7 Big Mistakes You Are Making In Pokémon Unite *Plus How To Fix Them!*

Here are some things beginner moba (and even some higher ranked) players are doing that are losing them matches. Let's talk about them and how you can avoid these big mistakes! Let me know which ones you see the most. Enjoy!
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[@HighLanderPonyYT]

Protip: Scoring with any amount of points gives you 10% Unite move charge.

[@wiseman_snap7346]

wait what

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

@@wiseman_snap7346 Yyyup. Test it in practice mode.

[@mythcraft3445]

omfg i cant believe i didnt notice that

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

@@mythcraft3445 25+ years of gamer sense honing paying off. ;D

[@edsylan2275]

Also, taking a ko on a neutral (bees, audinos, etc.) gives you 4%

[@terranleadr]

The whole "Zapdos fight" is spot on. Idk how many games I've lost cause my team is trying to get Zapdos despite that we are winning!

[@antiday]

you should be seeing less and less of that as you move up the rankings. In theory. I know i did (aka started seeing more people who are more savvy about zapdos rules of engagement). For context, I'm currently in Expert C2/3, so if you're higher.. then maybe it's just ill-fated matchmakes XD

[@terranleadr]

@@antiday I finally got into Ultra rank but yes, it's definitely a big difference in play styles!

[@RockmanZeroModernDay]

@@terranleadr Opponents: oops. Sunny: Mind if I take Zapdos? Opponents: Darn it. We lost Zapdos. Sunny's Team Wins because she was there to fight Zapdos, Dreadnaw and Rotom.

[@michaelconnolly1678]

If you don't need Zapdos, at least defend Zapdos. I have lost quite a few cause Dreadnaw and Zapdos just got handed over.

[@aquamarine4644]

Hate those dudes

[@guitarlicker_]

I want the entire Unite community to find this video. I keep falling out of Veteran cause teamates are so obsessed with Zapdos when we're winning 😭

[@Mr.LooseLeaf]

Im master rank. F2P player. Zapdos is honestly pretty much the golden snitch. You can score all the qwaffles you want but if that snitch gets caught the rest of the game doesnt fully matter

[@experimento6262]

The worse part is when your team just splits and can't even take down one enemy and they want tk surrender.

[@joeyriddle428]

@@experimento6262 yeah because 60% off all unite accounts belong to ppl who dont give a shit about the game or your time. And they dont care they will keep queing in ranked because there is NOTHING stopping them!

[@experimento6262]

@@joeyriddle428 people who can't keep up with competition. Those players should stay playing single player games.

[@joeyriddle428]

@@experimento6262 ✨✨✨✨✨✨👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@ericthompson4523]

Pro tip: have a main, but also know how to use one of each type well so you can fill in any teams weakness:)

[@ShinyShilla]

Im a snorlax main, yet Im not as good as master snorlax... but regardless, whenever there is free rotation I try them and stick with the one I like for the whole week to understand it more. First time was Gengar and Absol, Than Garchomp, Now Cramorant. I tried Wigglituff but didnt like too much at first, but I want to try it more next time, unless there is an Eldegoss

[@dhvanilsolanki9572]

I'm talonflame main but I like to go bottom lane

[@joannavicencio9371]

So in short just play the game?

[@TheOriginalItsCake]

I main Talonflame, it's basically the only pokemon I play except Crustle.

[@Greenjolty]

Yeah I main Charizard but I never use support or defence Pokemon I should use them more

[@franciscodelico]

18:18 I do believe the Eldegoss dunked their points precisely because they already won the team fight, and so, the Rotom would have more than likely gotten to the goal before any of the high-scoring players could dunk themselves. A quick dunk to get rid of the goal, so Rotom could advance, was probably a quick-thinking decision to not risk the Rotom and keep the ball rolling. Whether it was worth it or not, I can't judge, but they did proceed to destroy your other goal regardless

[@TempestDacine]

Agreed keeping the rotom to push further was a great play

[@thereza3]

wait that's actually really smart

[@door1852]

Thats what i always do

[@bluwzrdisgreedy234]

You can't really blame Manscaped for backing out, though. Probably didn't figure most players have any hair on their balls yet.

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

Not that that crap could trim a single piece of hair well.

[@bernafolkers520]

That was brutal

[@triggeredcheese5318]

Pog

[@nughm3022]

there was a minecraft youtuber called ragetrain and they sponsored him... just FYI his content is child friendly so in the sponsor message he was like so you don't hurt your um.. *private parts*

[@generallordjowbra8871]

I mean, if you've ever snipped your sack with the scissors then you know this is a serious issue....

[@leinadlink]

In terms of scoring there's also a thing you should've mentioned because this is very important specially for supporters. If you have under 10 points to score, you dunk them almost instantly, and scoring makes you invulnerable AND heals you. So if you see yourself pushing or diving under a goal and you dunking that amount won't delete it, it is worth to blow your cds, dunk to dodge theirs and get some health back. Plus if you are equipped with scoring items you get that benefit too. This is only useful for characters that won't be last hitting like defenders and supporters, but it is something to keep in mind. Edit: I also forgot to mention scoring also reduces your unite move cd, so the more you are scoring the faater you get to use it. Playing aggressive in this game lets you snowball super fast, but always try to score the max amount in the goals you can!

[@jessewills7441]

Yeah low scoring points are a good tactic. Something to be mindful as jg. But when I have 16 points I start abandoning the sneaky score idea

[@experimento6262]

I try to score whenever im low on health even if it's one point. I need to get some health back.

[@GOATexp]

I do this a ton with cinderace cause he’s squishy but I can’t believe I didn’t notice the United move cool down!! I’m definitely gonna be tryna exploit that now!

[@skinnybballer]

Supports and tanks should score early and often with the aeos cookie 🍪😋

[@leinadlink]

@@skinnybballer I know the aeos cookie may be tasty, but I think max HP is kinda not as good as the other two alternatives when it comes to held items, since you could equip something like a buddy barrier instead. Battles are so quick that high sustain is not as good, specially with the eldegoss nerfs. However, with how strong some of the abilities in this game are, the Sp. Attack specs look pretty tempting in some characters. You get a nice special attack boost pasively at the start, and you can snowball pretty quick if you try to sneak in quick goals. You can end up getting up to 48 extra attack which is nuts (plus the extra 24 it gives at rank 30 making it 72 total). I think a lot of people are sleeping on these scoring items.

[@TheTheEverling]

My only addition to the scoring 1 point tip: It's highly beneficial if you are using the held items that provide stat boosts each time you score. Whether it's 1 point or 50, you get the same boost each time. Score as many 1 pointers as possible quickly and you eventually start sweeping the enemy team very quickly.

[@jyll]

But also remember that the number of max stacks is 6.

[@LARPBill]

I like how you stopped the slow motion replay of last hitting right before you take a minion from the charizard.

[@spragels]

Haha very true

[@Mr.LooseLeaf]

Bill T said minion lmao. This is almost LOL but its not. Theres no gold minions or towers. Just exp levels and aoes energy. Im master rank no money spent btw. But ofc you guys are all totally right this game is P2W. As if. If it was i wouldnt be master rank before week 2 in a 90 day season

[@gools___7394]

@@Mr.LooseLeaf ?

[@Mr.LooseLeaf]

@@gools___7394 ?

[@gools___7394]

@@Mr.LooseLeaf sorry I didn’t get you point comparing that simple mistake of him calling a wild Pokémon from unite to a minion in LOL

[@PMJ1234567890]

This is amazingly helpful, I am new to MOBAs and while I have a really basic idea of how roles work, this is the first person to explain how to effectively utilize each class. For the longest time I was always stealing kills from my partners as an Eldegoss because I thought that evolving ASAP was the key, but thanks to this video I don't do it anymore. Ya got a sub from me, brother.

[@yovani5594]

I’m a Garchamp main and my teammates always be stealing my last hits when I’m a just a gible lol

[@AlexMartinez-gv7hy]

I feel your pain, ugh

[@Relaaaaaaaaaaaaax]

My friend is a garchomp main we give him every one of our minion and the kille He became a beast

[@AlexMartinez-gv7hy]

@@Relaaaaaaaaaaaaax honestly I'm just tiredness of being left alone and taking on 3 or 4 people while being under level because my teammates prioritize themselves and being the hero instead of being a team player.

[@Olixer109]

Sometimes it’s worth it to wait that extra auto to make sure *you* get it 😂

[@DarthTalon5]

@@Jhit123 Garchomp can go 1v3 with some team comps. By no means is he bad let alone really bad.

[@JoelRiter]

As an Absol main, I kept trying to pick characters in solo to help with synergy (that's how Eldegoss became my second). Then, I realized that just because jungle has been taken and called, I can still play as bottom Absol. Many Pokemon can have a couple different functions of you build and plan right. I can now play Absol as a jungler, attacker, scorer, etc. So as long as your teams synergy isn't complete terrible (at least one defender/support and a jungler) just pick your main. Points don't matter till Zapdos. Remember my score Absol? It was sick. Too bad I never realized that the goals really aren't worth that much experience and I would have been better in center or bottom. Now I have much more consistent wins, all because I stopped worrying about the score until Zapdos. If you are going center, don't touch the first Aipoms. If your top or bottom don't touch the jungle pokemon. ANY OF THEM NOT A SINGLE POINT OF DAMAGE. Drednaw is the first win condition. You get first Drednaw and you get a huge advantage. Know your match ups. As an absol main, I know my match ups really well. When an opponent is out of lane, pushing too hard, if there's a Zeraora, I know to stay away because Absol can't outpace Zeraora in a lot of ways. I know I can literally dance around Snorlax and get KOs if I keep up my attack and watch for Snorlax attacks. This is just an example, but know your match ups. Know them with your play style, etc.

[@megodgast]

I'm a Pickachu main and i hate going against Absol, soo much damage, and so into my face! whaha! GG bro, hope you do well!

[@gusthavo15yearsand98]

Nerd

[@JoelRiter]

@@gusthavo15yearsand98 piccolo?

[@xeeen0]

Absol main here, what you said is 100% correct. Absol can fill alot of roles. Even limited defender, and I mean limited. The best I've seen if someone calls center is bottom. You will be there for Drendnaw and if leveled up enough you can quick solo him.

[@wiseman_snap7346]

I would add a personal pet peeve of mine - Not recalling after scoring with a Zapdos advantage to defend the base until the timer runs out. Lost 2-3 games in Expert because of this. Whats the point of fighting on a enemy goal when 2-3 opponents are left wandering around with the potential to score 200 points and fuck you over anyway.

[@AstridCeleste96]

Yeah, after a Zapdos push and you dump your points you should either be protecting teammates that haven't got to dunk their points yet or backing. If the enemy team isn't on spawn and is missing, you should definitely be backing. You should also wait and respond to where your enemies go to dunk by waiting on the superjumper, and split up for defense as two people defending one turn in while another one gets snuck is a recipe for losing a close game.

[@AlexMartinez-gv7hy]

Agree

[@Oldstalk]

Yes thank you! I see this so many time, after scoring with zapdos, DEFEND!!!!!

[@paulyshore1942]

Because you could win by more. A thousand point win is cooler than 500 points.

[@AlexMartinez-gv7hy]

@@paulyshore1942 I disagree with you on this point, the last 2 minutes can swing a game, especially if all of the enemy have max scores, that's +500 points which could swing the tide to their favor.

[@VigilTheProtogen]

Super comprehensive, ngl I never really look at the points available in the goal when I score. From now I will be more mindful, but I play Garchomp so some games I will need to rush level 10 with suboptimal scoring patterns, sorry in advance teammates.

[@timbermaniac5756]

Last point helped me out. I'd been thinking the excess points were wasted if a goal only needed say 5 points left and I used 30+. And shame on Jack Daniel's for not wanting to sponsor a Pokemon Unite video. Pokemaniacs like to party sometimes too.

[@PhyBunny]

I thought the same thing about wasting any points over what the goal needed...

[@JoshuaGanoTyraxLightning]

I had the same impression... till I watched enough KiyeBerries Vids & kept seeing End of Match Goal Score Results & noticing the numbers Goals had gotten scored till destroyed & finally noticed that there were certain Point Totals till Goals blew up... then I finally Epiphanied, that the End of Result Points Scores on blown up Goals often exceeded the Points a Goal could get hit with till they asploded, thus leading to the only logical conclusion that Points past what is needed to blow up the Goal MUST be counting in order for Points past the Goal Destruction Need to be consistently showing up in End Results... there was no other rational explanation. :)

[@DOMmaster44]

So glade I found this video. Thank you. I've never played a MOBA and was having trouble understanding the more specific things I needed to be doing. A lot of other videos were either about one specific character or pretty much everything the tutorial went over. I glad this went over more about just how to play the game like a MOBA.

[@amburcrombie]

Hope your channel explodes, this is great content. It’s a bummer that Blockbuster backed out of the sponsorship.

[@joshakazam04]

early scores with small numbers are really important if you run the atk, spatk, and hp score scaling items.

[@jyll]

It also gives xp, so if the enemies aren't nearby and I only have like 5 points, I shoot and run back 😂

[@seere3rd]

Thank you so much for talking about last hitting and how important it is to let the damage scalers get the experience early. I can't count the number of times I've had to fight an eldegross for experience as cinderace

[@captainkarma4524]

Solo queue has been devastating for me. I have always had the worst luck. Literally went 5 games where the person I was top laning was feeding-running strait into the enemy while 4 levels under. Went from hard stuck on Veteran Class 1 back down to Expert Class 4. I hope people watch this and learn a bit. Great video by the way 👍👍

[@absolutetrash7880]

The issue with these tips is they require a semi-competent team, these are all pretty given stuff I knew but I consistantly get teams in random MM that just don't do these, I often have games where I'm playing a support like Snorlax and both team just Ignore Regirock/ice/steel for 4+ minutes of the game and since I'm snorlax I can't REALLY solo it so I just opt to jsut ignore it, similarly even though I mid a lot I've often found teams just don't rotate to objectives or don't even contest it, like I'll vacate the Jungle to go rotate for Regi and my team just enters the jungle to farm leaving me to either solo, or try to fight 3 enemies solo at Regi, that's just one example but a lot of these games have issues like that (Ultra 4 btw) The most I "break" one of these is the Tier 2 one, often my teamies just braindead walk to the first goal so I'll try to get my team to walk into Regi after the first goal is taken then I'll just go in and zone the enemy back and distract them while my team takes the objective

[@HeartlessWeavile]

Can't believe taco bell pulled out on the sponsor

[@spragels]

I was devastated

[@tortle1055]

The Nacho Fries live on

[@experimento6262]

Because @spragels don't like their hot sauce

[@Olixer109]

I guess this is aimed at noobs to MOBA's. Here's another big mistake people make: 3:30 trying to score when enemy team is about to or has just spawned, they will 100% interrupt you and you'll be at a disadvantage in that fight. And my greatest bother in any moba is people tunneling on their opponents, forgetting to farm and getting behind for no reason.

[@Olixer109]

@@Jhit123 Yeah for sure, apart from Smite it’s the first moba to come to console.

[@RockstarGacha69]

*7 Mistakes I commonly See People Making:* 1. Not taking advantage of or participating in any of the important team fights. Or going for the main objectives (even when they're losing.) *When you do this you're allowing the other team to take all of the experience and top you in levels.* 2. Wandering around half/entire match with max points and not attempting to score them. *This is bad cause an opponent on the other team, can just take you out and steal all your points to potentially take out one o f your goals. 3. Farming or fighting the other team at inappropriate times (when really behind), instead of just trying to score or go for an objective. *When you do this you're setting you and your teamates up for even more complete failure.* 4. Idling, constantly surrendering, or just not being a good team player in general. *if this sounds like you, please don't participate in anymore ranked matches until you have some more experience under your belt. You're just sabotaging your teams ability to win.* 5. Not being defensive of your allies or your goal zones. *This allows the enemy team to easily take out your teammates and your goals.* 6. Trying to fight an objective alone. *When you do this you're making it easy for the other team to snipe it from you.* 7. Not letting your lower level allies collect farm. *This makes it hard for them to participate in battle.*

[@amirgreene4930]

Let's be honest, Mr mime isn't really a support support. He's like an attack support. Sometimes I get more kills than the junglers and attackers 😂

[@dragoongod1603]

Ninetales is also attack support

[@amirgreene4930]

@@dragoongod1603 pffft naaah Ninetails is a CC Attacker. Big damage in a 1v1, 1v2, 1v3 you name it.

[@AosorarisuUnedited]

Supports seem to be powerful at the start but have horrible ramp, no snowballing. Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. I think they intentionally did this so you aren't totally screwed if you got someone last picking not taking something needed. A snowballed attacker, even Ninetails who is possibly more support then most the supports, is more likely to secure you the win.

[@amirgreene4930]

@@AosorarisuUnedited I've played alot of Mr Mime and I can say that there's alot of moments when I realize I'm not an attack character. I often try to time things out to cancel out the opponents moves, but on the off chance I mess up, I can get hit really hard by the real snowball/attack characters. (Ie machamp, lucario, gengar, zeraora)

[@AosorarisuUnedited]

@@amirgreene4930 Wigglytuff is the same... their starting Pound at level 1 can nearly one shot the level 2 wild pokemon, which is great for feeding a carry. So it feels like I'm stupid strong. But then a fed Cinderace comes along like today and I'm kissing the floor before I can be sure what hit me. I just don't want people to be misled into thinking they can just be viable DPS with pokemon not built for it. I'm not saying it can't be done, but it requires A LOT of strategy... not just character tactics, the kits don't support it.

[@genoman3]

"For some bizarre reason their Eldegoss turned their points in, which seems like a mistake" Immediately shows your team ready to surrender the game.

[@Beliskner999psn]

My team engaging in pointless teamfights at the opponents second goal is probably the most annoying thing I have to deal with. The only reason to ever really go for second goal before 2 minutes is if you see 4-5 opponents somewhere else on the map and know you can score for free or you are pushing with at least 3 other people from your team. Everything else is almost guaranteed death.

[@JoelRiter]

As someone who has legit been doing this, yeah sorry, didn't understand that goals only matter after Zapdos. So now I won't bother with my Absol score build and just focus on one hit criticals and escaping.

[@JC-ok4yx]

Yeah, I just realized I push lanes too quickly. A fight might look like you're 2v1 for an easy score but they're so close to base it can turn around on you before you realize it.

[@kingsavage4478]

I level up as quickly as I can then smartly maneuver my way towards their goal without being seen and score,but I only do that if I have 20+ points at the least 15 to get us at a little advantage. I main Lucario and started using Gardeviour

[@tsea87]

Great tips on fighting zaptos. It explains a lot why many times I feel ahead yet lost, it's becuz we fought the zaptos and got ruined by the other team lol.

[@hoboIove]

On the last point it happened so many times to me. When there's about 5-20 points left to cap a goal and I have 50 points banked my teammate will always just cap their 20 points and not let me take it because I take much longer to cap. Then I get killed later on and lose the only opportunity I had to dunk that 50

[@Louigi36]

I think one of the problems is the MVP system. Specifically, the game puts too much emphasis on MVP as a fixed requirement for various rewards, including literal dailies that demand you get MVP multiple times TODAY. Matches are won by doing well as a team. MVP is won by doing better than your team. Dunking 20 points for yourself and preventing your "rival" team mate from scoring 50 points is a really good move for finishing that daily quest. Easily one of the worst design decisions they have made in the game.

[@jonpaulojequinto4169]

Tip #1 SHOULD BE SHOUTED OUT! I most of the time play Greninja and for some reason majority of the randos I'm playing with just steal the last hits from me, making me feel like I'm fighting my own teammate and I hate it

[@TheCrustleGuy]

The 1st one is 100% true. I main a greninja and there was another greninja on the enemy team. People stole my kills so often that the greninja was fully evolved while i was still a frokie.

[@pantherman8719]

Yeah that evolution shit matters... especially vs pokemon with only one form.

[@greedylark]

Hey man, new to your channel with Pokemon Unite and basically a noob with MOBAs (played a little League years ago and was instantly turned off by the community). Thank you for this video and the humble way you speak about yourself and respectful way you talk about other players in your videos (even when they're messing up).

[@incogneatophreedo4507]

Something a lot of people do not know is that Drednaw gives you 50% damage mitigation towards Zapdos for 90s. It may not be wise to take it prior to Zapdos spawning unless you can kill it before 3:30.

[@moisessalas]

That was removed with the same update that released the game.on mobile.

[@pkmntrainerred4247]

Man, I am a Talonflame main, and for some reason I keep trying to get into that 2nd goal area in enemy lane, then the whole enemy team comes in a flash and bears my and my teammate's (if any teammate is present there) asses, so I 100% agree with you there. The second my spawn timer ends I go to the other lane's 1st goal. Also I do not participate much in the big mon fights, but this video maee me realize Why I should. So thanks for the tips! WARNING: Please ignore the scam bot in the replies and be cautious of any such replies you find. (Put this just in case the reply didn't get deleted)

[@LazyPhoenix300]

Thank you for making this video! this is the first game my boyfriend and two of my best friends are playing a game together! and this video helped us to become a great team!

[@spragels]

Love to hear it

[@goth_goat_dad]

"Yeeeah, we just feel like Adam & Eve isn't the right ad for this video."

[@LinkDawnbringer]

I think a counterpoint to the final part is if they're using a held item with permanent boosts for scoring goals, especially Snorlax with the health one, more goals can make a big difference. Just a thought.

[@forhireminer]

One possible reason for goaling with a small amount of points is making use of the goal scoring stat increase items (Aeos Cookie, Sp.Atk Specs, Attack Weight) to take full advantage of those items for their buffs as quickly as possible. They max out at 6 stacks so getting a quick 6 goals near the start of the match by dunking even just 1 point in can get the ball rolling with those items Unfortunately there are still better items but that might just be the reasoning teammates score with so little points sometimes

[@ManaUwUXD]

I had someone score 8 points after 2 minutes when I was winding up to score 50 and he shattered the goal with only 2 and we lost by 70

[@ManaUwUXD]

50×2 is 100 I just worded it bad

[@sasuke65743]

I have 98% of times where i have max points to score and i can't because they def the zones with stronger foes or are just outnumbering me 3 vs 1. In that cases i can lose even with a difference of 200 or 300

[@Danchamp07]

I had the opposite. Last 10 seconds of the match I stopped scoring my 20 points to let a 50 point player score. Completely miss timed it and he didn’t have the time to score. We lost by that 20.

[@ManaUwUXD]

Another bad one is where you're about to dunk your points with one second left but your like 2 frames away from the points going thru and it doesnt count

[@ShinyShilla]

Oh my god the same thing happened to meeee

[@JRokk]

Spragels, have you thought of making a new set of beginner tips videos like this one? I know the new map isn’t necessarily new at this point. A lot of the tips in this video still apply. I have a couple friends that just started playing the game and they’re doing pretty well for beginners. I pointed them to this video and a couple others of your’s highlighting beginner tips and how to push on ranked. I started a new account to play with them on in hopes of me not pulling in higher level opponents. As a team we’ve pushed midway through veteran on ranked but we’re kind of at the point where we win a couple then get paired against a team of level 50 players that haven’t played in a long time and decided to log in in search of blood. Most games I’m pretty much carrying for a lack of better words. 10-20 kills and 70k-120k damage every game. They only have about 150 games worth of experience. They definitely are picking up some stuff. The main mistakes they’re making is that they’re playing Charizard and overextending and trying to push enemies on goals when they shouldn’t. Charizard doesn’t do that much damage especially unevolved when you’re trying to kill enemies especially if the enemy is camping on a goal. Me trying to help them not die will play overaggressive in those moments in hopes of keeping them alive. Sometimes it works but I know that’s not the right way to handle it. I’m not a pro by any means but I’ve watched a lot of pros like yourself and I know that has helped me improve over time and try to only take fights I can win or put my teammates in a position to clean up if I die.

[@TheSasquatchFTW]

I consider myself and the group I play with to be pretty good but this video helped all of us. There is some really good info here on rotations for neutral objectives and point scoring.

[@rest1585]

Zapados is important though, if you don’t get them if you lose it the enemy team can make an insane come back.

[@nich6200]

19:30 People that hold onto 50 or 40 points drive me insane. He was in the right. They probably already started before they saw your points if they saw them at all. I’ve lost too many matches where two teammates sat on 50 or 40 points rather than scoring them when they could

[@yuelinxie5721]

For Pokemon Unite content creators, you are honestly one of the funniest ones, and there aren't that many up there. So keep up the good work my man!

[@VenatorXVenator]

Excellent tips for both new players to mobas and veterans.

[@User-15328]

Tip 1, and 2, is so useful, i didnt even realise i was doing these, and these were bad, my thought process was were gonna kill zapdos before the other team kills it, so they cant get zapdos, if we get it first, im so dumb, i didnt even think about preventing the other team from getting zapdos.

[@valiantpkmntrainer5303]

What this tells me is to have a team with good communication.

[@spragels]

Well that would help

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

Make sure you communicate yourself, even stuff that seems self explanatory.

[@valiantpkmntrainer5303]

Yeah I mostly solo queue in matches. I would like to find people to play with, but I'm working most of the time.

[@jessewills7441]

In solo que, that mindfulness is an art form in its self. Always let the player with most points score. Also works in what enemies to target when blocking goals

[@AntoineLiles]

Yes I hate when I'm fletchinder and teammates steal the kill like bro you know I'm trying to evolve into talon flame to sweep the enemy team.

[@JaceGarrdok]

Okay, hand down the biggest mistake I'd add to the list is stop throwing the game in Champ Select. If your team already has 2 Attackers, 1 All-Rounder, 1 Speedster, then chances are, you locking in Venusaur won't improve your chance of success at all.

[@dirktesla7827]

Picking Venusaur or Charizard is just straight up throwing on champ select. Every single character in their category is better. And not by a little but a MASSIVE AMOUNT

[@figgyman7772]

@@dirktesla7827 I dont mind Charizard all that much because of his Unite move but yeah not the best.

[@SweetTreats-c8w]

I HATE seeing Bulbasaur get chosen on my team. Heck no.

[@skaionex]

I agree 100% with everything in this thread.

[@risfor3307]

"b-b-buh venusaur is mah favriteeee!!!!"

[@brentus86]

Thank you, genuinely. Last night my matches soooooked and after watching this, I realize some of it may be me. I watched a few of your other vids, and feel like I have a better understanding. Excited to take this knowledge to my next matches.

[@dingding12321]

#1 is Venusaur. Not picking him, mind you, but never autoattacking. His 3-hit auto is the best in the game: ranged line hit and stun that does stupid damage.

[@dirktesla7827]

Number one tip: Never play Venusaur or Charizard if you do you are throwing. Charizards damg is straight trash compared to the other all-rounders who ALSO HAVE UTILITY and them fixing the muscle band bug just made him even worse with no buffs to compensate. And Venusaur literally has NO CC AS A MAGE outside of his enhanced auto while every other attacker do equal if not more damg then him while also having a CC stun tied to every one of their abilities. Sorry but Venusaur and Charizard are shit atm and need in Charizards case be buffed and in Venusaurs case be completely reworked to include some fucking CC as a mage.

[@dirktesla7827]

Yes it's Pokémon but it's a MOBA first and picking shit characters just because you like them is throwing

[@experimento6262]

@@dirktesla7827 what will you say after Charizard got buffed?

[@dirktesla7827]

@@experimento6262 Damg wasn't the problem for charizard. Flamethrower doesn't slow or give charizard a movement speed boost when it's upgraded for kiting potential, fire blast literally takes 0.2 seconds to walk out of, fire punch is a knock back which sends your targets out of range of your own auto attack damg making it a hindrance to your own character and your team unless you eject button behind people when machamp can do this with submission with literally no downside and without using eject button, and flare blitz is one of the slowest and shortest range dashes in the game. All the buffs did was up his damg which wasn't the problem aside from maybe flamethrower. So what I have to say after the buffs is instead of a F tier throwing character he is now a E tier throwing character. He needs his mechanics looked at not his damg.

[@kasuga19]

@@dirktesla7827 people can pick whatever they want

[@rikudouray]

Man I have a feeling you will hit a lot of subs. I'm not surprised if you hit 1M or more. Your channel is binge worthy. Don't say yes to that sponsor.

[@jakefromkc8739]

Could we get a video around fighting opponents, team fights, when to push, how to approach different opponent pokemon team comps?

[@liampleurodon8831]

I’ve been playing a million times better after your videos, thanks a bunch man!

[@fasadogg7715]

I loved these tips...I was never too into playing LoL but got into this after quiting overwatch...for someone who needed a refresher this was the perfect video. Thank you!!!😁

[@spragels]

Love to hear it

[@JJ_0134]

I’m losing interest in OW too, have been playing arcade a lot more nowadays. I think Pokémon Unite has a unique concept, effects, visuals, etc. but I’m not sure I’ll ever get into the serious game mechanics aspect. I already went through that with OW

[@AiluronArts]

yessss, we need more players both new and veterans to watch this. The limited communication system in-game makes it so frustrating when something we can clearly avoid costing the game happens.

[@jonathanthoresen7646]

As far as scoring goes, I’ve noted squeezing in a few lower point dunks early game can really help. With each dunk giving exp and healing. Those early dunks can allow you to have a strong level advantage in your lane and gave a good upper hand on the first dreadnaw.

[@spragels]

Agreed. That’s a great call.

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

I score whenever I can. It sucks being stuck with lotsa points and not being able to dunk them. Plus, if you've zero points on you, you don't have a lot to lose if you die in a fight.

[@sebastiencote1565]

That sponsor joke killed me, hahahaha. Awesome video Jake! Learned a lot thnx to you, again!

[@jessewills7441]

Take their goals, pressure their audino spawns. Winning is not enough, we need to completely crush their spirit and prevent any chance they have of making a come back

[@spragels]

Hahaha

[@DarkState2]

Just found this channel yesterday and I've been binging the playlist. I like the humor

[@thefreakshow83]

Loving the content mate, try to make em under 15mins though or put timestamps 👍

[@manthanvaishnav2765]

Thanx Bro in battle in shivre city or in any map the legendary spawn even when I give it the most damage the enemy comes and steals my kill this video Helped me alot I recommend subscribing this guy

[@ocharlos7628]

8th mistake Stealing the jungle of your jungler...

[@atroniac5703]

Yes, this! As a gengar I need all the camps for my first round cause without it I don't reach level 7 and don't have my combo which is a huge powerspike

[@2crisp63]

This one team-mate that said they'd go top decided he wanted to jungle instead. Making us lose top lane

[@michaelh878]

It's a tough one though because so many junglers tunnel on kills and ignore the jungle after the first rotation or 2. If someone doesn't take it you will lose.

[@elliotz2434]

@@michaelh878 it's literally free game for them at this point cuz they hit their power spike already, most likely and you can just take them if you want. What we're talking about is exactly the first 2 spawns, they're extremely important and don't ever take those

[@TheStreetCleaners]

The way you articulate things is perfect for understanding youll have a great career doing voice overs

[@samcostley7108]

You’ll prolly hit 10k tomorrow dang

[@spragels]

That would be awesome

[@BBrecht]

As a new player to MOBAs I came here expecting to be taught some harsh but necessary lessons - thankfully though I don't seem to be making these mistakes! I'd extend #4 to be slightly more broad and cover something I've seen through Expert ranks: fighting on the enemy goals in the early game more generally. I see it so often, where one team gets a slight advantage and chases the enemy all the way back to their, only to stand there and pick a fight while the enemy are healing up and respawning. It's so baffling and infuriating, Great vid all round - I hope my future teammates see it!

[@sk8ergamer]

Fix all: play with 4 teammates you can't ask for anything from randoms, not even not taking your jungle (all of it) they have the IQ of ...

[@TopRivers]

What a perfect video. All great tips. Also nice celes and Locke pictures. Remember Locke being sneaky in all his disguises and saves her?!.. Good times

[@ZeroMaximus22]

I always wait to hit that second goal until after Zapdos appears. Often they're distracted by the temptation of Zapdos and leave it totally open.

[@samskelly]

As someone who started playing week ago, thanks! My really well playing friend has been telling me a lot about this game which is nice, the only painful thing is that when people just don’t group at all :/

[@rileyperry8814]

You’re the best at these guides that I’ve seen so far! Thanks for the help and keep up the good work, I’ll recommend you to new players!

[@Coolo_1000]

I was expecting this to be super basic information but it wasn’t this was actually really interesting

[@AllAboutGamers0]

I feel like the statement "Defenders/Supports always let Attackers take last hits" isn't a good idea. Masters player myself, I'd rather have Slowpoke and Crustles take the last hits so they hit 4 first then they should be letting the attacker take last hits. Same thing with Eldegoss and Wigglytuff to a lesser extent. Obviously not if your Ninetails, her level 4 spike is just as huge if not bigger, same thing Machoke his level 5 spike is so big that you should be rushing it at all costs as a laner. But Cinderace doesn't get much going from 4-5, same thing with Gardevoir or even Greninja. It's way more situation than your making it out to be.

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

Does evolving actually do anything gameplay wise? Is it a big power spike? Huge stat boost? Or just new move access.

[@AllAboutGamers0]

@@HighLanderPonyYT I actually don't know. With Machoke it'sore about gaining access to Submission, but yeah I suppose I don't if there is greater than average improvement with stats when evolving.

[@AllAboutGamers0]

@@HighLanderPonyYT I just looked it up, yes they do get a huge stat increase. For example Crustle gains a couple hundred health per level but when he evolves he gets around 800

[@tortle1055]

I know slowbro and eldegoss both get access to the ability to really fill their role at level 4, so it’s probably worth it either way

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

@@AllAboutGamers0 Ah, I see, thanks! Wish the game showed this stuff somewhere.

[@fordorth]

This was an awesome video I knew most of all of it I actually learned a lot from the comments. The Zapdos thing is huge I have lost so many games that we were winning hands down and I put a lot of work into because someone comes over and starts attacking the dos

[@jacobthompson7369]

AND THIS VIDEO IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY RAID:SHADOW LEGENDS sorry couldn't help myself but to make the joke

[@Dinitrate]

Dude....this is a godsend. Thank you for creating this, I'm in desperate need of strats. I'm going straight into battle with these tips in mind. AGAIN THANK YOU!!!

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

Also, you passively generate 1% Unite charge per second. In this way, "ults" have a 100 second cooldown. I think that's universal. Kinda weird balance wise but could work.

[@AstridCeleste96]

Clearing wild Pokemon gives about 5% I believe and scoring gives 10% as well!

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

@@AstridCeleste96 Yeah, mentioned scoring in another post. Didn't know about the wild mons though.

[@imanironmoth]

Spragels 1 year ago: tips on how to become super good in pokemon unite. Now: this Pokemon is OP. No offense.

[@FishyYah]

I have something that might be a mistake people make it’s when you are really under level like if you’re lvl 7 and they are 10 then you just keep trying to push them and they keep killing you and getting the XP for that and getting even higher when you could just go to the jungle and farm

[@ToonfieldAnimations]

10:45 I feel like I was having a stroke with the weird music loop there

[@spragels]

Yeah I won’t make that mistake in the future

[@KnifeOfJustice]

Great Stuff!!! I can't believe Nike backed out, just do it you Cowards!!!

[@MrStebaan]

I like going for early scores since it gives you some experience which can help snowball the lane

[@ultraginge1990]

They also need more Pokemon of different types of Pokemon. Soooooooo many attackers.

[@experimento6262]

Soon we'll get them

[@VampTwinkie]

The only mistake in Pokémon unite is playing with random players, but I did learn something from this video…I didn’t know about last hitting. So thank you

[@andrewwilson895]

The sponsor was going to be the enemy team, until they found out you were going to give us all tips to beat them.

[@spragels]

nice!

[@kelvanjacob6224]

DO NOT even attempt to steal your jungle’s lillipup

[@joshyotoast]

The zapdos one is so annoying, I don't get why people feel the need to solo it when it's jus said you have a huge lead. It should be in the tutorials or something

[@joshyotoast]

@@Mokamon99 you never go for zapdos first if your winning

[@xcept1281]

I don't understand why we can't have zapdos even if we're winning? If alone then it makes sense but if teammates are in the area protecting Zapdos anyway why can't we get Zapdos to really make sure we win?

[@INeed333Quid]

Wow your Pokemon Unite expertise is seriously impressive and I would seriously consider buying anything that you would recommend especially around the 10 minute mark of the video. Keep up the good work! :)

[@Galaxy-ds4lw]

Yeeeee haaaaw!!!!! First.

[@spragels]

🤠🤠

[@twinplayz1825]

This is really helpful for beginners and I hope RANDUMBS will try to get better knowing these tips

[@adb4522]

The video is fine but the first point about supps and tanks giving there lane partner all the last hits pre lvl 4 is wrong, because at lvl 4 (snorlax at lvl 6) they get there first move choice and you want to hit this power spike with both laners so you can contest the first vespa spawn. After the first move choice you can happily funnel all that exp to your carry.

[@tortle1055]

Especially with the ones that evolve at level 4 like slowbro and eldegoss

[@hype_axe360]

The last hit thing is huge! Im glad its the first thing you mentioned!

[@genzkie2082]

As a speedster main I really get annoyed when my teamates are stealing my jungle creeps in the center, like why bruh most especially attackers like lucario and cinderace idk why they always go to the center in the early game like i get it they'r all rounders and attackers want to lvl up early to be buff but atleast not steal all my creeps man especially the buffs one.

[@jasonesmero5255]

I wish players would really be more attentive to Charmanders and Charmeleons just like how you did it on the first part of the video like they are so weak and vulnerable but when they are Charizards they are indestructible and help the team win.

[@SpecsWitched]

Talonflame main here (Going around 20 matches in a row without losing in) Aerial Ace busted with Brave Bird, you can harass the enemy team and stall with a potion and AA self-heal + the long BB animation which will make enemies wait for you instead of keeping going or returning back to goal while also being a good way to leave in a rush, + being amazing to pick off enemies with it's high mobility and chasing potential, it's a very good pokemon

[@miju2596]

I played lots of mobas over the years and I feel like this games low skill cap kind of tickles that sweet spot that dudes have where they just want to goof around and assume they'll always just stomp the enemy because they're better than them I realized after watching this I'm extending a lot more than I need to and taking fights on Zapdos unnecessarily, it's cool to see and I'm glad I could find something I could work on.

[@JuneauGTW]

Psst. Jake.. can we get that Season 3 updated Guide for Beginners/ blank Mistakes You Might Be Making in Pokemon Unite video. The community may need some guidance and wisdom Master Spragels.

[@ninjanurd509]

That sponsor, who is definitely real btw, missed out on a great video. haha That bit almost reminded me of an 'I think you should leave' sketch. Well done.

[@nathanseager3394]

First video of yours I ever came across. That was a month ago. Immediately subscribed and have been following all of your vids since. So thank you for the content. Alright, now to find the Jake lore beginnings vid...

[@anormalguy8407]

Also keep in mind that destroying the first goal gives that team a couple of valuable creeps at their side, kill those and get out instead of scoring or else they can use those to catch back up a little