Pinsir
"Pinsir, the Stagbeetle Pokemon. It grips prey with its pincers until the prey is torn in half. What it can't tear, it tosses far."
Height: 4’11”/1.5m
Weight: 121.3lbs/55.0kg
EVs Earned: 2 Attack
National Dex: #127
Gender: 50% Male/Female
Egg Group: Bug
Resists
Grass: 0.5*
Ground: 0.5*
Fighting: 0.5*
Weaknesses
Flying: 2*
Fire: 2*
Rock: 2*
Base Stats
HP: 65
Attack: 125
Defense: 100
Sp. A: 55
Sp. D: 70
Speed: 85
Abilities
Hyper Cutter: Prevents the enemy from lowering this Pokémon's Attack.
Mold Breaker: Abilities that hinder attacks are nullified.
Moxie(Hidden Ability): Boosts Attack by 1 stage if the Pokemon knocks out another Pokemon.
"Heracross can't do everything at once; Choice Scarf sets lack the power to break through many walls, and other sets are easy to outspeed and force out. Using Pinsir alongside Heracross eliminates this problem by essentially allowing you to use two different Heracross sets at once. Mold Breaker and Hyper Cutter also allow Pinsir to beat some of the Pokemon that trouble Heracross the most, so if you need a Pokemon that can facilitate a Heracross sweep, you've found arguably the best one. If, however, you want a primary physical sweeper, then this is not the beetle you're looking for; Heracross is simply better in every meaningful way."
Pinsir's best use is support for Heracross. Otherwise it is just too far outclassed to really stand up to today's metagame. A Chioce Scarfed set is the best way to get the most out of Pinsir.
Heracross's Best Friend
EV Spread: 252 Atk / 4 Def / 252 Spe
Nature: Adamant
Ability: Mold Breaker
Item: Choice Scarf
Moves
~ X-Scissor
~ Stone Edge
~ Earthquake
~ Close Combat
Using Pinsir to come in early on and weaken the opponent's Heracross checks with Earthquake, and then come in again after Heracross has done its damage and clean up the leftovers with X-Scissor is the greatest way to use this set. Stone Edge hits Flying-types, while Earthquake shatters Nidoqueen, one of Heracross's best counters. Close Combat 2HKOes Chansey and Rhyperior and has a good chance to OHKO Mamoswine.
I don't know about you but I am excited to train my own Pinsir/Heracross team. This has been maeisaskank with this week's PoTW, Pinsir. Hope you've enjoyed it as much as I have.
