Scyther

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Scyther Raid Counter Guide

Scyther Solo Raid Guide

Pokemon Ratings

PvE Attacker Rating 2.5 / 5

Great League PVP Rating See all 2.5 / 5

Ultra League PVP Rating See all 1.5 / 5

Master League PVP Rating See all 1 / 5

Pokemon Stats

Flying

Type

56.00 kg Weight

1.50 m Height

Pokemon Max CP

2706

ATK 218

DEF 170

STA 172

Pokemon Family

PVE Movesets Grades

Quick	Charge	ATK	DEF
Fury Cutter	X-Scissor	A	X
Fury Cutter	Bug Buzz	A	X
Fury Cutter	Aerial Ace	B	X
Steel Wing	X-Scissor	C	A
Steel Wing	Bug Buzz	C	B
Steel Wing	Aerial Ace	C	B
Air Slash	X-Scissor	B	A
Air Slash	Bug Buzz	B	B
Air Slash	Aerial Ace	A	B
Air Slash	Return	X	B-

Show Suboptimal/Unranked Movesets

Quick	Charge	ATK	DEF
Fury Cutter	Night Slash	C	X
Steel Wing	Night Slash	X	C
Air Slash	Night Slash	X	C
Fury Cutter	Return	X	C

PVE Offensive Moves Explanation

Scyther’s best fast moves are Fury Cutter and Air Slash. Either are ideal in a Bug or Flying-type attacking role.
Steel Wing lacks STAB, and its type effectiveness profile has minimal utility. Scizor is a better Steel-type attacker.
Fury Cutter should be paired with X-Scissor or Bug Buzz. X-Scissor has much less cooldown and is easier to dodge with.
Air Slash should be paired with Aerial Ace. This is one of the higher Flying-type DPS movesets in the game.
Night Slash lacks STAB and isn’t particularly useful.
Return is basically useless.

PVE Defensive Moves Explanation

Air Slash benefits from STAB and has the best defensive DPS of Scyther’s fast moves.
Steel Wing’s defensive DPS is decent and hits Rock-types effectively, who otherwise prey on Scyther’s double weakness.
Fury Cutter barely tickles attackers.
All of Scyther’s charge moves are halfway decent on defense. X-Scissor and Night Slash are notable for hitting early and often, while Bug Buzz hits hardest and Aerial Ace is in between.
Return is a decent move on defense, but a generally inferior option.

PVE Overview

The Pokemon franchise has drilled the expectation that when we evolve our Pokemon, we get a bigger, meaner, strictly better product. That’s true 99% of the time. Scyther, however, is the exception to the rule: although Scizor is more useful than Scyther, Scyther has some niches that Scizor can’t replicate.

Scyther is currently one of the few species in the game with access to a full Flying-type moveset. Unlike other such species, Scyther also possesses good stats to back up this distinction. It doubly resists Grass and Fighting, both of which are vulnerable to Flying, making Scyther a great attacker into those types.

As a Bug-type attacker, Scyther is fair, but it is outclassed by Scizor and Pinsir in this respect.

PVP Movesets Grades

Quick	Charge	ATK
Fury Cutter	X-Scissor Bug Buzz	A
Fury Cutter	Night Slash Bug Buzz	B

Show Suboptimal/Unranked Movesets

Quick	Charge	ATK
Fury Cutter	X-Scissor	C

PvP Moveset Explanation

Fury Cutter + X-Scissor or Night Slash and Bug Buzz* or Aerial Ace

Fury Cutter tends to perform better than Air Slash due to the former's greater energy gains and the latter's unextraordinary damage output.

X-Scissor doesn't deal a lot of damage, but is useful for its low energy cost in order to bait shields. The changes to Night Slash in the Dec 11, 2019 rebalance makes it a good option for baiting shields, but its coverage isn't particularly useful. While it does have a small chance to proc a +2 ATK buff, relying on this can be very inconsistent. The legacy Bug Buzz is actually preferred over a coverage option in many cases due to Scyther's low damage output overall. Aerial Ace can chosen for coverage, but has deals poor damage even with STAB.

PvP Rating Explanation

Great League: 2.5 / 5

Scyther is an anti-meta pick for PvP, with an offensive stat distribution that results in poor bulk, a very vulnerable typing, and a rather toothless moveset that relies on access to legacy Bug Buzz in order to threaten its opponents. While Scyther lacks coverage against its 5 weaknesses, it can still excel if it picks its fights carefully. Not only does Scyther get comfortable wins against most opponents weak to Bug-type attacks, but a greater attack stat combined with the high base power of legacy Bug Buzz allows Scyther to win aganist unlikely opponents such as Quagsire, Blastoise, and even Lanturn, granted at least one shield. Overall a considerable pick that would be ranked higher, but numerous losses against off-meta Pokemon hold it back.

Ultra League: 1.5 / 5

Scyther's typing and exploitable vulnerabilities make it difficult to use in Ultra League, and its role as an anti-Psychic is typically handled more easily by Dark-types in this league. Wins against Snorlax, Cresselia, and Umbreon are welcome, but not enough to make up for the numerous losses against other popular Pokemon.

Master League: 1 / 5

A max CP of 2706 is pretty lackluster for Master League, and Bug-type attacks aren't as valuable in this league either.

Fast Moves

3

Fury Cutter

More Info

Bug

1.4x Damage	VS
1.4x Damage	VS
1.4x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	EPU	DPS	DPS w/STAB	True DPS
0.40	0.30	15.00		7.50	9.38

14

Air Slash

More Info

Flying

1.4x Damage	VS
1.4x Damage	VS
1.4x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	EPU	DPS	DPS w/STAB	True DPS
1.20	0.20	8.33		11.67	14.58

Charge Moves

55

Aerial Ace

3 Energy

More Info

Flying

1.4x Damage	VS
1.4x Damage	VS
1.4x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	DPE	DPS	DPS w/STAB	DPE*DPS
2.40	0.30	0.00	1.67	22.92	28.65		38.19

50

Night Slash

3 Energy

More Info

Dark

1.4x Damage	VS
1.4x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	DPE	DPS	DPS w/STAB	DPE*DPS
2.20	0.70	0.00	1.52	22.73	28.41		34.44

45

X-Scissor

3 Energy

More Info

Bug

1.4x Damage	VS
1.4x Damage	VS
1.4x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	DPE	DPS	DPS w/STAB	DPE*DPS
1.60	0.20	0.00	1.36	28.13	35.16		38.35

Legacy Fast Moves

11

Steel Wing

More Info

Steel

1.4x Damage	VS
1.4x Damage	VS
1.4x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	EPU	DPS	DPS w/STAB	True DPS
0.80	0.30	7.50		13.75	17.19

Legacy Charge Moves

90

Bug Buzz

2 Energy

More Info

Bug

1.4x Damage	VS
1.4x Damage	VS
1.4x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	DPE	DPS	DPS w/STAB	DPE*DPS
3.70	1.10	0.00	1.80	24.32	30.41		43.78

Exclusive Charge Moves

35

Return

3 Energy

More Info

Normal

.714x Damage	VS
.714x Damage	VS
.51x Damage	VS

0.7 secs

CD	DW	EPS	DPE	DPS	DPS w/STAB	DPE*DPS
0.70	0.25	0.00	1.06	50.00	62.50		53.03

Secondary Charge Move Unlock Cost

Candy	75
Stardust	75,000

Purification Cost

Candy	5
Stardust	5000

Other

Female Ratio	50.0 %
Male Ratio	50.0 %
Flee Rate	9.0 %
Evolution Requirements	50 Candy + Metal Coat
Egg Distance to Hatch	5 km
Buddy Distance	5 km
Capture Rate	30.0 %

Pokemon Type Chart

Vulnerable

	160% damage
	160% damage
	160% damage
	160% damage
	256% damage

Resistant

	62.5% damage
	39.1% damage
	39.1% damage
	24.4% damage

Raid Boss Catch Rate

Bug Medal

None

Bronze

Silver

Gold

Flying Medal

None

Bronze

Silver

Gold

		Normal	Nice!	Great!	Excellent!
No Berry	-
No Berry	Curve
Razz Berry	-
Razz Berry	Curve
Golden Razz Berry	-
Golden Razz Berry	Curve

Pokemon Min/Max CP Values

How to use: You need to know your Pokemon's exact level. To find exactly what level your Pokémon is, power up your Pokémon following this chart until you're certain of your level from Stardust cost changes.

A Pokémon's minimum level is 1.

Every time you power up, your Pokémon gains half a level.

Stardust	Level	Min CP	Max CP
200	1	32	38
200	1.5	68	79
200	2	103	119
200	2.5	138	160
400	3	173	201
400	3.5	208	242
400	4	243	283
400	4.5	278	324
600	5	314	365
600	5.5	349	405
600	6	384	446
600	6.5	419	487
800	7	454	528
800	7.5	489	569
800	8	524	610
800	8.5	560	651
1000	9	595	691
1000	9.5	630	732
1000	10	665	773
1000	10.5	698	812
1300	11	731	850
1300	11.5	765	889
1300	12	798	928
1300	12.5	831	966
1600	13	864	1005
1600	13.5	898	1044
1600	14	931	1082
1600	14.5	964	1121
1900	15	997	1160
1900	15.5	1031	1198
1900	16	1064	1237
1900	16.5	1097	1276
2200	17	1130	1314
2200	17.5	1164	1353
2200	18	1197	1392
2200	18.5	1230	1430
2500	19	1263	1469
2500	19.5	1297	1508
2500	20	1330	1546
2500	20.5	1363	1585
3000	21	1396	1624
3000	21.5	1430	1662
3000	22	1463	1701
3000	22.5	1496	1740
3500	23	1530	1778
3500	23.5	1563	1817
3500	24	1596	1856
3500	24.5	1629	1894
4000	25	1663	1933
4000	25.5	1696	1972
4000	26	1729	2010
4000	26.5	1762	2049
4500	27	1796	2088
4500	27.5	1829	2126
4500	28	1862	2165
4500	28.5	1895	2204
5000	29	1929	2242
5000	29.5	1962	2281
5000	30	1995	2320
5000	30.5	2012	2339
6000	31	2029	2358
6000	31.5	2045	2378
6000	32	2062	2397
6000	32.5	2078	2416
7000	33	2095	2436
7000	33.5	2112	2455
7000	34	2128	2474
7000	34.5	2145	2494
8000	35	2162	2513
8000	35.5	2178	2532
8000	36	2195	2552
8000	36.5	2211	2571
9000	37	2228	2590
9000	37.5	2245	2610
9000	38	2261	2629
9000	38.5	2278	2648
10000	39	2295	2668
10000	39.5	2311	2687
10000	40	2328	2706