This humble Pokemon is officially the best Mega Evolution in Legends: ZA

Even so Pokemon Legends: ZA Just came out, many of the game's new features, mega evolutions, battle style, and story details were also leaked as of last year. Many details were discovered when the game became available through early copies or datamining, but some things were already clear, such as 26 new Mega Evolutions. Pokemon Legends: ZA. All of this was basically confirmed by Mega Dragonite's first appearance in July 2025, as it was among the leaked megas and matched the leaked details to a T. But, now, players can start building a team. Pokemon Legends: ZAAnd they want to consider Starmie.

However Mega Starmi is probably one of the most controversial Mega Evolutions Pokemon Legends: ZA Due to how little its design has changed from the original, it's actually incredibly strong, and even stronger than other Megas. While Mega Zygarde has an otherworldly special attack stat of 216, Pokemon Legends: ZA Emphasize a different position – speed. With high speed and an amazing BST of 660 that rivals pseudo-legendary Pokemon or some legendaries, Mega Starmie is already the best Mega in the game. The reasons are as follows:

You can get Alpha Staryu at night in Pokemon Legends: ZA's Wild Zone 2, and it's level 31. You can then buy a Water Stone from the Stone Emporium in Lumiose City for 3,000 Poke Gold to evolve Staryu into a Starmie. Finally, you can get a Starminite after defeating Rogue Mega Starmy.

The best new Pokemon Legends: ZA Mega Evolution is already clear

the reason Pokemon Legends: ZAThe Mega Starmi gets a total of 660 BST compared to the original's 520 so this critter usually has a bigger power capacity. but, Pokemon Legends: ZA Cut abilities, and to compensate, all critters with massive power get +40 attack, an example of which is Mega Mobile.

State name	Starmy	Mega Starmy
HP	60	60
attack	75	140
defense	85	105
Sp attack	100	130
Sp defense	85	105
speed	115	120

Given its 120 speed, 140 attack, and 130 special attack, players can use Mega Starmie as a versatile attacker using a mix of physical and special moves. To this end, Mega Starmie also gains several new physical moves that can deal massive damage, such as Aqua Jet, Liquidation, and Zen Headbutt, as well as a bulk up to increase its offensive stats. On top of that, Mega Starmie has access to some of the best Pokemon Moves for its types like Psychic, Surf, Hydro Pump, and Water Pulse. Mega Starmie also has plenty of coverage moves, such as:

Power Gem (Rock – Strong against Flying, Bug, Fire, and Ice)
Ice Beam, Blizzard, Ice Wind (Ice – Strong against Flying, Ground, Grass and Dragon)
Thunderbolt, Thunder Wave, Thunder (Electric – Strong against flying and water)
Flash Cannon (Steel – Strong against Rock, Ice and Fairy)
Radiant Glow (Fairy – Strong against battles, dragons, and darkness)

Why Mega Starmie is officially the best new Mega in PLZA

What's next? Pokemon Legends: ZAMega Starmi can be an incredibly strong, fast attacker that can defeat even Pokemon that it is weak to. In fact, Starmie and Mega Starmie are both weak to Bug, Ghost, Grass, Electric, and Dark due to their Water/Psychic type combo, and the only type they can't cover against is Ghost.

How Mega Starmie compares to other Pokemon Legends: ZA Mega Evolutions

As such, considering that players can get Mega Starmi fairly quickly, it has great moves and coverage, it has some of the highest stats in the game, and it can recharge its cooldowns very quickly, this is the single best Mega Evolution in the game. This can be topped by late-game additions, eg Pokemon Legends: ZAMega Zygarde, but it will take a long time.

Even some existing Mega Evolutions can't really beat Mega Starmie's sheer power of attack, special attack, and speed when combined with incredible move coverage. If anything, the only thing that might hold Mega Starmie back is that it has very low HP and only four move slots, so choosing which move to choose will be more important than ever.