Scizor, the Bug & Steel type Pokemon. Speaking from an old-skool point of view, when Gold & Silver came out for the GameBoy Color, it got fans really excited. It talked about alot of new features but the main ones were breeding to make Pokemon babies, and some of the older Pokemon from the 150 list were getting a second evolution. Scyther was one of those Pokemom, getting the evolution form of Scizor. Scizor is a very interesting Pokemon, but to understand why, we have to go back to Scyther. Scyther is a Bug & Flying type, and was actually a rare catch to find in the Red, Blue, and Yellow version. It's moves werent anything special. Just one of those Pokemon that was more eye-candy than anything else. Then along comes Scizor, and this is where things start to get more interesting for Scyther. First of all, Scyther's stats are huge in the attack and speed categories. Once it evolves into Scizor, the speed stat actually gets cut in half and the defense stat gets a boost, which is no suprise since Scizor replaces the flying type with the Steel type. Steel is the second Pokemon element type to ALWAYS increase the defense, and decrease the speed of the pokemon with that type (Rock type being the other elemental type). Now most people don't like to use Bug type pokemon because of their low HP stat. This is true, but with every Bug pokemon, they either have a high attack or high special attack, which can come in handy, granted you know the right moves to teach it. In Scizor's case, its the classic "know when to evolve your Pokemon" case, as both Scyther's and Scizor's moves differ when they level up. In other words, once you have one of Scyther's moves that you're looking for, THEN evolve it into Scizor.

Speaking of moves, this is the first thing we are going to talk about. WHEN is it a good time to evolve Scyther into Scizor. Well, thankfully the Diamond & Pearl games give both pokemon much more to work with, but its Pokemon Platinum that adds the exclamation point, so this is the game that we are going to use for Scyther and Scizor. Right off the bat, Scyther has a hidden move you can teach it with a heart scale at the Move Tutor's house... Vacuum Wave. Its a fighting type move that works the same way as Quick Attack... always getting the first attack no matter what (unless your opponent has the same move and is faster than you). This is the first move you should teach your Scyther. Then level it up untill it learns Wing Attack. As soon as you reach up to that point, THATS when you evolve it into Scizor. automatically it will want to learn Metal Claw, but dont teach it that. Instead, just like Scyther, it too has a hidden move you can teach it... Bullet Punch, which works the same way as Vacuum Wave except its a steel type move. From then on, reach it to lv 41 so it can learn X-Scissor, and now you have a complete Scizor. Now i know what your gonna ask... why should I teach Scizor low power moves like Vacuum Wave and Bullet Punch? The answer is simple, and can be described in one word... Technician. Technician is one of the abilities that both Scyther and Scizor have. The other ability is Swarm which ups bug moves when your hp is low, but I don't find it useful for Scizor. I'd rather have that ability for a Beedrill with the move Twinneedle (and lucky me,Swarm its the only ability Beedrill has, lol). But what technician does is raises a move with a power less than 60 by 50 percent. In other words, both Vacuum Wave and Bullet Punch would have a power of 60 instead of 40. it doesn't seem much when you first think about it, but in a tight situation, it could make or break the final decision on a battle. Now let's talk stats and natures. Scizor is one of those Pokemon you should focus more on offense rather than defense, as Scizor's added Steel type prevents it from any real danger, except for the obvious fire types. Everything else is either normal damage or not effective. So the perfect nature for Scizor would be MODEST, as it sacrifices some of its regular attack to boost up the special attack, which you are going to need for it's only special Vacuum Wave. And if you really wanna go the extra mile and spend days on your Nintendo DS, if the personality is "Highly curious", "Mischevious", "Thoroughly Cunning", "Often Lost In Thought" and/or "Very Finicky", then that would help as well, as they also boost special attack.

And that is my Pomemon Recommendation