Pokémon Champions: Japanese Trainers React to the New Mega Evolutions — "Mega Staraptor realized the best defense is offense"
ポケモンチャンピオンズ 新メガシンカの特性に対する日本のトレーナーの反応
“Staraptor realized that the best defense is a good offense.”
ムクホークは攻撃は最大の防御ってことに気づいちまったんだ。
Pokémon Champions revealed a fresh batch of new Mega Evolutions and their Abilities for the competitive Regulation Set M-B ruleset, and Japanese trainers immediately broke out the spreadsheets and the shitposting in equal measure. The breakout star was Mega Staraptor, which got handed Contrary — meaning an enemy's Intimidate or even an ally's Charm no longer weakens it but BUFFS its Attack instead. Fans lost it over the implications and the animation: top comments joked that Staraptor "realized the best defense is offense," that it gets "so hyped by a teammate's Charm it just keeps bulking up," and that the buffed-up look is straight-up cursed ("I want the stoic, hard-boiled handsome Staraptor back!"). The other big thread was a redemption arc: a lot of reveals that fans had pre-judged as "this thing's trash" got quietly saved once the Abilities dropped — Mega Eelektross pairing Levitate with Beast Boost, Mega Pyroar slotting into the fire-type balance — with one glaring exception. Malamar, the lone Galarian-flavored letdown, landed exactly as badly as everyone predicted, prompting the instant-classic "Malamar, you didn't have to be contrarian about your stats TOO." Expect base-stat math, niche tech like Speed Boost Baton Pass setups, and a lot of love for the most unhinged bird in the format.
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Japanese fan reactions (excerpted from 254)
- @user-vl9ln5ju5i👍 218
All those Megas that got called "yeah this thing's trash" before the Abilities dropped keep getting saved one after another — and then there's poor Malamar, the one and only that turned out exactly as bad as everyone predicted.
特性発表前こいつゴミだろ…って言われてたメガ達が次々と救われてく中、一匹だけ悪い意味で予想通りだったカラマネロさんかわいそうすぎる
- @Lambda-s1t👍 87
Malamar, buddy, you didn't have to be contrarian about your actual performance TOO.
カラマネロお前性能まで逆張りしなくていいんだぞ
- @roto-cx2👍 38
That's part of it, but what really stings is the ones we were like "this guy's… yeah, kinda mid?" actually staying mid. What was the point of our Galar… the one and only Galar-born Mega, no less…
それもあるけど 「こいつ、うん、微妙じゃね？」ってやつらが本当に微妙のままになったのが辛い 俺たちのガラルはなんだというのか……せっかく唯一のガラル産メガポケモンなのに……
- @田所秀倫👍 25
Mega Malamar just got completely upstaged…
メガカラマネロの立場無くなった···
- @ベスター-q9o👍 1
Malamar even got its own reveal trailer, only for big bro Staraptor to steal the entire spotlight. The pity is real.
カラマネロさんPVまで作られたのに全てをムクホーク兄貴に奪われるという哀れみ
- @晴-j8q👍 53
Mega Staraptor getting hyped up and bulking out from an ALLY's Charm is just too much.
味方の甘えるで興奮してムキムキになっていくメガムクホやばすぎる
- @きよしS-2👍 16
And it flies into a rage at an enemy's Intimidate and gets an Attack boost out of it lol
敵のいかくにブチギレA上昇するしなw
- @Ichinino-j7j👍 8
The visual is way too cursed lol. No, no, NO! Staraptor-senpai is supposed to be the stoic, hard-boiled handsome type — I want him back!
絵面がアウトすぎるww 嫌じゃ嫌じゃ！ムクホーク先輩は寡黙で硬派なイケメンキャラじゃなきゃ嫌じゃ～！
- @カミーユビタン-m4h👍 54
The Contrary + Close Combat Staraptor people were joking about actually became real. Starly is the strongest, Starly is the strongest, Starly is the strongest.
ネタで言われてたあまのじゃくインファムクホークがガチで来やがった ムックル最強ムックル最強ムックル最強
- @ponytail41👍 52
When I saw Mega Staraptor dumped the majority of its base-stat gains into bulk, I was like "wait, you're THAT kind of guy now?" — and then THIS happened. Dude, what even happened to you?
メガムクホークは種族値上昇分の過半数を耐久に回してた時点でお前そんなキャラか？って思ってたらこれだよ、お前何があったんだよ
- @ラップラー👍 37
Regular Staraptor had its feathers and crest all neat and tidy, but Mega Staraptor is covered in scars with its plumage all ragged. I read its whole concept as "it gets stronger every time it takes a hit."
ムクホークは羽もたてがみも綺麗に揃っていたけどメガムクホークは全身キズだらけで毛並みもボサボサ 「傷つくたびに強くなる」のがメガムクホークのコンセプトと見た
- @SS-pz8vz👍 22
A Contrary + Close Combat Staraptor — competitive players from a few years back would faint if you told them this.
あまのじゃくインファムクホークとか、数年前の対戦勢が聞いたら腰抜かしそう
- @Ichinino-j7j👍 3
And it does it with 140 Attack AND same-type bonus. If you told the Diamond/Pearl-kid version of me back then, I'd have been so hyped I might've literally died.
それをA140かつタイプ一致で繰り出せます ダイパキッズの当時のワイに聞かせたら興奮して失○しかねん
- @HaRi_MuShi👍 61
I just swept all three of my opponent's Pokémon with Mega Staraptor. This is absolutely the kind of success that ruins you.
メガムクホークで3タテしてしまった 絶対よくない成功体験だコレ
- @yesprecure5👍 4
Yesterday I'm the one who got swept by a Mega Staraptor 😢
昨日メガムクホークに3タテされたわ😢
- @よしかず1880👍 23
Contrary is named after the amanojaku, a folklore demon — and there are actually a fair few legends of it mimicking bird calls, so there IS a reason a bird Pokémon would get Contrary.
あまのじゃくのネタ元である天邪鬼は鳥の鳴き真似をする逸話がそこそこあるので、鳥ポケがあまのじゃくもらえる理由はあったりする。
- @tonbotokiki👍 5
A Swords Dance + Speed Boost Baton Pass into Mega Staraptor is nasty.
剣舞加速バトンからのメガムクホークはヤバイな
- @ネオアームストロングサイクロンジェ-w3k👍 6
Mega Staraptor and Whimsicott have absurdly good synergy — I support it with Charm and then fire off Close Combat.
メガムクホークとエルフーンの相性がめっちゃ良すぎて、甘えるでサポートしてからインファイト打ったりしてる。
- @トーポ-6112👍 5
If Mega Staraptor had also learned Body Press on top of all this, it'd have been genuinely broken lol
メガムクホークはもしこれでボディプレスも覚えてたらヤバかったなw
- @ぬこ様-w9g👍 34
Isn't Mega Staraptor the worst possible matchup for Mega Scrafty…
メガズルズキンにとって相性最悪じゃないかメガムクホーク…
- @鋼菊カムラ👍 71
I used to run a strat where Speed Boost Scolipede set up Iron Defense and Baton Passed it to a Shell Armor holder — so when I saw Mega Scolipede's Ability I thought I was misreading it.
昔かそくペンドラーで鉄壁積んでシェルアーマー持ちにバトンする戦法使ってたことあるのでメガペンドラーの特性見たときに見間違いかと思った
- @MAOMAO-l6u👍 63
Yeah, the Lumiose-born Mega Evolutions really do have a lot of high-quality Pokémon in the bunch.
やっぱりミアレ産メガシンカは質のいいポケモン多いね
- @あーきー-u2n👍 64
Especially since Scovillain and Victreebel got handed broken or perfectly-synergizing Abilities… makes it sting even more.
スコヴィラン・ウツボットはチート特性や噛み合う特性を貰ったから余計にね…
- @hakili_mali👍 25
The fun part of Mega Pyroar's tuning: for fire firepower it's Mega Charizard Y > Pyroar > Mega Mawile, and for Speed it's Mega Mawile > Pyroar > Charizard Y — they really balanced the fire Megas against each other.
カエンジシの調整面白いところは、炎火力がリザY＞カエンジシ＞メガマフォ、Sはメガマフォ＞カエンジシ＞リザYと炎メガでしっかりバランスとってきたところ
- @Kukita_👍 8
About half of my pipe dream of Mega Pyroar being a fire-type Water Bubble came true!! I'd been daydreaming about double Intimidate and it looks like a blast!!
カエンジシが炎版すいほうという妄想の5割くらいは叶ったな！！ ダブルいかくは妄想してたけどオモロそう！！
- @kurotrain👍 5
I tried Mega Pyroar out, but Chi-Yu has numbed my sense of scale so it doesn't feel as strong as I expected…
メガカエンジシ使って見たけど、イーユイで感覚麻痺したせいで思ったより火力高く感じない・・・
- @狐の木の葉👍 6
I figured if its Ability changed it'd be something that bundled in Levitate, but pairing it with Beast Boost was genuinely a surprise. The naming is too perfect.
特性変わるならふゆう内包の何かかなとは思ってたけどビーストブースト抱き合わせは流石に予想外だった ネーミングが完璧すぎる
- @heroicspore3949👍 24
Grimmsnarl getting added at the same time as Light Clay — the devs clearly love this thing.
光の粘土と同時実装されるオーロンゲは運営に愛されている
- @下痢糞馬鹿うどん👍 50
Mega Swampert's Wave Crash is absurdly strong.
メガラグのウェーブタックルやばすぎる
- @リッツリッツ-c2i👍 8
Mega Swampert genuinely soft-locks you out of the game.
本当にラグで詰む
- @user-mk7pj7bx8h👍 17
I've kept using Dragalge and this thing's good — it lacks raw firepower, but being able to pivot and pile pressure on the opponent's cycle is strong.
ドラミドロ使い続けてたけどこいつ強いよ 火力足りんけど受け回しながら相手のサイクルに負荷かけれるのは強い
- @夢兎狼影👍 7
Patch in a fix for Mega Chimecho's Ability too while you're at it… give it a signature Levitate-plus-something Ability…
アップデートでメガチリーンの特性もなんとかしろ……ふゆう＋何かの専用特性を……
- @緊急部👍 0
I'm getting more and more hyped to see what they do with Mega Golisopod.
メガグソクムシャがどうなるのかますます楽しみになってきた
- @そまちはァ👍 7
Falinks: "Thank you." Malamar: "Yeah, figures."
タイレーツ「ありがとう」 カラマネロ「当然だよなぁ」
- @epsilon1412👍 0
Mega Malamar, come back once you've learned Psystrike, Hyperspace Fury, AND V-create, yeah?
メガカラマネロはサイコブーストといじげんラッシュとVジェネレートを習得してから出直してきてもろて…
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