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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?

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how about its mega stone.
I knew I'd get this comment, I already have a mega sceptile set
Mabye run a mixed set with white herb and leaf storm idk xD
Yeah Eviolite (correct)is used for evolving it
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
how about air ballon.
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?
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 :)
If you run Weakness Policy, you might not even have to run SD.
Actually I might run a sitrus berry tbh, nah if it survives a super effective move, it won't have much HP left
That's why I run Drain Punch.
Sceptile can't learn drain punch can he?
Yep. Sceptile gets Drain Punch.
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
I was actually thinking of getting rid of SD, cuz Weakness Policy gives you a free one anyway..
Thing is, he won't survive majority of super effective moves
Endure exists for a reason. Endure, Drain Punch, Leaf Blade, Acrobatics.

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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.

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Focus Sash

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

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