It is said that the Kricketune are better sword users than even Scyther, for Kricketune have four blades to Scyther's two. The logic behind this is faulty, for power and skill also matter; as a man with a sword and a shield can often defeat one with two swords, so can larger pokemon (Scyther among them) without their multiplicity of blades defeat Kricketune in combat. That said, there is always something to be admired and feared about any pokemon capable of wielding as swords their arms and antennae alike.

Kricketune antennae are thought to have developed their edge as a way to either repel avian predators or hunt small birds, for these pokemon are far more at ease using them against aerial enemies than using them to strike downwards. Yet they are level with the head of similarly sized foes, and many a Kricketune have learned to use their other two swords to absorb parries and their antennae to strike the finishing blow. Their arm-swords are more like thin sabers, far more brittle than a Scyther's blades and capable of being sundered by a well-timed swing (luckily, they grow back). But these swords are no less sharp than a Scyther's and may be ignored only at an opposing pokemon's peril.

The small size of most Kricketune prevents them from being lauded as the terrors of the pokemon world, relegating them, despite their natural weapons and skill, to being a mere hazard for beginning trainers. Yet a few Kricketune, whether from strange genes or extreme age or some other still mysterious mechanism, can grow as large as Heracross or Scizor; when these Kricketune are sent into battle, they prove to be even more terrifying.