Pokémon Scarlet & Violet - Crocodile Tears - Grand Challenge 2026-III #3

This is a reminder that there is roughly one week left for Season 2 for Pokémon Legends: Z-A. I know the Greninjite was still available this season, but I don’t know if it will continue to be available or not. Certainly, when Season 3 begins, Chesnaughtite will become available, as will Baxcaliburite in Season 4 in January 2026. But it’s all up in the air as to how long these Mega Stones will become available, which is part of the controversy.

Of course, no doubt they’ll make them available in Pokémon Champions if the Pokémon themselves are available there, so it’s not one’s last chance.

Type: Double Battle
Opponent: Hiotoko
Battle Court: Mesagoza (Central Plaza)
Music: Team Star Boss
My Pokémon: Froslass, Tauros (Paldean) (Blaze), Dragalge, Sawsbuck
Opponent’s Pokémon: Incineroar, Porygon2, Skeledirge, Hatterene

For this battle, I opened with what this team was actually intended to do in the first place, which I thnik spooked the opponent good—though I knew triggering Anger Point would put a target on Tauros’s back, even with Porygon2 using Trick Room.

This time though, I knew the opponent would see Destiny Bond coming and accounted for that. Not that it would matter much when Froslass goes last under Trick Room. Though when I did bring Froslass back later on, I opted to attack directly, as Destiny Bond wouldn’t do any good by that point in the match.

By the way, not many people will be using Paldean Tauros, but one way to tell the breeds apart is by their tails. Combat Breed Tauros has wavy tails that split off from the base, Aqua Breed Tauros has curly tails tangled with each other, and Blaze Breed Tauros has braided tails. Their horns are different too: Combat Breed has relatively short stubby horns, Aqua Breed Tauros has long knobby horns, and Combat Breed Tauros have long sharp horns. This is harder to see than their tails though.