Base Stats

Base Heracross has 125 Attack, 80/75/95 bulk and 85 Speed — fast enough to threaten but frail on the physical side. Mega Heracross explodes to 185 Attack and shores up its bulk to 80/115/105, but drops to 75 Speed. The Mega becomes a slow, monstrously strong wallbreaker rather than a fast sweeper.

Form	HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spe	BST
Heracross	80	125	75	40	95	85	500
Mega Heracross	80	185	115	40	105	75	600

Type Matchups

Abilities

• Swarm (Heracross) — boosts Bug moves at low HP. Passive.
• Guts (Heracross) — raises Attack by 50% when statused, so a burn or paralysis becomes a damage boost and ignores the burn's Attack drop. The premier ability for the base form.
• Moxie (Heracross) — Attack rises after each KO; a snowball ability for offensive teams.
• Skill Link (Mega Heracross) — multi-hit moves always hit the maximum number of times, turning Pin Missile and similar into consistent, full-power STAB.

Best Moveset

Heracross hits like a truck off either STAB. For Regulation M-A doubles:

Physical wallbreaker

• Close Combat — its strongest Fighting STAB, shredding bulky targets even through resists.
• Swords Dance — turns Heracross into a one-Pokemon win condition.
• Stone Edge or Rock Slide — coverage for Flying-types that resist both STABs; Rock Slide hits both foes in doubles.
• Protect — doubles staple for safety and setup turns.

Coverage tools

• Knock Off — item removal plus chip on Psychic- and Ghost-types.
• Earthquake / High Horsepower — Ground coverage (High Horsepower spares the ally).
• Throat Chop — punishes sound-based moves and adds Dark coverage.

Other options include Bulk Up, Bug Buzz, Vacuum Wave, Helping Hand, and Tera Blast.

Suggested SP Spread

With the Champions SP system (66 points, max 32 per stat), Heracross is almost always offensive:

• Mega wallbreaker: max Attack, then HP for bulk to make use of the Mega's 115/105 defenses, with an Attack-boosting Stat Alignment. Trick Room support loves its low Speed.
• Base attacker: Attack and enough Speed to leverage the 85 base, ideally with a Guts user statused on purpose.

Plug your numbers into the PikaChampions team builder to see the live Level 50 stats.

Competitive Role in Regulation M-A

Heracross is a pure wallbreaker. Its Bug/Fighting STAB combination is one of the most punishing in the game offensively, and a Close Combat off 125 (or a terrifying 185 on the Mega) blows holes in the bulky cores that define doubles. Mega Heracross in particular slots into Trick Room teams beautifully: its low 75 Speed becomes an asset, letting it move first and delete a target before it can be answered. The trade-off is fragility to faster attackers and the format's abundant Flying- and Fairy-types, so Heracross wants redirection, screens, or Trick Room support to get its hits in safely rather than being left to fend for itself.

Evolution Line

Heracross does not evolve. It Mega Evolves by holding Heracronite.

How to Get Heracross in Pokemon Champions

• Roster Ranch recruitment — available during the Regulation M-A season (around April–June 2026); permanently recruitable with Teammate Tickets.
• Transfer via Pokemon HOME — move a Heracross from another title into Pokemon Champions.

Obtaining details via Game8.