Heracross question

Since bug is most useful vs psychic and fighting is weak to psychic his usefulness is muted compared to the other bugs.

I don't own a Heracross, but I don't think a bug specialist version would be particularly useful.

Versus psychic types, his fighting half leaves him vulnerable to counter attack. Versus Grass, often they have a secondary type which makes the prospect non-ideal. Versus Dark, he may as well just use fighting moves, especially when facing Tyranitar.

Compared to Scizor and Pinsir he just falls short as a bug.

I consider both his quick and charge moves not as good compared to both of the other mons.

Bug as a move is SE against Psychic, grass, and dark.

Of those advantages he only resists grass and dark. There are better ground attackers and of dark mons to attack like Tyranitar fighting moves are the correct choice even when it is only a single weakness because CC is a better charge move than MH. He is hit with SE damage by psychic which is worse and Scizor double resists grass making him markedly better especially since a grass mon with Psychic moves will also be resisted like Eggys.

In regards to all around use, Scizor resists bug, grass X2, normal, fairy, poisonX2, steel, dragon, ice, and psychic. This gives him a huge range of resistances for outside of stab movesets for defenders he is attacking into. He is only weak to fire and while that is a double weakness that is a pretty narrow window of moves to sweat as an attacker.

Heracross isn't bad as a bug just outclassed greatly in the category with Scizor out there. He may find a niche in the future with that moveset though.

And Pinsir is a lesser version of Scizor in the current set up of bosses thanks to way less important resistances and more types of moves doing SE damage into him.

less. But the affectionate value for me would be VERY high. I'd power it up.