Black and White recent happenings thread!

There's really no point in running Scizor if you don't run Bullet Punch :3. And even if you do manage to get past Ferrothorn's Leech Seed + Paralysis + Protect combo, which is still really hard due to none of your attacks being super effective (except, say, Brick Break), it's easily revenged. If you do take the time to set up Agility, I'm pretty sure it can stall you out if used by a good user.

Mm, I dunno. Most of the competetive Ferrothorns I've faced got OHKO'd by a single Bug Bite after 3 swords dances. 2 swords dances should 2 HKO Ferrothorn. I run Adamant Scizor with Bug Bite, Morning Sun, Swords Dance, and Agility with the held item leftovers. Ferrothorn has no way to faint Scizor if all it relies on is power whip, leech seed, or paralysis. The threats would be a fire type move after Ferrothorn is fainted or switched, or a fast special sweeper. If Scizor is not paralyzed he will sweep the opposing team if he opted to use 2 swords dances and 1 agility at the very least. Heck, 2 swords dances OHKO's a Blissey. If you're scared about being revenged killed, then switch it out and use heal bell to save it from being paralyzed. Or Morning Sun/Roost the damage received from Ferrothorn and he can't be revenge killed unless by some fire move.

Obviously, there are different situations you'll be in and nothing is ideal. However, usually this Scizor will win every time against a Ferrothorn, but it can be easily wiped out or forced to switch if there is a fire move or special sweeper threatening it. If you have the sun out, Morning Sun heals 3/4 of the hp and lowers the special att for opposing water moves. The other option is Roost. Roost heals half, which is pretty decent too. It's pretty effective for Scizor's survivability I'd say :/

Bullet Punch cannot be on this set. You need a hard hitting bug move. Both agility and swords dance are a must if you are planning on sweeping and out-speeding threats with Scizor, before or after Ferrothorn comes out. You also must have a healing move to go with leftovers, or Scizor will not be around long enough to win against stalling Pokemon.