RU Sceptile

[Aerow]

Sceptile

Overview
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Sceptile, once one of the top threats of RU, has fallen from grace with the arrival of XY. Due to the loss of Flying Gem and the arrival of Virizion, Sceptile faces hard competition, and it is mostly outclassed as a physical sweeper. However, Sceptile is still a great special attacker thanks to its solid base 105 Special Attack and great base 120 Speed, which lets it outpace most threats. Furthermore, Sceptile packs a very powerful Grass-type STAB move, Leaf Storm. While Sceptile's movepool may not be the greatest, it still has access to everything it really needs. Sceptile's biggest problem is its underwhelming 70 / 65 / 85 defenses, which make it susceptible to priority and hard to switch in without taking a solid amount of damage.

Offensive
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name: Offensive
move 1: Giga Drain
move 2: Leaf Storm / Substitute
move 3: Focus Blast
move 4: Hidden Power Ice / Hidden Power Rock / Hidden Power Fire
ability: Overgrow
item: Life Orb
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
nature: Timid

Moves
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Giga Drain is a STAB move that deals a solid amount of damage to most threats and also recovers 50% of the damage dealt. Sceptile also has access to Leaf Storm, which hits incredibly hard, especially with a Life Orb boost. Focus Blast is used for Ice- and Steel-types that would otherwise threaten Sceptile, while it also hits Normal- and Dark-types for super effective damage. Substitute eases prediction of switches and can also be a nice surprise when facing walls that try to afflict Sceptile with status. Hidden Power Ice is used to deal with Flying- and Grass-types, and it can 2HKO Braviary, which is useful because Sceptile outspeeds non-Choice Scarf Braviary and can easily KO it on a predicted switch. You can also use Hidden Power Rock to OHKO Moltres and Fletchinder switch-ins, while also hitting other Flying-types hard. More importantly, Hidden Power Rock lets Sceptile beat Delphox as long as it hits it while Delphox is switching in. Hidden Power Fire is also an option, because it OHKOes Escavalier without Assault Vest after Stealth Rock most of the time and also deals with Grass-types.

Set Details
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The given EV spread is used to maximize Sceptile's offensive potential. With a Timid nature, Sceptile reaches 372 Speed, outspeeding most threats in the metagame. Life Orb is used to give Sceptile some extra power, and the HP loss can be regained with Giga Drain.

Usage Tips
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Sceptile is fairly straight-forward to use; hit the opponent hard with either Leaf Storm or a coverage move and switch out. Sceptile isn't a sweeper, so in most cases, Sceptile doesn't want to stay in for long. If Sceptile is having problems KOing an opponent, you can use Substitute repeatedly until Sceptile's health is in Overgrow range, and then send off a boosted Giga Drain or Leaf Storm.

Team Options
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Hazard setters, especially Stealth Rock users such as Gligar, Cobalion, and Rhyperior, are strongly recommended. The chip damage makes it easier for Sceptile to KO Pokemon that resists Grass-type moves. Sceptile doesn't have a ton of resistances and is also fairly frail, so slow U-turn or Volt Switch users are recommended to make it easier for Sceptile to switch in. Defog or Rapid Spin are also recommended, because Sticky Web removes Sceptile's important Speed advantage, and it therefore becomes an easy KO for Flying- and Fire-types. Gligar and Golbat are good teammates for Sceptile, because they both get Defog and can also help Sceptile in with a slow U-turn.

Other Options
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Sceptile can also use a physical set with 252 Attack / 252 Speed with a Jolly nature. Although it's mostly outclassed by Virizion, Sceptile's physical set has a niche because of its ability Unburden, which doubles Speed after its item is either lost or consumed. Due to the lack of gems, there isn't any reliable way to activate Unburden, which makes the set harder to pull off. For a physical set, you want to use Acrobatics / Leaf Blade / Earthquake / Swords Dance and Sitrus Berry as an item. Use Swords Dance on an opponent who can't OHKO Sceptile, recover health from Sitrus Berry, activate Unburden, and then sweep. Giving Sceptile no item is an option, because it's not guaranteed Sceptile will get to use Sitrus Berry, meaning Sceptile will also only have a 55 Base Power Acrobatics. Leaf Storm + White Herb can be used, but in most cases it's a better idea to run Life Orb and switch out after a Leaf Storm. Hidden Power Flying can be used to OHKO Virizion.

Checks & Counters
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**Flying-types**: Swellow and other Flying-types using Choice Scarf, such as Braviary and Moltres, outspeed Sceptile and OHKO it with their STAB moves. Also watch out for Fletchinder, since it OHKOes Sceptile with its 110 Base Power priority Acrobatics.

**Priority**: Priority moves are a threat to Sceptile, especially if it doesn't recover enough HP with Giga Drain, as Life Orb recoil quickly wears Sceptile down into KO range for most priority moves.

**Special Walls**: Special walls, such as Dragalge, can easily survive Sceptile's attacks and can either force Sceptile to switch out or badly weaken it.

**Faster Pokemon**: Accelgor and Choice Scarf Emboar are huge threats to Sceptile because they both outspeed Sceptile and OHKO it with their STAB moves.

**Status**: Status ailments like Thunder Wave are a huge problem for Sceptile because they make Sceptile terribly slow and susceptible to damage. Toxic is also a problem, as Sceptile already has Life Orb recoil to take care of, and the additional damage can rack up quickly.

**Sticky Web**: Sticky Web is a big problem for Sceptile because it cuts its Speed by 33%. Sceptile can subsequently be outsped by normally slower threats, making it hard for Sceptile to do its job.

 

[Aerow]

Ready for QC I think.

 

[atomicllamas]

Focus Blast should not be slashed as it is p much mandatory

It should look like this imo:

move 1: Giga Drain
move 2: Leaf Storm / Substitute
move 3: Focus Blast
move 4: Hidden Power Ice / Hidden Power Rock / Hidden Power Fire

Be sure to mention specific examples when talking about teammates, ie Gligar has a slow U-turn and defog

QC Approved 1/3

 

[Aerow]

Implemented, thanks!

 

[EonX]

Looks pretty good. Swellow can be placed with Flying-types. Mention Scarf Emboar with the faster Pokemon in Swellow's place. There's no physical set, so remove the burn mentions with status ailments. Good work so far Aerow. Make the write-up a good one!

QC Approved 2/3

 

[Martin]

- Leaf Storm + Power Herb be used, but it's a better idea to run Life Orb, and rather switch out after a Leaf Storm.

Don't you mean White Herb? Leaf Storm is unaffected by Power Herb.

 

[Aerow]

Everything should be fixed now, thanks EonX! And you are correct gamer boy, I mean White Herb, not Power Herb, thanks. :)

Will write this up asap.

 

[Aerow]

Written up, ready for a final QC check. :)

 

[Swamp-Rocket]

Remove the last point from the overview since you don't have a physical set listed anywhere.

For the OO Swords Dance mention I'd give the option of no item as well, despite Unburden being a thing. Sitrus may not activate, so just never having an item could work. Speaking of that - mention that there isn't a reliable way to activate Unburden due to the lack of gems, which makes it harder to utilize. Remove that 252 HP spread too, Sceptile should always run max speed.

I wouldn't be too hard on Sceptile vs Virizion. They are both about as good as each other (virizion is slightly better but Sceptile is still a threat), and it should be mentioned that Sceptile having Leaf Storm gives it a way more powerful move, and its speed is also high enough to outspeed almost everything relevant.

Mention the "important KOs after Stealth Rock" if there are any.

And finally, this is minor but SDef should be SpD

QC APPROVED 3/3

Before you send this off to GP check for grammar mistakes. There are a lot of simple ones (like is/are agreement) that you can fix.

 

[Aerow]

Everything should be implemented now, thanks Worldtour. I have also tried and fix all grammar mistakes. This is now ready for GP I think.

 

[Pidge]

Amateur check here.
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red = removal
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Overview
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Sceptile, once one of the top threats of RU, has fallen from grace with the arrival of XY. Due to the loss of Flying Gem and the arrival of Virizion in this generation's RU tier, Sceptile faces hard competition, and is mostly outclassed as a physical sweeper. But However, Sceptile is still a great special attacker, thanks to a solid base 105 Special Attack and a great base 120 Speed, which lets it outspeed most threats,.(AP) and Furthermore, Sceptile also packs a very powerful Grass STAB move in Leaf Storm. While Sceptile's movepool may not be the greatest, it still has access to everything it really needs. Sceptile's biggest problem is its underwhelming 70 / 65 / 85 defenses (add spaces between these stats), which makes it hard for Sceptile susceptible to priority and hard to switch in without taking a solid amount of damage and thus making it susceptible to priority. (Saying "thus" makes it seem like it is susceptible to priority because of it being hard to switch in, but I know what you mean since the two things are both related to the defense stats.)

Offensive
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name: Offensive
move 1: Giga Drain
move 2: Leaf Storm / Substitute
move 3: Focus Blast
move 4: Hidden Power Ice / Hidden Power Rock / Hidden Power Fire
ability: Overgrow
item: Life Orb
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
nature: Timid

Moves
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Giga Drain is a STAB move, and deals a solid amount of damage to most threats, while also recovering 50% of the damage dealt. Sceptile also has access to Leaf Storm, which hits incredibly hard, especially after with a Life Orb boost. Focus Blast is used for Ice- and Steel-types, who which could otherwise threaten Sceptile, while it also hitting hits Normal- and Dark-types for super effective damage. (use "which" instead of "who" if Sceptile is referred to as "it") Substitute is to ease prediction of switches, and can also be a nice surprise when facing walls that try and give you Sceptile a status aliment. ("you" refers to the player) Hidden Power Ice is used to deal with Flying- and Grass-types. Braviary is 2HKOed, meaning you can KO it easily if you predict a switch, since Sceptile outspeeds non-Choice Scarf Braviary. You can also use Hidden Power Rock to OHKO Moltres and Fletchinder switch-ins, while also hitting other Flying-types hard. More importantly, Hidden Power Rock lets Sceptile beat Delphox if it hits the switch-in Delphox while switching in. (the way you used "switch-in" does not necessarily suggest you must hit it while it is switching in, it could mean to hit this "switch-in" Pokemon any time, even after it has switched in) Hidden Power Fire is also a an option,; and it OHKOes Escavalier without Assault Vest after Stealth Rock most of the time, and also deals with Grass-types.

Set Details
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The given EV spread is used to maximize Sceptile's offensive potential. With a Timid nature, Sceptile reaches 372 Speed, outspeeding most threats in the metagame. Life Orb is used to give Sceptile some extra power, and the HP loss can be regained thanks to with Giga Drain.

Usage Tips
========

Sceptile is fairly straight-forward to use,(RC); basically just hit the opponent hard with either Leaf Storm or a coverage move,(RC) and switch out. Sceptile isn't a sweeper, so in most cases, Sceptile don't doesn't want to stay in for long. If Sceptile is having problems KOing a an opponent, you can use Substitute repeatedly until Sceptile's health is in Overgrow range, and then send off a boosted Giga Drain or Leaf Storm.

Team Options
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Hazard setters, especially Stealth Rock users such as Gligar, Cobalion and Rhyperior, are strongly recommended. This The residual damage makes it easier for Sceptile to go through KO Grass-resists Grass-resistant Pokemon. Sceptile doesn't has have a ton of resistances, and is also fairly frail, so slow U-turn or Volt Switch users are recommended to make it easier for Sceptile to switch in. Defog or Rapid Spin are also recommended, since Sticky Web makes it Sceptile a an easy bait KO for Flying- and Fire-types. (Sceptile is not really baiting or fooling opponents into using these moves. You might want to rewrite this part about Sticky Web. I think Sticky Web removes Sceptile's important Speed advantage) Gligar and Golbat are good teammates for Sceptile, since they both get Defog and can also help Sceptile in with a slow U-turn.

Other Options
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Sceptile can also use a physical set. Although mostly outclassed by Virizion, Sceptile's physical set has a niche because of its ability Unburden, which doubles speed after its item is either lost or consumed. Due to the lack of gems, there isn't any really reliable way to activate Unburden, which makes the set harder to pull off. For a physical set, you want to use Acrobatics / Leaf Blade / Earthquake / Swords Dance and Sitrus Berry as an item. Use Swords Dance on a an opponent who can't OHKO Sceptile, recover health from Sitrus Berry,(AC) and activate Unburden, and then sweep. Giving Sceptile Nno item is a an option, since it's not sure guaranteed you Sceptile will get to use of Sitrus Berry, meaning you Sceptile will also only have a 55 Base Power Acrobatics. 252 Attack / 252 Speed and a Timid nature is the EV spread that should be used. Be aware of that the Speed boost you Sceptile get gets from Unburden is lost if you it switch switches out. Leaf Storm + White Herb can be used, but in most cases it's a better idea to run Life Orb,(RC) and rather switch out after a Leaf Storm. Hidden Power Flying can be used to OHKO Virizion.

Checks & Counters
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**Flying-types**: Swellow and Flying-types using Choice Scarf, such as Braviary and Moltres, outspeeds outspeed Sceptile and OHKOes OHKO it with their STAB moves. Also watch Watch also out for Fletchinder, since it OHKOes Sceptile with its 110 BP (add space after 110) priority Acrobatics.

**Priority**: Priority moves are a threat for to Sceptile, especially if you it don't doesn't recover enough HP with Giga Drain, since Life Orb recoil quickly wears Sceptile down into KO range for most priority moves.

**Special walls**: Special walls like Dragalge that can easily survive Sceptile's Leaf Storm and Hidden Power Ice, such as Dragalge, can either force it Sceptile to switch out,(RC) or badly weaken it.

**Faster Pokemon**: Accelgor and Scarf Emboar are huge threats for to Sceptile, since they both outspeed Sceptile and OHKOes OHKO it with their STAB moves.

**Status**: Status aliments like Thunder Wave are a huge problem for Sceptile since it makes Sceptile terribly slow and therefore very easy to wear down. (Maybe rewrite this part. It is not worn down, but KOed in one or two hits because of how frail it is.) Toxic is also a problem, since Sceptile already has Life Orb recoil to take care of.

**Sticky Web**: Sticky Web is a big problem for Sceptile, since it cuts its Speed by 33%. Sceptile can therefore be outsped by normally slower threats, making it hard for Sceptile to do its job.

 

[Aerow]

I have tried to fix everything you mentioned, thanks Pidge!

 

[Minus]

checky

Overview
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Sceptile, once one of the top threats of RU, has fallen from grace with the arrival of XY. Due to the loss of Flying Gem and the arrival of Virizion in this generation's RU tier, Sceptile faces hard competition, and it is mostly outclassed as a physical sweeper. However, Sceptile is still a great special attacker, thanks to aits solid base 105 Special Attack and a great base 120 Speed, which lets it outspaceed most threats. Furthermore, Sceptile packs a very powerful Grass STAB move in Leaf Storm. While Sceptile's movepool may not be the greatest, it still has access to everything it really needs. Sceptile's biggest problem is its underwhelming 70 / 65 / 85 defenses, which make Sceptile susceptible to priority and hard to switch in without taking a solid amount of damage.

Offensive
########
name: Offensive
move 1: Giga Drain
move 2: Leaf Storm / Substitute
move 3: Focus Blast
move 4: Hidden Power Ice / Hidden Power Rock / Hidden Power Fire
ability: Overgrow
item: Life Orb
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
nature: Timid

Moves
========

Giga Drain is a STAB move, and deals a solid amount of damage to most threats, while also recovering 50% of the damage dealt. Sceptile also has access to Leaf Storm, which hits incredibly hard, especially with a Life Orb boost. Focus Blast is used for Ice- and Steel-types, which c that would otherwise threaten Sceptile, while it also hits Normal- and Dark-types for super effective damage. Substitute is to ease prediction of switches, and can also be a nice surprise when facing walls that try and give Sceptile a status alilment. Hidden Power Ice is used to deal with Flying- and Grass-types., and it can 2HKO Braviary is 2HKOed, meaning you can KO it easily if you predict a switch, since Sceptile outspeeds non-Choice Scarf Braviary. You can also use Hidden Power Rock to OHKO Moltres and Fletchinder switch-ins, while also hitting other Flying-types hard. More importantly, Hidden Power Rock lets Sceptile beat Delphox if it hits Delphox while switching in. Hidden Power Fire is also an option; it OHKOes Escavalier without Assault Vest after Stealth Rock most of the time, and also deals with Grass-types.

Set Details
========

The given EV spread is used to maximize Sceptile's offensive potential. With a Timid nature, Sceptile reaches 372 Speed, outspeeding most threats in the metagame. Life Orb is used to give Sceptile some extra power, and the HP loss can be regained with Giga Drain.

Usage Tips
========

Sceptile is fairly straight-forward to use; hit the opponent hard with either Leaf Storm or a coverage move and switch out. Sceptile isn't a sweeper, so in most cases, Sceptile doesn't want to stay in for long. If Sceptile is having problems KOing an opponent, you can use Substitute repeatedly until Sceptile's health is in Overgrow range, and then send off a boosted Giga Drain or Leaf Storm.

Team Options
========

Hazard setters, especially Stealth Rock users such as Gligar, Cobalion and Rhyperior, are strongly recommended. The residualchip damage makes it easier for Sceptile to KO Grass-resistant Pokemon. Sceptile doesn't have a ton of resistances, and is also fairly frail, so slow U-turn or Volt Switch users are recommended to make it easier for Sceptile to switch in. Defog or Rapid Spin are also recommended, since Sticky Web removes Sceptile's important Speed advantage, and is therefore a easy KO for Flying- and Fire-types. Gligar and Golbat are good teammates for Sceptile, since they both get Defog and can also help Sceptile in with a slow U-turn.

Other Options
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Sceptile can also use a physical set with 252 Attack / 252 Speed EVs with a Jolly nature. Although it's mostly outclassed by Virizion, Sceptile's physical set has a niche because of its ability Unburden, which doubles speed after its item is either lost or consumed. Due to the lack of gems, there isn't any reliable way to activate Unburden, which makes the set harder to pull off. For a physical set, you want to use Acrobatics / Leaf Blade / Earthquake / Swords Dance and Sitrus Berry as an item. Use Swords Dance on an opponent who can't OHKO Sceptile, recover health from Sitrus Berry, activate Unburden, and then sweep. Giving Sceptile no item is an option, since it's not guaranteed Sceptile will get to use Sitrus Berry, meaning Sceptile will also only have a 55 Base Power Acrobatics. 252 Attack / 252 Speed and a Jolly nature is the EV spread that should be used. Be aware that the Speed boost Sceptile gets from Unburden is lost if it switches out. Leaf Storm + White Herb can be used, but in most cases it's a better idea to run Life Orb and switch out after a Leaf Storm. Hidden Power Flying can be used to OHKO Virizion.

Checks & Counters
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**Flying-types**: Swellow and Flying-types using Choice Scarf, such as Braviary and Moltres, outspeed Sceptile and OHKO it with their STAB moves. Also watch out for Fletchinder, since it OHKOes Sceptile with its 110 Base Power priority Acrobatics.

**Priority**: Priority moves are a threat to Sceptile, especially if it doesn't recover enough HP with Giga Drain, since Life Orb recoil quickly wears Sceptile down into KO range for most priority moves.

**Special walls**: Special walls that, such as Dragalge, can easily survive Sceptile's Leaf Storm and coverage moves, such as Dragalge,nd can either force Sceptile to switch out or badly weaken it.

**Faster Pokemon**: Accelgor and Choice Scarf Emboar are huge threats to Sceptile, since they both outspeed Sceptile and OHKO it with their STAB moves.

**Status**: Status alilments like Thunder Wave are a huge problem for Sceptile since it makes Sceptile terribly slow, which means it gets easily KOed in one or two hits, because of how frail Sceptible isto damage. Toxic is also a problem, since Sceptile already has Life Orb recoil to take care of, and the damage can rack up.

**Sticky Web**: Sticky Web is a big problem for Sceptile, since it cuts its Speed by 33%. Sceptile can therefore be outsped by normally slower threats, making it hard for Sceptile to do its job.

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[Aerow]

Thanks Minus! Ready for final GP. :)

 

[skies]

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Overview
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Sceptile, once one of the top threats of RU, has fallen from grace with the arrival of XY. D; due to the loss of Flying Gem, andlong with the arrival of Virizion, Sceptile faces hardsh competition. This competition, meand its that Sceptile is now mostly outclassed as a physical sweeper. However, Sceptile is still a great special attacker thanks to its solid base 105 Special Attack and a great base 120 Speed, which lets it outpace mostany threats. Furthermore, Sceptile packs a very powerful Grass STAB move in Leaf Storm. While Sceptile's movepool may not be the greatest, it still has access to everything it really needs. Sceptile's biggest problem is its underwhelming 70 / 65 / 85 defenses, which make Sceptile susceptible to priority and hard to switch in without taking a solid amount of damage.

Offensive
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name: Offensive
move 1: Giga Drain
move 2: Leaf Storm / Substitute
move 3: Focus Blast
move 4: Hidden Power Ice / Hidden Power Rock / Hidden Power Fire
ability: Overgrow
item: Life Orb
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
nature: Timid

Moves
========

Giga Drain is a STAB move, and deals a solid amount of damage to most threats, while also recovering 50% of the damage dealt. Sceptile also has access to Leaf Storm, which hits incredibly hard, especially with a Life Orb boost. Focus Blast is used for Ice- and Steel-types that would otherwise threaten Sceptile, while it also hits Normal- and Dark-types for super effective damage. Substitute iscan be used to ease prediction of switches, and can also be a nice surprise when facing walls that try and giveinflict Sceptile with a status ailment. Hidden Power Ice is used to deal with Flying- and Grass-types, and it can 2HKO Braviary, meaning you can KO it easily if you predict a switch since Sceptile outspeeds non- that is lacking Choice Scarf Braviary. You can also use Hidden Power Rock to OHKO Moltres and Fletchinder switch-ins, while also hitting other Flying-types hard. More importantly, Hidden Power Rock lets Sceptile beat Delphox if it hits Delphox whilethat attempt to switching in. Hidden Power Fire is also an option; it OHKOes Escavalier without Assault Vest after Stealth Rock most of the time, and also deals withhits Grass-types.

Set Details
========

The given EV spread is used to maximize Sceptile's offensive potential. With a Timid nature, Sceptile reaches 372 Speed, outspeeding most threats in the metagame. Life Orb is used to give Sceptile some extra power, and the HP loss can be regained with Giga Drain.

Usage Tips
========

Sceptile is fairly straight-forward to use; hit the opponent hard with either Leaf Storm or a coverage move and switch out. Sceptile isn't a sweeper, so in most cases, Sceptile doesn't want to stay in for long. If Sceptile is having problems KOing an opponent, youit can use Substitute repeatedly until Sceptile's health is in Overgrow range, and then send off a boosted Giga Drain or Leaf Storm.

Team Options
========

Hazard setters, especially Stealth Rock users such as Gligar, Cobalion and Rhyperior, are strongly recommended. The chip damage makes it easier for Sceptile to KO Grass-resistant Pokemon. Sceptile doesn't have a ton of resistances and is also fairly frail, so slow U-turn or Volt Switch users are recommended to make it easier for Sceptile to switch in. Defog or Rapid Spin are also recommended, since Sticky Web removes Sceptile's important Speed advantage, and is therefore an easy KO for Flying- and Fire-types. Gligar and Golbat are good teammates for Sceptile, since they both get Defog and can also help Sceptile in with a slow U-turn.

Other Options
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Sceptile can also use a physical set with a spread of 252 Attack / 252 Speed EVs with and a Jolly nature. A; although it's, such sets are mostly outclassed by Virizion,. Sceptile's physical set has a niche because of its ability Unburden, which doubles speed after its item is either lost or consumed. D; however, due to the lack of gems, there isn't any reliable way to activate Unburden, which makes the set harder to pull off. For a physical set, you want toSceptile should use Acrobatics / Leaf Blade / Earthquake / Swords Dance and Sitrus Berry as an item. Use Swords Dance on an opponent who can't OHKO Sceptile, recover health from Sitrus Berry, activate Unburden, and then attempt to sweep. Giving Sceptile no item is an option, since it's not guaranteed Sceptile will get to use Sitrus Berry, meaning Sceptile will also only have a 55 Base Power Acrobatics. Leaf Storm + White Herb can be used, but in most cases it's a better idea to run Life Orb and switch out after a Leaf Storm. Hidden Power Flying can be used to OHKO Virizion.

Checks & Counters
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**Flying-types**: Swellow and other Flying-types using Choice Scarf, such as Braviary and Moltres, outspeed Sceptile and OHKO it with their STAB moves. Also watch out for Fletchinder, since it OHKOes Sceptile withbefore its 110 Base Power can move with its priority Acrobatics.

**Priority**: Priority moves are a threat to Sceptile, especially if it doesn't recover enough HP with Giga Drain, since Life Orb recoil quickly wears Sceptile down into KO range for most priority moves.

**Special walls**: Special walls, such as Dragalge, can easily survive Sceptile's Leaf Storm and coverage moves and can either force Sceptile to switch out or badly weaken it.

**Faster Pokemon**: Accelgor and Choice Scarf Emboar are huge threats to Sceptile, since they both outspeed Sceptile and OHKO it with their STAB moves.

**Status**: Status ailments like Thunder Wave are a huge problem for Sceptile since it makes Sceptile terribly slow and susceptible to damage. Toxic is also a problem since Sceptile already has Life Orb recoil to take care of, and the damage can rack up.

**Sticky Web**: Sticky Web is a big problem for Sceptile, since it cuts itSceptile's Speed by 33%. Sceptile can therefore be outsped by normally slower threats, making it hard for Sceptile to do its job.

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Overview
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Sceptile, once one of the top threats of RU, has fallen from grace with the arrival of XY; due to the loss of Flying Gem, along with the arrival of Virizion, Sceptile faces harsh competition. This competition means that Sceptile is now mostly outclassed as a physical sweeper. However, Sceptile is still a great special attacker thanks to its solid base 105 Special Attack and a great base 120 Speed, which lets it outpace many threats. Furthermore, Sceptile packs a very powerful Grass STAB move in Leaf Storm. While Sceptile's movepool may not be the greatest, it still has access to everything it really needs. Sceptile's biggest problem is its underwhelming 70 / 65 / 85 defenses, which make Sceptile susceptible to priority and hard to switch in without taking a solid amount of damage.

Offensive
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name: Offensive
move 1: Giga Drain
move 2: Leaf Storm / Substitute
move 3: Focus Blast
move 4: Hidden Power Ice / Hidden Power Rock / Hidden Power Fire
ability: Overgrow
item: Life Orb
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
nature: Timid

Moves
========

Giga Drain is a STAB move, and deals a solid amount of damage to most threats, while also recovering 50% of the damage dealt. Sceptile also has access to Leaf Storm, which hits incredibly hard, especially with a Life Orb boost. Focus Blast is used for Ice- and Steel-types that would otherwise threaten Sceptile, while it also hits Normal- and Dark-types for super effective damage. Substitute can be used to ease prediction of switches, and can also be a nice surprise when facing walls that try and inflict Sceptile with a status ailment. Hidden Power Ice is used to deal with Flying- and Grass-types, and it can 2HKO Braviary that is lacking Choice Scarf. You can also use Hidden Power Rock to OHKO Moltres and Fletchinder switch-ins, while also hitting other Flying-types hard. More importantly, Hidden Power Rock lets Sceptile beat Delphox that attempt to switch in. Hidden Power Fire is also an option; it OHKOes Escavalier without Assault Vest after Stealth Rock most of the time, and also hits Grass-types.

Set Details
========

The given EV spread is used to maximize Sceptile's offensive potential. With a Timid nature, Sceptile reaches 372 Speed, outspeeding most threats in the metagame. Life Orb is used to give Sceptile some extra power, and the HP loss can be regained with Giga Drain.

Usage Tips
========

Sceptile is fairly straight-forward to use; hit the opponent hard with either Leaf Storm or a coverage move and switch out. Sceptile isn't a sweeper, so in most cases, Sceptile doesn't want to stay in for long. If Sceptile is having problems KOing an opponent, it can use Substitute repeatedly until Sceptile's health is in Overgrow range, and then send off a boosted Giga Drain or Leaf Storm.

Team Options
========

Hazard setters, especially Stealth Rock users such as Gligar, Cobalion and Rhyperior, are strongly recommended. The chip damage makes it easier for Sceptile to KO Grass-resistant Pokemon. Sceptile doesn't have a ton of resistances and is also fairly frail, so slow U-turn or Volt Switch users are recommended to make it easier for Sceptile to switch in. Defog or Rapid Spin are also recommended, since Sticky Web removes Sceptile's important Speed advantage, and is therefore an easy KO for Flying- and Fire-types. Gligar and Golbat are good teammates for Sceptile, since they both get Defog and can also help Sceptile in with a slow U-turn.

Other Options
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Sceptile can also use a physical set with a spread of 252 Atk / 252 Spe and a Jolly nature; although, such sets are mostly outclassed by Virizion. Sceptile's physical set has a niche because of its ability Unburden, which doubles speed after its item is either lost or consumed; however, due to the lack of gems, there isn't any reliable way to activate Unburden. For a physical set, Sceptile should use Acrobatics / Leaf Blade / Earthquake / Swords Dance and Sitrus Berry as an item. Use Swords Dance on an opponent who can't OHKO Sceptile, recover health from Sitrus Berry, activate Unburden, and then attempt to sweep. Giving Sceptile no item is an option, since it's not guaranteed Sceptile will get to use Sitrus Berry, meaning Sceptile will also only have a 55 Base Power Acrobatics. Leaf Storm + White Herb can be used, but in most cases it's a better idea to run Life Orb and switch out after a Leaf Storm. Hidden Power Flying can be used to OHKO Virizion.

Checks & Counters
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**Flying-types**: Swellow and other Flying-types using Choice Scarf, such as Braviary and Moltres, outspeed Sceptile and OHKO it with their STAB moves. Also watch out for Fletchinder, since it OHKOes Sceptile before it can move with its priority Acrobatics.

**Priority**: Priority moves are a threat to Sceptile, especially if it doesn't recover enough HP with Giga Drain, since Life Orb recoil quickly wears Sceptile down into KO range for most priority moves.

**Special walls**: Special walls, such as Dragalge, can easily survive Sceptile's Leaf Storm and coverage moves and can either force Sceptile to switch out or badly weaken it.

**Faster Pokemon**: Accelgor and Choice Scarf Emboar are huge threats to Sceptile, since they both outspeed Sceptile and OHKO it with their STAB moves.

**Status**: Status ailments like Thunder Wave are a huge problem for Sceptile since it makes Sceptile terribly slow and susceptible to damage. Toxic is also a problem since Sceptile already has Life Orb recoil, and the damage can rack up.

**Sticky Web**: Sticky Web is a big problem for Sceptile, since it cuts Sceptile's Speed by 33%. Sceptile can therefore be outsped by normally slower threats, making it hard for Sceptile to do its job.

 

[Eminegg]

Oi Aerow implement Unfixable's AM check and perhaps then I'll AM check it again or ask an official GPer to GP it personally.

 

[Ender]

GP 2/2

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Overview
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Sceptile, once one of the top threats of RU, has fallen from grace with the arrival of XY. Due to the loss of Flying Gem and the arrival of Virizion, Sceptile faces hard competition, and it is mostly outclassed as a physical sweeper. However, Sceptile is still a great special attacker thanks to its solid base 105 Special Attack and a great base 120 Speed, which lets it outpace most threats. Furthermore, Sceptile packs a very powerful Grass-type STAB move, [comma] in Leaf Storm. While Sceptile's movepool may not be the greatest, it still has access to everything it really needs. Sceptile's biggest problem is its underwhelming 70 / 65 / 85 defenses, which make Sceptile it susceptible to priority and hard to switch in without taking a solid amount of damage.

Offensive
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name: Offensive
move 1: Giga Drain
move 2: Leaf Storm / Substitute
move 3: Focus Blast
move 4: Hidden Power Ice / Hidden Power Rock / Hidden Power Fire
ability: Overgrow
item: Life Orb
evs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
nature: Timid

Moves
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Giga Drain is a STAB move [removed ,] and that deals a solid amount of damage to most threats [removed ,] while and also recovers recovering 50% of the damage dealt. Sceptile also has access to Leaf Storm, which hits incredibly hard, especially with a Life Orb boost. Focus Blast is used for Ice- and Steel-types that would otherwise threaten Sceptile, while it also hits Normal- and Dark-types for super effective damage. Substitute is to eases prediction of switches [removed ,] and can also be a nice surprise when facing walls that try to afflict Sceptile with status and give Sceptile a status ailment. Hidden Power Ice is used to deal with Flying- and Grass-types, and it can 2HKO Braviary, which is useful because Sceptile outspeeds non-Choice Scarf Braviary and can easily KO it on a predicted switch. meaning you can KO it easily if you predict a switch since Sceptile outspeeds non-Choice Scarf Braviary. You can also use Hidden Power Rock to OHKO Moltres and Fletchinder switch-ins, while also hitting other Flying-types hard. More importantly, Hidden Power Rock lets Sceptile beat Delphox as long as if it hits Delphox it while Delphox is switching in. Hidden Power Fire is also an option, [; to ,] because it OHKOes Escavalier without Assault Vest after Stealth Rock most of the time [removed ,] and also deals with Grass-types.

Set Details
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The given EV spread is used to maximize Sceptile's offensive potential. With a Timid nature, Sceptile reaches 372 Speed, outspeeding most threats in the metagame. Life Orb is used to give Sceptile some extra power, and the HP loss can be regained with Giga Drain.

Usage Tips
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Sceptile is fairly straight-forward to use; hit the opponent hard with either Leaf Storm or a coverage move and switch out. Sceptile isn't a sweeper, so in most cases, Sceptile doesn't want to stay in for long. If Sceptile is having problems KOing an opponent, you can use Substitute repeatedly until Sceptile's health is in Overgrow range, and then send off a boosted Giga Drain or Leaf Storm.

Team Options
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Hazard setters, especially Stealth Rock users such as Gligar, Cobalion, [comma] and Rhyperior, are strongly recommended. The chip damage makes it easier for Sceptile to KO Pokemon that resists Grass-type moves Grass-resistant Pokemon. Sceptile doesn't have a ton of resistances and is also fairly frail, so slow U-turn or Volt Switch users are recommended to make it easier for Sceptile to switch in. Defog or Rapid Spin are also recommended, since because Sticky Web removes Sceptile's important Speed advantage, and it is therefore becomes an easy KO for Flying- and Fire-types. Gligar and Golbat are good teammates for Sceptile, since because they both get Defog and can also help Sceptile in with a slow U-turn.

Other Options
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Sceptile can also use a physical set with 252 Attack / 252 Speed EVs with a Jolly nature. Although it's mostly outclassed by Virizion, Sceptile's physical set has a niche because of its ability Unburden, which doubles Speed after its item is either lost or consumed. Due to the lack of gems, there isn't any reliable way to activate Unburden, which makes the set harder to pull off. For a physical set, you want to use Acrobatics / Leaf Blade / Earthquake / Swords Dance and Sitrus Berry as an item. Use Swords Dance on an opponent who can't OHKO Sceptile, recover health from Sitrus Berry, activate Unburden, and then sweep. Giving Sceptile no item is an option, since because it's not guaranteed Sceptile will get to use Sitrus Berry, meaning Sceptile will also only have a 55 Base Power Acrobatics. Leaf Storm + White Herb can be used, but in most cases it's a better idea to run Life Orb and switch out after a Leaf Storm. Hidden Power Flying can be used to OHKO Virizion.

Checks & Counters
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**Flying-types**: Swellow and other Flying-types using Choice Scarf, such as Braviary and Moltres, outspeed Sceptile and OHKO it with their STAB moves. Also watch out for Fletchinder, since it OHKOes Sceptile with its 110 Base Power priority Acrobatics.

**Priority**: Priority moves are a threat to Sceptile, especially if it doesn't recover enough HP with Giga Drain, since as Life Orb recoil quickly wears Sceptile down into KO range for most priority moves.

**Special Walls**: Special walls, such as Dragalge, can easily survive Sceptile's attacks Leaf Storm and coverage moves and can either force Sceptile to switch out or badly weaken it.

**Faster Pokemon**: Accelgor and Choice Scarf Emboar are huge threats to Sceptile [remove ,] since because they both outspeed Sceptile and OHKO it with their STAB moves.

**Status**: Status ailments like Thunder Wave are a huge problem for Sceptile since it because they make makes Sceptile terribly slow and susceptible to damage. Toxic is also a problem, [comma] as since Sceptile already has Life Orb recoil to take care of, and the additional damage can rack up quickly.

**Sticky Web**: Sticky Web is a big problem for Sceptile [removed ,] since because it cuts its Speed by 33%. Sceptile can subsequently therefore be outsped by normally slower threats, making it hard for Sceptile to do its job.

 

[Aerow]

Thanks Ender, Sceptile is now complete!