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Sceptile, a Grass type Pokémon, official artwork

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Sceptile: Weakness, Best Moveset & Builds

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Sceptile is a speedy utility Pokémon, led by its Speed (120) and Sp. Atk (105), with a base stat total of 530. Competitively it is a lower-tier option.

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What is Sceptile weak to?

How much damage Sceptile takes from each attacking type.

2×Weak toBugFireFlyingIcePoison
0.5×ResistsElectricGrassGroundWater

Sceptile takes super-effective damage from Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice, Poison. It resists Electric, Grass, Ground, Water.

Best moveset for Sceptile

Sceptile has no significant ranked usage this month, so here are its strongest attacking options by type coverage:

  • Focus PunchFighting150
  • Frenzy PlantGrass150
  • Giga ImpactNormal150
  • OutrageDragon120

Best nature for Sceptile

Timid. Sceptile is a special attacker (105 Sp. Atk) with usable 120 Speed, so Timid (+Speed, −Attack) is the standard pick.

Abilities

  • OvergrowAt 1/3 or less of its max HP, this Pokemon's offensive stat is 1.5x with Grass attacks.
  • UnburdenSpeed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches, gets new item/Ability.

Evolution line

Treecko
Grovyle
Sceptile
Full learnset (77 moves; tap to expand)
MoveTypePowerAcc.Category
Focus PunchFighting150100%Physical
Frenzy PlantGrass15090%Special
Giga ImpactNormal15090%Physical
Hyper BeamNormal15090%Special
Leaf StormGrass13090%Special
Solar BladeGrass125100%Physical
Double-EdgeNormal120100%Physical
Focus BlastFighting12070%Special
OutrageDragon120100%Physical
Solar BeamGrass120100%Special
EarthquakeGround100100%Physical
Energy BallGrass90100%Special
Leaf BladeGrass90100%Physical
Take DownNormal9085%Physical
Body SlamNormal85100%Physical
Dragon PulseDragon85100%Special
CrunchDark80100%Physical
DigGround80100%Physical
Dragon ClawDragon80100%Physical
Grass PledgeGrass80100%Special
Seed BombGrass80100%Physical
SlamNormal8075%Physical
Tera BlastNormal80100%Special
Throat ChopDark80100%Physical
X-ScissorBug80100%Physical
Brick BreakFighting75100%Physical
Drain PunchFighting75100%Physical
Giga DrainGrass75100%Special
Rock SlideRock7590%Physical
Thunder PunchElectric75100%Physical
FacadeNormal70100%Physical
Low SweepFighting65100%Physical
Upper HandFighting65100%Physical
Aerial AceFlying60-Physical
AssuranceDark60100%Physical
Breaking SwipeDragon60100%Physical
BulldozeGround60100%Physical
Dragon TailDragon6090%Physical
Magical LeafGrass60-Special
Rock TombRock6095%Physical
SwiftNormal60-Special
ThiefDark60100%Physical
AcrobaticsFlying55100%Physical
Grassy GlideGrass55100%Physical
TrailblazeGrass50100%Physical
False SwipeNormal40100%Physical
Fury CutterBug4095%Physical
LeafageGrass40100%Physical
Mega DrainGrass40100%Special
PoundNormal40100%Physical
Quick AttackNormal40100%Physical
Vacuum WaveFighting40100%Special
Bullet SeedGrass25100%Physical
Scale ShotDragon2590%Physical
EndeavorNormal?100%Physical
FlingDark?100%Physical
Grass KnotGrass?100%Special
Low KickFighting?100%Physical
AgilityPsychic--Status
DetectFighting--Status
Double TeamNormal--Status
Dragon CheerDragon--Status
Dragon DanceDragon--Status
EndureNormal--Status
Grassy TerrainGrass--Status
Helping HandNormal--Status
LeerNormal-100%Status
ProtectNormal--Status
Quick GuardFighting--Status
RestPsychic--Status
RoarNormal--Status
ScreechNormal-85%Status
Shed TailNormal--Status
Sleep TalkNormal--Status
SubstituteNormal--Status
Sunny DayFire--Status
Swords DanceNormal--Status