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(This is on Pokemon: White 2, by the way.)
I want to take it into competitive battling, but would it be better to have a Sceptile or Grovyle? Grovyle’s my favorite Pokemon, so I don’t really want to evolve it if I can just EV train it to get the same stats as a Sceptile, but I have heard that a Sceptile is just better overall.
So do I need to evolve it? Is it recommended?