How GREAT was Sceptile ACTUALLY? - History of Sceptile in Competitive Pokemon

[@CollegeBallYouknow]

I knew Treecko was something special when I saw his sprite’s battle stance literally T-posing to establish dominance the moment he got out.

[@MrNylenRules]

I remember seeing the commercial for the games with the people in the photo booth who were dressed up to resemble the Pokémon they were with and seeing that little gecko being held up, I immediately went “I want that dude”

[@newjumpcityjosh9333]

@@MrNylenRules YO SAME!! I already knew

[@bobmarkerson]

Same, Treecko was my first starter ever back in 2005 Pokemon Emerald

[@yoannfloquet1645]

It might not be the most competitively viable but it's definitely the only starter line in which every stage is iconic

[@stretchpunchbeef8982]

Thanks Mystery Dungeon

[@luckyghost7777]

​@stretchpunchbeef8982 God I loved that game

[@StormlordOG]

Enter: Greninja Enter: Infernape

[@yoannfloquet1645]

@@StormlordOG look me in the eyes and tell me how Monferno and god damn Frogadier are iconic

[@luckyghost7777]

@yoannfloquet1645 yea I don't think he understood what you were trying to say lol

[@brandontherabboat4850]

Sceptile is one of the hardest Pokémon ever made. Ash’s and Sawyer’s were unbelievably cool.

[@blacksheep7741]

First of all ash had it first had it way longer everybody wants to copy ash

[@nwcleear]

nah, Sawyer was cool

[@jonahbrown5669]

​@@blacksheep7741ok?

[@noinfo1018]

Sawyers was pretty damn great, might just be nostalgia though

[@samuelturner6076]

254th like

[@chaosgallade2331]

Sceptile is one of those Pokemon that got screwed over by the physical/special split. In Gen III, it had wonky, but still usable, coverage in Thunder Punch, Hidden Power Fire, Dragon Claw, and to a lesser extent, Crunch. Nowadays, its special movepool is shallower (consisting of Leaf Storm, Giga Drain/Energy Ball, Focus Blast, Dragon Pulse, Hidden Power, and Tera Blast) than its physical one, which it can't really use effectively due to its lower Attack.

[@benross9174]

Design wise it looks more like a physical attacker. Shame its stats were made around gen 3 mechanics

[@Dingus_Mcbingused]

Give it quiver dance

[@3xtblade652]

Your listed moves don’t make it look like it has less coverage lol. Gen 3: Grass, electric, dragon, dark, and HP. Gen 4 onwards: Grass, dragon, HP and TB. Maybe fighting, though Focus Miss is only there half the time. The only thing it’s really missing is electric, and Thunder Punch is so weak I doubt it’s that useful. Besides, if Sceptile wanted to go physical it had SD, which is a viable set for most generations. But even if Sceptile’s Atk and Spatk were switched, I doubt it would be that great because the issue is that it was very frail. Either it sweeps or it does nothing.

[@chaosgallade2331]

@@3xtblade652 Grass (Leaf Storm/Giga Drain)/Dragon (Dragon Pulse)/Fighting (Focus Blast), not counting Hidden Power or Tera Blast, is still effectively less coverage options overall and that's walled by Mega Altaria, Galarian Weezing, and Fezandipiti, to the point where the right Hidden Power or Tera Blast type is needed to deal with them. Plus, Sceptile rarely uses Dragon Pulse unless it's Mega Evolved. On the physical side, Leaf Blade, Earthquake, Low Kick/Drain Punch, and Rock Slide provide a broader scope of coverage. Sceptile also has Acrobatics for Unburden sets.

[@gio9255]

It was possibly one of the most buffed mons by the split. It gained leaf storm, more physical attacking options and even stronger coverage moves. If anything sceptile should gain nasty plot and air slash.

[@Connor_1989]

Loved editing this one 🦎🍃

[@kyallon1213]

You did a great job!

[@Asm0d3u5]

You did great!

[@sleazymeezy]

You did!

[@ArotTheKarot]

My favorite grass type since '03. Sceptile is one of the coolest Pokemon ever designed.

[@izsokok]

1903

[@illegallyblind5674]

Def one of the swaggiest.

[@Skeletonpie.]

1803​@@izsokok

[@24xv555]

As a Sceptile fan, I wont be satisfied until gamefreak give Sceptile half the love it gives to Incineroar.

[@General_C]

He got a Mega and Shed Tail. I'd say he's eating decently well.

[@samuelturner6076]

​@General_C I mean I wouldn't call an ok buff which has been gone for over half a decade, and a move which makes him a decent support but still kept in low tiers eating decently well. Sure he's not starving like some other starters but he's definitely not getting a plate like Incineroar, or Arceus forbid, the Gen 1 trio.

[@Castersvarog]

Like at least give it Earth power and more coverage in general like Dark pulse

[@explodingpancakeofawesomen8594]

They should give it some insane hidden ability that makes contact moves deal special damage instead. It could actually use Leaf Blade like the old days, and it could use its much better physical moveset to greater effect while not completely losing its identity as a special attacking grass starter

[@24xv555]

@@General_C i want quiver dance & fiery dance

[@smackjack78]

Sceptile has one of the coolest Megas to me. It becomes more ferocious looking with the added red and giant tree tail and gets that added Dragon typing as a bonus. It sure helps that it had a memorable role in one of the best final battles in the anime

[@joekewl7539]

Christmas Tree

[@erwark]

Hey Sceptile, we finally gave you Dragon typing to buff you! Also, we added Fairy in the same Gen 😢

[@marcelosandoval8719]

Man Sceptile was my first starter I keep my OG Sceptile on Alpha Sapphire and brought his son to the next generations Is called Sceptile JR

[@qweschuning]

Same

[@maromania7]

Same! Mine's called Treetail. I was not good at naming things when I was 9 XD

[@sohambhowal3510]

​@@maromania7it's a great name man, wish I had thought of it

[@DrTechnoBabel]

Sceptile wasn't my first starter (Charizard was), but it is my favorite. Because I was big on original OTs when I was a kid though, rather than transferring it up normally I instead bred him once he was transferred and raised his kid, then repeated the process every generation, eventually transitioning to breeding them and sending the kid forward instead so the Sceptiles could stay with their OTs. And in Omega Ruby I lucked out and got a female Sceptile as my starter, so I bred her with the Gen 6 Sceptile and merged the two bloodlines. Even though my original Treeraptor has been lost to time alongside my Ruby and Pearl versions, his legacy lives on in a so far unbroken line of succession with his great-great-great-etc-grandson now part of my Paldea team.

[@felixgomez2063]

Reading Alpha Sapphire instead of Sapphire had me do a doubletake before realizing ORAS came out a decade ago. Still remember paying Emerald with my friends back in elementary school. Man how the time flies

[@VividSwagBob]

THE OG REMAKES are great, it shows how much you have grown as a content creator. Keep up the amazing work ❤

[@rogue_114]

there's something always so special about mons who excel in the lower tiers no matter where the power creep ends up

[@ShadowDemiVeemon]

i know the funniest thing is when we get to incineroar we have the singles section being the preview showing to the 5 hours of competiive coverage of him

[@doug-goat]

Mandjtv will be happy

[@Capt._Cheese_Balls]

"Mandjtv?" *Lights old-time cigar* "Now that's a name I haven't heard in many years."

[@RedDragonForce2]

@@Capt._Cheese_Balls but he’s still around. Still very much active! That meme doesn’t work.

[@leafgreen20cruz]

Mandjtv, be so happy for the XD gameplay

[@thisijchipguy4009]

We should go tell him

[@zachpro5475]

Fsg should join team sky

[@moonjelly5]

My favorite starter of all time. I am glad he is getting his well deserved remake.

[@sirunklydunk8861]

Gen 3 had the perfect starter trio, fight me

[@davigusmaodeoliveira9746]

No, because i agree

[@Avinash1974]

In which context, competitive wise or design wise ?

[@leaggug1]

​@@Avinash1974 Yes

[@justasalamander2621]

​@@Avinash1974 unironically maybe both, but I'm sure he meant design wise.

[@CesarMT1661]

​@@Avinash1974probably design-wise Which is true(in my opnion)

[@dodgesabiniano5835]

We makin it out of Hoenn with this one 🗣️🔥💯

[@blazikenchad8876]

Sceptile was lucky to get a mega evolution. You could say he *shed it's tail* to shine again

[@decoyreggieyt4621]

bruh

[@theaverageperson2557]

that was good

[@opticblastx]

Badum tis

[@resurrection7480]

I am only today learning that sceptile could learn shed tail

[@quetzalthegamer]

Get out 🫲

[@bdt2002gaming]

It says a lot about Gen 6 NU’s balance and Sceptile’s metagame influence that it was the *only* Pokémon that finished the generation in NUBL, the first and so far only time a lower tier has finished its current generation lifespan with only one Pokémon being banned. I wasn’t around during Gen 6’s competitive lifespan (I only started looking into competitive in Gen 7), but I have to wonder if it was a true “Brawl Meta Knight situation” similar to what you might expect from something like GSC Snorlax. Either way, Gen 6 NU looks surprisingly fun and balanced nowadays.

[@CaptainCart00ns]

Thank you for that phenomenal intro. You did my boi justice. 💚

[@jorgevaldez7619]

Sceptile my beloved, one day you'll be the king in OU

[@milliman4]

I'm glad we get these little nuggets of PMD love whenever a Pokemon is introduced

[@iBenjamin1000]

bro this was so exciting to see, I never expected sceptile to be a "how great was" pokemon on the channel. def looking forward to blaziken and swampert, I think they're going to be even better.

[@PyroManiac753]

Blaziken is the best starter in this entire game in singles. He is gonna have a 2 hour video lol.

[@thel-iteralone4592]

My childhood starter getting a remake analysis makes me happy. It being able to use terrain seeds to outstanding effect like Hawlucha means that it's still great even after losing out on its Mega.

[@Smart1529]

This remake is awesome. Non of that "Oh well at least his good in Pokken Tournament DX" a proper analysis this time. Thank you.

[@almostdangerous1412]

Sceptile is my goat, i dont care if hes the least viable of the hoenn starters, im picking it almost every time (I love all of the gen 3 starters, Sceptile is just my favorite) and he is going to be named Jeffery every time after my Sceptile from playing Omega Ruby when it first came out.

[@DerRoteRadi]

Always loved Sceptile's design so much

[@superiorrule34]

Unfortunately it’s stats suck.

[@Arrowstorm19]

Sceptile the GOAT!!! Thank you for this remake, False Swipe Gaming! It was a lovely summary of Sceptile's success over the years

[@justanother2sday]

Devyn’s team at 19:05 used Mega Sceptile with Worry Seed and a fast Primal Kyogre so that when Primal Groudon switched in, you could turn off the sun with Worry Seed and Water Spout.

[@SaltyTreecko]

The remake we needed but didn't deserve

[@pezaroo1234]

honestly its hard not to love all 3 of the Hoenn starters, but Treecko's line will forever have a piece of my heart. All 3 evolutions just look incredible and Grovyle in PMD hit me so hard growing up :')

[@Blvssfvl]

The goat got another video, thank you

[@lulukomadori9651]

MandJTV gonna be happy seeing this

[@adept27]

Great to see! My favourite mon.

[@ela-811]

Ayyyyyy, the remaster. Surprised it's got the elusive GREAT rating by False Swipe considering their last showing.

[@Luke0193]

Always happy when there is a new false swipe gaming video.

[@genarftheunfuni5227]

Let's not forget the niche that Sceptile has in Gen 9 UBERS. It's one of the smallest of niches, but let's not underestimate the great support of Shed Tail.

[@mrtrollnator123]

SHED TAIL?????

[@genarftheunfuni5227]

@@mrtrollnator123 Yep, it got that as a remember move

[@mrtrollnator123]

@@genarftheunfuni5227 that's crazy ngl

[@itztaytay2]

Cyclizar is the go to mon for shed tail passing though (which the main receiver after dlcs is Terapagos since Tera Shell will make any attack into the sub be not very effective and potentially not break as it sets up), it has better speed and Regenerator so gets more chances to pull the strat off

[@genarftheunfuni5227]

@@itztaytay2 That's why I said Sceptile's is between the smallest of niches for Ubers. Unlike Cyclizar, it can withstand some Dragon attacks without resorting to a Tera, and has an immunity to Spore moves and Leech Seed, giving it a small bit of entries that Cyclizar can't cover. Still, like I said, Ubers Sceptile is a niche, but has a place there.

[@ErintheAutisticOctoling]

Im glad that sceptile got some justice. As cool as blaziken and swampert are, i just can't imagine myself picking any other hoenn starter that wasn't sceptile

[@RebelliousTreecko]

Nice. Another Sceppy vid.

[@esteban8471]

Can't wait for MandJTV to watch the remaster.

[@djmike679]

Love this smug looking tree boi. Ready to see if hes gotten better since the last video.

[@facesoffearbrewing1229]

Are you still ignoring the power of Relicanth? We want to know how great his Head Smash - Rock Head combination was!

[@sephikong8323]

"We headin' to greatness" -Relicanth

[@metayoshi1712]

3 ? 4 Bricked by Torterra 5 Power creep + miss rate 6 Megas can easily tank, then delete. 7 Z move Deleted it 8 Bulky Dynamax 9 Hisuian Arcanine Surpasses

[@sleazymeezy]

​@metayoshi1712 my man has zero strats

[@metayoshi1712]

100 HP 65 Sp.Def Energy Ball Leaf Storm Thunderbolt Thunder (LoL Rain Teams) Earth Power Aura Sphere Focus Blast 100 HP 130 DEF Leaf Blade Wood Hammer Earthquake Close Combat Lucario quad resists Rock. Gen 8? Loses to grassy gliding Monke. How great was Head Smash actually? It missed the target.

[@Eminster]

​@@metayoshi1712bruh you do realize hes joking right? How did you not see that

[@kushgodreturns5873]

Sceptile should have been a mix attacker.

[@winter9242]

Sceptile can be viable as a pure special attacker if only his special move pool isn't as shallow as a puddle

[@mk45elite13]

Great to see him remaking a well loved starter

[@WesTheMes84]

You’re killing it Sceptile my beloved. Also how good is Polteageist when?

[@Chucky_Martinez]

My favorite Starter of all time, Sceptile!

[@BigBossMan538]

Treeko was my first Pokémon, and Ruby was my first Pokémon handheld game. So yeah, Sceptile is one of my favorite Pokémon of all time. It would be so cool in Smash Bros.

[@PKM113]

Bro did Sceptile and Zygarde back to back as if you were explicitly trying to please me specifically.

[@Moss_Dude]

I've recently had some pretty good fun with unburden/swords dance/upper hand in gen 9, I really love that move

[@UnwantedGhost1-anz25]

If it weren't for Greninja's existence, Sceptile would have been my number one most favorite Pokémon.

[@johnnyp1986]

Shed Tail Sceptile would probably cause havoc if Shed Tail were allowed 😂

[@annaangelic2318]

The journey of Sceptile down to being mid in ZU

[@SYKim_94]

5:00 did that snover just take out a sceptile?? 😂

[@gregory-puff7673]

My favorite Pokémon hands down

[@surelyyoujestin4871]

The swampert remake boutta be some heat fr fr 🔥🔥💯

[@TherealMatthias1998]

Mandjtv’s reaction to the og version of this video helped me find this channel!

[@teddy-fg5cw]

i can't believe there hasn't been a video on cresselia 😭😭

[@deltalord6969]

Minor mistake on the time stamps, Gen 9 is abbreviated as SM not SV

[@Victini0510]

What

[@winter9242]

​@@Victini0510 on the timestamp, you can see gen 9 is named SM (sun & moon) when it should've been SV (scarlet & violet)

[@gio9255]

Sceptile is without a doubt the coolest grass starter ever. Really wish that as a compromise for losing its mega, it gained dragon stab. Shed tail would definitely give it a niche in higher tiers if it was allowed. Its ability to shed tail to overgrowth leaf storm range gives it a unique niche. Hope one day it gains nasty plot, calm mind and air slash. It’s modest attacking stats without a boost is what holds it back.

[@manicyume]

This is VERY niche but it's a boost nonetheless, but using throatspray + grasswhistle in natdex is quite fun

[@personalemail9329]

Nah Rillaboom is way better, way too cool looking compared to this Goofy Lizard.

[@paradocks184]

Gen 3 starter remakes before Gen 1. What a twist

[@shiruotakuno28]

I'm surprised the gen 9 moveset addition of Shed Tail wasn't mentioned at the end, considering how much Sceptile loved setting up substitutes in generations past.

[@jona_hehe3768]

I like how people finally started using physical Sceptile. Mine was because his physical moveset was much better, and it felt disrespectful to not give Sceptile its ex-signituremove Leaf Blade

[@jonathandax]

We need a Gengar remake. "How GREAT was Gengar actually?"

[@naturalharmoniagropius4486]

Retirement Era since Gen 7, after it loss the ability to float. Atm, it sits in RU

[@Latios55]

MandJtv: WOOOOO YEAHH BABY THATS WHAT IVE BEEN WATING FOR

[@bangoouygi6372]

Sceptile was truly shafted by the gen 4 PSS.

[@AutisticStatic]

New sceptile video lets goooooo

[@maagic2031]

These videos don’t talk about Smogon Doubles (which is fair, its a super niche meta) so I just want to talk about how Sceptile is shockingly amazing there. In a meta where Gengar and (formerly legal) Latias rule, a fast crunch is invaluable. In general, the fast pace of doubles and esp Gen 3 doubles really lets Sceptile’s ok power and amazing speed shine, cleaning teams up after explosions or whatever. It’s also much easier to provide Sunny Day support in doubles and a lot of pokemon that can handle Leaf Blade can’t quite do the same for Solar Beam or boosted HP Fire.

[@x7251z]

False Swipe needs to review Cresselia. It's the only gen 4 legendary that has never had a review done.

[@johnomgerrossman4020]

As someone who won a tournament a while back with mirror herb sceptile and wide Lens swagger tornadus I appreciate this video

[@awesomeraichu59342]

Although Sceptile is one of my absolute favorite pokemon of all time, I'm still a bit salty by its offensive stats. More specifically, I wish its attack and Special attacking stats were swapped so Sceptile can shred through teams with a stab leaf blade coming off its attack stat of 105 rather than 85

[@_Funny_Meme_Man_]

6:20 Off topic,but wtf is that run animation.😂

[@betia4915]

Oh man ,my favorite pokemon, it's really great to see the difference from the og video where then if a mon wasn't good in ou it was bad. Now if had to buff sceptule i had 2 simple ideas: 1. Switch its atk and spc atk and replace unburden with sharpness. 2. Give it earth power and solar power.

[@getstackedxd6231]

Sceptile, my first lvl 100 and pokemon to teach me coverage moves such as dragon claw and brick break. Taught me swords dance and stat change later. Became my favorite pokemon even though I love water type starter. Also this is the best competitive starter trio imo.

[@AsianWithHat]

How good was Swampert ACTUALLY?? *I WILL NEVER GIVE UP.*

[@x7251z]

Swampert has had a review done before.

[@AsianWithHat]

@@x7251z so has Sceptile.

[@thejoaga]

I glad to see my fav Pokemon being great on competitive

[@JohnZ_GG]

You should make a video about Druddigon, I see it all the time when you talk about RU

[@SJrad]

Worth mentioning that if the move wasn’t banned, sceptile has access to the move shed tail for team support. although probably would be outclassed by cyclizar and its regenerator

[@Alphine172]

At this point they're never going to switch its atk with spatk, fingers crossed we get a regional form grass/dragon with higher attack

[@Supermateo97]

My baby lizard 🥺 Favorite Pokemon and first level 100 I ever had. I wish they would one day switch its attack and special attack stats.

[@LordRumshi]

Sceptile does still possess the best speed stat of the hoenn trio and a diverse move pool does allow players to take on nearly any Pokémon the opposing player may send out. Rock slide to handle flying, fire, bug and ice types, dragon pulse to handle the likes of mega Salamance, and earthquake to eliminate poison types.

[@daniellejackson6543]

Fun fact: sceptile is ubers by technicality in gen 9. With the release of the indigo disk came all the starters returning including sceptile and movesets were updated. This included sceptile naturally learning shed tail a move that was banned from ou and below for allowing easy set up even with orthworm after cyclizar getting banned for the move, speed, and regenerator and after that smogon gave up and banned the move. This means that your sceptile can technically be on par with box arts.

[@itztaytay2]

That doesn't make it ubers by technicality, if it only had 1 ability and that ability was banned then it would be (like Cacturne in gen 3). It just has a move that it can't use in the main tiers. Since sleep moves are all banned now too are you going argue that anything with Hypnosis is technically uber?

[@starplatinum1181]

MandJTV is gonna have a field day with this one

[@skuddingomcwinters6119]

Sceptile was dope. My fav starter from gen 3. (I do love them all though) When I first got Leaf Blade I was like “where had this move been for grass types this whole time.”

[@KooroshFarahani]

Sceptile update lets gooooo

[@RedDragonForce2]

@MandJTV Here’s the updated video for your Lizard Boi!

[@milessmith2248]

Love the remakes! Maybe Blaziken and Swampert for the next two weeks? 👀👀

[@danielmaynard239]

Me on my way to wait for the Seismitoad video

[@StratSama]

Fun fact: Sceptile got the broken move shed tail in gen 9 too, tho sadly the move is banned from smogon singles

[@UnwantedGhost1-anz25]

If Ash ever returns in the anime way later on in Generation 10 & beyond, I hope his Sceptile has mega evolution to help defend the title as the world's strongest trainer.

[@thearrivalalex450]

Sceptile looks like the kind of guy who goes prematurely bald and has the guts to shave the whole thing off and looks good doing it

[@peet-janissen5838]

honestly I would just give Sceptile nasty plot, earth power and air slash and call it a day.

[@SSNNPBCC]

9:43 Regular sceptile is displayed as being the same type as it's mega who wasnt even present in X&Y

[@Aiden-gg8pq]

This little dude has been running rampant in nay dex for quite some time

[@BlastFurnace10]

Sceptile has such a cool ability that you can in mix and mega just put his mega stone on inteleon or pelliper and you got a good regeleki counter. Too bad only few people play gen 9 m and m on showdown

[@ashykun99]

Give Sceptile huge power so his physical sets can make a comeback!!!

[@mandalorianhunter1]

Dang is this the time of remakes? I wasn't expecting this so quickly

[@rangertalksdogsgames7996]

FSG: Scptile remake MandJTV: Who has summoned the ancient one?

[@MoodRealm_Native]

Ayyy a remake video, very nice

[@Matpit18]

WE FINALLY GOT TO SEE WHAT SCEPTILE LOOKS LIKE IN POKÉMON COLOSSEUM! LESSSGOOO!!

[@Xalvadore505]

This video's tone is the complete opposite of the original Sceptile video

[@CosmicPlatonix]

21:10 "Sceptile was prevented from obtaining the usage necessary to become truly Never Used." 😂 Ah, Smogon's goofy tier system...