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Mega Sceptile
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Mega Sceptile

GrassDragon

Best attacking moveset: Fury Cutter and Frenzy Plant, worth 19.2 damage per second against a neutral target.

Best moveset

Mega Sceptile can learn 12 combinations. Fury Cutter with Frenzy Plant does the most damage per second of them, at level 40 with a perfect attack stat. Same-type moves get the 1.2× bonus, and the cycle assumes the charged attack fires the moment it has the energy.

That set is legacy. Frenzy Plant is only obtainable with an Elite TM or from the event that gave it out, so the Mega Sceptile you catch today cannot learn it. The best set it can learn now is Fury Cutter and Breaking Swipe, worth 17.1 damage per second.

Stats and moves come straight from the game's own data files. Every number on this page is a raid and gym number, not a PvP one.

Type matchups

Takes double damageIce
Weak toFlyingPoisonBugDragonFairy
ResistsGround
Strongly resistsWaterGrassElectric
Fast attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
Bullet SeedGrass71.0s+13
Fury CutterBug40.5s+8
Charged attackTypePowerDurationEnergy
Aerial AceFlying552.5s-33
Breaking SwipeDragon451.0s-33
Dragon ClawDragon451.5s-33
EarthquakeGround1403.5s-100
Leaf BladeGrass702.5s-33
Frenzy Plant LegacyGrass1002.5s-50

Shiny

Shiny availability is tracked for Sceptile as a species, on the Sceptile page.

Other forms

Sceptile
Sceptile

Evolution family

Treecko
Treecko
Grovyle
Grovyle
Sceptile
Sceptile

Numbers

Max CP4,585 at level 50, 4,056 at level 40
Raid catch2,317 CP at level 20, or 2,897 if weather boosted (perfect IVs)
Lowest possible raid catch2,224 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10
Base stats320 attack · 186 defense · 172 stamina

What it costs

Second charged move10,000 Stardust and 25 Candy
Buddy distance3 km per Candy
Purify a Shadow one3,000 Stardust and 3 Candy
Size1.7 m and 52.2 kg

Best moveset against each type

Mega Sceptile does not have one best moveset, it has 4. Which one wins depends on what you are attacking, because a move only gets its bonus against something weak to it. Best against Ground, Rock, Water.

AgainstBest movesetDPS
GroundFury Cutter + Frenzy Plant28.6
RockFury Cutter + Frenzy Plant28.6
WaterFury Cutter + Frenzy Plant28.6
DragonFury Cutter + Breaking Swipe24.9
PsychicFury Cutter + Frenzy Plant21.4
DarkFury Cutter + Frenzy Plant21.4
ElectricFury Cutter + Earthquake20.8
GrassFury Cutter + Breaking Swipe19.8
PoisonFury Cutter + Earthquake19.5
SteelFury Cutter + Earthquake19.5
FireFury Cutter + Earthquake19.5
NormalFury Cutter + Frenzy Plant19.2
IceFury Cutter + Frenzy Plant19.2
FightingBullet Seed + Frenzy Plant18.3
GhostBullet Seed + Frenzy Plant18.3
FairyBullet Seed + Frenzy Plant18.3
BugFury Cutter + Breaking Swipe17.1
FlyingFury Cutter + Breaking Swipe15.8

Same maths as the headline number, run once per defending type: level 40, perfect attack IV, and the target's own type taken into account. Sorted by damage, so the top of this table is what Mega Sceptile is actually for.

Counters: what beats Mega Sceptile

AttackerTypeMovesetDPS
EternatusPoisonDragonPoison Jab + Dynamax Cannon Legacy39.9
Chien-PaoDarkIcePowder Snow + Avalanche38.0
BaxcaliburDragonIceIce Fang + Avalanche37.8
MamoswineIceGroundPowder Snow + Avalanche36.0
WeavileDarkIceIce Shard + Avalanche35.5
GlaceonIceFrost Breath + Avalanche35.1
KyuremDragonIceDragon Breath + Glaciate Legacy33.7
JynxIcePsychicFrost Breath + Avalanche33.0
VanilluxeIceFrost Breath + Avalanche Legacy32.3
FrosmothIceBugPowder Snow + Ice Beam31.5

Ranked by damage per second against Mega Sceptile's own defense, at level 40 with a 15 attack IV, one per evolution family.