![]() ![]() With that being said, the Primal Pokemon also make excellent partners for Mega Rayquaza, with it being one of Primal Kyogre’s best partners. Both Primal Groudon and Primal Kyogre struggle quite a bit against Mega Rayquaza, with Primal Kyogre’s matchup being only slightly better since it can hit it hard with Ice Beam. Without Mega Rayquaza, the two Primal Pokemon would run wild (even more than they already do). It’s safe to say that Mega Rayquaza is one of the most centralizing Pokemon in Ultra Series, and its removal would’ve taken away some of the best teams out there. These two teams won the past two International Championships and placed in three out of the top four teams at the North America International Championships. Since we have this fun hypothetical to play around with, let’s think about a possible Worlds field without Mega Rayquaza.įirst off would be the absence of two of the strongest archetypes in the current format: Mega Rayquaza/Kyogre and Mega Rayquaza/Xerneas. Could you imagine if this ban was real? A Worlds Metagame Without Mega Rayquaza Fortunately, it was confirmed a few hours later that this was an error most likely caused by an accidental re-use of a previous rules document.Ī change like this would’ve been a massive blow to the player base, especially when considering the state of the metagame leading up to this year’s World Championships. What was even more strange is that a change like this came just a month away from the biggest event of the season, the 2019 World Championships. This news came out of nowhere for everyone in the community, and this major update came with no formal announcement, which seemed very odd. The Play! Pokémon rules have been updated.Įither they’ve made a mistake or they just snuck a ban of Mega Rayquaza & Dragon Ascent into VGC /ULgFzI2ZFjĪccording to this screenshot, the latest update to the official Play! Pokemon rules added a ban to the move Dragon Ascent, the move required for Rayquaza to Mega Evolve. One of the first to make this change known was Joe Merrick, owner of, when he tweeted: The Pokemon Video Game Championships have never produced an unplanned adjustment to the current season’s rule set, but in the latest edition of the Play! Pokemon Video Game Rules document (released July 17, 2019), it had appeared that a big change was coming. ![]()
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