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0123 Scyther

Performance

Status

  • Ranking Score:
    73.5
  • Main moves:
    Fury Cutter, Night Slash, Aerial Ace
  • Type
    BUG
    FLYING
  • Level:
    19-22.5
  • Rank:
    Lvl 21 0/14/11CP 1499
  • Buddy Distance:
    5km
  • Charged Move Cost:
    75,000 Stardust
  • Attack:
    134.8
  • Defense:
    110.6
  • Stamina:
    111
  • Overall:
    1657

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Key Losses

Traits

Moves

Properties

Registeel has the following traits and playstyles:
  • + Spammy
    Reaches Charged Moves quickly.
  • + Agile
    Uses short animations, can react quickly and reliably fire Charged Moves.
  • + Flexible
    Can hit a wide variety of types.
  • + Shield Pressure
    Pressures opponents to shield its strong or rapid attacks.
  • - Glass Cannon
    Hits hard but struggles to take hits. Depends on shields.
  • - Vulnerable
    Takes super effective damage from a wide variety of types.
  • - Volatile
    Susceptible to one or more double weaknesses.
Move stats include same type and Shadow attack bonuses.
Recommended Move:
*Event or Elite TM exclusive*Unobtainable via TM
No.Move TypesMoveAccuracyPowerDamageAverageFast MoveCountRemark
1FastFury Cutter42.41Fast Charge
2FastSteel Wing*3.53.52General
3FastAir Slash33.63General
4ChargedNight Slash12.5% chance +2 Atk self35501.439 - 9 - 9 - 8Boost Spam/Bait
5ChargedAerial Ace40661.6510 - 10 - 10 - 10General
6ChargedX-Scissor40781.9510 - 10 - 10 - 10Spam/Bait
7ChargedTrailblaze100% chance +1 Atk self50651.313 - 12 - 13 - 12Boost
8ChargedBug Buzz*30% chance -1 Def opponent60120215 - 15 - 15 - 15High Energy Debuff
Weaknesses
rock
x2.56
electric
x1.6
fire
x1.6
flying
x1.6
ice
x1.6
Resistances
ground
x0.244
grass
x0.39
fighting
x0.39
bug
x0.625

Character Introduction

Summary

Scyther is a Bug & Flying Pokémon. It is vulnerable to Rock, Flying, Fire, Electric and Ice moves. Scyther's strongest moveset is Fury Cutter & Bug Buzz and it has a Max CP of 2,706. Scyther evolves into Scizor.

About

Scyther's exceptional speed boosts its twin forearm scythes' cutting power, allowing it to slice through thick logs swiftly.

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PVP Mode Explanatory Notes

PvP Moveset Explanation
Fury Cutter + X-Scissor or Night Slash and Bug Buzz* or Aerial Ace

Fury Cutter tends to perform better than Air Slash due to the former's greater energy gains and the latter's unextraordinary damage output. 

X-Scissor doesn't deal a lot of damage, but is useful for its low energy cost in order to bait shields. The changes to Night Slash in the Dec 11, 2019 rebalance makes it a good option for baiting shields, but its coverage isn't particularly useful. While it does have a small chance to proc a +2 ATK buff, relying on this can be very inconsistent. The legacy Bug Buzz is actually preferred over a coverage option in many cases due to Scyther's low damage output overall. Aerial Ace can chosen for coverage, but has deals poor damage even with STAB. 

PvP Rating Explanation
Great League: 1.5 / 5

Scyther is an anti-meta pick for PvP, with an offensive stat distribution that results in poor bulk, a very vulnerable typing, and a rather toothless moveset that relies on access to legacy Bug Buzz in order to threaten its opponents. While Scyther lacks coverage against its 5 weaknesses, it can still excel if it picks its fights carefully. Not only does Scyther get comfortable wins against most opponents weak to Bug-type attacks, but a greater attack stat combined with the high base power of legacy Bug Buzz allows Scyther to win aganist unlikely opponents such as Quagsire, Blastoise, and even Lanturn, granted at least one shield. Overall a considerable pick that would be ranked higher, but numerous losses against off-meta Pokemon hold it back. 

Ultra League: 1.5 / 5

Scyther's typing and exploitable vulnerabilities make it difficult to use in Ultra League, and its role as an anti-Psychic is typically handled more easily by Dark-types in this league. Wins against Snorlax, Cresselia, and Umbreon are welcome, but not enough to make up for the numerous losses against other popular Pokemon. 

Master League: 0 / 5

A max CP of 2706 is pretty lackluster for Master League, and Bug-type attacks aren't as valuable in this league either. 

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