Pokemon Champions: How To Get Mega Greninja
Getting Mega Greninja in Pokemon Champions looks straightforward at first, but the game handles its Mega Stone differently from most others. You can search the shop all you want and still never see it, which is where most players get tripped up.
How To Unlock Mega Greninja In Pokemon Champions
You can only get Mega Greninja in Pokemon Champions by transferring a Greninja from Pokemon Legends: Z-A, which automatically gives you its Mega Stone.
That’s the entire requirement. If your Greninja comes from anywhere else like Gen 7, Scarlet and Violet, or older transfers, the game will not give you the Mega Stone.
Once you transfer a Greninja specifically from Legends: Z-A into Champions, the game sends the Mega Stone straight to your mailbox. After that, it works like every other Mega Evolution item.
Quick Guide
Transfer Greninja from Pokemon Legends: Z-A
Check your in-game mailbox
Claim the Mega Stone
Equip it to Greninja
Use Mega Evolution in battle
Why Your Gen 7 Greninja Does Not Work
This is where most people get confused. The game separates Mega Stones into different unlock paths, and Greninja is part of a locked group.
Greninja’s Mega Stone is not:
In the Frontier Shop
In the battle pass
In tutorials
Instead, it is tied directly to Legends: Z-A transfers.
So if you brought a Greninja forward from Gen 7, the game treats it like a normal transfer with no bonus reward attached. You can use it, but you will never see the Mega option because the stone simply does not exist in your inventory.
That is why you might see opponents using Mega Greninja while you cannot. They used the correct source.
How Mega Stones Normally Work In Champions
Understanding this system helps make Greninja make more sense.
Most Mega Stones follow one of these routes:
Bought in the Frontier Shop for VP
Unlocked through battle tutorials
Earned through the battle pass
Greninja is one of the few exceptions. It sits in a small group of Pokemon where the game rewards you for bringing them in from a specific source.
This is basically the game’s way of tying Champions progression to Legends: Z-A.
What Happens After You Get The Stone
Once you actually have the Mega Stone, everything feels normal again.
You will:
Equip it through your team menu
Assign it as a held item
Trigger Mega Evolution during battle
In fights, you will notice the option appear alongside your moves once the stone is equipped. If it is not there, that is your immediate sign the stone is not attached.
Final Blurb
Mega Greninja in Pokemon Champions is not locked behind difficulty or currency, it is locked behind where your Greninja comes from. Once you transfer one from Legends: Z-A, the game instantly recognizes it and hands over the Mega Stone. After that, it behaves like any other Mega Evolution, and you will see it show up in battle right away.
