alexwolf
lurks in the shadows
Some MEvos may be some of the best Pokemon in OU, but so are Pokemon such as Thundurus, Landorus, Aegislash, Deoxys-S, Garchomp, Azumarill, Bisharp, Keldeo, Clefable, and Talonflame, so it's not like we are missing on good Pokemon by picking our MEvo now. Of course there is some opportunity cost involved if we pick our MEvo now, but in Mega Scizor's case it's easily worth it.I do not think this is a very good pick for Team 2. First of all, you are using up Team 2's mega slot very early in this project. Second, Team 1 can pick almost any mega it wants to and counter this Mega Scizor set and give Team 2 major problems trying to counter Team 1's mega.
And what do you mean by ''Team 1 can pick almost any mega it wants to and counter this Mega Scizor set and give Team 2 major problems trying to counter Team 1's mega.''. The only MEvos that counter Mega Scizor are Mega Gyarados, Mega Charizard Y, Mega Charizard X, and those Pokemon are all huge metagame threats that give troubles to a ton of good Pokemon, so i don't see why this is a point against Mega Scizor, especially when we already have Mega Charizard Y covered with Dragonite. The opponent will be able to counter pick our pick no matter what we go with because that's the nature of the project, and it's almost inevitable they will pick a strong MEvo too. The best we can do is pick a Pokemon that fares as good as possible against the opposing team, has as good as possible synergy with our team, and is as hard to counter as possible. Mega Scizor fits all three criteria pretty well, and your only argument so far has been that it's too early for us to be using our Mega slot, which on its own has almost no merit.