Not a mega?

[BlackMage]

So in episode 15 we had Ciel with her mega Altaria. That made me think about the mega's of the other gym leaders. Adrienn will probably have a Mega Mawile, not Gardevoir since that is Mr.Hat's ace. Titania and Hardy will probably be having mega Lucario / Scizor and Tyranitar respectively since they both had those pokemon in the actual Reborn League. However I can't really think of Amaria's or Saphira's since Amaria's other pokemon haven't been shown and I think its been made quite clear that Dragonite is Saphira's ace? Is it a possibility that the upcoming gym leaders won't be having mega-evolved pokemon? Correct me if I am wrong somewhere.

What do you guys think?

[Lostelle]

Is it a possibility that the upcoming gym leaders won't be having mega-evolved pokemon?

Yes, this is true also.

Saphira could always have a Mega Salamence, and Amaria could have a Mega Blastoise / Swampert. May not be an ace but still a monster.

[Simon]

It is possible, but I do recall some of the higher ranking Gym Leaders having Megas.

Like Lost just said, Sapphira would probably just use Mega Salamence while Amaria could use Mega Swampert, Gyarados, or Sharpedo (highly unlikely for this one).

[KonkeyDong]

I definitely hope not, the game is already hard enough as it is with these field effects.

[bepe]

I wonder if she would use mega salamence since salamence is heather's ace.

[Simon]

Gah, forgot about Heather. Yea, scratch Mega Salamence then..

[BlackMage]

Will fan-made megas be introduced? Like Mega Dragonite?

[Omega_Ra1der]

Will fan-made megas be introduced? Like Mega Dragonite?

That may be possible considering pulses. They work similar to mega evo so if the devs can create sprites for the pulses, they can create fan made megas but keep in mind the coding goes to making a new mega.

[Simon]

I wouldn't think so since the game tries to be as canon as possible, excluding the PULSEs. It could be done for sure.

[JudasKiss]

Bring on the Megas, they're no match for Curse stall

[ChineseSkyCandy]

Will fan-made megas be introduced? Like Mega Dragonite?

Mega Dragonite's Mega stone: The Dragonitenite?

Edited August 2, 2015 by ChineseSkyCandy

[SkyRunner]

Saphira might use Megas that gain secondary Dragon typing upon Mega Evolution. That would be either Mega Sceptile or Mega Ampharos.

Edited August 2, 2015 by SkyRunner

[BIGJRA]

Saphira might use Megas that gain secondary Dragon typing upon Mega Evolution. That would be either Mega Sceptile or Mega Ampharos.

Heck, we could see a Tough Claws Mega-Zard X

EDIT: She could perhaps have a mega garchomp although a bunch of other major characters like Terra and Solaris have Chomp as an ace.

Edited August 2, 2015 by BIGJRA

[SkyRunner]

Heck, we could see a Tough Claws Mega-Zard X

EDIT: She could perhaps have a mega garchomp although a bunch of other major characters like Terra and Solaris have Chomp as an ace.

Whoops, I forgot about Mega Charizard X.

She could, but I figured that Solaris would probably have Mega Garchomp. Picture it: Solaris with Mega Chomp in the desert.

[Zane0144]

Mega garchomp is a thing. Solaris sure as heck doesn't have one since he would have used it. Only other option is...well since she's the final gym leader and all. To prepare us for the league where they probably have legends....Mega Lati@s? (we're dead)

[bepe]

He could still get a mega garchomp later on. Imagine fighting him in the desert with that and a pulse tyranitar, it would be a pretty crazy battle.

[Monochrome_Complex]

I reckon saphira will have MegaCharXard, as it seems pretty fitting for her. Heather will rpobably get mega salamence, bennet mega heracross(or pinsir), el mega Kangaskhan(YIKES) and noel's sis mega...hmmm...Megagross since her pokemon seem to have an astral theme.

I don't like the idea of fan megas myself. That other fangame had them and they totally turned me off from it.

[Amethyst]

Will fan-made megas be introduced? Like Mega Dragonite?

We won't be doing custom megas.

You can probably count on most forth-coming leaders having Megas. In the frequent cases where it doesn't happen to be their ace, I'll still be trying (and inevitably failing) to make the ace the prime threat via other balance levers. I'm not opposed to this because even many of the existing leaders in-game are designed with an "offhand ace" in mind (Breloom, Skuntank, Yanmega, Gengar, etc) and which is more difficult between the two frequently comes down to the player's team anyway.

[Foamy]

Only other option is...well since she's the final gym leader and all. To prepare us for the league where they probably have legends....Mega Lati@s? (we're dead)

Mega Latios and Mega Latias aren't that bad. I'd be much more afraid of Soul Dew.

[Masquerain]

We won't be doing custom megas.

You can probably count on most forth-coming leaders having Megas. In the frequent cases where it doesn't happen to be their ace, I'll still be trying (and inevitably failing) to make the ace the prime threat via other balance levers. I'm not opposed to this because even many of the existing leaders in-game are designed with an "offhand ace" in mind (Breloom, Skuntank, Yanmega, Gengar, etc) and which is more difficult between the two frequently comes down to the player's team anyway.

I think a mega serving as the offhand ace is good and reasonable in cases where mega=ace just doesn't fit, so will be lookin' forward to what the remaining gym leaders have in store for us!

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As for general opinions on megas and gym leaders- Well, Ame stated most of them will probably have a mega, that doesn't have to mean every single one will, but for the sake of speculation, I'll just give my guesses on possible megas for each remaining person, whether or not they'll end up having a mega at all

Well, like probably everyone else, I think Adrienn will have a mega Mawile. It kind of fits him to be honest, with Mawile being a fairly good portrayal of an androgynous pokemon (Imean it can be male and female but to me it looks largely female, appearance wise, so wellp) There's also mega Audino , Megardevoir and Megaltaria, ofc, but for obvious reasons I don't think it'd be any of them

Titania- Possibilities include mega Aggron, mega Steelix, Megagross, mega Lucario and mega Scizor... Somehow the only thing I can imagine her with is a Scizor because I really just can't picture Titania as a... well, defensive type. I know mega Aggron has enough of a monstrous attack stat too but yeah, its power is primarily the monstrous defense it has. Same can be said for mega Steelix, also it reminds me of the gargantuan Steelix we faced. I don't wanna picture a mega Lucario simply because of Kiki, idk... just.. I'd go with Scizor or Megagross, though since we already saw a metagross with Radomus, I'd just go with Scizor..it somehow fits the most- :i I mean, Titania likes cutting and slashing things.. Ohyea and there's ofc Mega Mawile as a steel type too, but...for obvious reasons I don't think it's an option

Hardy- Well, I don't know enough of him yet apart from him being a chill dood who is crushing hard on Aya but well- let's see. Mega Aerodactyl, Mega T-tar... well so much for options. I somehow can't see him with a Megadactyl so I'd go with the Megatar.

Saphira- for obvious reasons, ruling out Megaltaria here, other than that I'd rule out Megamence for the sole reason that it seems to be Heather's ace and I think it'd be quite...just..dno, meh, if someone else used its mega, and not even as their prime ace. Sooo, we're left with mega Sceptile, Megazard X, Megampharos, Megachomp. Would rule out Megachomp too because--- Well, it was already weird enough to see Solaris AND Terra wield a 'Chomp as their ace, so we don't really need a 3rd char with a chomp imo. I don't see Saphira and Megampharos fitting together. Her brutality and the cute demeanor of Megamphy, pls. :i

That leaves us with mega Sceptile and mega Zard X. Tbh, somewhat, I could see her with either one of these, but because Zard x has a dark appearance and looks a bit more "evil" , it'd probably go to Lin if at all (as superficial as that sounds, but ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ )

Aaaand Amaria. If I must be completely honest here, I can't see any current water mega fitting Amy :i Just..you know. She uses a Lapras and a Kingdra...that's liek.. MAJESTIC AND GRACEFUL OK??????????????? Mega milotic, why do you not exist?? You'd totally fit her :i

Okok... wellp. If I had to really choose one, it wouldn't be Megapedo (gebus that sounds so wrong) because..just.. no. Mega Blastoise looks too barbaric to belong to Amaria, pls. Mega Slowbro... um... uh... :i no. Mega Swampert resembles a hulk-> barbaric, no! And then we have Megyarados ............ Well. :i It doesn't really fit her either imo, but... I CAN somewhat see her having one. It is majestic in its own..scary way..

And that's that..

I believe the E4 members should also wield megas, even Lin. I won't speculate about Lin yet since I'm not even sure if she's miltitype or not, but something akin to a Mega Houndoom would fit her probably.

Needless to say, Heather and Mega Salamence.

Laura, EX E4 or no, her ace is Liligant, but she can have a .. um... dno, I don't see with either mega sceptile, venusaur or obamasnow :i

If Anna's ace is Gothitelle..that feels so underwhelming somehow, idk why, just... maybe I should actually go look up Gothitelle. But well, Anna is supposedly very high ranked so I'm sure she'd have a mega.. She's psychic, so .. mega alakazam? Mega medicham no for Kiki reasons, Megallade also no for Victoria and Kiki reasons, though Radomus had one too.. Megagross?_? um.. dno doesn't fit her.. Megardevoir could, but Radomus. If any "he's their father" theories hold true, it could be plausible she has a pokemon he owns as well, so who knows. Mega Slowbro just..doesn't fit anyone :i .-.. I'd just go with mega alakazam.

El.... er. yeah idk

If Bennett becomes an E4, he could own a mega scizor, heracross, beedrill or pinsir. I can see him with a mega Beedrill tbh

ok this turned into a long rant, I'll just stop here

Edited August 3, 2015 by Masquerain

[Lord Drakyle]

if El had a Mega it would likely be Lopunny

[Masquerain]

if El had a Mega it would likely be Lopunny

I'm interested to know why you think so

[Lord Drakyle]

well he uses Normal types we know this, we also are very limited in mega normal types however Lopunny as mega offers him advantage over rock types which can be problematic, a decent well rounded movepool and quite a fast and strong attacker, although Mega Pidgeot could also be very useful to him im willing to put more wager on Lopunny and a Mega Kangaskhan on El would be rather...weird since his 'child' would never help him and kinda hates him

EDIT: assuming he would use a Holy Field then I would expect a Lopunny might have:

Drain Punch, Bounce, Façade/Return, Quick Attack/Ice Punch, just my opinion though

Edited August 3, 2015 by Lord Drakyle

[Masquerain]

well he uses Normal types we know this, we also are very limited in mega normal types however Lopunny as mega offers him advantage over rock types which can be problematic, a decent well rounded movepool and quite a fast and strong attacker, although Mega Pidgeot could also be very useful to him im willing to put more wager on Lopunny and a Mega Kangaskhan on El would be rather...weird since his 'child' would never help him and kinda hates him

EDIT: assuming he would use a Holy Field then I would expect a Lopunny might have:

Drain Punch, Bounce, Façade/Return, Quick Attack/Ice Punch, just my opinion though

is it confirmed he uses normal types though? Imean I mightve missed it so idk , but is it confirmed or is it speculation due to him having a ditto?

Also while his child hates him, I think a mega kanga could represent something other than his child helping him, but just the fact that his plot is largely involving his child + "minions"

[SkyRunner]

is it confirmed he uses normal types though? Imean I mightve missed it so idk , but is it confirmed or is it speculation due to him having a ditto?

He was a League Leader, and he used Normal-types.