Message #162555

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SCIZOR TIME.

Type: BUG/STEEL
Ability: Technician - Powers up move by 50% if they are at 60 Base Power or lower.
          Swarm - When the Pokemon has 1/3 of its HP Left or lower, its Bug type moves increase in power by 50%.
Tier:  OU
Stats:

HP	79
Atck	130
Def	100
Sp. Atck	55
Sp. Def	80
Speed	65

Author's Opinion: This is one of OU's best sweepers. It has a boosted Priority move (Bullet Punch), as well as only one weakness. In fact, it is a viable Pokemon to be used in the Uber tier. Not to mention Swords Dance, Roost, and Life Orb added in for a powerful sweeper.

Recommended Movesets:
Nature: Adamant
Ability: Technician
Item: Choice Band
EVs: 248 HP/252 Attack/8 Speed
       252 HP/252 Attack/4 Def
       252 HP/252 Attack/4 Speed
~ U-Turn
~ Bullet Punch
~ Superpower
~ Pursuit/Night Slash/Quick Attack

The Choice Band set for Scizor. Bullet Punch and Pursuit gets a boost from 40 to 60, and can cause massive damage. Quick Attack is there to hit hard on frail and fast Pokemon, such as Infernape and Jolteon.

Nature: Adamant
Ability: Technician
Item: Choice Band
EVs: 252 HP/252 Attack/4 Speed OR Defense
~ Swords Dance
~ Bullet Punch
~ Brick Break/Superpower
~ X-Scissor/Roost/Quick Attack

Swords Dance that sky-high attack of Scizor and sweep. Brick Break or Superpower is your choice - Superpower for extra power, but Brick Break is better for longer battles, since Superpower lowers your Defense and Attack. The last option is up to you, really.

Countering Scizor:

Rotom Formes, particularly Heat Form, can wreak havoc with Overheat and resists everything not named Pursuit or Night Slash.

Anything with a Fire type move can beat it in One or two hits. The est examples are Heatran, who resists all its moves, and Infernape.

Physical Walls can wall it, particularly Skarmory, Hippowdon, and Gliscor. Roaring or Whirlwinding it is only a temporary solution, since Skarmory w/ Brave Bird fails to 2HKO the bug. A Swords Danced Superpower can threaten to 2HKO Skarmory.

And the hax bug, Shedinja, can wall Scizor's attacks that aren't Dark-Typed.  



News and Improvements Section:
Hello, this is, uh, the news section.

August 7, 2009.
With his suggestion, I will add the Tier section to make things a lot helpful. It will be between the ability and stat sections. I will also link to previous reviews to make things a lot convenient in the section below. They will be listed alphabetically. Oh, and not to mention that this is also the first time I added the News Section .

August 11, 2009
Added separate section for the previous reviews.

August 12, 2009
Recolored Flying type.

August 20, 2009
Recolored Dragon type.

Previous Reviews:
Aerodactyl: Here
Alakazam: Here
Arcanine: Here
Blaziken: Here
Dusknoir: Here
Feraligatr: Here
Gallade: Here
Gyarados: Here
Lucario: Here
Meganium: Here
Milotic: Here
Salamence: Here
Skarmory: Here
Typhlosion: Here
Umbreon: Here