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2nd Gen Heracross, Pinsir or Scyther

Which is the Best?

  • Heracross

    Votes: 27 33.8%
  • Pinsir

    Votes: 9 11.3%
  • Scyther

    Votes: 44 55.0%

  • Total voters
    80

spike6958

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hey everyone i have started playing through pokemon crystal again and i am now in need of a grass/bug type pokemon and im stuck between Heracross, Pinsir and Scyther and want to know which is the best one in crystal.
 
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Anti

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hey everyone i have started playing through pokemon crystal again and i am now in need of a grass type pokemon and im stuck between Heracross, Pinsir and Scyther and want to know which is the best one in crystal.

None of them are grass type :/

Heracross is thought of as the best by nearly everybody, but I prefer pinsir.
 

spike6958

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wow you know thats realy helpful, i want to know why you think its the best so i can desided which one is right for my team
 

Anti

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wow you know thats realy helpful, i want to know why you think its the best so i can desided which one is right for my team

Well, when I don't know what your team is, it's tough to tell. you asked who I thought was the best. I answered. If you want to know why, I'll tell you, but calm down...

Pinsir has great attack, a nice attack movepool, and decent speed. there's your reason...
 

Improfane

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uh oh

This topic will die if it isn't treated as a:
What is the best, Pinsir, Heracross or Scyther
topic.

For me, Scyther looks the most elegant and coolest.

Team wise, APCW13 is correct.
 

Breon

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Heracross has better Attack,while Scyther is stronger in Special Attack. Obviously if you're wanting a nice Bug type, you'll want to go with the one with stats that most compliment the area. Heracross learns Megahorn and its all around movepool is better than Scyther's. And Pinsir is worst of the three.
 

Scales

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I like scyther since he evolves into my third favorite pokemon Scizor. In almost all my pokemon games I get a scyther. I also level him up almost as high as my starter and I can beat almost everybody with it.

So really it doesnt matter on what its stats are. Since you can level them up yourself manualy. It really matters on how hard to catch and how easy it is to level it up.
 

Faceless*

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Pinsir, it's the only useable one in my eyes :p

plus no one voted for the poor beetle
 

luke

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Oo... Name, you got me for a second with your User Title. I was like "Wow, everyone's getting booted out." But you tricked me.

I also agree with you about Pinsir. He kicks buttocks.
 

Binary

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Scyther rocks dude!
It slashes and fights soo brutaly
I love it,
and it evolves into scizor *totally cool*
 

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I went with Pinsir since Scyther has a 4x weakness to Rock and Heracross has a 4x weakness to Flying type moves. Also Pinsir should of been a Bug and Fighting type Pokemon which I consider it one anyways because most of the moves it learns are Fighting moves



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I would go with Heracross it learns Megahorn which is pretty much the best bug move in G/S/C.
 

Arcknight316

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Scyther is fast, but unless you evolve it, it's pretty weak. And if you evolve it, it becomes too slow.
Heracross has great attack, but only slight above average speed.
Pinsir has the same attack and speed as Heracross (I think, I haven't checked Serebii for a while), but its movepool is more limited.

It's your choice.
 
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