The Essentials on Scizor
- Weaknesses
- ×4 Fire Table
- Resistances
- ×¼ Grass · ×½ Normal, Ice, Psychic, Bug, Dragon, Steel, Fairy · immune: Poison
- Shiny
Alternate, rare colors: in the main games since X and Y, an encounter has a 1 in 4,096 chance of being Shiny, excluding hunting bonuses. Available as a Shiny in Pokémon GO. View- Special Forms
- Mega Scizor (Scizorite) Details
- Stats
- Total 500 · top stat: Attack (130) Detail
- In Current Games
- Pokémon Legends: Z-A: No. 177 in the Lumiose Pokédex
- Scarlet and Violet: No. 261 in the Paldea Pokédex, No. 20 in the Blueberry Pokédex
- Pokémon Champions: playable, with Mega Scizor
- Pokémon GO: available, Shiny, Shadow
- Other Names
- Cizayox in French · ハッサム, Hassam in Japanese · Scherox in German All Languages
Overview
Scizor is a Steel and Bug-type Pokémon, No. 212 in the National Pokédex. Original generation: Generation 2. Category: Pincer Pokémon. Height: 1.8 m, weight: 118 kg.
Scizor evolves from Scyther and does not evolve further.
Abilities: Swarm and Technician. Hidden Ability: Light Metal. Scizor is very weak to Fire-type moves (×4 damage). Scizor takes no damage from Poison-type moves.
Generation
Generation 2
Gold / Silver
National No.
#212
National Pokédex
Category
Pincer Pokémon
Status
Standard
Base Stats
The total determines a Pokémon's overall power.
HP
70
255
Attack
130
255
Defense
100
255
Special Attack
55
255
Special Defense
80
255
Speed
65
255
Total
500
Min HP (Lv. 100)
250
0 IV, 0 EV, neutral nature
Max HP (Lv. 100)
344
31 IV, 252 EV, beneficial nature
Gen Changes
Stable
Unchanged recently
Type Effectiveness
Multipliers received depending on the type of the opposing move (Steel / Bug). See the type chart
Very weak (×4) — 1 type
Fire
×4
Normal (×1) — 8 types
Water
×1
Electric
×1
Fighting
×1
Ground
×1
Flying
×1
Rock
×1
Ghost
×1
Dark
×1
Resistant (×0.5) — 7 types
Normal
×½
Ice
×½
Psychic
×½
Bug
×½
Dragon
×½
Steel
×½
Fairy
×½
Resistant (×0.25) — 1 type
Grass
×¼
Immune (×0) — 1 type
Poison
×0
Abilities
Ability 1
Powers up Bug-type moves when the Pokémon's HP is low.
Ability 2
Powers up weak moves so the Pokémon can deal more damage with them.
Halves the Pokémon's weight.
Scizor Evolution
Trade holding: Metal Coat
#212
Scizor
Steel
Bug
Black Augurite
#900
Kleavor
Bug
Rock
Scizor Forms and Shiny
Standard Form
Steel · Bug
Mega Scizor
Bug · Steel
Mega Evolution
Item: Scizorite
Shiny Availability
Shiny form available
Base rate (Gen VI+): 1/4096.
With Shiny Charm: 1/1365.
Masuda Method: 1/683.
Scizor Moves
Moves this Pokémon can learn, by method.
Lv.
Move
Type · Cat.
Accuracy
Pow.
PP
—
Bullet Punch
Steel
Phys.
100%
40
30
1
Wing Attack
Flying
Phys.
100%
60
35
1
False Swipe
Normal
Phys.
100%
40
40
1
Leer
Normal
Stat
100%
—
30
1
Agility
Psychic
Stat
—
—
30
1
Air Slash
Flying
Spec.
95%
75
15
1
Feint
Normal
Phys.
100%
30
10
1
Fury Cutter
Bug
Phys.
95%
40
20
1
Quick Attack
Normal
Phys.
100%
40
30
6
Silver Wind
Bug
Spec.
100%
60
5
9
Pursuit
Dark
Phys.
100%
40
20
11
Aerial Ace
Flying
Phys.
—
60
20
12
Metal Claw
Steel
Phys.
95%
50
35
16
Double Team
Normal
Stat
—
—
15
20
Double Hit
Normal
Phys.
90%
35
10
24
Slash
Normal
Phys.
100%
70
20
28
Focus Energy
Normal
Stat
—
—
30
32
Iron Defense
Steel
Stat
—
—
15
33
Razor Wind
Normal
Spec.
100%
80
10
36
Iron Head
Steel
Phys.
100%
80
15
40
X-Scissor
Bug
Phys.
100%
80
15
43
Close Combat
Fighting
Phys.
100%
120
5
44
Laser Focus
Normal
Stat
—
—
30
44
Swords Dance
Normal
Stat
—
—
20
45
Night Slash
Dark
Phys.
100%
70
15
Advanced Breeding
Egg Groups
Bug
Gender
♂ 50.0 / ♀ 50.0%
Ditto Compatibility
✓ Yes
Pokérus
Susceptible
EV ×2 if infected
Max Characteristic
Attack
Highest base stat
Hyper Training & Mints
Available from level 50. Cost: 1 Gold Bottle Cap per IV set to 31 or 3 Silver Bottle Caps per IV. Mints let you change the effect of a Nature without changing the base Nature.
Where to Find Scizor
Available in 6 games, 6 recorded encounters. Click a game to see the details.
Natively obtainable:
Colosseum
Pokémon Legends: Arceus
Shield
Sword
Scarlet
Violet
Generation III
Colosseum 1 encounter
Available
▼
Snag
(1)
Phenac City
Lv. 50 100%
Generation VIII
Pokémon Legends: Arceus 1 encounter
Available
▼
Wild Area
(1)
Hisui Region
Shield 1 encounter
Available
▼
Wild Area
(1)
Isle of Armor
Sword 1 encounter
Available
▼
Wild Area
(1)
Isle of Armor
Generation IX
Scarlet 1 encounter
Available
▼
Picnic
(1)
Paldea
Violet 1 encounter
Available
▼
Picnic
(1)
Paldea
Transfer to Pokémon HOME
How to bring this Pokémon to HOME depending on the game of origin.
Sword
→
Pokémon HOME
HOME (direct)
Shield
→
Pokémon HOME
HOME (direct)
Pokémon Legends: Arceus
→
Pokémon HOME
HOME (direct)
Scarlet
→
Pokémon HOME
HOME (direct)
Violet
→
Pokémon HOME
HOME (direct)
Note:
Some transfers are irreversible (Bank → HOME). Check the legality of moves in the target game — HOME may replace an illegal move with a basic move.
Competitive & Meta
In Our Tier Lists
Scizor in Pokémon GO
- 3,001Max CP (Lv. 40)
- 1,714Perfect CP in Raids
- 5 kmper Candy as Buddy
Pokédex Entries
Description by game, with language selection.
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.”
Sapphire
“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.”
Emerald
“A SCIZOR has a body with the hardness of steel. It is not easily fazed by ordinary sorts of attacks. It flaps its wings to regulate its body temperature.”
FireRed
“Its wings are not used for flying. They are flapped at high speed to adjust its body temperature.”
LeafGreen
“It swings its eye-patterned pincers up to scare its foes. This makes it look like it has three heads.”
Diamond
“It has a steel-hard body. It intimidates foes by upraising its eye-patterned pincers.”
Platinum
“It raises its pincers with eyelike markings for intimidation. It also swings them down dangerously.”
HeartGold
“It swings its eye-patterned pincers up to scare its foes. This makes it look like it has three heads.”
SoulSilver
“Its wings are not used for flying. They are flapped at high speed to adjust its body temperature.”
Black
“It raises its pincers with eyelike markings for intimidation. It also swings them down dangerously.”
White
“It raises its pincers with eyelike markings for intimidation. It also swings them down dangerously.”
Black 2
“It raises its pincers with eyelike markings for intimidation. It also swings them down dangerously.”
White 2
“It raises its pincers with eyelike markings for intimidation. It also swings them down dangerously.”
X
“This Pokémon’s pincers, which contain steel, can crush any hard object it gets ahold of into bits.”
Y
“It has a steel-hard body. It intimidates foes by upraising its eye-patterned pincers.”
Omega 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.”
Alpha Sapphire
“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.”
Sun
“It uses its wings to adjust its body temperature. Otherwise, its metal body would become too hot and melt in the heat of battle.”
Moon
“Once it has identified an enemy, this Pokémon smashes it mercilessly with pincers hard as steel.”
Ultra Sun
“Its body is like steel. Its tough, heavy pincers are more suited to smashing enemies than grabbing them.”
Ultra Moon
“Once it has identified something as an enemy, it will continue beating them with its steel-hard pincers until there’s nothing left but scraps.”
Sword
“Bulky pincers account for one third of Scizor’s body weight. A single swing of one of these pincers will crush a boulder completely.”
Shield
“Though its body is slim, Scizor has tremendous attacking power. Even Scizor’s muscles are made of metal.”
Legends: Arceus
“Evolved by way of a curious item. The shell covering its body has been shown to be stronger than forged steel.”
Multilingual Names
🇫🇷 Français
Cizayox
🇬🇧 English
Scizor
🇯🇵 漢字
ハッサム
🇯🇵 Kana
ハッサム
🇯🇵 Romaji
Hassam
🇩🇪 Deutsch
Scherox
🇪🇸 Español
Scizor
🇮🇹 Italiano
Scizor
🇰🇷 한국어
핫삼
🇨🇳 ZH-Hans
巨钳螳螂
🇹🇼 ZH-Hant
巨鉗螳螂
Category (Genus)
🇫🇷 FR
Pokémon Pince
🇬🇧 EN
Pincer Pokémon
🇯🇵 JP
はさみポケモン
🇩🇪 DE
Kneifer-Pokémon
Media & Gallery
Audio Cries
Frequently asked questions about Scizor
What type is Scizor?
Scizor is a Steel and Bug-type Pokémon.
Can Scizor still evolve?
Scizor is the final stage of its evolutionary line: coming from Scyther, it does not evolve further.
What are Scizor's weaknesses?
Scizor is very weak to Fire-type moves (×4 damage). Scizor takes no damage from Poison-type moves.
What is Scizor's Hidden Ability?
Scizor's Hidden Ability is Light Metal. Its regular Abilities are Swarm and Technician.
How to Mega Evolve Scizor?
Scizor can Mega Evolve in battle if it holds the matching Mega Stone. For Mega Scizor, the required Mega Stone is Scizorite. In Pokémon Champions: in the shop for 2,000 VP.
Is Scizor available in Pokémon Champions?
Yes, Scizor is playable in Pokémon Champions, as is Mega Scizor.
Can you get a Shiny Scizor in Pokémon GO?
Yes, Shiny Scizor is available in Pokémon GO. Its Pokémon GO entry
