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While three-star raids are not the hardest in the game, it is still important to know how to solo defeat Scizor in Pokemon GO when it appears as a 3-star raid boss. With intel revealing the weaknesses of this raid boss, gamers will not have a hard time when facing it in a solo Pokemon GO raid.
Scizor was introduced in this title on February 16, 2017, along with other Pokemon from the Johto region. Shiny Scizor joined the fray on April 2, 2019, during the Bug Out event. This article will walk you through everything you need to know to solo defeat Scizor in Pokemon GO.
How to solo defeat Scizor in Pokemon GO
What is super-effective on Scizor in Pokemon GO?
Since Scizor is a 3-star Bug- and Steel-type raid boss in Pokemon GO, Fire-type attacks are super-effective against it. In fact, it is double-weak to fire and even takes 256% damage from all moves of this type. As a result, Fire-type Charged moves will be super-effective against Scizor.
Scizor's 236 base Attack and 181 base Defense stat — combined with the 3,600 HP health bar of 3-star raid bosses — give it an impressive Raid Boss CP of 21,084. As impressive as it might be, it is still extremely susceptible to Fire-type attacks.
Scizor does not have access to any moves that do super-effective damage to Fire-type Pokemon. As a result, you can have a successful solo raid against this Bug in Pokemon GO.
Also read: Pokemon GO Scizor PvP and PvE guide: Best moveset, counters, and more
What Pocket Monsters can solo defeat Scizor in Pokemon GO?
You must ideally use Mega Blaziken with Fire Spin as its Fast Attack and Legacy Blast Burn as its Charged Attack to solo defeat Scizor in Pokemon GO.
Other Fire-type attackers like Mega Charizard Y, Reshiram, Shadow Moltres, Shadow Blaziken, Shadow Darmanitan, Mega Charizard X, Shadow Entei, Shadow Chandelure, etc. can be part of your raid party if you want strong fire-breathing attackers to beat Scizor.
Listed below are some of the best attackers to use against Scizor, along with their best raid movesets:
- Mega Blaziken with Fire Spin as the Fast move and Blast Burn as the Charged move
- Shadow Moltres with Fire Spin as the Fast move and Overheat as the Charged move
- Shadow Blaziken with Fire Spin as the Fast move and Blast Burn as the Charged move
- Charizard with Fire Spin as the Fast move and Blast Burn as the Charged move.
You must dodge the attacks coming from Scizor so your monsters don't faint while fighting this raid boss. This will ensure a quick and fluid solo victory against Scizor in Pokemon GO.
Also read: Can Scizor be shiny in Pokemon GO?
Check out our other Pokemon GO guides:
- Ditto disguises
- Buddy Evolution Adventure Together guide
- Best Fast Attacks in Pokemon GO
- Sierra counters
- Cliff counters
- Arlo counters
- Giovanni counters
