Pokémon Champions News
Roster additions, regulation changes, and tournament news for Pokémon Champions — with a running season timeline.
Season & regulation timeline
Every ranked season runs on a regulation set that defines the legal roster and Mega banlist. Here's how the metagame has evolved — for the full ruleset, see Formats & regulations.
- M-B
Regulation Set M-B
Jun 17 – Sep 2, 2026Current season- › Launched alongside the mobile release and a new Battle Pass season.
- › All Pokémon are set to level 50; bring 3–6 in Singles, 4–6 in Doubles (Serebii).
- › Match timers: 20 min total, 7 min per player, 45 s per turn, 90 s team preview (official).
- › Duplicate held items are not allowed (official item clause).
- › Mega Evolution once per battle; 16 Mega Evolutions newly allowed this regulation (official).
- M-A
Regulation Set M-A
Apr 8 – Jun 16, 2026- › The launch regulation for the Switch release.
- › Established the initial ~200-species battle-eligible roster.
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