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Mega-Scizor C+ -> B-
I suppose this won't get much support, however, I've been tinkering with my most recent build, and I happened to possess a Mega slot available for my sixth mon. Subsequent to considerable trial with the conventional Megas being plugged into that vacant position, I stumbled across a somewhat marginal figure in that of Mega Scizor. I'm aware of the several hindrances that come from employing this mon (mostly that it provides free turns to a lot of dangerous mons), and of course there are superior options pertaining to a multitude of builds, however, this mon is gravely underrated in regards to what it can do.
Just to name a few, it can pursuit trap fairly well, it can be used as a pivot on a predicted toxic, it can reliably check certain variants of Xerneas, although I wouldn't recommend having it as your sole Xerneas check (also having reliable recovery in Roost), it possesses a STAB priority move in Bullet Punch (incremented by Technician) which happens to 2HKO most Xerneas variants in return and most importantly, in my ephemeral, yet significant tenure of use, I've noticed how crucial the momentum shift it provides with U-Turn can be for your team. If you bring it during an opportune situation (I've also tested it with other sets such as Superpower or Toxic over Pursuit and those sets also provide some benefits), it will force switches into the most common threats to it (Groudon, Ho-Oh, etc.), which means you can proceed to obtain a favourable matchup coming from those switches, which can be highly useful in any match. This all comes with a pretty respectable defensive typing (despite the blatant weakness to fire).
I'm not advocating a drastic raise in viability, however I honestly believe it's viability in ORAS Ubers is relatively higher than the likes of Mega Aerodactyl/Slowbro, meaning I'd personally slot it over Arceus-Ice in B- or even higher. However, if the response is overwhelmingly contrary, I believe it should at least rise to the bottom of the B- subsection. I'm aware it isn't splashable per se, but it's niche in the current milieu is considerably larger than that of the others surrounding it.
I suppose this won't get much support, however, I've been tinkering with my most recent build, and I happened to possess a Mega slot available for my sixth mon. Subsequent to considerable trial with the conventional Megas being plugged into that vacant position, I stumbled across a somewhat marginal figure in that of Mega Scizor. I'm aware of the several hindrances that come from employing this mon (mostly that it provides free turns to a lot of dangerous mons), and of course there are superior options pertaining to a multitude of builds, however, this mon is gravely underrated in regards to what it can do.
Just to name a few, it can pursuit trap fairly well, it can be used as a pivot on a predicted toxic, it can reliably check certain variants of Xerneas, although I wouldn't recommend having it as your sole Xerneas check (also having reliable recovery in Roost), it possesses a STAB priority move in Bullet Punch (incremented by Technician) which happens to 2HKO most Xerneas variants in return and most importantly, in my ephemeral, yet significant tenure of use, I've noticed how crucial the momentum shift it provides with U-Turn can be for your team. If you bring it during an opportune situation (I've also tested it with other sets such as Superpower or Toxic over Pursuit and those sets also provide some benefits), it will force switches into the most common threats to it (Groudon, Ho-Oh, etc.), which means you can proceed to obtain a favourable matchup coming from those switches, which can be highly useful in any match. This all comes with a pretty respectable defensive typing (despite the blatant weakness to fire).
I'm not advocating a drastic raise in viability, however I honestly believe it's viability in ORAS Ubers is relatively higher than the likes of Mega Aerodactyl/Slowbro, meaning I'd personally slot it over Arceus-Ice in B- or even higher. However, if the response is overwhelmingly contrary, I believe it should at least rise to the bottom of the B- subsection. I'm aware it isn't splashable per se, but it's niche in the current milieu is considerably larger than that of the others surrounding it.
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