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Sceptile
Forest Pokémon
Sceptile has seeds growing on its back. They are said to be bursting with nutrients that revitalize trees. This Pokémon raises the trees in a forest with loving care.
Details
Height1.7 m
Weight52.2 kg
Gender87.5% ♂ · 12.5% ♀
Catch rate45
Base friendship70
Growth ratemedium slow
Appears in these games
Base stats
HP
70
Attack
85
Defense
65
Sp. Atk
105
Sp. Def
85
Speed
120
Total
530
Base Stat Total
Competitive movesets
Smogon · Gen 9Recommended battle-ready sets by competitive tier. A “/” means either option works in that slot.
Terrain Sweeper
- Item
- Psychic Seed / Grassy Seed
- Ability
- Unburden
- Nature
- Adamant
- EVs
- 136 HP / 252 Atk / 120 Spe
- Tera
- FlyingFire
Evolution
Notable moves
The strongest damaging moves Sceptile can learn — same-type (STAB) moves get a 1.5× power bonus in battle.
Sprites & renders
19 sprites & renders for Sceptile.
Across the games
Moves
| Lv. | Move | Type | Class | Power | Acc. | PP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Dual Chop | Dragon | Physical | 40 | 90 | 15 |
| 0 | Leaf Blade | Grass | Physical | 90 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Absorb | Grass | Special | 20 | 100 | 25 |
| 1 | Energy Ball | Grass | Special | 90 | 100 | 10 |
| 1 | False Swipe | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 40 |
| 1 | Fury Cutter | Bug | Physical | 40 | 95 | 20 |
| 1 | Leafage | Grass | Physical | 40 | 100 | 40 |
| 1 | Leer | Normal | Status | — | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | Night Slash | Dark | Physical | 70 | 100 | 15 |
| 1 | Pound | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 35 |
| 1 | Quick Attack | Normal | Physical | 40 | 100 | 30 |
| 1 | X-Scissor | Bug | Physical | 80 | 100 | 15 |
| 5 | Mega Drain | Grass | Special | 40 | 100 | 15 |
| 12 | Detect | Fighting | Status | — | — | 5 |
| 15 | Quick Guard | Fighting | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 18 | Pursuit | Dark | Physical | 40 | 100 | 20 |
| 20 | Assurance | Dark | Physical | 60 | 100 | 10 |
| 25 | Giga Drain | Grass | Special | 75 | 100 | 10 |
| 28 | Agility | Psychic | Status | — | — | 30 |
| 30 | Slam | Normal | Physical | 80 | 75 | 20 |
| 35 | Double Team | Normal | Status | — | — | 15 |
| 42 | Screech | Normal | Status | — | 85 | 40 |
| 49 | Endeavor | Normal | Physical | — | 100 | 5 |
| 56 | Leaf Storm | Grass | Special | 130 | 90 | 5 |
Breeding & egg moves
Sceptile can inherit these egg moves by breeding with a compatible parent that knows the move and shares an egg group.
