Discussion M Sceptile Viability?
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Mega sceptile thrives on not being able to be killed in one hit because it can potentially full heal every turn. However with threats like primal groudon, mega ray, mega mewtwo, and fire decks potentially being popular I don't see it being all that playable. That being said we'll have to see what the meta shakes out to be. It basically autowins against greninja so if that ever becomes popular M sceptile is a good play.
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It can win against all matchups if you are smart, except Fire. However, Fire isn't good against most decks, because it needs abilities, has bad starting Pokemon, and loses Blacksmith which was one of their best cards. It also gets squashed by Mega Ray, Groudon, and Mega Mewtwo. With Rayquaza you just have to make sure they can't bench more than 7 Pokemon (easy), and then you out grind them. With Groudon you win with type advantage and speed, and against Mewtwo, you just have to be really smart with energy placement. The issue with the deck is that is requires a lot of resource management, which few people are willing to do. The deck can be cloggy, but so can all decks. I think it can be viable in the hands of a good player who takes the time to learn the deck. I have made a lot of posts about the deck and their has been a lot of discussion on this forum, so if you want to learn about the deck, you can.
It can win against all matchups if you are smart, except Fire. However, Fire isn't good against most decks, because it needs abilities, has bad starting Pokemon, and loses Blacksmith which was one of their best cards. It also gets squashed by Mega Ray, Groudon, and Mega Mewtwo. With Rayquaza you just have to make sure they can't bench more than 7 Pokemon (easy), and then you out grind them. With Groudon you win with type advantage and speed, and against Mewtwo, you just have to be really smart with energy placement. The issue with the deck is that is requires a lot of resource management, which few people are willing to do. The deck can be cloggy, but so can all decks. I think it can be viable in the hands of a good player who takes the time to learn the deck. I have made a lot of posts about the deck and their has been a lot of discussion on this forum, so if you want to learn about the deck, you can.
Nice to see all the replies! I am also wondering if on top of mega sceptile, I I can get the Forest of Giant Plants out for evolution sake for Ariados and to possibly push out the mega sceptile, would the stadium that allows evolved pokemon to use its previous evolutions attacks be worth using with M Sceptile so that way you get the bonus health pool, the Ancient Trait, plus the ability to do bonus damage if the opposing pokemon is poisoned...? Once you get the field set up as best as the player likes that is.
Which Stadium is best is largely up to opinion and what build you are running, personally I like being able to attack instantly, so I usually use 4x Forest of Giant Plants. Some builds want to be a little bit slower, so they might run Parallel City or Shrine of Memories, however you could tech 1-2 in a turbo build if you want. Shrine of Memories is a bit underwhelming to me, the extra damage rarely comes up and usually I would rather be healing, but it is definitely an option.