Scizor Abilities
Strengthens Bug moves to inflict 1.5× damage at 1/3 max HP or less.
Strengthens moves of 60 base power or less to 1.5× their power.
Light MetalHidden
Halves the Pokémon's weight.
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Scizor Moves
Category
Type
| Move▲ | Type▲ | Cat.▲ | Pow▲ | Acc▲ | Method▲ | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wing Attack | flying | physical | 60 | 100 | Level 1 | The target is struck with large, imposing wings spread wide to inflict damage. |
| Leer | normal | status | – | 100 | Level 1 | The user gives opposing Pokémon an intimidating leer that lowers their Defense stats. |
| Agility | psychic | status | – | – | Level 1 | The user relaxes and lightens its body to move faster. This sharply boosts its Speed stat. |
| Quick Attack | normal | physical | 40 | 100 | Level 1 | The user lunges at the target to inflict damage, moving at blinding speed. This move always goes first. |
| False Swipe | normal | physical | 40 | 100 | Level 1 | A restrained attack that prevents the target from fainting. The target is left with at least 1 HP. |
| Fury Cutter | bug | physical | 40 | 95 | Level 1 | The user attacks by slashing the target with scythes, claws, or the like. This attack becomes more powerful if it hits in succession. |
| Air Slash | flying | special | 75 | 95 | Level 1 | The user attacks with a blade of air that slices even the sky. This may also make the target flinch. |
| Bullet Punch | steel | physical | 40 | 100 | Level 1 | The user strikes the target with tough punches as fast as bullets. This move always goes first. |
| Metal Claw | steel | physical | 50 | 95 | Level 12 | The target is raked with steel claws. This may also boost the user's Attack stat. |
| Double Team | normal | status | – | – | Level 16 | By moving rapidly, the user makes illusory copies of itself to boost its evasiveness. |
| Double Hit | normal | physical | 35 | 90 | Level 20 | The user slams the target with a tail or the like. The target is hit twice in a row. |
| Slash | normal | physical | 70 | 100 | Level 24 | The target is attacked with a slash of claws, scythes, or the like. This move has a heightened chance of landing a critical hit. |
| Focus Energy | normal | status | – | – | Level 28 | The user takes a deep breath and focuses so that its future attacks have a heightened chance of landing critical hits. |
| Iron Defense | steel | status | – | – | Level 32 | The user hardens its body's surface like iron, sharply boosting its Defense stat. |
| Iron Head | steel | physical | 80 | 100 | Level 36 | The user slams the target with its steel-hard head. This may also make the target flinch. |
| X Scissor | bug | physical | 80 | 100 | Level 40 | The user slashes at the target by crossing its scythes, claws, or the like as if they were a pair of scissors. |
| Swords Dance | normal | status | – | – | Level 44 | A frenetic dance to uplift the fighting spirit. This sharply boosts the user's Attack stat. |
| Acrobatics | flying | physical | 55 | 100 | TM | The user nimbly strikes the target. This attack does massive damage if the user isn't holding an item. |
| Aerial Ace | flying | physical | 60 | – | TM | The user confounds the target with speed, then slashes. This attack never misses. |
| Air Cutter | flying | special | 60 | 95 | TM | The user launches razor-like wind to slash opposing Pokémon. This move has a heightened chance of landing a critical hit. |
| Baton Pass | normal | status | – | – | TM | The user switches places with a party Pokémon in waiting and passes along any stat changes. |
| Brick Break | fighting | physical | 75 | 100 | TM | The user attacks with a swift chop. This move can also break barriers, such as Light Screen and Reflect. |
| Bug Bite | bug | physical | 60 | 100 | TM | The user attacks by biting the target. If the target is holding a Berry, the user eats it and gains its effect. |
| Bug Buzz | bug | special | 90 | 100 | TM | The user vibrates to generate a damaging sound wave. This may also lower the target's Sp. Def stat. |
| Close Combat | fighting | physical | 120 | 100 | TM | The user fights the target up close, inflicting damage without guarding itself. This also lowers the user's Defense and Sp. Def stats. |
| Curse | ghost | status | – | – | TM | A move that has different effects depending on whether the user is a Ghost type or not. |
| Double Edge | normal | physical | 120 | 100 | TM | A reckless life-risking tackle in which the user rushes the target. This also damages the user quite a lot. |
| Dual Wingbeat | flying | physical | 40 | 90 | TM | The user slams the target with its wings to inflict damage. The target is hit twice in a row. |
| Endure | normal | status | – | – | TM | The user endures any attack with at least 1 HP. This move's chance of failing rises if used in succession. |
| Facade | normal | physical | 70 | 100 | TM | This move's power is doubled if the user is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed. |
| Flash Cannon | steel | special | 80 | 100 | TM | The user gathers all its light energy and releases it at once. This may also lower the target's Sp. Def stat. |
| Fling | dark | physical | – | 100 | TM | The user flings its held item at the target to attack. This move's power and effects depend on the item. |
| Giga Impact | normal | physical | 150 | 90 | TM | The user charges at the target using every bit of its power. The user can't move on the next turn. |
| Hard Press | steel | physical | 0 | 100 | TM | The target is crushed with an arm, a claw, or the like to inflict damage. The more HP the target has left, the greater the move's power. |
| Helping Hand | normal | status | – | – | TM | The user assists an ally by boosting the power of that ally's attack. |
| Hyper Beam | normal | special | 150 | 90 | TM | The target is attacked with a powerful beam. The user can't move on the next turn. |
| Knock Off | dark | physical | 65 | 100 | TM | The user slaps down the target's held item, making it unusable for that battle. This move does more damage if the target has a held item. |
| Light Screen | psychic | status | – | – | TM | A wondrous wall of light is put up to reduce damage from special moves for five turns. |
| Lunge | bug | physical | 80 | 100 | TM | The user makes a lunge at the target, attacking with full force. This also lowers the target's Attack stat. |
| Pounce | bug | physical | 50 | 100 | TM | The user attacks by pouncing on the target. This also lowers the target's Speed stat. |
| Protect | normal | status | – | – | TM | This move enables the user to protect itself from all attacks. Its chance of failing rises if it is used in succession. |
| Rain Dance | water | status | – | – | TM | The user summons a heavy rain that falls for five turns, powering up Water-type attacks. The rain also lowers the power of Fire-type attacks. |
| Rest | psychic | status | – | – | TM | The user goes to sleep for two turns. This fully restores the user's HP and cures any status conditions. |
| Reversal | fighting | physical | – | 100 | TM | An all-out attack that becomes more powerful the less HP the user has. |
| Sandstorm | rock | status | – | – | TM | A five-turn sandstorm is summoned to damage all Pokémon except Rock, Ground, and Steel types. The sandstorm also boosts the Sp. Def stats of Rock types. |
| Scary Face | normal | status | – | 100 | TM | The user frightens the target with a scary face to harshly lower its Speed stat. |
| Skitter Smack | bug | physical | 70 | 90 | TM | The user skitters behind the target to attack. This also lowers the target's Sp. Atk stat. |
| Sleep Talk | normal | status | – | – | TM | The user randomly uses one of the moves it knows. This move can only be used while the user is asleep. |
| Steel Beam | steel | special | 140 | 95 | TM | The user fires a beam of steel that it collected from its entire body. This also damages the user. |
| Struggle Bug | bug | special | 50 | 100 | TM | The user attacks by struggling against opposing Pokémon. This also lowers their Sp. Atk stats. |
| Substitute | normal | status | – | – | TM | The user creates a substitute for itself using some of its own HP. The substitute serves as the user's decoy. |
| Sunny Day | fire | status | – | – | TM | The user intensifies the sun for five turns, powering up Fire-type attacks. The sunlight also lowers the power of Water-type attacks. |
| Swift | normal | special | 60 | – | TM | Star-shaped rays are shot at opposing Pokémon. This attack never misses. |
| Tailwind | flying | status | – | – | TM | The user whips up a turbulent whirlwind that boosts the Speed stats of itself and its allies for four turns. |
| Take Down | normal | physical | 90 | 85 | TM | A reckless full-body charge attack for slamming into the target. This also damages the user a little. |
| Tera Blast | normal | special | 80 | 100 | TM | If the user has Terastallized, it unleashes energy of its Tera Type. This move inflicts damage using the Attack or Sp. Atk stat—whichever is higher for the user. |
| Thief | dark | physical | 60 | 100 | TM | The user attacks and steals the target's held item simultaneously. The user can't steal anything if it already holds an item. |
| Trailblaze | grass | physical | 50 | 100 | TM | The user attacks suddenly as if leaping out from tall grass. The user's nimble footwork boosts its Speed stat. |
| U Turn | bug | physical | 70 | 100 | TM | After making its attack, the user rushes back to switch places with a party Pokémon in waiting. |
| Vacuum Wave | fighting | special | 40 | 100 | TM | The user whirls its fists to send a wave of pure vacuum at the target. This move always goes first. |
Scizor Sprites
Normal
Shiny
Back
Back Shiny
Pearl
It has a steel-hard body. It intimidates foes by upraising its eye-patterned pincers.
Gold
It swings its eye- patterned pincers up to scare its foes. This makes it look like it has three heads.
Silver
Its wings are not used for flying. They are flapped at high speed to adjust its body temperature.
Crystal
This POKéMON's pincers, which contain steel, can crush any hard object it gets a hold of into bits.
Ruby
SCIZOR has a body with the hardness of steel. It is not easily fazed by ordinary sorts of attacks. This POKéMON flaps its wings to regulate its body temperature.
Scizor's Japanese name is Hassam (ハッサム). Here are all the official names for Scizor across different languages:
JapaneseハッサムHassam
Korean핫삼
Chinese (Traditional)巨鉗螳螂
FrenchCizayox
GermanScherox
SpanishScizor
ItalianScizor
Chinese (Simplified)巨钳螳螂
Scizor Breeding
Catch Rate25
Base Friendship70
Growth RateMedium
Base Experience175
How to Get Scizor
Scizor is not catchable in the wild – it is typically obtained through gifts, events, or in-game trades. Here is how to obtain Scizor in every game where it is available:
About Scizor
Scizor is a Bug/Steel-type Pokemon introduced in Generation 2. With a Base Stat Total (BST) of 500, Scizor is classified as a Pincer Pokémon and is part of the Scyther → Scizor → Kleavor evolution line.
In competitive play, Scizor is placed in the UU tier where it holds a 15.38% usage rate. Its key abilities are Swarm and Technician and Light Metal, which allow it to function as a versatile team member. Scizor is weak to Fire-type moves, so trainers should plan around these vulnerabilities.
Scizor can learn 97 moves across Level-up, TM, Tutor, and Egg methods. Its most popular competitive moves include Bullet Punch, Knock Off, Swords Dance, U Turn. Standing at 1.8m tall and weighing 118kg, Scizor has been a fan favorite since its debut in the Johto region games.