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Overgrow
- Raises the power of Grass moves 50% when at 1/3 HP or less.
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Statistics
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Min- |
Min |
Max |
Max+ |
| HP |
70
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- |
281 |
344 |
- |
| Atk |
85
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185 |
206 |
269 |
295 |
| Def |
65
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149 |
166 |
229 |
251 |
| SpA |
105
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221 |
246 |
309 |
339 |
| SpD |
85
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185 |
206 |
269 |
295 |
| Spe |
120
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248 |
276 |
339 |
372 |
Sceptile is one of the most annoying stallers in the game. The strategy is to Leech Seed something, and Substitute while draining its health and not even denting yours. If anything threatening such as Skarmory or Salamence shows up, Hidden Power it. This thing makes Blissey cry and with a few predictions can Leaf Blade stuff hard when Blissey switches out from its Leech Seed prison. This set gains dramatically in effectiveness with a few layers of Spikes down, because Leech Seed forces switches, but Spikes discourage them, creating a slight trap. The IVs given are for Hidden Power Ice; there is no max Speed Hidden Power Fire, sadly.
If you'd prefer, you can lower Sceptile's HP IV to 3, which allows you to keep max power Hidden Power and maximize the % HP recovered from Leech Seed.
Unless your opponent has some good maneuvering with Tyranitar, this Pokémon will kill at least one other Pokémon. Endeavor ruins Blissey even at half HP and such. Unless you are really afraid of Aerodactyl, go with Petaya Berry. One of the few sets I'd suggest THAT for...
A fun sweeper. Rather novelty, but so is Swords Dance on Sceptile. A Swords Danced Brick Break can mess up Blissey and Snorlax pretty badly though. Leaf Blade vs. Thunderpunch is really a question of who you fear more; Leaf Blade will hit Swampert, Milotic, and Suicune much harder, but Thunderpunch gets Skarmory and Gyarados.
Special sweeper, Focus Punch to catch Blissey and Snorlax on the switch.
In 200, you don't get the luxury of being able to Subseed. However, there are less defensive monsters, so Sceptile can do a lot more damage via direct attacking. With Toxic, you can poison the best Sceptile counter in 200, Regice, when it switches in. Protect is always usable to be able to get in some Leech Seed recovery or Toxic damage, or stop the beast of 200, Slaking.
Other Options
Dragon Claw is nice for Salamence when you are using Hidden Power Fire for Skarmory. Earthquake is novelty but it is nice for Electrics. Crunch is for special variety, and can deal some damage to Celebi—too bad it's illegal with Leech Seed. Safeguard annoys the hell out of Thunder Wave Blissey, and Toxic is sometimes nice to go with Leech Seed. Pursuit works when Sceptile forces a switch; cool for seeded Gengars who don't want to stay in.
EVs
At least 363 speed, lots of Special Attack. Timid Nature.
Opinion
Although Sceptile is one of the best stalling Pokémon in the game, stalling isn't all that Sceptile can do. It can pound you hard with the best Grass move in the game and its monster Special Attack.
Counters
Moltres, Arcanine, Salamence, Skarmory. Celebi will beat it every time, as will Venusaur and Ludicolo. In 200, your best bets are Metagross and Regice.