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In competition Pokémon In battles, abilities can make or break a mono's utility, with the potential to completely outclass their competitors depending on how the ability synergizes with the rest of the Pokemon's set. When a Pokémon Mega-Evolves, it often gains a new, unique Ability that can make it even stronger than before, such as Mega Kangaskhan gaining an overpowered Parental Bond Ability or Mega Blaziken's Speed ​​Boost. Pokemon Legends: ZA introduced 45 new Mega Evolutions that don't have abilities yet, so there's still a lot of mystery surrounding which new Megas will claim their place in Pokemon Champions meta.

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Mega Emboar has much worse abilities in Pokemon Champions than other Legends: ZA Starters

Despite Mega Emboar's popularity among Pokemon Legends: ZA fans, the creature suffers from having the worst ability of all Legends: ZA starters in Pokemon Champions. Before the reveal Legends: ZA Starters' Mega Evolution Abilities, the original Kalos Starter Megas had their abilities revealed, with Mega Chesnaught with Bulletproof, Mega Delphox with Levitate, and Mega Greninja with Protean. All of these abilities are quite powerful, so there was hope that they would Legends: ZA the rookie trio would all get the same treatment. However, there is a clear odd Pokémon in this lineup, with Mega Emboar having a significantly less useful ability than Mega Meganium and Mega Feraligatr.

Pokemon Legends: ZA Starter Mega Evolution Abilities in Champions Explained

• Mega Meganium — Mega Sol: Allows Pokemon to move as if the weather were bright sunlight.

• Mega Emboar — Mold Breaker: The opponent Pokémon's ability effects are ignored if possible.

• Mega Feraligatr — Dragonize: Normal-type moves become Dragon with 20% increased damage.

Both Mega Meganium and Mega Feraligatr get brand new abilities Pokemon Champions which are so far unique to these mons. Mega Meganium's Mega Sol Ability essentially allows him to use moves as if Bright Sunlight was active, meaning he can use a Sunbeam in a single turn without having to set up Sunlight with Sunny Day or Drought Ability. Mega Feraligatr's new Ability Dragonize can be even better, allowing the creature to use Normal-Type attacks as if they were Dragon-Type for STAB damage, so something like Double-Edge or Giga Impact hits like a truck.

In comparison, Mega Emboar's Mold Breaker Ability is very overwhelming. Not only is it an Ability that already exists and is found in many other Mega Evolutions, but it's not even a strong Ability for competitive battles. Mold Breaker allows a Pokemon to ignore certain abilities an opponent has when attacking, such as Earthquake's ability to hit the opponent with Levitate. While this ability can be decent situationally, its utility is much lower than Mega Meganium's and Mega Feraligatr's abilities.

Why Mega Emboar is not worth using in Pokémon Champions

Because only one Mega Evolution can be used on a team in a traditional competition Pokémon battle formats, it probably won't be worth wasting a slot on Mega Emboar in Pokemon Champions. Both of Emboar's non-Mega abilities are better than Mold Breaker. Blaze is the default ability for Fire-Type starters, but increases the power of the Fire-Type user's moves when below one-third of their HP. Reckless is another ability that Emboar can have, increasing the power of moves that deal knockback damage like Flare Blitz by 20%. Both of these abilities affect Emboar itself regardless of the state of the enemy Pokemon, making them more useful than Mold Breaker.

Another mega evolution with Mold Breaker

• Mega Gyarados

• Mega Ampharos

The other two Mega Evolutions already have Mold Breaker as their abilities, but have mixed results in the competition Pokémon battles. Ampharos has never been as viable as competing Pokemon, and getting Mold Breaker while Mega-Evolves doesn't do the pet many favors. However, Mega Gyarados is somewhat viable as a competitive Pokemon, as it has Intimidate as its non-Mega ability, allowing it to lower an opponent's attack stat when powered up before Mega-Evolving and gain Mold Breaker after Intimidate loses its usefulness. Mega Gyarados also loses its quadruple weakness to electric-type moves when it trades flying-type for dark-type, making Mega Gyarados a solid competitive option.

When Meganium Mega-Evolves, it gets a massive boost to its special attack, taking it from a bland mon to a real competitive threat. With Mega Sol as an ability, Mega Meganium's main damage dealing attack should be Solar Beam since he won't have to wait for a turn for the attack to land. Mega Meganium can power up its special attack and get even more energy from the sunbeam with Work Up or get lucky with the omni-boost side effect of Ancient Power. Grass Terrain is another solid option for Mega Meganium, as it increases the damage of Grass-type attacks while active.

Mega Feraligatr is already a physical force and his Dragonize ability is included Pokemon Champions can give huge potential. In addition to fantastic water and dragon STAB moves like Liquidation and Outrage, Mega Feraligatr can also deal serious damage with Double-Edge, as Dragonize turns it from a Normal-Type move to a Dragon-Type. Feraligatr also has access to Dragon Dance, which can increase its Attack and Speed ​​stats and set up an attack action.