How GOOD was Sceptile ACTUALLY? - History of Sceptile in Competitive Pokemon (Gens 3-6)
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- Sceptile! The Forest Pokemon! One of Ash’s strongest Pokemon. Sceptile is fast but how did it fair in competitive play? Join False Swipe Gaming in this brief overview of Sceptile in competitive Pokemon!
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Sceptile looks so much like a physical attacker
even it's signature move is a physical attack, which sucks cuz it's sp attack is better than attack
As a person whos favorite pokemon design is sceptile I will feel this forever.
X-Red7G Its only 20 points.
The King Of Bacon definitely makes a difference.
Will Will Apparently not enough for it to be run as a pure special attacker.
Sceptile really should've been a physical attacker
And give it contrary
Tbf that would have made him nearly useless in the gen 3 games, seeing how grass is always special pre gen 4.
@@coltonkrum6491 what's funny for me is that leaf blade already works as a physical attack, because it activates rough skin if you use it on sharpedo
*yes*
@Dinh Phu Do But Swampert was a Physical attacker despite Muddy Water being a special move for all of it’s existence
"At least it's good in Pokken, I think".
The Worlds 2018 winner, ThanksALot, used Sceptile. The Grand Finals match against Taru Taro (Gengar) is an amazing thing to watch.
Yea Sceptile is an absolutely amazing character and fun to play
I have the game, I hate competitive, if you back them in a corner, they just spam.
Pokémon trainer Nate maybe they’re just bad at sceptile. He generally wants to be at mid range but it’s matchup-dependent. To get in on sceptile, just move slow and block for the most part. If he throws the 2 seeds that have a delayed hit, block the delayed hit. If he does the ranged grab that goes along the ground, you can press down light or up heavy or just jump to stop it. If he does that short jump and shoots seeds or puts out vines, you should counter + dash cancel since both moves have a lot of end lag
I say maybe they’re just bad because he’ll lose to anyone that has decent projectiles if he’s really far away. He needs to be at mid range to command counter or command grab safely
I know I'm 3 years late, to the point he changed his tag to Jukem because of how often people make this mistake, but his tag was ThankSwalot, not ThanksALot
Sceptile: **learns a buttload of physical attacks, has shitty attack stat; has great Sp.Atk, but learns barely any special moves**
Every Competitive Analyzer: This is fine.
His physical movepool is great
@@kurdishv1nce289 Yea, but his attack *stat* is meh
Gamefreak: *creates a cool pokemon with high sp attack*
Me: *cool*
*99% of his moveset is physical*
Me: .-. .. why?
Poor Sceptile, they were always unfair to my boy in comparison with Blaziken and Swampert. I always hope that he'll get buffed in the future.
Attack and special attack being swapped plus maybe a dragon typing before mega evolution which gives it access tk Draco meteor
Sceptile is the coolest out of them so no biggie
@@powercouch1845 sceptile for life.
blaziken 😎
blaziken 😎
I wish they at least gave Sceptile growth or something so that he could be used in sun teams. Imagine how much of a menace mega Sceptile would've been
Dies to ice shard immediately so i feel like any form of priority (Atleast neutral) could kill it,it could also be easily worn down by spikes
mega sceptile couldnt be used very well on sun teams because that would mean your sun setter is ninetales
@@michaualtington torkoal
Yesss, my boi Sceptile! The Treecko evolutionary line has to be my favorite starters of all time, especially given how awesome Grovyle was in the Mystery Dungeon games and how cool Ash's Sceptile was in the Anime.
Aye, I like all of them.
DBZMacky You reminded me of my first time playing through Explorers of Time. Such good memories. That game made me cry man.
Mostafa Ebrahim never really had time for games outside the main series but boy was I hooked when I played explorers of time. I got so engrossed with that game, more than any other Pokemon game before and after.
to bad he sucked in comp
DBZMacky the sceptile evolution line is probably one of the best evolution lines game freak ever made
TENTACRUEL & DUGTRIO are 1 of the only gen 1 pokemon that were very successful in later gens that hasn't had a video yet.
We need a video of them.
MapCRimZ don’t forget Exeggutor.
M3G4 T3RR4 Exeggutor and Clefable havnt had videos either, but if I make my comment any longer, it gets cut off and people can't read it.
But yes, Exeggutor not having a video yet is blasphemy. One of the more influential and important pokemon in a Pre-Celebi metagame.
Also Tangela. Everyone forgets Tangela.
M3G4 T3RR4 egg was PU tho
+MapCRimZ it would be "two of the only gen one pokemon..."
I am a grammar Nazi
How frustrating was Dugtrio ACTUALLY?
YES!!
This
Very
Yes
Your profile picture is evil.
I think you missed an physical attacking moveset in Gen 5 where you can abuse the symergy between Flying Gem, Acrboatics and Unburden. That combined with Swords Dance, Leaf Blade and Earthquake made a pretty potent attacking set in UU.
Nice video as always.
When will Sceptile get a GOOD special boosting move. Tail glow, nasty plot or calm mind. I mean come on. Nasty plot or tail glow would make it really good.
Jory Porteous cough cough blazekin
Jory Porteous Nasty plot would be nice but tail glow might be a bit op.
If Sceptile has Focus Stash. Wouldn't Unburden activates?
or better yet if sceptile has swords dance why the hell would gamefreak just boost its sp atk even more rather than focusing on its phy atk
@@xxcrying-in-the-bathroom-o5595 You know what makes me more annoyed, in sword and Shield everyone got nasty plot. But only the gen 1&7 starters were added to the game, and even if they were added now, if gamefreak didn't show update their movepool in the beginning it doesn't matter. 145 special attack while being great for most Pokemon, isn't enough for sceptile Because he lacked Draco meteor, and his primary stab lowered his special attack. His ability is also really bad. His number one weakness aside from being walled hard, is it's lack of power.
The lack of boosting moves always grinded my gears, because there is so much speaking in favour of Sceptile being this kinda situational glass cannon.
How good were Dusclops and Dusknoir actually?
Frank Salzmann bad
Not that bad
A tank with an abysmal hp stat? Yeah they’re not good.
Frank Salzmann good enough to be my ghost team.
Dusclops was a gen 3 nightmare to face, best spinblocker in the game and dusknoir was OU in gen 4; what's interesting is that gens 5-6 dusclops was actually better due to eviolite so it'd make for an interesting video
Honestly, I think calling Sceptile "below-average" doesn't really fit its context and place across the generations. Simply "average" would be a better signifier, as while it has never really shared a place with the OU meta-defining mainstays, it has always had a place in UU at least - which puts it well above a huge percentage of the roster - has always had great elements, and has had short times in the spotlight.
More generally, I think we need to stop calling every single OU Pokemon "amazing" or "pretty damn good" and then calling anything below that - UU or otherwise - "below average."
Tru
I agree. We really need to stop treating UU like a bad word now. This isn’t Gen 1-3 anymore where UU was the realm of the mediocre. Nowadays, with power creep getting more reckless than ever with Mega/Ultra Beast monsters running around, UU is actually becoming the new standard. RU and below are average/below average, and it’s only a matter of time before RU becomes standard.
OU is the new Ubers.
@@Dokurider Kind of ironic considering Ubers is no longer Ubers.
Question, WHY IS SCEPTILE A SPECIAL ATTACKER WHEN ITS SIGNATURE MOVE IS PHYSICAL
How GOOD was Dugtrio ACTUALLY?
With his fairly recent competitive ban, it just feels right to talk about him.
ApieceofOnion he's in PU
leonardo ripalda Dugtrio's true home currently is Ubers, just like Wobuffet.
leonardo ripalda That is because it was only until recently where they decided to outright ban Arena trap/Shadow tag from standard competitive formats (ie. OU and below)
That is why talking about his competitive influence is quite important. He had a huge impact in gen 5 as a Weather counter (because of his ability to trap and kill any weather setter) and with his gen 7 buffs (which seems small but turned out to be quite devastating) it was enough to push him over the limit which wouldn't have been as devastating on just about any other pokemon. With low BSTs and decent stat spread but with a great ability and effective movepool, he makes for a very interesting case of what makes for good Pokemon design.
ApieceofOnion Dugtrio didn't really get buffed that much in Gen 7. 20 additional attack and Z-moves are nice, but not really game changing on such a frail mon. What pushed Dugtrio over the edge was how powerful its potential allies could be, especially with a playstyle like Stall and a mon like Zard-Y that could decimate teams as long as counters were removed. They aren't overpowered on their own, but with Dugtrio trapping and eliminating said counters allowed them to run wild.
MD3 Fan
Wait what? I don't think you understand the fact that extra attack is EXACTLY what a frail mon wants. What always made Dugtrio underwhelming is the fact that for a Pokemon that was SUPPOSED to function as a frail revenge KILLER, it lacked the KILLING part of that title. While I understand that the prominence of Stall and the nerfs to priority in this iteration of the meta-game does allow for Dugtrio's niche to shine more than it used to, (although we cannot forget his prominance in the gen 5 meta as a true all-rounder weather counter) Dugtrio's BIGGEST problem was always his lackluster attack stat and a 20 point buff is pretty big in that regard.
How good was False Swipe Gaming actually?
Great Guy Gaming He was pretty mediocre until he saw a video by the killer nacho of a magikarp sweep.
Ridiculously good, banned to AG
*Unfortunately,* False Swipe Gaming in his debut year... wasn't too good. Sure he definitely did his research, but his mediocre quality and small personality just held him back from being top tier on CZcams.
Treecko is the best design on this evolution line imo and then it's Sceptile, absolute badass, my first ever Pokémon and my favorite
It was my first and it remains my favorite as well. I love all Hoenn starters but growing up watching Ash's one made it cooler to have one I guess
Same, first ever Pokémon and my favourite
How underrated is tentacruel actually?
Comm'on tenta squad 🦑🦑🦑
Fizzo Pro We'll save that for another time, I'm afraid. It seems everyone else wants clefable. But no worries, I do think Tentacruel would be interesring
I've been rooting for Tentacruel for a while now, but not enough people ever seem to want it.
ThunderCharged Yeah, pretty much one of the only ways for people to vote for it is if they see it in footage from thede videos. Heck thats how I got people to vote for Ampharos. That along with other users who you often see around videos can help you vote for mons we want to see
TBH if you go down in the comments there are some votes for tentacruel and they can get over Clefable. Ill also vote for Tentacruel cauz its very good, I did it for Months and I dont like to think the it wont happen anyways kind of thinking.
ALways OU on the hentais though
Still hoping to see just how good was Weezing ACTUALLY?
Hell, may even be fun to see the whole Rocket team, Where Jessie and Jame in possession of powerful pokémon that just didn't have their potential unlocked?
The thing is on Gen III all grass type moves were special so by RSE sceptile being a special attacker made sense. And then they made leaf blade a physical attack (which makes sense but does not help sceptile’s case)
It's gotten to the point where "How good was [pokemon] actually?" can be fairly accurately answered by "Is it regularly seen in the game footage from previous videos? If so, then probably. If no, then probably not."
Unfortunately, that's how it's always been, like in the old 4th gen Smogon days, the tiers specifically titled based on usage, except for Ubers, which was the sole tier based on strength. Look at Raichi, OU for doubles, with sucky stats, just because of its support moves and Lightning rod ability.
Well, Ubers isn't entirely based on strength. Sure it's a huge factor, but It Can also be based on Usage.
Though you also have to take into consideration that there are Ubers that suck too.... (at least in the tier)
My point was that, given the dozens of videos and the footage of battles shown in them, some pokemon are seen regularly, such as Scizor, Jirachi, Gengar, Suicune, Garchomp, Salamence, etc. Even if those pokemon did not already have videos on them, one could make a fairly accurate guess as to whether they are good or not based on whether they're often seen in competitive battle footage. Even if someone's a complete rube and doesn't really understand what makes a pokemon good in terms of stats and movepool, they probably can tell that Farfetch'd ,for example, wasn't very good since it's never seen in any of these videos, and if it was good people would be using it.
How GOOD was Clefable ACTUALLY?
Been doing this for months and I am not giving up.
Robletics Wait, what are you doing in a FSG comment section? Should you be over on a UNHhhh video?
"The blue doofuses" 10/10
Stronger than you
Bro hurt my qaugsire feelings. God I love stall for some reason. I an going to hell aren't i?
How good was Clefable ACTUALLY?
How good was exeggutor actually? i`ll never give up on this damn palm tree!
yes!!!!!
Still my favorite gen 3 starter
Batdogduke gen 3 has amazing starters in general
Gen. 4 has the most all around starter IMO.
@@jjc4924 gen 4 was good. piplup's evolutionary line cant really carry its own weight though.
I like Blaziken the most still since I chose it
Zoey Siddiqi wdym empoleon was arguably the coolest of the three
How GOOD was Clefable ACTUALLY?
I will never give up!!
How GOOD was Clefable ACTUALLY?
Alex Zurita plz
Alex Zurita we need this, Dugtrio and Tentacruel to complete 1st gen Pokémon relevant in every gen.
Il sudore di Greta Menchi è il mio collutorio Honestly man, we definitely need that.
How CANCEROUS was Clefable ACTUALLY?
Il sudore di Greta Menchi è il mio collutorio true so true!!
The most success I’ve had with Sceptile competitively was in Gen 5, though I don’t remember if it was RU, UU, or OU. If I had to guess it was UU. It was a Swords Dance set with Leaf Blade, Rock Slide, and Flying Gem Acrobatics. With Unburden it became the fastest thing alive and it hit super hard after an SD. RIP to the type gems though, I can’t use this set anymore.
I love Mega Sceptile’s design but I just wish it was better. I think having a better ability or higher physical attack would’ve helped a lot, it’s physical movepool is so much better. Lightning Rod was clearly chosen with VGC in mind, but it’s bot very useful for singles. I would’ve much preferred something like Tough Claws or Sheer Force
Sheer force energy ball would DESTROY everything
meghanaingleshwar omg I want this so bad
How good was Tentacruel ACTUALLY?
Dorijan Lendvaj a fun special wall.
A damn good spinner/tspikes absorber until defog became a thing.
How good was clefable actually I’ve been asking this since the slowbro video
Gen 7 Sceptile sits in NU, Mega Sceptile is still in UU.
Sceptile is proof that even the coolest Pokemon with fast speed and decent stats can still not be very good. Still fared better than Meganium, but nothing great.
And another thing. Sceptile still doesn’t have a good set up move. It doesn’t even get Work Up or Growth.
It has swords dance for mixed or physical sets and agility for pure speed. Just no useful special boosting moves.
it does get work up
Gen 7 OU is terrible to begin with. It might as well be Ubers 2 honestly.
Sceptile is also an example of what having a terrible moveset can do to a Pokemon that isn't already a gimmick.
actually mega sceptile is in RUBL because it doesnt really work there
How good was electabuzz/electivire.
Mayks Spark electivire is shit
It would still be interesting
Mayks Spark Electivire was good in gen 4...and thats it
Or how good was Magmar/mortar?
Seth_%r,&s it isnt
Actually due to the physical/special split, one of sceptile's best moves - leaf blade - now ran on its lower attack stat. This may have hurt it as leaf storm couldn't be used multiple times without switching and the other grass attacking moves just weren't as good. If it had a higher physical attack stat it may have been really good - one glance at its movepool does say this.
How GOOD was Clefable. Please do this cause I bet my kidney you will
there was a Clefable thread with over 200 likes, but I can't find it anymore :'(
wth, I even commented on it, it's gone.
*How GOOD was Lucario ACTUALLY?*
AsianWithHat very. Very good
Very
Love Lucario as a Pokemon. I always like it when movesets are large enough to give 4 slot syndrome
Great. Always OU or Uber if we include Mega forms.
Yeah boii lucario
(8 months late)
Thanks for featuring me! :)
Sceptile really is a great Pokemon. Sceppy becoming Dragon type in OR/AS was something that I wanted to happen for many many years.
Rebellious Treecko my favorite starter too and don't worry sceptile not that bad we still have swords dance unburden
to me, it just needs nasty plot, t-bolt and draco
@@rodrigokuszek that's a lot. I don't see him getting t-bolt, Draco meteor is only given to base dragon types, but a special boosting move would be great.
@@jdamourep right, t-bolt is too much but greninja got coverage up its ass. favoritism is really aparent there at gamefreak
How GOOD was Mew ACTUALLY
King_Jamy_James it was in ubers in gens 1- 4, in gen 5 it was uu, gen 6 I think was the same as gen 5, and in gen 7 it had its own Z move so it went up to ou.
HOW GOOD WAS DUGTRIO ACTUALLY, I’m still gonna be on this train till it’s done
Callum Ellis good luck on that
I wish Sceptile had a much better base Atk stat... My tree ninja needs the physical combat prowess they deserve! One of the maaany Pokemon that could use some revamping to deal with all of this damn power-creep...
How GOOD was Beedrill ACTUALLY?
How good were Rock types actually?!
You put your "how good were ice types actually" video in the end, and you promised us in that video that it would be a multipart series, YOU MUST CONTINUE WHAT YOU STARTED!!!!
How *Awesome* was Aggron ACTUALLY?
TheSassJacket really crappy until it had a Mega. That rock/steel typing is just awful.
Not awesome at all. The rock typing made it awful
No u
Don't need a video to know the answer. The answer is very.
Lets go!!!
How good were misdreavus/mismagius ACTUALLY?
How GOOD was Dugtrio ACTUALLY?
LET’S FINISH UP GEN 1
Emiester1130 we still have Pidgeot and lots more to fo
I think (s)he meant above average gen 1 Pokemon, like Dugtrio, Exeggutor, Golem or Tentacruel.
Sceptile has been my favourite mon since I first evolved him.
I know his mega can have some uses (and it's freaking beautiful) but it was so disappointing...
I would've loved something more similar tp Char X considering it does have some very good phisical moves!
How good was DUGTRIO actually ?
How good was Clefable actually?
Dude roasted tf outta my favorite Pokémon for the first 30 seconds 😭
Sadly grovyle is way cooler and memorable(Those who played PMD Explorers of time/darkness/sky well know why)then sceptile,said by someone which grovyle it’s his second favorite Pokémon after charizard.
Same :(
@@Gimas96 it's all an opinion
How GOOD were Clefairy and Clefable ACTUALLY?
Sceptile is my favorite pokemon.. followed by Scyther,Leavanny and Lurantis..
thx for the fair overview ^^
How GOOD was CLEFABLE actually?
breloom is also another grass type that makes the cut for OU but it's mainly cos of its base 90 priority mach punch among other things
How good was Clefable
how good was clefable actually??
Change growth to boost sp att and def/sp def
Give lightning rod as its normal hidden ability
maybe give it the dragon typing in its base form
Extreme speed maybe too?
As for mega, needs that drago meteor and priority, so extreme speed
To me the boost it needs is even less dramatic
Give it Thunderbolt and Earth Power (maybe Ice Beam if you are generous, but I can see why they wouldn't give it to him). It gives all the coverage it needs to succeed and with its stats and already existing movepool I can see it do a few appearances in OU as an outsider, because with Leaf Storm, Earth Power, Thunderbolt and Focus Blast/HP Fire (depending on who you want to hit for more damage) it can easily clean or threaten stall, the more you think of what it can touch very hard the better it gets. A few examples : it destroys Rotom Wash with Leaf Storm, Focus Blast pierces through non AV Ttar, earth power hurts Magearna and we don't even talk about Heatran, it touches Toxapex with its coverage and it can destroy both Ferrothorn and Kartana with HP fire as well as threatening Serperior, though you should be wary of Glare. And don't forget that I am only talking about potential outsider presence in OU here, it still has an incredible Match Up in UU as well
How good was pidgeot actually, we need bird jesus
James Athersmith heck yeah boi
How GOOD was Marowak ACTUALLY?
Gen V sceptile was underrated imo. No one expected physical unburden sweeper, especially not in ou. SD, leaf blade, EQ, and acrobatics with a flying gem. Obviously still got beat by priority, but there were definitely games he just got a free 6-0
Like for Kangashkhan or Misdreavus!
(misdreavus was one of the best battlers in GSC)
Thanos, well misdreavus was pretty good in gen 2, decent in gen 3, became part of LC in gen 4 now that it had a evolution, and in gen 5 it ended up banned from LC. So basically no more point besides for like, maybe in the nu tier, and in gen 6... Nothing really. Stayed the same from gen 5.
Now for Kangashkhan, it was... OK to say the least in gen 1, kinda bad in gen 2-5, and in gen 6 it got a mega and the mega got banned to ubers.
LC? What's LC
Thanos oh my you don't even know what LC is? Well its where unevolved pokemon battle at level 5. And just like with pu - ou certain pokemon can be banned, if too good.
NOW ITS TIME FOR CLEFABLE
How good was Clefable ACTUALLY?
Let’s hop into a good old fashioned video from gem one...how GOOD was Primeape actually? Fricker mastered how to use iron tail without having a tail...he is the first badass Pokémon!!!
Can we finally do mewtwo? I want to see a true ubers pokemon done.
Blaziken and Wobbuffet don't count?
QUAGSIRRRRRRE
Blaziken is Uber are you saying it is a true ubers because it is a legendary? I don't get how it is a true ubers
I think he meant that a pokemon had to be uber since gen 1 or at least when it was first released. And to be honest, i want Mewtwo as well
How good was misdreavus actually
BlastoiseBoy 1 yes please!
👍
and mismagius
It doesn't affect misdreavus
YES
Am I the only one that prefered the Pokemon Emerald Footage? It just looks better for me
How GOOD was Pidgeot ACTUALLY?
TaurusOxford no guard hurricane
Heck yeah Pidgey team
Terrible until Pidgeotite
TaurusOxford decent in gen 1, only really good in nu in gen 2, bad in gen 3-4, and it can abuse hurricane in gen 5 thanks to rain lasting forever, and in gen 6, while weather don't last forever anymore, its mega was pretty good. It could in fact be used like a glass cannon. It was in uu though.
I love Sceptile^^ I remember when I got Saphire for my birthday and I was so happy because it was my first own pokemon game(the previous games I always needed to borrow from my friends) and I picked treecko for my starter. And even when everybody told me that swampert and blaziken where better I always loved Sceptile!
Jakob Jansen same bro
I honestly love all three starters
Honestly, I prefer blaziken, but sceptile has always been one of my favorite grass types. Yes, it is in nu, but I always see talent for whatever tier a pokemon is in.
Septile Squad!
I chose Blaziken so I still prefer it more, I played ruby.
How good was clefable actually
You can do a mammal next time... Do Persian or Mewtwo!🐈🐅
"but as we know from the blue doofuses, looks can be deceiving" I laughed way harder than I should of. In gen 3 I used a team of level 27 wabbufets to beat the elite 4. Always a GOAT in my book.
How good was Mewtwo Actually?!?
PLEASE GOD DO IT!!!
CLEFABLE!! My marshmallow from the moon :3
and now we know that scept is gonna get D. Dance and like cross poison
FFS JUST SWAP ITS SPA WITH ITS ATTACK
How good was Marowak ACTUALLY?
How GOOD was clefable ACTUALLY?
I will never give up
How good is Clefable Actually?
How Good Was Pidgeot Actually?
ShadowTrainer7 OG flying type all the way!
Knuf Wons ikr
It also comes down to what nature Sceptile has. I’ve had a Sceptile with a great attack stat. The only problem was his defense or special defense being really low
I know what you mean. In ultra sun, I was able to catch a sceptile with a physical attack stat that was two points higher than it’s special attack stat. Not sure how that would translate over to it’s mega evolution though.
How GOOD was Exeggutor ACTUALLY?
Please its the only "gen 1 threat" that hasnt been covered yet
Did it already
@@AlphaladZXA they made the comment 2 years before
i used a mega sceptile on my international challenge team back in oras. the team got me to about 30+ wins lol and it was my starter in omega ruby. will still forever love sceptile.
How good was *Clefable* actually
How GOOD was Suicune ACTUALLY?
Also does anyone else really wish mega sceptile could get draco meteor? And imagine if it got contrary 👌
Gru from despacito No he didn't lol
Gamefreak needs to give sceptile earth power and thunderbolt
How good was tentacruel actually come on please
How GOOD was Piloswine & Mamoswine ACTUALLY?
damn i actually did quite well with sceptile in my party in gens 3 and 6. he was a powerhouse.
this is competitive :/
this is a 2 year old comment :/
How good was Jynx actually? I mean it was Ou in the first Gen. But I wanna know how she was after that
12:12
False Swipe Gaming: "Shaymin, who's a legendary."
Also Shaymin: *is a Mythical.*
Anna Jonsson mythical are legendaries
@@obi-wankenobi1025 No, they are not.
@@annajonsson33 they are a category of legendary
@@FoxLazer476 There are differences.
@@annajonsson33 no you're wrong
How GOOD was Dugtrio ACTUALLY?
I think that Sceptile should learn the move Bullet Seed,Dragon Rush or Double Edge on its own level.
Physical attack. Wouldnt be a good idea for it.
Switch dragon rush to draco meteor.
How good was marowack?
it was wack
Eichro Ahhhhhhhhh I wanted to make that jOkE.
Its actually spelled marowak so the joke doesnt make sense
Sage Vega Boooooooo joke killer.
Dankius Maximus lol Trick Room Marowak is one of the most scary underrated sweepers in the game. You just need three turns to kick ass.
Honestly sceptile in its original form is pretty good. It had two unique abilities overgrow which boosted both grass type move when its health is low and unburden which doubled its speed after eating a berry. Its move pool is amazing 2, swords dance, dragon claw, focus blast, dragon pulse, iron tail, Leaf storm but the best one id say is leaf blade. After a swords dance boost, leaf blade also has a unique second ability that causes critical hits, pokemon like tyranitar, aggron and rhyperior dont stad a chance against it since sceptile can use focus blast and those pokemons special defence and weakness to fighting type moves make it a great wall breaker and with iron tail it can basically take down almost every fairy type and it also makes the pokemon lose defense after being hit by it. Even powerful fairy and water type pokemon like mylotic and azumaril can get one shot by a leaf blade after a swordsdance boost
Worst part about focus blast is that it misses like more than it should
How good was clefable actually?
How good was Exeggutor?
the physical/special split did Spectile dirty.
@@EE-ne3qn it's gets thunder punch not thunderbolt
Gets earthquake not earth power
@@EE-ne3qn Both Thunderpunch and Earthquake are physical moves, which doesn't mix well with Sceptile's bad base Attack. On the contrary, the special version - Thunderbolt and Earth Power - would've been great for Sceptile as they are SP ATK, which Sceptile would've appreciated. The split in Physical and Special fked up Sceptile because most of Sceptile's coverage moves are mostly physical, which Sceptile doesn't have a high base ATK to take advantage of.
@@EE-ne3qn leaf storm has the drawback of -2 special and focus blast is called focus miss for a reason. The loss of HP means that Sceptile only has 3 types that use its higher SPATK: grass, dragon, and fighting, 2 of which have huge drawbacks and the 1 which only has a BP of 85. Heck, Sceptile only has 1 boosting move for its SPATK: Work Up. Its physical side gets Work Up as well, but it also has Swords and Dragon Dance. My argument is that Sceptile has lackluster coverage in its SPATK, so I’m not sure what the point of your reply was. I even noted the first time that EQ was physical.
@@EE-ne3qn pre p/s split Sceptile had special electric and dark coverage
How GOOD was Marowak ACTIALLY ?
How good was Pidgeot actually? I WILL NEVER GIVE UP!!!
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Toxicroooak!! I fell in love with it in Pokemon Reborn and would really love to hear more about it!
How good was mewtwo Actually?