Is Scizor Good in HeartGold & SoulSilver Playthrough?
Metal Coat trade from Scyther. Bug/Steel with AbilityTechnician boosting weaker moves. The physical/special split gives Scizor proper physical Bug and Steel attacks matching its strong Attack. Only weak to Fire (4x). One of the best Pokemon in HGSS if you can organize the trade.
Scyther has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Scyther trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Scyther has the type edge here and should clean up Whitney's team.
Scizor trades roughly evenly with Morty's team.
Chuck's typing presses Scizor's defenses.
Scizor trades roughly evenly with Jasmine's team.
Scizor has the type edge here and should clean up Pryce's team.
Scizor trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Scizor resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Scizor has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Scizor trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Scizor resists most of Erika's coverage and hits back hard.
Scizor has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Scizor resists most of Sabrina's coverage and hits back hard.
Blaine's team hits Scizor's weaknesses hard.
Scizor has the type edge here and should clean up Blue's team.
Scizor resists most of Will's coverage and hits back hard.
Scizor has the type edge here and should clean up Koga's team.
Scizor has the type edge here and should clean up Bruno's team.
Scizor has the type edge here and should clean up Karen's team.
Scizor trades roughly evenly with Lance's team.
Catch Scyther
Catch Scyther in the National Park (walking, Lv 13-14, rare). Pre-National Dex.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM89BugU-turnPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- LV 21FlyingWing AttackPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 35
- LV 33NormalRazor WindPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 41BugX-ScissorPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Clair
- TM40FlyingAerial AcePower 90Accuracy 100%PP 20Mt. Mortar
- LV 53FlyingAir SlashPower 113Accuracy 95%PP 20
- LV 57NormalSwords DancePower —Accuracy 100%PP 30
Evolve Scyther to Scizor
Scyther evolves into Scizor when traded. Most players are ready to trade before reaching Morty.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM89BugU-turnPower 105Accuracy 100%PP 20Prize for defeating Bugsy
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Goldenrod Department Store
- After Whitney
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a Hiker on Route 42
- LV 33NormalRazor WindPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 10
- LV 41BugX-ScissorPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- LV 53SteelIron HeadPower 120Accuracy 100%PP 15
- After Brock
- TM47SteelSteel WingPower 105Accuracy 90%PP 25From the celebrity in the Route 28 house
- LV 57NormalSwords DancePower —Accuracy 100%PP 30
How to Get Scizor in HeartGold & SoulSilver
No wild Scizor turns up anywhere. You trade a Scyther holding a Metal Coat to another player, so this one needs both the held item and a trade partner before it evolves.
Catch Scyther at any of these 1 spot to eventually evolve into Scizor.
Encountered via tall grass encounters
- 1Catch Scyther
- 2Evolve Scizorby trading
Badge 3How to Obtain Scizor in HGSS
To get Scizor, start by catching Scyther through walking encounters at Lv. 13-28. The chain covers 1 catchable stage before reaching the final form.
- Step 2Scizor ✓
How to Get Shiny Scizor in HeartGold & SoulSilver
Scizor comes from a traded Scyther, so breed the National Park base form Masuda-style and evolve it with a Metal Coat. Compare Shiny Scizor odds across every game
HeartGold & SoulSilver Shiny Scizor Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Masuda Method, about 1 in 1,639 on each try.
Masuda Method: Breed with a parent from a different-language game. Works on any breedable line.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 173-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 472-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 1,136-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 3,773-- | -- |
Time assumes -- at your pace and does not change your shiny odds.
How is this calculated?
Every encounter has the same shiny chance, the Shiny Odds Per Try shown above. Each one is a separate roll that does not care how many you have already done, so the more you hunt, the higher your overall chance of at least one shiny. The formula below turns your odds and your number of tries into that combined chance.
chance after N tries = 1 − (1 − p)^N, where p = 1 / odds per try
Example at 1 in 8,192 (classic full odds): about 864 encounters for a 10 percent chance, 5,678 for 50 percent, and 18,862 for 90 percent.
The table above flips that around: it shows how many encounters it takes to reach a 10, 25, 50, and 90 percent chance at your current odds. Turning on boosts like the Shiny Charm, sandwiches, or chains improves your odds, so the encounter numbers drop.
These are estimates, not promises. Most games have no pity counter, meaning no guaranteed shiny no matter how many you hunt, so even Very Likely is not guaranteed: some hunters find one early, others go well past that point.
For time estimates and charm math, open the HeartGold & SoulSilver shiny odds calculator with Scizor already selected.
Scizor Weakness
Scizor is weak to Fire. Watch out for Fire attacks, those deal 4x damage. On the flip side, it's immune to Poison-type moves entirely. It resists 9 types, so it can switch into a lot of moves safely. With 70 HP and balanced defenses, Scizor can afford to eat a neutral hit or two.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Fire |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Normal, Ice, Psychic, Bug, Ghost, Dragon, Dark, Steel |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass |
| 0x (Immune) | Poison |
- Fairy type does not exist — Dragon has fewer checks
- Physical / Special split now per-move (introduced Gen IV)
What is Scizor Weak Against
FortressBest Pokemon Against Scizor
 Ho-Oh Fire | S | |
Obtain MethodBell Tower Interact Encounter | ||
 Entei Fire | B | |
 Charizard Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Charmander (Pallet Town Gift) | ||
 Blaziken FireFighting | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Torchic (Silph Co Gift) | ||
 Moltres Fire | B | |
Obtain MethodMt Silver Interact Encounter | ||
 Typhlosion Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (New Bark Town Gift) | ||
 Houndoom DarkFire | C | |
 Ninetales Fire | C | |
 Arcanine Fire | B | |
 Camerupt FireGround | C | |
 Torkoal Fire | C | |
 Rapidash Fire | C | |
 Magmar Fire | C | |
 Flareon Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Eevee (Goldenrod City Gift) | ||
Scizor Evolutions
Scizor evolved from Scyther's chain using a trade. It's a non-standard trigger, so check the details below. Breed this form to get Scyther eggs (average hatch time). The evolution from Scyther pushed Scizor to 500 total stats. Attack saw the largest single gain at +20. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed with Scizor to get Scyther eggs easily using 48 partners from the Bug egg group. Notable egg moves include Baton Pass, Bug Buzz, Counter and 7 more.
HGSS Scizor Best Moveset
Bug/Steel with only Fire (4x) as a weakness and AbilityTechnician boosting MoveBullet Punch for priority Steel damage. 130 Attack behind priority moves means the moveset hits before anything regardless of Speed. 100 Defense adds physical bulk. One of the best physical attackers available.
Best Build
Scizor best EVs are Attack and HP
Physical Wallbreaker Moveset
- Bullet Punch
- Superpower
- U Turn
- Pursuit
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
Egg moves make a real difference. Scizor gets Baton Pass and Bug Buzz exclusively through breeding, filling gaps that TMs and level-up can't touch. Normal and Dark coverage and more rounds out the picture alongside Bug Buzz and X-Scissor.
How to Read the Moves Table
Tabs
- Level-Up
- Learned by leveling up.
- TM
- Taught by a Technical Machine.
- Egg
- Inherited via breeding.
- Tutor
- NPC tutor (cost: items, BP, money).
- Reminder
- An NPC reteaches any move this Pokemon could have learned by leveling up.
- Transfer
- Carried over from an older game using Pokemon HOME.
- Event
- Given out through Mystery Gift events.
Visual Signals
CAT (Category)
How the move deals damage and which stats it uses.
A small dot on the icon's corner marks the move as contact. That triggers abilities like Static, Flame Body, Rough Skin, or Iron Barbs, plus items like Rocky Helmet and Sticky Barb.
Tier (S to D)
Each move's competitive rank in RankedBoost's system. TM, Egg, and Tutor sort by tier by default (best first). On Level-Up, click the Tier header to do the same.
PWR (Power)
Base damage. Numbers shown in a type color include STAB (base × 1.5). Hover any colored number to see the math.
— means no power (status moves) or variable power.
Sorting & Filter
Click any column header to sort. Level-Up opens with Lv 1 at the top. TM, Egg, and Tutor open with the highest-tier moves at the top.
Search filters by move name or type. The Filter button limits the list to STAB, Physical, Special, or Status moves.
Level-Up Moves
TM Moves
24 of 25 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Reminder Moves
Base Stats
It swings its eye-patterned pincers up to scare its foes. This makes it look like it has three heads.
Its wings are not used for flying. They are flapped at high speed to adjust its body temperature.
Scizor Event Distributions
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Scizor has been offered just once as a Mystery Gift event Pokemon.
Goon's Scizor GiftHeartGoldSoulSilverDiamondPearlPlatinumNot shiny
Scizor HeartGold & SoulSilver Guide
Mega Evolution isn't available in HeartGold & SoulSilver, but Scizor does have a Mega form in Gen 6-7 games (X/Y, ORAS, Sun/Moon). Mega Scizor hits 600 BST.
Scizor is obtained by trade-evolving Scyther. Catch a Scyther first, then trade. The Metal Coat must be held during the trade. Bring one over from a sibling Gen 3 game if needed.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Scizor plays as a wallbreaker. Not the fastest, so pick your spots carefully.
In HeartGold & SoulSilver, Adamant is the go-to nature for Scizor. That's +Attack / -Sp. Atk. Pair it with 248 HP / 252 Atk / 8 SpD EVs. Fits the wallbreaker role.
Game Availability
Available since Gold & Silver, Scizor appears in 19 games spanning 8 generations. Beyond its original form, it gained a Mega form in Generation 6.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RB
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GSDebut
Gold & Silver - Gen 2C
Crystal - Gen 3RS
Ruby & Sapphire - Gen 3E
Emerald - Gen 3FRLG
FireRed & LeafGreen - Gen 4DP
Diamond & Pearl - Gen 4Pt
Platinum - Gen 4HGSS
HeartGold & SoulSilver - Gen 5BW
Black & White - Gen 5B2W2
Black 2 & White 2 - Gen 6XY
X & Y - Gen 6ORASMega
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Gen 7SM
Sun & Moon - Gen 7USUM
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon - Gen 7Let's Go
Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee - Gen 8SwSh
Sword & Shield - Gen 8BDSP
Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl - Gen 8PLA
Legends: Arceus - Gen 9SV
Scarlet & Violet - Gen 9LZA
Legends: Z-A - Gen 10WW
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