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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

All-Out Attacker
Moves
Focus Blast / Hidden Power Fire
Protect / Substitute
Item
Sceptilite
Nature
Timid
EVs
Def 4
SpA 252
Spe 252

Strategy Overview

With its blazing Speed and relatively high Special Attack that allows it to take out the likes of Suicune, Mega Salamence, Garchomp, and Rotom-W, Mega Sceptile makes for an efficient revenge killer and late-game cleaner in the Battle Spot Singles metagame. Lightning Rod gives Mega Sceptile immunity to Electric-type moves and a Special Attack boost if it switches into one. Additionally, Mega Sceptile's resulting immunity to Thunder Wave is a huge boon for it by completely removing one of the primary methods to lower its Speed, its greatest asset. Mega Sceptile's secondary typing in Dragon is a huge benefit, as it grants it a secondary STAB type to utilize, removes its weakness to Fire, and gives it a 4x resistance to Water, improving its matchup against the likes of Heatran and Rotom-H. However, Mega Sceptile's typing also gives it a 4x weakness to Ice and new weaknesses to Dragon and Fairy. Mega Sceptile is also quite frail, and the prevalence of priority in Battle Spot Singles gives it a disadvantage against common Pokemon such as Talonflame, Kangaskhan, and Mamoswine. Although Grass / Dragon has decent coverage on its own, Mega Sceptile's STAB moves are walled by Steel-types such as Aegislash, Mega Mawile, Ferrothorn, and Heatran, making its role at cleaning teams a lot more difficult. Even with a high base Special Attack of 145, Mega Sceptile fails to beat the common walls and bulky Pokemon of Battle Spot such as Cresselia, Porygon2, and specially defensive Thundurus.

Most Used Moves

Most Used Items

Nothing
29.5%
Leftovers
23.1%
Life Orb
17.6%

Competitive data from Smogon University via data.pkmn.cc