Scyther (Pokémon GO)

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Mr. Mime

Jynx

#123

1546

1933

Attacker Rank

C Tier

F Tier

F Tier

GO Battle LeaguePVP Rankings

Great LeagueGreat

0/14/11 · L21 · CP 1499

F Tier

#672

Ultra LeagueUltra

0/13/15 · L39.5 · CP 2500

F Tier

#539

Master LeagueMaster

15/15/15 · L50 · CP 3060

Normal

Shiny

Scyther

#123

Bug

Flying

Attack

218

Top 27.4%

Defense

170

Top 35.6%

Stamina

172

Top 44%

Total

560

Pokédex details

Shiny available

Raids

Lv. 20

1472 -1546 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Raids (WB)

Lv. 25

1841 -1933 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Eggs

Lv. 20

1472 -1546 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Research

Lv. 15

1104 -1160 CP

10/10/10 - 15/15/15

Max CP

Lv. 50

3060 CP

Ranges use the standard 10/10/10 IV floor for raids, eggs, research, and Max Battle catches. The top CP is always 15/15/15.

How rare is a hundo? See odds by encounter type

It's Super Effective

Damage multipliers Scyther takes from each attacking type, sorted from worst weakness to best resistance.

Weak to

Rock

256%

Fire

160%

Electric

160%

Ice

160%

Flying

160%

Resists

Ground

24.4%

Grass

39.1%

Fighting

39.1%

Bug

62.5%

Best Moves

Full move guide →

Every fast and charged move combo Scyther can learn, ranked by simulated raid DPS.

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Fury Cutter
Bug Buzz
11.82
128.9
1269.4s
9.64
2
Fury Cutter
X Scissor
11.72
127.9
1279.8s
9.57
3
Air Slash
Bug Buzz
11.24
122.7
1334.2s
9.17
4
Air Slash
X Scissor
11.20
122.2
1339.0s
9.14
5
Steel Wing
Bug Buzz
11.12
121.3
1349.5s
9.08
6
Steel Wing
X Scissor
11.06
120.7
1356.1s
9.04
7
Fury Cutter
Aerial Ace
10.50
114.6
1428.5s
8.58
8
Air Slash
Aerial Ace
10.40
113.5
1442.4s
8.46
9
Fury Cutter
Trailblaze
10.30
112.4
1456.1s
8.39
10
Steel Wing
Aerial Ace
10.28
112.2
1458.7s
8.38

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Best Counters

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These are the top ten counters to defeat Scyther in a raid.

Pokémon

Fast Move

Charged Move

1
Shadow Rampardos
Smack Down
Rock Slide
61.46
1366.6
2.6
58.6s
58.98
2
Mega Diancie
Rock Throw
Rock Slide
58.57
2595.2
1.4
61.5s
57.53
3
Shadow Rhyperior
Smack Down
Rock Wrecker
56.18
2222.7
1.6
64.1s
54.90
4
Shadow Tyrantrum
Rock Throw
Meteor Beam
55.06
1942.0
1.9
65.4s
53.83
5
Shadow Gigalith
Lock On
Meteor Beam
54.09
1911.3
1.9
66.6s
53.10
6
Mega Rayquaza
Air Slash
Dragon Ascent
51.65
3191.7
1.1
69.7s
51.09
7
Mega Tyranitar
Smack Down
Stone Edge
51.39
3192.6
1.1
70.0s
51.03
8
Mega Aerodactyl
Rock Throw
Rock Slide
51.02
2655.7
1.4
70.6s
50.30
9
Shadow Tyranitar
Smack Down
Stone Edge
50.73
2006.2
1.8
71.0s
49.68
10
Rampardos
Smack Down
Rock Slide
51.30
1366.6
2.6
70.2s
49.55

Go Battle League

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Recommended movesets, best IV spreads, and PvP traits for Scyther in each Pokémon GO Battle League.

Best moveset

Fury Cutter

Multipurpose

Night Slash

Boost Spam

X Scissor

Spam/Bait

Rank 1 IVs

1499

0/14/11

IV (A/D/S) · Lv. 21

133.45

Attack

112.64

Defense

112

Stat Product · 1,683,520

Attack

Defense

Top IV spreads

IV (A/D/S)	Level	CP	% of Rank 1
0/14/11	21	1499	100.00%
2/15/15	20.5	1496	99.93%
3/14/15	20.5	1499	99.85%
0/12/13	21	1499	99.80%
0/15/10	21	1499	99.65%
0/10/15	21	1498	99.57%
3/15/14	20.5	1499	99.50%
1/15/15	20.5	1490	99.48%
0/13/12	21	1499	99.46%
0/13/11	21	1494	99.46%
2/14/15	20.5	1492	99.39%
1/12/11	21	1497	99.37%
3/13/15	20.5	1495	99.30%
2/11/11	21	1500	99.27%
0/11/14	21	1498	99.25%
0/11/13	21	1494	99.25%
4/12/15	20.5	1498	99.21%
1/15/8	21	1497	99.20%
1/10/13	21	1497	99.15%
2/14/8	21	1500	99.12%
0/14/10	21	1494	99.11%
5/11/15	20.5	1500	99.11%
4/15/12	20.5	1498	99.06%
2/9/13	21	1500	99.05%
2/15/14	20.5	1492	99.05%
0/15/15	20.5	1483	99.03%
1/13/10	21	1497	99.02%
0/9/15	21	1494	99.02%
5/14/12	20.5	1500	98.97%
3/14/14	20.5	1495	98.96%
1/14/15	20.5	1486	98.94%
2/12/10	21	1500	98.93%
1/8/15	21	1497	98.92%
0/12/12	21	1494	98.91%
0/12/11	21	1490	98.91%
4/13/14	20.5	1498	98.87%
2/13/15	20.5	1488	98.85%
0/3/14	21.5	1500	98.84%
1/11/12	21	1497	98.82%
1/11/11	21	1493	98.82%
2/7/15	21	1499	98.81%
5/12/14	20.5	1500	98.77%
3/12/15	20.5	1491	98.76%
2/15/7	21	1500	98.75%
0/15/9	21	1494	98.75%
0/15/8	21	1490	98.75%
0/14/3	21.5	1500	98.73%
2/10/12	21	1500	98.72%
2/10/11	21	1496	98.72%
0/10/14	21	1494	98.70%

Top 50 Great League spreads for wild-caught IVs, powered up to Level 50. Select a spread to preview its stats.

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Traits (7)

Moves

Every fast and charged attack Scyther can learn in Pokémon GO, including legacy and elite TM moves.

Fast Attacks

Air Slash
12
8
1.0s
12
Fury Cutter
4
8
0.5s
8
Steel Wing
14
8
1.0s
14

Charged Attacks

Aerial Ace
55
-33
2.5s
22
Bug Buzz
95
-50
3.5s
27.14
Night Slash
45
-33
2.0s
22.5
Trailblaze
65
-50
2.0s
32.5
X Scissor
45
-33
1.5s
30

Evolve

Every form this Pokémon evolves from and into, plus the requirements to trigger each stage.

Pokémon	Requires	Evolution
Scyther	50 Candy Metal Coat	Scizor
Scizor	200 / 40 Mega Energy	Mega Scizor

Family

All of the Pokémon related to Scyther including its evolutions, shadow versions, regional forms, and Dynamax and Gigantamax forms.

Scyther

#123

Shadow Scyther

#123

Scizor

#212

Mega Scizor

#212

Shadow Scizor

#212

Kleavor

#900

Mega Boost

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These Mega and Primal Pokémon provide a 1.3× damage boost to Bug- and Flying-type attacks when active in raids. Catching Scyther with one of these active will increase your XP and candy rewards.

Mega Charizard Y #6

Boosts:

Mega Beedrill #15

Boosts:

Mega Pidgeot #18

Boosts:

Mega Pinsir #127

Boosts:

Mega Aerodactyl #142

Boosts:

Mega Dragonite #149

Boosts:

Mega Scizor #212

Boosts:

Mega Heracross #214

Boosts:

Mega Skarmory #227

Boosts:

Mega Salamence #373

Boosts:

Primal Kyogre #382

Boosts:

Mega Rayquaza #384

Boosts:

Size

Ranges from 0.735 m to 2.625 m tall, averaging 1.5 m.

Size	Lower bound	Upper bound
XXS	0.735 m 2'05"	0.75 m 2'06"
XS	0.75 m 2'06"	1.125 m 3'08"
M	1.125 m 3'08"	1.875 m 6'02"
XL	1.875 m 6'02"	2.25 m 7'05"
XXL	2.25 m 7'05"	2.625 m 8'07"

XXS

0.735 m

2'05"

0.75 m

2'06"

0.75 m

2'06"

1.125 m

3'08"

1.125 m

3'08"

1.875 m

6'02"

1.875 m

6'02"

2.25 m

7'05"

XXL

2.25 m

7'05"

2.625 m

8'07"

Catch Screen

How this Pokémon moves and dodges on the catch screen.

Movement	Hovering
Movement timer	14s
Jump time	1s
Attack probability	20%
Attack timer	5s
Dodge probability	20%
Dodge duration	0.7s
Dodge distance	1
Min action frequency	0.2s
Max action frequency	1.6s

Hundo CP

This chart shows the maximum Combat Power for Scyther at each level, with perfect 15/15/15 Individual Values (IVs). See hundo odds by encounter type.

Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP
1	38 CP	27	2088 CP
2	119 CP	28	2165 CP
3	201 CP	29	2242 CP
4	283 CP	30	2320 CP
5	365 CP	31	2358 CP
6	446 CP	32	2397 CP
7	528 CP	33	2436 CP
8	610 CP	34	2474 CP
9	691 CP	35	2513 CP
10	773 CP	36	2552 CP
11	850 CP	37	2590 CP
12	928 CP	38	2629 CP
13	1005 CP	39	2668 CP
14	1082 CP	40	2706 CP
15	1160 CP	41	2741 CP
16	1237 CP	42	2775 CP
17	1314 CP	43	2810 CP
18	1392 CP	44	2845 CP
19	1469 CP	45	2880 CP
20	1546 CP	46	2916 CP
21	1624 CP	47	2951 CP
22	1701 CP	48	2987 CP
23	1778 CP	49	3023 CP
24	1856 CP	50	3060 CP
25	1933 CP	51	3096 CP
26	2010 CP

Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP	Level	Max CP
1	38 CP	18	1392 CP	35	2513 CP
2	119 CP	19	1469 CP	36	2552 CP
3	201 CP	20	1546 CP	37	2590 CP
4	283 CP	21	1624 CP	38	2629 CP
5	365 CP	22	1701 CP	39	2668 CP
6	446 CP	23	1778 CP	40	2706 CP
7	528 CP	24	1856 CP	41	2741 CP
8	610 CP	25	1933 CP	42	2775 CP
9	691 CP	26	2010 CP	43	2810 CP
10	773 CP	27	2088 CP	44	2845 CP
11	850 CP	28	2165 CP	45	2880 CP
12	928 CP	29	2242 CP	46	2916 CP
13	1005 CP	30	2320 CP	47	2951 CP
14	1082 CP	31	2358 CP	48	2987 CP
15	1160 CP	32	2397 CP	49	3023 CP
16	1237 CP	33	2436 CP	50	3060 CP
17	1314 CP	34	2474 CP	51	3096 CP

Level Up

Total Stardust, Candy, and Candy XL to power Scyther up to each level from level 1.


50.0	520,000	304	296
40.0	270,000	304	-
35.0	182,000	186	-
30.0	120,000	122	-
25.0	76,000	84	-
20.0	45,000	56	-
15.0	23,600	36	-
10.0	10,000	18	-
5.0	2,400	8	-


1.5	200	1	-
2.0	400	2	-
2.5	600	3	-
3.0	800	4	-
3.5	1,200	5	-
4.0	1,600	6	-
4.5	2,000	7	-
5.0	2,400	8	-
5.5	3,000	9	-
6.0	3,600	10	-
6.5	4,200	11	-
7.0	4,800	12	-
7.5	5,600	13	-
8.0	6,400	14	-
8.5	7,200	15	-
9.0	8,000	16	-
9.5	9,000	17	-
10.0	10,000	18	-
10.5	11,000	19	-
11.0	12,000	20	-
11.5	13,300	22	-
12.0	14,600	24	-
12.5	15,900	26	-
13.0	17,200	28	-
13.5	18,800	30	-
14.0	20,400	32	-
14.5	22,000	34	-
15.0	23,600	36	-
15.5	25,500	38	-
16.0	27,400	40	-
16.5	29,300	42	-
17.0	31,200	44	-
17.5	33,400	46	-
18.0	35,600	48	-
18.5	37,800	50	-
19.0	40,000	52	-
19.5	42,500	54	-
20.0	45,000	56	-
20.5	47,500	58	-
21.0	50,000	60	-
21.5	53,000	63	-
22.0	56,000	66	-
22.5	59,000	69	-
23.0	62,000	72	-
23.5	65,500	75	-
24.0	69,000	78	-
24.5	72,500	81	-
25.0	76,000	84	-
25.5	80,000	87	-
26.0	84,000	90	-
26.5	88,000	94	-
27.0	92,000	98	-
27.5	96,500	102	-
28.0	101,000	106	-
28.5	105,500	110	-
29.0	110,000	114	-
29.5	115,000	118	-
30.0	120,000	122	-
30.5	125,000	126	-
31.0	130,000	130	-
31.5	136,000	136	-
32.0	142,000	142	-
32.5	148,000	148	-
33.0	154,000	154	-
33.5	161,000	162	-
34.0	168,000	170	-
34.5	175,000	178	-
35.0	182,000	186	-
35.5	190,000	196	-
36.0	198,000	206	-
36.5	206,000	216	-
37.0	214,000	226	-
37.5	223,000	238	-
38.0	232,000	250	-
38.5	241,000	262	-
39.0	250,000	274	-
39.5	260,000	289	-
40.0	270,000	304	-
40.5	280,000	304	10
41.0	290,000	304	20
41.5	301,000	304	30
42.0	312,000	304	40
42.5	323,000	304	52
43.0	334,000	304	64
43.5	346,000	304	76
44.0	358,000	304	88
44.5	370,000	304	103
45.0	382,000	304	118
45.5	395,000	304	133
46.0	408,000	304	148
46.5	421,000	304	165
47.0	434,000	304	182
47.5	448,000	304	199
48.0	462,000	304	216
48.5	476,000	304	236
49.0	490,000	304	256
49.5	505,000	304	276
50.0	520,000	304	296

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