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Scizor

BugSteel Legal in M-C Mega Evolution

Scizor is #143 on the ladder, on 0.2% of teams.

Stats at level 50

HP 70
Atk 130
Def 100
SpA 55
SpD 80
Spe 65

Base stat total 500

Stat Point planner

66 / 66 Stat Points · 0 left

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200
120
67
102
85

Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 32 HP / 32 Atk / 2 SpD · Adamant Nature

Types and weaknesses

BugSteel
Weak ×4
Fire
Resists ×½
NormalIcePsychicBugDragonSteelFairy
Resists ×¼
Grass
Immune
Poison

Abilities

Swarm
At 1/3 or less of its max HP, this Pokemon's offensive stat is 1.5× with Bug attacks. · used by 0%
Technician
This Pokemon's moves of 60 power or less have 1.5× power, including Struggle. · used by 99%
Light Metal
This Pokemon's weight is halved. · used by 0%

Speed tier

Most common
85
Fastest
128 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
85 (0 SP)
Slowest
76 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 85, it outspeeds 8 of the 50 most used Pokémon, ties 1, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Politoed 90
  2. Sinistcha 90
  3. Armarouge 85
  4. Scizor (this) 85
  5. Farigiraf 80
  6. Grimmsnarl 80
  7. Incineroar 80
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #143 · on 0.2% of teams · 23,874 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Bullet Punch 99.2%
  2. Bug Bite 81.8%
  3. Protect 81.4%
  4. Swords Dance 44.1%
  5. Close Combat 40.3%
  6. Dual Wingbeat 15.6%
  7. U-turn 10.1%
  8. Tailwind 7.0%
  9. Knock Off 6.6%
  10. Iron Head 2.3%

Items

  1. Life Orb 55.9%
  2. Metal Coat 15.2%
  3. Expert Belt 5.8%
  4. Grassy Seed 4.0%
  5. Occa Berry 4.0%
  6. Lum Berry 3.7%

Abilities

  1. Technician 99.5%
  2. Swarm 0.4%
  3. Light Metal 0.1%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 85 43.3%
  2. Adamant 32/32/0/0/0/2 · Spe 87 9.4%
  3. Adamant 30/32/0/0/3/1 · Spe 86 3.9%
  4. Adamant 10/32/0/0/0/24 · Spe 109 3.8%
  5. Adamant 24/32/0/0/0/10 · Spe 95 3.6%
  6. Adamant 20/32/6/0/8/0 · Spe 85 3.3%
  7. Adamant 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 85 2.2%
  8. Adamant 30/32/0/0/0/4 · Spe 89 1.9%

Teammates

  1. Sneasler 21.0%
  2. Mega Garchomp Z 20.9%
  3. Milotic 20.0%
  4. Rillaboom 18.6%
  5. Incineroar 17.9%
  6. Basculegion 15.9%
  7. Mega Salamence 13.6%
  8. Pelipper 12.3%
  9. Farigiraf 11.0%
  10. Sinistcha 9.0%
  11. Archaludon 8.4%
  12. Whimsicott 7.5%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #105 · on 0.5% of teams · 23,874 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Bullet Punch 96.8%
  2. Bug Bite 78.5%
  3. Protect 77.3%
  4. Swords Dance 38.1%
  5. Close Combat 31.0%
  6. Dual Wingbeat 18.8%
  7. U-turn 12.6%
  8. Knock Off 11.5%
  9. Tailwind 9.9%
  10. Iron Head 5.1%

Items

  1. Life Orb 56.2%
  2. Metal Coat 14.5%
  3. Occa Berry 4.9%
  4. Focus Sash 4.6%
  5. Sitrus Berry 3.6%
  6. Expert Belt 3.6%

Abilities

  1. Technician 98.6%
  2. Swarm 1.3%
  3. Light Metal 0.1%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 85 43.5%
  2. Adamant 32/32/0/0/0/2 · Spe 87 4.7%
  3. Brave 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 76 2.7%
  4. Adamant 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 85 2.7%
  5. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 117 2.4%
  6. Adamant 32/32/1/0/1/0 · Spe 85 2.4%
  7. Adamant 30/32/0/0/3/1 · Spe 86 2.2%
  8. Adamant 6/32/8/0/16/4 · Spe 89 1.7%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 26.9%
  2. Milotic 21.0%
  3. Incineroar 16.3%
  4. Mega Salamence 15.1%
  5. Basculegion 13.6%
  6. Sneasler 12.2%
  7. Mega Garchomp Z 11.2%
  8. Farigiraf 9.8%
  9. Pelipper 9.3%
  10. Mega Staraptor 9.1%
  11. Garchomp 9.0%
  12. Whimsicott 8.7%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #106 · on 0.6% of teams · 23,874 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Bullet Punch 95.5%
  2. Bug Bite 72.6%
  3. Protect 69.3%
  4. Swords Dance 42.0%
  5. Close Combat 31.3%
  6. Dual Wingbeat 16.9%
  7. U-turn 11.9%
  8. Tailwind 11.4%
  9. Knock Off 10.4%
  10. Iron Head 6.6%

Items

  1. Life Orb 48.3%
  2. Metal Coat 16.3%
  3. Focus Sash 7.0%
  4. Occa Berry 5.5%
  5. Sitrus Berry 5.0%
  6. Expert Belt 4.3%

Abilities

  1. Technician 97.8%
  2. Swarm 2.1%
  3. Light Metal 0.1%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 85 40.2%
  2. Brave 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 76 4.3%
  3. Adamant 32/32/0/0/0/2 · Spe 87 4.1%
  4. Adamant 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 85 3.1%
  5. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 117 2.1%
  6. Adamant 30/32/0/0/3/1 · Spe 86 2.1%
  7. Impish 32/2/32/0/0/0 · Spe 85 1.8%
  8. Adamant 24/32/0/0/0/10 · Spe 95 1.4%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 21.3%
  2. Milotic 14.6%
  3. Mega Salamence 14.0%
  4. Incineroar 12.3%
  5. Basculegion 10.9%
  6. Sneasler 10.3%
  7. Farigiraf 9.3%
  8. Pelipper 9.2%
  9. Sinistcha 8.6%
  10. Whimsicott 8.5%
  11. Mega Garchomp Z 8.4%
  12. Garchomp 7.9%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 6 of 4,299 teams (0.1%) · win rate 37.9% (95% interval 22.7%–56.0%, n = 29 games) · 0 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No matchup in the replay sample passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,940 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Mega Garchomp Z +13.1 pp n = 5,002 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 21% of Scizor teams; Mega Garchomp Z is on 8% of all teams (2.66× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Milotic +8.1 pp n = 4,763 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 20% of Scizor teams; Milotic is on 12% of all teams (1.68× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Sinistcha +1.7 pp n = 2,158 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 9% of Scizor teams; Sinistcha is on 7% of all teams (1.23× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Whimsicott 0.0 pp n = 1,802 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 8% of Scizor teams; Whimsicott is on 8% of all teams (1.00× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Pelipper -2.5 pp n = 2,934 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 12% of Scizor teams; Pelipper is on 15% of all teams (0.83× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Basculegion -4.7 pp n = 3,791 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Scizor teams; Basculegion is on 21% of all teams (0.77× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Farigiraf -4.7 pp n = 2,617 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 11% of Scizor teams; Farigiraf is on 16% of all teams (0.70× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Incineroar -13.7 pp n = 4,285 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 18% of Scizor teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (0.57× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Sneasler -16.1 pp n = 5,016 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 21% of Scizor teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (0.57× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Archaludon -8.8 pp n = 2,001 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 8% of Scizor teams; Archaludon is on 17% of all teams (0.49× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Mega Salamence -14.4 pp n = 3,256 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Scizor teams; Mega Salamence is on 28% of all teams (0.49× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Rillaboom -28.0 pp n = 4,448 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 19% of Scizor teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.40× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

Stats at level 50

HP 70
Atk 150
Def 140
SpA 65
SpD 100
Spe 75

Base stat total 600

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Level 50, IVs 31. Paste line: EVs: 32 HP / 32 Atk / 2 SpD · Adamant Nature

Types and weaknesses

BugSteel
Weak ×4
Fire
Resists ×½
NormalIcePsychicBugDragonSteelFairy
Resists ×¼
Grass
Immune
Poison

Abilities

Technician
This Pokemon's moves of 60 power or less have 1.5× power, including Struggle. · used by 100%

Mega Evolves from Scizor holding Scizorite .

Speed tier

Most common
95
Fastest
139 (+Spe nature, 32 SP)
Neutral
95 (0 SP)
Slowest
85 (−Spe nature, 0 SP, for Trick Room)

At Speed 95, it outspeeds 12 of the 50 most used Pokémon, ties 1, each at its most common spread and item.

  1. Volcarona 120
  2. Rillaboom 105
  3. Milotic 101
  4. Mega Scizor (this) 95
  5. Sylveon 95
  6. Indeedee-F 94
  7. Politoed 90
Full speed tiers →

Usage in Regulation Set M-C

Rank #144 · on 0.2% of teams · 17,201 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Bullet Punch 96.0%
  2. Protect 89.6%
  3. Bug Bite 82.0%
  4. Swords Dance 65.1%
  5. Close Combat 33.4%
  6. Dual Wingbeat 9.2%
  7. Iron Head 8.6%
  8. Knock Off 4.2%
  9. U-turn 2.7%
  10. Lunge 2.3%

Items

  1. Scizorite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Technician 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 95 40.1%
  2. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 127 7.0%
  3. Adamant 32/30/4/0/0/0 · Spe 95 5.8%
  4. Adamant 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 95 4.6%
  5. Adamant 31/25/10/0/0/0 · Spe 95 4.1%
  6. Adamant 21/32/0/0/2/11 · Spe 106 4.0%
  7. Brave 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 85 3.4%
  8. Adamant 32/32/0/0/0/2 · Spe 97 2.9%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 32.9%
  2. Pelipper 30.9%
  3. Incineroar 27.1%
  4. Archaludon 24.8%
  5. Basculegion 19.1%
  6. Garchomp 15.5%
  7. Mega Salamence 15.5%
  8. Sneasler 14.8%
  9. Mega Aerodactyl 14.7%
  10. Milotic 14.2%
  11. Sinistcha 14.1%
  12. Mega Meganium 12.6%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1760 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1760· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #130 · on 0.3% of teams · 17,201 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Bullet Punch 98.3%
  2. Protect 82.3%
  3. Bug Bite 78.8%
  4. Swords Dance 66.7%
  5. Close Combat 26.8%
  6. Dual Wingbeat 17.3%
  7. U-turn 4.5%
  8. Iron Head 3.7%
  9. Knock Off 3.7%
  10. Roost 3.0%

Items

  1. Scizorite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Technician 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 95 41.5%
  2. Adamant 32/14/0/0/20/0 · Spe 95 8.5%
  3. Adamant 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 95 4.3%
  4. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 127 3.7%
  5. Adamant 32/19/0/0/15/0 · Spe 95 2.7%
  6. Adamant 32/32/0/0/0/2 · Spe 97 2.0%
  7. Brave 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 85 1.7%
  8. Adamant 1/32/14/0/19/0 · Spe 95 1.6%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 30.3%
  2. Pelipper 23.9%
  3. Incineroar 21.0%
  4. Sneasler 19.2%
  5. Farigiraf 17.4%
  6. Basculegion 16.2%
  7. Archaludon 16.0%
  8. Milotic 14.7%
  9. Sinistcha 14.7%
  10. Primarina 12.3%
  11. Mega Salamence 12.0%
  12. Mega Dragonite 9.1%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, 1500 rating cutoff · Sep 2026· ≥ 1500· 1,631,943 battles

Rank #130 · on 0.5% of teams · 17,201 appearances in 1,631,943 battles

Moves

  1. Bullet Punch 98.0%
  2. Bug Bite 76.3%
  3. Protect 75.3%
  4. Swords Dance 63.3%
  5. Close Combat 25.0%
  6. Dual Wingbeat 19.2%
  7. Roost 5.7%
  8. U-turn 5.7%
  9. Knock Off 4.4%
  10. Tailwind 4.1%

Items

  1. Scizorite 100.0%

Abilities

  1. Technician 100.0%

Spreads

  1. Adamant 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 95 42.8%
  2. Adamant 32/14/0/0/20/0 · Spe 95 4.2%
  3. Adamant 32/32/2/0/0/0 · Spe 95 3.3%
  4. Adamant 2/32/0/0/0/32 · Spe 127 3.2%
  5. Adamant 32/32/0/0/0/2 · Spe 97 2.2%
  6. Brave 32/32/0/0/2/0 · Spe 85 1.8%
  7. Adamant 0/32/0/0/2/32 · Spe 127 1.4%
  8. Adamant 1/32/14/0/19/0 · Spe 95 1.3%

Teammates

  1. Rillaboom 25.8%
  2. Pelipper 22.2%
  3. Incineroar 18.4%
  4. Sneasler 16.9%
  5. Sinistcha 14.0%
  6. Farigiraf 13.5%
  7. Basculegion 13.4%
  8. Archaludon 12.4%
  9. Milotic 11.6%
  10. Mega Salamence 10.2%
  11. Whimsicott 8.5%
  12. Garchomp 8.5%

Usage: Smogon usage statistics, Pokémon Showdown ladder, September 2026, all games (cutoff 0) · Sep 2026· all ratings· 1,631,943 battles

Tournaments (Last 30 days)

On 9 of 4,299 teams (0.2%) · win rate 15.6% (95% interval 6.9%–31.8%, n = 32 games) · 0 top-cut teams

Tournament data: Limitless (play.limitlesstcg.com); player names removed · 40 tournaments· player names removed

Checks and counters

Beats it in replays

Teams with these win more often against teams bringing it than their overall strength predicts. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No matchup in the replay sample passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Ladder checks

How often each one KOs or forces it out when they meet. Score = 100 × (p − 2 sd).

Smogon lists no checks with at least 20 encounters.

Matchups: public Pokémon Showdown Bo3 replays; player names removed · Last 30 days· 4,940 replays· gen9championsvgc2026regmcbo3

Good with

Wins together in replays

Brought together, these pairs win more often than expected. Score 1–100, 50 = neutral.

No partner passes the n ≥ 50 and ±1.5 pp gates yet.

Common teammates

Score 50 = paired as often as the teammate's own popularity predicts; higher = paired more often.

  1. Mega Meganium +12.0 pp n = 2,172 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 13% of Mega Scizor teams; Mega Meganium is on 1% of all teams (20.36× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Mega Aerodactyl +12.5 pp n = 2,534 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Mega Scizor teams; Mega Aerodactyl is on 2% of all teams (6.71× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Pelipper +16.1 pp n = 5,319 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 31% of Mega Scizor teams; Pelipper is on 15% of all teams (2.08× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Sinistcha +6.8 pp n = 2,422 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Mega Scizor teams; Sinistcha is on 7% of all teams (1.92× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  5. Garchomp +6.0 pp n = 2,666 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 16% of Mega Scizor teams; Garchomp is on 9% of all teams (1.63× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  6. Archaludon +7.6 pp n = 4,269 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 25% of Mega Scizor teams; Archaludon is on 17% of all teams (1.44× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  7. Milotic +2.3 pp n = 2,441 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 14% of Mega Scizor teams; Milotic is on 12% of all teams (1.20× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  8. Basculegion -1.5 pp n = 3,279 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 19% of Mega Scizor teams; Basculegion is on 21% of all teams (0.93× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
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  1. Incineroar -4.6 pp n = 4,660 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 27% of Mega Scizor teams; Incineroar is on 32% of all teams (0.86× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  2. Rillaboom -13.7 pp n = 5,656 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 33% of Mega Scizor teams; Rillaboom is on 47% of all teams (0.71× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  3. Mega Salamence -12.6 pp n = 2,659 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Mega Scizor teams; Mega Salamence is on 28% of all teams (0.55× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon
  4. Sneasler -22.2 pp n = 2,554 Teammate
    Why? 1
    • UsageOn 15% of Mega Scizor teams; Sneasler is on 37% of all teams (0.40× as often), Smogon ≥ 1760, Sep 2026Smogon

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