Double steel scizor use ?
Hey, evolved my first scizor. Hoped for double bug move, so it would melt those exeggutors. But RNG god gave me bulletpunch and Iron head. Is there any good use for hin with this moveset ?
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Against big 7 you do have favourable matchups:
Blissey: You resist ZH and DG (but you'll probably lose anyway)
Snorlax: You resist ZH and do neutral
Gyarados: Bad matchup, resists none of Gyarados moves (CORRECTION: Only resists DT and Outrage) and you do non effective damage
Dragonite: Resists all dragonite moves, neutral damage
Tyranitar: This is a matchup where fireblast actually wrecks you lol, but otherwise, you double!! Resist iron tail!
Rhydon: Resists none of Rhydon's moves but you do SE to him
Oh I forgot Vaporeon:
Vaporeon is another bad matchup.
If a gym doesn't have a snorlax or blissey, does a flareon choice hinder the ability of the fighter to complete the rest of the gym run even one bit? One of your points was 'forcing the attacker to use a flareon'. If this doesn't make him/her suffer elsewhere, then this point is moot.
There's no denying scizor will earn you low placement in the lower 3, and you're giving someone with a flareon a free battle, -1000 prestige in 10 seconds. Even gyarados can hold longer against a jolt, rhydon can against a vape, etc. -1000 prestige in 20 seconds is better than -1000 prestige in 10.
Also, I'm even questioning if a bite gyarados is actually a worse defender than a scizor anyway.
If you are questioning whether a Scizor is worse than bite Gyarados, I know you aren't speaking from actual experience. Anyone that actually battles gyms knows the most annoying thing is a diverse gym. I love the string of Vaporeons and Rhydons we see around here...My Venusaur and Tangela wreck most of them gym by themselves. It is very common to find gyms around here without a Snorlax or a Blissey, or just a single one. They are almost entirely filled with Vaporeon, Rhydon, Gyarados, and Dragonite, all of which do well against Flareon. Also you want to have something that is SE against Flareon before and after Scizor.
Low placement is based on your area and team. My Scizor sits firmly in the middle of most gyms. In the last one, he was in the top half, 4th from the top. I also have a 2800 cp Eggy sitting ON TOP of a gym. Like I said, let me worry about gym placement. If 2900 cp is the bottom limit for your gyms, Scizor is not for you.
