Mega Scizor Raid Guide

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Scizor (Mega)

Due to its 2x weakness to the Fire type, the best counters for Mega Scizor are strong Fire type mega evolutions such as Mega Charizard Y, Mega Houndoom, and Mega Charizard X.

It is strongly recommended to use mega-evolved Pokémon not just because of their inherent raw power, but also for the added bonus in damage output by all Fire type Pokémon in the raid battle. That said, Pokémon like Reshiram, Unovan Darmanitan, and Chandelure are also excellent Pokémon to use in the battle.

It is possible to solo Mega Scizor in Sunny weather, particularly with the use of Mega evolved Fire type Pokémon, and Shadow Pokémon, but only for the high level, well prepared trainer. In all other cases, around 2-5 trainers with strong and high-level Fire type Pokémon can take down Mega Scizor with relative ease, no matter what the weather in the game is like.

This write-up will serve as a comprehensive guide to successfully beating Mega Scizor in the raid.

Mega Scizor Raid Counters

Since Shadow Pokémon are extremely expensive to power up and require specific events to remove Frustration with a Charge TM, they will NOT be listed as raid counters in this article. That being said, if you have the shadow form of a listed raid counter Pokémon powered up and TMed, use it.

The best counters for Mega Scizor are the following:

# Pokemon Fast Move Charge Move TTW Faints
1. Blaziken (Mega) Fire Spin
Fire
Blast Burn
Fire
280.82s 7.50
2. Charizard (Mega Y) Fire Spin
Fire
Blast Burn
Fire
290.86s 7.67
3. Charizard (Mega X) Fire Spin
Fire
Blast Burn
Fire
337.81s 10.00
4. Houndoom (Mega) Fire Fang
Fire
Flamethrower
Fire
353.67s 11.83
5. Reshiram Fire Fang
Fire
Fusion Flare
Fire
416.92s 11.17
6. Salamence (Mega) Fire Fang
Fire
Fire Blast
Fire
472.16s 12.33
7. Groudon (Primal) Mud Shot
Ground
Fire Punch
Fire
509.78s 10.67
8. Darmanitan (Standard) Fire Fang
Fire
Overheat
Fire
470.50s 19.50
9. Darmanitan Fire Fang
Fire
Overheat
Fire
471.47s 19.50
10. Moltres Fire Spin
Fire
Overheat
Fire
505.36s 13.83
11. Blaziken Fire Spin
Fire
Blast Burn
Fire
497.33s 16.17
12. Emboar Ember
Fire
Blast Burn
Fire
511.12s 14.00
13. Entei Fire Fang
Fire
Overheat
Fire
509.56s 13.83
14. Chandelure Fire Spin
Fire
Overheat
Fire
486.10s 21.00
15. Heatran Fire Spin
Fire
Flamethrower
Fire
534.02s 10.83
16. Charizard Fire Spin
Fire
Blast Burn
Fire
527.39s 15.83
17. Infernape Fire Spin
Fire
Blast Burn
Fire
531.59s 17.00
18. Flareon Fire Spin
Fire
Overheat
Fire
522.62s 19.83
19. Typhlosion Incinerate
Fire
Blast Burn
Fire
537.07s 18.83
20. Ho-Oh Incinerate
Fire
Sacred Fire
Fire
564.27s 12.00
21. Pyroar Fire Fang
Fire
Overheat
Fire
547.97s 19.83
22. Pyroar (Female) Fire Fang
Fire
Overheat
Fire
550.64s 20.17
23. Arcanine (Hisuian) Fire Fang
Fire
Flamethrower
Fire
547.82s 20.50
24. Victini Quick Attack
Normal
V-create
Fire
557.69s 18.50
25. Magmortar Fire Spin
Fire
Fire Blast
Fire
556.31s 19.00
26. Arcanine Fire Fang
Fire
Flamethrower
Fire
574.99s 18.67
27. Manectric (Mega) Thunder Fang
Electric
Overheat
Fire
581.92s 23.83
28. Salamence Fire Fang
Fire
Fire Blast
Fire
588.85s 22.33
29. Alakazam (Mega) Psycho Cut
Psychic
Fire Punch
Fire
539.05s 34.67
30. Solgaleo Fire Spin
Fire
Flamethrower
Fire
605.99s 18.83
31. Houndoom Fire Fang
Fire
Flamethrower
Fire
584.38s 25.50
32. Delphox Fire Spin
Fire
Flamethrower
Fire
586.10s 25.50
33. Salazzle Incinerate
Fire
Fire Blast
Fire
624.48s 18.50
34. Incineroar Fire Fang
Fire
Fire Blast
Fire
623.53s 20.17
35. Lopunny (Mega) Double Kick
Fighting
Fire Punch
Fire
643.48s 20.40

How to get Mega Scizor

You cannot catch Scizor in its mega-evolved form from the raid. The mega raid boss is always catchable in its base form and as such, the CP ranges are for a regular Scizor.

Scizor can be caught with the following CP values:

  • 1636 – 1714 CP at level 20, no weather boost
  • 2046 – 2143 CP at level 25 with Rainy or Snow weather boost

To get Mega Scizor you will need to gather 200 Mega Energy for Mega Scizor to evolve your Scizor. Once you have evolved a Scizor you can use 40 Mega Energy to evolve it again, or you can wait for the cooldown period to end for a free Mega Evolution. There are different levels for Mega Pokemon, and the higher the level, the quicker the cooldown. Each new Mega Scizor you evolve will cost 200 Mega Energy.

Stats and Max CP

Scizor (Mega) BugSteel
Max CP at Level 40 4087 | Max CP at Level 50 4621
ATK 279 DEF 250 HP 172
Weak to Strong Against
Fire Dark Grass Psychic Fairy Ice Rock

Mega Scizor Movepool

Fast Moves Charge Moves
  • Fury Cutter Bug
  • Bullet Punch Steel
  • X-Scissor Bug
  • Iron Head Steel
  • Night Slash Dark

All the best, trainers!

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