SPOILER ALERT for anyone who hasn't played Z-A or any new megas in champions, but almost all of the new mega evolutions are bad. I had high hopes for many of them, particualarly skarmory who showed real promise, but now many are just spamming cringe strategies like the terrible entrainment mega hawlucha thing on ladder. even though the majority of the new megas that we know the abilities of are rubbish, there are some good ones. In fact, a couple of them are straight up fantastic, being some of the strongest megas yet. 5 megas are stand outs to me, and without further ado the number 5 is #5. Mega Feraligatr I was so excited with this mega when it released, but then I thought it was pretty meh after a while. 160 attack is high, but other megas like heracross with 185 and garchomp with 170 scoff at it. well, no, 160 is still fantastic but just not as high. However, this pokemon has water dragon typing, one of the single best type combos ever, and it's movepool is pretty strong with outrage, liquidation and earthquake for coverage means it can hit pretty much every top threat in the format. And then, they gave it dragonize, a stupid ability that turns normal moves into dragon ones and gives them a power boost. this means that feraligatr can use STAB double edge to do more damage than outrage, and dragon dance away with the game. this mega saved this pokemon from being terrible. #4. Mega Starmie The second and only other water type on this list, mega starmie is amazing for a couple of reasons. firstly, its design is amazing. it's so so funny. But obviously, we're talking vgc, and competitively this pokemon is great too. huge power off of 50 base attack is what made azumarill viable, and let it hit as hard as mega gallade. However, starmie has huge power off of 100 base attack, a ridicuolus number thats going to let it OHKO may top threats in the format. Despite starmie's relative fragility, its ability and place on rain teams gives it the number 4 spot. #3. Mega Meganium Quite possibly my favourite new mega, meganium has been roasted its entire life. when it had no mega, when it got a mega, when we got the mega ability... but this thing is amazing and I would give it the number 1 but 2 others are just better. Meganium definitley got the fastest jump into being amazing in all of competitive pokemon history. if you don't know, its signature ability mega sol lets it use moves as if it were in harsh sunlight, so solar beam attacks in one turn and weather abll is a 100 bp fire move. pretty good. as well as that, it makes up for its lacklustre defensive typing with its 143 special attack and STAB on dazzling gleam, letting it do some huge damage. It's already super popular in champions and I'm sure it'll become a stable of rain teams in the future. . Mega Frosslass It was almost impossible to separate the snow queen from number one, so I'll tell you the reason is because it is slightly slower, but thats not really a problem because 120 base speed with 140 base attack is absolutley excellent. Frosslass' ability is one of the best, and its pretty much the exact reason its here. snow warning sets up snow when it megas or switches in, giving a 50% defence boost to all ice types. this makes its mediocre 70 defence stat look impressive, without investment in the snow its 135 defence, and max defence its up to 201 with snow active. being able to fire off 100% accurate blizzards with great defences, speed and offences is something that secures frosslass as not only the second best mega in Z-A,but one of the best megas. Lets do some honourable mentions. dragonite was on this list, but its typing is so weak to frosslass which is everywhere and it relies too heavily on rain. drampa is the same reason, except berserk isnt good enough to keep it viable and it's not slow enough to outspeed torkoal in trick room. Greninja is pretty fast, but it can't hit nearly as hard as you need it to. Crabominable. again, torkoal is around. this one definitley was close but was replaced for glimmora, the best mega from the DLC that we have the ability of. of course, that goes for all the pokemon here, so take this with a pinch of salt as we don't know the other megas abilities. . Mega Delphox I used to hate this pokemon but the mega design is so cool. fast, powerful, bulky, delphox has it all. 159 special attack is basically feraligatr and 134 speed on 125 special defence is nothing to scoff at. put that on top of a nasty plot fire type with a ground immunity and thats the best Z-A mega of them all. originally, fans were annoyed that it got levitate because now it can't be used on psyspam teams, but because of this using it and playing against it feels fun and fairly balanced.of course, i can almost gurantee it wont feel this way when champions expands, as mega delphox is a force to be reckoned with. thanks for reading. a lot of work goes into these projects, so support is always greatly appreciated.
