This request yielded ~10 different Scyther builds, but many of those are now unusable thanks to Silvally-Steel and Passimian leaving the tier. While building these, I discovered Scyther was actually more effective without Swords Dance and with 3 Attacks + Roost or even just an AoA set. Reason being, Scyther's most common switch-in in this meta is bulky Aggron, and so Brick Break can find a lot of use if you're without solid Aggron counterplay. Most of my builds had something fat for Aggron like Poliwrath or Quagsire though, so I ended up using 3 Attacks + Roost given how effective Knock Off is against many of Scyther's natural checks, like CS Togedemaru and Weezing. Anyway, I won't share every team I made, but I will give you one version with SD Scyther and another with 3 Attacks + Roost (Roost may not be necessary even, and you can drop it for Brick Break even if it looks weird).
The first team revolves around that combination of Iron Defense + Body Press Carbink and Specs Jellicent breaking everything together. Pretty much, if you can name a Body Press resist, it's something that Specs Jellicent comes in on and breaks with ease; for example, Weezing coming in is a free opportunity for Jellicent to switch in and open up teams with Specs Water Spout. In reverse, if you're thinking about answers to Specs Jellicent, like Audino for instance, Carbink comes in for free on that and uses that as setup fodder. Carbink is run Jolly here for the sake of not losing out to Adamant Aggron or SpDef/Def Scrafty. Rock Tomb is a tech that
tlenit suggested I use, and it really does find a lot of use alongside Body Press; Rock Tomb the switch-in, then finish it off as you're faster with a boosted Body Press. Or, if you're about to sac Carbink and it's no longer necessary, Rock Tomb then bring Jellicent in on that slowed Pokemon on the following turn. Specs Jellicent finds a lot of opportunities to wallbreak here simply because Scyther forces a lot of switches via its offensive presence alone and then capitalizes on this via U-turn, which grabs momentum and allows you to easily pivot to Jellicent. If you think more about what kinds of switch-ins Scyther has, outside of bulky Togedemaru, all of those also lose to Specs Jellicent (ex. Regirock, Aggron, Gigalith, Palossand, Weezing all like to come in on Scyther's U-turn but lose to Jellicent).
From here, Scyther, Jellicent, and Carbink covered a lot of big threats like Charizard and Drampa defensively, but Ferroseed was starting to look like trouble as that chips all of these, and if it does chip Jellicent, that lowers its damage output with Water Spout, so I wanted a form of hazard removal that both cuts off Ferroseed's recovery by blocking Leech Seed and threatens it with super effective coverage. Sap Sipper Drampa was added for these reasons, and it's EV'd to not be 2HKOed by Charizard's Hurricane while outspeeding uninvested base 50s: 252 SpA Charizard Hurricane vs. 252 HP / 144 SpD Drampa: 148-175 (41.1 - 48.6%) -- guaranteed 3HKO. Drampa also protects Carbink and Jellicent from Gourgeist's and Trevenant's dual STABs (while also making it so you don't have to risk pivoting Scyther into Poltergeist by accident), as well as Jellicent and Scyther from attackers like Rotom and non-Dragon Claw Silvally-Ghost.
Scyther is a great check to Tsareena, but it doesn't really like switching into that directly for risk of Knock Off and/or Triple Axel, so a Knock absorb that can easily take on Tsareena became necessary for this next slot: Weezing synergized well with the rest of the team, and its Toxic Spikes are protected from being removed via Rapid Spin by Jellicent (another way to bring in Jellicent is to come in on a blocked Rapid Spin then attack from there). Lastly, the team was lacking speed control, a volt immunity, and a resist to Ribombee, so Scarf Togedemaru was a very easy add that ties the team together nicely.
This second team here is very similar in how it plays, but with the breaker slot going to CB Poliwrath instead of Jellicent. The idea is more or less the same here: pivot around with Togedemaru and Scyther, then switch to your Rotom on Weezing switch-ins, or Poliwrath on Pokemon like Palossand, Regirock, Gigalith, and so on. Miltank was slotted on as a secondary Charizard resist, for cleric support for Poliwrath, Scyther, and Togedemaru should you misplay vs Weezing, and for answering offensive Ghost-types like Froslass and non-Sub Silvally-Ghost. Miltank really is annoying to take on and if you watch the replays below; you'll soon find out that it is often the MVP of the team here. Anyway, hope you enjoy!
. I prefer balance builds, with voltturn to bring Aggron to the field and spikes. Thanks
sub quiver dance, in a team similar to the archetype bulky-offense, thanks in advance.
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+ gallade 
before we lost the latter to nu, and i wanted to see if the former two still held up together. ideally they are paired with something like 
