This Pokémon Champions Mega Evolution beats most of the meta on its own

One of the main advantages of Pokemon Legends: ZA was that it added many new Mega Evolutions for players to discover and enjoy, and the wave of hype got even bigger with the release of Pokemon champion. This is because the new Mega Evolutions in Pokemon Legends: ZA didn't get a core piece of his kit, as the game didn't support abilities. This means that each new Mega was only half-baked so to speak, but some of them became available with Pokemon champion' launch. Unfortunately, not all Megas got a good ability, and in fact some of them didn't.

An example is No Guard on Mega Hawlucha, which is pretty terrible on its own for this particular Pokemon, but at least it allowed for some fun Entrainment shenanigans when Pokemon champion came out For those out of the loop, Entrainment gives another Pokemon the user's ability, and No Guard makes all outgoing and incoming attacks never miss, meaning Mega Hawlucha was used to teach No Guard to Pokemon with OHKO moves like Fissure and Sheer Cold. Despite a mediocre ability that doesn't significantly improve its playstyle, one of the best new Megas is actually Mega Delphox, and it can beat most of the meta unaided.

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Mega Delphox's ability is Levitate, which makes it immune to ground-type moves. While nice, this isn't exactly as good as it seems, at least in the game's current state, because Pokemon champion' sand team and Aerodactyl as the leader all rely on Rock Slide to deal massive damage to Fire-type Pokemon and other types, possibly causing them to flinch and miss the turn. So what makes Mega Delphox so good isn't its ability, but rather the fact that it's the single fastest Pokemon in the game, with the exception of a few less used ones. The list is:

1. Mega Alakazam & Mega Aerodactyl — 150 base speed

2. Mega Beedrill — 145 base speed

3. Mega Greninja & Dragapult — 142 base speed

4. Mega Manectric & Mega Lopunny — 135 base speed

5. Mega Delphox — 134 base speed

How Mega Delphox counters Pokemon Champions' best teams

Considering that, according to pokebase.app's tournament database, all of these Pokémon have a usage rate of 0.5% or less, except for Dragapult having 3.2%, the same as Mega Delphox, it is very rare that they will be used and speed up your Mega Delphox. As such, Mega Delphox can take care of some of the best Pokemon in Pokemon champion on your own, such as:

• Venusaur with Heat Wave, Overheat or Psychic
• Sneasler with movements of a psychic type
• Kingambit with heat wave or overheating
• Sinistcha with heat wave or overheating
• Whimsicott with heat wave or overheating
• Aegislash with heat wave or overheating
• Garchomp with Dazzling Gleam
• Corvik night with heat wave or overheating
• Mega Dragonite with Dazzling Gleam
• Mega Gangs with Psychic
• Mega Frostload with heat wave or overheating
• Excadrill with heat wave or overheating
• Meganium with heat wave or overheating

These are examples and actual damage may vary depending on in-game conditions, such as weather, resistance stats, missing moves, and so on. However, with its high speed and amazing special attack, Mega Delphox can be an absolute threat on the field, especially if supported well. Helping Hand Torkoal means Mega Delphox's Heat Wave hits for double damage, for example, while a Choice Scarf Heliolisk can lead with Shed Tail and give Delphox a free replacement to take damage for it. Pokemon champion' Aerodactyl itself is a good partner as it can set up Tailwind or hit enemies with a Rock Slide after Mega Delphox's Heat Wave for massive spread damage.

What follows is that, while fallible, Mega Delphox can be a major threat against the most common picks in the game. Yes, Pokemon champion' Rain teams will be problematic for Mega Delphox, but that's where the other five slots in your team come in handy. You can tailor your team around Mega Delphox to help it do what it does best – speed up opponents and deliver massive damage, possibly while using Protect to survive and Encore to lock opponents into bad moves, like Protect itself, Tailwind, Trick Room, and so on. I'm not saying this Fire/Psychic Pokemon is the end all, be all Pokemon championbut it's hard to argue that it doesn't drag on and then some in most matches.