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Scyther
#1
Scyther is a great pokemon in UU and is still good enough to be used in OU. On first glance it may not seem bad, but it truly is a powerful battler for the UU tier.

There are two abilities a Scyther can have. They are Swarm and Technician. Technician is the better of the two. It multiplies moves power by 1.5 if the moves base power is 60 or less. Aerial Ace becomes a very powerful move with this ability. To calculate its power we have to do this:
(60 X 1.5) + (60 X 1.25)

That gives it a total power of 165! That is more powerful than a stabbed 100 base power attack or 120 if the pokemon is a dual type. Combined with the fact that Scyther's base attack is very high, you can deal incredibly damage especially when combined with a Life Orb. Life Orb further boosts the power by 1.3. That gives us a grand total of 243 power.

165 + (60 X 1.3) = 243

When Aerial Ace is supereffective with this set-up, almost no pokemon can survive it. Quick Attack can quickly become very powerful as well in addition to first strike. Scyther is also able to get a pretty good movepool variety. My personal favorite set is:

Scyther@Life Orb
Adamant or Jolly Nature
EVs: 252 ATK, 252 SPEED, 6 HP
Aerial Ace
X-Scissor
Brick Break
Night Slash

This set covers a large variety of pokemon types you will see, especially in the UU tier. It is also among the fastest pokemon in UU tier. This Scyther really only has to worry about electric pokemon and fire pokemon. Ice is supereffective against it, but Brick Break will take care of them. Rock may also pose a problem since they have high defense and may survive Brick Break. It is also very weak to Stealth Rock.

There are also more ways to utilize Scyther. It can be used as a reversaler. While it isn't quite as powerful as Heracross, it still is good. It is faster, but doesn't get the stab that Heracross does.

Adamant or Jolly Nature
Item: Salac Berry or Liechi Berry
Aerial Ace
Night Slash
Endure
Reversal

Night Slash is for the ghost pokemon that would otherwise render it helpless. It also helps against psychic pokemon. Aerial Ace provides the most type coverage for missing types.

It can also be used to Swords Dance then follow up with powerful sweeping moves.

Adamant or Jolly Nature
Item: Focus Sash or LIfe Orb
Swords Dance
Aerial Ace
X-Scissor
Quick Attack or Brick Break

Quick attack is for guaranteed first strike. It also also slightly boosted from technician. You could use Brick Break instead to get rid of rock pokemon after Sword Dancing. Aerial Ace for sheer power and X-Scissor for stab. Focus Sash is strongly recommended for this set being as rock pokemon are more common in the UU tier. In all the sets, X-Scissor can be substituted for Bug Bite on Shoddy since Heartgold and SoulSilver moves are available.
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#2
Sycther eh?
Not bad, almost 250 power and a nevermiss effect? That's pretty skilled.
I still like Scizor more though. Wink
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#3
Same here, though, it's hard to get.
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#4
Scyther is mainly used in the Underused tier. It is very rare to actually see in the standard tier. On standard I use Scizor.
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