Mega Staraptor: ContraryMega Scolipede: Shell ArmorMega Scrafty: Intimidate Mega Eelektross: EelevateMega Pyroar: Fire ManeMega Malamar: ContraryMega Barbaracle: Tough ClawsMega Dragalge: RegeneratorMega Falinks: Defiant
>>59368314i can now spam close combat with staraptor without using real strategies
Chadraptor wonCuckipede lost
Mega Staraptor with Contrary & Close Combat is nuts right?
>>59368333it's pretty good
>>59368314so the leak was more or less correct
>>59368314> starraptor can spam close combat now> falinks can'tokay????
Does it get Superpower? That would be better
I dont enjoy competitive pokemon that much because they randomly delete legacy moves all the time. Like oh cool you gave barberacle a mega, but then took away shell smash. Who cares
>>59368351>Does it get Superpower?No
>>59368354it still has smash
>>59368354It still gets Shell Smash.
Metagross lost Heavy Slam
>>59368314>Mega Malamar: ContraryWho asked?
>>59368314staraptor please learn super power
>>59368314Is Contrary even that useful on it? All it gets is Close Combat, I guess it will make it bulkier but that's not nearly as useful as Superpower
>>59368390>Is Contrary even that useful on it? it gets intimidate boost
>>59368390Contrary Close Combat + pre-mega Intimidate with 85/100/90 bulk is extremely useful, especially in a mostly lower-power meta.
>>59368314How would you guys rank these (along with the 2 Raichus)?
>>59368314The hell is Eelevate?
>>59368411Levitate + Beast boost
>>59368411New ability for Eelektross. Basically Levitate + SpA Beast Boost
>>59368413he's the goat im afraid
>>59368411Levitate + Beast Boost
>>59368314Oh boy new update, time to wear my clown costume
>>59368415It’s just Beast Boost
Where is my fast new mega who kills Charizard???
>>59368426Mega raichu (Both of them) but also eelektross
>>59368314>MegaraptorWould've like Tough Claws, but this is ok too, would be crazy if they give it Superpower somewhere down the line>Megapede>>Mega ScraftyBasically the same niche it had before, just with better attack, which I like.>Mega EelektrossI gushed over it with a friend, but this is a NEAT>Mega PyroarLook, I see the use, but I REALLY wanted Adaptability because further boosted Hyper Voice would've been perfect for it. This whole Mega feels like white bread to me.>Mega BarabaracleGOOD>Mega DragalgeI would've laughed to high heavens of they actually did the funny and gave it Tangling Hair, but this is great.>Mega FalinksUnderwhelming, even if it already had Defiant, but I would've liked something different.
- Sceptile now learns Earth Power- Scolipede now learns Leech Life and Trailblazer- Annihilape lost Final Gambit- Grimmsnarl lost False Surrender and Thunder Wave
- Scrafty lost Parting Shot- Overqwil lost Mortal Spin
>>59368370Scrafty lost Parting Shot too. And also Annihilape lost Final Gambit & Rage Punch got nerfed
>>59368314While I enjoy regenerator the real use of dragalge was adaptability.
>>59368438>>59368439>Scrafty lost Parting ShotIncineroar shilling will never end, he might get his own spin off game in 2027
>>59368434>>59368438>>59368439>Swampert gets Wave Crash>Metagross loses Heavy Slam and Knock Off>Pyroar loses Earth Power, but gets Scorching Sands>Staraptor loses Knock Off>Gholdengo keeps Surf from Z-A>Mawile loses Focus Punch
>>59368314>Mega Scrafty: IntimidateFUCK
>Metagross loses Heavy SlamI hate it when they remove lore accurate move for the sake of balance when they clearly have no idea what they're doing
>>59368434Fym Scolipede didn't learn Leech Life up until now, huh.
>Intim into contrary close combatStaraptor is now a tank somehow Biggest winner is hands down Dragalge though
>>59368434>Grimmsnarl lost its signature moveFucking whatThis must be because of some nonsense with learning it at level one or upon evolution as Morgrem
>>59368456>>59368449>>59368434Staraptor kept Bulk Up from ZA btw. It finally has an actual boosting move even if it doesn't mesh perfectly with its mega.
>>59368314>Mega Scrafty: IntimidateWhat was even the point of its Mega Evolution?
>>59368512but enough about Mega Falinks and Mega Chandelure
>>59368434>Grimmsnarl lost False SurrenderWhy even make a signature move if you're going to make a strict upgrade immediately after and then get rid of it?>and Thunder WaveJUST
>>59368512KKK is very intimidating to be fair
>>59368456>Swampert gets Wave Crashyay my boy got something at least
got to master in 18 matches thanks mega starfuckin insane
>prankster parting shotVery homosexual
>>59368314Eelavate is such a fanfic ability, and the funniest thing is that it won't matter at all because Eelektross stat spread is Hoenn levels of bad
>>59368434>>59368439>no more funne monke final gambitsI'm sad. :(
>>59368512It’s the first Mon with double Intimidate. Shame it didn’t keep Parting Shot and dies to Whimsicott looking at it funny.
Very cool that we are now in the meta of incin grimm cycling under dual screens
Got to masters when does the champion tier unlock?
>>59368314Holy mother of based? Staraptor was my favorite Pokémon as a kid. I'm glad the mega is cool as fuck.
>>59368330just like how you used to spam brave bird without any real strategies
>Scrafty procing Intimidate twiceFunny. But why the fuck did they give it Parting Shot in ZA just to remove it immediately after?
>>59368354A better example would be Pyroar losing Earth Power. Movepool resets really sucked a lot of fun out of the games.
>>59368788Hell yeah
>>59368789Arceus also gave out a bunch of moves that were promptly removed for SV.
Nigger
>>59368512You have TWO Intimidates.
>>59368512Abilities re-activate upon mega evolution
>Fire Mane>Boosts the power of the Pokémon’s Fire-type moves by 50% and "not very effective" Fire-type moves deal regular damage.Fixed
>>59368449god i hope so
>>59368411It's a Japanese play on words which means unforseen increase of price
>>59368314I hope staraptor gets back roost in the future so he can make more use out of his new bulk
>>59369075He literally has roost
>>59368887it already outdamages Chariard Y if you manage to get it under sun, it doesn't need a Tinted Lens effect on top of it
>>59369081oh shit, niceI knew he didn't get it back in ZA so I just assumed it'd be the same for champions.
>>59368314>Eelektross keeps its Ground immunity, but now is also covered in mucusPart of me wishes Mega Eelektross was Electric/Poison, trading ONE weakness for eight resistances + an immunity. Especially with Fairy, Steel and Fighting types among others running around.
>>59368508Yeah I can't believe they took away thunder wave
>Scolipede, Pyroar, Malamar, and Falinks still completely useless>Garchomp and Lucario who were already busted get new useful MegasLike poetry. Thanks based Gamefreak balance gods, I'm definitely not seething, sitting and screaming at the pointlessness
>>59368314Is contrary good on mega staraptor
>>59369110what a cope, role compression is too important.
>>59369252Mega pyroar might have some sauce.
>>59368456Wow, they actually gave Swampert something.
>>59369252"Balancing" driven by marketing and popularitywank.
>>59368314>Mega ScolipedeI was really looking forward to the ability redeeming this thing, but it's fucking useless. R.I.P
>>59369278Even ignoring the obvious of turning CC debuffs into buffs, Contrary ruins intimidate, parting shot and any other aoe debuff that'd end up hitting it. it's just an incredibly dangerous mega whose only explicit weakness is being burned
>>59368314Scoli and malamar lost hard. Their stats sucks and these abilities don't redeem themPeople will defend pyroar because it hits more than zard in the sun.. but so does houndoom... lol nobody uses that shit and it actually has good moves compared to pyroarFalinks is whatever even if it got tough claws it wouldn't have been all too amazing anyway. The others all won hard though. Shame scrafty didn't keep parting shot though but it's still plenty fine
>>59369547You're getting intimidated anyway before you're able to turn into a megaAnd no, you're not gonna switch out as part of your main strategy even if this dude gets uturn or something
>>59368789Watch it get it back once a move tutor update comes outThey love doing that shit with DLC
>Eelektross has levitate + another thing>Chimecho has levitate and nothing more???
>>59369582To be fair steel type is a massive change for it It's funny seeing elektross get levitate+beast boostThen pyroar also get a signature one which is just 50% to fire only. It's essentially just a worse dragonize
>>59369110...and it can still only use fire movesit's still garbage, brozard y is still better
>>59368314>Mega Scrafty: Intimidate>get sent out: Intimidate>Mega: Intimidate againIs this correct? If so this is cancer
>>59369582And compared to other Megas, keeping Levitate was such a win for it. Only weak to three types which is sick even if one of them is on a mon that's all over the place.
Staraptor will probably be fine. Not great. It would be much better in a proper singles environment Not having to compete with Urshifu and being immune to Incine is the biggest boost it has in the current format but I don't really see a world where you would want a fight type close combat bot for your mega when you could just have Sneasler and use a real mega like Zard or Floette
>>59368330Just like how you spam Leaf Storm with Serperior without any real strategy
>>59368426I kept killing every Charizard that came my way with a +6 stage sp def Mega Aggron so maybe speed isn't your issue
>>59368434>Sceptile now learns Earth PowerIs it good now?
>>59368797They gave Pyroar Scorching Sands
>>59369487Game Freak casually fucking over Pokemon that people actually WANT to use like Scolipede, Malamar, and most fossil Pokemon:
>>59369947No one likes malamar
>>59369900no
>>59368426Mega Glimmora is exactly 1 point faster
>>59369559>Their stats sucks and these abilities don't redeem themROM hacks and fan games will fix this, as long it's not a circlejerk around Ledian or Electric/Dark Luxray.
>>59369900it hard counters both mega chus, they can't hurt it unless they run fairy attacks
>>59369967:(
>>59368434>- Grimmsnarl lost False Surrenderwhat the fuck
>>59370079Technically, it never learned it. Morgrem learns it
>>59370079We have a retard defending this BTW:>>59369124
>>59370095How do you even come to such a stupid conclusion?
>>59370095This. Grimmsnarl is a shitty design that goes against the theme of its preevos and relies on brute strength instead of underhanded tactics, so it doesn’t make sense for it to have False Surrender.
>>59370095It does. You can look it up and it's right there at level 1.
>>59368314>Mega Eelektross: Eelevate>Mega Pyroar: Fire Mane????
>>59370154Having a level 1 Grimmsnarl is impossible.
>>59370178Is going to the move reminder impossible?
>>59369646All three of the types Mega Chimecho is weak to are really not types you want to be weak to.Not to mention we’re talking about a mega for what was previously one of the weakest pokemon in the game, I think they could’ve given Chimecho a little extra as a treat, poor thing deserves it.
>>59370178That's not relevant at all. The fact that it's a move that's part of its moveset is. By that weird logic Fake Out should have also been removed, yet it is still there.
>>59370171Eelevate is Levitate + Beast BoostFire Mane is a 50% boost to Fire moves
>>59369973Okay but my mega Charizard has choice scarf
>>59370242Based retard.
I think Mega Barbaracle is being undersold. It’s got a lot going for it
Is Gardevoir the best M-Staraptor hard counter? She's the only Fairy with access to Swagger, which would lower its attack instead of raising it in addition to the confusion, right?
>>59370247No 4x weakness, complimentary STABs, high inherent bulk so Shell Smash has less of a downside. It sounds good on paper, but the low accuracy on its best moves hurts.
>>59370315Disregard my last point. I forgot he gets Close Combat.
>>59370257>hard counter0 Atk Staraptor-Mega Brave Bird vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Gardevoir-Mega: 127-151 (88.8 - 105.5%) -- 31.3% chance to OHKO
>>59369624Well, it can only use that party trick once per game, and it takes up a mega slot on top of that. You really think it's worth it?
This is gonna be the most retarded meta yet
so garchomp z and lucario z are definitely getting donut steel abilities
Imagine if Excadrill kept it's good ability and could hit through Eelevate
Gholdengo lost Thunder Wave
>>59370571Press S to spit.
>>59370571Make It Rain also got nerfed. It's now 95 accu with a -2 drop.
>>59370171Why not give more special abilites to pokemon like>>59368371contrary + Simple = Psycopower. Eelevate should've been Raichu X's ability
>>59370665Raichu X isn’t a Shillmon, Eelektross is
>>59370642It being -1 was retarded and only that way to shill #1000 mon
>>59370171Congrats, you just found out that Champions is more of a mainline game than Z-A was; Champions is giving the new megas unique abilities.
>>59369252>Falinks still completely uselessFallinks are great, Its a good Incineroar counter.>Megaevolved First impresion
>>59370134>design that goes against the theme of its preevosNah, his line flows pretty well. Impidimp, like a baby, is smooth and has just a tuft of hair in back. It's the one that looks like a fake wing, as he cannot actually fly with it. Morgrem's hair grows longer, and he's going through puberty, so half of his body is turning green and the remaining pink skin is darkening. He is slightly more muscular than Impidimp and his eyes are a little more tired, as he's not as energetic as he was as an Impidimp either. Morgrem's False Surrender has a really cool unique animation that shows off his ability to use his hair to stab the opponent like a billhook, a motif that will carry on into the final form.Grimmsnarl is covered in hair that he manipulates. Grimmsnarl's False Surrender has more of a trident look to it with his punch. His skin is fully goblin green underneath all that hair, signifying full maturity. Grimmsnarl and Hatterene are the hairy fairy duo of Galar, they're counterparts of one another.They're absolutely great designs for numons, all things considered. Better than>what if Chatot but with a pompadour>what if Krabby but oddly realistic and single stage
>>59368314>Mega Barbaracle: Tough Clawsthis is so close to being funny, if only it got Shell Smash
>>59370079>>59370095>>59370109>>59370119It is technically correct that it's Morgem's, but it's still bullshit because here is Grimm using it in the anime. It was probably removed because ILCA is retarded and thinks accuracy RNG is fun. Fuck ILCA/TPC/TPW.
>>59368314>Mega Staraptor: ContraryWon't this make Staraptor uber?
>>59371720>if onlyuhh..? it didn't lose shell smash..
>>59371741No. It's still as weak offensively and a crit just deletes it. The premier rock move has a high critical hit chance Letting an actual set up sweeper stack for 1-2 turns is more dangerous than +2 defs
>>59371763Rock move? Fucking Stone Edge? Who even uses that unreliable garbage. Stealth Rock is the main rock threat.And are you forgetting something squirt? Staraptor is now Flying/FIGHTINGNO WEAKNESS TO ROCKStab Close Combat that now comes with a free Cosmic Power. Flying/Fighting is god tier type coverage as well, there is very little that resists both.
>>59368390Pair it with Charm Whimsicott or Maushold.
>>59368390>>59368402Don't forget it can Roost.Deadass it will be really hard to kill.
>>59368456How good is surf for Gholdengo?
>>59371712I pray for the day you retards stop starting replies with nah
It seems pretty susceptible to burn and para though. I feel like the best way to deal with it would just be to cripple it with a status and focus whatever it's paired with
>>59371819worthless>>59371869nah
>>59368892Kill yourself
>>59371712Nta but you're a massive retard with shit taste
>>59371712Christ you sound like a pretentious braindead moron kek
if Eelekross was added first it would have had Levitate, and if Delphox was added right now it would have Levitate + Court Change effect
>>59372085Eelektross got an upgrade precisely because it already had levitate
>>59372099Chimecho was already mentioned, but I guess gaining 8 resistances and 1 immunity make up for 1 more weakness
>>59371712>Grimmsnarl's False Surrender has more of a trident look to it with his punchIt doesn’t use False Surrender. It relies on brute force. That’s why the design is shit. The entire point of Impidimp of Morgrem is that they’re physically weak and thrive off of negative emotions so they use underhanded tactics. Meanwhile Shittsnarl is just generic slop.
>>59372132Grimmsnarl is a lanky dweeb using hair to look buff
