Pokemon GO Scizor raid guide: Best counters, weaknesses, and more

Three-star raid bosses are not the most difficult to deal with, but you will still need a Pokemon GO Scizor raid guide to properly prepare to fight this Bug- and Steel-type Raid Boss. Scizor is a formidable Pocket Monster that has access to a lot of strong moves like Bullet Punch, Iron Head, X-Scissor, and more.

This article will mention the best counters you can use against it in Pokemon GO raids. The sections below also discuss the critter's best moveset and weaknesses, helping you build a strong raid party to beat it.

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Pokemon GO Scizor raid guide: Strengths and weaknesses of this raid boss

As a Bug- and Steel-type Pokemon, Scizor in Pokemon GO is vulnerable to Fire-type creatures. The entity is double-weak to this elemental typing, which means it takes 256% damage from Fire-type moves.

This beast is resistant to the following elemental typings:

• Grass
• Poison
• Bug
• Dragon
• Fairy
• Ice
• Normal
• Psychic
• Steel

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Best Scizor counters in Pokemon GO

Scizor in the anime (Image via TPC)

Listed below are the best counters that you can use against Scizor, along with their moveset (Fast move + Charged move):

• Mega Charizard Y: Fire Spin + Blast Burn
• Mega Blaziken: Counter + Blast Burn
• Reshiram: Fire Fang + Fusion Flare
• Shadow Darmanitan: Fire Fang + Overheat
• Shadow Moltres: Fire Fang + Overheat

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Best Mega Evolutions to use against Scizor

• Mega Charizard Y
• Mega Blaziken
• Mega Charizard X
• Mega Houndoom
• Mega Salamence

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Best Legendary Pokemon to use against Scizor

• Reshiram
• Moltres
• Entei
• Ho-Oh
• Heatran

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Best Shadow Pokemon to use against Scizor

• Shadow Darmanitan
• Shadow Moltres
• Shadow Blaziken
• Shadow Entei
• Shadow Chandelure

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Best budget counters to use against Scizor

• Chandelure
• Charizard
• Blaziken
• Darmanitan
• Infernape

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Pokemon GO Scizor raid guide: Moveset of the raid boss

Scizor can learn the following Fast moves:

• Fury Cutter
• Bullet Punch

Scizor can learn the following Charged moves:

• Night Slash
• Iron Head
• X-Scissor
• Trailblaze

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Catch Combat Power (CP) of Scizor in Pokemon GO

Scizor will have the following catch CPs:

• Weather boosted: 2,046 CP to 2,143 CP at Level 25 with rain or snow boost
• Non-weather boosted: 1,636 CP to 1,714 CP at Level 20

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Scizor's stats

• Max CP: 3,393 at level 50
• Base attack: 236
• Base defense: 181
• Base stamina: 172

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That concludes this Pokemon GO Scizor raid guide. Read our other articles:

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