Scyther #0123

BugFlying

Max CP	L402706L503060L51 · Best Buddy3096
Buddy Distance	5 km per Candy
Released	Jul 6, 2016Apr 2, 2019

Type Effectiveness

Scyther takes 256% from Rock, and 160% from Fire, Electric, Ice and Flying moves.

Weak ×2.6

Rock

Weak ×1.6

FireElectricIceFlying

Resists ×0.6

Bug

Resists ×0.4

GrassFighting

Scyther is a Bug/Flying-type Pokémon in Pokémon GO, doubly weak to Rock and weak to Fire, Electric, Ice and Flying.

It reaches 3060 CP at level 50, or 3096 as a Best Buddy.

Its best raid moveset is Fury Cutter with Bug Buzz, which needs an Elite TM.

Base Stats

Attack218

Defense170

Stamina172

Not main-series base stats. Bars scale to 450 / 450 / 500.

Best Movesets

#	Fast Move	Charged Move	DPS	TDO
	BugFury Cutter	BugBug Buzz	11.8	190
2	BugFury Cutter	BugX-Scissor	11.6	186
3	FlyingAir Slash	BugBug Buzz	11.3	181
4	SteelSteel Wing	BugBug Buzz	11.3	181
5	FlyingAir Slash	BugX-Scissor	11.1	179
6	SteelSteel Wing	BugX-Scissor	11.1	179
7	BugFury Cutter	FlyingAerial Ace	10.4	166
8	BugFury Cutter	GrassTrailblaze	10.4	166

10 More Pairings

#	Fast Move	Charged Move	DPS	TDO
9	FlyingAir Slash	FlyingAerial Ace	10.3	166
10	SteelSteel Wing	FlyingAerial Ace	10.3	166
11	FlyingAir Slash	GrassTrailblaze	10.3	165
12	SteelSteel Wing	GrassTrailblaze	10.3	165
13	FlyingAir Slash	NormalReturn	10.1	163
14	SteelSteel Wing	NormalReturn	10.1	163
15	BugFury Cutter	NormalReturn	10.1	162
16	FlyingAir Slash	DarkNight Slash	9.4	151
17	SteelSteel Wing	DarkNight Slash	9.4	151
18	BugFury Cutter	DarkNight Slash	9.1	146

Raid damage at level 40, 15/15/15 IVs, no weather boost.

DPS is damage per second, TDO total damage before fainting. For one boss, see the raid counters.

Moves

Fast Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	DPS	EPS
Steel WingE	Steel	14	8	1.0s	14.0	8.0
Air Slash	Flying	12	8	1.0s	12.0	8.0
Fury Cutter	Bug	4	8	0.5s	8.0	16.0

Charged Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Time	DPS	DPE
ReturnP	Normal	25	33	0.5s	50.0	0.76
Trailblaze	Grass	65	50	2.0s	32.5	1.30
X-Scissor	Bug	45	33	1.5s	30.0	1.36
Bug BuzzE	Bug	95	50	3.5s	27.1	1.90
Night Slash	Dark	45	33	2.0s	22.5	1.36
Aerial Ace	Flying	55	33	2.5s	22.0	1.67

Fast Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	Turns	DPT	EPT
Steel WingE	Steel	7	5	2	3.5	2.5
Fury Cutter	Bug	3	4	1	3.0	4.0
Air Slash	Flying	9	9	3	3.0	3.0

Charged Moves

Move	Type	Power	Energy	DPE
ReturnP	Normal	130	70	1.86
Bug BuzzE	Bug	100	60	1.67
X-Scissor	Bug	65	40	1.63
Trailblaze	Grass	65	45	1.44
Night Slash	Dark	50	35	1.43
Aerial Ace	Flying	60	45	1.33

DPS damage per second · EPS energy per second · DPE damage per energy.

Elite TM: only an Elite TM teaches it now.

Purified: Return is learned by purifying a Shadow.

Evolution Family

Scyther evolves into Scizor for 50 candy.

Scyther

#0123

BugFlying

45 purified

Use a Metal Coat

Scizor

#0212

BugSteel

Top Counters

Full Rankings

As a Tier 5 raid boss. Level 40, 15/15/15, no weather boost.

1Shadow RampardosRockSmack DownRockRock Slide53.2 eDPS
2Mega DiancieRockRock ThrowRockRock Slide51.8 eDPS
3Shadow RhyperiorRockSmack DownRockRock WreckerE50.1 eDPS
4Shadow TyrantrumRockRock ThrowRockMeteor Beam48.5 eDPS
5Shadow GigalithNormalLock-OnRockMeteor BeamE47.6 eDPS
6Mega RayquazaFlyingAir SlashFlyingDragon AscentK46.8 eDPS

See Full Rankings

Worth Powering Up?

Not stronger than the everyday pick against any Tier 5 or Mega boss.

The everyday pick is the best attacker that isn’t a Mega, Shadow or Legendary. Each number is how much more of the boss’s health this Pokémon takes off than that pick would. Level 40, 15/15/15, no weather boost.

CP by Level

Encounter	Level	Guaranteed CP	Max CP
Research	15	110410/10/10	116015/15/15
Raids & Eggs	20	147210/10/10	154615/15/15
Weather-Boosted Raids	25	184110/10/10	193315/15/15
L40	40	23280/0/0	270615/15/15
L50	50	26320/0/0	306015/15/15
L51 · Best Buddy	51	26630/0/0	309615/15/15

All Power-Up Levels (L15–L51)

Level	15/15/15	0/0/0
Level 15	1160	997
Level 20	1546	1330
Level 25	1933	1663
Level 30	2320	1995
Level 35	2513	2162
Level 40	2706	2328
Level 45	2880	2477
Level 50	3060	2632
Level 51	3096	2663

Research, raid and egg catches have at least 10/10/10 IVs. A wild catch can be as low as 0/0/0.

L40 is the cap without XL Candy, L50 with it. L51 is Best Buddy only.

Dex Details

Second Charged Move	75 Candy · 75,000 Stardust
Height / Weight	1.5 m · 56 kg
Gender Ratio	50.0%50.0%
Trading	TradableTransferable

Abilities, EVs, breeding and learnsets: Scyther in the RotomLabs Pokédex

PvP IV Spreads

Great League

1500 CP Cap

Best IVs0/14/111499 CP at level 21

Rank	IVs	CP	Level	% of Best
#1	0/14/11	1499	21	100.00%
#2	2/15/15	1496	20.5	99.93%
#3	3/14/15	1499	20.5	99.84%
#4	0/12/13	1499	21	99.79%
#5	0/15/10	1499	21	99.64%
#6	0/10/15	1498	21	99.57%
#7	3/15/14	1499	20.5	99.49%
#8	1/15/15	1490	20.5	99.47%
#9	0/13/11	1494	21	99.45%
#10	0/13/12	1499	21	99.45%

A 15/15/15 ranks #3141 of 4,096, with 93.75% of the best stat product.

Great League Rankings on PvPoke

Ultra League

2500 CP Cap

Best IVs0/13/152500 CP at level 39.5

Rank	IVs	CP	Level	% of Best
#1	0/13/15	2500	39.5	100.00%
#2	2/15/15	2500	38.5	99.86%
#3	0/14/14	2500	39.5	99.86%
#4	0/15/13	2500	39.5	99.71%
#5	0/15/15	2496	39	99.68%
#6	1/14/15	2500	39	99.59%
#7	0/12/13	2498	40	99.48%
#8	1/15/11	2498	39.5	99.48%
#9	1/15/13	2494	39	99.45%
#10	0/12/15	2493	39.5	99.45%

A 15/15/15 ranks #1758 of 4,096, with 96.18% of the best stat product.

Ultra League Rankings on PvPoke

Ranked by stat product at the highest level under the CP cap.

Trades and research have at least 10 in each IV, lucky trades 12. Check your own. This ranks IVs only. For the meta, see PvPoke.

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Scyther #0123

Type Effectiveness

Base Stats

Best Movesets

Moves

Fast Moves

Charged Moves

Fast Moves

Charged Moves

Evolution Family

Top Counters

Worth Powering Up?

CP by Level

Dex Details

PvP IV Spreads

Great League

Ultra League