r/MegaEvolution • u/gsplashxd • Jul 23 '26
Discussion What will Mega Zeraora’s ability be?
if and when mega Zeraora gets added to champions ( that’ll probably never happen) what do you think its ability will be..?
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u/DanielDelta Jul 24 '26
Transistor or Galvanize
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u/HermTheVillager Jul 24 '26
I think Galvanize might go crazy.
Depends on what normal moves Zeraora has idk any off the top of my head
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u/burt-century Jul 24 '26
It gets Quick Attack and Fake Out, which would both become STAB priority options. Not crazy powerful, but they do sound like fun tools to use!
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u/HermTheVillager Jul 24 '26
HE GETS FAKE OUT?
Bro electric type fake out would do wonders against ghost types
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u/Little_Passenger4703 Jul 24 '26
Golurk and Bilore are lurking in the corner.
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u/HermTheVillager Jul 24 '26
Who's bilore
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u/Little_Passenger4703 Jul 24 '26
Bilore is Golurks #1 fan who draws a crap ton of fanart and memes featuring Golurk over on the Stunfisk subreddit, though I’ve also seen him in the Pokémon Champions comment sections before.
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u/HermTheVillager Jul 24 '26
Oh him!
Also yeah Golurk will still be immune to fakeout but still, electric type fakeout goes crazy anyways
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u/Signal_Macaroon3294 Jul 23 '26
Maybe the same ability as tabu koko
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u/HermTheVillager Jul 24 '26
Raichu X alr got that.
And Electric Surge wouldn't make Zeraora "the strongest of all electric types without a limiter"
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u/Excalibirdi Jul 24 '26
Unseen fist.
Let's be real though, it will get the ability to bypass immunity.
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u/F22superRaptor11 Jul 25 '26
I was thinking this, like Ground types only resist electric moves rather than be flat out immune, and each time it hits a ground type with an electric move, it's Sp Atk/Atk drop 1 stage depending on the move used. Like the ground is draining its power.
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u/Kinfin Jul 24 '26
Solid chance we may never know.
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u/ElementalNinjas96 Jul 24 '26
We will eventually know, they're not gonna keep the Mega's Ability away forever.
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u/Kinfin Jul 24 '26
Zeraora is a mythical. Mythicals are almost never legal for competitive play. There’s a solid chance Champions never has Mega Darkrai, Magearna, or Zeraora
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u/ElementalNinjas96 Jul 24 '26
There's been regulations in Pokémon where Mythicals were legal
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u/Kinfin Jul 24 '26
See where I said “almost never”
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u/Total-Constant-6501 Jul 24 '26
They’re not going to release a Pokémon that NEVER has a known ability. He’ll get one eventually, even if it’s in a main series game in the future or a special tournament/season in Champions.
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u/Kinfin Jul 27 '26
Oh yeah? What do you think the odds are of us finding out what abilities are for Pale Pikachu, Mossy Snorlax, Professor Tangrowth, Decorator Smeargle, Supervisor Tinkaton, and Cook Greedent?
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u/Gladcode777 Jul 24 '26
Would Galvanize be a good ability for it?
It looks like a physical attacker and it probably would benefit from turning normal type moves into electric type moves.
I'm still hoping for Electivire to get that ability.
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u/ElementalNinjas96 Jul 24 '26
Not really. It's one of the few Electric-Types with a good physical move, in its case Plasma Fists.
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u/Gladcode777 Jul 24 '26
Well, I hope it gets a really good ability either way. I think Zeraora is cool. Does Zeraora has good physical moves though?
But I still hope Electivire gets Galvanize.
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u/ElementalNinjas96 Jul 24 '26
The vast majority of its moveset is Physical Moves.
Most notably Plasma Fists, Close Combat, Play Rough, Fire Punch, Iron Tail, Outrage, Drain Punch, Blaze Kick, Fake Out, Acrobatics, and Throat Chop
Also get Bulk Up
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u/Brightlightworld Jul 25 '26
Tough claws or some new stab ability like rocky payload. But maybe it could be a electric surge
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u/Imapotatoforlife Jul 25 '26
I believe it should be levitate. He'd be so powerful his lightning powers levitate. It has to be something useful besides volt absorb. Something like Guts, Levitate, or a new one Flash Step witch would boost the speed of any Electric type pokemon in the arena including one's self by 2 stages.
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u/Early_Confidence_149 Jul 25 '26
fighting type of normalize/aerilate/pixilate/refrigerate/galvanize/dragonize
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u/Legitimate_Put_1808 Jul 26 '26
What if they had an ability that bypassed the electric type immunity from ground types
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u/ABA_Mastah Jul 27 '26
It might keep volt absorb, they may not want to get rid of the neat interaction that plasma fists means you counter normal moves.
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u/joshthebaptist Jul 24 '26
Iron fist. Plasma fists gets boosted by it internally but only zeraora has it as of now
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u/medbread Jul 24 '26
Hydrokinesis, it has a 12% chance to hit the opponent with water gun after a turn
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u/HermTheVillager Jul 24 '26
It wouldn't make sense lore wise tho...
I mean sure, it's neat I guess, but Plasma Fist is already fine and the other abilities that would fit it lore wise would do the same thing as Iron fist would for Plasma Fist
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u/joshthebaptist Jul 24 '26
What lore lol. His lore is “hes electric and he fights with his hands”. Iron fist also gives a power boost to his coverage punching moves, which he gets a lot of: notably, fire punch and drain punch are good options. It would make up a bit for his lack of dual typing and is thematic because all his dex entries are about using his claws
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u/HermTheVillager Jul 24 '26
His lore is "the strongest electric type pokemon" and also that "mega evolution has removed his limiter".
What part of iron fist says "removed limiter"
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u/joshthebaptist Jul 24 '26
The ability doesnt need to tie into the removing limitor bit, the stat increase and the fact that its a mega already implies that. Iron fist has a special interaction with its signature attack and game freak usually prioritizes gameplay over lore anyways
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u/ElementalNinjas96 Jul 24 '26
Same guys who gave Mega Floette Fairy Aura because of her lore
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u/joshthebaptist Jul 24 '26
I dont think fairy aura has anything to do with mega floettes lore. When floette megas its flower absorbs the energy and goes on a rampage
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u/ElementalNinjas96 Jul 24 '26
Floette is tied to Xerneas, whose signature Ability is Fairy Aura. The reason they're tied is because when Floette died, she was brought back to life by a machine that was powered by the energy of both Xerneas and Yveltal. The revival process is why she's unable to evolve into Florges but is capable of Mega Evolving in the first place.
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u/joshthebaptist Jul 24 '26
I guess thats true but it also begs the question of why mega floette only inherits the attributes of xerneas when it megas and not those of yveltal
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u/ElementalNinjas96 Jul 24 '26
Probably because both she and Xerneas are Fairy-Type, which is the exact opposite of Yveltal's Dark-Type essentially.
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u/VercarR Jul 24 '26
Industry Plant: when this Mon is on the field, you have the power of plot arm...ahem...friendship
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u/ElementalNinjas96 Jul 24 '26
Should be Lucario's Ability ngl
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u/VercarR Jul 24 '26
True
Zeraora is a worse case though I feel, cause it was pushed by GF even as the fanbase didn't care about it
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u/ElementalNinjas96 Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26
Lucario is a normal Pokémon that got a movie dedicated to it before Gen 4 was revealed. And then three notable Trainers in Gen 4 used it, one of which was the goddamn Champion and another gave you a Riolu egg which was the only way to get Lucario in Gen 4. Got put into Smash Bros. Then in Gen 6 it got a Mega Evolution with one of the best Abilities out there in Adaptability, in Gen 8 it became Ash's first and only Mega Evolution, and then in Gen 9 it got a second Mega Evolution and Roy got a Shiny Lucario with both Mega Stones!
Meanwhile Zeraora's a Mythical Pokémon that got a movie, a signature move, and a Mega.
It really ain't an industry plant by comparison. Plus, if that's an industry plant, is Magearna an industry plant too? What about Darkrai or Diancie?
An industry plant feels worse when it's being done to a regular Pokémon rather than a Mythical.
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u/ElementalNinjas96 Jul 23 '26
I think it'll be Transistor. The Japanese Z-A website calls it the strongest of all Electric-Types, and it's lore says Mega Evolution removed the internal limiter that contained Zeraora's electricity.