The Master of Ceremonies has arrived!

With Pokémon Champions Junior available now in Germany and Brazil, with it comes a brand-new regulation for all versions of the game.

Regulation Set M-C kicks off a brand new season (Ranked Battle Season M-6) and comes packed with a host of fresh additions.

From newly added Pokémon and brand-new Mega Stones to updated abilities, items, and music tracks, and patch notes, here’s your complete guide to everything new that dropped on September 9, 2026:

With Pokémon Champions Junior now available in Germany and Brazil, a brand-new regulation has arrived for all versions of the game.

Regulation Set M-C kicks off a brand-new season (Ranked Battle Season M-6) and comes packed with a host of fresh additions.

From newly added Pokémon and brand-new Mega Stones to updated abilities, items, music tracks and full patch notes, here’s your complete guide to everything that dropped on September 9, 2026:

  • Regulation Set M-C Duration: September 9, 2026 – December 2, 2026 at 01:59 UTC
  • Ranked Battle Season M-6 Duration: September 9, 2026 – October 7, 2026 at 01:59 UTC

 

Pokémon added to Pokémon Champions: (September 9, 2026)

  • #0040 | Wigglytuff
  • #0053 | Kantonian Persian
    • #0053 | Alolan Persian
  • #0083 | Farfetch’d 
  • #0122 | Kantonian Mr. Mime
  • #0317 | Swalot
    • #0359 | Mega Absol Z
  • #0373 | Salamence 
    • #0373 | Mega Salamence 
    • #0445 | Mega Garchomp Z
    • #0448 | Mega Lucario Z
  • #0673 | Gogoat
  • #0768 | Golisopod
    • #0768 | Mega Golisopod
  • #0812 | Rillaboom
  • #0815 | Cinderace
  • #0818 | Inteleon
  • #0828 | Thievul
  • #0849 | Toxtricity (Amped Form)
    • #0849 | Toxtricity (Low Key Form)
  • #0853 | Grapploct
  • #0863 | Perrserker
  • #0865 | Sirfetch’d
  • #0871 | Pincurchin
  • #0876 | Indeedee (Male)
    • #0876 | Indeedee (Female)
  • #0923 | Pawmot
  • #0930 | Arboliva
  • #0931 | Squawkabilly (Green Plumage)
    • #0931 | Squawkabilly (Blue Plumage)
    • #0931 | Squawkabilly (Yellow Plumage)
    • #0931 | Squawkabilly (White Plumage)
  • #0943 | Mabosstiff
  • #0998 | Baxcalibur
    • #0998 | Mega Baxcalibur

Abilities added to Pokémon Champions: (September 9, 2026)

  • Aura Guard | Halves the damage the Pokémon takes from contact moves.
  • Emergency Exit | The Pokémon switches out of battle when its HP drops to 1/2 or less of its max.
  • Grass Pelt | Boosts the Pokémon’s Defense stat by 50% on Grassy Terrain.
  • Grassy Surge | Turns the entire field into Grassy Terrain for 5 turns when the Pokémon enters a battle.
  • Guard Dog | Intimidate does not work on the Pokémon. Instead, it boosts the Pokémon’s Attack stat by 1 stage. The Pokémon is also unaffected by the moves and held items of other Pokémon that would force it to switch out of battle.
  • Libero | Changes the Pokémon’s type to the type of the move it’s about to use. This works only once per time the Pokémon enters battle.
  • Liquid Ooze | When the Pokémon is hit by an HP-absorbing move, the attacker does not restore HP but instead takes damage equal to the amount of HP it would have restored.
  • Psychic Surge | Turns the entire field into Psychic Terrain for 5 turns when the Pokémon enters a battle.
  • Punk Rock | Boosts the power of the Pokémon’s sound-based moves by 30% and halves the damage the Pokémon takes from sound-based moves.
  • Rattled | When the Pokémon takes damage from a Dark-, Ghost-, or Bug-type move or when it is on the receiving end of Intimidate, its Speed stat is boosted by 1 stage.
  • Run Away | Enables the Pokémon to ignore any effects that would usually prevent it from switching out of battle and being replaced by another party Pokémon.
  • Seed Sower | Turns the entire field into Grassy Terrain for 5 turns when the Pokémon takes damage from moves.
  • Stakeout | Doubles the power of the Pokémon’s moves when it attacks targets that have just switched into battle.
  • Steely Spirit | Boosts the power of the Steel-type moves of the Pokémon and its allies by 50%.
  • Thermal Exchange | When the Pokémon takes damage from a Fire-type move, its Attack stat is boosted by 1 stage. The Pokémon cannot be burned.

Items added to Pokémon Champions: (September 9, 2026)

  • Electric Seed | 700 VP
  • Psychic Seed | 700 VP
  • Misty Seed | 700 VP
  • Grassy Seed | 700 VP 
  • Normal Gem | 1,000 VP
  • Binding Band | 700 VP
  • Terrain Extender | 700 VP
  • Rocky Helmet | 1,000 VP
  • Air Balloon | 1,000 VP
  • Red Card | 1,000 VP
  • Eject Button | 700 VP
  • Leek | 700 VP

Mega Stones added to Pokémon Champions: (September 9, 2026)

  • Absolite Z | 2,000 VP
  • Salamencite | 2,000 VP
  • Garchompite Z | 2,000 VP
  • Lucarionite Z | 2,000 VP
  • Golisopite | 2,000 VP
  • Baxcalibrite | 2,000 VP

New Music added to Pokémon Champions: (September 9, 2026)

  • Battle! (Team Flare) from Pokémon X & Pokémon Y | Pokémon Champions Membership
  • Battle! (Lysandre) from Pokémon X & Pokémon Y | Pokémon Champions Membership
  • Battle! (Team Flare Nouveau) from Pokémon Legends: Z-A | Pokémon Champions Membership
  • Battle! (Lysandre) from Pokémon Legends: Z-A | Pokémon Champions Membership

Pokémon Champions Ver.1.2.0 Patch Notes: (September 9, 2026)

The following updates have been made to the game:

  • Pokémon and held items have been added for Regulation Set M-C.
  • Adjustments have been made to balance the battle system.
    • The following Pokémon can no longer use the moves listed here.Politoed:
      PoundArchaludon:
      Mirror Coat
      Metal Burst
    • The following move can now be used.Slash
    • PP adjustments have been made.Wish: 12 → 8Strength Sap: 12 → 8
  • The following features have been added.
    • “View Log”This feature displays a history of all actions taken during the course of the current battle.
    • “Selection Support”This feature allows you to display battle data on the Pokémon selection screen to assist in choosing Pokémon to send into battle.
  • Some bugs have been fixed.

As always, we hope you found this guide helpful!


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