Sceptile counters

Gen 9 PU · Sorted by reliability score · Smogon · Feb 2026 - Apr 2026

Sceptile
#0254 Sceptile
Grass
USAGE 2.9% #67
ABILITYOvergrow
BASE STATS
HP 70
ATK 85
DEF 65
SPA 105
SPD 85
SPE 120
BST530
TYPE MATCHUPS
2×
FireIcePoisonFlyingBug
½×
WaterElectricGrassGround
Moves
Leaf Storm 51.4% Dragon Pulse 49.8% Swords Dance 46.9% Leaf Blade 45.8% Acrobatics 44.1% Earthquake 43.7% Giga Drain 36.3% Vacuum Wave 24.3%
Items
Choice Specs 35.6% Psychic Seed 24.2% Life Orb 15.2% Electric Seed 10.4% Red Card 5.9% Grassy Seed 5.7% Throat Spray 2.3% Weakness Policy 0.2%
Abilities
Overgrow50.3%Unburden49.7%
Tera Types
Dragon 47.7% Flying 37.8% Rock 6.5% Steel 2.6% Ground 1.7% Fire 1.3% Grass 1.3% Stellar 0.5%
Common Teammates
Hitmonlee38.7%Sandslash-Alola31.9%Rotom-Heat25.7%Indeedee-F24.6%Palossand24.1%Rhydon24.0%Qwilfish-Hisui23.5%Milotic23.0%

Checks & Counters

Ranked by reliability — blends KO rate with how often each Pokémon is matched up.

This Pokémon doesn't have enough usage for Smogon to compute meaningful Checks & Counters. Only the most-used Pokémon in a format receive this data.

Ranked #67 with 2.91% usage. Sorted by reliability score.