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Sceptile
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Sceptile

Grass

Best attacking moveset: Fury Cutter and Frenzy Plant, worth 14.5 damage per second against a neutral target.

Best moveset

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 Sceptile you catch today cannot learn it. The best set it can learn now is Fury Cutter and Leaf Blade, worth 12.4 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

Weak toFlyingPoisonBugFireIce
ResistsGroundWaterGrassElectric
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

Sceptile
Normal
Shiny Sceptile
Shiny

Yes. Shiny Sceptile has been released. Players have found it from: wild, research, evolution, photobomb.

Other forms

Mega Sceptile
Mega Sceptile

Evolution family

Treecko
Treecko
Grovyle
Grovyle
Sceptile
Sceptile

Numbers

Max CP3,117 at level 50, 2,757 at level 40
Raid catch1,575 CP at level 20, or 1,969 if weather boosted (perfect IVs)
Lowest possible raid catch1,500 CP. Raid encounters can't roll below 10/10/10
Base stats223 attack · 169 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

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 Plant21.3
RockFury Cutter + Frenzy Plant21.3
WaterFury Cutter + Frenzy Plant21.3
DragonFury Cutter + Breaking Swipe16.4
ElectricFury Cutter + Earthquake15.9
PsychicFury Cutter + Frenzy Plant15.6
DarkFury Cutter + Frenzy Plant15.6
PoisonFury Cutter + Earthquake14.7
SteelFury Cutter + Earthquake14.7
FireFury Cutter + Earthquake14.7
NormalFury Cutter + Frenzy Plant14.5
IceFury Cutter + Frenzy Plant14.5
GrassFury Cutter + Aerial Ace13.7
FightingFury Cutter + Frenzy Plant13.4
GhostFury Cutter + Frenzy Plant13.4
FairyFury Cutter + Frenzy Plant13.4
BugFury Cutter + Aerial Ace12.8
FlyingFury Cutter + Breaking Swipe10.5

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 Sceptile is actually for.

Counters: what beats Sceptile

AttackerTypeMovesetDPS
BlacephalonFireGhostIncinerate + Mind Blown Legacy39.5
EternatusPoisonDragonPoison Jab + Dynamax Cannon Legacy33.8
ReshiramDragonFireFire Fang + Fusion Flare Legacy32.8
PheromosaBugFightingBug Bite + Bug Buzz30.8
SalamenceDragonFlyingFire Fang + Fly30.3
ChandelureGhostFireFire Spin + Overheat30.1
MoltresFireFlyingFire Spin + Fly29.8
CinderaceFireFire Spin + Pyroball29.6
EnamorusFairyFlyingFairy Wind + Fly29.5
VolcaronaBugFireFire Spin + Overheat29.3

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