Shadow Sceptile (Pokémon GO)

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Grovyle

Torchic

#254

1575

1969

Attacker Rank

A Tier

F Tier

GO Battle LeaguePVP Rankings

Great LeagueGreat

0/12/15 · L20.5 · CP 1500

F Tier

#390

Ultra LeagueUltra

0/15/13 · L38 · CP 2496

F Tier

#389

Master LeagueMaster

15/15/15 · L50 · CP 3117

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Shiny

Shadow Sceptile

#254

Grass

Attack

223

Top 24.1%

Defense

169

Top 36.2%

Stamina

172

Top 44%

Total

564

Pokédex details

Shiny available

Rocket Grunts

Lv. 8

540 -621 CP

1/1/1 - 15/15/15

Rocket Grunts (WB)

Lv. 13

919 -1024 CP

4/4/4 - 15/15/15

Shadow Raids

Lv. 20

1442 -1575 CP

6/6/6 - 15/15/15

Shadow Raids (WB)

Lv. 25

1803 -1969 CP

6/6/6 - 15/15/15

Max CP

Lv. 50

3117 CP

The IV floor for Rocket Grunts is 1/1/1, or 4/4/4 when weather boosted. Shadow Raids use a 6/6/6 IV floor. The hundo CP is always 15/15/15.

How rare is a hundo? See odds by encounter type

It's Super Effective

Damage multipliers Shadow 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

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

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Fury Cutter
Frenzy Plant
16.53
149.5
907.2s
13.03
2
Bullet Seed
Frenzy Plant
14.92
134.9
1005.1s
11.74
3
Fury Cutter
Leaf Blade
14.65
132.5
1023.7s
11.55
4
Fury Cutter
Breaking Swipe
13.68
123.7
1096.8s
10.73
5
Bullet Seed
Leaf Blade
13.61
123.1
1102.1s
10.69
6
Bullet Seed
Breaking Swipe
12.38
112.0
1211.5s
9.72
7
Fury Cutter
Dragon Claw
11.73
106.0
1279.0s
9.22
8
Fury Cutter
Earthquake
11.41
103.1
1315.0s
8.95
9
Bullet Seed
Dragon Claw
10.83
98.0
1384.5s
8.51
10
Fury Cutter
Aerial Ace
10.53
95.2
1424.0s
8.26

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Best Counters

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

Pokémon

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Mega Rayquaza
Air Slash
Dragon Ascent
62.38
3246.7
1.1
57.7s
61.73
2
Mega Delphox
Fire Spin
Blast Burn
51.25
1917.1
1.9
70.3s
50.16
3
Mega Charizard Y
Fire Spin
Blast Burn
49.92
2342.6
1.5
72.1s
49.24
4
Shadow Salamence
Fire Fang
Fly
50.37
1695.5
2.1
71.5s
49.13
5
Mega Blaziken
Fire Spin
Blast Burn
50.57
1435.0
2.5
71.2s
48.94
6
Shadow Reshiram
Fire Fang
Fusion Flare
50.04
1632.9
2.2
71.9s
48.60
7
Shadow Moltres
Fire Spin
Fly
48.88
1828.1
2.0
73.7s
47.78
8
Kyurem White
Ice Fang
Ice Burn
48.76
1716.6
2.1
73.8s
47.73
9
Blacephalon
Incinerate
Mind Blown
49.62
1062.1
3.4
72.5s
47.08
10
Rayquaza
Air Slash
Dragon Ascent
47.77
1927.6
1.9
75.4s
46.83

Go Battle League

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Recommended movesets, best IV spreads, and PvP traits for Shadow 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 (6)

Moves

Every fast and charged attack Shadow 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 22 Candy (purified)	Grovyle
Grovyle	100 Candy 90 Candy (purified)	Sceptile
Sceptile	Shadow Pokémon can't Mega Evolve. Purify first. 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

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 Shadow 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 Shadow 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 Shadow Sceptile up to each level from level 1.


50.0	624,000	406	360
40.0	324,000	406	-
35.0	218,400	262	-
30.0	144,000	180	-
25.0	91,200	132	-
20.0	54,000	94	-
15.0	28,320	64	-
10.0	12,000	36	-
5.0	2,880	16	-


1.5	240	2	-
2.0	480	4	-
2.5	720	6	-
3.0	960	8	-
3.5	1,440	10	-
4.0	1,920	12	-
4.5	2,400	14	-
5.0	2,880	16	-
5.5	3,600	18	-
6.0	4,320	20	-
6.5	5,040	22	-
7.0	5,760	24	-
7.5	6,720	26	-
8.0	7,680	28	-
8.5	8,640	30	-
9.0	9,600	32	-
9.5	10,800	34	-
10.0	12,000	36	-
10.5	13,200	38	-
11.0	14,400	40	-
11.5	15,960	43	-
12.0	17,520	46	-
12.5	19,080	49	-
13.0	20,640	52	-
13.5	22,560	55	-
14.0	24,480	58	-
14.5	26,400	61	-
15.0	28,320	64	-
15.5	30,600	67	-
16.0	32,880	70	-
16.5	35,160	73	-
17.0	37,440	76	-
17.5	40,080	79	-
18.0	42,720	82	-
18.5	45,360	85	-
19.0	48,000	88	-
19.5	51,000	91	-
20.0	54,000	94	-
20.5	57,000	97	-
21.0	60,000	100	-
21.5	63,600	104	-
22.0	67,200	108	-
22.5	70,800	112	-
23.0	74,400	116	-
23.5	78,600	120	-
24.0	82,800	124	-
24.5	87,000	128	-
25.0	91,200	132	-
25.5	96,000	136	-
26.0	100,800	140	-
26.5	105,600	145	-
27.0	110,400	150	-
27.5	115,800	155	-
28.0	121,200	160	-
28.5	126,600	165	-
29.0	132,000	170	-
29.5	138,000	175	-
30.0	144,000	180	-
30.5	150,000	185	-
31.0	156,000	190	-
31.5	163,200	198	-
32.0	170,400	206	-
32.5	177,600	214	-
33.0	184,800	222	-
33.5	193,200	232	-
34.0	201,600	242	-
34.5	210,000	252	-
35.0	218,400	262	-
35.5	228,000	274	-
36.0	237,600	286	-
36.5	247,200	298	-
37.0	256,800	310	-
37.5	267,600	325	-
38.0	278,400	340	-
38.5	289,200	355	-
39.0	300,000	370	-
39.5	312,000	388	-
40.0	324,000	406	-
40.5	336,000	406	12
41.0	348,000	406	24
41.5	361,200	406	36
42.0	374,400	406	48
42.5	387,600	406	63
43.0	400,800	406	78
43.5	415,200	406	93
44.0	429,600	406	108
44.5	444,000	406	126
45.0	458,400	406	144
45.5	474,000	406	162
46.0	489,600	406	180
46.5	505,200	406	201
47.0	520,800	406	222
47.5	537,600	406	243
48.0	554,400	406	264
48.5	571,200	406	288
49.0	588,000	406	312
49.5	606,000	406	336
50.0	624,000	406	360

Grovyle

Torchic