Mega Scizor is a dual-type Pokémon whose pincers lengthen and develop serrations. Its claws can stab through concrete and once the opponent is caught in them, there’s no chance for them to escape. The lower half of its claws are white and have three pointed spikes on the underside. It is strong against quite several Pokémon types and players need to be careful while fighting it. Here’s the Pokémon Go guide where we are going to talk about the best counters against Mega Scizor to help the players finish the raid with ease.
Mega Scizor in Pokémon Go
Mega Scizor is a dual-type Bug and Steel Pokémon with a max CP of 4621. It has a 2x weakness towards Fire-type attacks and thus it is recommended to players to use Fire-type Mega Pokémon against it of the additional bonus damage which they can cause to the Pokémon type.
Mega Scizor Movesets
The best movesets for Mega Scizor are Fury Cutter and Iron Head. Both of them combined have the max DPS of 46.7. It is the best combination to fight with in Pokémon gyms and PvP battles. As it is strong towards a lot of Pokémon types, players will need to have the correct Fire type Pokémons in their team to counter Mega Scizor successfully.
Best counters against Mega Scizor in Pokémon Go
Here is the list of the best counters against Mega Scizor that one can use and guarantee a win.
- Charizard(Mega Y): Fire Spin/Blast Burn
- Charizard(Mega X): Fire Spin/Blast Burn
- Houndoom (Mega): Fire Fang/Flamethrower
- Reshiram: Fire Fang/Overheat
- Darmanitan (Standard): Fire Fang/Overheat
- Darmanitan: Fire Fang/ Overheat
- Moltres: Fire Spin/Overheat
- Blaziken: Fire Spin/ Blast Burn
- Emboar: Ember/Blast Burn
- Entei: Fire Fang/Overheat
- Chandelure: Fire Spin/Overheat
- Heatran: Fire Spin/Flamethrower
- Charizard: Fire Spin/ Blast Burn
- Infernape: Fire Spin/ Blast Burn
- Flareon: Fire Spin/Overheat
- Typhlosion: Incinerate/Blast Burn
- Ho-Oh: Incinerate/Sacred Fire
- Pyroar: Fire Fang/Overheat
- Arcanine(Hisuian): Fire Fang/Flamethrower
- Magmortar: Fire Spin/Fire Blast
- Victini: Quick Attack/V-create
- Arcanine: Fire Fang/Flamethrower
- Manectric(Mega): Thunder Fang/Overheat
- Houndoom: Fire Fang/Flamethrower
- Salamence: Fire Fang/Fire Blast
- Delphox: Fire Spin/Flamethrower
- Incineroar: Fire Fang/Fire Blast
- Salazzle: Incinerate/Fire Blast
- Lopunny(Mega): Low Kick/Fire Punch
- Simisear: Fire Spin/Flamethrower
- Heatmor: Fire Spin/Flamethrower
- Mewtwo: Psycho Cut/Flamethrower
- Rapidash: Fire Spin/Fire Blast
- Gengar(Mega): Lick/Shadow Ball
Mega evolutions such as Mega Charizard Y, Mega Houndoom, and Mega Charizard X are strongly recommended because of their inherent raw power along with the bonus of the extra damage because of them being Fire type. Other Pokémon like Reshiram and Chandelure are other great options too. It is possible to use Mega Scizor using two Mega Pokémon in sunny conditions but players can also defeat it with relative ease by teaming up with 3 to 5 trainers with high-level Fire-type Pokémon regardless of the weather.
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