Frequently Asked Questions

Pokemon Champions is a competitive Pokemon battler for Nintendo Switch focused on online ranked play. It features a curated roster of Pokemon (including returning Mega Evolutions), a streamlined team-building flow, and the 2026 M-A Singles and 2026 M-A Doubles formats.

No. Champions Hub is a fan-made community tool for players of Pokemon Champions. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Nintendo, Game Freak, or The Pokemon Company.

Browsing the Pokedex, Scout, Teams and Meta sections is free and requires no account. To save and share your own teams, upvote others, and access the team builder, create a free account.

Start by picking a win condition (a sweeper, wallbreaker or setup Pokemon), then build around it: add teammates that cover its weaknesses, a defensive pivot, and at least one form of speed control. Champions Hub's Scout tool helps you filter Pokemon by type, resistances, learnable moves and stat thresholds to find the right teammates.

Singles (2026 M-A Singles) is 6v6 with one active Pokemon per side — turns are slower, status effects and walls matter more. Doubles (2026 M-A Doubles) puts two Pokemon on each side at once — spread moves, redirection (Follow Me / Rage Powder), and fast offense dominate. Champions Hub supports both formats in the team builder.

A Showdown paste is the standard plain-text format used by the competitive community to share team builds (ability, item, EVs, IVs, nature, moves). Champions Hub lets you paste one directly into the team builder via Import → Showdown paste, and it will create all six members for you.

EVs (Effort Values) are stat points you allocate to a Pokemon to boost specific stats. In Pokemon Champions, the maximum EV total per Pokemon is 66, distributed across HP, Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense and Speed.

IVs (Individual Values) are per-Pokemon genetic stat bonuses from 0 to 31. In Pokemon Champions, every Pokemon you build is treated as having 31 IVs in all stats by default — so you can focus on EVs and natures. The team builder calculates final stats assuming 31 IVs at level 50.

For physical attackers: Adamant (+Atk, -SpA) for damage or Jolly (+Spe, -SpA) for outspeeding. For special attackers: Modest (+SpA, -Atk) for damage or Timid(+Spe, -Atk) for outspeeding. The right choice depends on the Pokemon's base Speed and the threats it needs to outpace.

Type effectiveness follows the standard Pokemon type chart: super effective hits deal 2× damage, not very effective deal 0.5×, and immunities deal 0×. Dual-type Pokemon multiply both modifiers, so a 2×/2× matchup is a 4× "Hyper Effective"hit, and 0.5×/0.5× is a strong 0.25× resist. Each Pokemon's detail page on Champions Hub shows its full defensive matchup.

Hidden Abilities are rare alternate abilities (often the strongest competitive option). In Pokemon Champions, every Pokemon's full ability pool — including Hidden Abilities — is available in the team builder, so you can pick whichever fits your strategy without breeding requirements.

Yes. Pokemon Champions brings back Mega Evolutions as a core mechanic. Each team can hold one Mega Stone, and during battle one Pokemon can Mega Evolve per match for boosted stats, a new typing in some cases, and a different ability.

No — the Mega Stone is the held item. A Mega-evolving Pokemon cannot also hold Leftovers, Choice items or Life Orb. Plan around this when picking your Mega: it usually wants to be the team's offensive centerpiece.

Scoutis an advanced search that filters every Pokemon in the game by type, defensive resistances, learnable moves and stat thresholds (HP / Atk / Def / SpA / SpD / Spe). Use it to find the perfect teammate for a build — for example: "a Fire-resistant Pokemon with at least 100 base Speed that learns Knock Off".

The Meta page aggregates every public team shared on Champions Hub and computes real usage rates for Pokemon, moves, items and natures. Numbers update live as new teams are published — there is no fixed tier-list or hand-picked ranking.

Yes. When saving a team, choose "Private" to keep it off the public listings, the Meta stats and the sitemap. You can flip it back to public any time from the team page. Private teams are still accessible by direct URL only to you.