Floette-E, probably more than any other mon, is extremely likely to get a brand new ability for its Mega.Magic Guard
Or maybe Fairy Aura. Light of Ruin go brrr.
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Pokémon Champions - releasing April 8, 2026
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Or maybe Fairy Aura. Light of Ruin go brrr.
i feel like floette mega should get smth like soul heart due to the themes of life and death
Probably. Maybe it’s a buffed version of Magic Guard. Magic Guard being there to work with its signature move.
can someone sum up the leaks
All I am going to say is; status that has strategic value and can only negatively effect (in a meaningful way, while still having counterplay) sp. attacks vs 10% pretty much death against everything. I do not think anyone has asked for a scald or will-o-wisp for frost bite, in fact, there was one person who said otherwise. So, yeah, if you can't see the vast improvement that is, double so if you consider defensive playstyles degen, you are not worth continuing this this discussion with.
Sometime giving free turns vs always giving free turns. I wonder which I would rather have...hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
Like dam, if you want to reduce the odds of a random 10% winning a game; I wonder what is better?
One last thing I want to point out, Wolfe, among many other competitive players do the hunting by themselves or with a group. In his EUIC video I believe, he mentions spending an entire day getting his 3DS by himself and hunting for the perfect Gothitelle, and he messed up twice while doing so. It's not like he has people do it for him; he gets gifts, yes. He gets help, yes, but he does lots if not most of the work too. That's why Ck49 uploaded a video about how he's excited IVs are being removed: because the person who spent the time looking for that perfect Ursaluna is probably the same one who has to also use it at the top level.
Let's make this a trend then. Here are mine:
Speed Boost please
New version of Corrosion
Huge Power Clone
Clear Body
Sand Rush
Guys let's be real this guy is getting Shell Armor and dropping to RU but I'd like Adaptability for a bee clone or Tinted Lens
Multiscale + Shed Skin + Intimidate + Moxie + Wonder Guard (No really give this thing something to make it real bulky)
Surge Surfer
Shadow Tag
Drought
Soul Heart Clone
Betting on Contrarian
STURDY SO I CAN DO MEGA SWEEPS WITH SHELL SMASH
Either keep adaptability or poison point, else I kind of like Regenerator
Speed boost
Aura Break
Drizzle
Please don't give it battle armor is all I can say buff my child
That one Volt Tackle mechanic
Electric Surge
Levitate/Punk Rock clone
Sharpness
Tough Claws
I am praying on this things downfall as we speak but guessing Levitate
Adaptability
Earth Eater
Dark Aura + Bad Dreams
Power Spot
Psychic Surge
Tough Claws or an ability that raises stats at half hp
WATER BUBBLE GANG
Soul Heart
Volt Absorb or a new one that boosts attack if hit by electric
Contrary, please.
Levitate
Mega Order Up with an even bigger Omni boost for dozo
Thermal Exchange or Sharpness
Speed Boost please New version of Corrosion Huge Power Clone Clear Body Sand Rush Guys let's be real this guy is getting Shell Armor and dropping to RU but I'd like Adaptability for a bee clone or Tinted Lens Multiscale + Shed Skin + Intimidate + Moxie + Wonder Guard (No really give this thing something to make it real bulky) Surge Surfer Shadow Tag Drought Soul Heart Clone Betting on Contrarian STURDY SO I CAN DO MEGA SWEEPS WITH SHELL SMASH Either keep adaptability or poison point, else I kind of like Regenerator Speed boost Aura Break Drizzle Please don't give it battle armor is all I can say buff my child That one Volt Tackle mechanic Electric Surge Levitate/Punk Rock clone Sharpness Tough Claws I am praying on this things downfall as we speak but guessing Levitate Adaptability Earth Eater Dark Aura + Bad Dreams Power Spot Psychic Surge Tough Claws or an ability that raises stats at half hp WATER BUBBLE GANG Soul Heart Volt Absorb or a new one that boosts attack if hit by electric Contrary, please. Levitate Mega Order Up with an even bigger Omni boost for dozo Thermal Exchange or Sharpness
Huge PowerI hope this is right...
Technically 'stat points' have a slight difference to EVs in that 66 total stat points allow you to invest 32/32/2, where you would normally have room for 252/252/4 -> 32/32/1 if invested in 3 stats. But otherwise I agree you can just think of it as generally +1 to a stat that fits in the normal EV cap.
Aerialiate adaptability Moxie (pure power is almost guaranteed) Tough Claws mold breaker Either keeping speed boost or gaining filter. I can't see it gaining much else but whatever it ends up with it'll be at worst like sharpedo and better than aggron. Moxie Surge Surfer Shadow Tag Drought fairy aura? Some unhinged sleep ability that no one will actually get to use and will make this NU mega ubers by principle. tough claws/moxie regenerator Speed boost Aura Break Drizzle Technician? Reckless I forget what it does in ZA so lighting rod i guess. that bramblegast ability Sharpness reckless levitate but regular chomp didn't get that either Scrappy / Adaptability / protean steam engine Another unhinged sleep ability that makes it ubers but this time its darkrai so it probably would be broken regardless. Iron Fist Psychic Surge / Magic Bounce Anger Point All-in (can never switch out once it megas) Soul Heart Adaptability / Moxie / Volt Absorb Chlorophyll Levitate / Toxic Debris / weak armor Disguise? Mold Breaker
Too lazy to do a full list of guesses, but I'll throw in Merciless Victreebel as a prediction.
I think the most thematic ability for Mega-Golisopod would be Anger Shell, since it also procs at 50% health
Of the abilities?
Raichu Y(?): Electric Surge
Clefable: Magic Bounce
Dragonite: Multiscale
Meganium: Mega Sol
Feraligatr: Dragonize
Staraptor: Contrary/Defiant (attack was boosted by intimidate)
Lucario Z: Prankster was mentioned
Froslass: Snow Warning
Darkrai: Bad Dreams
Emboar: Mold Breaker
Excadrill: Piercing Drill (new ability that breaks Protect/Substitute)
Eelektross: Dark Currents (unknown effect)
Chestnaught: Bulletproof
Delphox: Levitate
Greninja: Protean
Pyroar: Thermal Boost (Fire type Dragon’s Maw)
Crabominable: Contrary/Defiant
Golisopod: Tough Claws
Drampa: Drizzle
Magearna: Soul Heart
Zeraora: Speed Boost
Scovillain: new ability
Glimmora: Levitate
Tatsugiri: Unknown but its not a new ability or Commander
Baxcalibur: Thermal Exchange
Clefable: Magic Bounce
Dragonite: Multiscale
Meganium: Mega Sol
Feraligatr: Dragonize
Staraptor: Contrary/Defiant (attack was boosted by intimidate)
Lucario Z: Prankster was mentioned
Froslass: Snow Warning
Darkrai: Bad Dreams
Emboar: Mold Breaker
Excadrill: Piercing Drill (new ability that breaks Protect/Substitute)
Eelektross: Dark Currents (unknown effect)
Chestnaught: Bulletproof
Delphox: Levitate
Greninja: Protean
Pyroar: Thermal Boost (Fire type Dragon’s Maw)
Crabominable: Contrary/Defiant
Golisopod: Tough Claws
Drampa: Drizzle
Magearna: Soul Heart
Zeraora: Speed Boost
Scovillain: new ability
Glimmora: Levitate
Tatsugiri: Unknown but its not a new ability or Commander
Baxcalibur: Thermal Exchange
Idk how valid this is but seemingly it got Froslass, Feraligatr and Meganium right.
I really hope the Mega Golisopod is wrong. Not because it wouldn't be good (it would be awesome in terms of effectiveness), but because imo it's the most boring outcome for that Mega specifically.
Mega Golisopod having Water Bubble is my choice because it's creative while still being quite good. Less damage from its one weakness + functionally a third STAB + Burn immunity is a nice package. It's an ability that makes Mega Golisopod a more effective tank with a good balance of offensive and defensive traits without leaning too hard in either direction. Plus it strengthens the Droideka connection lol. Tough Claws is cool since stronger moves overall is nice (especially for Leech Life and First Impession), but like I said it's boring.
Also kind of want Mega Drampa to get a Rain-based counterpart to Mega Sol, but Drizzle is far from bad.
Also kind of want Mega Drampa to get a Rain-based counterpart to Mega Sol, but Drizzle is far from bad.
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I kinda hope that Clefable just keeps Magic Guard tbh because I think anything else is automatically pretty bad, or just worse than Togekiss accounting for taking a Mega slot
I've seen theories that they will give it Friend Guard to try and reduce the need for Clefairy bc it won't be at launch and I could see that happening too
I've seen theories that they will give it Friend Guard to try and reduce the need for Clefairy bc it won't be at launch and I could see that happening too
Checking this was put out a day before the trailer that showed off the abilities of the 2 starters?
Personally that timing and knowing that sometimes people get to see trailers early, does make me think they might have gotten actual early information of the trailer and then just made up the rest, with Froslass just being a good guess.
if real I would love to know the source that this was for them since it manages to swing wildly between exact details and naming and "i dunno staraptor had its stats raised" and "unknown but not new" and "prankster was mentioned"
I don't give this one credit for Froslass because I've seen conflicting claims that the leak said Snow Cloak or even Snowscape, and no one has brought up what the original Chinese text says which has since been deleted.
This source is the only one I found so far that supposedly links the original tieba post and it says "Froslass: Snowcape".
https://universonintendo.com/rumor-...a-para-pokemon-champions-teriam-sido-vazadas/
It came from a Chinese forum from someone who was working on localisation (to Chinese). I think in most cases they only translate parts? So maybe translating some marketing material or w/e that showed Staraptor’s attack being raised by Intimidate but nothing else regarding the actual ability.
There’s definitely a lot of telephone happening though since the original post was in Chinese and they weren’t sure about some stuff, which is where potentially Prankster etc comes from
Re: Froslass, I think it’s just a translation thing. I think that’s people mistranslating the original post is where Snow Cloack came from since that was corrected pretty quickly. The leaker themselves confusing Snowscape and Snow Warning isn’t too crazy.
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My point is that we can't tell which is the "correct" translation, because nobody has posted the source text so the whole thing is still in question.
Also a bunch of new names in your post like "Piercing Drill" seem to have been tacked on after the fact and went unnamed originally in the same vein.
It's gonna be called Ange or something
This feels especially ironic when Champions in theory would have been the game to make that kind of granular adjustment easier/more accessible, vs playing the game with that tinkering for over a Decade and a half only to remove it in the Game/App specifically dedicated to that section of the player base
One last prediction so I can hopefully call it into existence:
Sharpness.
Sharpness.
Eh, you're not wrong, but I agree with whoever was that said that once you turn both IV and EV into a slider... they're basically the same slider.
It does kill some edge cases it's true, but in the end what means is that pokemon that would get "2 speed IVs to underspeed in TR" would now instead get 2 speed EV instead