Every new Mega Evolution and ability added in Pokemon Champions 1.1

A meta shakeup.

17 Jun 2026, 20:45 by Aidan O'Brien · Shacknews

As Pokémon Champions makes the jump from the Nintendo Switch to mobile, it means a bunch of new Mega Evolutions have been added to the game, which also means new abilities to consider. Will it result in a big meta shakeup? It's too early to tell, but it's always nice to have more pieces of the tactical puzzle to play with.

Every new Mega Ability added in Pokémon Champions 1.1

Source: Nintendo

Below, you will find a full list of the new Mega Evolutions added in the 1.1 update, and their abilities.

Pokemon	Ability	Ability Description
Mega Barbaracle	Tough Claws	Powers up moves that make direct contact.
Mega Dragalge	Regenerator	Restores a little HP when withdrawn from battle.
Mega Eelektross	Elevate	The Pokémon floats off the ground, making it immune to Ground-type moves, as well as the Spikes, Toxic Spikes, and Sticky Web statuses. When the Pokémon knocks out a target with an attack, its highest stat is boosted by 1 stage.
Mega Falinks	Defiant	Boosts the Pokémon's Attack stat sharply when its stats are lowered.
Mega Malamar	Contrary	Makes stat changes have an opposite effect.
Mega Pyroar	Fire Mane	Boosts the power of the Pokémon's Fire-type moves by 50%.
Mega Raichu X	Electric Surge	Turns the ground into Electric Terrain when the Pokémon enters a battle.
Mega Raichu Y	No Guard	The Pokémon employs no-guard tactics to ensure incoming and outgoing attacks always land.
Mega Scolipede	Shell Armor	A hard shell protects the Pokémon from critical hits.
Mega Scrafty	Intimidate	The Pokémon intimidates opposing Pokémon upon entering battle, lowering their Attack stat.
Mega Staraptor	Contrary	Makes stat changes have an opposite effect.

Stay tuned to our Pokemon page for more news and guides about the series.

Sign up for our monthly roundup of exclusive content, top stories, and updates from Shacknews - once a month, no spam.

Shacknews staff does not use generative artificial intelligence (AI) in their content. Shacknews strictly prohibits the use of its content for AI training or to generate text, including text in the style or format used for this publication. Shacknews reserves all rights to this work.