Defensive Scizor

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Nenloth

Okay. Thanks for next chance, Setsuna, so I post next freak set that I created. This time Scizor.

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Scizor

[SET]
Name: Defensive Scizor
Move 1: Light Screen
Move 2: Counter
Move 3: Roost
Move 4: Pursuit

Item: Leftovers
Nature: Careful/Impish
Ability: Technician
EVs: 252 HP/100 Def/100 SD/56 Atk

Really, why everybody sends out a Band or an SD Scizor? It has decent defenses, 100 on Def and 85 on Special, and there's a nice 70 Base HP. It has also access to helpful move, which is Light Screen. So, this set works very simply. You go in on the Special Sweeper. Best Fire moves are mainly Special, I think. So, set up a Light Screen and force a switch. Then you go for the Technician Pursuit, what should kill mainly all Pokemon. He goes for the big Physical, and then, thanks to the big Physical Bulk you Counter it's move back! It should take out 2 Pokes, and then you can Roost the damage you were given. But there are some guys that kill this red mantis. All Fire Physicals, mainly Arcanine, but also Flareon, Entei, Blaziken and Charizard. So it's always a risk to Counter, but I think that this set needs a mentioning.
 
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Honestly, Scizor is the last Steel-type I would want to use defensively. There's... Heatran, Jirachi, Bronzong, Metagross, Skarmory, etc. Also, with only Pursuit as your attack, Scizor becomes the biggest setup fodder in the history of setup fodder. So basically, not only is Scizor explicitly inferior to Metagross and Jirachi (in literally every single relevant stat), but it also has a more crippling weakness, and absolutely no way to deal with anything outside of... Counter?

No thanks.

QC REJECTED (1/3)
 
This scizor lacks coverage, a defensive set with light screen isn't a bad idea but relying on an unreliable move such as counter and having pursuit as your only attack isnt too great. Sorry im going to have to reject this. Also try to follow the QC format next time for proposing threads, thanks.

QC Rejected 2/3
 
My colleagues summed up my thoughts perfectly. The set is just not viable...

One more time, thanks for trying, and I hope this rejection doesn't discourage you from contributing in the future.
 
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