Oh Slice and Dice me, it's Scizor! Scizor has always been a great Pokemon since its introduction and has always had some good tools to go with it. Priority Technician boosted Bullet Punch? Yes Please. Amazing movepool? Yes please. Only one weakness (albeit a 4x weakness to a very common type) and plenty of resistances? Yes please. Scizor on my team? YES PLEASE!!!
Pros:
+ 130 Attack is great to counter out the low base power of Scizor's moves. Speaking of which...
+ Scizor gets Technician! With 60 base power Bullet Punches and 90 base power Bug Bites, that is pretty awesome.
+ 100 Defense and 80 Sp Defense is certainly very good.
+ Having lots of resistances and only 1 weakness is always a good thing
+ I am pretty lots of people love this thing's design. I'm definitely one of them
Cons:
- A 4x weakness to fire is certainly a huge downside. Scizor also doesn't have much to counter fire types so, be careful.
- 65 Speed is fairly slow. Although Scizor has priority, that can be an issue when it needs to use other moves
- Scizor's movepool is fairly shallow, so it doesn't have the moves it needs to counter certain Pokemon
- Did I mention Fire moves? Yeah. Keep away from fire.
Abilities:
Swarm: Swarm in the long run could be useful, but Scizor has never had too use this as it has a much better option.
Technician: This is what makes Scizor amazing. Bullet Punch and Bug Bite are your greatest friends with this ability.
Light Metal: Although this ability is useless by itself, some Mega Scizor have it as they gain Technician when they mega evolve, so it makes it easier to come in on a Low Kick. But being a hidden ability, it's not worth all the hassle to get, so just stick with base Technician.
Counters: Fire Types. There you go. Heatran is a big one, although there are some others: Charizard X/Y, Volcarona, Entei, etc. Some Steel types such as Celesteela (which also run Flamethrower usually) are great counters as are Pokemon such as Magnezone with have Magnet Pull trap Scizor and can deal big damage back with an electric move. In a nutshell, use fire types/moves to deal the big damage.
Mega Scizor
Oh Slice and Dice me, it's Mega Scizor! With higher attack, greater bulk, keeping Technician, it's just Scizor but better. However, that has a downside in that because it takes up a Mega Slot, and isn't too different from its non-mega self, it can be better to take a mega that differs a fair bit from its regular form. But that aside, Mega Scizor is easily a welcome mega with even cooler tools than before.
Pros:
+ 150 Attack is even better now having the same Attack as Zekrom, Primal Kyogre and Deoxys
+ Scizor still has Technician! 60 base power Bullet Punches and 90 base power Bug Bites are still awesome, and with more Attack!.
+ 140 Defense and 100 Sp Defense is brilliant! Scizor can now take many non-fire hits.
+ Same typing as before, same amount of resistances!
+ Some people prefer regular Scizor's design. Me? I prefer its mega's design. (Still love its base form though)
Cons:
- Still has the 4x weakness to fire. Not even its augmented bulk can save it here...
- 75 Speed is much better than its previous base 65 but it still fails to outspeed a lot of Pokemon
- It can be hard choosing to run Mega Scizor when it's only regular Scizor but better. There are better megas out there.
- Fire, Fire and Fire. Still a problem.
Abilities:
Technician: Just as amazing on Mega Scizor as it is to its regular. Still has those powered up Bullet Punches and Bug Butes.
Counters: Fire Types. Again. Heatran once again does very well and so do most other fire types. Although using non-fire moves can now be a bit of a problem due to the increased bulk. Here's the "how to counter Scizor" equation: Mega Scizor + Fire = Dead Scizor. Pretty simple.
