Specially Offensive Scizor MOTW

Pokémon Moveset Of The Week

"Left-Handed"
Pokemon: Scizor
Nature: Modest
Ability: Technician
Item: Choice Specs
EVs: 172 HP / 252 SpA / 84 Spe

Moves:
- Silver Wind / Bug Buzz
- Flash Cannon
- Hidden Power [Fire]
- U-Turn / Vacuum Wave

Guten Tag, Freunde! MG's back with yet another quite unorthodox Moveset of the Week for y'all: specially-offensive Scizor.

Yes, I know. MG has finally lost his marbles for good this time, but here me out. I came up with this idea while talking with friends about my HP Fire Starmie and how many Scizor it has baited in. I then thought, "Hey, how about I give Scizor its own downfall. It's boosted by Technician, after all!" And thus, a meme was born.

Now, Scizor's Special Attack stat is far from admirable; in fact, its base 55 Special Attack is 10 points lower than its Speed of 65. As such, a Modest Nature partnered with both 252 Special Attack EVs and Choice Specs are absolutely necessary to maximize damage output. 84 Speed EVs allows this Scizor to outspeed uninvested Mega Scizor, allowing it to use Hidden Power Fire to either OHKO or nearly OHKO before it can U-turn or Swords Dance, thinking it's safe. The rest of the EVs go into HP in order to optimize survivability. Technician, of course, is there to provide that last little boost to its moves' power.

As for this Scizor's attacks, your Bug-type STAB can be either Silver Wind or Bug Buzz. Silver Wind has half the PP of Bug Buzz, but offers the small possibility of the +1 to all of your stats, allowing you to meme even further with this set. The Steel STAB is Flash Cannon, being Scizor's only Special Steel move outside of Hidden Power. Speaking of which, Hidden Power Fire is your third move, allowing you to heavily damage the likes of Ferrothorn and other Scizor. For the last slot, either U-turn or Vacuum Wave are usable, the former allowing you to escape situations unfavorable to Scizor and the latter providing priority, should it be necessary. Other unlisted and less-advised options for this slot include Ominous Wind and Air Slash.

Of course, a specially offensive Scizor requires quite a bit of support, with one of the most important being hazards. Due to your low damage output, extra chip damage is always welcome. Even one layer of Spikes can make certain attacks immensely more likely to grant you 2HKOs. Others include the obvious necessity of something to deal with opposing Fire-type Pokémon, as Scizor is both weak to them and cannot deal reliable damage to them. Pokémon like Heatran and Excadrill provide this just fine. The last major pointer for this Scizor would be that most Pokémon with even mediocre defensive stats will take a hit or two from Scizor; Pokémon such as Kyurem-Black, Tapu Lele, and other strong offensive Pokémon will allow this Scizor to more reliably pick up KOs, especially those capable of weakening specially defensive walls and tanks.

Well, that's it for this MOTW. I hope you all have fun with this beast of a Pokémon!

Written by: Mega Grievous