Sceptile Best Tera Raid Build

The best Sceptile Tera Raid Build in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV) has the Overgrow ability, and the Shell Bell held item. Read on to learn what the best Sceptile Tera Raid Build is and how to use it.

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Best Sceptile Tera Raid Build

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Sun Grass Attacker Build

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Sceptile	Tera Type			Nature
				Adamant (↑Atk, ↓SpA)
	EV Spread
	HP: 252		Atk: 252		Speed: 4
Ability	Moveset
Overgrow	・ Solar Blade ・ Swords Dance ・ Screech ・ Sunny Day
Held Item
Shell Bell

Summary

Use Screech to lower the Raid Boss' Defense. Boost Sceptile's Attack with Swords Dance. Use Solar Blade with Sunny Day up to deal damage to the Raid Boss without charging on the first turn.

Sceptile's attack can be further boosted by using Swords Dance, partnered with Screech to lower the Raid Boss' Defense which maximizes the damage of Sceptile's Solar Blade.

Activate Sunny Day to remove the one-turn charge of Solar Blade.

Best Tera Type, Nature, and Held Item

This build recommends Sceptile to have a Grass Tera Type to maximize the damage dealt by Solar Blade from a double STAB.

As a Physical Attacker, an Adamant nature is the recommended nature. If Sceptile happens to have a different nature, you can use an Adamant Mint to change its nature.

Let Sceptile hold a Shell Bell to restore health when it deals damage, increasing its survivability against raid bosses.

Best Tera Types: Best Pokemon to Terastallize

EV Spread Explanation

Tera Raid EV spreads should lean towards bulky offense to increase survivability while dealing the maximum damage possible. EV Train to max out Sceptile's Attack and HP, while adding the remaining EVs into Speed.

Tera Raid Strategy

Start the raid battle with Swords Dance and use it three times to boost Sceptile's Attack stat to max it out, followed by Screech three times to lower the Defense of the raid boss by 6 stages.

Activate Sunny Day for Sceptile's Solar Blade to turn its initial two-turn attack to only one-turn.

Use Solar Blade to deal damage and build its Tera Orb Charge. Terastallize to double the STAB for Solar Blade and continue using it until the Raid Boss is defeated.

Sample Damage Calculations

Damage Dealt by Sceptile
7675 HP (-6 Def, Max HP x25)	Solar Blade (+6 Atk, Grass Tera) 6800 ~ 8000 (89.4 - 105.2%)

These calculations were done using our Tera Raid Damage Calculator

Tera Raid Damage Calculator

Effective Counter Against Water, Ground, and Rock Type Tera Raids

Super Effective (2x)
Not Very Effective (x0.5)
No Effect (x0)	None

This Sceptile Grass Tera Raid Build is an effective counter to Water, Ground, and Rock Type Tera Raid Bosses. If the Tera Raid Boss is usually a Fire, Flying or Bug Type outside of Terastallization, perhaps consider a different build, as Sceptile will be weak to these types as a Grass-type attacker.

Type Chart: All Matchups and Effectiveness

Dragon Tera Build

EV Spread, Ability, Held Item and Moveset

Sceptile	Tera Type			Nature
				Adamant (↑Atk, ↓SpA)
	EV Spread
	HP: 252		Atk: 252		Speed: 4
Ability	Moveset
Overgrow	・ Breaking Swipe ・ Swords Dance ・ Screech ・ Dragon Claw
Held Item
Shell Bell

Summary

Use Screech to lower the Raid Boss' Defense. Boost Sceptile's Attack with Swords Dance. Use Breaking Swipe deal damage to the Raid Boss while lowering its Attack simultaneously. Switch to Dragon Claw for a stronger attack.

Sceptile's attack can be further boosted by using Swords Dance, partnered with Screech to lower the Raid Boss' Defense which maximizes the damage of Sceptile's Dragon Claw.

Make use of Breaking Swipe to not only deal damage, but to also lower the Attack of the raid boss by one stage when hit.

Best Tera Type, Nature, and Held Item

This build recommends Sceptile to have a Dragon Tera Type to maximize the damage dealt by Dragon Claw or Breaking Swipe from a double STAB.

As a Physical Attacker, an Adamant nature is the recommended nature. If Sceptile happens to have a different nature, you can use an Adamant Mint to change its nature.

Let Sceptile hold a Shell Bell to restore health when it deals damage, increasing its survivability against raid bosses.

Best Tera Types: Best Pokemon to Terastallize

EV Spread Explanation

Tera Raid EV spreads should lean towards bulky offense to increase survivability while dealing the maximum damage possible. EV Train to max out Sceptile's Attack and HP, while adding the remaining EVs into Speed.

Tera Raid Strategy

Start the raid battle with Swords Dance and use it three times to boost Sceptile's Attack stat to max it out, followed by Screech three times to lower the Defense of the raid boss by 6 stages.

Use Breaking Swipe to effectively deal damage while also decreasing the enemy's Attack by one stage, reducing the damage you'll receive when you're facing a physical attacker.

Switch to Dragon Claw to deal the most damage as it has a higher attack power. Terastallize to double the STAB for both Breaking Swipe and Dragon Claw , and continue using them depending on the situation until the Raid Boss is defeated.

Sample Damage Calculations

Damage Dealt by Sceptile
7675 HP (-6 Def, Max HP x25)	Dragon Claw (+6 Atk, Dragon Tera) 3264 ~ 3840 (42.9 - 50.5%)

These calculations were done using our Tera Raid Damage Calculator

Tera Raid Damage Calculator

Effective Counter Against Dragon Type Tera Raids

Super Effective (2x)
Not Very Effective (x0.5)
No Effect (x0)

This Sceptile Dragon Tera Raid Build is an effective counter to Dragon Type Tera Raid Bosses. If the Tera Raid Boss is usually a Steel or Fairy Type outside of Terastallization, perhaps consider a different build, as Sceptile will be weak to these types as a Dragon-type attacker.

Type Chart: All Matchups and Effectiveness

How to Make Best Sceptile Tera Raid Build

How to Make Best Sceptile Tera Raid Build
Catch Treecko at Canyon Biome Use Adamant Mint to change its nature. EV Train Sceptile Hyper Train at Montenevera. Level up to 100. Give Sceptile a Held Item.

Catch Treecko at Canyon Biome

You can catch a Treeko with a Grass Tera Type at the Canyon Biome.

In order to get Treeko in the Terarium, you need to complete Terry's Boost biodiversity in the Canyon Biome request on the Support Board for 3000 BP

Make sure to bring a Pokemon that has False Swipe and can inflict a status effect to make it easier to catch.

Best Pokemon for Catching

Transfer via Pokemon HOME

Treecko in Other Pokemon Games
SV	SWSH	BDSP

Alternatively, you can transfer any member of the Sceptile line into Scarlet and Violet via Pokemon HOME! Check out where you can obtain them in our other guides!

How to Transfer Pokemon from Pokemon HOME

Use Adamant Mint to Change Its Nature

If it has a different nature, you can use Adamant Mint to change its nature to Adamant.

The easiest way to get this is by buying it from the Chansey Supply shop at Mesagoza for ₽20,000.

How to Change a Pokemon's Nature

EV Train Sceptile

EV train Sceptile according to the build's EV spread using Vitamins, Mochis, or the traditional way with Power Items and battling Pokemon with the right EV yield.

Vitamins can be bought at any Chansey Supply shop and it will cost you ₽530,000 to fully train a Pokemon. Meanwhile, Mochi can be obtained through the Ogre Oustin' Minigame.

Physical Attacker Builds

If you have the money for it, you can just buy 26 HP Up (for HP), 26 Protein (for Atk), and an Carbos (for Speed). All of these items can be bought at a Chansey Supply shop and it will cost you ₽530,000 in total.

Alternatively, you can use Power Items that you can buy at a Delibird Presents shop for ₽10,000 each. Have your Pokemon hold the respective Power Item while defeating the Pokemon listed below.

Held Item	Number of Pokemon to Defeat	Defeat Any of These Pokemon
Power Weight (For HP EVs)	28 in Total (To get 252 HP EVs)	・Azurill ・Lechonk ・Paldean Wooper Location: South of Los Platos
Power Bracer (For Attack EVs)	28 in Total (To get 252 Attack EVs)	・Shinx ・Growlithe ・Yungoos ・Nymble Location: South Province (Area 3)
Power Anklet (For Speed EVs)	1 in Total (To get 4 Speed EVs)	・Rookidee Location: South Province (Area 3)

How to EV Train Fast

Hyper Train at Montenevera

After EV training it, head to Montenevera and talk to the man with an Abomasnow near the Pokemon Center. He will hyper train your Pokemon using Bottle Caps.

A Bottle Cap can be bought at the Delibird Presents shops for ₽20,000 after getting 6 Gym Badges. 1 Bottle Cap is needed for each stat that will be maxed out.

Hyper Training: How to Increase IVs

Level Up to 100

Next, level it up to 100 to maximize its stats. The easiest way to do this is by farming Exp candies from Tera Raid Battles.

How to Level Up Fast: EXP Farming Guide

Give Sceptile a Held Item

You can also give your Sceptile a Held Item to help it when facing off against various Raid Pokemon.

Learn how to find the recommended held item and price from the table below!

Item Name	Location	Price
Shell Bell	Levincia Delibird Presents	₽20,000

Delibird Presents Locations and All Items

Sceptile Tera Raid Moveset Guide

Learn Moves Through Level Up

The table below includes all the moves Sceptile learns through level up needed for our recommended builds. Choose the moves depending on the build you are trying to make.

Level	Move	Type
42	Screech

You can have Sceptile remember moves by going to the "Moves and Stats" menu and pressing A.

How to Relearn Moves

Get Other Moves From TMs

The table below includes all the moves Sceptile learns from TMs needed for our recommended builds. Choose the moves depending on the build you are trying to make.

TM / Move Name	How to Get Materials
TM049 Sunny Day	Can be found along the road from the northwest exit of Cortondo. Follow the road west out of the town until you head up the cliffside. You will see the TM near a rock on the cliff overlooking Cortondo. Required League Points: 3000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Litleo Tuft x3 ・Sunkern Leaf x3 ・Torkoal Coal x3
TM078 Dragon Claw	Located at the island at the center of Casseroya Lake. Required League Points: 8000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Gible Scales x3 ・Axew Scales x5 ・Noibat Fur x3
TM088 Swords Dance	Available for Crafting through TM Machine after defeating Team Star's Fighting Crew Required League Points: 5000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Scyther Claw x3 ・Zangoose Claw x3 ・Gible Scales x3
TM190 Solar Blade	Readily available in the Kitakami TM Machine Required League Points: 12000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Seedot Stem x4 ・Sewaddle Leaf x2
TM222 Breaking Swipe	Readily available in the Terarium TM Machine Required League Points: 3000 LP Required Pokemon Materials: ・Axew Scales x2 ・Cyclizar Scales x1 ・Duraludon Tarnish x3

List of TMs and Locations

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