Lando T is an excellent pivot bc of its typing. Similar for Mons Like Genesect/Scizor, Pheromosa for offensive pivots or Corviknight Tomohawk or Ferrothorn for defensive. There are offensive pivots with less than ideal types that make up for it via speed or a...
Dark Pulse is a secondary STAB with a pretty decent flinch chance. The 3rd slot it really depends on preference, Flamethrower is for Fire Coverage, which can be useful especially for checking Scizor, however Superpower provides nice mixed coverage, with the ability to 2KO Chansey. Taunt is to...
The wildcard, which can cause Machamp and Tyranitar problems if selected, is one of Arlo's final options, Scizor. The Bug- and Steel-type are only weak against Fire-type attacks, so it can be worth picking a strong Fire-type Pokémon, such as Charizard or Ho-Oh in case it is select...
Looking at the starts (keeping in mind that this was based on Pokemon that existed long ago, so before Scizor had Bullet Punch), this is how the set of Pokemon who have 5% usage or more in UU currently is distributed: There are 4 formerly OU Pokemon this list, 17 formerly UU ...
I legit leveled my Scyther all the way up thinking it would evolve in a Scizor, consequently being quite dissapointed when I had a level 100 Scyther in the end in my original Silver run as a kid. The same thing applies to Raikou and Suicune in particular, as I adored the rare Raiko...