Sceptile

The leaves growing on Sceptile's body are very sharp edged. This Pokémon is very agile—it leaps all over the branches of trees and jumps on its foe from above or behind.

Dex No

#254

Sceptile Weaknesses and Strengths

Sceptile is a Grass type Pokemon. When dealing damage with Grass Type Moves, they will deal an additional 20% damage.

Weak Against
Types	Damage
Flying	160%
Poison	160%
Bug	160%
Fire	160%
Ice	160%

Resistant Against
Types	Damage
Ground	62.5%
Water	62.5%
Grass	62.5%
Electric	62.5%

Best Moves for Sceptile in Pokemon GO

Below you can find the best Fast Move and Charge Move combo for Sceptile.

We simulate the damage (DPS) of two moves combined and then rank them based on how much damage they deal over a period of time (CDPS).

Fast Move	Charge Move	DPS	CDPS
Fury Cutter	Frenzy Plant	53.65	550.09
Bullet Seed	Frenzy Plant	54.88	520.31
Fury Cutter	Leaf Blade	42.50	484.19
Bullet Seed	Leaf Blade	43.73	476.43
Fury Cutter	Earthquake	46.39	407.16
Bullet Seed	Earthquake	47.62	401.40
Fury Cutter	Breaking Swipe	51.25	381.21
Fury Cutter	Dragon Claw	36.91	379.52
Bullet Seed	Breaking Swipe	52.48	376.31
Bullet Seed	Dragon Claw	38.14	375.38

All Moves for Sceptile

Below are all the moves that Sceptile can learn. Some moves are only available using Elite TM items.

Move	Type	Power	DPS	Duration	Energy
Earthquake	Charged	140	38.89	3600ms	-100
Dragon Claw	Charged	50	29.41	1700ms	-33
Frenzy Plant EliteTM	Charged	100	46.15	2600ms	-50
Breaking Swipe	Charged	35	43.75	800ms	-33
Leaf Blade	Charged	70	35	2400ms	-33
Aerial Ace	Charged	55	22.92	2400ms	-33
Fury Cutter	Quick	3	7.5	400ms	6
Bullet Seed	Quick	8	8.73	1100ms	14

Sceptile Evolution

Treecko	Requires 25x Candy	Grovyle
Grovyle	Requires 100x Candy	Sceptile
Sceptile	Requires 200x Mega Energy	Mega Sceptile

Best Sceptile Raid Counters in Pokemon GO

Below you can find the best counters for Sceptile Raids and the best movesets to use. We run a simulation with every Pokemon GO in our database to figure out the quickest time to defeat (TTK) Sceptile in a raid.