Competitive Information for Sceptile [Sun/Moon]
Grass
Abilities:
Movesets for Singles
What is a good competitive moveset for Sceptile? These builds have been optimized for Pokemon competing in Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
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Sceptile is a wonderful Grass-typed Pokemon. It's usual to see Sceptile show up as a Sun/Moon opponent. This Pokemon deserves to see more play in the meta. Sceptile is weak to Bug, Fire, Flying, Ice, and Poison-typed attacks.
Item: Focus Sash / Weakness Policy
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Blade
- Drain Punch
- Acrobatics
- Swords Dance
Physical Sweeper Sceptile (Popular/Trending)
Sceptile is an outstanding 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. Weakness Policy activates if Sceptile is hit by a super effective move. The Weakness Policy is consumed and its Attack and Special Attack are increased by two stages each. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability.
♦ Drain Punch is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (Sceptile recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Acrobatics is a physical 55-base power Flying-type move (power doubles if your Sceptile has no held item).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Sceptile's attack by 2 stages).
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 212 Hp / 252 Atk / 44 Def
Moveset:
- Leaf Blade / Seed Bomb
- Drain Punch / Double-Edge
- Outrage / Dragon Claw
- Earthquake
Physical Sweeper Sceptile (Unburden)
Sceptile is a phenomenal Physical Sweeper. It tries 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. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability. Drain Punch was added to provide additional threat coverage.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a great amount of damage.
♦ Drain Punch is a physical 75-base power Fighting-type move (Sceptile recovers 50% of the damage dealt).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% 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 hefty amount of damage.
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 212 Hp / 44 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Energy Ball
- Dragon Pulse / Dragon Breath
- Hyper Beam / Round
- Mud-Slap
Special Sweeper Sceptile (Unburden)
Sceptile is an awesome Special Sweeper. It is meant 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. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability.
♦ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (10% chance to lower the target's special defense by 1 stage).
♦ Dragon Pulse is a special 85-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).
♦ Hyper Beam is a special 150-base power Normal-type move (Sceptile cannot move next turn).
♦ Round is a special 60-base power Normal-type move (power doubles if others used round this 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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Item: Watmel Berry
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 Atk / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Natural Gift
- Leaf Blade
- Rock Slide / Earthquake
- Swords Dance
Sceptile Physical Sweeper (Exceptional Sceptile)
Sceptile is a stupendous Physical Sweeper. It is designed to take down the opponent's team with brute physical power. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability. Natural Gift is the star of the show here. With Watmel Berry, Natural Gift turns into a 100 bp physical fire attack and doubles Sceptiles speed due to Unburden. Thus, Sceptile becomes very difficult to revenge kill outside of priority (which is sadly quite common). The unfortunate side effect is that Natural Gift is a one off attack so it must be used carefully.
♦ Leaf Blade is a physical STAB-boosted 90-base power Grass-type move (high critical hit ratio).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Swords Dance is a status move (raises your Sceptile's attack by 2 stages).
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Item: Petaya Berry
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Timid (+Spe, -Atk)
EVs: 4 Hp / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm
- Synthesis
- Dragon Breath
- Leech Seed
Unburden Sceptile
Sceptile is an extraordinary Special Sweeper. It's designed to take down the opponent's team with high-damaging special attacks. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability.
♦ Synthesis is a status move (heals your Sceptile by a weather-dependent amount).
♦ Dragon Breath is a special 60-base power Dragon-type move (30% chance to paralyze the target).
♦ Leech Seed is a status move (1/8 of target's hp is restored to Sceptile every turn).
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Movesets for Doubles
What is a good doubles moveset for Sceptile? These builds have been optimized for Sun/Moon 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 Sun/Moon generation metagame.
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA)
EVs: 212 Hp / 252 Atk / 44 Def
Moveset:
- Leaf Blade / Seed Bomb
- Earthquake / Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Double-Edge / Return
Doubles Physical Sweeper Sceptile (Unburden)
Sceptile is an interesting Physical Sweeper. It is meant 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. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability.
♦ Seed Bomb is a physical STAB-boosted 80-base power Grass-type move that deals a hefty amount of damage.
♦ Earthquake is a physical 100-base power Ground-type move (hits adjacent pokemon).
♦ Bulldoze is a physical 60-base power Ground-type move (100% chance lower adjacent pkmn speed by 1 stage).
♦ Rock Slide is a physical 75-base power Rock-type move (30% chance to flinch the foes).
♦ Double-Edge is a physical 120-base power Normal-type move (has 33% recoil).
♦ Return is a physical 0-base power Normal-type move (max 102 power at maximum happiness).
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Item: Focus Sash
Ability: Unburden
Nature: Modest (+SpA, -Atk)
EVs: 212 Hp / 44 Def / 252 SpA
Moveset:
- Leaf Storm / Energy Ball
- Razor Wind / Hyper Beam
- Dragon Pulse / Dragon Breath
- Mud-Slap
Doubles Special Sweeper Sceptile (Unburden)
Sceptile is an astounding Special Sweeper. The purpose of this moveset 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. With Unburden, speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches gets new item/ability.
♦ Energy Ball is a special STAB-boosted 90-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 85-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 Sun/Moon. 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 SM Move and Ability Combos for Sceptile
- Moves: Sunny day + Solar beam
- Moves: Safeguard + Outrage
- Moves: Swagger + Screech
- Moves: Endure + Endeavor
- Moves: Grassy terrain + Secret power
- Moves: Rest + Sleep talk
- Moves: Rest + Snore
- Moves: Substitute + Drain punch
- Moves: Substitute + Leech seed
- Moves: Toxic + Leech seed
- Ability: Unburden + Move: Acrobatics
- Ability: Overgrow + Item: Focus sash
- Ability: Unburden + Item: Mirror herb
- 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
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Red Card
- Move: Acrobatics + Item: Flying Gem
- Item: Blunder Policy + Move: Dynamic Punch
- Moves with Priority: Detect, Endure, Protect, Quick Guard, Quick Attack
- Moves that Break Screens: Brick Break
- Moves that inflict status: Toxic
Moves that boost Sceptile's stats
- Agility
- Hone Claws
- Power-Up Punch
- Swords Dance
- Work Up
Most notable and possible best moves for Sceptile
- Acrobatics
- Dragon Claw
- Dragon Pulse
- Drain Punch
- Earthquake
- Energy Ball
- Focus Blast
- Frenzy Plant
- Giga Drain
- Hidden Power
- Leaf Blade
- Leaf Storm
- Protect
- Rest
- Rock Slide
- Substitute
- Swords Dance
- Thunder Punch
- Toxic
Common Effort Values for Sceptile in Sun and Moon
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/4/0/0/252/ )
- Adamant Nature ( 0/252/0/0/4/252/ )
- Optimize Sceptile's EV spread for Pokemon Sun and Moon
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