Scizor, the metallic insect?
I got a 15/14/14 double steel lv24.5 scizor, I was quite happy at the time that it had double same type move, but now I wish it had double bug (powered it up during gen II hype as scizor is one of my favorites). Is steel any good in a foreseeable future!? Scizor is probably not TM-worth and I got a lv20 15/15/13 scyther with very few hard to come-by-candies (no nest in my town). Should I wait for rare scyther spawns/hatches? Insights apreciated!
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My 96% Scizor has Fury Cutter / Night Slash. I almost got rid of him with that move set.
But now I think I will use a Charge TM on him. If he gets X-Scissor I will keep him as a bug attacker. If he gets Iron Head I will use a Fast TM on him and have a steel insect. I'm not into wasting a lot of TM's trying to get the exact move set I want.
Since it resists Psychic a double bug moveset would do the job impeccably. Steel is effective against Fairy (OK, but there are also poison options), against Ground (water pokemon are better in this aspect) and Ice bu t most are Ice/Water so they negate this effect. Since STAB has decreased I would prefer the double bug version. Although Steel is resisted by few types such as Water, Steel,Fire and Electric Scizor due to double weakness to fire would be an attacker and not a defender.