Bois the Heracross Is Broken — Its Mega Form Is Carrying Players Through Pokémon Legends: Z-A
Bois the Heracross has become a standout early trade in Pokémon Legends: Z-A, and players are keeping it on their teams because of solid stats, a powerful Mega form, and a few quirks tied to how trade Pokémon gain experience.
How to get Bois
You can obtain Bois early via a trade with an NPC named Tracie. Specifically, the trade appears as part of a side quest that asks you to give Tracie a Pikachu to teach about evolution stones. Because Bois is received through a trade, you cannot rename it, and it benefits from the higher experience gain that traded Pokémon receive.
Why Bois stays useful
First, Heracross has naturally high Attack. In Legends: Z-A, the Bois you get often has a Brave nature, which further raises its Attack stat. Second, Bois commonly knows Pin Missile, a move that hits five times in one turn, increasing its practical damage output against many foes.
Crucially, Bois can Mega Evolve. Its Mega form pushes its Attack to around 185, which is the second-highest Attack value in the series and only trails Mega Mewtwo. Because of that spike in raw power, many players report that Bois can carry them through difficult fights and later zones.
Community response and quotes
Players have been sharing impressions and clips online. For example, some users say Bois has been a core part of their team for most of the run, and a few notable reactions have been quoted directly:
“Bois the Heracross is cracked,” reads one short Instagram clip caption.
Others wrote, “Bois carried me nearly as much as my starter did, he is the undisputed goat and I will not be hearing otherwise.”
Another Reddit poster declared, “His mega felt like cheating.”
Here are links to the posts where those quotes appeared:
That Instagram clip can be found on this Instagram reel.
The meme post collecting fan art and jokes lives on Reddit,
and the appreciation post about Bois’s Mega is available on this subreddit thread.
Visuals and examples
Players often post short clips and screenshots showing Bois in action, and some of those posts are being shared widely. For example, community reactions and short highlights include:
We agree that this guy is hard carrying everyone's run of Legends Z-A right? pic.twitter.com/Jf57i5FdfR
— Serperior | 2025 YEAR OF SERPERIOR | 🇫🇷 🇮🇩 | (@VictorbrineC) October 17, 2025
Additionally, a few tweets have been embedded and circulated as standalone highlights by players:
Bois is such a polite little man 🥹 pic.twitter.com/TCtjq8xQcm
— Guel🦎 (@M2guelEsh) October 18, 2025
For a quick gallery of fan posts and examples, see these tweets:
— Out of Context Pokémon (@OoCPokemon) October 22, 2025
— H-MAZ (@Hmaz77_) October 17, 2025
Summary
In short, Bois is easy to get early, benefits from trade XP, learns multi-hit moves like Pin Missile, and reaches extremely high Attack when Mega Evolved. Consequently, many players keep it on their main team throughout Pokémon Legends: Z-A.
