When Pokemon GO players head into these Mega Raids, they need to be careful to prepare for each of the unique bosses so that they don’t end up wasting Revives, Potions, and Raid Passes. The best way to avoid those mistakes is by studying ahead and time and carefully optimizing an ideal counter roster. When it comes to squaring off against a powerful Grass- and Dragon-type like Mega Sceptile, trainers are going to be able to lean heavily on a Double Weakness to help take the boss done without issue.
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Players will want to put together a roster full of their best Ice-type move sets in order to really take advantage of the 2x weakness. Trainers should plan to assemble a solid counter roster and then head into the fight with three or four other players to take down the boss. It would be wise to use some TMs or Elite TMs to get the ideal move sets in place for this fight. It also wouldn’t hurt to burn through some Candy at this point to power these Pokemon up to a higher CP.
Mega Sceptile Weaknesses
As a Grass- and Dragon-type Pokemon, Mega Sceptile is 2x weak to Ice-types moves and weak to Dragon, Flying, Poison, Fairy, Bug, and Steel moves.
Mega Sceptile Resistances (Avoid These!)
Mega Sceptile is resistant to Electric-, Grass-, Water-, and Ground-types.
Best Sceptile Counters
Abomasnow (Mega) - Powder Snow/Weather Ball
Gengar (Mega) - Lick/Sludge Bomb
Mamoswine Powder Snow/Avalanche
Latios (Mega) - Dragon Breath/Dragon Claw
Latias (Mega) - Dragon Breath/Outrage
Mewtwo - Psycho Cut/Ice Beam
Charizard (Mega X) - Dragon Breath/Dragon Claw
Glaceon - Frost Breath/Avalanche
Aurorus - Frost Breath/Weather Ball
Scizor (Mega) - Fury Cutter/X-Scissor
Pidgeot (Mega) - Wing Attack/Brave Bird
Avalugg - Ice Fang/Avalanche Ice
Charizard (Mega Y) - Air Slash/Blast Burn
Kyurem - Dragon Breath/Blizzard
Blastoise (Mega) - Bite/Ice Beam
Walrein - Frost Breath/Icicle Spear
Altaria (Mega) - Dragon Breath/Dazzling Gleam
Meloetta (Pirouette) - Quick Attack/Ice Punch
Articuno - Frost Breath/Ice Beam
As always, keep in mind that this list of counters represents the strongest possible options, but there are plenty of other Pokemon who could still get the job done. Trainers should search their Pokemon collection by using the keyword “Ice” and go with a roster that seems the strongest based on those options. Trainers should also remember that they won’t actually earn an encounter reward with a Mega Pokemon after completing this Battle Raid. Instead, they will earn an encounter with regular Sceptile and a handful of Mega Energy to use for a temporary Mega Evolution in the future.
Be sure to check back in the near future for lots more Pokemon GO strategy guides, news, and updates. Until then, good luck out there, trainers!
Pokemon GO is available now in select regions on Android and iOS devices.
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