Pokemon Unite is less than two weeks away from launching on mobile. To make sure it’s ready for such an increased playerbase, patches are slowly coming out - but perhaps not for issues players really want addressing. Blastoise’s exploit may still be in the game, as the patch notes made no specific mention of it. On top of that, some players aren’t happy with how the game is encouraging everyone to experiment with different Pokemon - especially when it’s done in ranked.Here are all the biggest stories from Pokemon Unite this week.
Blissey Is Unstoppable
Judging by how the fans talk, one of the biggest problems with Pokemon Unite’s balancing is Blastoise’s broken Unite Move. As we’ve previously reported, when used the cooldown can sometimes go back down to 90 percent rather than zero, making it easy to spam and essentially never die. However, developer Timi seems to disagree that this is a significant issue, as it has instead buffed Blissey in a recent patch. More specifically, its Sp. Def has been boosted, and the move Safeguard has a reduced cooldown and increased area-of-effect.
A Unique Way To Deal With Rotom
Losing a Rotom may not be as devastating as losing Zapdos, but it’s a bit of an early-game blow nevertheless. However, one inventive player found a way to undo all of the hard work that goes into beating Rotom - and all it takes is one move. Talonflame’s Unite Move can be used to pin Rotom to a wall while it makes its way to the goal. This will disrupt its pathing so bad that it doesn’t know where to go, and will instead start heading over to the goal right near your spawn area. This gives you a bigger window to defeat the Rotom and stop the other team from scoring in the defenceless goal.
Making A Zapdos Loss Even Worse
What’s worse than losing a Zapdos to the enemy team? Losing the Zapdos because the other side stole your kill. Yes, players have found the quickest way to get your opponents tilted - hide in the long grass near Zapdos, and burst out when they’ve almost killed it, taking all the points for yourself. This strategy is genius, and doesn’t even require working with your own team to pull off. Let’s just hope Pokemon Unite doesn’t add a messaging system though, because your inbox wouldn’t look pretty if you went around doing this.
Event Challenges Are Backfiring
Noticed that a lot of people are instalocking Slowbro lately? You’re not alone. Event challenges mean that playing certain roles and Pokemon will grant you rewards such as Aeos Tickets. However, since these events have gone live, some are reporting an increase in Slowbro mains in ranked, and not very good ones at that. While the intention of these events is to get people using Pokemon they otherwise wouldn’t, this can cause frustration for teammates when the composition of a team is thrown out of whack. Maybe stick to quick play if you’re grinding for microcurrency?