The 2026 Victory Road May Challenge #5 was a grassroots Pokémon Champions tournament that featured 150 players battling for prize money. The event was won by Nikolaj Høj Nielsen alongside Mega Floette. Further information relating to the event can be found on Victory Road's website.
This tournament used the Regulation Set M-A ruleset, allowing the use of certain Mega Evolutions and restricting teams to the 186 unique Pokémon species currently available in Pokémon Champions, of which a list can be found here. You can see the Top 16 from the tournament below, and tapping on the teams will show you each Pokémon's ability, held item, moves, and stat alignment. Any team or replica code shown below can be used in Pokémon Champions' online and offline events while Regulation Set M-A runs from 8 April to 17 June 2026.
Results
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Top Cut
# | Trainer | Pokémon | |
Team | Replica Code | ||
1st | Nikolaj Høj Nielsen | | ✕ |
2nd | Jeonghwan Jeon | | ✕ |
Top 4 | Taro Okada | | ✕ |
Ramon Diaz | | ✕ | |
Top Cut | Madeline Tynan | | ✕ |
Federico Camporesi | | ✕ | |
Goshi Kawamura | | ✕ | |
Top 16
Top 8 | Koen van Cann | | ✕ |
Top 16 | Matteo Boschmans | | ✕ |
Ko Tsukide | | ✕ | |
Lorenzo Silvestrini | | ✕ | |
Jeongso Lee | | ✕ | |
Maksim Lieder | | ✕ | |
Shohei Kimura | | ✕ | |
Guillem López | | ✕ | |
Matthew Robinson | | ✕ |
Usage Stats
# | Pokémon | Phase 1 | Phase 2 | | # | Pokémon | Phase 1 | Phase 2 | ||
#1 | | Garchomp | 58.4% | 65% ▲ | #8 | | Sneasler | 26.8% | 35% ▲ | |
#2 | | Basculegion (Male) | 58.4% | 50% ▼ | #9 | | Glimmora | 18.8% | 0% ▼ | |
#3 | | Kingambit | 53.7% | 65% ▲ | #10 | | Sylveon | 17.4% | 15% ▼ | |
#4 | | Charizard | 45.6% | 60% ▲ | #11 | | Farigiraf | 16.8% | 10% ▼ | |
#5 | | Whimsicott | 30.2% | 40% ▲ | #12 | | Aerodactyl | 16.8% | 10% ▼ | |
#6 | | Floette (Eternal) | 27.5% | 55% ▲ | #13 | | Sinistcha | 16.1% | 25% ▲ | |
#7 | | Incineroar | 26.8% | 50% ▲ | | |||||
