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| Scizor Movesets in Other Games | |
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 SV |
 SWSH |
This is a strategy guide for using Scizor in competitive play for the games Pokemon Sword and Shield. Read on for tips on the best Nature, EV spreads, Movesets, and Held Items to use with Scizor, as well as its strengths and weak points.
| Scizor - Related Guides | |
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 Evolution and Learnset |
 Build for Ranked Battle |
List of Contents
| Pokemon | Type 1 | Type 2 |
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| Abilities | ||
| Swarm | Powers up Bug-type moves in a pinch. | |
| Technician | Powers up the Pokemon's weaker moves. | |
| Light Metal (Hidden) | Halves the Pokemon's weight. | |
| Type | |
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| Takes 4x damage |
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| Takes 2x damage |
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| Takes 0.5x damage |
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| Takes 1/4x damage |
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| Takes 0x damage |
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| HP | Attack | Defense | Sp. Atk | Sp. Def | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 70 | 130 | 100 | 55 | 80 | 65 |
| Best Nature |
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| Adamant (+Atk, -SpAtk) |
| Nature | Adamant (+Atk, -SpAtk) |
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| EV Spread | 236 HP / 252 Atk / 4 Def / 12 Sp. Def / 4 Spd |
| Final Stat Values | 175 HP / 200 Atk / 121 Def / 102 Sp.Def / 86 Spd |
| Ability | Technician |
| Held Item | Choice Band |
| Moveset | ・Bullet Punch ・U-turn ・Superpower ・Dual Wingbeat |
This set takes advantage of its Ability Technician's effect of powering up all moves with a Power of 60 and below, doubled up with the Choice Band to send the damage soaring even higher. Using the Steel-type Bullet Punch for STAB, and the Normal-type Quick Attack for everything Bullet Punch can't hit, Scizor can strike with priority and ignore the Speed stat to deal massive damage faster than a speeding Bullet Punch.
| Quick Attack | Priority move that is boosted by Technician. |
|---|---|
| Thief | For using against Psychic and Ghost types. Has 90 power after the Technician boost. |
| Nature | Adamant (+Atk, -SpAtk) |
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| EV Spread | 236 HP / 252 Atk. / 12 Sp.Def. / 4 Def. / 4 Spd. |
| Final Stat Values | 175 HP / 200 Atk. / 121 Def. / 102 Sp.Def. / 86 Spd. |
| Ability | Technician |
| Held Item | Lum Berry |
| Moveset | ・Swords Dance ・Bullet Punch ・Dual Wingbeat ・U-turn |
With the ever-powerful setup move Swords Dance, Scizor can take its attacking power to the next level. After building up with Swords Dance, it can use Bullet Punch to hit first. With the Lum Berry, it can undo the effects of Will-o-Wisp or Thunder Wave, allowing it to hit hard against a variety of Pokemon, including defensive stall-heavy Pokemon.
| Superpower | Great for hitting Steel-types, and can also change into Max Knuckle to boost its Attack. |
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| Thief | For using against Psychic and Ghost types. Has 90 power after the Technician boost. |
| Quick Attack | A Normal-type priority move, for opponents which resist Steel. Has 60 power after the Technician boost. |
Its Ability Technician, when combined with its priority moves, allows it to deal heavy damage while ignoring Speed, making it a key player for ending a tight battle. When your opponent has multiple Pokemon with limited health remaining, Scizor can use Bullet Punch and Quick Attack to take them down before they get a chance to swing back.
With Scizor's wide spread of 9 resisted types, while learning U-turn to escape from those it can't handle, it's quite capable in switch-heavy battles. It even gets STAB on U-turn, creating a nuisance to opponents each time it switches out.
| Weakness |
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As a Steel/Bug-type Pokemon, Scizor takes 4x damage from Fire moves. Fire-type Pokemon can also resist most of Scizor's moves, making them an excellent counter offensively and defensively.
| Pokemon | Description |
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 Cinderace
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Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Can deal 4x super effective damage ・Resists most of Scizor's moves Moveset & Best Build for Cinderace |
 Heat Rotom
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Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Can deal 4x super effective damage ・Has 4x resistence to Steel Moveset & Best Build for Heat Rotom |
 Volcarona
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Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Can deal 4x super effective damage with Special attacks ・Resists both Steel and Bug Moveset & Best Build for Volcarona |
 Zapdos
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Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Can deal 4x super effective damage ・Resists most of Scizor's moves while also recovering lost HP Zapdos - Moveset & Best Build for Ranked Battle |
 Celesteela
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Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Can deal 4x super effective damage ・Resists Scizor's STAB moves Celesteela - Moveset & Best Build for Ranked Battle |
 Arcanine
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Ranking: ★★★★★ ・Can deal 4x super effective damage ・Resists most of Scizor's moves Arcanine - Moveset & Best Build for Ranked Battle |
All Competitive Builds for Ranked Battle
| Competitive Pokemon Battle Guides | |||||
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 Team Building |
 Rental Teams |
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| Movesets & Best Builds for The Isle of Armor Pokemon | ||
|---|---|---|
 Scizor |
 Kingdra |
 Magnezone |
 Volcarona |
 Chansey |
 Blissey |
 Talonflame |
 Azumarill |
 Galarian Slowbro |
 Porygon2 |
 Urshifu Single-Strike Style |
 Urshifu Rapid-Strike Style |
 Slowbro |
 Alolan Marowak |
 Dragalge |
 Klefki |
 Lycanroc |
 Amoonguss |
 Poliwrath |
 Palossand |
 Mienshao |
 Starmie |
 Heracross |
 Comfey |
 Porygon-Z |
 Alakazam |
 Politoed |
It can't learn Knockoff from SS but you can transfer a Scizor that knows Knock off from Ultra Sun / Moon.
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