Talk:Hoenn Starter Pokemon Battle Royale/@comment-27141362-20170608232642

it all depends on if Sceptile can hold out until Swampert gets a good hit off on Blaziken.

Sceptile has a way of essentially guaranteeing that he can fully recharge his HP, which is by getting a giga drain off on swampert, almost a guaranteed 1hko considering the 4x weakness. Then a mega evolve, making it resistant to fire, and some agility spam to keep up and maybe even outspeed Blaziken's speed boost. By that point, using brave bird would be suicide, cuz sceptile can follow up with dual chop or quick attack.

However, if Blaziken rushes Sceptile really hard and forces it to use giga drain before swampert can attack, Sceptile is screwed, and there's no way it's gonna win a duel against a healthy Blaziken.