Sceptile (Mega)
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Mega Sceptile is a typical Mega Raid boss and should be tackled with 3 to 4 trainers. Mega Sceptile is a Grass and Dragon type Pokémon whose best counters consist of mostly Ice type Pokémon as it is double weak to Ice.
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Best Mega Sceptile Counters in Pokémon GO
List of counters for the Mega Sceptile Raid Boss in Pokémon GO, including best Pokémon to defeat it, highest DPS attackers, and moves to use. Learn which Pokémon are the best choice to beat this raid boss.
| # | Pokémon | Fast Move | Charge Move | Time to win | Deaths |
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| 1. |
Glalie (Mega)
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Frost Breath Ice |
Avalanche Ice |
295.02s | 16.00 |
| 2. |
Abomasnow (Mega)
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Powder Snow Ice |
Weather Ball Ice |
318.83s | 13.75 |
| 3. |
Salamence (Mega)
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Dragon Tail Dragon |
Draco Meteor Dragon |
377.72s | 10.00 |
| 4. |
Mamoswine
|
Powder Snow Ice |
Avalanche Ice |
380.04s | 20.75 |
| 5. |
Gardevoir (Mega)
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Charm Fairy |
Dazzling Gleam Fairy |
390.48s | 16.75 |
| 6. |
Latios (Mega)
|
Dragon Breath Dragon |
Dragon Claw Dragon |
388.00s | 17.25 |
| 7. |
Gengar (Mega)
|
Lick Ghost |
Sludge Bomb Poison |
390.28s | 20.71 |
| 8. |
Darmanitan (Galarian Standard)
|
Ice Fang Ice |
Avalanche Ice |
377.91s | 24.29 |
| 9. |
Pidgeot (Mega)
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Gust |
Brave Bird |
413.64s | 16.50 |
| 10. |
Latias (Mega)
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Dragon Breath Dragon |
Outrage Dragon |
423.68s | 14.75 |
| 11. |
Kyurem
|
Dragon Breath Dragon |
Glaciate Ice |
420.27s | 18.75 |
| 12. |
Glaceon
|
Ice Shard Ice |
Avalanche Ice |
415.77s | 22.38 |
| 13. |
Pinsir (Mega)
|
Bug Bite Bug |
X-Scissor Bug |
455.04s | 15.50 |
| 14. |
Weavile
|
Ice Shard Ice |
Avalanche Ice |
415.22s | 25.63 |
| 15. |
Beedrill (Mega)
|
Poison Jab Poison |
Sludge Bomb Poison |
413.21s | 26.13 |
| 16. |
Sceptile (Mega)
|
Fury Cutter Bug |
Dragon Claw Dragon |
436.39s | 22.13 |
| 17. |
Mewtwo
|
Psycho Cut Psychic |
Ice Beam Ice |
461.73s | 22.38 |
| 18. |
Jynx
|
Frost Breath Ice |
Avalanche Ice |
446.77s | 29.57 |
| 19. |
Charizard (Mega X)
|
Dragon Breath Dragon |
Dragon Claw Dragon |
480.74s | 20.17 |
| 20. |
Charizard (Mega Y)
|
Air Slash |
Blast Burn Fire |
496.20s | 16.63 |
| 21. |
Scizor (Mega)
|
Fury Cutter Bug |
X-Scissor Bug |
498.32s | 15.50 |
| 22. |
Avalugg
|
Ice Fang Ice |
Avalanche Ice |
491.79s | 18.50 |
| 23. |
Aurorus
|
Frost Breath Ice |
Weather Ball Ice |
492.14s | 22.17 |
| 24. |
Genesect (Chill)
|
Fury Cutter Bug |
Techno Blast Ice |
505.73s | 17.50 |
| 25. |
Avalugg (Hisuian)
|
Powder Snow Ice |
Blizzard Ice |
511.69s | 17.60 |
| 26. |
Blaziken (Mega)
|
Counter Fighting |
Brave Bird |
505.35s | 24.60 |
| 27. |
Rayquaza
|
Dragon Tail Dragon |
Outrage Dragon |
534.84s | 17.86 |
| 28. |
Beartic
|
Powder Snow Ice |
Ice Punch Ice |
493.09s | 26.38 |
| 29. |
Vanilluxe
|
Frost Breath Ice |
Blizzard Ice |
493.90s | 26.50 |
| 30. |
Porygon-Z
|
Lock-On Normal |
Blizzard Ice |
514.34s | 27.60 |
| 31. |
Articuno
|
Frost Breath Ice |
Ice Beam Ice |
539.19s | 16.00 |
| 32. |
Alakazam (Mega)
|
Confusion Psychic |
Dazzling Gleam Fairy |
506.04s | 29.00 |
| 33. |
Ampharos (Mega)
|
Charge Beam Electric |
Dragon Pulse Dragon |
560.73s | 15.50 |
| 34. |
Gyarados (Mega)
|
Dragon Tail Dragon |
Outrage Dragon |
561.38s | 19.40 |
| 35. |
Salamence
|
Dragon Tail Dragon |
Draco Meteor Dragon |
553.10s | 15.67 |
Since Shadow Pokémon are extremely expensive to power up and require specific events to remove Frustration with a Charge TM, they will NOT be listed as raid counters in this article. That said, if you have the shadow form of a listed raid counter Pokémon powered up and TMed, use it.
How to Get Mega Sceptile
You cannot catch Sceptile in its mega evolved form from the raid. The mega raid boss is always catchable in its base form and as such, the CP ranges are for a regular Sceptile.
Sceptile can be caught with the following CP values:
- 1500 – 1575 CP at Level 20 with no weather boost
- 1876 – 1969 CP at Level 25 with Sunny or Windy weather boost
In order to get Mega Sceptile you will need 200 Mega Energy for the initial evolution, then 40 Mega Energy to evolve the same Sceptile again in the future. Mega Energy can be obtained via Mega Sceptile Raids, and once you have evolved Mega Sceptile, you can earn 5 Mega Energy per candy while walking it as your buddy. You can walk any Treecko, Grovyle or Sceptile to earn Mega Energy, as long as you have previously evolved one to register it to your Mega Pokédex.
Mega Sceptile Sprites
| Regular Sprite | Shiny Sprite |
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Sceptile Shiny
Like all Mega Raid Bosses, you can catch the shiny version of Sceptile from a raid.
| Regular Sprite | Shiny Sprite |
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Mega Sceptile Stats and Max CP
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Sceptile (Mega)
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| Max CP at Level 40 4056 | Max CP at Level 50 4585 | |||||||||
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| ATK 320 | DEF 186 | HP 172 | |||||||
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Mega Sceptile Movepool
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*denotes Legacy Move
Moveset Analysis
If I’m being honest, none of Mega Sceptile’s moves threaten any of its counters in any significant way aside from Dragon Claw. If Mega Sceptile has Dragon Claw your counters with Dragon typing will suffer more damage. I’m looking at you Kyurem. Aside from that, bring Ice types and you’ll be fine.
