Scizor - The Best Attacker for Beginner

Scizor is an offensive mon that relies on burst attacks to knock out opponents and take advantage. Scizor's passive ability, Patient Mantis, allows it to follow up with an additional move in scoring killings. It performs similar to a sweeper, where they depend on devastating burst damage to eliminate opponents one by one.

Put in the front row or in the back row

In most cases, it is recommended to put Scizor in the back row to prevent it from control, unless you want to counter against specific mons, such as opposing Scizor or Metagross

Star up or not

Siczor plays well at 4 stars, while the 11-star passive can give him a boost to ultimate move, making its execution more solid. It is easy to star up anyway, you can earn Scyther Shards from Arena Shop

Recommended Nature

Adamant/Jolly

Recommended Held Items

Metal Coat raises Scizor's Physical damage and Physical Defense ignorance

Power Weight raises Scizor's Critical-Hit rate and Critical-Hit damage

Best Teammates

Volcarona

Back-row enemies-targeted ultimate skill, on top of that, its passive, Bug Resonance,  can give Scizor more opportunities to move

Blaziken

Damage buff and critical-hit rate boost aura

Moltres

Critical-hit damage aura, AOE moves which reduce the HP of back-row enemies

Hard Counters

Snorlax

Enter [Self Sleep] when HP is lower, during which immune to all damage taken

Gallade

Target the enemy with the highest attack stat, and attacks apply "confusion" effect

Metagross

High basic Physical Defense stat and insane Ultimate damage reduction buff; Taunt