Rank 99

Sceptile · build and set

Grass

Usage: 0.6%—
Brought: 65.9%
Leads: 40.3%
Mega Evolves: 51.2%
Win rate: 42.2%; ▼ 7.8 pts below 50%; 36.3% – 48.4% · 251 games

22,317 battles · 7 days · updated 5 min ago

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Mega Sceptile

GrassDragon

Lightning Rod

SceptiliteTimid+Spe −Atk

GroundEarth Power
DragonDragon Pulse
NormalProtect
GrassEnergy Ball

HP: 147; 2
Atk: 117; 0
Def: 95; 0
SpA: 197; 32
SpD: 105; 0
Spe: 216; 32

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Sceptile @ Sceptilite
Ability: Overgrow
Level: 50
EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe
Timid Nature
- Earth Power
- Dragon Pulse
- Protect
- Energy Ball

Spreads (Smogon)

Source: Smogon, September 2026 (1,760+ cutoff)

Timid
+Spe−Atk
59.6%Most used
- HP2
- Atk0
- Def0
- SpA32
- SpD0
- Spe32
Modest
+SpA−Atk
8.1%
- HP2
- Atk0
- Def0
- SpA32
- SpD0
- Spe32
Timid
+Spe−Atk
3.5%
- HP11
- Atk0
- Def0
- SpA32
- SpD2
- Spe21

Abilities

Not enough data

Moves

Revealed in 139 games

GroundEarth Power44.6%
DragonDragon Pulse41.0%
NormalProtect30.2%
GrassEnergy Ball16.5%
FightingDetect13.7%
GrassGiga Drain10.1%
GrassLeaf Storm10.1%
NormalShed Tail7.2%

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GrassGrassy Terrain2.2%
FightingVacuum Wave2.2%
PsychicAgility0.7%
DragonDragon Cheer0.7%
NormalHelping Hand0.7%
GrassLeaf Blade0.7%
FightingQuick Guard0.7%
GrassSolar Beam0.7%
NormalSubstitute0.7%
GrassSynthesis0.7%

Items

Revealed in 121 games

Sceptilite89.3%
Psychic Seed4.1%
Sitrus Berry4.1%
Electric Seed0.8%
throatspray0.8%
White Herb0.8%

30-day trend0.5% – 0.7%

Most common teammates

Lead pairs

Counters

Not enough data

Teams with Sceptile

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Sceptile is on 0.6% of VGC 2026 Reg M-C teams (7 days), ranking 99. Its most seen moves are Earth Power, Dragon Pulse and Protect. The most revealed item is Sceptilite. It usually teams up with Rotom-Heat and Indeedee-F. It is brought in 66% of its games and leads in 40%.