Mega Altaria is a competitive Reg M-A pick. PixilatePixilateabilityConverts the user's Normal-type moves to Fairy-type and boosts their power by 1.2×. With STAB stacked on top, a Normal move becomes a 1.8× Fairy STAB attack.Click to read more → converts its Normal-type moves into Fairy-type hits with a 1.2× power boost — and as a Dragon/Fairy type, it gets full STABSTABmechanicSame-Type Attack Bonus: a move deals ×1.5 damage when its type matches one of the user's types.Click to read more → on those moves. A Normal move becomes a 1.8× power Fairy STAB attack (1.2× Pixilate × 1.5× STAB).
Mixed attacker profile
Mega Altaria has equal Attack and Special Attack, making it genuinely unpredictable. Physical moves like Return become powered-up Fairy STAB. Special moves like Hyper Voice also convert to Fairy type via Pixilate, becoming a spread move that hits both opponents at once. Opponents can’t simply stack a physical or special wall to shut it down.
Dragon/Fairy typing
Dragon/Fairy is one of the strongest defensive type combinations in the game:
- Immune to Dragon — Mega FeraligatrMega FeraligatrmegaIts Normal-type moves become Dragon-type, massively expanding coverage without changing the moveset.Click to read more →’s Dragonize coverage, GarchompGarchomppokemonThe premier spread attacker under Tailwind. Earthquake hits both opponents, Scale Shot chains Speed boosts, and Dragon Claw threatens opposing dragons.Click to read more →’s Dragon moves, and other Dragon attackers all bounce off.
- Immune to Ground — Earthquake doesn’t affect Altaria, even as a spread move.
- Resists Fire, Water, Grass, Electric, Fighting, Bug, Dark — a remarkably short list of weaknesses.
On offense, Fairy STAB via Pixilate handles Dragon, Fighting, and Dark types. The Dragon typing itself also contributes Dragon STAB coverage.
Role on teams
Mega Altaria appears most often on control-oriented teams that want a bulky Mega with flexible positioning. Its immunities let it switch in on Earthquake and Dragon-type moves that would threaten other team members, and it retaliates with spread or single-target Fairy STAB.
What it’s weak to
Poison and Steel resist Fairy-type moves. Ice hits for 2× damage. These three coverage types are the main answers — Pokémon like Ferrothorn, Amoonguss, and Archaludon can take Pixilate hits comfortably.