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Sceptile

Grass Legal in M-C Mega Evolution

Mega Sceptile is #135 on the ladder, on 0.2% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 70
Atk 110
Def 75
SpA 145
SpD 85
Spe 145

Base stat total 630

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117
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197
105
216

Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe · Timid Nature

Types and weaknesses

GrassDragon
Weak ×4
Ice
Weak ×2
PoisonFlyingBugDragonFairy
Resists ×½
Ground
Resists ×¼
WaterElectricGrass

With Lightning Rod: Electric ×0

Abilities

Lightning Rod
This Pokemon draws Electric moves to itself to raise Sp. Atk by 1; Electric immunity. · used by 100%

Mega Evolves from Sceptile holding Sceptilite .

Speed tier

Most common
216
Fastest
216 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
165 (0 SP)
Slowest
148 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 216, it outspeeds 47 of the 50 most used Pokémon, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Indeedee 241 (Scarf)
  2. Annihilape 234 (Scarf)
  3. Mega Lucario Z 223
  4. Mega Sceptile (this) 216
  5. Basculegion 214 (Scarf)
  6. Mega Delphox 204
  7. Mega Garchomp Z 203
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #135 · on 0.2% of teams · 22,668 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Dragon Pulse 98.2%
  2. Earth Power 91.6%
  3. Protect 75.0%
  4. Energy Ball 36.4%
  5. Shed Tail 33.1%
  6. Leaf Storm 25.7%
  7. Detect 23.2%
  8. Giga Drain 8.3%
  9. Vacuum Wave 1.3%
  10. Grass Knot 1.1%

Items

  1. Sceptilite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Lightning Rod 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 216 52.8%
  2. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 197 11.1%
  3. Modest 10/0/0/31/0/25 · Spe 190 5.9%
  4. Timid 11/0/0/32/0/23 · Spe 206 2.5%
  5. Timid 10/0/1/32/0/23 · Spe 206 2.2%
  6. Modest 9/0/0/32/0/25 · Spe 190 2.0%
  7. Timid 10/0/0/32/0/24 · Spe 207 1.7%
  8. Modest 8/0/0/32/0/26 · Spe 191 1.7%

Teammates

  1. Sneasler 43.3%
  2. Indeedee-F 38.7%
  3. Kingambit 32.4%
  4. Mega Delphox 29.1%
  5. Kommo-o 27.9%
  6. Rotom-Heat 26.3%
  7. Incineroar 18.2%
  8. Farigiraf 11.0%
  9. Milotic 10.7%
  10. Rotom-Wash 9.8%
  11. Garchomp 8.9%
  12. Pelipper 8.0%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #120 · on 0.4% of teams · 22,668 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Dragon Pulse 95.7%
  2. Earth Power 89.6%
  3. Protect 61.4%
  4. Energy Ball 47.9%
  5. Detect 31.7%
  6. Leaf Storm 27.5%
  7. Giga Drain 20.1%
  8. Shed Tail 5.1%
  9. Grass Knot 3.3%
  10. Substitute 3.1%

Items

  1. Sceptilite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Lightning Rod 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 216 41.9%
  2. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 197 15.6%
  3. Modest 9/0/0/32/0/25 · Spe 190 5.8%
  4. Timid 11/0/0/32/0/23 · Spe 206 2.1%
  5. Timid 12/0/0/32/0/22 · Spe 205 2.0%
  6. Timid 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 216 1.8%
  7. Modest 10/0/0/31/0/25 · Spe 190 1.4%
  8. Modest 0/0/0/32/2/32 · Spe 197 1.1%

Teammates

  1. Rotom-Heat 26.1%
  2. Indeedee-F 19.6%
  3. Sneasler 16.3%
  4. Incineroar 15.4%
  5. Garchomp 13.3%
  6. Gholdengo 13.2%
  7. Rillaboom 11.3%
  8. Rotom-Wash 10.7%
  9. Farigiraf 10.6%
  10. Pelipper 9.8%
  11. Milotic 9.4%
  12. Basculegion 9.2%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #114 · on 0.6% of teams · 22,668 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Dragon Pulse 93.1%
  2. Earth Power 84.2%
  3. Protect 54.9%
  4. Energy Ball 44.9%
  5. Detect 33.7%
  6. Leaf Storm 26.6%
  7. Giga Drain 24.3%
  8. Shed Tail 4.9%
  9. Vacuum Wave 4.9%
  10. Substitute 3.6%

Items

  1. Sceptilite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Lightning Rod 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 216 41.6%
  2. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 197 16.5%
  3. Modest 9/0/0/32/0/25 · Spe 190 2.6%
  4. Modest 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 197 2.1%
  5. Timid 16/0/0/32/0/18 · Spe 201 2.0%
  6. Timid 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 216 1.7%
  7. Modest 0/0/0/32/2/32 · Spe 197 1.5%
  8. Timid 11/0/0/32/0/23 · Spe 206 1.3%

Teammates

  1. Rotom-Heat 21.0%
  2. Sneasler 14.5%
  3. Indeedee-F 14.4%
  4. Incineroar 13.6%
  5. Garchomp 12.4%
  6. Pelipper 12.0%
  7. Rillaboom 11.4%
  8. Rotom-Wash 11.3%
  9. Basculegion 9.1%
  10. Bellibolt 8.9%
  11. Talonflame 8.6%
  12. Farigiraf 8.3%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 37 of 4,641 teams (0.8%) · win rate 37.0% (95% interval 30.2%–44.4%, n = 173 games) · 1 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No matchup in the replay sample passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,444 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Rotom-Heat +25.7 pp n = 5,959 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 26% of Mega Sceptile teams; Rotom-Heat is on 1% of all teams (48.09× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Mega Delphox +25.7 pp n = 6,590 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 29% of Mega Sceptile teams; Mega Delphox is on 3% of all teams (8.51× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Kommo-o +23.7 pp n = 6,333 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 28% of Mega Sceptile teams; Kommo-o is on 4% of all teams (6.63× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Rotom-Wash +8.6 pp n = 2,221 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 10% of Mega Sceptile teams; Rotom-Wash is on 1% of all teams (8.00× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Indeedee-F +18.4 pp n = 8,768 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 39% of Mega Sceptile teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (1.91× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Kingambit +7.2 pp n = 7,353 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 32% of Mega Sceptile teams; Kingambit is on 25% of all teams (1.28× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Sneasler +6.2 pp n = 9,806 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 43% of Mega Sceptile teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (1.17× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Garchomp -0.6 pp n = 2,008 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 9% of Mega Sceptile teams; Garchomp is on 9% of all teams (0.93× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Milotic -1.2 pp n = 2,416 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Mega Sceptile teams; Milotic is on 12% of all teams (0.90× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Farigiraf -4.7 pp n = 2,498 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Mega Sceptile teams; Farigiraf is on 16% of all teams (0.70× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Incineroar -13.5 pp n = 4,121 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 18% of Mega Sceptile teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (0.57× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Pelipper -6.9 pp n = 1,809 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 8% of Mega Sceptile teams; Pelipper is on 15% of all teams (0.54× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

Stats at level 50

HP 70
Atk 85
Def 65
SpA 105
SpD 85
Spe 120

Base stat total 530

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Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 2 HP / 32 SpA / 32 Spe · Modest Nature

Types and weaknesses

Grass
Weak ×2
FireIcePoisonFlyingBug
Resists ×½
WaterElectricGrassGround

Abilities

Overgrow
At 1/3 or less of its max HP, this Pokemon's offensive stat is 1.5× with Grass attacks. · used by 11%
Unburden
Speed is doubled on held item loss; boost is lost if it switches, gets new item/Ability. · used by 89%

Speed tier

Most common
172
Fastest
189 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
140 (0 SP)
Slowest
126 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 172, it outspeeds 32 of the 50 most used Pokémon, ties 2, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Mega Staraptor 178
  2. Ninetales-Alola 177
  3. Pawmot 172
  4. Sceptile (this) 172
  5. Sneasler 172
  6. Mega Floette 169
  7. Garchomp 169
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #235 · on 0.0% of teams · 5,684 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Shed Tail 57.8%
  2. Protect 57.6%
  3. Leaf Storm 56.6%
  4. Earth Power 54.0%
  5. Energy Ball 15.6%
  6. Dragon Cheer 14.7%
  7. Detect 14.1%
  8. Leaf Blade 13.9%
  9. Quick Guard 13.1%
  10. Breaking Swipe 12.8%

Items

  1. Psychic Seed 29.8%
  2. White Herb 22.0%
  3. Sitrus Berry 13.0%
  4. Kebia Berry 11.5%
  5. Electric Seed 6.5%
  6. Focus Sash 5.2%

Abilities

  1. Unburden 88.8%
  2. Overgrow 11.2%

Spreads

  1. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 172 11.6%
  2. Timid 25/0/0/0/9/32 · Spe 189 11.5%
  3. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 189 9.7%
  4. Timid 31/0/2/0/1/32 · Spe 189 8.5%
  5. Timid 18/0/1/14/1/32 · Spe 189 8.4%
  6. Jolly 32/2/0/0/0/32 · Spe 189 6.0%
  7. Timid 17/0/16/1/0/32 · Spe 189 4.9%
  8. Adamant 32/32/0/0/0/0 · Spe 140 4.9%

Teammates

  1. Indeedee-F 35.0%
  2. Mega Absol Z 26.7%
  3. Whimsicott 15.7%
  4. Sneasler 14.9%
  5. Mega Gardevoir 13.5%
  6. Klefki 11.6%
  7. Archaludon 11.5%
  8. Gholdengo 11.3%
  9. Rillaboom 11.2%
  10. Indeedee 10.9%
  11. Dragapult 9.9%
  12. Mega Lucario Z 9.4%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #243 · on 0.1% of teams · 5,684 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Shed Tail 50.8%
  2. Leaf Storm 47.5%
  3. Earth Power 47.3%
  4. Protect 38.7%
  5. Detect 24.7%
  6. Energy Ball 24.1%
  7. Dragon Cheer 20.4%
  8. Dragon Pulse 18.4%
  9. Quick Guard 13.7%
  10. Acrobatics 13.6%

Items

  1. Psychic Seed 28.2%
  2. White Herb 17.2%
  3. Electric Seed 13.4%
  4. Grassy Seed 10.8%
  5. Sitrus Berry 10.7%
  6. Focus Sash 7.3%

Abilities

  1. Unburden 89.6%
  2. Overgrow 10.4%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 189 22.1%
  2. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 172 11.8%
  3. Timid 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 189 7.1%
  4. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 172 5.1%
  5. Timid 32/0/0/2/0/32 · Spe 189 4.4%
  6. Modest 0/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 172 3.7%
  7. Hasty 31/0/0/3/0/32 · Spe 189 3.5%
  8. Timid 18/0/1/14/1/32 · Spe 189 2.0%

Teammates

  1. Indeedee-F 23.6%
  2. Incineroar 13.9%
  3. Sneasler 13.5%
  4. Rillaboom 13.2%
  5. Mega Absol Z 11.6%
  6. Mega Raichu X 10.8%
  7. Torkoal 10.4%
  8. Indeedee 9.5%
  9. Pelipper 9.3%
  10. Whimsicott 9.3%
  11. Mega Lucario Z 8.7%
  12. Mega Salamence 8.7%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #230 · on 0.1% of teams · 5,684 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Shed Tail 54.5%
  2. Earth Power 42.3%
  3. Leaf Storm 41.3%
  4. Protect 36.3%
  5. Detect 24.8%
  6. Energy Ball 21.6%
  7. Dragon Pulse 19.2%
  8. Quick Guard 18.9%
  9. Dragon Cheer 17.3%
  10. Giga Drain 15.8%

Items

  1. Psychic Seed 23.5%
  2. White Herb 17.2%
  3. Sitrus Berry 13.6%
  4. Electric Seed 9.9%
  5. Grassy Seed 9.5%
  6. Focus Sash 6.9%

Abilities

  1. Unburden 84.2%
  2. Overgrow 15.8%

Spreads

  1. Timid 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 189 22.7%
  2. Modest 2/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 172 11.8%
  3. Timid 32/0/0/2/0/32 · Spe 189 6.7%
  4. Timid 0/0/2/32/0/32 · Spe 189 5.9%
  5. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 172 5.5%
  6. Jolly 32/2/0/0/0/32 · Spe 189 1.9%
  7. Timid 0/0/0/32/0/32 · Spe 189 1.8%
  8. Timid 18/0/1/14/1/32 · Spe 189 1.7%

Teammates

  1. Mega Absol Z 19.9%
  2. Indeedee-F 19.3%
  3. Whimsicott 12.4%
  4. Incineroar 11.7%
  5. Rillaboom 11.5%
  6. Sneasler 11.4%
  7. Dragapult 8.9%
  8. Mega Salamence 8.8%
  9. Indeedee 8.1%
  10. Pelipper 7.8%
  11. Farigiraf 7.5%
  12. Mega Raichu X 7.0%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No matchup in the replay sample passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,444 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Mega Absol Z +24.8 pp n = 1,515 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 27% of Sceptile teams; Mega Absol Z is on 2% of all teams (14.14× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Klefki +11.2 pp n = 660 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Sceptile teams; Klefki is on 0% of all teams (28.40× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Dragapult +8.1 pp n = 564 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 10% of Sceptile teams; Dragapult is on 2% of all teams (5.50× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Mega Lucario Z +5.6 pp n = 537 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 9% of Sceptile teams; Mega Lucario Z is on 4% of all teams (2.46× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Whimsicott +8.1 pp n = 892 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Sceptile teams; Whimsicott is on 8% of all teams (2.07× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Indeedee +4.7 pp n = 621 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Sceptile teams; Indeedee is on 6% of all teams (1.76× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Indeedee-F +14.7 pp n = 1,989 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 35% of Sceptile teams; Indeedee-F is on 20% of all teams (1.73× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Mega Gardevoir +4.1 pp n = 768 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Sceptile teams; Mega Gardevoir is on 9% of all teams (1.43× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Archaludon -5.7 pp n = 656 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Sceptile teams; Archaludon is on 17% of all teams (0.67× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Gholdengo -7.8 pp n = 643 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Sceptile teams; Gholdengo is on 19% of all teams (0.59× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Sneasler -22.1 pp n = 850 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Sceptile teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (0.40× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Rillaboom -35.4 pp n = 639 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Sceptile teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.24× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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