Was Pokémon Unite as bad as we thought?

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[@WolfeyVGC]

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[@zachhouston514]

just in time I've been running low on squatch soap and need more

[@coinslot321]

trying them out through your link, I just so happened to need soap

[@waffleizer2362]

Hey Wolfey unite player here I have gotten like 8 dupes of the skins in the energy tanks and there very giveing with the tanks

[@marcoland120]

Wolfey I would remember you that trevenant was bad in the first week

[@hi-wf9ql]

but you cant get three items to max without paying- ever… you just dont get that amny item enhancers

[@glumreaper8885]

Pokémon Unite made me realize that gaming doesn't have to make me happy to be fun

[@JayceCH.]

..What?

[@gryphon4150]

Welcome to MOBAs. You'll hate every second you play it, but you just can't stop.

[@BillyBiceps]

I felt this

[@neophyta]

I thought i enjoyed defenders but I literally just can't with my dumb teammates. It's really sad, but for some reason I always come back

[@heterophobic]

LMFAO

[@spragels]

I love it but I’m pretty biased

[@Emptysoda.]

YEEHAWW my man

[@Backlash_34]

Mow

[@6stax837]

Yo cowboy

[@redhotchillipeppersfan562]

Yeeeehaw

[@kellystlouis3388]

Yyyyyeeeehae

[@masterofnova]

Funnily enough the meta is already completely different from what is described in this video

[@Diego-py3ts]

Yes lol. Hoopa was indirectly nerfed by slower base heal.

[@speculyn5060]

@@Diego-py3ts RIP Hoopa mains

[@turkeysgotmorecloutthanyou]

And absol was never liked in the early meta. He was often used as a decider of difficulty.

[@horsthooden4600]

@@turkeysgotmorecloutthanyou Walking slot machine. You crit, you kill, you dont, you die.

[@PrismaAce]

hehe mew go bbrbrbrbr

[@BunnyWitchcraft]

You should only level your items up to 20 when you're new. Held items stop gaining additional effects at 20 and the difference between 20 to 30 is usually like, 10 attack out of hundreds. In addition, the item enhancer cost goes up exponentially.

[@pkmntrainerred4247]

Thanks dude! Gonna keep that in mind while leveling up my items.

[@LoneSWarrior]

Exceptions are items that stack linearly in stats. Shell Bell, Crit scope, crit claw, muscle band(although i dont know if they fixed the attack speed misinformation yet).

[@BunnyWitchcraft]

@@LoneSWarrior These are all very good items to max to 30 first, but unless they're your main charcter's item definitely wait

[@side-beeetaloniswolfwolfac4179]

I leveled up Shell Bell, Focus Band and Assault Band for my Mamoswine. Combine that with alot of emblems to boost Health, Def and Sp. Def, throw on a Mamoswine and your have a great wall. Potions restoring a percentage of your HP is great if you have a fairly high HP, too. Do far it is my favorite build and I just got to Ultra. My emblem loadout is a WIP at the moment, trying to refine it atm and accidentally messed it up lol.

[@filipemazzon5307]

@@LoneSWarrior some pokemons doesn't really care about lvl 30 only 20 it's ok.

[@OGGuuse]

Pokémon unite was a bigger success than most of us could’ve expected

[@jakeberry9931]

I still remember how annoyed everyone was that its announcement was given its own direct. Think like everyone's salt is what made people think it was gonna flop

[@REclipsent]

You probably could have easily seen this coming, seeing as how mobile games are huge in China and the fact Tencent was helping develop it. The only wild was how well the west would like it.

[@douglasbrown8686]

It Pokemon I new it was going to be big

[@poltergeist_tcg]

@@douglasbrown8686 yeah nothing pokemon could ever fizzle out and fail... *looks at MastersEX, CafeMix, Trading Figure Game, Mobile version of TFG, Pokken*

[@AlphaSquadZero]

I haven't heard about this game since its release until right this video.

[@StickMaster500]

I don't think I've since a reception for a game take a complete 180 this quickly from the first trailer to release. Also, the reason why Pokemon like Lucario and Mr. Mime didn't have their pre-evolutions is because they're Baby Pokemon.

[@ididgood5775]

Eh stick is riolu a baby pkmn??

[@fe4rlicia540]

@@ididgood5775 classified so yes

[@snackknight]

i still Riolu is still one of the weirdest baby pokemon out there. Every single other baby Pokemon was introduced in generations after the other ones, but Riolu was in the very same generation as Lucario. To me, the only reason I feel like Riolu is classified as a baby pokemon is simply so they can push Lucario in more games faster

[@grunkleg.3110]

@@snackknight Toxel, hello?

[@piranhalettuce]

That's such a dumb reason, they're still pre-evolutions. And don't use the excuse that they evolve via friendship, they have Sylveon playable in the game.

[@gwabafett]

Blissey is literally always good. It's been good in every generation and it's been good in Go and Unite also.

[@gatchu2246]

It used to be sub-par in Unite, because it was outclassed by basically every other supporter. Those were the good days

[@cantthinkofabettername3889]

Pretty meh in Masters, though

[@wedding6515]

tbh i think blissey sucks in unite lol

[@ciranopunalesvigliarolo3788]

​@@wedding6515 it depends a Lot on the team, she may not be as good in a mostly attacker comp (with few exeptions like venasaur ir duraludon) but becomes very anoying when there's all-rounders (like aegislash, scizor, ttar, etc) that are a pain to dealt with

[@SuperLaxatives]

Seeing this comment after the latest assumed tiering for Scarlet/Violet...oof

[@SillySkull]

Ok I’m terrified. I just re downloaded this game and played it with a friend for a while. Hoped onto KZbin and I find this video an hour ago. Wolfe, are you in my walls?

[@BatroSkywatcher]

Check out chrisheroes channel. He’s the no.1 solo q player

[@Diego-py3ts]

No, he's just protecting you from misinformation.

[@Matty002]

no but google is

[@joegarcia0]

I'd love to see Wolfe and Spragels playing unite or vgc together someday. They both have the same wholesome vibe and are so funny!

[@spragels]

Might happen sooner than you think

[@melvinorticio]

@@spragels we're on the lookout 👀

[@awesome6078]

@@spragels yoooooo spragels!!!!

[@joegarcia0]

OMG YESSSSSSSS

[@Ghost-sq3ii]

The crossover we have all been waiting for

[@soully9568]

I'll be honest, with the new map Unite introduced recently, the game is a lot more balanced and fun than it used to be

[@_y4020]

Yes, the game is in a much better spot than Zapdos era, he should've talked more about the new map and new meta because quite a few of his criticisms are outdated

[@lordninetails514]

Thanks to mime mew and glaceon I'd say the game is the worst it's ever been rn. Ranked is straight up unplayable and those three just ruin the game.

[@sixzero2733]

@@lordninetails514 sounds like a skill issue

[@pumpkin7446]

@@lordninetails514 I mean I just got back into it and hit Masters with lane Greninja against those Pokemon a few days ago. Also they were recently nerfed, though Mime is still crazy. I think your own teammates are still more of a liability than the current roster balance 😂 (please buff Scizor though 💔)

[@lordninetails514]

@@pumpkin7446 Any clown that thinks mime and mew are "bad" enough to warrant any form of skill/teammates are the reason i lose against them is just dumb. Anyone can be masters that's not saying anything but when you go against top 5 man teams abusing these characters every game against normal characters there is zero counterplay and no way to fight against it.

[@sleepy_wendigo]

8:22 this is what all youtubers should do. Wolfey is too honest for his own good

[@astercat49]

My only real complaints about unite are the fact that Unite Licenses cost a lot of coins, and are getting more expensive as time goes on. I also wish there was a free way to get gems so that it’s possible to get things like cosmetics that are locked behind gems. I get they want to make money, but it kinda sucks that free-to-play players like myself can’t get items like Holowear (plus the holowear that you can get from holowear tickets are kinda bad)

[@syNM94]

Yes. The only downside, tho, is that cosmetics are not game-enhancing. They are purely cosmetic, so there is no real incentive on even a controversial level.

[@777guy1]

They have to make money somehow. Developers cant eat with free. Also the coins are pretty easy to get just do the quests which there are a lot of

[@zzeroara9511]

@@777guy1 idk if you know this but; 1. they do not gain anything from making liscenses more expensive. If they increased the cost of gems, then they would earn more money. but Coins, the currency they are purposefully inflating, are what they are increasing the cost of when it comes to Pokemon. You can't buy coins at all, they're just doing it because they're little dipshits who can't do anything right 2. tencent owns 5-10 gacha games that have been around for years, on top of COD Mobile which in and of itself has become their main cash cow. IIRC, in 2020 cod mobile made nearly 10 million dollars alone...on top of their countless gacha games. tencent and TiMi are not your friends. they do not care for us. i have witnessed this firsthand when COD Mobile got away with multiple legitimate scams within a year of it being out.

[@heheboi366]

Stop being greedy, bruh

[@mysteriousdora6914]

@@heheboi366 be fr, the licenses are so expensive that you could only get like 1 or 2 pokemom each month, and since new pokemon are coming out its not very great

[@A_Ali173]

Honestly, it isn’t that bad. It is well developed and the choices of Pokémon added are much better than expected. It made me like Pokémon like crustle and eldegoss much more. Wouldn’t say it’s underrated though because it can be annoying, but so can games like geometry dash and fall guys

[@joweeochiclete]

unite made cramorant one of my fav pokemon lol

[@linc6076]

This game is just a monetization system

[@user-fo1ow1jq3b]

@@linc6076 💯

[@A_Ali173]

@@joweeochiclete oh, cramorant was always one of my favourite 😂

[@horsthooden4600]

@@linc6076 As every product is. Yall acting like game developers dont want to make a living or actually get rich with video game development. I can assure you havent played the game or are just so bad you dropped it right away and now rag on it to deter from yourself. Literal NPC over here.

[@milkywayflea404]

I remember not wanting to try the game out at launch due to hearing about it being pay to win and not being a huge MOBA guy in general. Fast forward to a family New Years party, my uncle pestered me to try it out and I acquiesced. Didn't expect to have as much fun as I did, and since then it has become one of my most played games as of late. Not a perfect game, but much better than one might expect.

[@WardofSquid]

You must have a cool uncle

[@bzibubabbzibubab420]

Yeah it is not really p2w ,

[@minhocho5487]

@@bzibubabbzibubab420 It is p2w just that people are tolerant to p2w now so they still play this game.

[@bzibubabbzibubab420]

@@minhocho5487 if you want to just have fun it is not , I remember reached 2100 master with the worst tier pokemon (garchomp) with 3 non maxed item (level 25) in season 1, Rank 1000-ish I forgor. And I'm not playing it everyday, 3-10 games nightime no grinding tho

[@minhocho5487]

@@bzibubabbzibubab420 Wait it still is just because you can get there doesn't change the fact that it is p2w. Its a game with competitive play after all. If you enjoy the game, all props to you but that doesn't change the fact that it is predatory p2w mobile game.

[@_zoreo]

I am so excited that Zoroark, my favorite Pokémon, is coming later this month. When it was first leaked, I got the game on my switch and started grinding to be able to afford it when it becomes available to purchase without money.

[@Nanbread7927]

wolfe: talks about espeed luca wolfe's editor: shows pup luca

[@Whit_Edit]

Listen man I got a lot of video to make I can't always scan 10 hours for the exact right footage 😭

[@D7nt_MindMe]

This is a better representation of unite than the Mr whos the boss review. Hes literally representing the P2W side of the game, and yet stills don't know where to go even tho its been a year for unite. And certain strategies have been discovered already for every character it the game, except the new ones. At this point unite is doing us a favor on punishing the people who pays their way in games by just having huge cost on items that you should not pay money on.

[@greedy_tako3385]

Indeed.

[@NotGord]

Of course.

[@nikunjkhangwal]

Obviously

[@HoangNguyen-ej4wb]

same with pvz 2 but people still hate it because of microtransaction

[@Diego-py3ts]

Absolutely

[@MayorCdawg]

With the absol nerf, the patch before the nerf, they accidentally buffed absol to be completely broken and fixed it later

[@cyanconure]

Absol wasn’t really that good before the Psycho Cut rework. The only thing it had going for it was a decent early game and a fast jungle clear to counter Skwovet/Greedent.

[@MayorCdawg]

@@cyanconure yeah he was really strong early game theb fell of late game

[@Lucarioguild7]

I figured it had to be due to a more recent thing Absol caught a nerf for because when I played I remeber them being strong but never broken

[@trle964]

absol wasnt broken from launch to mid july as wolfe said. it was only broken for about two months

[@trikalinostassos3585]

Actually when the game first realised Players on KZbin had tier list videos and they had put Absol on the c tier. Because Absol was my favourite Pokemon i dicided to risk it and i unlocked it immediately after i got the coins. I had played lol since its beginnings so when i used Absol for the first time i was shocked at how broken it was. Fast forward a one or two weeks and every tier list updated Absol to s tier. So even without a patch thinks always change. Even with the new nerds Absol is still a good pick.

[@LegoCat88]

Even though I kinda don’t enjoy Unite that much, I’m so happy that Crustle has got some attention in this game. (He’s my 3rd favourite Pokémon) Also the cake skin is the best thing I’ve ever seen Also wtf who calls Decidueye Dekidewey

[@horsthooden4600]

Me from now on.

[@jet_set8648]

The same guy who pronounces Cinderace “Cinderachi”. It’s somehow more painful than Arceus and Rayquaza being mispronounced. (And I mean the “ay” sound in rayquaza and the hard c in arceus)

[@ryebreaddesalsa8157]

@@jet_set8648 bruh the hard c in Arceus is the correct pronunciation

[@jet_set8648]

@@ryebreaddesalsa8157 That’s what I’m saying. So is the “ay” sound in rayquaza. RayquAYza, not rayquAHza. ArKEYus not arSEEus That’s what I mean.

[@ryebreaddesalsa8157]

@@jet_set8648 oh I thought you meant the other way around lol

[@joshhale7012]

You didn't really make a good arguement in the pay to win section. "It's not pay to win, it's pay to skip the grind"... So it's pay to win

[@emeraldgiss]

The meta has completely shifted, and the boost emblems have been nerfed. Rayquaza has made it so that you can better defend your goals from your enemies since they each have a score shield that is tied to their health. so you go after the squishy pokemon.

[@loekust]

I was obsessed with Unite when it first came out but I found myself getting so annoyed and angry it felt too stressful to keep playing…

[@anddresaragundi]

i find it too simple of a game. its pretty boring

[@dguibff]

@@anddresaragundi yeah i dont see this game as a "have to be in a best rank" game so i felt the same

[@azeria1]

That’s just mobas like it’s not just a Pokemon unite issue like wolfey said it’s baby league of legends

[@bzibubabbzibubab420]

@@anddresaragundi they literally targeted it for the kids not a 25 years old discord mod

[@dumzacs7628]

@@anddresaragundi Too simple compared to what? Compared to Dota and LOL? yeah it is too simple if that's your comparison but compared to other genres outside MOBA? Oh please. You got to be kidding.

[@guest6921]

17:04 What's a "De-key-do-e"

[@greedy_tako3385]

Only one of the best pokemon in existence!

[@andrewwolfert922]

For the emblems, I messed with it for a little, but I decided to play without them until I understood them better. I actually was able to play just as well if not better because of it! You can definitely ignore them if you want to! (I’ve been to master several times and haven’t finished below veteran ever from launch)

[@arusha8249]

KOing Zapdos (Raquaza as of now) has been reworked to give you much less significant advantage now, no more instant scoring. So much so that split scoring is advisable now. Crazy, I know.

[@student69741]

They're trying to make zapdos 2.0

[@nopatiencejoe6376]

Unfortunately this comment aged like milk.

[@user-ux3jp9oo7r]

@@nopatiencejoe6376 lol what happened, i dont play but im interested since im a league player

[@CratthewF]

dang, crazy how the meta you specified has already flipped pretty much 180

[@gamingyachu]

Until Glaceon and mime one shots you

[@masteraccidents9851]

@@gamingyachu and you one shot glaceon, for mime you're keeping your social distance

[@student69741]

@@masteraccidents9851 balance patches: gotcha buddy

[@CaptainKiddYT]

That ripple effects of that critical video are INSANE. People still call Unite P2W as a result and it's so funny because it couldn't be further from the truth

[@glazed6178]

I'm not sure what dota allows in their economy so maybe they do something similar but I've never seen a moba where you can pay for real money and get months worth of work that give you an in game advantage. Wolfey says that grinding out the item upgrades is easier now so maybe as you say it is no longer a big deal. Just existing is a problem. Let players pay for all the skins and drip they want for their pokemon. The whole point of a moba is to be the better skilled team. This requires.... no demands a level playing field. MMR systems try to label you and rank you against others so that you do have a chance to win against similar opponents. Are you telling me if I make a new account and play a game maybe i'll be matched with newer players. Will some of those new players be smurfs? Probably. Can the smurf buy max items and play against new players who don't have that? Seems like it. The playing field is not even. Money gives advantages in some cases even if they are few so yeah it's just greedy design and to me says that they don't really give a shit about a healthy game community. So does that 40 dollar skin lol. The game can be fun and you can enjoy it. But don't defend bad game design practices. If you've been paying attention more and more games keep getting away with this and it's going to become common place because we let it and defend it. There were literally people paying 10s of thousands of dollars on diablo immortal because it made their characters better. I would rather the game be 5 bucks if they so desperately need the money. Everyone pays one price. Everyone gets the same stats and advantages.

[@Diego-py3ts]

There is another one recently by mrwhostheboss. It's really unfortunate to see these misinformed videos deter new players from trying the game.

[@smexykins3065]

Buying upgrades with real money to skip the grind is pay to win by definition lmao what kinda cope is this

[@anonymoususer7780]

​@@glazed6178 The guy mentioned at the beginning of this vid, Spragels, has a series where he uses smurf accounts to climb to masters every season using literally no held items. The advantage you gain from high level held items is effectively meaningless if you and your team don't understand how the game works because you're all very new. This isn't even me defending the system, this is me stating that it makes no practical difference to a new player with zero meta knowledge because level 20/30 held items and high tier emblem builds aren't going to drastically alter how they play the game. Comparing this to DIablo Immortal is laughable because it costs approximately $0 to be competitive in Unite.

[@dungo5337]

@@smexykins3065 because you literally do NOT win by paying any kind of money? Why is it so hard to understand? Yes, you can pay to get some "advantages". But it's like 1% more attack that will never be a decisive factor in any situation ever.

[@mrdanthesnowman]

The only problem I have is that final meta comment involves lucario and blissey. Maybe while it was being written, but if you watch Spragels, we all know it's Mr. Mime, Gengar, Mew, and Glaceon that rule the meta right now. But it's such a solid game. I love playing it. I got my girlfriend into it and we play together. I love the revolving meta (though if Gengar could get a permanent nerf to balance him out, I'd be happier). And the fact that I'm maining Azumarill right now is something I never thought I'd say ever.

[@airschut13]

Pretty good analysis. I love Pokemon Unite despite it being a decent game, it's a lot of fun for many of the reasons you point out. With that, I'm confused why you focused so intently on Remoat Stadium without acknowledging the new map Theia Sky Ruins has been much more balanced and removed the Zapdos win con gimmick. Remoat Stadium is playable, but no longer the current standard of the game

[@nicknicolas7483]

It’s probably because this video was made before the new map released

[@cyanconure]

It’s also funny because most of the supporters and all rounders he talked about have fallen out of the meta. (Rest in pepperonis Hoopa lol)

[@chinchillin242]

The new map fixed so many problems. Such a good game

[@chrisfaulkner9355]

Bro I remember playing with you one time. I was Eldegoss and I think you were machop or Lucario. I remember tuning in to your stream to hear you say that “this Eldegoss was popping off.” I had the most kills in the game lol.

[@RickKielma]

We really needed this after the "pay to win" youtube vids. Thanks for dropping this. There's a couple things that you left out that make starting the game even more player friendly like the 3 level 30 item enhancers that max out 3 items permanently and also that you don't get huge gains past level 20 on most items, but this video at least paints the right picture. Hoping this game continues to grow bc I love it.

[@charmquark7514]

Honestly this made me consider giving it a try. I never gave it a try because the mineralization looked so fucking offensive, despite being a league player of 10+ years

[@ThatHollowGuy]

The game came out and wasn't friendly with it's monetisation Then it got *A LOT* BETTER. Recently though new characters have gotten really expensive with coins, hopefully won't get any higher.

[@TheGostboy7]

What do you mean it's a completely free game they have to make money, do u not want to support something you play everyday?

[@captaincriticize8050]

i love dodrio. it's especially strong in auroma park because it scores 3 individual times so you constantly give yourself the 2x score bonus.

[@mr.p1759]

16:00 well that might be true in some cases but recently the Pokemon that are being released in Pokemon unite aren't crazy strong in release ( buzzwole, dodrio, scizor ) but some were crazy broken too ( i am so happy that ttar got nerfed )

[@itsmetater]

16:20 well that aged like milk, didn't it?

[@jayvgc420]

That thumbnail really had me thinking Wolfey was gonna collab with Critikal 😂

[@HellSpartanZ]

@@sirens4562 well it is

[@FTChomp9980]

Remember when Pokemon Unite was first announced it got booed! Although it's made by Tencent and for that I avoid Unite.

[@bens9061]

Appreciate the effort and acknowledging this game because it is my favourite, but this map is completely different unless you're playing a standard in the old map. Completely different map, buffs, spawns, RAYQUAZA. Still thank you for giving this game the light it deserves.

[@-Archant]

Although on a break right now, the game's improved quite a bit. Still has its flaws, Garchomp is still depressing to play bar a few rare occasions for one but overall enjoyable until you lose to teammates 3 games in a row haha.

[@ibnu9969]

Garchomp is never good from release, so sad

[@cyanconure]

I heard since he was broken in the Beta they nerfed him beyond repair 😢

[@benitogonzalez9673]

@@cyanconure I play garchomp and carry games also trevenant taking on the entire enemy team

[@copotasio3043]

Literally this video released and is already outdated xD Now Rayquaza exists, Hoopa isn't meta anymore, Dragonite either, Tyranitar is just meh and Mr. Mime is destroying everything How did that happened in just like... One month?!

[@AustinJohnPlays]

I Always say Unite is Pokemon Quidditch. There’s some hoops to score in and if you get the gold thing you instantly win. Also. Grabbie Grabbie.

[@big_axolotl_]

Zapdos is gone now so it is a lot better

[@nafisarashid138]

Omg I watch you

[@mileslyster2281]

hi Austin

[@Leron...]

Fuck. the begging got me. I haven't actually played a pokemon game since Gen 3, but by that point, it had already overwritten that part of my brain that recognizes animals, so it's stayed on my periphery. I enjoy Wolfey's personality and some of his wideos get a chuckle out of me, but historically not enough to deem them relevent enough for subscribing, but the begging won me over. you earned it, my dude.

[@codman361]

Some of this is very outdated sadly, hoopa isnt around nearly as often on the new map, and im surprised you didnt talk about how dodrio/scizor were available as GEMS ONLY for a solid week before they were able to be bought with coins, which is a very predatory thing for them to do, thankfully they werent oppressive like mew was.

[@matthewlynn6108]

I really enjoyed my romp with Pokémon Unite but the problem is there are so many other games competing for my time. It’s a respectable MOBA though and anyone who loves that style of game should check it out.

[@dolphinmax9454]

I never knew about a strong meta and I'm a hoopa main because when I cannot communicate, and players rarely see hoopa i just teleport them all to mid and they see funny button, so they click AND HAVE TO FIGHT ZAPDOS

[@Diego-py3ts]

Haha nice

[@mhx5071]

I actively played Unite for the entire first year, but now I've barely been playing it because I'm kind of bored of the game and its way more grindy to get the newer Pokémon (who made Dodrio, Tyranitar and Scizor 14K and decided you have to play *45 quick battle and at least 10 standard/ranked battles* for Mew)

[@cornykova9902]

I never played those quick battles for Mew. You can always leave 1 mission for each tablet ;-)

[@darkdream4938]

The battles aren't really that bad. We had 20 days to do it

[@bzibubabbzibubab420]

Bruh u didn't really play 45 games lol

[@darkdream4938]

@@bzibubabbzibubab420 I, at max, play 3 battles a day. And theres days I don't even battle. So it possible to finish the event withouth grinding it to much

[@NotGord]

Love to see spragels here. I watch his daily videos and Wolfey got me playing pokemon showdown. So my two favorite poketubers colabing is awesome.

[@HeavensBane53]

I came into unite as someone who had already been playing dota 2 for about 9 years at the time and was pleasantly surprised. It was pretty simplistic compared to what I was used to, sure, but that was kind of a nice accessibility and charm. Then around 2 months after the release I stopped playing and haven't touched it since cause I got bored of the simplicity lol. Well, that and got tired of how little teamwork there was and the frequency of afk or just outright bad teammates. Sometimes consider going back to try unite again, but at the end of the day I just much prefer dota. Still, if you don't want your mobas to take 600 hours to achieve baseline competency, then unite seems a pretty good choice, and it got some of my more casual friends to put quite a bit of time into it.

[@Scrumps0]

Great video! I'd love to see more unite games from you!

[@OvenGlobalDomination]

Let's not forget about 3 free Super item enchancers (that boosts lvl of your choosen item to max forever) Idk why is everyone always forgeting about that

[@camerongray731]

Wolfey I love you and your content.... But your early Lucario section was using Power up punch not Espeed

[@oxygen3143]

While a lot of characters were definitely OP on release, a large chunk of newly released characters suffered from the opposite problem. They were too bad on release. Mamoswine and Trevenant were widely criticized upon their release for not doing enough damage, and Azumarill, Espeon and now more recently Scizor all released as low or bottom tiers

[@linc6076]

Me wanting to cry right now... wolfey says patches every three months and were still here with broken glaceon, mew, and mime

[@Gaurav-jy8hg]

Great video wolfey I like that that the editor used ChokeDawgVA on the losing part

[@Krashy]

This is a really well made, thoughtful video but seems a bit dated already. Great effort, with some amazing points made just a bit of inaccurate information sprinkled in.

[@mdarou2005]

Great video but I would actually argue that the game needs more frequent balance patches. There will be stretches of time where a few mons will be legitimately broken without any signs of fixing them

[@fantasyshroom9528]

Absol was NOT broken at launch, it had counter-play but pre psycho cut nerf was OP.

[@speculyn5060]

I'm pretty sure they might be stopping the purposeful OP release for new Pokemon. The newest Pokemon as of recent have been kind of underwhelming (Scizor especially), and although Clefable seems to be very scary in the PTS, I think its immense power isn't deliberate like previous mons power was.

[@unkindled6410]

wolfy i feel like you should have tried to put this video out faster seeing how you said yourself, the game changes very fast, and these past 3 months the game changed A WHOLE LOT MORE than usual because of the new map, the ton of anniversary mon releases,, the emblems , and the patches it came with it. you didnt even mentioned how zapdos and dreadnaught being gone completely changed the game.

[@good_old_johnny6661]

no, the squirrel exists

[@good_old_johnny6661]

mission failed, squirrel remains

[@justinbowman1342]

"The Squirrel is real!"

[@Hannah4765]

I definitely have to play Unite for only a few games at a time otherwise I'll start raging at my teammates however I find the game hilarious as a Wigglytuff support main because, depending on my opponents, I can end up in 1v1 fights against an attacker or all rounder and end up winning because they aren't prepared for Doubleslap/Sing

[@speedyhedgehog5834]

Im debating playing again, should I? I played at launch for about 2 weeks. so i have no idea what to expect. I got the idea to come back after the Alpharadd tournament

[@777guy1]

Wait, was this video made a year ago? Everything on screen is outdated. Zapdos is no longer around and the meta is completely different

[@WindRegalia2]

I love unite personally - it’s straightforward, easy to learn, casual mechanics and all in all a cool little game

[@WindRegalia2]

Aside from the casual idiocy you run into with the ranked experience

[@candyman8637]

I started playing this game some time at the beginning of the year. I’ve enjoyed a lot of the time I’ve put into it. My first and probably only moba.

[@SaltyMaud]

I did well in launch. Speedran through the ranks, but didn't want to invest more time and effort into the game because of the p2w aspect. Wolfey being a competitive minded player should understand it well enough that it's not very satisfying game to play if you can't play on a even playfield with other players because they swiped and you didn't.

[@ntp5358]

I loved seeing the hoopa aegislash combo being used, I found it out with a friend and it's incredibly powerful

[@Isaacindelicato123]

I love Unite! I would live to see you make more Unite content Wolfey

[@gordon.sarratt]

Trevenent actually got buffed after a while, since it was kinda bad on release.

[@lifehackgod]

someone in year 2 here: matchmaking is worse, if the game cant find you players in 1 minute they will pair you with bots, and the bots (only applicable for higher ranks)are very likely to trow the game (eg. stealing the speedsters EXP and buffs) and the enemy bots are much more coordinated and can and WILL launch ambushes against you every chance they get. you can also tell if you are against bots before the pokemon picking phase (only applicable to later ranks), if you see face cards, you are against bots, but if you see green cards then you are against players, this allows me to be able to swich my play style according to who i am up against, hence allowing me to soloque to Veteran rank in less than 2 days. furthermore the embelem system is also somewhat pay to win as its super eazy to drain your tank in 1 day and have to wait a whole week just for it to recharge and hence 90% my emblems are on the bronze tier which sucks as i will still be progressing into later ranks at a stat disadvantage. one last thing i have to say is that i have only played for 3 days while writing this.

[@xer0theher0]

Wolfy. You bits honestly get better and better. Thank you for this video. 🔥😁

[@jinchaoz]

I remember being happy about the trailer. My then boyfriend loved mobas and I thought it would be a game we could play together since lol was way too hard for me to pick up. He never played long though. And playing alone felt not satisfying enough, so I stopped. Nearly a year later and after we broke up I just randomly decided to play again. And I fell in love with it (again?) Soon after I got back into the game, espeon was added. And espeon is one of my very favourite pokemon. I think the game can still improve a lot of stuff. But I am also very happy about the improvements that already happened. More diverse objectives outside of the matches, more creative characters, more fun game modes... But I think there are some things that will never be perfect. Like the balancing. buzzwhole for example. I heard many people say it really needed the recent buff, while I felt like it was an unkillable bug since release. (Never played it, only fought it) Matchmaking is another thing. I feel like every moba like game gets criticised for it. But I don't mind the matchmaking at all. I think I get a fair amount of games where I have higher ranked players and games where I am the highest ranked player. It feels evenly mixed. Afk players. Since I started playing on mobile I have way more compassion for afk players. Sometimes I just lose connection (not due to the game) and have to wait until I can rejoin the fight. That's because the only time I really get to play is while commuting from and to school. I get lag spikes on my way and walk into walls. I miss what lanes got called because the bus arrived earlier than anticipated. I don't try to make my team lose and I give it my all and I want to win. It just happens to be that life gets in the way sometimes. I also have more understanding for giving up early. Sometimes when I get tilted because of problems with my teammates, I just have no fun anymore. It's not fun being left behind not bei g supported to score or just plainly being griefed by your teammates. I dislike matches like that and ask for surrendering early, if we also happen to be losing. I think this game gets a lot of bad rep for the wrong reasons. I think a free to play game has every right to make cosmetics pricey. Even if its "for kids" (I think unite is more for teens) The energy lottery doesn't even come close to a loot box and the medals are nice and fun to collect. Pokemon unite is special to me. I never had a moba so cute and fun and easy to play. There is no toxic chat putting you down and there is not a mountain of things to know to have fun. And it's pokemon. So far for my thoughts. Thanks for reading and have a nice day.

[@johnnyboi1318]

I totally agree with you!, I'm a competitive WoW (multi rank1 glad) player and ive always hated Moba games..2 many things to learn, items , chars , i was cba.. but pkmn unite ?! Its easy to get into , super fun and its pokemon! My first rpg love!! I main machamp btw and ive set my eyes to buzzwole... Since it murdered me .. and its swole! Muscles ftw!! Funny enough im a powerlifter irl so thats why my choices i guess lol.

[@benrosenbauer216]

Spragels our reseident content Cowboy yeehaw!!! 🤠

[@ss2nova]

when watching your video i had to do a double take at the college photo because it looked my own and turns it is! I graduated from there in may 2021 with an Aerospace engineering degree! I think it's awesome you went to the same school, upon some googling it linked me to the Stamps Scholar page where I read the favorite quote and absolutely loved the shikamaru quote!

[@nehajain3548]

For my experience i began to play unite pretty early when it came in my country and played a lot and actually got to master's but then the downfall for me began it became so insane bcz literally every game someone ignored drednaw and zapdos and stole jungle or pretty much any bad thing possible. It was making me so mad bcz I don't have friends who play unite so I had to play with randoms and I snapped and quit the game and I haven't played it like I did the first time ever since .

[@PokeLitProf8648]

You must have been working on this video for a looong time with all of the outdated references 😂. But I agree with the idea that a constantly evolving meta is healthier and more fun. Some people, like Krashy, even complain that balance patches aren’t released enough. I think their patch a month or so strat is perfect.

[@BruvHD]

Definitely appreciate this videos approach to unite compared to some other recent takes

[@fothorso]

im only a casual player and ive never played a game like this before, but I've been having tons of fun in standard and quick matches, as well as completing the challenges

[@nicomarker3372]

Random question: does anyone know which theme it is that starts in the background at 11:58? I'm just addicted to it but couldn't find it in a complete Sword/Shield soundtrack. I was fairly sure it was from Sw/Sh? I need to know 😁

[@fen_u9401]

i love pokemon unite luckily, the new map solves a lot of issues with unite

[@HackerMan1010]

I disagree.

[@howdyfriends7950]

i love this game so much, I'm grateful that so many people feel the same way! i wish the custom skins were a bit cheaper, seems like they should cost about 1/4 to 1/2 as much as they are now. you also forgot to mention that leveling a held item past 20 (which getting from 20 to 30 is like 5x the item enhancers you need to get from 1 to 20) doesn't really change much about most items, except maybe muscle band and scope lens for two very different reasons: muscle band's auto attack cooldown reduction only works when it's past a certain threshold which is different for different pokemon, i think it's because they only programmed in so many basic attack animation lengths. whereas scope lens is an item with no effect except crit rate enhancement, which is entirely linear with what level the item is at, so level 9 to level 10 has just as big of an impact as level 29 to level 30. i think maybe the held items got nerfed? because they don't seem to be very OP anymore, and I'm someone who joined maybe three months ago and have never spent a cent on leveling up items or anything like that, just unite licenses and a few of the 120-gem (~$2) skins. i managed to maintain a >2/3 winrate for three months without spending one red cent on iten enhancers. i would really love to see the smash community or top VGC players or some other video game community doing a big pokemon unite tournament, like the "smasher's gambit" chess tournament at smash summit a few years back, it's absolutely delightful to see people i know from VGC like you, people i know from melee like mang0 or lucky, people i know from ultimate like VoiD, etc. playing another one of my favorite games and having so much fun with it. this game rocks.

[@MrGeorgeFlorcus]

It's really not like making a game NOT pay-to-win is particularly hard. If you have a PvP multiplayer video game, never make something that you can buy with money able to make your character stronger. And don't make any characters that you can buy objectively, statistically better than others. That second one is admittedly harder to do than the first, especially when you end up with dozens, or even hundreds of characters, but seriously, it is ASTONISHING how often companies do the first one so shamelessly, decade after decade.

[@gengatube9471]

Personally I really love Pokémon unite, and find it really interesting

[@9tales9f]

7:52 this is relatable, I maxed 3 sp attacks item for my decidyeue before realizing he was physical

[@anymii6045]

I live it but if I have some issue 1 item upgrade , if u loose Ur account u have to upgrade them again 2 we can't download only one specific holowear . Most people don't want to download all data of game just want to wear one holowear which is not possible

[@redishcolour1795]

My experience with Unite: Downloaded it last week, started of with a Pikachu since I heard he is really good. Win 2 games in a row in regulars and wondering why the hell electroball is so powerful. Game throws money at me for various easy challenges I done, and I decide to look what's in store. I had money to buy any pokemon, and I chose without even looking up how good he is: Garchomp. Why him? He is my absolute favorite pokemon. So far, I build myself a comfortable for me build where I play very aggressively, killing players left and right and scoring a lot of points. Unlocked quite a few pokemon, even tho I don't use many of them. 42 (29 of them as Garchomp) battles, 3 loses (one of them beacuse of disconect). Most of the games I am the mvp. And I didn't even once lost while playing as a Garchomp. I am not disappointed in my pick

[@yeeyw]

Pikachu is too easy to use for too much dmg you don’t even need to aim cause all of pikachu skill is automatically locked and follow into the target which render most of the movement pokemon basically helpless if pikachu has teammate nearby

[@hayleeh18]

I mean, I liked Unite. It isn’t perfect, but I enjoy it.

[@SquawkingCanoer]

I am a genshin player and I think that our wishing system is extremely f2p friendly, you can’t fight other players and everything is beatable without spending a dime. You know when you are going to get a character due to a pity system and all the events are free. There is a battle pass that gives you stuff but it’s easy to grind and also not necessary for beating the game. genshin also doesn’t have 5 billion popups telling you to spend money, it only lets you know when the new battle pass is out or when a skin is released. Don’t hate or trash Genshin when it is one of the most f2p Gary’s games out there. Love you wolfey, I really enjoyed the video!

[@shen8819]

Absol deals a thousand damage with or without held items, especially not leftovers.

[@Tom-iv6kh]

Goddamn Wolfe is just aggressively shitting out content rn and I am here for it

[@MegaPixlz]

The Unite content creator community and Wolfey coming together being an entire counter to Mrwhostheboss 💅✨

[@ethanpritchard2217]

Hay wolfey will you do some sort of review on the world cup or analysis of your placement.

[@ArsSanctum]

One thing I will say is that while Unite sometimes has had overpowered releases, they've also had woefully underpowered releases. Mew is super overpowered at current. Dodrio is strong but balanced. Scizor is complete and total ass. So I don't think its fair to say Unite always releases new overpowered characters to encourage money spending, otherwise how do you explain Scizor? I remember Decidueye, Trevenant, and Azumarill releasing in very weak states as well. Azumarill in particular needed 5-6 months worth of buffs to become strong. Beyond some info in this video being outdated (talking about Zapdos and Rotom when the current ranked map does not have those same objectives) it was a mostly solid/strong retrospective and far more fair than a certain uninformed Leftovers enjoyer

[@Devndapplin]

I feel like people misunderstand that Pokemon isn't pay to win, it's play to win. You can spend $864302847 to max every held item and get the premium skins and still get your ass beat because it's a team game and you won't solo everyone unless you're playing against actual middle schoolers. The more time you put in helps your progress and even if you’re getting beaten a lot, Unite still gives a good amount of rewards to people who come and play everyday like item enchancers and coins.

[@neophyte_DQT]

It depends on your definition of pay 2 win. Considering you can pay for player power, I personally consider that pay 2 win. Rarely do people actually mean pay = win; obviously player skill matters the most. If your definition of p2w is that paying player has an unsurmountable / always present advantage then yeah, Unite wouldn't be p2w. But by that definition, the vast majority of mobile / gatcha games wouldn't be p2w either considering they always allow for grinding. It's basically a test for how much you can endure the monetization schemes.

[@Devndapplin]

@@neophyte_DQT that's a fair point honestly. I always considered P2W to be the latter, but I feel like Unite is more of a grind fest rather than a "pay us and you win game" kinda thing. Like I used to play Fire Emblem Heroes and I'd 100% consider that P2W considering in Unite you just buy a character and the grind comes with the held items and item enhancers, but with Fire Emblem Heroes you have to get up to 11 instances of a specific unit for them to be at max power, which is all determined randomly due to the gacha system and I feel Unite isn't P2W because it isn't using said gacha system where you can pay for better odds of getting all 11 of the same character.

[@neophyte_DQT]

​@@Devndapplin true - a game like FEH is much more clear cut P2W, considering the insane power creep and cost of keeping up. funny thing is FEH players will still defend that game saying you can still enjoy the majority of content as F2P (just ignore high pvp rankings and negative feeling of your weakning roster lol) tbh, I havent played Unite since a bit after launch so perhaps the game pans out well even with small / medium time investment. I'm just not a fan of variable player power, or things like new champ/mon being released that pressures you into buying or grinding. I prefer the Dota model where all gameplay elements are free, but that's really rare.

[@notednuance]

@@neophyte_DQT I think Josh Strife Hays describes it pretty well as a scale of severity for p2w... sometimes you can pay an amount of money to get an early or temporary advantage (as other players catch up to what you paid for by grinding) and other times games allow you to continue to pay for advantages meaning the more you pay the more advantages you'll have. Unite is the first one as far as P2W is concerned. Would everyone prefer none? Yeah... but because the edge provided is so slight and everyone catches up eventually you don't really think about whether you have maxed out held items or not. Mostly you are just mad at your teammates for not farming their levels up and ignoring objectives. I wouldn't fault anyone for abstaining on the principle of there should be no-p2w elements, it just doesn't have much impact on the outcome of a match. While I have fun playing on occasion, I do think the other monetization practices are much more egregious, pricing structures and hikes... obfuscation of said costs with currency conversions... sense of urgency with limited time availability... those sorts of predatory measures. Is it the worst example of these things? nah, but still would be cool if it didn't do them.

[@FlamHam]

I just run in there with Greninja, no items, and I just kill everything. It works really well surprisingly

[@Diego-py3ts]

pog

[@emmaroni]

Tyranitar WAS nerfed LOL, it's still good because it's the pokemon that deals the most true damage by FAR a couple things i wanted to say bc this is more of a video of its history than what it is now - hoopa was nerfed so it's not on every team now. it would be on every rank game and it was soo boring - the growth of items drop drastically after level 20 so there's no need to upgrade most more than level 20. especially because it's so expensive past lvl 20 too. an exception would be scope lens because it increases crit rate - baby pokemon arent allowed as playable characters so pokemon like lucario and mr mime begin fully evolved. clefable was recently released so it begins as clefairy - zapdos is no longer the official spawn at 2 minutes. it's been replaced with rayquaza who gives the team who defeated it a giant score shield that increases their score speed. much easier to defend than zapdos, especially with pokemon who deal true damage (ignores shields, targeting their hp, so it stops their score) - some pokemon are being released UNDERPOWERED now, which is funny. they are buffed accordingly holowear arent locked to gacha, they can also be purchased with currency that they give you WAY too much of. i have hundreds of it.. some negative things include that pokemon now are releasing at 15k aeos coins instead of 10k?? :/ the amount of aeos gems (premium currency) they cost are the same as the 10k pokemon of course, LOL. also, now the first week a pokemon is released they cost aeos gems ONLY. im STILL waiting to buy clefable 😭😭 will update if i find anything else. i love this game and hope some of you do too :D

[@anthonycannet1305]

The item leveling system is why most mobas have their items purchased in a match rather than before hand. Being able to have top tier items before the match sets the balance way off, and it ruins the chance to experiment because you have to grind matches with a sub-optimal set just to be able to get back the resources to upgrade the optimal set. If instead the currency was during the match and you bought items at spawn, you can experiment during just a single match and go back the next game without needing to grind, and everyone starts off with the same base tier items for a more balanced game.