Pokemon Legends: Z-A has started its eighth season of ranked online battles, though The Pokemon Company stated it was a “special season” with unique rules and bountiful rewards for players to bear in mind. The latest ranked battle season in Pokemon Legends: Z-A also allows players to earn Mega Stones featured in the previous seasons.
Following its October 2025 launch, Pokemon Legends: Z-A has used Ranked Battle seasons as a way to encourage players to compete in online games for various rewards. Throughout each season, a unique Mega Stone was offered to players who climbed the ranks, with prizes like the Greninjite and the Baxcalibrite awarded at different intervals. Each season of Pokemon Legends: Z-A Ranked Battles also had specific rules that determined which Pokemon could join the fray. However, Pokemon Legends: Z-A‘s seventh Ranked Battle season was criticized for allowing the mode to be dominated by Legendary monsters like Zygarde, Groudon, and Kyogre, which limited how viable other Pokemon could be for a time.
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Pokemon Legends: Z-A Season 8 Ranked Battle Details (March 12 to April 1)
Now, Pokemon Legends: Z-A‘s Season 8 is underway with a new rule set for trainers to bear in mind. Pokemon Legends: Z-A‘s current season only allows Pokemon that received a new Mega Evolution form in Pokemon Legends: Z-A or in the Mega Dimension DLC to participate in battle. All Pokemon are set to level 50, and trainers can only take a team of three unique Pokemon, with no duplicates. Although Groudon, Kyogre, and Mewtwo are barred from participating in Season 8, Zygarde is still an option for Pokemon Legends: Z-A trainers to consider. However, the only held items allowed during Season 8’s Ranked Battles are Mega Stones that first appeared in Pokemon Legends: Z-A or the Mega Dimension DLC, meaning other Mega Stones and held items cannot be used. The list of eligible Pokemon that can battle in Pokemon Legends: Z-A Season 8 is as follows:
Allowed Pokemon (Pokemon Legends Z-A Season 8, listed in National Pokedex Order)
- Raichu (excludes Alolan Raichu)
- Clefable
- Victreebel
- Starmie
- Dragonite
- Meganium
- Feraligatr
- Skarmory
- Chimecho
- Absol (Mega Absol Z)
- Staraptor
- Garchomp (Mega Garchomp Z)
- Lucario (Mega Lucario Z)
- Froslass
- Heatran
- Darkrai
- Emboar
- Excadrill
- Scolipede
- Scrafty
- Eelektross
- Chandelure
- Golurk
- Chesnaught
- Delphox
- Greninja
- Pyroar
- Floette (Eternal Flower only)
- Meowstic
- Malamar
- Barbaracle
- Dragalge
- Hawlucha
- Zygarde
- Crabominable
- Golisopod
- Drampa
- Magearna
- Zeraora
- Falinks
- Scovillain
- Glimmora
- Tatsugiri
- Baxcalibur
It is worth noting that, while Lucario, Garchomp, and Absol have two Mega-Evolved forms, only their “Z” variants that first appeared in the Mega Dimension expansion are allowed in Season 8. Pokemon Legends: Z-A trainers who participate throughout Season 8 can claim all the previous Mega Stone offers from Pokemon Legends: Z-A‘s past seasons, starting with the Greninjite at Rank Y. The main Season 7 reward, the Blazikenite, will once again be available to Pokemon trainers who reach Rank S in Season 8.
Pokemon Legends: Z-A Season 8 Ranked Battle Rewards
During the Season
- Rank S: Blazikenite
- Rank T: Swampertite
- Rank U: Sceptilite
- Rank V: Baxcalibrite
- Rank W: Chesnaughtite
- Rank X: Delphoxite
- Rank Y: Greninjite
End of Season
- Rank A: Mega Shard ×300
- Rank B to Rank E: Mega Shard ×200
- Rank F to Rank R: Mega Shard ×100
- Rank S and Below: Mega Shard ×50
At the end of Season 8, trainers will be rewarded a complimentary amount of Mega Shards based on their ranking, with amounts starting at 50 Mega Shards for Ranks S and below. Trainers who climb up to Rank A will receive a whopping 300 Mega Shards. These shards can be used to purchase some of Pokemon Legends: Z-A‘s many Mega Stones and Technical Machines (TMs), with a cap of 9,999.
Which Critters Should You Use in Pokemon Legends: Z-A Season 8?
Although Zygarde will still be a threat in Pokemon Legends: Z-A Season 8, its dual typing of Ground and Dragon still has a few weaknesses for other trainers to exploit. Additionally, Pokemon like Mega Garchomp Z can attack faster than their standard Mega-Evolved counterparts, though this comes at the cost of a shorter Mega Evolution timer. Pokemon trainers who can adapt to their surroundings and pick off weakened foes with rapid attacks could have a shot at victory in the latter part of a battle.
Some of the best Mega-Evolved Pokemon in Pokemon Legends: Z-A happen to be ones that debuted in either the base game or Mega Dimension DLC. With Mega Dragonite, any of the Mega-Evolved Starters, and Mega Raichu X and Y providing some additional coverage, trainers will have plenty of options in Pokemon Legends Z-A‘s latest season. Time will tell what The Pokemon Company has planned for future Ranked Battle seasons.
- Released
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October 16, 2025
- ESRB
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Everyone 10+ / Fantasy Violence, In-Game Purchases
