Message #165438

[Ddude The Insane]

@B~T-the second one.

It's time for....

Twilight's Daily Pokymahn Review!

Today's Pokemon is....

Scizor

Type:Steel/Bug
Ability: Swarm/Technician
Swarm: Boosts power of Bug-Type moves by 50% when HP is at 33% or less.
Technician: Boosts power of moves with base power of 60 or under by 50%
Tier: OU

Stats:

HP:        70
Atk:       130
Def:       100
Sp. Atk:  55
Sp. Def:  85
Speed:   65

My Opinion: Although I didn't know much about this Pokemon until this Generation, I can say with a bit of confidence that this Pokemon was a breakout Pokemon in Plat. The addition of Bullet Punch was the primary boost. Combine it with Priority attacking, STAB, Swords Dance and Life Orb/Choice Band, this Pokemon is a force to be reckoned with.


Reccomended Setup
Nature: Adamant
Item: Choice Band/Life Orb
Ability: Technician
Function: Physical Swords Dance Sweeper
EVs:4 HP/252 Atk/252 Speed**looks at Smogon*, well, I would have probably come up with this anyway
~Bullet Punch
~Swords Dance (duh)
~Roost/X-Scissor
~Brick Break/Superpower

Using Scizor:
What makes Scizor such a threat is its monster attack stat. Maxing out his Attack EVs is a must. IF you have a lot of time on your hands, try to get him 31 IVs *stares at B~T* in Attack.

This set is fairy simple. Open up with a Swords Dance or two, use Roost if you have it and took damage while using Swords Dance, and pwn with Bullet Punch and Brick Break, Superpower.

Swords Dance is crucial to this set, so make sure you get it. Bullet Punch, combined with STAB, Swords Dance, Technician, etc, will get you 1HKOs easily. X-Scissor is a good move with similar power to Bullet Punch, but not really necessary. I'd choose Roost 9 times out of 10. And finally, the Fighting-Type moves, whichever you pick, contain brute power and deal with some would-be counters of this set.All in all, if you can raise Superpower's PP, it is probably the better choice.
Countering Scizor:

Scizor's nine resistences and immunity to Poison *looks at Toxic Spikes* make it tough to count. Honestly, its above-average defenses leave only one way to counter it: Fire. Heatran is okay, but Brick Break/ Superpower can easily 1HKO it. All four of the Fire-Type Starter Pokemon can counter it, especially Charizard. Any Special Sweeper with a Fire-Type move and decent speed can make fairly quick work of Scizor.
New and Improvements Section
September 7th: Made quite a few changes today. Featured Pokemon is now in glow, and typing is now in color. Function feature was added. Bold was added to different days for this section. =P Added bold to "My Opinion" section. Reduced space between sections divided by Horizantal Rule. Added bold to Past Review Section. Probably forgot a few things =P Oh, and I made the longest list of changes in one review ever. =P

September 5th: Renamed Section and did second review. Past Reviews is its own section now. Forgot to mention in last review that I added the reccomended ability.

September 2nd: First Review: Luxray
Past Reviews
Luxray
Scizor
Staraptor