Getting into Pokemon Champions can be daunting for casual fans of the series, seeing how seriously players take competitive battling. But the game's rotating rosters of recruitable Pokemon should make building a viable team much easier, as the latest roster update shows.
The new 2026 Global Challenge Special Roster was added to the game on April 24, and it'll be available until May 4. It has a smaller lineup of 31 Pokemon compared to the 229 Pokemon in the Regular Roster M-A that Champions launched with. Recruiting out of this roster will give players a better chance of getting Pokemon popular in the meta like Incineroar, which should provide an extra edge in competitive play.
As with any roster in Pokemon Champions, players can recruit one Pokemon for free every 22 hours--any additional recruitment until the reset will require Victory Points, and Quick Coupons can be utilized to shorten the waiting period.
If you have an existing collection of Pokemon through the Pokemon Home app, building a battle team with competitively viable 'mons should be relatively effortless, but not every Pokemon Champions player has that luxury.
The actual Global Challenge 2026 Masters Division event begins on April 30 and will offer a Venusaur as a participation prize for completing at least three battles. Players can prepare for the event by checking Battle Data and seeing what moves and team compositions that others are taking advantage of.
Pokemon Champions launched earlier this month with some technical issues, which The Pokemon Company acknowledged, vowing to fix them with patches.
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The new 2026 Global Challenge Special Roster was added to the game on April 24, and it'll be available until May 4. It has a smaller lineup of 31 Pokemon compared to the 229 Pokemon in the Regular Roster M-A that Champions launched with. Recruiting out of this roster will give players a better chance of getting Pokemon popular in the meta like Incineroar, which should provide an extra edge in competitive play.
As with any roster in Pokemon Champions, players can recruit one Pokemon for free every 22 hours--any additional recruitment until the reset will require Victory Points, and Quick Coupons can be utilized to shorten the waiting period.
If you have an existing collection of Pokemon through the Pokemon Home app, building a battle team with competitively viable 'mons should be relatively effortless, but not every Pokemon Champions player has that luxury.
The actual Global Challenge 2026 Masters Division event begins on April 30 and will offer a Venusaur as a participation prize for completing at least three battles. Players can prepare for the event by checking Battle Data and seeing what moves and team compositions that others are taking advantage of.
Pokemon Champions launched earlier this month with some technical issues, which The Pokemon Company acknowledged, vowing to fix them with patches.
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