Competitive Information for Sceptile [Diamond/Pearl]
Grass
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Sceptile? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Diamond/Pearl Single Battles. The movesets and EVs have been specifically calibrated to deal the most amount of damage to the largest group of potentially common opponents and typing threats for the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Sceptile is a fabulous Grass-typed Pokemon. Sceptile are common Pokemon to see in the DP metagame. Sceptile is typically seen in the UU tier (Underused). Sceptile is weak to Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Poison-typed attacks.
Item: Life Orb / Focus Sash
Ability: Overgrow
Nature: Jolly (+Spe, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 252 Def
Moveset:
- Night Slash
- Quick Attack
- Counter
- Endeavor
Physical Sweeper Sceptile (Popular/Trending)
Sceptile is a notable Physical Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Sceptile from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Life Orb boosts the power of Sceptile's damaging moves by 1.3x but it then loses 1/10 its max HP immediately after the attack. With Overgrow, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Sceptile's grass-type attacks have 1.5x power.
♦ Quick Attack is a physical priority-increased 40-base power Normal-type move (usually goes first).
♦ Counter is a physical 0-base power Fighting-type move (if hit by physical attack, returns double damage).
♦ Endeavor is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (lowers the target's hp to your Sceptile's hp).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Overgrow
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 152 Hp / 252 Atk / 20 Def / 84 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Blade / Seed Bomb
- Night Slash / Crunch
- Brick Break / Double-Edge
- Outrage / Dragon Claw
Physical Sweeper Sceptile
Sceptile is an interesting Physical Sweeper. This moveset is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Sceptile from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Sceptile's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Overgrow, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Sceptile's grass-type attacks have 1.5x power. Brick Break was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a good amount of damage.
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Crunch is a physical 80-base power Dark-type move (20% chance to lower the target's defense by 1 stage).
♦ Brick Break is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (destroys screens, even if the target is immune).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 1/3 recoil).
♦ Outrage is a physical 120-base power Dragon-type move (lasts 2-3 turns. confuses your Sceptile afterwards).
♦ Dragon Claw is a physical 80-base power Dragon-type move that deals a substantial amount of damage.
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Overgrow
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 152 Hp / 20 Def / 252 SpA / 84 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Energy Ball
- Dragon Pulse / Dragon Breath
- Razor Wind / Hyper Beam
- Mud-Slap
Special Sweeper Sceptile
Sceptile is a spectacular Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Sceptile from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Sceptile's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Overgrow, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Sceptile's grass-type attacks have 1.5x power.
♦ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special 90-base power Dragon-type move that deals a large amount of damage.
♦ Dragon Breath is a special 60-base power Dragon-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Razor Wind is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (charges, then hits foes turn 2. high crit ratio).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Sceptile cannot move next turn).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Sceptile? These builds have been optimized for Diamond/Pearl Double Battles. They have movesets and EVs specifically calibrated to generally work best versus multiple Pokemon at once as well as helping to support other team members and allys in the Diamond/Pearl generation metagame.
Item: Focus Sash / Choice Band
Ability: Overgrow
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 152 Hp / 252 Atk / 20 Def / 84 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Blade / Seed Bomb
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Night Slash
Doubles Physical Sweeper Sceptile
Sceptile is pretty popular Physical Sweeper. It is primarily designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. Focus Sash helps protect Sceptile from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Band will increase the damage of Sceptile's physical moves by 1.5x at the cost of locking you into the first move you pick. With Overgrow, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Sceptile's grass-type attacks have 1.5x power.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon. power doubles on dig).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Night Slash is a physical 70-base power Dark-type move (high critical hit ratio).
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Item: Focus Sash / Choice Specs
Ability: Overgrow
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 152 Hp / 20 Def / 252 SpA / 84 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Energy Ball
- Razor Wind / Hyper Beam
- Dragon Pulse / Dragon Breath
- Mud-Slap
Doubles Special Sweeper Sceptile
Sceptile is a wonderful Special Sweeper. It's primary goal is to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. Focus Sash helps protect Sceptile from being one-shotted and allowing it to atleast use a crucial move when brought out. Choice Specs will increase the damage of Sceptile's special moves by 1.5x but will lock you into the first move you pick. With Overgrow, at 1/3 or less of its max hp Sceptile's grass-type attacks have 1.5x power.
♦ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Razor Wind is a special 80-base power Normal-type move (charges, then hits foes turn 2. high crit ratio).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Sceptile cannot move next turn).
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special 90-base power Dragon-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
♦ Dragon Breath is a special 60-base power Dragon-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Mud-Slap is a special 20-base power Ground-type move (100% chance to lower the target's accuracy by 1 stage).
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Movepool
Wondering what moves can Sceptile learn? Here is the list of moves this Pokemon can learn in this selected generation.
Sort and organize the learnset by move type, category, accuracy, and power. Bolded moves will gain the same-type attack bonus (STAB) if this Pokemon uses them.
Damage Modifiers:
Combo List
These are a list of several common move combinations Sceptile can perform in Diamond/Pearl. Not every combo going to be game-changing, but some can be pretty fun to play with. Sometimes these can be easily overlooked or forgotten, hence why we find and list them here. Discover what items, abilities, and moves this Pokemon can use in combination with each other to gain a strategic advantage in competitive battles.
Competitive DP Move and Ability Combos for Sceptile
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Safeguard + Outrage
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Ability: Overgrow + Item: Focus sash
- Move: Swagger + Item: Mirror Herb
- Move: Fling + Item: King's Rock
- Move: Facade + Item: Flame Orb
- Move: Facade + Item: Toxic Orb
- Move: Endeavor + Item: Focus Sash
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Detect, Endure, Protect, Quick Attack
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Sceptile's stats
- Agility
- Swords Dance
Most notable and possible best moves for Sceptile
- Counter
- Dragon Pulse
- Earthquake
- Earthquake
- Endeavor
- Energy Ball
- Focus Blast
- Frenzy Plant
- Hidden Power Fire
- Hidden Power Ice
- Leaf Blade
- Leaf Storm
- Leech Seed
- Night Slash
- Protect
- Quick Attack
- Rest
- Thunder Punch
- Toxic
- X-Scissor
Common Effort Values for Sceptile in Diamond and Pearl
- Hasty Nature ( 0/4/0/252/0/252/ )
- Timid Nature ( 6/0/0/252/0/252/ )
- Optimize Sceptile's EV spread for Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
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