Pokémon Unite Update Adds Gardevoir, Charizard Gets Nerfed

Not sure we needed another Attacker first. Blastoise (Defender) or Clefable (Support) would have balanced out the roster a bit better. But a new character is always welcome I suppose.

I was not even remotely interested in this game until I found out from this article that I can play as Slowbro, Crustle, and Cramorant

Neat, I've always preferred range in any MOBA and I've actually heard of this one! Time to gather some coins.

Nope.
I still choose Yokai Watch Blasters / Busters 2 instead.

@Anti-Matter What a surprise.

Wish they'd fix current broken characters before adding new ones. Gengar's so busted.

I've been enjoying the game so far though. I expected to hate it, thinking its lack of towers, minions and equipment mid-match would make it stale. But it's actually turned out to be a fun time. Once you play it, all concerns seem to go right out the window.

But the pay to win aspect of it is seriously cracked. You can tell immediately who has maxed out items and who doesn't. And while I'd hoped such a thing would be minor boosts here and there for an advantage of maybe 5% better stats across the board, instead we got something that might as well be 90-100% difference. And that's really bad.

And now I'm also part of the problem. So... yikes, dude. They really should change it and soon. There's already way too much stuff that's busted in the game so the sooner the better, really.

Let's goooo! I'm all about ranged fighters. I don't care if that makes me a wuss, my social status declined when I admitted to liking this game anyways 😌

@SlowPokemon
I can relate, I wasn’t even going to try this game until I learned about cramorant being in it.

Nice article name, looks like they abandoning to add more Pokémon and now adding monsters instead from article name. xD

Downloaded it yesterday but haven't actually played yet. This is my first look at the roster. What a weird and surprising lineup. Gen 1 gets a lot of love for obvious reason but there are also some Pokémon in the mix that normally don't get much if any attention. I'd like someone from Gen 2 too.

Gardevoir and Metagross are my number 1 fav Pokémon of all time, glad Gardevoir is coming but hoping her playstyle suits me!

(Because sadly her playstyle in Pokkén doesn't suit me.)

Really hope they add a lot more non-populair Pokémon instead of Charizard, Gengar, Machamp, Greninja, etc, etc. They are all cool but are highlighted in most spin offs and main games.

@Kiz3000 - Most MOBA games add a bunch of damage-first characters cause they're the most picked. And likely to get the most skins in lieu of that knowledge.

People like big numbers and medals.

I’m not normally into MOBAs but judging by the positive comments in this article I’m starting to wonder if it’s any good (also not really into many of the newer Pokémon games bc of Sw/Sh.)

@Broosh what makes you like it because I might want to play it but I don’t know if it’s for me.

@Finntendo64 It's kindof hard to say. Like you I generally avoid MOBAs so I went into this expecting to hate it. But I think it's familiarity with the source material, and the option to fight bots instead of a player team (and still get some rewards for it) that ended up hooking me. I also admit that unlocking clothing items for my trainer (without spending actual cash) also helped to keep me around too.
I'd say download it, play through the tutorial and try a few CPU matches using different 'Mon. If you don't dig it by then, then probably not worth sticking around.

@Broosh downloading it now.

Lets goo, been waiting for her.

@Anti-Matter
Yes, we know, in each note of this game you have said exactly the same and the reason why, and even the game which you prefer to play...

...
For my part, I still do not have much interest in this game, but because I have other games in progress and because this genre of games does not attract me much, I will see later, and if they add more of my favorite Pokes, possibly if I decide yes, XD

@Broosh I play a lot of mages in the mobas I play so I'm happy about this, also if you want to know about a data mine, it shows of some of the leaked mons for this game.

That was fast, I haven't even tested all the characters lol.

@Snatcher Ooo how dirty...I might have to look that up! Thanks for the tip 😏

@Broosh There's a site right here you have to translate it tho LOL, and it sucks, Its crazy

@ThatNyteDaez you're right. I think you should fill out the Pokémon UNITE survey with your thoughts.

https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/6443637/Gamer-Survey-We-need-your-opinion

I will do the same. Zerarora is too powerful, especially with the held items and I should know because I win almost every battle I use him in.

@ThatNyteDaez Idk maybe its just bc I main gengar or what but I never really found the dude to be an issue, for me anyway, He is busted there is no doubt about it, But for me all I do is get out of the way of his bomb or whatever, If I do get hit I try to keep my remaining life point to lure him some were, were he can get killed, I mean he is just auto aiming anyway LOL.

Amazing, this game is so addictive!

This is my first real MOBA, and I've been enjoying it so far. While I'm pretty determined to grab those log in bonuses at the moment, I can already see myself getting tired of the repetitive nature sooner or later, so hopefully they sprinkle on some new content often enough to keep me interested in playing, before my admittedly short attention span moves on to some other game.

@Hinade I think they are getting the popular ones out of the way first then we will see more less popular mons. Although I wouldn’t say crustle is popular but he is already in the game lol

@ThatNyteDaez you are the first person I’ve seen that says Gengar is broken lol I’ve never had issues playing against Gengar. And it’s not pay to win. You can upgrade yourself items without spending a dime and also there is no option to buy the item currency to level up items so not sure what you are talking about

@ThatNyteDaez I guarantee they are trying to find a way to nerf Gengar. Probably going to make his cooldowns longer and/or do less damage. He's clearly over powered but its not that bad. The pay to win is not as bad as you are making it out. If you grind a little bit you can get the items you want and upgrade them in time. I haven't paid a cent for the game and I have almost all level 10 held items. They might also patch a way to get more of the upgrade tokens or something of that nature to make it slightly easier to get them or coins. It's only a week old there is a lot of stuff to fix.

Do any of them have their anime voices, or is Pikachu the only exception?

@ThatNyteDaez
Gengar is far from broken honestly.

Besides, it’s unanimously decided upon that both Zeraora and Pikachu are the most broken units in the game right now.

@Aronin
Just Pikachu. Although if and when Eevee get’s added, it’ll have it’s anime voice as well.

Lopunny Supporter will be next considering the line-up.

Nice to see Gen 3 get another rep, makes things a little more balanced (outside of Gen 1 ofc). Hopefully the next pokemon added is from Gen 2 (Ampharos?) since, outside of it being my favourite gen, it's currently the only gen without any playable characters in the game.

As for my thoughts on Unite, considering I'm usually not too into MOBA's, it's decent enough, but as others have said, the monetisation is a little out of control atm.

She/he is my most favorite pokemon in the series, others being Gengar Greninja, and so forth, she is now my knew main as I really like mages in mobas and she plays just like one to. (Yes I already got her/he.)

@drewber2635 you can upgrade items with gems, when you run out of Aeos tickets it offers you to pay gems instead.

@EliteXeos Pikachu? I have heard waaaaaaaaay more about gengar then I have ever heard about pikachu, his early game is busted but late game I feel like it works out.

@drewber2635 Ya dude its pay to win, I mean have you even run into a guy with all his items maxed out?

@ThatNyteDaez Blastoise and Gardevoir was in reveal at 2020-06-24 and all tests that happened in between reveal and release, so.

Better nerf greninja.

@myfirsteevee Haha, I already filled the survey it out. But thanks for the heads up! I'm glad they were willing to ask for player feedback so soon, so I wrote some 500 words on what I think of the game. Was fun. x3 Zeraora is pretty strong but he doesn't feel quite as unbalanced as Gengar who can repeatedly spam his abilities over and over. Zeraora is just fast and hits hard, but he seems to be easily dealt with under the right circumstances.

@snatcher Oh, well that's cool. It's great that as a Gengar main you feel like he's somewhat balanced, but there are countless videos online already about how busted the Sludge Bomb + Hex combo is. A Gengar with 20+ items does some 1.5K damage each hit and is practically invincible during it. And then there's the fact that getting away from a Gengar is often too late once they land the sludge bomb. In duels he's powerful but in teamfights its impossible to deal with. I'm in Veteran rank right now so maybe that might have something to do with the sorts of Gengar I'm coming across. The only viable way I can think of to deal with Gengar is with Slowbro's Telekinesis and even then, that's not totally dealing with it. Only delaying it...

@drewber2635 I'm the first? Well I'd say you're very lucky then. Plenty of players say he's broken and there are loads of videos about it too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zkn07gYPn2M&ab_channel=Nononom12 & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ3GmFkWXoU & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kYyzlWaXno
If you don't think he's broken - great! I hope it says that way for you. But I'm getting a very different experience/perspective, I think.

And yes, I have been upgrading my items since day one - I'm aware. But even after all that, my items were barely level 12 or so once I used them all. Its only now that I started funneling money into the game that my stuff is 26, 21, 21 etc.

Also, yes there is. I'd suggest taking a look in the Shop items > find the upgrades item and click on it. It'll ask if you want to buy more and you can select the amount. If you still dont believe me, go and find a guide. I've been doing it and there are others who are exactly the same. There's videos online for it too. So I'm not sure why you don't know what I'm talking about...

@sublogic I really hope so. In the higher ranks of the game, Gengar is in every match and is almost always going for that specific combo. Killing them/dealing with them when they get going is so bad! And I have level 20+ stuff now and still find them hard to take down.

@elitexeos Its very interesting that you'd say that since this is the first I've heard anyone call Pikachu broken. I'll take a look around and see what others have been saying. Zeraora feels strong to me, but not exactly broken. Though I agree he could probably do with some nerfs too. I think the main problem is not knowing what level equipment other people have and whether its the pokemon itself or if its their items. But before i spent my money to get my pokemon strong, certain pokemon just felt absurd. Now some stand out as being strong compared to others. Maybe I'll reserve my judgement for when all my stuff is 30, 30, 30 before I try and figure out whose broken or not. Pikachu used to feel absurd to me but now it feels about average. But we'll see.

@sviper Yeah I found out too late. Thanks for pointing it out though haha

@Finntendo64 give it a go honestly it’s actually pretty decent.

Been actually really liking this game!
Zeraora is my favourite so far, once you get to level 10 you can use 3 held items and start levelling them up at 9. Then you will feel the Pokemon really start to get stronger

@ThatNyteDaez everyone you tagged you gave great feedback too! I had no idea about Gengar being overpowered. I don't encounter it that often. Overall, if the team dose not have great communication you won't win a match either. We should team up some time! My code is 561QX3P and my wife's code is 5FEFQLK.

@myfirsteevee Thank you so much for saying so! I partly wonder if I came off a bit snarky (which wasn't my intention at all) but hopefully I got the message across, haha.
Ah, well I'm glad you haven't had to deal with certain Gengar just yet. But you just might sooner rather then later.

Unfortunately I've seen instances of Gengar soloing a team by themselves, and that's insane compared to say, Zeraora or Absol who can take down 2-3 people solo. Granted, Absol is a rare pick in my games and Zeraora isn't nearly as common as Gengar, so that might be why I have more examples to look back on. But I do know each pokemons level also plays a huge part in how often Gengar gets to pop off.

Anyway I'm ranting again. So I'll just say; yes, we should totally team up sometime! I'll add you and your wife right away. Feel free to invite me into a match anytime if you see me online! I'm not one of the best players but I do perform well enough, I think. See you both in the arena sometime!

@ThatNyteDaez Hey I think he needs the nerf more then anybody, just me myself doesn't have an issue, but I can see it being a problem for people not knowing how to get around it, But i'm no longer a gengar main, I'm a gardevori man, the one I wanted to main from day one, the others are my back ups.

@ThatNyteDaez Not snarky at all, You came of very respectful actually, and not "Well your opinion is great and all, but mines is better" you came off with, this is how I think it works/ happens, and I think its great that you don't have an issue, ya its nice talking to you.

I just played a match right now with a Gengar and he TOOK OUT THE ENTIRE TEAM AGAIN! faigaighjas;hja; xDDDD AND I SAW 2K DAMAGE!

We still won... but yikes, dude!

@Snatcher That's cool! I'm glad you have a new favourite to play with in Gardevoir. I have a handful of picks I can switch to if someone else on the team picks one of mine. But regardless of what you pick, I hope you're enjoying the game all the same. Gengar or otherwise haha.

And thank you! Tones can be difficult to read in text and that's always one of my main concerns when I speak on this site. But I'm glad we were able to see each others point of view on the topic. It's been lovely speaking to you as well, my guy!

@ThatNyteDaez Oh ya I'm having fun, as I have played three mobas, smite, paragon (I'm going to miss you) and arena of valor.

I'm a little worried this maintenance will ruined the 14 day reward thing. I'm only on day 3. Since it's not set to my timezones I missed out today... No where does it mention if this affects the reward thing.

@Snatcher Woah! You play Arena of Valor too? Do you still play or have you lost interest? I haven't played since Unite came out but I'm hoping to jump back in at some point. Still love that game to death no matter how much I lose.

And sorry for the late response. Had somewhere to be yesterday and today.

@Desrever Try Heroes of the Storm, it’s easy to pick up and a lot of fun.

@ThatNyteDaez Well I haven't played to much to even get a character yet, but the last time I played I found a mage that clicked with me, so I will be getting them next time, And yes I do still play it, and I too stopped after unite came out LOL.

@ThatNyteDaez Oh wait I also forgot to say I played about two years of mobile legends bang bang.

@ThatNyteDaez gengar is only a threat when its not stopped early on, unlike snorlax which is a threat the entirety of the battle

@snatcher Oh sweet! I hope you'll check it out again soon! The game has its flaws and issues but its good enough to have kept me around since the game launched. Maybe I'll see you in there at some point xD

Ah! Then you might just stick around after all! Sweeeeet! xD

@ThatNyteDaez Oh ya I hope so, I never really cared for the issues, As It was always just fun.

@Snatcher I'm so glad to hear that! It's definitely a solid game even with its flaws so I'm glad to hear you feel the same.

@Shadowmoon522 Dunno what to tell you, bud. Gengar usually comes to my lane at level 5 while Im level 3-4 and destroys me and my lane partner whether we're on our point or not. If you manage to get a lead on a Gengar then, yeah, its not a threat at all. But more often then not, thats not the case for those in lane. At least, not in my experience. Of course I can't speak for your own encounters.

@ThatNyteDaez It doesn't even matter if you do stop gengar bc he will evolve at some point, and when he does it hell LOL.

@ThatNyteDaez well, i've also had horrible luck with this game. my win rate is around 50/50 right now

@Snatcher Exactly! Just because one person is able to handle Gengar, doesn't mean the rest of the team will be so lucky. Gengar literally has no fear and will go anywhere on the map they want. That means all players on the opposing team need to worry about it whether they like it or not.

@shadowmoon522 Mine's at like 54.5% winrate. I'm not gonna pretend Gengar is the only reason I lose. Obviously there are gonna be other factors (like when I unknowingly get baited into following an enemy right to their team) but I find the Gengar one being the most common.

@ThatNyteDaez My win rate is around 50 as well, I end up zoning out when playing this game, AKA becoming waaaay to deep in thought, and end up feeding the team as a ralts, and btw, I really need to figure out how to play ralts, bc till she evolves, there is nothing I can do.

@Snatcher I feel like you're totally useless until you reach your final evolution a lot of the time in this game. And farming is all you can do to reach that point. But teammates will happily take your farm if they feel like it so when everyone else is level 7-8, you're still level 4-5 and trying to just survive. A lot of my games have been like that, actually... Super annoying, for ranked matches.

But yeah Ralts-Gardevoir seems like a really strong/fun line. I cant wait to see where people go with her.

@ThatNyteDaez Oh man I had two team mates, that let me get the last hits on a lot of the pokemon as ralts, Its cool to, bc they knew they will evolve at level 7 wile I take 10 levels to do that, It was really nice of them to, plus if I was attacking a pokemon, they will just go on to another pokemon.

I also kinda dislike when jungler's take the first pokemon at the starting point, or just wont jungle at all, but will just feed bot lane,

I also find it kinda annoying when they will just stay in one lane, and not go help one that needs help.

@Snatcher Those are the best teammates! I love players like that because it makes me want to protect them later and give them a better experience ingame too! I'll sometimes help weaken a wild pokemon a teammate's started on then leave once its low enough just to get them all the exp. I cant imagine why anyone would steal exp from teammates when stronger teammates means better chances to win the whole match. Stealing from teammates cripples the overall fighting power of the team - how have some people not understood that?

I rarely see junglers take the first pokemon at the start but it doesnt bother me if they do. Junglers are the ones who are at least expected to put the most work in so I usually give them a pass if they think it'll help them. Im not against getting carried to a win, honestly haha.

But yeah, not getting help in lane when we're clearly losing is the worst. I'll put so many alerts out and die so many times but no one comes so it just goes on and on until the enemy is literally knocking at the base. I still have no idea of why Im still Veteran rank when the worst stuff always seems to happen in my matches.

Edit: Also, I might pick up Garchomp soon. Less people are choosing All-Rounders and Garchomp seems really strong and fun.

@ThatNyteDaez Oh I just started ranked today, I'm trying to get out of great but, well its not going to well, bc people using discord and stuff, ugh. As for me i'm going to save up my coins for some of the leaked mons, Already got my all-rounder, but I agree we need more of those. lucario is one of the best tho LOL.

@Snatcher In that case, all I can say is "good luck" and "god speed". xD Ranked is hell.

I hope we get some interesting new pokemon but I spoilered myself with the leaks and I'm only interested in one of them. Looking forward to them all the same though!

@ThatNyteDaez OMG same here, now I only want one.

@snatcher I bet I could guess which one. xD

I actually mentioned some of my preferred choices when I filled out the survey. So hopefully the design team gets a look and considers that. Spiritomb would be amazing in this game xD But even if not, I'm also pretty happy with what we have now.

Other MOBA's have loads of characters to pick from, so Im expecting we at least end up with 40-50 by the time they stop adding to Unite's roster.

@ThatNyteDaez Oh ya, the game just needs a little bit of time to take off, then were going to be getting at least two characters everymonth.

@Snatcher Woah, you think so? I was expecting it to be like... at least one new pokemon per season. But every month sounds like impossible. Unless they already had them sitting on the back-burner.

... Which they might, I guess...

@ThatNyteDaez Well I remember other mobas do stuff like that, maybe two a month would be a little much bc its pokemon, and its not like your making your OG characters here, so there's only so many, but I do think one pokemon per season might be a little to slow, a month sounds about right, were def getting Blastios next week tho.