Sceptile (Pokémon GO)

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Grovyle

Torchic

#254

1575

1969

Attacker Rank

B Tier

F Tier

GO Battle LeaguePVP Rankings

Great LeagueGreat

0/12/15 · L20.5 · CP 1500

F Tier

#452

Ultra LeagueUltra

0/15/13 · L38 · CP 2496

F Tier

#409

Master LeagueMaster

15/15/15 · L50 · CP 3117

Normal

Shiny

Sceptile

#254

Grass

Attack

223

Top 24.1%

Defense

169

Top 36.2%

Stamina

172

Top 44%

Total

564

Pokédex details

Shiny available

Raids

Lv. 20

1500 -1575 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Raids (WB)

Lv. 25

1876 -1969 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Eggs

Lv. 20

1500 -1575 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Research

Lv. 15

1125 -1181 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Max CP

Lv. 50

3117 CP

Ranges use the standard 10/10/10 IV floor for raids, eggs, research, and Max Battle catches. The top CP is always 15/15/15.

How rare is a hundo? See odds by encounter type

It's Super Effective

Damage multipliers Sceptile takes from each attacking type, sorted from worst weakness to best resistance.

Weak to

Fire

160%

Ice

160%

Poison

160%

Flying

160%

Bug

160%

Resists

Water

62.5%

Electric

62.5%

Grass

62.5%

Ground

62.5%

Best Moves

Full move guide →

Every fast and charged move combo Sceptile can learn, ranked by simulated raid DPS.

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Fury Cutter
Frenzy Plant
14.34
155.6
1046.2s
11.66
2
Bullet Seed
Frenzy Plant
13.03
141.4
1151.4s
10.64
3
Fury Cutter
Leaf Blade
12.58
136.5
1192.2s
10.25
4
Fury Cutter
Breaking Swipe
11.78
127.9
1272.8s
9.61
5
Bullet Seed
Leaf Blade
11.74
127.4
1277.4s
9.58
6
Bullet Seed
Breaking Swipe
10.69
116.0
1403.1s
8.72
7
Fury Cutter
Dragon Claw
10.08
109.3
1488.5s
8.23
8
Fury Cutter
Earthquake
10.07
109.3
1489.3s
8.22
9
Bullet Seed
Dragon Claw
9.32
101.2
1609.0s
7.60
10
Fury Cutter
Aerial Ace
9.01
97.8
1664.0s
7.35

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Best Counters

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These are the top ten counters to defeat Sceptile in a raid.

Pokémon

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Mega Rayquaza
Air Slash
Dragon Ascent
51.71
3230.7
1.1
69.6s
51.26
2
Mega Delphox
Fire Spin
Blast Burn
42.84
1917.4
1.9
84.0s
42.07
3
Mega Blaziken
Fire Spin
Blast Burn
42.54
1440.0
2.5
84.6s
41.36
4
Shadow Reshiram
Fire Fang
Fusion Flare
42.30
1645.6
2.2
85.1s
41.24
5
Mega Charizard Y
Fire Spin
Blast Burn
41.54
2338.6
1.5
86.7s
41.06
6
Shadow Salamence
Fire Fang
Fly
41.91
1692.0
2.1
85.9s
41.05
7
Blacephalon
Incinerate
Mind Blown
42.44
1074.8
3.3
84.8s
40.45
8
Shadow Moltres
Fire Spin
Fly
40.67
1824.9
2.0
88.5s
39.90
9
Kyurem White
Ice Fang
Ice Burn
40.54
1711.7
2.1
88.8s
39.82
10
Rayquaza
Air Slash
Dragon Ascent
39.67
1920.5
1.9
90.8s
39.02

Go Battle League

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Recommended movesets, best IV spreads, and PvP traits for Sceptile in each Pokémon GO Battle League.

Best moveset

Fury Cutter

Multipurpose

Leaf Blade

Spam/Bait

Breaking Swipe

Debuff

Rank 1 IVs

1500

0/12/15

IV (A/D/S) · Lv. 20.5

134.88

Attack

109.47

Defense

113

Stat Product · 1,668,474

Attack

Defense

Top IV spreads

IV (A/D/S)	Level	CP	% of Rank 1
0/12/15	20.5	1500	100.00%
0/15/12	20.5	1500	99.86%
0/13/14	20.5	1500	99.66%
0/11/15	20.5	1496	99.45%
1/15/10	20.5	1499	99.40%
1/10/15	20.5	1499	99.34%
0/14/13	20.5	1500	99.32%
0/14/12	20.5	1496	99.32%
1/13/12	20.5	1499	99.22%
4/15/14	20	1498	99.17%
0/12/14	20.5	1496	99.12%
1/11/14	20.5	1499	99.01%
0/15/11	20.5	1496	98.96%
0/15/10	20.5	1492	98.96%
0/10/15	20.5	1492	98.90%
1/14/11	20.5	1499	98.86%
1/14/10	20.5	1495	98.86%
1/9/15	20.5	1494	98.78%
0/13/13	20.5	1496	98.77%
0/13/12	20.5	1492	98.77%
2/13/10	20.5	1497	98.76%
3/15/15	20	1496	98.73%
3/15/14	20	1492	98.73%
0/7/11	21	1499	98.73%
1/12/13	20.5	1499	98.67%
1/12/12	20.5	1495	98.67%
2/8/15	20.5	1497	98.67%
3/12/10	20.5	1500	98.65%
4/14/15	20	1498	98.63%
4/14/14	20	1494	98.63%
0/10/8	21	1500	98.62%
0/15/3	21	1499	98.61%
0/11/14	20.5	1492	98.57%
2/11/12	20.5	1497	98.56%
3/7/15	20.5	1499	98.55%
5/13/14	20	1497	98.52%
1/15/9	20.5	1495	98.50%
0/5/13	21	1499	98.48%
3/15/7	20.5	1500	98.47%
1/10/14	20.5	1495	98.46%
3/10/12	20.5	1500	98.45%
0/13/5	21	1499	98.45%
0/14/11	20.5	1492	98.42%
0/14/10	20.5	1488	98.42%
6/12/14	20	1499	98.41%
0/8/10	21	1499	98.40%
2/14/9	20.5	1497	98.40%
2/9/14	20.5	1497	98.35%
0/9/15	20.5	1488	98.34%
1/13/11	20.5	1495	98.32%

Top 50 Great League spreads for wild-caught IVs, powered up to Level 50. Select a spread to preview its stats.

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Traits (5)

Moves

Every fast and charged attack Sceptile can learn in Pokémon GO, including legacy and elite TM moves.

Fast Attacks

Bullet Seed
7
13
1.0s
7
Fury Cutter
4
8
0.5s
8

Charged Attacks

Aerial Ace
55
-33
2.5s
22
Breaking Swipe
45
-33
1.0s
45
Dragon Claw
45
-33
1.5s
30
Earthquake
140
-100
3.5s
40
Frenzy Plant
100
-50
2.5s
40
Leaf Blade
70
-33
2.5s
28

Evolve

Every form this Pokémon evolves from and into, plus the requirements to trigger each stage.

Pokémon	Requires	Evolution
Treecko	25 Candy	Grovyle
Grovyle	100 Candy	Sceptile
Sceptile	200 / 40 Mega Energy	Mega Sceptile

Family

All of the Pokémon related to Sceptile including its evolutions, shadow versions, regional forms, and Dynamax and Gigantamax forms.

Treecko

#252

Shadow Treecko

#252

Grovyle

#253

Shadow Grovyle

#253

Sceptile

#254

Mega Sceptile

#254

Shadow Sceptile

#254

Backgrounds

All backgrounds

Sceptile has 34 backgrounds in Pokémon GO.

Team Leader Blue

Jul 21, 2026

Team Leader Red

Jul 21, 2026

Team Leader Yellow

Jul 21, 2026

Nationaltrust Anglesey Abbey

Jul 18, 2026

Nationaltrust Attingham Park

Jul 18, 2026

Nationaltrust Belton Estate

Jul 18, 2026

Nationaltrust Calke Abbey

Jul 18, 2026

Nationaltrust Chirk

Jul 18, 2026

Nationaltrust Cliveden

Jul 18, 2026

Nationaltrust Clumber Park

Jul 18, 2026

Nationaltrust Dunham Massey

Jul 18, 2026

Nationaltrust Fountains Abbey

Jul 18, 2026

Nationaltrust Gibslide

Jul 18, 2026

Nationaltrust Hanbury Hall

Jul 18, 2026

Nationaltrust Hardwick

Jul 18, 2026

Nationaltrust Killerton

Jul 18, 2026

Nationaltrust Kingston Lacy

Jul 18, 2026

Nationaltrust Lacock

Jul 18, 2026

Nationaltrust Lyme Park

Jul 18, 2026

Nationaltrust Mottisfont

Jul 18, 2026

Nationaltrust Mount Stewart

Jul 18, 2026

Nationaltrust Nymans

Jul 18, 2026

Nationaltrust Polesden

Jul 18, 2026

Nationaltrust Scotney Castle

Jul 18, 2026

Nationaltrust Stourhead

Jul 18, 2026

Nationaltrust Stowe Garden Park

Jul 18, 2026

Nationaltrust Tredegar House

Jul 18, 2026

Nationaltrust Trelissick

Jul 18, 2026

Nationaltrust Tyntesfield

Jul 18, 2026

Nationaltrust Wimpole Estate

Jul 18, 2026

GO Fest 2026 Global

Jul 11, 2026

GO Tour 2026 Mega

Feb 28, 2026

GO Tour 2026 Los Angeles

Feb 20, 2026

GO Tour 2026 Tainan

Feb 20, 2026

Mega Boost

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These Mega and Primal Pokémon provide a 1.3× damage boost to Grass-type attacks when active in raids. Catching Sceptile with one of these active will increase your XP and candy rewards.

Mega Venusaur #3

Boosts:

Mega Victreebel #71

Boosts:

Mega Sceptile #254

Boosts:

Primal Groudon #383

Boosts:

Mega Abomasnow #460

Boosts:

Mega Chesnaught #652

Boosts:

Size

Ranges from 0.833 m to 2.635 m tall, averaging 1.7 m.

Size	Lower bound	Upper bound
XXS	0.833 m 2'09"	0.85 m 2'09"
XS	0.85 m 2'09"	1.275 m 4'02"
M	1.275 m 4'02"	2.125 m 7'00"
XL	2.125 m 7'00"	2.55 m 8'04"
XXL	2.55 m 8'04"	2.635 m 8'08"

XXS

0.833 m

2'09"

0.85 m

2'09"

0.85 m

2'09"

1.275 m

4'02"

1.275 m

4'02"

2.125 m

7'00"

2.125 m

7'00"

2.55 m

8'04"

XXL

2.55 m

8'04"

2.635 m

8'08"

Catch Screen

How this Pokémon moves and dodges on the catch screen.

Movement	Jump
Movement timer	11s
Jump time	1.1s
Attack probability	20%
Attack timer	20s
Dodge probability	15%
Dodge duration	1s
Dodge distance	1
Min action frequency	0.2s
Max action frequency	1.6s

Hundo CP

This chart shows the maximum Combat Power for Sceptile at each level, with perfect 15/15/15 Individual Values (IVs). See hundo odds by encounter type.

Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP
1	39 CP	27	2127 CP
2	122 CP	28	2205 CP
3	205 CP	29	2284 CP
4	288 CP	30	2363 CP
5	371 CP	31	2402 CP
6	455 CP	32	2442 CP
7	538 CP	33	2481 CP
8	621 CP	34	2521 CP
9	704 CP	35	2560 CP
10	788 CP	36	2599 CP
11	866 CP	37	2639 CP
12	945 CP	38	2678 CP
13	1024 CP	39	2717 CP
14	1103 CP	40	2757 CP
15	1181 CP	41	2792 CP
16	1260 CP	42	2827 CP
17	1339 CP	43	2863 CP
18	1418 CP	44	2898 CP
19	1496 CP	45	2934 CP
20	1575 CP	46	2970 CP
21	1654 CP	47	3006 CP
22	1733 CP	48	3043 CP
23	1811 CP	49	3080 CP
24	1890 CP	50	3117 CP
25	1969 CP	51	3154 CP
26	2048 CP

Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP
1	39 CP	18	1418 CP	35	2560 CP
2	122 CP	19	1496 CP	36	2599 CP
3	205 CP	20	1575 CP	37	2639 CP
4	288 CP	21	1654 CP	38	2678 CP
5	371 CP	22	1733 CP	39	2717 CP
6	455 CP	23	1811 CP	40	2757 CP
7	538 CP	24	1890 CP	41	2792 CP
8	621 CP	25	1969 CP	42	2827 CP
9	704 CP	26	2048 CP	43	2863 CP
10	788 CP	27	2127 CP	44	2898 CP
11	866 CP	28	2205 CP	45	2934 CP
12	945 CP	29	2284 CP	46	2970 CP
13	1024 CP	30	2363 CP	47	3006 CP
14	1103 CP	31	2402 CP	48	3043 CP
15	1181 CP	32	2442 CP	49	3080 CP
16	1260 CP	33	2481 CP	50	3117 CP
17	1339 CP	34	2521 CP	51	3154 CP

Level Up

Total Stardust, Candy, and Candy XL to power Sceptile up to each level from level 1.


50.0	520,000	304	296
40.0	270,000	304	-
35.0	182,000	186	-
30.0	120,000	122	-
25.0	76,000	84	-
20.0	45,000	56	-
15.0	23,600	36	-
10.0	10,000	18	-
5.0	2,400	8	-


1.5	200	1	-
2.0	400	2	-
2.5	600	3	-
3.0	800	4	-
3.5	1,200	5	-
4.0	1,600	6	-
4.5	2,000	7	-
5.0	2,400	8	-
5.5	3,000	9	-
6.0	3,600	10	-
6.5	4,200	11	-
7.0	4,800	12	-
7.5	5,600	13	-
8.0	6,400	14	-
8.5	7,200	15	-
9.0	8,000	16	-
9.5	9,000	17	-
10.0	10,000	18	-
10.5	11,000	19	-
11.0	12,000	20	-
11.5	13,300	22	-
12.0	14,600	24	-
12.5	15,900	26	-
13.0	17,200	28	-
13.5	18,800	30	-
14.0	20,400	32	-
14.5	22,000	34	-
15.0	23,600	36	-
15.5	25,500	38	-
16.0	27,400	40	-
16.5	29,300	42	-
17.0	31,200	44	-
17.5	33,400	46	-
18.0	35,600	48	-
18.5	37,800	50	-
19.0	40,000	52	-
19.5	42,500	54	-
20.0	45,000	56	-
20.5	47,500	58	-
21.0	50,000	60	-
21.5	53,000	63	-
22.0	56,000	66	-
22.5	59,000	69	-
23.0	62,000	72	-
23.5	65,500	75	-
24.0	69,000	78	-
24.5	72,500	81	-
25.0	76,000	84	-
25.5	80,000	87	-
26.0	84,000	90	-
26.5	88,000	94	-
27.0	92,000	98	-
27.5	96,500	102	-
28.0	101,000	106	-
28.5	105,500	110	-
29.0	110,000	114	-
29.5	115,000	118	-
30.0	120,000	122	-
30.5	125,000	126	-
31.0	130,000	130	-
31.5	136,000	136	-
32.0	142,000	142	-
32.5	148,000	148	-
33.0	154,000	154	-
33.5	161,000	162	-
34.0	168,000	170	-
34.5	175,000	178	-
35.0	182,000	186	-
35.5	190,000	196	-
36.0	198,000	206	-
36.5	206,000	216	-
37.0	214,000	226	-
37.5	223,000	238	-
38.0	232,000	250	-
38.5	241,000	262	-
39.0	250,000	274	-
39.5	260,000	289	-
40.0	270,000	304	-
40.5	280,000	304	10
41.0	290,000	304	20
41.5	301,000	304	30
42.0	312,000	304	40
42.5	323,000	304	52
43.0	334,000	304	64
43.5	346,000	304	76
44.0	358,000	304	88
44.5	370,000	304	103
45.0	382,000	304	118
45.5	395,000	304	133
46.0	408,000	304	148
46.5	421,000	304	165
47.0	434,000	304	182
47.5	448,000	304	199
48.0	462,000	304	216
48.5	476,000	304	236
49.0	490,000	304	256
49.5	505,000	304	276
50.0	520,000	304	296

Grovyle

Torchic