What item should I have for my Sceptile?

Question

My Sceptile
Unburden
252 Atk 252 Spd 4 Def
Adamant
Swords Dance
Leaf Blade
Earthquake
Acrobatics

Now since the type gems arnt in ORAS, I can't use my Flying Gem, so what consumable would be good for my Sceptile?

Comments

how about its mega stone.

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I knew I'd get this comment, I already have a mega sceptile set

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Mabye run a mixed set with white herb and leaf storm idk xD

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Yeah Eviolite (correct)is used for evolving it

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My mega sceptile is special so I wanted a physical, but it's moves don't matter cause I'll be in the same situation with unburden

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how about air ballon.

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Aid Ballon sounds good tbh, btw, does the Red Card only work for contact moves, or can a non contact move activate it such as Surf?

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Right guys, thank you for all your help! But I'm gonna go for a Red Card, Juarez tested it and it works with non contact moves too, it might help with setting up swords dance too, I know it's a weird set but wanted something different, thanks :)

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If you run Weakness Policy, you might not even have to run SD.

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Actually I might run a sitrus berry tbh, nah if it survives a super effective move, it won't have much HP left

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That's why I run Drain Punch.

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Sceptile can't learn drain punch can he?

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Yep. Sceptile gets Drain Punch.

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Nice! What should I swap out though? Leaf blade is obv stab, need swords dance, acrobatics doubles with item gone and get grass bug fighting etc and earthquake get fire etc

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I was actually thinking of getting rid of SD, cuz Weakness Policy gives you a free one anyway..

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Thing is, he won't survive majority of super effective moves

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Endure exists for a reason. Endure, Drain Punch, Leaf Blade, Acrobatics.

Answer 1

Stirus Berry or Leichi Berry

You can't always get your Focus Sash off because of things like hazards being so common. You're better off running a Sitrus Berry to make yourself more likely to be able to use it up or if you're using a Leichi Berry, drop SD for Substitute and spam Substitute until you activate your berry based attack boost.

Answer 2

Focus Sash

Unburden + Focus Sash = Ultimate combo! Also allows you to killTalonflame if you have a Rock-type move.
Hope this helps!
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Comments

this strategy wont always work.

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Yeah I was thinking of this but it's the priority moves and moves that won't actually activate the sash that will be a prob

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I'll be honest, Mega and LO variants are awfully more promising than Unburden ones. Just talking from personal experience.