Why is mega heracross so criticized?

So many people prefer mega pinsir over mega heracross, because they think heracross is bad. Is it because the mega evo has less speed? I’m planning to do a team with galvantula’s sticky web, then baton pass shift gear from smeargle to heracross. Then it would have a good chance of outspeeding most Pokémon? Or?

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One of Mega Heracross’s problems does lie in it’s speed. Heracross itself doesn’t have a good speed stat, and because of that if you see it it will usually have a Choice Scarf as apposed to a Mega Stone. It’s base form has particularly good abilities for a Choice Scarf set and it doesn’t need Skill Link to be useful. But also, is that while it is bulky, it has no reliable form of recovery, and it’s typing isn’t particularly good defensively. While it’s typing was great offensively last generation, this one introduced many threats that laugh at it. Fairy Types resist both of it’s STAB, and the popularity of Aegislash and Talonflame aren’t doing it any favors either. If you ask me though sticky web support would be great for it, but I doubt you’d get too far with Baton Passing it boosts because of it’s typing.

Mega Heracrossisn’trubbish, it’s equal! but in different areas :P. He has a decent speed output and can be useful, below is an example of why it could be better than Mega Pinsir but lacks major speed clauses in it’s replacement. (I run both and both are equally indifferent to each other). Sticky web would give it a boost but again like mentioned below with just 95 speed it couldoutspeedmost anyway.

Base Stats as mega:-

Lv 50 Mega Heracross:-Hold - HeracrossoniteAbility - (as Mega) Skill LInk

Bullet SeedPin MissileSwords DanceBrick Break

Ev’s Preffered - 252 HP/252 Attack/ 4 Speed Adamant Nature - Attack+ Sp.atk-

So at lv 50 as Mega Heracross has:-

HP - 187Att - 260Def - 135Sp.Atk - 54Sp.Def - 126Spe - 95

95 Speed beats most Pokemon on wi-fi battling.

Source - Exp.

I don’t know why. I use one in my party and it does fine. I guess because it has bad special attack and low speed. It also takes x4 from Flying types. But if it is Jolly it does fine. So, I don’t know why it is so criticized.

Heracross @ HeracroniteAbility: Guts(Skill Link when Mega)Jolly NatureEVs: 252 Atk/4 Def/252 SpeMoves:-Megahorn-Close Combat/Brick Break-Stone Edge-Earthquake/Aerial Ace