✨ Eelevate and Fire Mane: Every New Ability in Pokémon Champions M-B

Pokémon Champions Reg M-B introduces two brand new abilities: Eelevate (Mega Eelektross) and Fire Mane (Mega Pyroar). Plus Electric Surge debuts on a non-Tapu Pokémon. Full mechanics and team-building implications.

Pokémon Champions Reg M-B introduces two brand new abilities to the game: Eelevate on Mega Eelektross and Fire Mane on Mega Pyroar. Both are tied to new Mega forms and both shift how their host Pokémon plays compared to the M-A meta. Mega Raichu X also gets Electric Surge, which is an existing mainline ability but new to Champions on a non-Tapu species. Here is what each ability does, who runs it, and how to play around it on either side of the battle.

Eelevate (Mega Eelektross)

Effect: The Pokémon floats off the ground (immune to Ground-type moves and immune to Spikes, Toxic Spikes, and Sticky Web). When it knocks out a target with an attack, its highest stat is boosted by 1 stage.

Mechanically this is Levitate plus a conditional Beast Boost. Mega Eelektross's highest stat is Attack at 145, so the +1 stage triggers on Attack on every KO — turning it into a snowball threat the longer it stays in.

• Immunity layer: identical to Levitate. Earthquake, Bulldoze and Spikes all do nothing. Critical for Mega Eelektross because it has no Air Balloon synergy and otherwise eats Ground STAB.
• KO trigger: only fires when Mega Eelektross is the attacker that lands the killing blow. Damage shared with an ally does not count. Status / hazard / weather KOs do not count.
• Stat selection: always boosts the highest stat. With Mega Eelektross's 145 Atk vs. 135 Sp. Atk, Attack is locked in as the boosted stat. If a Defense or Sp. Def stat boost shifted that ranking via support move, the next KO could redirect.

Counterplay: Mega Eelektross is faster than the M-A bulky core but slower than Garchomp, Sneasler, and Mega Raichu Y. Either lead with a faster attacker that two-shots it, or burn it with Will-O-Wisp to halve the Attack boost from Eelevate going forward.

Fire Mane (Mega Pyroar)

Effect: Boosts the power of the Pokémon's Fire-type moves by 50%. Always active.

Fire Mane is the simplest of the new abilities and arguably the strongest. Compare it directly to Blaze, which gives the same +50% boost but only activates below 1/3 HP. Fire Mane removes that condition entirely. Mega Pyroar at full HP hits with the same damage Blaze users only reach when they are one turn from fainting.

• Heat Wave from Mega Pyroar (129 Sp. Atk, Fire Mane) deals roughly the same damage as Mega Charizard Y's Heat Wave in sun, but Mega Pyroar does not need Drought to be set or a Torkoal partner alive.
• Flamethrower at 90 BP becomes 135 effective BP. Comparable to Eruption from full-HP Torkoal without the HP cost.
• Overheat jumps to 195 effective BP — single-target nuke, comparable to a Mega Heracross Megahorn for damage.

The biggest consequence is team-building flexibility. M-A Fire teams needed Torkoal as a load-bearing weather setter. Mega Pyroar removes that requirement: you get sun-equivalent Fire damage on a 126 Speed body with no weather slot. That frees up a team slot for a second support piece (Whimsicott Tailwind, for instance) without losing offensive ceiling.

Electric Surge (Mega Raichu X)

Effect: Turns the ground into Electric Terrain for 5 turns when the Pokémon enters battle.

Electric Surge is the same ability Tapu Koko has run in mainline VGC since Gen 7. The Champions version is mechanically identical. Setting Electric Terrain has three effects worth knowing.

• Grounded Pokémon cannot fall asleep. Sleep Powder, Spore, Hypnosis all fail against grounded targets while the terrain is up.
• Electric-type moves used by grounded Pokémon deal 30% more damage. Mega Raichu X's own Electric STAB gets the boost.
• Electro Shot charges instantly in Electric Terrain (one-turn move instead of two). This is the big synergy — pair Mega Raichu X with Archaludon for an immediate 130-BP Electric nuke on turn 1.

Other ability shifts to know

Two existing abilities now apply on new species due to Mega forms, worth flagging:

• No Guard appears on Mega Raichu Y. Both sides of the battle hit 100% accuracy — Hypnosis lands, opponent Stone Edge / Focus Blast also lands.
• Contrary appears on TWO new Megas (Staraptor and Malamar). Carrying both on the same team gives opponents a single counter that defeats both your Megas, so split them across team archetypes.

How to scout for Eelevate and Fire Mane

Mega Eelektross's item will be Eelektrossite. Mega Pyroar's item will be Pyroarite. Both are visible at team preview, so you have advance warning before turn 1. Once revealed:

• If you see Eelektrossite at team preview, plan to avoid letting Mega Eelektross get a free KO. Doubling into it on turn 1 prevents the snowball start.
• If you see Pyroarite, treat Mega Pyroar like a sun-boosted Charizard Y for damage math even when the weather is clear.
• If you see Raichunite X, expect Electric Terrain on turn 1. Adjust Hypnosis / Sleep Powder plans accordingly.

Every M-B ability is described in full on the StrataDex Pokédex detail pages, and Deep Dive+ will flag Eelevate snowball potential, Fire Mane permanent boosts, and Electric Surge synergies in your team analysis automatically. The full list of M-B Megas and roster additions live in the All 16 New Mega Evolutions guide and the 22 New Pokémon guide.