A few days ago, a list of abilities being given to the new Mega Pokémon introduced in Legends: Z-A leaked online. It's possible that this leak could be bogus, but its reliability was recently given a substantial boost after a datamine into Pokémon Home verified some of the abilities attached to certain Pokemon on the list.
Now, why does this matter? Well, unfortunately, a lot of these Mega Pokemon will probably be very viable competitively, and could potentially shake up the competitive scene in a big way once Pokemon Champions rolls around later this month. There are a few Pokemon on the list with abilities that would make them absolute monsters, one of the scariest being Mega Staraptor.
According to the leaked list, Mega Staraptor will come with Contrary, and if you're a big battle buff, you'll know exactly what that's absolutely terrifying. For those that aren't, Contrary is a very powerful ability that reverses the effects of stat-dropping moves. For example, if a Pokemon with Contrary were to use something like Swords Dance, it would massively decrease their attack instead of raising it.
While not particularly scary on its own, when combined with extremely powerful moves that...
