A new month brings a new season! With Season 02 of Legends: Z–A, we now have access to the Legendary Pokémon this game's main campaign provides.

Following up from Season One, I decided to just tweak the previous team a little bit. With only three Pokémon being added, I couldn't see the format changing too much, and one of the new Pokémon perfectly filled a niche role I was looking to replace already. Without further ado...

I decided to lead with Xerneas for a similar reason to why I led with Clefable last season. Xerneas can lead and use Geomancy to increase its stats, and if there's an opening I can either swap into another Pokémon that's better on field or attack with a Xerneas with boosted stats that would last longer than usual. I gave Xerneas the same Quick Claw I gave the Clefable, and it worked phenominally for Xerneas. That extra time gained on a Quick Clawed Geomancy made such a bigger difference than setting a shield on Clefable did, and this allowed Xerneas to snipe out more threats on board for longer before bringing in a soon-to-Mega-Evolve Gyarados to flood whatever is left on the field.

Mega Gyarados filled the exact same role it did last season. Part-time Dragon-type that can hit large areas of the board at once with less of the impact compared to the Full-time Dragon-types in the format. Base Gyarados can fill that gap until I need the Mega Evolution.

Finally, Glaceon filled the exact same role to a T. It existed to snipe annoying Dragon-types on the field, it came out to snipe annoying Dragon-types on the field. Its Occa Berry allowed it to survive long enough to take out more threats this time, or survive an initial blast so I can rush to swap in a Xerneas to take the second hit for it.

	Game	Me	P2	P3	P4
Rank Z	#1	9	4	7	3
Rank U	#2	10	1	2	3
Rank Q	#3	6	7	5	6
Rank O	#4	10	7	1	5
Rank M	#5	10	7	1	0
Rank K	#6	8	2	DQ	2
Rank J	#7	2	2	8	3
Rank I	#8	10	3	4	3
Rank H	#9	7	4	4	7
Rank G	#10	10	5	0	2
Rank F	#11	6	4	7	2
	#12	10	1	2	3
Rank E	#13	13	4	0	4
Rank D	#14	8	5	5	1
	#15	6	3	3	5
Rank C	#16	5	4	3	6
	#17	7	3	3	5
	#18	8	2	2	6
Rank B	#19	9	3	7	2
	#20	4	2	4	DQ
	#21	7	1	4	4
	#22	2	1	8	4

I still hate the arena outside Quartico, Inc. and its lopsided design. I already hated it last season, but that twentieth game (the 4/2/4/Disc) took place on that map. If you don't know the map off hand, that's the one that takes place on a long street corner where one enemy spawns to your side and the other two spawn about ten seconds down on the other side if you're the only one running. Guess who spawned next to the disconnected player. Would have gotten Rank A a match earlier if I hadn't.

When I finished that twenty-first match, I was ten points away if I was guestimating correctly. I did this ranked ladder all in one day, so I was tired and finished the match for the point.

I really am happy with how this team performed. I have almost no notes. Though, as I always say, if you don't think you can improve then it's time to move on. Let's get started with the team recap.

Overall, I greatly enjoyed playing this season. I am also very burned out. Playing an entire ranked ladder in one day was mentally exhausting. Don't do it, kids.

Seriously, though, I had a lot of fun this season. The team worked out much better than I expected it to, I already have plans and notes prepared for next season, and we can only improve from here. Part of me wants to change my team significantly for next season so I don't get completely burned out, but I do love playing a not-Dragon-type in a sea of Dragons. I'll sleep on the idea, but it's not something I'm expecting to do. Who knows, maybe I'll try maining a different Mega in a tournament somewhere.