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sceptile
#254

Sceptile

Forest Pokémon

Grass

The leaves that grow on its arms can slice down thick trees. It is without peer in jungle combat.

Base Stats

HP 70
Attack 85
Defense 65
Sp. Atk 105
Sp. Def 85
Speed 120
Total 530

Type Effectiveness

Abilities

Forms

Evolution Chain

grovyle Grovyle Lv. 16
sceptile Sceptile Lv. 36

Moves

Details

Category Forest Pokémon
Height 1.7 m
Weight 52.2 kg
Base Exp 239
Growth Rate Medium Slow
Capture Rate 45
Base Happiness 70
Gender 87.5% ♂ / 12.5% ♀
Habitat Forest
Egg Groups Monster ,Dragon

Sprites

sceptile Front Front
sceptile Back Back
sceptile Front Shiny Front Shiny
sceptile Back Shiny Back Shiny
sceptile Official Art Official Art
sceptile Official Art (Shiny) Official Art (Shiny)

Competitive

Life Orb
Item
Life Orb
Nature
Timid
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

Sceptile is a unique Pokemon in RarelyUsed due to being the fastest Grass-type, with a high base 120 Speed that lets it outpace most of the unboosted metagame. Sceptile also has access to moves such as Leaf Storm and Focus Blast that are backed up by its great base 105 Special Attack, making it a pain for offensive teams to handle. Sadly, Sceptile is very frail and has weaknesses to common attacking types such as Fire, Ice, and Flying. It is also prone to being outsped and revenge killed by Choice Scarf Pokemon like Emboar and has trouble breaking through bulky Grass- and Poison-types like Venusaur and Weezing. It faces competition from Virizion as a fast offensive Grass-type due to the latter's secondary Fighting typing and from Accelgor and Aerodactyl as fast offense breakers, since Accelgor can outspeed Choice Scarf Pokemon from the base 80 Speed tier or lower and has access to Spikes, while Aerodactyl is resistant to Fletchinder's priority Acrobatics and has good coverage. Sceptile's only notable niche over these two is in its Grass-type STAB moves.

Most Used Moves

Most Used Items

Life Orb
17.9%
Leftovers
14.7%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc