Pokémon Legends: Z-A is changing the format for its next Ranked Battle season. After Season 13 excluded Legendary and Mythical Pokémon and Season 14 required Flying-type teams, Season 15 will make Water-type Pokémon the only eligible choices.
The new season begins on August 6 and allows Water-types from both the main game’s Lumiose Pokédex and the Mega Dimension DLC’s Hyperspace Pokédex.
Lumiose Pokédex Water-types
These Pokémon from the Lumiose Pokédex can be used in Season 15:
- Totodile
- Croconaw
- Feraligatr
- Magikarp
- Gyarados
- Binacle
- Barbaracle
- Staryu
- Starmie
- Panpour
- Simipour
- Vaporeon
- Slowpoke
- Slowbro
- Slowking
- Carvanha
- Sharpedo
- Squirtle
- Wartortle
- Blastoise
- Skrelp
- Clauncher
- Clawitzer
- Froakie
- Frogadier
- Greninja
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Hyperspace Pokédex Water-types
The following Pokémon from the Hyperspace Pokédex are also eligible:
- Rotom (Wash Rotom only)
- Dondozo
- Tatsugiri
- Qwilfish (regular Qwilfish only)
- Mudkip
- Marshtomp
- Swampert
- Feebas
- Milotic
- Wimpod
- Golisopod
- Volcanion
- Keldeo
- Kyogre
How Ranked Battles work
Game Freak and The Pokémon Company have not confirmed whether teams will be limited to one Kyogre. Regardless, Pokémon levels will not separate competitors: every Pokémon is set to level 50 for online battles.
Ranked Battles feature four trainers competing through the game’s real-time battle system. Each player brings a team of three Pokémon and earns one point whenever an opposing Pokémon is knocked out. Mega Evolution remains a central part of the strategy.
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Season 15 rewards and dates
Season 15 will offer familiar rewards, including Fresh Water and several types of Feathers. Ranking from Rank Y through Rank S awards Greninjite, Delphoxite, Chesnaughtite, Baxcalibrite, Sceptilite, Swampertite and Blazikenite, respectively, as in Season 14.
Serebii has the complete reward breakdown.
Season 15 runs from August 6 to August 27. Water-themed Pokémon news also continues elsewhere in the franchise, with the first downloadable expansion for Pokémon Pokopia, Bubbly Basin, scheduled for release on August 5.
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