Pokemon Champions gave me a very good reason to go back to Legends: ZA After 669 Hours

Pokemon champion came out just ten days ago, and while the reception wasn't exactly positive, it's a fun fighting game for anyone interested in VGC or wanting to test out competitive Pokémon for the first time. I really have my stuff with me Pokemon champion' Pokedex and item selection, not to mention bugs. A good example I have of this is a game where I had Hisuian Zoroark with Choice Scarf on the field next to an Orthworm, which an opposing Rotom Wash used Trick on to give it Choice Scarf and lock it in Body Press, and the following turn my Hisuian Zoroark used his move after Rotom Wash's Hydro Pump, which made no sense, and no further up, as Ta Rotilfom was no longer up.

Anyway, I digress. Pokemon champion has all the foundations it needs to succeed as the main hub for VGC, but it will need more time to add everything it needs to get there. In the meantime, I still really want to play it and try to get better at competitive battles, so I decided to build myself a good team where each Pokemon has specific roles and counters specific opponents. For my Mega Evolution I settled for the Mega Floette.

Pokemon Legends: ZA's official artwork for Eternal Flower Floette blurred with a Pokemon Champions recruitment background image

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Pokemon Champion's best Pokemon are locked behind a $70 paywall

Pokemon Champions just came out, and the best Pokemon in the game is locked behind another title that will cost you $70 and many hours of your time.

The problem was that despite playing Pokemon Legends: ZA in the nearly 670 hours since launch, I haven't quite finished everything. In this case, I didn't get the Mega Floette in Pokemon Legends: ZA because it required extra grinding that I didn't want to commit to, but Pokemon champion “forced” me to, and I'm glad it did.

Why Mega Floette is OP in Pokemon Champions

Although I didn't hit Pokemon Legends: ZAThe story in its entirety for the past few months since I didn't finish the quest for Mega Floette, I knew what happened most of the time. Still, I thought the dialogue at the end between Urbain and Jett was quite intense, and it touched me because I have my own history of family issues and broken relationships. Not only that, I finally got my Eternal Flower Floette and Floettite to Mega Evolve it.

If you don't know, to get Mega Floette and Eternal Flower Floette, you need to collect a Challenger's Ticket in Infinite ZA Royale 15 times and beat the corresponding trainer each time. After the 15th battle, you get some story moments, and then you get AZ's Floette, which you can transfer to Pokemon Champions via Pokemon Home.

Of all the new Mega Evolutions in Pokemon Legends: ZAMega Floette is currently one of the best. This is because it gains the Fairy Aura ability, which was not known before Pokemon champion'let go. Fairy Aura is the signature ability of Xerneas, and it increases the damage dealt by Fairy-type moves by 33%. This makes Mega Floette's massive Special Attack stat even more powerful, now capable of OHKOing many Pokémon in competitive battles. With a typical setup of Dazzling Gleam to hit both opposing Pokémon in Doubles, Moonblast or Light of Ruin for single-target damage, Calm Mind to increase its Special Attack and Special Defense, and Protect for survivability, Mega Floette is undoubtedly OP.

My Best Pokemon Champions Mega Floette Team Explained

In fact, Mega Floette is the best Mega Evolution in Pokemon championor at least in the top three right now. Most Pokemon will be KOed by Moonblast, and only a few can withstand a Light of Ruin, let alone if Mega Floette has time to line up with Calm Mind. It's not the fastest Pokemon out there, and it's not particularly bulky physically, but it can clear the entire field if left unattended. For my team I ended up with:

Eternal Flower Floette (Mega Floette) as a bulky special attacker.
Aegislash as a physically bulky attacker with physical moves like Iron Head and Shadow Sneak.
Gyarados as a bulky physical attacker with Intimidate for support.
Farigiraf as a bulky special attacker with support moves, especially Helping Hand.
Sableye as support Pokemon with Foul Play to OHKO Basculegion.
Volcarona as a bulky support with the possibility to set Tailwind.

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I will inevitably change some of these Pokemon as I don't think this team is perfect. Specifically, none of my Pokemon are naturally very fast, and I don't use Choice Scarf on any of them. Also, I have no reliable way other than Floette to take out Archaludon, one of the best Pokemon to use in Pokemon champion right now, especially on rainy days. Finally, the team can perform poorly against sand teams if they even get a step with Rock Slide, and I don't play perfectly.

Still, I can't say that Mega Floette didn't make a great addition to the team. It won me several matches, and in one of them I managed to OHKO two Pokémon by setting up Tailwind and then going for Light of Ruin two turns in a row (although it KO'd my Floette from recoil damage). So even though I hated the gate, I think it's worth bringing in the Mega Floette Pokemon championeven if it means spending $70 on ZA and then play for about 30-40 hours to get there. In addition, you get to experience a good Pokémon story, and I didn't expect it after the peaks of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. Yes, I'm glad I went back to Pokemon Legends: ZA after all this time, and I might finish some shiny hunts too, while I'm at it.