Is Sceptile Good in Ruby & Sapphire Playthrough?
The fastest starter in RS. AbilityOvergrow boosts Grass moves at low HP. Sceptile outspeeds most of the E4 and handles Wallace's Water gym without effort. Struggles against Glacia's Ice-types and Drake resists Grass. Best suited for players who build teams around the Speed advantage.
Treecko has the type edge here and should clean up Roxanne's team.
Grovyle has the type edge here and should clean up Brawly's team.
Grovyle trades roughly evenly with Wattson's team.
Flannery's team hits Grovyle's weaknesses hard.
Grovyle trades roughly evenly with Norman's team.
Winona's team hits Grovyle's weaknesses hard.
Sceptile resists most of Tate & Liza's coverage and hits back hard.
Sceptile resists most of Wallace's coverage and hits back hard.
Sceptile has the type edge here and should clean up Sidney's team.
Sceptile has the type edge here and should clean up Phoebe's team.
Sceptile resists most of Glacia's coverage and hits back hard.
Sceptile trades roughly evenly with Drake's team.
Sceptile trades roughly evenly with Steven's team.
Starter
Treecko is available as a starter.
Recommended Moves
- After Wattson
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Rusturf Tunnel
- TM43NormalSecret PowerPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 111
- After Norman
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 115
- TM42NormalFacadePower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Norman
- After Tate & Liza
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- After Wallace
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Meteor Falls
- LV 46GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5
Evolve Treecko to Grovyle
Treecko evolves into Grovyle at Level 16. Your Treecko should hit Level 16 before you reach Brawly, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- After Wattson
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Rusturf Tunnel
- LV 29GrassLeaf BladePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Norman
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 123
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 115
- LV 35PsychicAgilityPower —Accuracy 100%PP 30
- After Tate & Liza
- TM31FightingBrick BreakPower 75Accuracy 100%PP 15Sootopolis City
- After Wallace
- TM23SteelIron TailPower 100Accuracy 75%PP 15Meteor Falls
Evolve Grovyle to Sceptile
Grovyle evolves into Sceptile at Level 36. Your Grovyle should hit Level 36 before you reach Tate & Liza, at typical leveling pace.
Recommended Moves
- STARTING (Lv 36)
- LV 36GrassLeaf BladePower 105Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Wattson
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Rusturf Tunnel
- After Norman
- TM22GrassSolar BeamPower 180Accuracy 100%PP 10Safari Zone
- TM19GrassGiga DrainPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 5Route 123
- TM01FightingFocus PunchPower 150Accuracy 100%PP 20Route 115
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Lilycove Department Store
- After Tate & Liza
- TM26GroundEarthquakePower 100Accuracy 100%PP 10Seafloor Cavern
- After Wallace
- TM02DragonDragon ClawPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Meteor Falls
How to Get Sceptile in Ruby & Sapphire
Grovyle caps out as Sceptile at level 36. Since the grass starter never appears wild, the whole family rides on whether you picked Treecko on Route 101.
Catch Treecko at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Sceptile.
How to Obtain Sceptile in RS
- Step 2Evolve into GrovyleBREEDINGAvailableLeave Sceptile with a compatible partner at the Pokemon Day Care to receive a Treecko egg.
- Step 3Sceptile ✓
How to Get Shiny Sceptile in Ruby & Sapphire
Sceptile only comes from evolving, so soft reset the Treecko gift on Route 101 until it starts shiny, then raise it through Grovyle. Compare Shiny Sceptile odds across every game
Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Sceptile Calculator
2 MethodsBoth methods here share the same odds, about 1 in 8,192 on each try. Pick whichever fits how you play.
Soft Reset: Save in front of a static, gift, or legendary encounter, then reset until it sparkles.
Breeding: Hatch eggs of this line; each egg rolls at the base shiny rate (no Masuda before Gen IV).
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 864-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 2,357-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 5,678-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 18,862-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
Planning a longer hunt? Set up Sceptile in the Ruby & Sapphire Shiny Odds Calculator to compare every method side by side.
Sceptile Weakness
Type-wise, Sceptile takes extra damage from Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, and Bug. The Grass typing picks up 4 resistances to work with.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Ice, Poison, Flying, Bug |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Water, Electric, Grass, Ground |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
What is Sceptile Weak Against
FragileBest Pokemon Against Sceptile
 Combusken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Route 101 Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sceptile View Combusken builds →Overheat 2x113-133%KO Aerial Ace 2x40-48% | ||
 Camerupt FireGround | C | |
 Vileplume GrassPoison | C | |
 Golbat Poison | C | |
Obtain MethodMeteor Falls Surfing Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sceptile View Golbat builds →Sludge Bomb 2x85-100%KO Wing Attack 2x59-70% Leech Life 2x15-18% | ||
 Torkoal Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sceptile View Torkoal builds →Overheat 2x113-133%KO Sludge Bomb 2x60-71% | ||
 Tropius Grass | C | |
 Ninjask Bug | B | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sceptile View Ninjask builds →Aerial Ace 2x62-73% Leech Life 2x22-27% | ||
 Swalot Poison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sceptile View Swalot builds →Sludge Bomb 2x80-94% Ice Beam 2x45-55% | ||
 Volbeat Bug | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sceptile View Volbeat builds →Signal Beam 2x67-79% Aerial Ace 2x35-42% | ||
 Masquerain Bug | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Surskit (Route 102 Surfing) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sceptile View Masquerain builds →Ice Beam 2x58-69% Aerial Ace 2x45-55% | ||
 Skarmory Steel | A | |
 Dustox BugPoison | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sceptile View Dustox builds →Sludge Bomb 2x62-73% Aerial Ace 2x27-32% | ||
 Slugma Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Sceptile View Slugma builds →Overheat 2x97-115%KO Smog 2x10-12% | ||
 Roselia GrassPoison | C | |
Sceptile Evolutions
The three-stage chain from Treecko through Grovyle ends here at Sceptile. Want more? Breed for Treecko eggs. A decent partner pool available via two egg groups. The evolution from Treecko pushed Sceptile to 530 total stats. Speed saw the largest single gain at +50. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Sceptile to get Treecko eggs easily using 27 partners from the Dragon and Monster egg groups. Notable egg moves include Crunch, Crush Claw, Dragon Breath and 3 more.
RS Sceptile Best Moveset
120 Speed outspeeds nearly the entire format, and MoveLeaf Blade crits at a high rate for Grass TermStab. AbilityOvergrow boosts Grass at low HP. MoveFocus Punch and MoveThunder Punch add coverage. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. The fastest Grass attacker available with coverage moves to match the Speed.
Best Build
Sceptile best EVs are Sp. Atk and Speed
Special Attacker Moveset
- Leaf Blade
- Hidden Power Ice
- Substitute
- Leech Seed
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Breeding's the move. Crunch and Crush Claw give Sceptile options it can't learn any other way, and coverage across 9 types already covers a decent range on top of Solar Beam and Leaf Blade. The egg moves push it further.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
All 29 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
The leaves growing on SCEPTILE’s body are very sharp edged. This POKéMON is very agile - it leaps all over the branches of trees and jumps on its foe from above or behind.
SCEPTILE has seeds growing on its back. They are said to be bursting with nutrients that revitalize trees. This POKéMON raises the trees in a forest with loving care.
Sceptile Ruby & Sapphire Guide
Special. In Ruby and Sapphire a move counts as physical or special based on its type, not the move itself, and every Grass move is special. So Sceptile's signature Leaf Blade runs off its 105 Special Attack, not its 85 Attack, even though it looks like a slashing move. Lean on special attacks.
Game Availability
Available since Ruby & Sapphire, Sceptile appears in 16 games spanning 7 generations. Beyond its original form, it gained a Mega form in Generation 6.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RSDebut
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORASMega
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
Winds & Waves
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