Pokemon Champions came out just ten days ago, and while its reception was not exactly positive, it’s a fun battling game for anyone who is into VGC or wants to try competitive Pokemon for the first time. I certainly have my gripes with Pokemon Champions‘ Pokedex and item selection, not to mention glitches. A good example I have of this is a game where I had Hisuian Zoroark with Choice Scarf on the field alongside an Orthworm, which an opposing Rotom Wash used Trick on to give it Choice Scarf and lock it into Body Press, and on the following turn, my Hisuian Zoroark used its move after the Rotom Wash’s Hydro Pump, which makes no sense because the Rotom was no longer Scarfed, and no Tailwind was up.
Anyway, I digress. Pokemon Champions has all the foundations it needs to succeed as the main hub for VGC, but it will need more time to add everything that it needs to get there. In the meantime, I still very much want to play it and try to become better at competitive battles, so I decided to build myself a good team with every Pokemon having specific roles and countering specific opponents. For my Mega Evolution, I settled for Mega Floette.
Pokemon Champions’ Best Pokemon is Locked Behind a $70 Paywall
Pokemon Champions just came out, and the best Pokemon in the game is locked behind a different title that costs you $70 and many hours of your time.
The problem was that, despite playing Pokemon Legends: Z-A for almost 670 hours since its launch, I didn’t truly finish everything. In this case, I didn’t get Mega Floette in Pokemon Legends: Z-A because it required extra grinding that I didn’t want to commit to, but Pokemon Champions “forced” me to, and I’m glad it did.
Why Mega Floette is OP in Pokemon Champions
Though I didn’t beat Pokemon Legends: Z-A‘s story in full in the past few months because I didn’t finish the questline for Mega Floette, I knew what happened for the most part. Still, I found the dialogue at the end between Urbain and Jett pretty intense, and it moved me because I have my own history of family issues and broken relationships. Not only that, but I finally got my Eternal Flower Floette and Floettite to Mega Evolve it.
In case you don’t know, to get Mega Floette and Eternal Flower Floette, you have to collect a Challenger’s Ticket in the Infinite Z-A Royale 15 times and beat the corresponding trainer each time. After the 15th battle, you get a few story moments, and then you are given AZ’s Floette, which you can transfer to Pokemon Champions via Pokemon Home.
Of all the new Mega Evolutions in Pokemon Legends: Z-A, Mega Floette is currently one of the best. This is because it gets the Fairy Aura ability, which was not known before Pokemon Champions‘ release. Fairy Aura is the signature ability of Xerneas, and it increases the damage done by Fairy-type moves by 33%. This makes Mega Floette’s massive Special Attack stat all the more powerful, now capable of OHKOing a lot of Pokemon in competitive battles. With a typical move set of Dazzling Gleam to hit both opposing Pokemon in Doubles, Moonblast or Light of Ruin for single-target damage, Calm Mind for increasing its Special Attack and Special Defense, and Protect for survivability, Mega Floette is arguably OP.
My Best Pokemon Champions Mega Floette Team Explained
In fact, Mega Floette is the best Mega Evolution in Pokemon Champions, or at least in the top three right now. Most Pokemon will be KOed by Moonblast, and only a few can resist a Light of Ruin, let alone if Mega Floette has the time to set up with Calm Mind. It is not the fastest Pokemon around, and it’s not very physically bulky, but it can clear the whole field if left unattended. For my team, I ended up going 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, particularly Helping Hand.
- Sableye as a support Pokemon with Foul Play to OHKO Basculegion.
- Volcarona as a bulky support with the option of setting up Tailwind.
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I will inevitably change some of these Pokemon as I go because I don’t think this team is perfect. Specifically, none of my Pokemon are naturally very speedy, and I don’t use Choice Scarf on any of them. Furthermore, I have no reliable way other than Floette to take out Archaludon, one of the best Pokemon to use in Pokemon Champions right now, especially on rain teams. Finally, the team can perform poorly against sand teams if they get even one flinch with Rock Slide, and I don’t play perfectly.
Still, I can’t say that Mega Floette didn’t make for a fantastic addition to the team. It won me several matches, and in one of them, I managed to OHKO two Pokemon by setting up Tailwind and then going for Light of Ruin two turns in a row (though it did KO my Floette from recoil damage). So, while I very much hated the grind, I do think it’s worth getting Mega Floette in Pokemon Champions, even if it means spending $70 on Z-A and then playing for about 30-40 hours to get there. Plus, you get to experience a good Pokemon story, and I didn’t expect it after the highs of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet. Yes, I’m glad I went back to Pokemon Legends: Z-A after all this time, and I might finish a few shiny hunts, too, while I’m at it.
Pokemon Champions
- Released
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April 8, 2026
- ESRB
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Everyone / Mild Fantasy Violence
- Publisher(s)
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Nintendo
- Multiplayer
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Online Multiplayer
- Cross-Platform Play
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Full
