Pokémon Champions - releasing April 8, 2026

Delibird is Amazing said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/2039521614811799757

Wonder if unseen fist was nerfed to match
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no idea how hot of a take this is, and maybe I'm revealing myself to be an idiot, but isn't the power of unseen fist less in the actual ability itself and more in that urshifu also has 2 absolutely busted signature moves with high BP that always crit?

I feel like a mega or even a regular pokemon with that ability without those moves isn't nearly as polarizing or meta warping. there's been several moves now that do the unseen fist effect and those moves weren't enough to make those pokemon good.

even if this piercing drill ability wasn't a nerfed variant of unseen fist, I feel like it would be a bad choice for a mega slot given excadrill is giving up access to sand rush or mold breaker, the two main reasons it was ever a good pokemon. granted if this ability also breaks the protection and like works against screens maybe its worth it in combination with its stats but idk.

Delibird is Amazing said:
Scovillain has flame body but guaranteed and all attacking moves
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https://twitter.com/x/status/2039521726145478679

very interesting ability for a very frail mega
 
Only 4 new abilities were revealed from the datamine. The rest are unknown for now until those corresponding Megas get added into Champions.

311: Piercing Drill (Mega Excadrill)
312: Dragonize (Mega Feraligatr)
313: ???
314: ???
315: Mega Sol (Mega Meganium)
316: ???
317: ???
318: Spicy Spray (Mega Scovillain)
 
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CynicalGiant said:
you left out an important piece of context from kaphotics

"There are at least 4 more abilities that are "not" added to HOME 4.0.0, hinting that not all Megas will initially be supported."
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At the very least doesn't seem like legends will be in Champions from the jump, and they'll probably use battle passes to drip feed other megas.

It's very surprising that Eternal Floette isn't getting a new one, though. We know that one is supported and I figured if anyone else would get one it'd surely be her.

CynicalGiant said:
no idea how hot of a take this is, and maybe I'm revealing myself to be an idiot, but isn't the power of unseen fist less in the actual ability itself and more in that urshifu also has 2 absolutely busted signature moves with high BP that always crit?

I feel like a mega or even a regular pokemon with that ability without those moves isn't nearly as polarizing or meta warping. there's been several moves now that do the unseen fist effect and those moves weren't enough to make those pokemon good.

even if this piercing drill ability wasn't a nerfed variant of unseen fist, I feel like it would be a bad choice for a mega slot given excadrill is giving up access to sand rush or mold breaker, the two main reasons it was ever a good pokemon. granted if this ability also breaks the protection and like works against screens maybe its worth it in combination with its stats but idk.
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Urshifu's signature moves are obviously very good but I think even without them Unseen Fist with its movepool would likely be very good. Urshifu is just an over-all very good Pokemon, you know? If Storm Throw was 75 BP and Throh had Unseen Fist, that's not gonna make The New Urshifu.

Meanwhile the moves with the unseen fist effect are all kinda...niche, with limited effectiveness.


Like no clue how Mega Excadrill will pan out since the Mega slot is competitive in a way Urshifu will never be but it at least does have good stats and moves to use with it.
 
With the Piercing Drill reveal I wonder if Unseen Fist got toned down at all. Only way that the former being an apparent direct downgrade of the latter would even make sense. I don't think anyone playing VGC would complain if Urshifu got smacked over the head with the nerf bat.

Also, hoping Piercing Drill has a unique interaction with Drill Run like making it ignore Ground immunity. Just for fun.

R_N said:
double checking that statline, die and burn the opponent that killed it.
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So TF2 Pyro, got it.
 
CynicalGiant said:
no idea how hot of a take this is, and maybe I'm revealing myself to be an idiot, but isn't the power of unseen fist less in the actual ability itself and more in that urshifu also has 2 absolutely busted signature moves with high BP that always crit?
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As far as VGC goes, the ability itself is 90% of what makes urshifu busted.
Protect is *extremely* important in VGC, and even without the autocrit, the possibility to eat a raw 120 BP CC to the face regardless of you clicking protect or not has always been the first root. The signature autocrits themselves making them ignore intimidate have obviously contributed, but the protect ignoring has always been the n1 issue.
 
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