Pokémon Champions rolls into Regulation M-C tonight at 7:00 PM PT / 10:00 PM ET, closing the book on the M-B season that carried us all the way through Worlds 2026 in San Francisco. The official announcement confirms 24 new battle-eligible Pokémon and 6 new Mega Evolutions — including Mega Salamence, Mega Garchomp, and Mega Lucario — joining the format, with everything legal under M-A and M-B staying legal too. As always happens right after a regulation change, real usage data takes a little while to show up — the numbers you see on Rankings right now still reflect M-B, since that's the only tournament data that exists yet. We'll refresh every usage stat, win rate, and moveset on this site the moment real M-C tournament results start coming in from Pikalytics, the same way we handled the M-B data: pulled straight from actual event results, not ladder guesses. Read the full details in the official Pokémon.com announcement ↗.
395 Masters players descended on Moscone Center for the first Pokémon Champions World Championship. The decisive moment: Yamazaki's Sneasler hit Feint, breaking Onishi's Charizard-Y's Protect, leaving it exposed for the KO. Mega Dragonite was the surprise pick — Multiscale survives almost any single hit, and Dragon Pulse + Heat Wave threaten the entire meta. 2027 Worlds confirmed for Singapore.
Pikalytics Reg M-B S3 ladder data shows Garchomp at 48.1% usage following Worlds. Sinistcha is quietly #2 at 48.6%, pairing with virtually every archetype. Staraptor is the breakout story of M-B — Reckless-boosted Brave Bird needs no Mega Stone. Grimmsnarl's Prankster dual screens are an immediate top-15 pick.
Mega Dragonite with Multiscale survived almost any single hit — including Light of Ruin from opposing Mega Floette. Dragon Pulse + Heat Wave cover the entire meta. Every team was prepared for Charizard-Y but not Dragonite. Since Worlds, Mega Dragonite usage has spiked across the ladder.
Regulation M-B retired tonight at 7:00 PM PT as Regulation M-C went live, adding 24 new battle-eligible Pokémon and 6 new Mega Evolutions to the format. The 2027 season kicks off under M-C with Baltimore Regional on September 19–20. See the top of this page for the full announcement, or check Pikalytics once M-C tournament data starts coming in.
Francesco Pio Pero went 15-2 to win NAIC with Mega Aerodactyl as his Tailwind setter alongside Charizard-Y, Sylveon, Kingambit, Basculegion, and Garchomp. Runner-up Eric Rios ran nearly the same core with Farigiraf over Sylveon. Wolfe Glick's Mamoswine + Toxapex counter-meta team reached top 3.