6th Gen Mega Metagross

[Sopheria]

Mega Metagross

Upon Mega Evolving, Metagross's Ability changes to Tough Claws, which increases the power of attacks that make physical contact. Its Speed is also increased greatly, and its stats are better balanced than ever! With increases in its Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk, and Sp. Def, this is a Pokémon primed for both offense and defense.

Thoughts on Mega Metagross? Do you like it more or less than its non-mega forme? How do you feel about its design? Before it was announced, had you expected there would be a Mega Metagross in ORAS? If so, is it anything like what you expected? Have you used it on your in-game team at all? Do you have any other thoughts to share?

 

[Venitardus]

Ahh... Mega Metagross... This is one of my favorite megas released. It was part of 3 of my teams, all mega, and all shiny. 2 of them I bred, one was a lucky accident before ORAS was announced the other one I bred was on purpose due to me wanting a 5-6 iv one. The 3rd one was the event you got.
I have never expected Metagross to get a mega yet, but I'm glad it did. I really like it's design.

 

[Flowerchild]

I never used it on my team, but I'll probably try to next time I do a playthrough because that's definitely one of the cooler looking Megas. That spike on its chin is a little weird but otherwise I think Mega Metagross looks epic.

 

[Telemetius]

Not only it's my favourite mon it also has been given a very cool mega.
Rated 5/7 :D

 

[blue]

Mega Metagross is a cool looking Pokemon. Initially I loved the design behind Metagross, but I think the mega makes it look even more fierce!

Have you used it on your in-game team at all? Do you have any other thoughts to share?

Not yet. I was almost going to use the shiny Beldum that was distributed at the time of ORAS' release, but I had too many mons' already planned for my team that time. If I end up playing through Omega Ruby which is more than likely, then I'm sure I'll find a way to intergrate Metagross onto my team.

 

[Light and Darkness Dragon]

Is it just me or it looks like an X Fighter from Star Wars?

 

[Dunsparce]

Competitively, Mega Metagross is just what the doctor ordered. With a stat spread that became less impressive with each new generation and the newly gained weaknesses to Ghost and Dark attacks, things weren't looking good for the metal monster. While the latter problem is still a thing, Mega Metagross gave stat boosts in just the right places on top of an ability that meshed really well with Metagross's movepool to bring Metagross back to competitive relevance without it being absurdly broken like Mega Salamence ended up being.

 

[Wings Don't Cry]

Mega Metagross is kind of underwhelming and overwhelming at the same time for me. While its speed increased a lot putting it on-par with Latios of all things and being able to out speed most of the game it does feel like it didn't get that much stronger offensively especially since no one runs Adamant anymore.

Mega Metagross also looked pretty cool when I first saw it but then when I actually used in-game I wasn't really into its back claws.

 

[ジュナイパー]

Well, I've never used Mega Metagross, but it's still pretty cool. Plus it gains that Tough Claws ability. I also think it's cool that Steven has one. Do you guys think that Mega Metagross was made for that reason?

Is it just me or it looks like an X Fighter from Star Wars?

I can't un-see it now!

 

[Hikamaru]

Metagross is to me, one of the notably overpowered Megas thanks to the good physical movepool and Tough Claws. Not much of a fan of the design, but I did expect a Mega from it yet it somehow turned out more menacing than I thought.

Steven is without a doubt quite a challenge thanks to this Mega because not much can easily withstand its Tough Claws-boosted attacks.

 

[PlatinumDude]

One of the best-designed Megas, IMO, and pretty good, too. I was hoping for a Mega Metagross to come in OR/AS, and I was right.

 

[Dedenne1]

I personally love mega metagross probably becuase his design isnt something i was expecting and its just cool and powerful and helped metagross kinda get that boost since he lost some power with the added weakness to dark types in gen 6.

 

[Sopheria]

I think Mega Metagross is really one of the coolest Megas out there! It's one I was really looking forward to because I've always been a huge fan of Metagross's design, so of course I was really eager to see what its Mega would look like. When it got announced, I was not disappointed! It looks awesome. It's one of those Megas that's really cool looking, but not too overdesigned. Just having those claws in the front goes a long way to making it look downright fierce.

I was expecting it, because of course, the remakes just wouldn't be complete if Steven didn't Mega Evolve his main Pokémon, right?

 

[Rainbow Umbreon]

Gotta say i have very mixed opinions on Mega Metagross on one hand its an amazing mon for competitive play and has one of the best shiny pallets out there but i just cant get behind its design as a whole i feel its a wasted opportunity