Maybe recovery is half but damage is still 1/8th?
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Pokémon Champions - releasing April 8, 2026
- Thread starter Codraroll
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Wait, are the Choice items in the game or not? I'm watching MoxieBoosted play and he has a Scarf on one of his mons
Scarf is in, Band and Specs are missing
I found a Garbodor with Corrosive Gas, nice to see that move back after its technical absence in SV despite being usable and Metronome-callable.
TBH, yeah.
A lot of the Megas getting just regular abilities alongside no Band/Specs or Life Orb suggests to me a sidegrade esque approach to a lot of these Megas. Which I don't mind. Or well, that the choice is focused on Items Clause or these items not being available ATM in mind.
Please tell me there is a way to battle 6v6 singles in this game?
no idea if this was relevant to the mechanics thread since Ive never really posted there but Incineroar lost access to not only Knock Off but U-Turn as well
there is not
Unbelievable blunder from GF. Like just make 6v6 in private rooms. What the fuck man. Maybe a patch one day?
Specific pokemon movepool changes probably not relevant to that thread, but cool to see. They really want to nerf him eh lol
the amount of like move changes and moveset changes, as well as status changes is pretty nice
presumably 6v6 will still exist in Gen 10 it just wont be in Champions, since its never been an officially supported format and Gen 10 will probably still have like unofficial format support
no 6v6 singles is a bummer but like, nothing is really stopping Smogon OU from making their own format based on the changes just with 6v6 right? that or just waiting until Gen 10 releases
presumably 6v6 will still exist in Gen 10 it just wont be in Champions, since its never been an officially supported format and Gen 10 will probably still have like unofficial format support
The new Megas would be very underwhelming even in Gen 7. Like Tough Claws would have been a modest ability for Emboar and Skarmory, then they end up with do nothing abilities. And then compare them to Mega Lopunny, Mega Charizard, and Mega Venusaur that all got really great abilities and good stats too.
I have spotted Burn Up on (Johto) Typhlosion as well, returning in a similar manner.
Also Garbodor is the first mon I've checked that has Attract in its movepool for some reason despite not being a natural learner.
Infatuation is still 50%, if anyone was wondering after every other RNG status seems to be toned down.
I've seen so many people say Unseen Fist was nerfed and yet no actual proof at all. Do we actually know it was nerfed or are we just trying to will it into existence lol
6v6, Triples and Rotations would be awesome stuff to have even if without a ladder.
Dragonite didn't get Dual Wingbeat back smh. Haven't checked for Feraligatr's Ice Punch, but lad will be throwing draconic nukes anyway.
Quite annoyed at how we are once again getting a new incomplete set of menu icons, as home didn't update. The BDSP ones have always been great.
Dragonite didn't get Dual Wingbeat back smh. Haven't checked for Feraligatr's Ice Punch, but lad will be throwing draconic nukes anyway.
Quite annoyed at how we are once again getting a new incomplete set of menu icons, as home didn't update. The BDSP ones have always been great.
Get this to the mechanics thread chief
For every rank you go up (Poké Ball to Great Ball for instance) you permanently get 5 more extra box space
just as a vibe check on twitter, vgc players seem pretty upset with champions so far. a lot of items being gone is a very strange choice.
