Is Scyther Good in Gold & Silver Playthrough?
Bug Catching Contest in the National Park. Scyther can now evolve into Scizor via trade with Metal Coat, which is a huge upgrade thanks to Bug/Steel typing. Without the trade, Scyther has the same Bug-move problem as Gen 1.
Scyther has the type edge here and should clean up Falkner's team.
Scyther trades roughly evenly with Bugsy's team.
Scyther trades roughly evenly with 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 resists most of Pryce's coverage and hits back hard.
Scizor trades roughly evenly with Clair's team.
Scizor trades roughly evenly with Lt. Surge's team.
Scizor has the type edge here and should clean up Sabrina's team.
Scizor has the type edge here and should clean up Erika's team.
Scizor has the type edge here and should clean up Janine's team.
Scizor has the type edge here and should clean up Misty's team.
Scizor resists most of Brock's coverage and hits back hard.
Blaine's team hits Scizor's weaknesses hard.
Scizor trades roughly evenly with Blue's team.
Scizor has the type edge here and should clean up Will's team.
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.
Catchable
Catch Scyther in the National Park (walking, Lv 13-14, rare). Bug-Catching Contest only, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, once a day.
Recommended Moves
- After Falkner
- TM39NormalSwiftPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 20Union Cave
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- LV 30FlyingWing AttackPower 90Accuracy 100%PP 35
- After Jasmine
- TM10NormalHidden PowerPower 60Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a fisherman in a house at Lake of Rage
- LV 36NormalSlashPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 42NormalSwords DancePower —Accuracy 100%PP 30
- After Lt. Surge
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner
- TM47SteelSteel WingPower 70Accuracy 90%PP 25Route 28
Evolve Scyther to Scizor
Scyther evolves into Scizor when traded. Most players are ready to trade before reaching Morty.
Recommended Moves
- After Bugsy
- TM02NormalHeadbuttPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 15Gift from a man in Ilex Forest
- LV 24PsychicAgilityPower —Accuracy 100%PP 30
- After Morty
- HM04NormalStrengthPower 80Accuracy 100%PP 15Olivine City
- LV 30SteelMetal ClawPower 75Accuracy 95%PP 35
- LV 36NormalSlashPower 70Accuracy 100%PP 20
- LV 42NormalSwords DancePower —Accuracy 100%PP 30
- After Lt. Surge
- TM47SteelSteel WingPower 105Accuracy 90%PP 25Route 28
- TM15NormalHyper BeamPower 150Accuracy 90%PP 5Celadon Game Corner
How to Get Scyther in Gold & Silver
The National Park is the only place Scyther appears, rare, at level 13 or 14. Tough odds at that lone spot, and a Metal Coat trade later turns your Scyther into Scizor if you go that way.
1 location to catch Scyther
Encountered via tall grass encounters
Badge 3Where To Catch Scyther in GS
- Step 2Evolve into ScizorBREEDINGAvailableLeave a compatible parent at the Goldenrod Pokemon Day Care to receive a Scyther egg.
Want the exact numbers? Work out your catch odds in Gold & Silver for Scyther.
How to Get Shiny Scyther in Gold & Silver
Scyther waits in the wild in the grass of the National Park, so that single location is where your shiny hunt for it plays out. Compare Shiny Scyther odds across every game
Gold & Silver Shiny Scyther Calculator
2 MethodsThe best route is Breed w/ Shiny Parent, about 1 in 64 on each try.
Full Odds: Walk through grass, surf, or fish. Every encounter is its own independent shiny roll.
Breed w/ Shiny Parent: Eggs inherit stats from a shiny parent, so about 1 in 64 hatch shiny. A shiny Ditto helps every egg, and any other shiny parent (the red Gyarados works) helps only eggs of the opposite gender.
How many you have done, or plan to do.
| Chance | Encounters | Time |
|---|---|---|
| 10%lucky few | 7-- | -- |
| 25%one in four | 19-- | -- |
| 50%coin flip | 45-- | -- |
| 90%very likely | 147-- | -- |
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.
Curious how fast a hunt could go? Work out your Gold & Silver shiny odds for Scyther.
Scyther Weakness
Scyther's Bug/Flying typing leaves it vulnerable to Rock, Fire, Electric, Ice, and Flying. Rock hits land at 4x, so they're the biggest threat. It shrugs off Ground-type attacks completely.
| Damage | Types |
|---|---|
| 4x (Critical) | Rock |
| 2x (Weak) | Fire, Electric, Ice, Flying |
| 0.5x (Resist) | Bug |
| 0.25x (Resist) | Grass, Fighting |
| 0x (Immune) | Ground |
- Dark and Steel types added — Fairy does not exist yet
- Moves are Physical or Special based on type, not per move
- Special stat split into Sp.Atk and Sp.Def
What is Scyther Weak Against
VulnerableBest Pokemon Against Scyther
 Lapras WaterIce | C | |
Obtain MethodUnion Cave Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Scyther View Lapras builds →Blizzard 2x105-125%KO Thunder 2x70-83% | ||
 Magmar Fire | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Scyther View Magmar builds →Fire Blast 2x118-140%KO Thunder Punch 2x51-60% | ||
 Sudowoodo Rock | C | |
Obtain MethodRoute 36 Interact Encounter Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Scyther View Sudowoodo builds →Rock Throw 4x105-125%KO Fire Punch 2x23-29% Ice Punch 2x23-29% Thunder Punch 2x23-29% | ||
 Magnemite ElectricSteel | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Scyther View Magnemite builds →Thunder 2x116-136%KO Rollout 4x26-31% | ||
 Quilava Fire | C | |
Obtain MethodEvolve Cyndaquil (New Bark Town Gift) Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Scyther View Quilava builds →Fire Blast 2x99-117%KO Rollout 4x35-42% | ||
 Flaaffy Electric | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Scyther View Flaaffy builds →Thunder 2x99-117%KO Fire Punch 2x44-52% | ||
 Geodude RockGround | C | |
Available Moves Moves
Damage vs Scyther View Geodude builds →Rock Throw 4x92-109%KO Fire Blast 2x35-42% | ||
 Growlithe Fire | A | |
 Onix RockGround | C | |
 Vulpix Fire | B | |
 Fearow Normal | C | |
 Farfetch'd Normal | C | |
 Noctowl Normal | C | |
 Golbat Poison | B | |
Scyther Evolutions
Evolving Scyther into Scizor takes a trade. It's not a simple level-up, so check the chain details below. View every chain in the Evolution Chart.
How to Evolve
Breeding
Breed Scyther easily with 23 breeding partners from the Bug egg group. Pass egg moves like Baton Pass, Counter, Light Screen and 3 more to offspring.
GS Scyther Best Moveset
110 Attack and 105 Speed with MoveSwords Dance doubling the Attack stat. MoveBaton Pass transfers the boost to a teammate, the primary competitive role. MoveHidden Power provides coverage since Bug TermStab is still worthless offensively. Held ItemLeftovers sustains. Swords Dance passing defines the niche.
Best Build
Utility Moveset
- Swords Dance
- Wing Attack
- Baton Pass
- Hidden Power Bug
Recommended Teammates
Moves List
You'll want to breed for Baton Pass and Counter on Scyther. These egg moves aren't just nice to have. Combined with STAB from Wing Attack and Fury Cutter, they expand what Scyther can actually threaten in practice.
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.
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
17 of 23 TMs are obtainable before the Elite Four
Egg Moves
Tutor Moves
Base Stats
It slashes through grass with its sharp scythes, moving too fast for the human eye to track.
When it moves, it leaves only a blur. If it hides in grass, its protective colors make it invisible.
Scyther Gold & Silver Guide
No. Scyther only evolves into Scizor through a real trade. There is no in-game alternative in Gold & Silver. The Metal Coat must be held during the trade. Bring one over from a sibling Gen 3 game if needed.
In Gold & Silver, Scyther does the job early-game if you need a Bug/Flying type on your team. Evolve it into Scizor before the later gyms and it holds up fine through the story.
In Gold & Silver, use Scyther as a sweeper. Physical side carries the damage. It outspeeds most threats,
Game Availability
Scyther has been part of the series since Red & Blue, appearing in 22 titles across all 9 generations. As a Gen 1 original, it's one of the most consistently available Pokemon in the franchise.
Click a game to view version-specific details
- Gen 1RBDebut
Red & Blue - Gen 1Y
Yellow - Gen 2GS
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 6ORAS
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
Winds & Waves
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