That theory is pretty dead , though. Lots of mons have gotten forms or new evolutions in the very next gen recently. Galarian and Gigantamax Meowth, Decidueye got a form in PLA, Slowbro's mega and galarian form are only two gens apart, Duraludon and Applin got new evolutions. Plus I'm not sure it's entirely fair to count Iron Jugulis against Hydreigon since it's technically a separate species. One might try to write some of those off as memes or exceptions due to popularity, but we end up with so many asterisks that the theory is just not very useful. At best, it maybe sets an internal bar at GameFreak that the new design has to clear in order to be considered, among other considerations. I think if they had a killer idea for mega hydreigon or mega goodra, they would be in the game (unless they are holding some back for gen 10).
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Decidueye didnt have a form initially, and 2 gens apart is basically what ai consider the cooldown period. Evolutions/baby forms are a different matter entirely. The one arguement that does put the theory in a snag is galarian meowth right after Alolan meowth, but maybe thats because they introduced regional exclusive evolutions...?
Honestly I can see it be part of the consideration of what they want to give to who but at the end of the day
I think rocket has it right here. This will override everything else. Meowth just got a Regoinal form, but they had the idea of it turning into a viking and what if it got REALLY long, so here we are.
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stats and ability.
There is like already 4 Megas in ZA that have a “Bell Curve” stat distribution, where the 100 points in their stats resemble a bell curve. You got
and 
which all have stat buffs that resemble bell curves.
So a possibility for Mega Chimecho would be
HP: 75
Atk: 60 (+10)
Def: 100 (+20)
SpA: 135 (+40)
SpD: 120 (+30)
Spe: 65
Ideally, Chimecho would get the Mega Beedrill treatment and cuts a lot from its weaker offense to put into its other stats. Though +70 in SpA and Spe would be very much unrealistic, so it could be also.
HP: 75
Atk: 10 (-40)
Def: 140 (+60)
SpA: 145 (+50)
SpD: 150 (+60)
Spe: 35 (-30)
This stat distribution would work very well for Chimecho’s movepool and the new Steel typing it has. You are extremely bulky with your 75/140/150 bulk, multiple resistances, Recover, and can’t be Toxic’d so its very easy to set up multiple calm mind or cosmic powers for Stored Power.
Additionally Chimecho learns Trick Room so it can take advantage of its lower speed rather than being at an awkward 65 Speed that’s too fast for Trick Room but slow compared to everything else.
But we’re also talking about GameFreak here, and Chimecho could very well get Mega Pyroar’s stat distribution of +20 everywhere, which is worse for Chimecho because at least Mega Pyroar is decently fast. Mega Chimecho does get 6 smaller Chimecho and is basically a big ring, so having an even distribution of stats would not be out of the realm of possibilities.
As for abilities, most obvious ability would be Levitate. The entire line gets Levitate and you know its floating. Plus that added Steel type would mean you’re only weak to Fire, Ghost, and Dark. Chimecho is kind of like Bronzong too, being a psychic type bell.
It could also get Sound based abilities. A Steel type Liquid Voice would be nice for Psychic Noise to let you hit Dark types, and also because Chimecho currently doesn’t have Steel STAB at all.
Personally Levitate would be the better option. An immunity to Ground type attacks is great for a Steel type, and an immunity to Spikes while resisting Stealth Rock is great for a Mega Pokemon since Megas can’t hold HDBs. Speaking of.
Mega Baxcalibur is gonna need a lot for it to work, despite its Uber status. That is because Baxcalibur’s brokeness is hard carried by items and outside help. If Mega Bax doesn’t get insane stat buffs, why use it when you could use HDBs, Leftovers, or Loaded Dice? Bax was also very heavily carried by Alolan Ninetales. Aurora Veil+Snow giving Bax x3 Def and x2 SpD, while also getting chip healing from Ice Body. Oh and its signature ability prevents burns too and boosts its Atk of you hit it with a Fire move, sooo…
How Baxcalibur will distribute stats, I have now clue. It has a massive Ice sword so it could be something like.
HP: 115
Atk: 185 (+40)
Def: 112 (+20)
SpA: 75
SpD: 116 (+30)
Spe: 97 (+10)
This feels like a stat distribution you could use for Baxcalibur that’s be worth running your Mega Slot and Item Slot with.
However the biggest point of interest is Bax’s ability. Depending on what it ends up being, you might as well use its base form for Thermal Exchange.
Which it should get since Thermal Exchange is Bax’s identity for the most part. It’s a great ability for Baxcalibur as a physical attacker as you boost its attack and make it immune to burns.
If it gets Sharpness, just throw in the towel. Currently it only gets Aerial Ace to abuse Sharpness on, which could change, but not worth giving up +1 Atk from being hit by fire moves and burn immunity. Sword of Ruin and Intrepid Sword would be unrealistic since both are signature abilities of legendaries with only other legendaries sharing similar abilities (at least Drought/Drizzle are similar to Sand Stream).
We could also get a Mega Garchomp 2.0, which itself is Kyurem-Black 2.0.
Instead of boosting speed, it gets slower and a bunch of its BST is wasted on SpA, then gets Snow Force that boost just Ice moves by 30% in Snow. Or goes the Mega Dragonite route and becomes a Special Attacker.
I’m not giving those alternate stat distributions because looking at them would be as disturbing as that Funky Town video. You know, you know.
and stats and ability.There is like already 4 Megas in ZA that have a “Bell Curve” stat distribution, where the 100 points in their stats resemble a bell curve. You got
and which all have stat buffs that resemble bell curves.So a possibility for Mega Chimecho would be
HP: 75
Atk: 60 (+10)
Def: 100 (+20)
SpA: 135 (+40)
SpD: 120 (+30)
Spe: 65
Ideally, Chimecho would get the Mega Beedrill treatment and cuts a lot from its weaker offense to put into its other stats. Though +70 in SpA and Spe would be very much unrealistic, so it could be also.
HP: 75
Atk: 10 (-40)
Def: 140 (+60)
SpA: 145 (+50)
SpD: 150 (+60)
Spe: 35 (-30)
This stat distribution would work very well for Chimecho’s movepool and the new Steel typing it has. You are extremely bulky with your 75/140/150 bulk, multiple resistances, Recover, and can’t be Toxic’d so its very easy to set up multiple calm mind or cosmic powers for Stored Power.
Additionally Chimecho learns Trick Room so it can take advantage of its lower speed rather than being at an awkward 65 Speed that’s too fast for Trick Room but slow compared to everything else.
But we’re also talking about GameFreak here, and Chimecho could very well get Mega Pyroar’s stat distribution of +20 everywhere, which is worse for Chimecho because at least Mega Pyroar is decently fast. Mega Chimecho does get 6 smaller Chimecho and is basically a big ring, so having an even distribution of stats would not be out of the realm of possibilities.
As for abilities, most obvious ability would be Levitate. The entire line gets Levitate and you know its floating. Plus that added Steel type would mean you’re only weak to Fire, Ghost, and Dark. Chimecho is kind of like Bronzong too, being a psychic type bell.
It could also get Sound based abilities. A Steel type Liquid Voice would be nice for Psychic Noise to let you hit Dark types, and also because Chimecho currently doesn’t have Steel STAB at all.
Personally Levitate would be the better option. An immunity to Ground type attacks is great for a Steel type, and an immunity to Spikes while resisting Stealth Rock is great for a Mega Pokemon since Megas can’t hold HDBs. Speaking of.
Mega Baxcalibur is gonna need a lot for it to work, despite its Uber status. That is because Baxcalibur’s brokeness is hard carried by items and outside help. If Mega Bax doesn’t get insane stat buffs, why use it when you could use HDBs, Leftovers, or Loaded Dice? Bax was also very heavily carried by Alolan Ninetales. Aurora Veil+Snow giving Bax x3 Def and x2 SpD, while also getting chip healing from Ice Body. Oh and its signature ability prevents burns too and boosts its Atk of you hit it with a Fire move, sooo…
How Baxcalibur will distribute stats, I have now clue. It has a massive Ice sword so it could be something like.
HP: 115
Atk: 185 (+40)
Def: 112 (+20)
SpA: 75
SpD: 116 (+30)
Spe: 97 (+10)
This feels like a stat distribution you could use for Baxcalibur that’s be worth running your Mega Slot and Item Slot with.
However the biggest point of interest is Bax’s ability. Depending on what it ends up being, you might as well use its base form for Thermal Exchange.
Which it should get since Thermal Exchange is Bax’s identity for the most part. It’s a great ability for Baxcalibur as a physical attacker as you boost its attack and make it immune to burns.
If it gets Sharpness, just throw in the towel. Currently it only gets Aerial Ace to abuse Sharpness on, which could change, but not worth giving up +1 Atk from being hit by fire moves and burn immunity. Sword of Ruin and Intrepid Sword would be unrealistic since both are signature abilities of legendaries with only other legendaries sharing similar abilities (at least Drought/Drizzle are similar to Sand Stream).
We could also get a Mega Garchomp 2.0, which itself is Kyurem-Black 2.0.
Instead of boosting speed, it gets slower and a bunch of its BST is wasted on SpA, then gets Snow Force that boost just Ice moves by 30% in Snow. Or goes the Mega Dragonite route and becomes a Special Attacker.
I’m not giving those alternate stat distributions because looking at them would be as disturbing as that Funky Town video. You know, you know.
Bax might also have been considered a more compelling choice for pseudo Mega because
- Hydreigon (Dark/Dragon)
- Dark-type Megas (9): Gyarados, Houndoom, Tyranitar, Sableye, Sharpedo, Absol, Scrafty, Greninja, Malamar
- Goodra (Dragon | Steel/Dragon)
- Steel-type Megas (9): Steelix, Scizor, Skarmory, Mawile, Aggron, Chimecho, Lucario, Metagross, Excadrill
- Kommo-o (Dragon/Fighting)
- Fighting-type Megas (12): Mewtwo X, Blaziken, Medicham, Lopunny, Lucario, Gallade, Emboar, Scrafty, Chesnaught, Barbaracle, Hawlucha, Falinks
- Dragapult (Dragon/Ghost)
- Ghost-type Megas (5): Gengar, Sableye, Banette, Froslass, Chandelure
Meanwhile…
- Baxcalibur (Dragon/Ice)
- Ice-type Megas (3): Glalie, Abomasnow, Froslass
Like yeah the Ghost count is a little low too, and Froslass pulled double-duty to help both Ghost and Ice, but still, Ice deserves at least one more bone…
- Hydreigon (Dark/Dragon)
- Dark-type Megas (9): Gyarados, Houndoom, Tyranitar, Sableye, Sharpedo, Absol, Scrafty, Greninja, Malamar
- Goodra (Dragon | Steel/Dragon)
- Steel-type Megas (9): Steelix, Scizor, Skarmory, Mawile, Aggron, Chimecho, Lucario, Metagross, Excadrill
- Kommo-o (Dragon/Fighting)
- Fighting-type Megas (12): Mewtwo X, Blaziken, Medicham, Lopunny, Lucario, Gallade, Emboar, Scrafty, Chesnaught, Barbaracle, Hawlucha, Falinks
- Dragapult (Dragon/Ghost)
- Ghost-type Megas (5): Gengar, Sableye, Banette, Froslass, Chandelure
Meanwhile…
- Baxcalibur (Dragon/Ice)
- Ice-type Megas (3): Glalie, Abomasnow, Froslass
Like yeah the Ghost count is a little low too, and Froslass pulled double-duty to help both Ghost and Ice, but still, Ice deserves at least one more bone…
I mean they could just make Glaive Rush a sharp move, it's called Glaive Rush in English and Giant Sword Assault in Japanese, it's weirder that it's not.
won't even matter what stats they give it if they decide to be funny and give it Skill Link
probably because it isn't slashing at all with the blade but just doing the godzilla reference directly into them lol
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Skill Link would be neat on its own but you’d be giving up a Mega Slot and your signature ability for it. It could be worth it if Mega Bax good stats.
You bitch, you stupid fucking bitch. You laughed at her mom for 12 years and now you're going to get 6-0'd by Hyperspace Fury to this song.
It sure feels like one of the design prompts for the new megas was "make it look more like its pre-evo." Dragonite gets Dragonair-ish features, Eelektross has the snot eelektrik. Scolipede arguably has Whirlipede-ish features, though that one is debatable. I guess we'll see soon if we get any more megas that want to find the foundation of youth.
I'm not a fan of Mega Chimecho's design tbh but at least it doesn't look like a toilet seat.
So the Diancie Event came and dropped a bit of lore at the end. Figured it might be fun to discuss. Specifically, the lore regarding Mega Evolution. Sycamore and AZ actually talked about Mega Evolution theory, and Sycamore theorized that the energy from the weapon firing all those years ago- specifically the energy of LEgendary Pokemon- is what gave birth to Mega Stones. Furthermore, more mega stones have started to appear once more because Lysandre fired that very weapon again just 5 years ago. In other words, Lysandre is responsible for the ZA Megas!
One Last tidbit seems to cement the timeline for Mega Evolution: AZ Fired the weapon first, then went wandering to Hoenn, where he "witnessed an event that may have been the start of all Mega Evolution", so he may have borne witness to the events of the Draconid people summoning Mega Rayquaza. The meteorites predate the ultimate weapon firing, as does the sundial and Anistar (I think?), But AZ probably witnessed the stuff in Hoenn and with that knowledge started bringing that back to Kalos region. However it does also mean he may have saw Hoenn's event then went to go wander around Galar to also witness the Darkest Day...seems that both 1000 years ago and 3000 years ago are both pretty stacked in world altering events!
252+ SpA Choice Specs Solar Power Tera Fire Charizard Overheat vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Ice Scales Baxcalibur in Sun with an ally's Aurora Veil: 261-308 (70.3 - 83%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ SpA Choice Specs Solar Power Tera Fire Charizard Overheat vs. 4 HP / 252+ SpD Blissey in Sun: 542-638 (83.1 - 97.8%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Leftovers recovery
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Slight correction, but the way that Zinnia’s tale laid it out, the meteorites first fell in Hoenn 2,000 years ago, rather than 3,000:
“The meteors shone with a rainbow brilliance, as if some great life was held within. That was when, as if drawn by the brilliance, a Pokémon that shone in a blazing emerald hue descended from the heavens... That Pokémon was none other than Rayquaza. Rayquaza's power overwhelmed that of the two Primal Pokémon, and peace returned to the world. The people of Hoenn revered Rayquaza as a true savior. A thousand years after this time, the meteoroids once again fell. A huge meteoroid, far greater than any before, struck the planet, boring deep into the ocean and leaving behind it a crater larger than any other. The land born of this event later become known as Sootopolis.
The people had a wish—a memory from a thousand years before... They wished that the Legendary Pokémon clad in emerald light would appear again. The huge Meteorite that lay at the heart of Sootopolis gave off a boundless brilliance. In its brilliance, it resembled a vast and powerful Key Stone. And once again, Rayquaza descended from whence it came in the heavens. The people fell to their knees before Rayquaza and made a wish for salvation. As they did, a great change came over the Legendary Pokémon.
A thousand years of peace followed after that disastrous time. But the Draconid people, learning from their long history's cyclical nature, foretold that the meteoroids would fall on this land again. The meteoroid to come, they prophesized, would be far greater than those that had come before it. This meteoroid would be great enough to break the world forever...”
The people had a wish—a memory from a thousand years before... They wished that the Legendary Pokémon clad in emerald light would appear again. The huge Meteorite that lay at the heart of Sootopolis gave off a boundless brilliance. In its brilliance, it resembled a vast and powerful Key Stone. And once again, Rayquaza descended from whence it came in the heavens. The people fell to their knees before Rayquaza and made a wish for salvation. As they did, a great change came over the Legendary Pokémon.
A thousand years of peace followed after that disastrous time. But the Draconid people, learning from their long history's cyclical nature, foretold that the meteoroids would fall on this land again. The meteoroid to come, they prophesized, would be far greater than those that had come before it. This meteoroid would be great enough to break the world forever...”
The prophesied meteor that threatened to “break the world” is the one in the Delta Episode, so working backward from that, there have been a thousand years of peace since Rayquaza’s Mega Evolution took place (1,000 years ago from the present), which itself was a thousand years after the first incident (2,000 years ago from the present.) So that first incident would have been happening around the time that AZ was building Ange, rather than during the great war in Kalos.
The thing that mainly sticks out to me amid all of this is that Kalos’s Mega Stones have existed since 3,000 years ago, but for whatever reason don’t seem to have been discovered until within the last 1,000 years, after Rayquaza’s Mega Evolution. Were they just buried too deep or something? I don’t assume that Mega Stones take thousands of years to form, because the new Mega Stones are said to be a consequence of the weapon’s (much smaller-scale) activation five years prior to Z-A, and there’s also evidence in ORAS that they can form fairly quickly as long as the conditions are right.
Also, the idea of AZ being inspired by Rayquaza Mega Evolving and proceding to research the phenomenon echoes something a Devon scientist in ORAS said when explaining how Rayquaza can Mega Evolve without a Mega Stone:
“Those who saw the way that Rayquaza, possessing this special power, reacted to their Key Stones to transform itself, began research into the subject. It came to be recognized as a form of Evolution, a new possibility for Pokémon. And what we stitched together from all of this long research is the current theory of Mega Evolution.”
I’ve actually had a theory for a while that Korrina’s ancestor, the person who came to Kalos with a Lucario and discovered Mega Evolution “proper,” may have been from Hoenn and had some kind of affiliation with the Draconids or with AZ. Korrina’s family essentially practice the same role of passing down the knowledge of Mega Evolution from generation to generation, just as the Draconids do… but of course, they have no draconic theming, which makes the possibility of a connection feel a little more tenuous than I’d like. However, there’s always been a bit of dialogue from Zinnia in the Delta Episode that caught my attention, but which I’ve never been able to fully make anything of:
“A giant tower... And paintings of the past... You know, I feel like I’ve seen something like that recently. Heh. But now, I suppose it’s time for the last chapter in our tale.”
She says this while leading you up the Sky Pillar, so that’s probably not the “giant tower” she’s referring to. The “paintings of the past” could be the similar murals in Granite Cave, but the way she associates the two makes me think they’re supposed to be a reference to same source. But Hoenn doesn’t really have any other “giant towers” (at that point anyway, RIP Battle Tower lmao), so the fact that she says “recently” makes me think maybe she’s talking about the Tower of Mastery? But then there’s the issue of the paintings again… I guess the painting of “AZ” at the Lumiose Museum was a plot point during the Looker Bureau arc, but…
Oh, also, since I’m talking about cross-game references, while I was digging up all of this dialogue, I came across and remembered this bit of lore from the Delta Episode:
“My people know it. From generation to generation, we pass along the lore about the distortions in the world borne by the Mega Evolution mechanism. And about the existence of another world, which we have long observed to be just like this one and yet not the same...”
Ahem…
I couldn’t help but notice that Hoopa doesn’t actually seem to be the source of the distortions in the DLC; it just helps to widen the path…
If you want to go impressive calcs, try these:
+2 252+ SpA Magearna Fleur Cannon vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Ice Scales Baxcalibur with an ally's Aurora Veil: 263-309 (70.8 - 83.2%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
+2 252+ SpA Fairy Aura Xerneas Moonblast vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Ice Scales Baxcalibur with an ally's Aurora Veil: 257-303 (69.2 - 81.6%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ SpA Choice Specs Hadron Engine Miraidon Draco Meteor vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Ice Scales Baxcalibur with an ally's Aurora Veil: 270-318 (72.7 - 85.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ SpA Zygarde-Mega Nihil Light vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Ice Scales Baxcalibur with an ally's Aurora Veil: 300-353 (80.8 - 95.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
Still though, it's hazard weak and without recovery, maxing it vulnerable to phasing, it would get chipped easily due to that and needing setup, and two of its weaknesses (fighting and rock) are predominantly physical anyway. An Ice Scales Mega Baxcalibur would in all likelyhood play like a souped-up Mega Tyranitar. Still probably busted, but Baxcalibur is already busted to begin with so what's the big deal.
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Ice Scales on regular Baxcalibur would it AG material, and no being hazard weak isn’t enough of a weakness to warrent not making it AG.
Now Mega Baxcalibur with Ice Scales, assuming it doesn’t get some attrocious stat distribution, would absolutely be AG in an instant. You manage to get Mega Bax in while Veil is up and you basically have multiple free turns of set up for Dragon Dance.
I could have sworn this was mentioned in an earlier leak - that the new megas were created by some unnatural phenomenon. With the way it was leaked, I assumed it would have bigger plot relevance to the main game and not be relagated to some side DLC lol.
Still it is cool lore still. I'm sure the Hyperspace DLC will be similar where the alternative dimension causes some weird mega evolution frequency or some shit, leading to the megas being centralized in that area or some shit. Would be neat to see.
It hasn't even been a day since Bax has been revealed and we are already calling for bans? Bax is 1000% going to be more managable in Champions meta / next gen as is due to natural powercreep and the possibility of Tera being removed. And the simple truth is that we need Ice Attackers like Bax so that all these cancerous Pokemon like Ting-Lu, Gliscor, and Zapdos don't destroy the metagame....again. Between big flaws like Oppurtunity cost, Stealth Rock weakness, and not being able to Tera to avoid priority, I believe that the community will be more than well equipped to handle Mega Bax next gen. Heck, they even revealed a hard counter to Bax in the same trailer - Mega Chimecho with Levitate (which I am sure it is getting) completely fries Fraudcalibur, forcing it to run garbage Crunch over an actually good move like Ice Shard or EQ or Glaive Rush. Speaking of Mega Chimeco, that mon looks to be CRAZY with all those utility moves, Steel / psychic typing + Levitate to wall all these frauds in OU like Dragonite, Kyurem, etc. I see it making nasty defensive cores with a lot of good OU mons like Ting-Lu.
I know we are fearmongering now, but I trust the community to see that Mega Fraudcalibur will be one of those healthy offensive threats that requires a wee bit of finess to pilot & play against. There is no universe this mon will get banned, whether it gets Sharpness (actually useless ability I could see them giving) or Intripid Sword & I am sure the playerbase will prove me right next gen.
LOL at assuming Baxcalibur would be AG. Firstly, this all depends on Aurora Veil, something which has never seen serious usage in Ubers anyway even despite powerful sweepers like Zygarde-Complete, Mega Salamence, etc. who would theoretically benefit. And while it's funny that in the right circumstances it can take a Specs Draco Meteor, at best it's trading since it would be unable to recover the HP back (without Rest, which wastes Veil turns) and it needs to already be boosted to OHKO things like Xerneas anyway. Plus, physical threats can still break past it, and while Snow can help it doesn't last as long and is vulnerable to being removed by Koraidon, Kyogre, Groudon, etc. Ice Scales Mega Baxcalibur would probably be more fun than whatever offensive ability you could give it and would set it apart from its base form as well as the Kyurems.
I doubt Mega Baxcalibur with Ice Scales would be instantly AG-worthy. Base Baxcalibur itself already struggles in Ubers and even Ubers UU 'cause of its low Base Speed compared to most big threats along with its limited defensive utility. With that gigantic sword on Mega Baxcalibur's back, which will restrict its movement, it'll almost certainly have lower Base Speed than base Baxcalibur, which will further handicap it outside of Trick Room with Ice Hammer even though Ice Scales will mean it actually has defensive utility when it Mega Evolves.
Mega Baxcalibur will still need support to function in Ubers, like Webs or Trick Room, and it'd be far from AG-worthy. Ice Scales would go a long way in making Mega Baxcalibur viable, but I don't think it'll even get that Ability and probably keeps Thermal Exchange, which is a perfectly serviceable Ability, and if that's the case, Mega Baxcalibur won't even be used most of the time over regular Baxcalibur since there will be better options for your Mega slot.
I don't see Mega Baxcalibur getting Sharpness when it learns no relevant slicing moves, and no, Glaive Rush is not a slicing move. Mega Baxcalibur will probably play a lot like regular Baxcalibur, except it'll use Ice Hammer in Trick Room due to how slow it'll be. It'll be a threat in VGC since Trick Room is actually used there, but it will probably not be a mainstay Ubers or even Ubers UU pick. Base Baxcalbur will probably have higher usage than Mega Baxcalibur due to having higher Speed than it and being able to Terastalize.
Mega Baxcalibur will still need support to function in Ubers, like Webs or Trick Room, and it'd be far from AG-worthy. Ice Scales would go a long way in making Mega Baxcalibur viable, but I don't think it'll even get that Ability and probably keeps Thermal Exchange, which is a perfectly serviceable Ability, and if that's the case, Mega Baxcalibur won't even be used most of the time over regular Baxcalibur since there will be better options for your Mega slot.
I don't see Mega Baxcalibur getting Sharpness when it learns no relevant slicing moves, and no, Glaive Rush is not a slicing move. Mega Baxcalibur will probably play a lot like regular Baxcalibur, except it'll use Ice Hammer in Trick Room due to how slow it'll be. It'll be a threat in VGC since Trick Room is actually used there, but it will probably not be a mainstay Ubers or even Ubers UU pick. Base Baxcalbur will probably have higher usage than Mega Baxcalibur due to having higher Speed than it and being able to Terastalize.
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The thing about Ice Scales is that Baxcalibur suddenly becomes near unkillable. You’re so tanky that Eternatus with investment is less bulky than non-invested Baxcalibur.
252+ SpA Choice Specs Hadron Engine Miraidon Draco Meteor vs. 0 HP / 252 SpD Eternatus with an ally's Aurora Veil: 391-462 (92.8 - 109.7%) -- 56.3% chance to OHKO
252+ SpA Choice Specs Hadron Engine Miraidon Draco Meteor vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Eternatus with an ally's Aurora Veil: 357-421 (73.7 - 86.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ SpA Choice Specs Hadron Engine Miraidon Draco Meteor vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Ice Scales Baxcalibur with an ally's Aurora Veil: 270-318 (72.7 - 85.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
Keep in mind this is just base form Baxcalibur. With Ice Scale you effectively have around 190 SpD and gives it 104 extra BST.
Now imagine Ice Scales on a Mega Baxcalibur with the same rules for regular Mega Pokemon.
252+ SpA Choice Specs Hadron Engine Miraidon Draco Meteor vs. 0 HP / 252 SpD Eternatus with an ally's Aurora Veil: 391-462 (92.8 - 109.7%) -- 56.3% chance to OHKO
252+ SpA Choice Specs Hadron Engine Miraidon Draco Meteor vs. 252 HP / 252+ SpD Eternatus with an ally's Aurora Veil: 357-421 (73.7 - 86.9%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
252+ SpA Choice Specs Hadron Engine Miraidon Draco Meteor vs. 0 HP / 4 SpD Ice Scales Baxcalibur with an ally's Aurora Veil: 270-318 (72.7 - 85.7%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
Keep in mind this is just base form Baxcalibur. With Ice Scale you effectively have around 190 SpD and gives it 104 extra BST.
Now imagine Ice Scales on a Mega Baxcalibur with the same rules for regular Mega Pokemon.
granted I have a limited understanding of VGC, wouldn't Ice Hammer also have a lot of use cases even outside of Trick Room? Baxcalibur probably doesn't want to be faster than its opponents if its actively using Glaive Rush so you can avoid the double damage downside with Protect the next turn. You can also just use Ice Shard to get around it. I think Ice Hammer is also equivalent to hitting 4 times with Icicle Spear, just 90 acc instead of 100, so probably just overall a very good move for it in VGC since you can't have the dice if you are mega.
Bax losing speed but gaining significant bulk is also probably really good for it in VGC but obviously singles is almost entirely dominated by either super fast pokemon or priority spam. Not sure if singles would ever allow a pokemon that's Ubers without a mega stone to be allowed in OU or UU if it had a mega stone.