Pokémon Legends: Z-A Team Discussion

[SadisticMystic]

Since Skarmory isn't available until late, that slot was used for rotating ad-hoc filler beforehand, often making up for things like Kirlia's thorough fragility or Litleo's having to stay unevolved all the way until 35.

Once everyone got going, Meganium and Gardevoir did most of the rogue mega fights, with their self-contained healing.

 

[SwampySwampert]

Just finished the game. I rotated out some team members, but my final team ended up being: (naming theme was just random people names)
I let myself use items for the Rogue Mega boss fights but not against trainers. Even with having six Pokemon that could all Mega Evolve, this still ended up being one of the hardest main-series games I've ever played.

Final Team

Bailey the Meganium w/ Meganiumite
- Energy Ball
- Rock Smash
- Leaf Blade
- Synthesis

The team tank. I never ended up making use of the secondary Fairy typing, but it was used for a lot of the Rogue Mega fights for having Synthesis for self-healing and being really bulky.

Charlie the Charizard w/ Charizardite Y
- Fire Blast
- Air Slash
- Dragon Rush
- Will-o-Wisp

Charizard was my main bludgeon for dealing with the Z-A Royale trainers, as it hit very hard and could churn through a lot of the challenge cards. It also ended up being a pretty solid Dragon-type counter with Dragon Rush.

Mary the Ampharos w/ Ampharosite
- Thunder
- Flash Cannon
- Power Gem
- Thunder Wave

I boxed Ampharos for a chunk of the run after the early game and then brought it back underleveled so it didn't get as much use as it should have, but it did come in clutch by paralyzing Grisham's terrifying Charizard to allow Tyranitar to finish it with Stone Edge.

Annabeth the Gengar w/ Gengarite
- Shadow Ball
- Dark Pulse
- Icy Wind
- Sludge Wave

Caught in that one Rust Syndicate sidequest, Gengar put in work throughout the last half of the run. It was nice to be able to use one since I normally don't have access to trading.

Gwendolyn the Tyranitar w/ Tyranitarite
- Stone Edge
- Earthquake
- Ice Fang
- Crunch

The last member to join the team, it took Tyranitar a while to catch up with the rest of the squad in terms of levels but Gwendolyn proved herself in the final gauntlet.

Bois the Heracross w/ Heracronite
- Megahorn
- Aerial Ace
- Close Combat
- Swords Dance

The in-game trade Heracross can singlehandedly lay waste to a good chunk of the early game and ended up being my "ace" so to speak. This thing is absolutely incredible.

I also had a Krookodile for a chunk of the game and a Dragalge for a little bit.

 

[Count Bleck]

Searo the (Hero!) Emboar
Spooki-Onna the Froslass (play Cassette Beasts)
Jericho the Camerupt
Pudica the Victreebel
Ecclesia the Gardevoir
Senju the Barbaracle (wait i just realized I have 3 yugioh references...)

So my final team wasnt quite what I aimed for, but had similar types in the end. I was using Electric types like Ampharos and Manectric earlier on, but I ended up switching towards Froslass to handle the huge ground type weakness my team ended up having. Barbaracle came from an Alpha I encountered along the way, as did Camerupt. And honestly? Ground/Fire coverage carried me HARD in the game. Like no joke, Camerupt is very powerful, has pretty equal attacking stats, and its mega is found very early. Victreebel came around because it was taking too long to evolve my Budew, and turned out I couldnt find venusaurite till much later, so Pudica became my grass poison answer. Barbaracle has a very early Rock Blast and a good assortment of moves to help plug other holes in my team. Overall, happy how it turned out, though by time I got Froslass it turns out the game is very hostile to her. be wary of dragons with steel coverage in the late game!