METAGROSS Pokemon Unite EVERYTHING You NEED To Know!

[@aarav_1.]

is it just me or do they need to add more supporters and defenders and stop with the all-rounders?

[@Woofrie]

I agree. I expected Metagross to be a Defender, but still, there are too many Attackers and All-Rounders in the game, though I don't know if that's intentional or not.

[@idunnowhatimdoin]

Yes! I was just commenting not enough people play defender (or support), so that's probably why they make a pokemon like metagross be all-rounder so it actually gets picked lol

[@techno_otaku]

there are a lot of all rounder releases lately-- i'm just wondering what eeveelution is gonna take that role

[@shelter42Ayre]

@@Woofrie Ah yes, a pokemon with a 135 attack stat is a defender. Think about that for a second. Metagross is literally used for its fusion of bulk and offensive power.

[@nashmccomsey4000]

Been that way since launch...

[@hillhank3070]

Metagross: Unite move creates a wall that can easily be escaped with any dash or eject button Umbreon: regular move creats a zone that can't be escaped by ANY move or item (except full heal if you get the timing just right) seems legit

[@spragels]

lol this is a great point

[@Metatron5]

If metagross’s unite was like mean look it would be broken lmao. And you can also use eject to escape mean look

[@budisetiawan3989]

​@@Metatron5you cant escape mean look once the 'eye' opened. Which make that move really OP since it cannot be cancelled by any means including unstoppable.

[@Igz-uc3lo]

@@Metatron5 bruh, meta gross gets no buffs inside that zone, you force yourself in a 1v3 for no reason at least the payoff should be for it to be like mean look

[@Metatron5]

@@budisetiawan3989 just like with full heal if you eject before the eye opens you can escape it. Mean look is stupid but it’s not broken as it only traps one Pokémon. People who genuinely want this change are so lost because that would be much worse than a slowbro unite.

[@Xyz-wm4op]

Now just imagine metagross creates the wall with it's unite and a wigglytuff starts rolling

[@techno_otaku]

a little pinball pit party

[@thetwinsuns4375]

That would be insane

[@idunnowhatimdoin]

hm does the wall work on allies too? my wiggly is hoping it does

[@spragels]

I does work!

[@esosique5]

Wombo combo

[@Awesublime]

I think Aurora Veil A9 jumping into metagross’s ult pit with him will be really powerful. Already tanky and now you’re getting 35%-40% damage reduction on top of a cc machine in there with you

[@spragels]

Ohhh! I love this

[@Eldrolf33]

With the shields and knockups, I feel like Metagross really should have been classified as a defender. After all, it has the highest Defense of all the Pseudo Legendary Pokemon

[@booskidoo9169]

It's a pseudo defender

[@hillhank3070]

Its HP stat is the second lowest among all pseudo legendaries at base 80. Which is still decent overall, but when you're competing with pokemon that have BSTs that rival legendaries...

[@Eldrolf33]

@@hillhank3070 That's fair, though Goodra only has 10 more base HP. I've also been reading other comments that say people don't ever build Metagross defensively in the mainline games, he's always built for offense. So I guess All-Rounder does fit it better in that regard. Speaking of Pseudo Legendaries that are in the wrong class though... Dragapult totally should have been a Speedster. (I mean come on, 142 base Speed?!) Even the fact that it has a ranged attack doesn't matter, since Dragonite is an All-Rounder with one

[@SomeoneNr9]

Yeah, well Absol is a "Speedster" and has a quite bad base speed of 75. So i think its pretty safe to assume that base stats from the main game series are not an absolute deciding factor in what role a pokemon is going to have. Thematically, while there are definitely arguments for why either role would fit Metagross, I do wish they would have made it a Defender as its kit in unite specifically does seem more defensive-oriented and there are a lot more Allrounders than Defenders already, which will be even more skewed towards Allrounders once Metagross and Gyarados are gonna be released. Once Gyarados is out, there will be 18 allrounders in the game, which will actually tie them with Attackers for the most represented role in Unite. But Attackers can kinda be split into Mages and ADCs while allrounders are all sort of bruisery, so I feel like at this point maybe we don't need more Allrounders for a while. And I say that as someone who mainly plays Allrounders, but I digress. Although im not gonna complain about Gyarados since it is my favorite pokemon, but that is just me being biased.

[@fzen788]

@@SomeoneNr9 absol gets a pass because of priority moves and pursuit

[@Caliber918]

I feel like with metagross you could just fill the rest of your team with huge aoe unites so you'll always have someone to combo with, for example, meowscarada, any eevee, zacian, elde, venu, blastoise, etc.

[@idunnowhatimdoin]

I like that they know too many people are selfish and not enough players pick defender, so they figure just add more brawl-sturdy all-rounders.

[@shelter42Ayre]

I main Trev and Umbre. (Though I am a lamp enjoyer) 9

[@idunnowhatimdoin]

I salute my fellow tank mains heh 😎👍 I do mostly fill in as defender or support (will see if I get to try metagross) But yeah over 2 yrs into the game so many players *_still_* don't care about team comp

[@sechabatheletsane9784]

I think it's that metagross is popular but they know people don't pick defended or support so they chose a popular class so it's more likely they buy skins.

[@MusicComet]

How do you expect people to pick defenders when 99% of the time the teammates don't even USE the defender's HELP. Having to use a defender/supporter and not have anyone to fight for you when you engage a winning fight is beyond infuriating. I've had to drop playing those roles altogether in solo-q because of this. Far too many people are cowards or stupid and let me die when I'm tanking 4 other enemies at ray for so long and instead of being where they were literal moments ago I see on the map that all 4 went after a backcapper and are still struggling to even kill them. Then they all die at ray pit because I'm dead :)

[@Luniden]

i mean the all rounder category was the 2nd in terms of having the lowest ammount of pokemons so im kinda glad they add more of them but now they gotta add some supps because its getting anoying seeing literally the same sups every game

[@Prince_Spoopy]

I’m super excited for Metagross. I’m still gonna be using Magnet Rise as it at least gives Gross some kind of self peel. Something I noticed that wasn’t mentioned is how you can combine the follow up attack from magnet rise and the one from meteor mash for huge burst damage. Did not know that the healing from mash was Max HP based so cookie or weakness makes sense. I personally will go guard, weakness, and weight. Gross feels like another Mon who would kill to have a fourth item slot, but I think trying to get the best of both worlds with Hp and attack would be best. Didn’t know that gross had potentially 50% tenacity* via its passive that’s soo cool. I lowkey might just use potion since I’m scaling my Hp, already have a good amount of tenacity, damage reduction via magnet rise/zen headbut, and shields/healing through the other moves. I more so like meteor mash because of the separate healing and shield affects but I’m sure gyro ball will be up way more often

[@trainerghost9294]

A team centered around Metagross's Unite move would be interesting. I imagine Aroura veil A9, Gravity clef, Rollout wiggly or crustle, and that 4th slot is pretty open, one could go T-tar, gardevoir, snorlax, chande, blastoise, umbreon, lapras, there's a lot of options with this theoretical comp

[@moveon89485]

It's funny how Spragles explain how good Metagross is meanwhile getting bullied by every pokemon in video

[@ARMProducts1120]

The fact that metagross plays like a defender and is not a defender is intriguing to me

[@josiah566]

Glaceon ult is going to be CRACKED with Metagross ult since it has to stay in the diamond. Crustle is going to rain crits on everyone in that pit in a dual tank setup. Comfey attached and ulted with Metagross is set to create the ultimate tank. Garchomp can actually go crazy in the pit since it's already slightly difficult to control his ult over long distances.

[@nancyalvarez6753]

Metagross feels like a defender forced to be an allrounder

[@ssora8678]

For the unite move I still feel like is stupid that Umbreon gets a level 4 move that stops you in place and you can't dash or eject out, menwhile Metagross jusr creates a wall OCASIANALLY and you can just dash through

[@Tan8ous]

It’s a shame they don’t acknowledge and effectively reward defensive and supportive behaviours like giving out a Goal Blockers badges based on your blocked goals percentage which is drastically overlooked as a worthwhile quantifiable contribution Or even a Conditions caster badge based condition casted percentage etc. If the weight of their abilities isn’t acknowledged official post games and throughout trainers achievements ribbons then ultimately no one will care

[@skullynoob]

combo metagross’ unite move pit, eject metagross outside of the pit, have two blastoises in the pit rapid spin and water spout to make a beyblade match.

[@blablabla38]

Thunder+bolt pika would be awesome as well!

[@bakes1324]

Spragels, why do you think the devs haven’t added loadouts that you can apply to your Pokémon so that you don’t have to struggle to remember builds you’ve ran in the past and can have them all easily available in the pre game lobby? I sometimes forgo trying new builds so that I don’t mess up the one I already have and forget about it. I’ve already found multiple cool metagross builds and I think it would be cool to save them between matches.

[@WylderWilkerson]

Zoroark dashing through the pit multiple times with feint attack

[@_jerry]

Metagross unite move team comp: Metagross, obviously. Clefable supporter for gravity in the unite move. Delphox for unite move in the unite move. Ttar to jump in and sand tomb. Umbreon for stealing sheilds and mean look. Alternatives: Gardevoir for unite move, Garchomp/Dnite for melee shreds, A9 for aurora veil in the unite move, Pikachu for all of its aoe, and finally Azu for water pulse +.

[@shopi314]

I think metagroos unite will combo well with gravity clafeable, so they cant escape and to give the sweet heals

[@DoctorPhileasFragg]

Boy, this sure does sound like a good kit for a defender.

[@Ghostmnm]

Ngl back when all pseudo legends were all rounders I joked that all rounder mains would thank the begging defender mains for giving them metagross… now we are here with all rounder metagross…

[@cottonmouthasmr8713]

He actually seems quite necessary i get left to lane alone a bunch and i get stuck 1v3 so he'd be really nice to have for those scenarios

[@Nicow723]

Another cool combo would be Metagross trapping everyone and then a unite like Crams doing a bunch of damage from a safe distance

[@SaltymanGaming]

Iron Defense is seriously one of the best level 1 moves in the game. Beldum can solo basically any character, I often pick up early double kills while invading.

[@RamzaBeo]

They have metagross? Might need to get back into this game

[@CollinKitzler-w8x]

If you stick a gravity Clef in the pit, mean things will start to happen

[@MultiShane4]

Metagross Unite plus Cram Unite would be insane. You'd have all the Pokemon grouped together so the Arrokuda/Pikachu's would bounce to each opponent easily and the wall adds another layer of defense to keep enemy Pokemon off of Cram so it can get the entirety of its unite out. Decidueye unite could also be decent for the same reason

[@bbqchipspls]

Please be a laner, PLEASE I'm so sick of people picking jungle when i already selected, bc half the cast like jungle😭

[@spragels]

Yeah it feels like a laner to me

[@bbqchipspls]

@@spragels whew

[@MrSuperkamiguru]

Metagross looks fun, a bit like a new garchomp. On a side note, I really feel like they need to do a better job with the roles in the game. Feels like the roles are just there for a basic example of what the Pokemon is but I would like it to be of a more strong focus.

[@bladerex1224]

Something like Crams unite would be nice in combo with Metagross unite. Stick the enemy in a pit, Cram sets up unite to start AOE shredding the enemy team.

[@dimensionsazuma32]

But cram will be nerfed next patch making this combo impossible to happen

[@MusicComet]

Other ults like zoroark, leafeon, cinderace, greninja's would probably also combo well with that wall, although some would be put at risk because they'd have to enter to ult.

[@TheCodynGamer]

I think pink and yellow emblems are underrated, but seeing the emblem loadout for pink physical attack or yellow physical attack is disappointing. The prospects for both sets on physical attack Pokemon are abysmal; you have to sacrifice health or attack for a full build, and a lot of times you have to sacrifice both, but for special attack Pokemon, you can usually get +200 HP and at least +5 special attack with ease. There are also no yellow/brown or pink/brown emblems (or yellow/green or pink/green emblems for that matter), so you can only get a max of 2 brown or green emblems on these builds. Yes there are much worse sets (like navy and gray), however, pink and yellow feel like they are just being held back by a lack of stat prospects rather than an awful color bonus or an inability to make a "full build" (navy and gray can only reach their second-tier bonuses of 2% increased unite charge and -6 damage taken respectively).

[@perhapsadog7130]

I actually think his unite would be good with Flame Sweep (talonflames Unite), mostly because after you flame sweep your enemies can't really leave this small area, so not you can easily go in, and Talon has a natural dash out move too

[@BlastoiseFan1]

I really want to use this thing as a Defender. Slap an Exp. Share, Resonant Guard and maybe buddy or weakness policy on it and let it rip baby

[@Zindrazi]

Okay, so I just picked the game back up. Metagross came out today too…. I’ve only been playing with Meragross and I’m loving it but I’ll need to play longer to get a full feel of how to play it best

[@Gaiacrusher9fan2]

I think Cookie, Guard, and Policy will be my ideal build. Unless an Umbreon jumps in, you are going to have so much shielding. Could even go a step further and swap Policy for Buddy.

[@TheLMBLucas]

I think I will try it with 6 Brown, 6 White and Resonant Guard, Charging Charm and Weakness Policy. Slow Smoke makes a lot of sense for me too.

[@asimff8888]

Love from india from kerala 🇮🇳

[@hawkeye2800]

I think pink emblems would actually be worse on him then on other pokemon. Its diminishing returns, the more cc resist% you have the less useful will be further cc resistance.

[@ZiggyGamma]

Metagross seems like a reverse Azumarill. An all arounder who wants to fight multiple enemies

[@YosiahW]

Aurora veil A9, sand tomb Ttar, Comfey unite and Metagross unite all stacked on top of each other would be so crazy.

[@brun3393]

I love magnet rise in the game you can combo it with meteor mash and do the alot of burst dmg at once

[@shreeanshmahapatra2313]

Wish they had made it a defender instead.

[@TeamAguaChris]

I was thinking of Gardevoir Ult with Metagross’. The pull of Gardevoir right after cornering them Metagross’ feels like a solid combo

[@steve.m7443]

It's Unite Move is the most exciting part of its kit to me. But I'm curious how it will play on release.

[@janewashappy]

it seems really ridiculous to me that a move like mean look can exist, which locks an enemy into a zone that they cannot escape basically at all, but metagross' unite move can be escaped or entered very easily

[@dimensionsazuma32]

Well, Spragels, EXACTLY as i think for an metagross + delphox + gardevoir combo which is great! (Before i forget, this combo will dominate in the unite championship series but probably not due to regulations of it. Being banned or not, its beneficial for teams likewise) trio queue lover might like this combo right away!

[@talonitex6441]

We really do need more defenders in unite

[@flowgix6427]

AttackWeight RazorClaw and WeaknessPolicy are gonna be good on this one

[@geraldd500]

Seems cool. Though I feel you should go back a couple pokemon to blazikin and try the energy amplifier on it. It has a cool down but that's expected and from what I see you have 50% of the time where you're boosted and for it being a 21% that's huge I haven't seen anyone running it and idk why

[@Demilaw619]

Meta and tyranitar is finna be amazing but I feel like Metagross and Blastoise would be crazy

[@YosiahW]

Metagross needs a lvl 8 evolution at bare minimum. It doesn't threaten most Pokémon enough for it to warrant such a late evo. If they plan on buffing it then lvl 9 makes sense though.

[@Pain-y2d]

do we consider moral triple stacking, going top Regi every time only and then triple check it out and blasting it out with a mic on a random player that wants to get jungle exp so the other players have a chance at bot Regi?

[@crimsontanooki7212]

Honestly Metagross should be a Defender, just give Gyro ball and Meteor mash knock back or stun and it would work

[@UndernetBroker]

10:20 seems like the Unite Move has a follow-up or something. any info on that?

[@Luniden]

so we got leafeon who had a ability similar to xayah from league of legends we had dragapult which is basicly twitch and akshan combined from league of legends we got meowscarrada who has fiddlesticks ultimate and zed's w from league of legends we had azumaril whos aqua tail is basicly aatrox q we had urshifu wicked blow which is sett's w we have slowbro's ultimate which is malzahar's ultimate and now we get darius q on metagross huh.... dunno if i missed something but suuuurely they are making original abilities right :)? (just to be clear i dont mind i still love both game but its kind of funny to see this)

[@vibinjenova]

A fun defensive build with metagross would be resonant guard, weakness policy/drain crown, and focus band

[@Corvothing24]

I might say resonant guard or aeos cookie instead of focus band, because your abilities give shields and heal based off of your max hp

[@vibinjenova]

@@Corvothing24 oh I put res guard in there already, but yeah you could run aeos instead of focus. Focus would just be a good non stacking option imo

[@Corvothing24]

@@vibinjenova I cannot read lol

[@vibinjenova]

@@Corvothing24 i feel that lmao

[@BlackPoisonGamez]

This teamed up with a Goodra would be an amazing team wiping unit 😎

[@persepheliaeve8256]

I like Metagross and Comfey ult.

[@zoonisha4387]

As a gengar main i can only say: let me dive into that pit with my ult really quickly.

[@takefive5670]

I want to main metagross but i feel like he'll hard to play with others wanting him, I'm a garchomp main anyways but chomp and meta are my in my top 5 pokemon

[@sebestianambex15]

Metagross : I am not stuck in here with you. You are stuck in here with me😈

[@estebanpinedasanchez9282]

Happy holidays Jake!

[@Sneaky_Silent]

When does metagross come out again in the main game?

[@metronometheprotogen5908]

Ima try slick spoon, muscle band and resonant charm with my metagross

[@capeciucc5268]

I think Metagross should be really slow, but really strong in attack and defenses. Like a giant titan that can not be in evry fight cause is always in late. PO team should offer always unique pokemon (like Hoopa, Dodrio, Zoroark, Sableye...), and not always the same stuffs with a new name and a new skin...

[@Lam-ec4jd]

Try dragonite’s unite move with metagross’s it gives double damage and adds a teammate to the fight

[@PawKickPlay]

Can I buy it ?

[@KwehKwehKweh]

yea i kinda wish metagross was a defender and not allrounder, I need more better defenders that i can have fun with

[@zoinkscasts2374]

I will NEVER stop sneezing. You can't make me cowboy

[@Enjinercraft]

Honestly, they kinda need to straight up change some of its moves like they did with mime

[@Akaza87805]

Yeeehaw from Germany cologne and I wish you the best for your channel bro ❤🎉

[@papiplaysmc]

10:33 if clefable uses gravity in the middle of metagross' unite then there's no escape

[@papiplaysmc]

Metagross, gardevoir, clefable, crustle, zoroark could be a cool team

[@Yddor1]

Unite move + slow smoke could be good

[@cobrakai8049]

Miss you Jake. Hope life is well!

[@juicypaperclip1475]

Completely forgot pink emblems existed :0

[@pixelblockgaming3752]

Delphox unite then avalanche blizzard Allan ninetales and maybe mean look umbreon to keep them there for longer.

[@Gshadewolf14]

Metagross’ Unite with sandstorm Tyranitar just seems like it would be so epic, I gotta make it happen at least once

[@ItzMiKeKirbY]

Having two late game pokemon in solo Q means you’ll get destroyed in the early half. So much so that your team might surrender before the Ray even spawns.

[@Mr_BB_Man]

metagross + gardevoir unite would be crazy

[@Belesprit656]

I've been excited for Metagross for a while and it looks good so far. But... still got the B tier.

[@jcvibes_]

Ayyoo the cowboy himself!

[@ZenYaga.]

Zen headbutt should make you unstoppable until you throw them up

[@abrahamsy2853]

Gardevoir might finally be able to unite a full team

[@jacobl1139]

I didn’t know you played unite on mobile. Is playing on mobile have better benefits than playing on switch?

[@14kaiju]

Basically runs a Buzzwole item build 🤔

[@warden_ofthe_sands7414]

So Metagross Unite and Duraladon for Coverage and cleanup.

[@Tinycarlos20]

No lo sé si será meta o será olvidado pero como me gusta mucho igual lo voy a usar bastante 😂

[@tigertanzy]

I was just about to type comboing Meta's unite with Del or Gard unite is going to be nice and you said it lol.

[@KokichiGrimleal_058]

I have a question Would rapid fire scarf work with meteor mash? Due to the fact that the cooldown resets and goes down based on how much you use basic attack

[@spragels]

Not really it doesn’t feel like. It’s only once a boosted so it’s a lot of attacks you’d need to hit

[@KokichiGrimleal_058]

@@spragels is that so? I’m asking because I’m most likely gonna use meteor mash and magnet rise. Looks like I’ll use attack weight, resonant guard and either focus band, razor claw or aeos cookie

[@altu8590]

So Unbreon can just make it so you can't leave a certain area with it's regular moves but Metagross can't do that with it's Unite move? ._.

[@mua4ever632]

Metagross is one of my favorite pokemon yeehaw

[@idunnowhatimdoin]

so many combos could be fun but why do i feel like the only one we'll see is metagross + decidueye dump unite

[@shyguyuwu8938]

What are these white and yellow stripes below his healthbar what are they doing?

[@Sevvaaa]

A boosted attack, all Pokemon have it and you can turn on it in the settings

[@macduffosazuwa2419]

​@@Sevvaaahow do you do it

[@abra_escaped]

​@@macduffosazuwa2419it's really not that hard to find it yourself

[@Mr.Serenus]

@@macduffosazuwa2419in settings, in control u can enable them, see boosted option there

[@shyguyuwu8938]

Thanks

[@SupriseAnt]

Missed you spragels

[@jacobrodriguez1253]

I feel he is a little squishy. He could have more defense

[@Gamerg_77]

Totally useless Pokemon licence I have ever seen bro I just ruined my 13000 aeos coin feeling so much regret not dealing good damage defence is not good cd is too high everything is so stupid they need to buff him or I will taunt myself every time for wasting 13000 aeos coins

[@Blu_Toad]

Bro foeygot he could go into the practice arena to playtest the pokemon before buying💀

[@Gamerg_77]

@@Blu_Toad yeah u can say tht

[@aarav_1.]

MEH-ta-GROSS or META-gross? 👇 meh-ta-gross team

[@suhaskale3806]

What if clefable use gravity in metagross's unite, no one can escape