useful if they're also really strong. Lucario (number 33) is a good example of that, but an even better example is the ground/steel-type Pokémon Excadrill! We didn't really have mole Pokémon before (do you think Diglett and Dugtrio look like moles?), but Drilbur and Excadrill immediately proved to be very good mole Pokémon. Drilbur evolves into Excadrill at level 31, but Drilbur can make it on his own perfectly before that. It has access to strong moves like Rock Slide and Dig, which it learns naturally, and upon evolving the attack stat goes through the roof! Excadrill has some nice speed to make use of that strong attack quickly, but its defenses are quite... bad. Thankfully, it has a wide movepool, with moves like Iron Head, Earthquake, Rock Slide, X-Scissor, Shadow Claw, Brick Break and Aerial Ace to make Excadrill as variable as possible. Plus, its typing comes with 8 resistances (of which rock does the least damage of all) and two resistances (electric because it's a ground-type and poison because of its steel-type). Excadrill is a great Pokémon to use in-game, and I always find myself using Excadrill again when starting a new game, along with Darmanitan. Besides, Excadrill's design is also very cool. Those sharp steel claws and 'cap' make it look like a dangerous Pokémon, a Pokémon to watch out for. And those are the kind of Pokémon I love!