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Scizor better for steel or bug?

Got a 91 Scizor that I wanted to power up. Mine has fury cutter and iron head. I can either use a fast tm for a fast steel move or a charge TM for a bug charge move. Is he better as a pure steel type or a pure bug type?

Asked by Luke416x7 years 10 months ago
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Scizor is the best for both types, bug is just more useful.
A Dragonite with Steel Wing would be a good alternative for a steel attacker if the defender is not ice or fairy.

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steel is se against rock, ice and fairy, why would you use dragonite against them? scizor is resistent to ice and fairy and neutral to rock, so is a much better steel attacker than dragonite, the problem is that steel is not a great offensive typing, since there aren't much fairy types around, and ice and rock can be countered by better pokes (Flareon\Vaporeon)

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Scizor stands alone on the 2 moves steel attackers group, and even being the best bug too there is pinsir and scyther, so he can be replaced. As steel is almost useless he is more useful as a bug, but if the people on your city put fairy types on gyms go on and make a steel one.

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Why not both?

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Only have 116 Scyther candy. They don't spawn too often here and we always get really bad nests. I have an 89% I could evolve but I wouldn't have the candy to take either of them to lvl 30.

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Then just use a mix move Seezior. =] You can save some candy and stardust.

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I had a maxed double steel Scizor and couldn't find a reason to use him. I made him a double bug, now I use him more.

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Excellent question. I was wondering the same myself, so I analyzed a bit. The answer is, at least for me, that I want the double bug moves Fury Cutter + X-
Scizor. Here is why:
That double bug moves is rated "Supreme" or "Good" by Game Press for five match-ups against current or prospective Raid Bosses: Exeggutor, Celeb, Alakazam, Mew and Mew Too.
Scizor's double steel move Bullet Punch + Iron Head is rated "Supreme" or "Good" by Game Press for only one match-up: Articuno.
So DragoniteSlayer is exactly right - double bug is more useful. Too bad for me that I have Scizor with double steel.

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Thank you for the response. That is exactly what I was thinking about. Realistically I wanted to use my resources over the next couple weeks into making a Mewtwo team and I thought a pure bug Scizor would be a great addition to it.

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If it makes you feel better, my double-steel Scizor has 100% IVs!

It's at level-30. My double bug is S15/A12/D4 68.9%, and level 27. I could power it up once I get more candy, but I could also just TM my 100% one. (It started with Night Slash, so I've already spent one charged TM on it. I could do another, but it's tough since I could end up with NS again, and the steel move set is excellent in every regard except usefulness.)

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