Scyther

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#123    Scyther

Type(s)

Bug Flying

Generation

  I  

Abilities
Ability 1
Swarm		 Ability 2
Technician		 Hidden Ability
Steadfast

Rarity Tier

  Rare  

Catch rate

  45/255 (5.88%)  

Base stats

HP
70

Atk
110

Def
80

Sp.Atk
55

Sp.Def
80

Spd
105

Base-stat total: 500
EV Yield

HP
0

Atk
1

Def
0

Sp.Atk
0

Sp.Def
0

Spd
0

EV-yield total: 1

Base Experience

  187  

Gender Ratio

    50%  
  50%    

Height

  1.5m  

Weight

  56kg  

Scyther is a Bug and Flying-type Pokémon. It evolves into Scizor when traded holding a Metal Coat.

Obtainability

Wild

Location Levels Times Held Item Rarity Tier
Alto Mare National Park 10-15 Morning Day Night Uncommon
Bug Catching Area 15-19 Morning Day Night Rare
Guild Island Forest 42-50 Morning Day Night Rare
Pinkan Island Forest 60-65 Morning Rare
Route 210 North 25-29 Morning Day Night Rare
Route 229 47-51 Morning Day Night Rare
Safari Area 1 29-34 Morning Day Night Metal Coat Rare
Safari Exclusive 21-25 Morning Day Night Metal Coat Rare
  • Pink-colored areas denote that this area or inhabiting spawn is strictly members-accessible
  • Emboldened levels indicate they are isolatable with the Repel trick

Moves

Level-Up

Level Moves Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
— Vacuum Wave Fighting Special 40 100 30
— Quick Attack Normal Physical 40 100 30
— Leer Normal Status — 100 30
5 Focus Energy Normal Status — — 30
9 Pursuit Dark Physical 40 100 20
13 False Swipe Normal Physical 40 100 40
17 Agility Psychic Status — 100 30
21 Wing Attack Flying Physical 60 100 35
25 Fury Cutter Bug Physical 40 95 20
29 Slash Normal Physical 70 100 20
33 Razor Wind Normal Special 80 100 10
37 Double Team Normal Status — — 15
41 X-Scissor Bug Physical 80 100 10
45 Night Slash Dark Physical 70 100 15
49 Double Hit Normal Physical 35 90 10
50 Air Slash Flying Special 75 95 15
57 Swords Dance Normal Status — — 30
61 Feint Normal Physical 30 100 10
  • Emboldened moves denote this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.
  • Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
  • All moves subsumed on this list are relearnable via the Move Relearners if lost.

Via TMs/HMs

TM Moves Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
TM6 Toxic Poison Status — 90 10
TM15 Hyper Beam Normal Special 150 90 5
TM44 Rest Psychic Status — — 10
TM60 Hidden Power Normal Special 60 100 15
TM61 Sunny Day Fire Status — — 5
TM66 Light Screen Psychic Status — — 30
TM67 Protect Normal Status — — 10
TM68 Rain Dance Water Status — — 5
TM69 Roost Flying Status — — 10
TM Safeguard Normal Status — — 25
TM75 Swords Dance Normal Status — — 30
TM81 Brick Break Fighting Physical 75 100 15
TM32 Double Team Normal Status — — 15
TM94 Aerial Ace Flying Physical 60 — 20
TM92 Facade Normal Physical 70 100 20
TM96 Thief Dark Physical 60 100 25
TM Round Normal Special 60 100 15
TM123 Steel Wing Steel Physical 70 90 25
TM104 False Swipe Normal Physical 40 100 40
TM146 Giga Impact Normal Physical 150 90 5
TM144 X-Scissor Bug Physical 80 100 10
TM Swagger Normal Status — 90 15
TM138 Sleep Talk Normal Status — — 10
TM139 U-turn Bug Physical 70 100 20
  • Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.
  • Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
  • Refer to TMs and HMs for information on each move’s obtainability.

Egg-Inheritable Moves

Move Type Category Base Power Accuracy PP
Baton Pass Normal Status — — 40
Bug Buzz Bug Special 90 100 10
Counter Fighting Physical — 100 20
Defog Flying Status — — 15
Endure Normal Status — — 10
Night Slash Dark Physical 70 100 15
Quick Guard Fighting Status — — 15
Razor Wind Normal Special 80 100 10
Reversal Fighting Physical — 100 15
Silver Wind Bug Special 60 100 5
Steel Wing Steel Physical 70 90 25
  • Emboldened moves denote that this Pokémon avails from a STAB bonus for it.
  • Italicized moves are broken; see their individual pages for more information.
  • For more information on egg-move-tutors, refer to: Egg Moves.

Type Effectiveness

Under normal battle conditions, this Pokémon is:
 2×  Weak to  1×  Neutral to  ½×  Resistant to  0×  Immune to
Electric
Fire
Flying
Ice
Rock
Dark
Dragon
Fairy
Ghost
Normal
Poison
Psychic
Steel
Water
Bug
Grass
Fighting
Ground
  • All darkened weakness types have a 4x weakness due to the multiplicative damage-modifiers of both of the Pokémon’s type weaknesses.
  • All darkened resistance types have a 1⁄4x resistance due to the multiplicative damage-modifiers of both of the Pokémon’s type resistances.

Special Counterparts

Main article: Pokémon Counterparts

  • Regular Counterpart

  • Shiny Scyther.png

    Shiny Scyther

  • Pink Scyther

External Links

  • Scyther’s Bulbapedia
  • Scyther’s Serebii