Heracross: Choice Band or Choice Scarf

All depends on what you're going for. If Heracross is your lead, go with a Scarf. Then again, CB+Status=massive attack boost, and Heracross will be OHKO'ing pokemon all over the place.
 
I was wondering because no one on my team is particularly fast. I don't know if I should give Heracross Choice Scarf to make up for that, or I should try to deal more damage.
 
If your team is fast, use Choice Band. I don't really like Scarf. He fails to 2HKO Skarmory and thus gets walled easier
 
Heracross should be a Scarfer, no questions asked. Hera's speed ain't exactly his highest stat at only 269/295 Max. Plus, a lot of Pokémon set their speed to 270 to beat Adamant Heracross. Its generally safer to run Choice Scarf because a lot of common OU Pokemon(Salamence, Azelf, Weavile, Aerodactyl, and Porygon-Z)outspeed it w/o Choice Scarf. If you really wanted a CB feel, you could simply switch into a Will-O-Wisp or something. But thats just me.
 
Okay, thanks. I will probably keep Choice Scarf on Heracross and lead with him, in case the opponent has a Weavile or a Tyranitar.
 
Why Choice Band? Why not just go with a Burn Orb to give you that 1.5x Guts boost and allow you to choose which attack you want to use? I'd go with Scarf or Orb.
 
Burn Orb will kill you really fast if you're eating residual damage (Spikes, Stealth Rock, Sandstorm).

Honestly, I think the answer is, whatever your team needs. If you want more speed, then Scarf. If you want more power, then Band. If you can't decide between the two, then mix it up - sometime Scarf, sometimes Band. You'll either find you like one better, or you'll be able to keep your opponents guessing.
 
Misty said:
Burn Orb will kill you really fast if you're eating residual damage (Spikes, Stealth Rock, Sandstorm).

Honestly, I think the answer is, whatever your team needs. If you want more speed, then Scarf. If you want more power, then Band. If you can't decide between the two, then mix it up - sometime Scarf, sometimes Band. You'll either find you like one better, or you'll be able to keep your opponents guessing.
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Wouldn't the Choice Scarf give itself away once Heracross gets the jump on a fast Pokemon, though?
 
Probably the opponent will switch out - but I recognize that Choice Band is indeed better for a starting Heracross.

Choice Band is a good choice if your team can support it: paralyze, wish, etc. But in this case...
 
But how effective is CSHera as a starter with those Salamence/Gyarados leads??

I would go with Choice Band and usin' somethin' else as a lead, but I guess CSHera is also a good Revenge-Killer and could be a surprise for your foe, but don't use it as a starter ^^
 
Dark Android said:
Heracross should be a Scarfer, no questions asked. Hera's speed ain't exactly his highest stat at only 269/295 Max. Plus, a lot of Pokémon set their speed to 270 to beat Adamant Heracross. Its generally safer to run Choice Scarf because a lot of common OU Pokemon(Salamence, Azelf, Weavile, Aerodactyl, and Porygon-Z)outspeed it w/o Choice Scarf. If you really wanted a CB feel, you could simply switch into a Will-O-Wisp or something. But thats just me.
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actually heracross's speed even at minimum is higher than the average. let's not even get into how great a 295 speed is. and if you're worried about the 270 barrier, then why is 271-295 not good enough? depending on the ev spread, salamence could certainly be outsped by heracross. but why would heracross stay in against a salamence even if he did outspeed it? choice band is the way to go for heracross. gives it a much better chance of tackling something like skarmory.
 
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