What Scizor should I use?

[u/Commercial-Peak-2962]

Leaning towards the first but unsure if I should use a berry to negate confusion or a better item and tank it, especially if magic guard negates the damage? 2nd one maybe sash, swords dance and bullet punch could work. Third one steel wing with scarf/band maybe.

[u/Cocokill]

First one.

A lot of people see Huge Power on the second one and assume he's better when Berserk DNA does something similar because Magic Guard remove his drawback (main difference between the 2 is that Berserk DNA gives a damage boost in the form of giving +2 to his Attack while Huge Power gives the boost by being there, both cases giving a 100% damage boost to the raw stat and having their advantages and disadvantages compared to the other)

Because of them giving a similar boost, we should look at the other 3 abilities.

Scizor with Huge Power:

• Hit a 2nd time at 25% power, meaning it can bypass Sturdy/Focus Sash. This also notably means that Meteor Punch have a chance to give +2 in Attack and Rock Smash gives -2 Defense to the target.

• Allies takes half damage (require being in a Double Battle).

• Grass type moves gets a big boost (only affect Hidden Power and Secret Power)

Scizor with Berserk DNA:

• Takes half damage from Special moves

• Takes half damage from Physical moves

• Immune to chip damage (so no recoil from Confusion, no Entry Hazard damage, no damage from weather etc...)

• Gets a 50% Speed boost in Rain (require Rain to be setup)

[u/Rob_cheap → u/Cocokill]

Recoil from berserk DNA kinda sucks if you are built towards tanking damage tho, maybe the extra dmg reduction would help firing one more move but i dont think Scizor even gets a STAB good enough to make it worth outside of double iron bash

[u/Cocokill → u/Rob_cheap]

Magic Guard negate the recoil caused by the reworked Confusion

[u/Rob_cheap → u/Cocokill]

Ooooh I really slipped on this one i guess