Metagame SV OU Metagame Discussion v4

[JackRG]

Though I am not enjoying this meta (Dnite and Wellspring are stupid and laddering SV OU has gotten boring since the OLT cycles ended), I’d like to give a shoutout to Scizor, who I think is at its peak rn.

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Though Scizor doesn’t appreciate certain trends (Zapdos’ popularity being one such trend), Lefties Roost Fairy Blast Dnite and Kyurem are monsters that terrorize many common builds, but Scizor shuts them down. Scizor also has superb synergy with other offensive threats, forcing Knock Off on key targets like Zap/Molt/Lando/Corv and pivoting on them.

The best Scizor partners either abuse many of the mons Scizor lures in, or continue the Voltturn vortex.



CB Scizor is also one of the best mons at pressuring offenses. Fairy is a common type, and offense tends to have few safe switch-ins into Scizor’s moves. Usually their switch-ins are Lando/Tusk, but chipping them down works in favor of the Scizor user.

SD can also get some surprise kills with Tera Blast.

What are your thoughts on Scizor?

Honestly, this mon feels great atm. It's bullet punch (especially with tera steel) is one most best priority users in the metagame, both in terms of super effective targets and reliability. It has solid defensive checks, but it has the ever reliable combo of knock off and uturn to get around this. Honestly has a really consistent MU spread, although I really only use CB personally. Usage will probably screw it over next shift but I hope it has enough usage to stay OU.

 

[UltraSword]

Though I am not enjoying this meta (Dnite and Wellspring are stupid and laddering SV OU has gotten boring since the OLT cycles ended), I’d like to give a shoutout to Scizor, who I think is at its peak rn.

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Though Scizor doesn’t appreciate certain trends (Zapdos’ popularity being one such trend), Lefties Roost Fairy Blast Dnite and Kyurem are monsters that terrorize many common builds, but Scizor shuts them down. Scizor also has superb synergy with other offensive threats, forcing Knock Off on key targets like Zap/Molt/Lando/Corv and pivoting on them.

The best Scizor partners either abuse many of the mons Scizor lures in, or continue the Voltturn vortex.



CB Scizor is also one of the best mons at pressuring offenses. Fairy is a common type, and offense tends to have few safe switch-ins into Scizor’s moves. Usually their switch-ins are Lando/Tusk, but chipping them down works in favor of the Scizor user.

SD can also get some surprise kills with Tera Blast.

What are your thoughts on Scizor?

Heatran coming back is really good for Scizor imo because now Kyurem is going to use tera fire less on dragon dance sets and that means Scizor stocks rise quite a bit. Heatran coming back also hurts Scizor since it is a fire type that naturally outspeeds it, but the pros outweigh the cons.

 

[pixelpenguin]

AV Scizor is a great blanket check to special attackers for play styles like HO and Sun. It compresses a Kyurem /Val check with reliable slow pivots and Knocks, which is very helpful for Sun who really only needs to pivot in Wake and Co. to continue steamrolling the opponent. can handle most special attackers with the exceptions being Bolt, Iron Moth, and bulky Gholds (as well as Fairies carrying Mystical Fire like Hatt and Enam). Wisp Pult is annoying but with proper positioning Scizor at least gets to Knock it. The Kyurem and Valiant matchup is a huge selling point. Either Kyurem takes big damage from BP or it lets in a faster teammate that will force it out. Similarly, Val is forced to burn Speed Booster. Flipping the script on these two is great for offense. It unfortunately gets chipped down by hazards and Rocky Helmets but usually you just need it to handle the aforementioned special attackers once or twice and the rest of the team can get back to the offensive.

 

[thunderhmta]

when talking about these things, like AV seizor,arent they team dependent? like it sounds cool
also, holy shit a lot of people are being unbanned, welcome back Thunder Pwoell