November 2026 Monthly Challenge in Pokémon Champions: a Free Pawmot for Three Battles

The November 2026 Monthly Challenge in Pokémon Champions runs from Friday, November 20 at 2:00 a.m. UTC to Monday, November 23 at 1:59 a.m. UTC, with registration open from Friday, November 13. Three battles, won or lost, are enough to claim Pawmot, 100 Quick Coupons and a title.

This is the seventh Monthly Challenge since the series started in May, and the last one played under Regulation M-C, which retires in early December. November is a packed month for the game anyway: the Mega Evolution Battle wraps up on Monday the 16th, four days before the Monthly Challenge fights begin.

When does the November 2026 Monthly Challenge take place?

Registration is open from Friday, November 13 at 2:00 a.m. UTC until Monday, November 23 at 1:59 a.m. UTC. The battles themselves run from Friday, November 20 at 2:00 a.m. UTC to Monday, November 23 at 1:59 a.m. UTC. You can sign up until the very last stretch, as long as three matches still fit in.

The Pokémon Company schedules its tournaments at 2:00 a.m. UTC. For European players that conversion just changed: the September edition kicked off at 4:00 a.m. in Paris, but now that daylight saving time has ended, the same 2:00 a.m. UTC means 3:00 a.m. A tournament billed as "November 20 to 23" therefore starts in the night from Thursday to Friday for much of Europe. Three age divisions compete separately: Junior for players born in 2015 or later, Senior for 2011 to 2014, Master for anyone born in 2010 or earlier.

On the ruleset, French outlet Pokébip is categorical: the event runs on "M-C only, not M-B". The clarification matters, because several English-language recaps still list the older regulation by mistake, just like in September.

The month's other event, the Mega Evolution Battle, is a Double Battle restricted to Pokémon capable of Mega Evolving, and nothing else. Its battles occupy the weekend of November 13 to 16, the very weekend when Monthly Challenge registration opens. Serebii lists it as the game's first online competition with a custom format. No gift Pokémon this time, titles only.

All times UTC. In both tournaments, participation counts from three battles, won or lost.

How do you register and claim Pawmot?

Registration happens in-game, through the Battle menu and its online tournament section, with any team you like. You then need to play at least three battles between November 20 and 23. The rewards do not drop right away: they are claimed after the results are published, through Mystery Gift.

Team rules are unchanged: six Pokémon, automatically set to level 50, three picked per match. No duplicate Pokédex numbers, no duplicate held items. The clock is just as strict: 90 seconds to pick your three Pokémon, 45 seconds per move, 7 minutes of personal thinking time and 20 minutes per match overall.

Once the results are out, head to Mystery Gift, choose the internet option, and collect everything from the delivery clerk at a Pokémon Center. Everyone who played three battles receives Pawmot, the 100 Quick Coupons and a participation title stamped with the event. The ranking adds its own tier of titles on top: Master for the top 10, Veteran down to 100th, Ace down to 1,000th, Rising Star down to 10,000th.

Is Pawmot any good in battle?

Pawmot, the final evolution of Pawmi, is an Electric and Fighting type from the ninth generation, standing 0.9 m tall. Its trump card is Revival Blessing: only two species in the entire game learn this move, Pawmot and Rabsca, and it revives a fainted ally with half of its HP.

Revival Blessing has a single PP that cannot be raised: one revive per battle, to be spent at the right moment. Its abilities follow the same supportive logic, Volt Absorb soaks up enemy Electric moves and restores HP, Natural Cure heals status conditions on switching out, and its hidden ability Iron Fist powers up punching moves. Its signature move Double Shock, learned at level 60, rounds out the damage side.

The gift is worth more than a Pokédex entry. In Pokémon Champions, a Pokémon is obtained either by recruiting, with its waiting time, or by transfer from Pokémon HOME. The 100 Quick Coupons play exactly there: without coupons, a new batch of recruits appears every 22 hours, and each coupon cuts one hour from that wait. About a hundred hours saved, for three matches played.

Why is this the last Monthly Challenge under Regulation M-C?

Regulation M-C came into force on September 9, 2026 and ends on December 2 at 2:59 a.m. UTC. The November Monthly Challenge, which finishes on the 23rd, is therefore the last of the series to be played entirely under this ruleset, and its successor has not been announced yet.

M-C will be remembered as the regulation that opened the door to Z-Mega Evolutions: Mega Lucario Z, Mega Garchomp Z and Mega Absol Z, alongside Mega Salamence, Mega Samurott and Mega Aegislash, all covered in our guide to Regulation M-C and the Z-Mega Evolutions. If you are building a team for this final lap, Mega Garchomp Z and Mega Ampharos are still among the legal options.

Those two happen to be shop regulars here: the Garchomp crystal LED Pokéball and the Ampharos LED Pokéball on a wood stand, both 3D laser engraved, share the same 29.99 € price tag as the rest of the range and keep watch on the desk while the team does the work online.

Which Pokémon has the Monthly Challenge series given away so far?

Seven Pokémon in seven editions: since May 2026, every Monthly Challenge has rewarded anyone who plays three battles with a gift Pokémon, always paired with 100 Quick Coupons and a title. Pawmot follows Gallade, Tyranitar, Mawile, Alolan Raichu, female Indeedee and Sirfetch'd.

The first three gifts already set the tone of the series: Pokémon with a clearly defined role rather than ready-made stars. Gallade and Tyranitar built their reputation in ranked play, Mawile remains one of the most played Mega Evolvers of the older generations.

The follow-up confirmed it: Alolan Raichu in August, female Indeedee in September, whose distribution we covered in our article on the September tournaments, then Sirfetch'd in October. None of these distributions has been rerun since: a missed gift stays missed, which is what gives the monthly meetup its weight.

Alongside the monthly series, the Global Challenges run their own counter: Archaludon for Global Challenge I: 2027 in late September, male Basculegion for Global Challenge II: 2027 from October 30 to November 2. Those tournaments count toward the season's Championship Points, while the Monthly Challenge remains the no-stakes training ground.

The end-of-year calendar keeps rolling, between this challenge, the end of M-C on December 2 and the Vivillon Challenge in Pokémon Legends: Z-A, whose Champions bonus runs until January 31, 2027. For the evenings between two tournament queues, the light-up Pokéball collection keeps the battle station lit in your team's colors.

Image credits: The Pokémon Company and Nintendo (Pokémon Champions online competition badges, Pawmot visual, Pokédex artworks), relayed by Pokébip.