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Scyther's Type

BUG

FLYING

Scyther's Pokédex #s

National #: 123

Galar #: --

Armor #: 118

Crown #: --

Scyther's Base Stats

HP:: 70

Attack:: 110

Defense:: 80

Sp. Atk:: 55

Sp. Def:: 80

Speed:: 105

Total:: 500

Misc. Info

Height:: 4'11" (1.5m)

Weight:: 123.5 lbs. (56 kg)

Gender Ratio:

Egg Groups:: Bug

EXP At Lv. 100:: 1,000,000

EV Yield:: 1 Attack

Base EXP:: 100

Catch Rate:: 45

Base Happiness:: 70

Scyther's Abilities

Here are what abilities Scyther can possibly have, along with their effects.

Swarm: Increases the damage of Scyther's Bug-type moves by 50% when it is at 1/3 or less HP.

Technician: All of Scyther's moves with a base power of 60 or less have their power increased by 50%.

Steadfast: Raises Scyther's Speed by one stage whenever it flinches.

Weaknesses & Resistances

Below is a list of what Scyther's weakness and resistance is to various types.

4×: ROCK

2×: FIRE

ELECTRIC

ICE

FLYING

½: BUG

¼: GRASS

FIGHTING

immune: GROUND

Scyther's Evolution Line

Below you'll find a list of all Pokémon Scyther evolves from or into, along with its evolution method.

Scyther: starting form

Scizor: trade while holding Metal Coat

Scyther's Alternate Forms

Gender Differences

Male ♂

Female ♀

Scyther's Moves in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

SwSh Mode BDSP Mode

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Below is a list of all of the moves that Scyther can learn, along with what level it learns the move, the TM or TR number, and what egg moves it can learn, if any. Hover over a move (desktop/laptop) or click the ? button next to the move (mobile/tablet) to find out more about the move.

Level Up Moves

Here are all of the moves Scyther learns via level up. Anything marked "Evo." means it learns it upon evolving. If the level is 1, it can be relearned at a Pokémon Center.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
1	Quick Attack Has higher priority.	NORMAL	40	100%	30	One Target
1	Leer Lowers all nearby enemies' Defense by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	30	Nearby Enemies
4	Fury Cutter Each consecutive hit increases Fury Cutter's power by 40.	BUG	40	95%	20	One Target
8	False Swipe Cannot knock out a Pokémon.	NORMAL	40	100%	40	One Target
12	Wing Attack Damages the target.	FLYING	60	100%	35	One Target
16	Double Team Raises Scyther's Evasion by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	15	User
20	Double Hit Hits the target two times in a row.	NORMAL	35	90%	10	One Target
24	Slash Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
28	Focus Energy Raises critical hit rate by two stages.	NORMAL	--	--	30	User
32	Agility Raises Scyther's Speed by two stages.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User
36	Air Slash Has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.	FLYING	75	95%	15	One Target
40	X-Scissor Damages the target.	BUG	80	100%	15	One Target
44	Laser Focus Scyther's next move will be a critical hit.	NORMAL	--	--	30	User
48	Swords Dance Raises Scyther's Attack by two stages.	NORMAL	--	--	20	User

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Scyther can learn via TM (Technical Machine). These moves can be taught an unlimited number of times once the TM is obtained.

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TM08	Hyper Beam Requires a turn to recharge (unless it misses).	NORMAL	150	90%	5	One Target
TM09	Giga Impact Requires a turn to recharge (unless it misses).	NORMAL	150	90%	5	One Target
TM17	Light Screen Reduces damage from Special-based moves for 5 turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User's Field
TM19	Safeguard Protects your team from status conditions for the next 5 turns.	NORMAL	--	--	25	User's Field
TM21	Rest Scyther restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM23	Thief Damages the target and steals its held item.	DARK	60	100%	25	One Target
TM24	Snore Can only be used while asleep. 30% chance of making the target flinch.	NORMAL	50	100%	15	One Target
TM25	Protect Protects Scyther from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM30	Steel Wing Has a 10% chance of raising Scyther's Defense by one stage.	STEEL	70	90%	25	One Target
TM31	Attract Infatuates Pokémon of the opposite gender.	NORMAL	--	100%	15	One Target
TM33	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM34	Sunny Day Changes the weather to sunny for 5 turns.	FIRE	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM39	Facade Does double damage if Scyther is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM40	Swift Doesn't miss all nearby enemies.	NORMAL	60	--	20	Nearby Enemies
TM43	Brick Break Breaks the opponent's Light Screen or Reflect.	FIGHTING	75	100%	15	One Target
TM56	U-turn Forces Scyther to switch out after dealing damage.	BUG	70	100%	20	One Target
TM58	Assurance Does double damage if the target was already damaged this turn.	DARK	60	100%	10	One Target
TM69	Psycho Cut Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	PSYCHIC	70	100%	20	One Target
TM73	Cross Poison 10% chance of poisoning the target. Higher crit rate. (+1 stage.)	POISON	70	100%	20	One Target
TM76	Round Deals double damage if Round has already been used and causes any other Pokémon using Round to use it immediately afterward.	NORMAL	60	100%	15	One Target
TM78	Acrobatics Damage is doubled if Scyther has no held item when this attack hits.	FLYING	55	100%	15	One Target
TM94	False Swipe Cannot knock out a Pokémon.	NORMAL	40	100%	40	One Target
TM95	Air Slash Has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.	FLYING	75	95%	15	One Target
TM97	Brutal Swing Damages all nearby Pokémon.	DARK	60	100%	20	All But Self

TR Moves

Here are all of the moves that Scyther can learn via TR (Technical Record). These moves can be taught only once per TR, but TRs can be obtained in the Wild Area and other locations.

TR	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TR00	Swords Dance Raises Scyther's Attack by two stages.	NORMAL	--	--	20	User
TR12	Agility Raises Scyther's Speed by two stages.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User
TR13	Focus Energy Raises critical hit rate by two stages.	NORMAL	--	--	30	User
TR20	Substitute Costs 25% of Scyther's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR21	Reversal Does more damage when Scyther's HP is low.	FIGHTING	varies	100%	15	One Target
TR26	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR27	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Scyther's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TR29	Baton Pass Switches to another Pokémon on your team and keeps stat modifiers and effects.	NORMAL	--	--	40	User
TR60	X-Scissor Damages the target.	BUG	80	100%	15	One Target
TR61	Bug Buzz 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	BUG	90	100%	10	One Target

Egg Moves

Here are all of the moves that Scyther can learn as Egg Moves. In the case of evolved Pokémon, it shows what Egg Moves it can learn in its lowest evolutionary stage. Click the word EGG to find compatible breeding Pokémon to get that Egg Move onto Scyther.

	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
EGG	Counter Counters Physical-based damage received this turn.	FIGHTING	varies	100%	20	Counter
EGG	Defog Lowers the target's evasion by one stage. Removes effects on the enemy's field such as Light Screen, Reflect, etc.	FLYING	--	--	15	One Target
EGG	Night Slash Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	DARK	70	100%	15	One Target
EGG	Feint Strikes first and breaks through the target's Protect-like moves.	NORMAL	30	100%	10	One Target
EGG	Quick Guard Protects your team from moves that that have positive priority for the turn.	FIGHTING	--	--	15	User's Field

Move Tutor Moves

Here are all of the moves that Scyther can learn from Move Tutors. Most of these require the Expansion Pass and can be found in the Isle of Armor's Dojo, costing some Armorite Ore to teach. However, there are a few moves that can be taught aside from this.

	Move	Type	Category	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target	Info
TUTOR	Dual Wingbeat Hits the target two times in a row.	FLYING		40	90%	10	One Target

Level Up Moves

Here are all of the moves Scyther learns via level up. Anything marked "Evo." means it learns it upon evolving. If the level is 1, it can be relearned at a Pokémon Center.

Lv.	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
1	Quick Attack Has higher priority.	NORMAL	40	100%	30	One Target
1	Leer Lowers all nearby enemies' Defense by one stage.	NORMAL	--	100%	30	Nearby Enemies
4	Fury Cutter Each consecutive hit increases Fury Cutter's power by 40.	BUG	40	95%	20	One Target
8	False Swipe Cannot knock out a Pokémon.	NORMAL	40	100%	40	One Target
12	Wing Attack Damages the target.	FLYING	60	100%	35	One Target
16	Double Team Raises Scyther's Evasion by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	15	User
20	Double Hit Hits the target two times in a row.	NORMAL	35	90%	10	One Target
24	Slash Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
28	Focus Energy Raises critical hit rate by two stages.	NORMAL	--	--	30	User
32	Agility Raises Scyther's Speed by two stages.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User
36	Air Slash Has a 30% chance of causing the target to flinch.	FLYING	75	95%	15	One Target
40	X-Scissor Damages the target.	BUG	80	100%	15	One Target
44	Laser Focus Scyther's next move will be a critical hit.	NORMAL	--	--	30	User
48	Swords Dance Raises Scyther's Attack by two stages.	NORMAL	--	--	20	User

TM Moves

Here are all of the moves that Scyther can learn via TM (Technical Machine). These moves can be taught once per use of the TM.

TM	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
TM11	Sunny Day Changes the weather to sunny for 5 turns.	FIRE	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM15	Hyper Beam Requires a turn to recharge (unless it misses).	NORMAL	150	90%	5	One Target
TM16	Light Screen Reduces damage from Special-based moves for 5 turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	30	User's Field
TM17	Protect Protects Scyther from attacks for a turn. Low chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM18	Rain Dance Changes the weather to rainy for 5 turns.	WATER	--	--	5	Entire Field
TM20	Safeguard Protects your team from status conditions for the next 5 turns.	NORMAL	--	--	25	User's Field
TM31	Brick Break Breaks the opponent's Light Screen or Reflect.	FIGHTING	75	100%	15	One Target
TM32	Double Team Raises Scyther's Evasion by one stage.	NORMAL	--	--	15	User
TM40	Aerial Ace Doesn't miss the target.	FLYING	60	--	20	One Target
TM42	Facade Does double damage if Scyther is poisoned, burned, or paralyzed.	NORMAL	70	100%	20	One Target
TM44	Rest Scyther restores its HP to full and falls asleep for two turns.	PSYCHIC	--	--	10	User
TM45	Attract Infatuates Pokémon of the opposite gender.	NORMAL	--	100%	15	One Target
TM46	Thief Damages the target and steals its held item.	DARK	60	100%	25	One Target
TM47	Steel Wing Has a 10% chance of raising Scyther's Defense by one stage.	STEEL	70	90%	25	One Target
TM51	Roost Heals Scyther's HP by 50% and removes its Flying-type for the rest of the turn.	FLYING	--	--	10	User
TM54	False Swipe Cannot knock out a Pokémon.	NORMAL	40	100%	40	One Target
TM58	Endure Will survive any hit with at least 1 HP left this turn. 50% chance of working on consecutive turns.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM62	Bug Buzz 10% chance of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stage.	BUG	90	100%	10	One Target
TM68	Giga Impact Requires a turn to recharge (unless it misses).	NORMAL	150	90%	5	One Target
TM75	Swords Dance Raises Scyther's Attack by two stages.	NORMAL	--	--	20	User
TM81	X-Scissor Damages the target.	BUG	80	100%	15	One Target
TM82	Sleep Talk Can only be used while asleep. Uses one of Scyther's moves at random.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM87	Swagger Raises the target's Attack by two stages and confuses it.	NORMAL	--	85%	15	One Target
TM89	U-turn Forces Scyther to switch out after dealing damage.	BUG	70	100%	20	One Target
TM90	Substitute Costs 25% of Scyther's max HP. Sets up a Substitute to block effects and damage.	NORMAL	--	--	10	User
TM93	Cut Damages the target.	NORMAL	50	95%	30	One Target
TM97	Defog Lowers the target's evasion by one stage. Removes effects on the enemy's field such as Light Screen, Reflect, etc.	FLYING	--	--	15	One Target
TM98	Rock Smash 50% chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stage.	FIGHTING	40	100%	15	One Target

Egg Moves

Here are all of the moves that Scyther can learn as Egg Moves. In the case of evolved Pokémon, it shows what Egg Moves it can learn in its lowest evolutionary stage. Click the word EGG to find compatible breeding Pokémon to get that Egg Move onto Scyther.

	Move	Type	Power	Acc.%	PP	Target
EGG	Counter Counters Physical-based damage received this turn.	FIGHTING	varies	100%	20	Counter
EGG	Night Slash Has a higher critical hit rate. (+1 stage.)	DARK	70	100%	15	One Target
EGG	Feint Strikes first and breaks through the target's Protect-like moves.	NORMAL	30	100%	10	One Target
EGG	Quick Guard Protects your team from moves that that have positive priority for the turn.	FIGHTING	--	--	15	User's Field
EGG	Baton Pass Switches to another Pokémon on your team and keeps stat modifiers and effects.	NORMAL	--	--	40	User
EGG	Reversal Does more damage when Scyther's HP is low.	FIGHTING	varies	100%	15	One Target

Scyther's Detailed Stats

Below you'll find a more detailed table containing Scyther's calculated stats, which are the stats that you actually see displayed in game. These are affected by a variety of things, such as level, Effort Values (EVs), Individual Values (IVs), and Scyther's Nature.

By default, the stats you see in the table below show four different possibilities, all assuming Scyther is level 100: its stats with 0 EVs, 252+ (max) EVs, 0 IVs, and 31 (max) IVs. Nature is not shown by default, so its maximum is 10% higher than shown here, and minium 10% lower.

Stats at level 100	0 EVs		252+ EVs		Base Stat
Stats at level 100	Min	Max	Min	Max	Base Stat
HP	250	281	313	344	70
Attack	225	256	288	319	110
Defense	165	196	228	259	80
Sp. Atk	115	146	178	209	55
Sp. Def	165	196	228	259	80
Speed	215	246	278	309	105
Total					500

Where to Find Scyther in Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl

SwSh Mode BDSP Mode

If you're looking for where to find Scyther, you'll find the various methods listed down below, along with any notes or special locations. This should help you figure out how to get Scyther in Pokémon Sword & Shield. (Currently this does not show most "strong" static encounters or Max Raid Battles.)

Special Ways to Get Scyther

Catchable during Dynamax Adventures in Crown Tundra (DLC), level 65.

Scyther in the Wild

Training Lowlands

Overworld Encounters

Norm.	Over.	Rain	Strm.	Sun	Snow	Bliz.	Sand.	Fog
5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%	5%
Lv. 13-18	Lv. 13-18	Lv. 13-18	Lv. 13-18	Lv. 13-18	Lv. 13-18	Lv. 13-18	Lv. 13-18	Lv. 13-18

Location information on where to find Scyther in Pokémon Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl will be coming to the Marriland Pokédex in a future update! Thank you for your patience!

Pokédex Entries for Scyther

Generation 8 Pokédex Entries

Sword

As Scyther fights more and more battles, its scythes become sharper and sharper. With a single slice, Scyther can fell a massive tree.

Shield

If you come across an area in a forest where a lot of the trees have been cut down, what you've found is a Scyther's territory.

Generation 7 Pokédex Entries

Sun

It confuses its prey with its quick, ninja-like movements. Then, in an instant, it cleaves them with its scythes.

Moon

While young, they live together deep in the mountains, training themselves in how to fight with their scythes and move at high speeds.

Ultra Sun

Its two sharp scythes are more than just weapons. It uses them with dexterity to dress its prey before eating.

Ultra Moon

Some call it a ninja. Its movements— imperceptibly quick—are sufficient to cleave the air in two. It's very popular in Alola.

Generation 6 Pokédex Entries

X

It tears and shreds prey with its wickedly sharp scythes. It very rarely spreads its wings to fly.

Y

It slashes through grass with its sharp scythes, moving too fast for the human eye to track.

Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire

Scyther is blindingly fast. Its blazing speed enhances the effectiveness of the twin scythes on its forearms. This Pokémon's scythes are so effective, they can slice through thick logs in one wicked stroke.

Generation 5 Pokédex Entries

Black White Black 2 White 2

The sharp scythes on its forearms become increasingly sharp by cutting through hard objects.

Generation 4 Pokédex Entries

Diamond Pearl

It is nearly impossible to parry its attacking scythes. Its movements are like a ninja's.

Platinum

The sharp scythes on its forearms become increasingly sharp by cutting through hard objects.

HeartGold

It slashes through grass with its sharp scythes, moving too fast for the human eye to track.

SoulSilver

When it moves, it leaves only a blur. If it hides in grass, its protective coloration makes it invisible.

Generation 3 Pokédex Entries

Ruby Sapphire

SCYTHER is blindingly fast. Its blazing speed enhances the effectiveness of the twin scythes on its forearms. This POKéMON's scythes are so effective, they can slice through thick logs in one wicked stroke.

Emerald

Its blindingly fast speed adds to the sharpness of its twin forearm scythes. The scythes can slice through thick logs in one wicked stroke.

FireRed

It tears and shreds prey with its wickedly sharp scythes. It very rarely spreads its wings to fly.

LeafGreen

With ninja-like agility and speed, it can create the illusion that there is more than one of itself.

Generation 2 Pokédex Entries

Gold

It slashes through grass with its sharp scythes, moving too fast for the human eye to track.

Silver

When it moves, it leaves only a blur. If it hides in grass, its protective colors make it invisible.

Crystal

It's very proud of its speed. It moves so fast that its opponent does not even know what knocked it down.

Generation 1 Pokédex Entries

Red Blue

With ninja-like agility and speed, it can create the illusion that there is more than one.

Yellow

Leaps out of tall grass and slices prey with its scythes. The movement looks like that of a ninja.