A 20-Year-Old Pokémon Just Became One Of The Game’s Deadliest

Kotaku | 18.06.2026 02:32
Since getting really into Pokémon Champions, I’ve gained a new appreciation for a lot of monsters I didn’t pay much mind to in the RPGs, and now that the battle simulator has received its first major update, I have a new op: Mega Staraptor. After years of never worrying about it, the bird scares me, and every time I see the fighting/flying-type ‘mon I’m ready to send out my Mega Raichu X to bring a lightning storm down upon it and its Starly descendants like the god of thunder himself.