How many did you expect??

It’s really interesting how most of the all-arounder role plummeted in the meta due to slick spoon and Urshifu/Zacian/Umbreon powercreep

i just redownloaded the game and starting getting back into watching the content after a couple months hiatus, i mained tsareena so her being the first up killed me lmao 💀

Crustle and Wigglytuff haven’t been properly rebalanced since the game changes to score shield and buddy barrier. Shields got worse overall, but the characters with shield-based Unite moves didn’t receive enough compensation to keep them relevant.

The problem with old defenders is just that defenders have changed. All the early game defenders had a niche, Crustle had team utility with stuns and walls, Snorlax was an amazing bodyguard and backbone to the team, and Slowbro stays in the fight with debuffs and stuns with Telekinesis and his super good ult. Mammo and Blastoise followed suite with disruptions and stuns alongside their bulk. But every defender after that has had one thing 4 of 5 of these dont have, self preservation, and amazing self preservation as well. Guess which one of the 5 early age defenders stayed relevant? The one who could reliably heal himself. I really dislike how Defenders have become. Any defender that cant last with an entire army beaming down on him as he regenerates tons of health is just considered bad, and the ones who cant must either become allrounders or bust. They cant just remove health gain from all the defenders, or add it to the old ones, so I hope we get more "true" defenders from here on out. Bring back the world of tanks.

I think one of the things that's gotten out of control with this game is power spikes and fall off. Too many pokemon spike early and never fall off, while some pokemon need to get to level 7, 8 it 9 just to be as good or worse than pokemon that spike at 4 or 5. Level 14 Charizard should be eating level 14 Eeveelutions alive, that's how late game carries are supposed to work.

There is no balancing the Speedster class. In every MOBA the assassin class characters either delete enemies on sight, or get deleted on sight. Zoroark is so absurdly amazing because it gets immunity to cc and damage while dashing. You get less than 0.3s in between each dash to pin it down. It's nerfs won't be enough. It will still be the best speedster in game.

Surf/Hurricane Cramorant was my FAVORITE playstyle about 3 months into Unite launching. With such a small roster at the time, it just felt like it fit a role that NO other Pokemon really did, and sometimes you'd be able to Hurricane + Surf a key target right into your carry's line of sight, and when you had a great teammate who could follow up on your setups, you felt like the Chris Paul of Pokemon Unite -- great assist potential, but a lethal shot when called upon. I really wish it still had that much sway.

Just realized mamo is getting a passive buff and Azumarill had one. Really hope the older mons get updated passives to as ot could be enough to help them a lot.

I’ve always thought it would be cool to have snorlax’s unite take up more space and actually body block choke points like the games. It could give his unite a little more utility it has now

I wouldn't say that tanky pokemon hinder tyranitar. Ancient power buff allows you to ignore all defense and shields. The speed of the game has but if your team can stay close and allow you to get to 9 fast you're still fine. If you can play around the hindrance reduction while charging ancient power and then go ham you're still good. It also helps if you have good ranged pokemon that can pressure and kill pokemon that are running from you.

After mamoswine, all the defender are just all rounder with steroids that are super tanky and can heal themselves one way or another.

Surf Greninja main here, I've been able to manage fine in soloq with Muscle Band, Scope Lens and RFS. Benefits of stacking are massive, but the risk is just as high since he's squishy through and through, especially early game. Buffs would be hella nice (and I wouldn't say no :) ), but IMO he doesn't desperately need them (at least for Surf builds, Shuriken's a bit of a different story). He's still able to ruin an entire team's day in a team fight, but players really need to learn to be patient and mindful about looking for opportunities to dive in. Unfortunately Greninja is also one of the most popular pokemon of all time overall, so you'll get a bunch of players who still do things like play him in lane, fail to get the exp they really need and/or play him in a super frontline-y manner. It also doesn't help that the current meta is also really tanky, so looking for surf reset opportunities is a lot harder.

Im surprised mime didnt get a mention in the supporter category. I realize that its had its time in the sun, especially one specific build, but i feel like theyve almost gutted the mon. I dont get why power swap being broken led to them hard nerfing barrier confusion, but here we are. And bruv is doing work with mime, but the damage numbers really arent there at all unless you go triple damage(including stacking item), and triple damage support when umbreon lapras trev etc can do comparable or better numbers with defensive items just isnt it.

Tsareena buffs please 🥺

I found it so funny at 21:10 bc people in my solo queues are always attackers and 1 speedster and the cinderace and the absol are both at mid 😂

Tbh wiggly’s unite needs to be reworked because it sucks in its current state. The casting time so is long that by the time you can move the shield is gone. With everyone and their mom playing Sp. Attackers with slick spoon, the shield gets obliterated in seconds and as stated in the video Umbreon make the unite move useless. The only thing it’s good for in most situations is temp HP. They should change the move to be an AoE around Wiggly that gives allies Unstoppable for a few seconds and Wiggly can instant cast and move during the unite. Either that or an AoE CC move so she has 1 more tool for harassing and creating space for her team.

The 5 attacker solo q line hurts. So many times I run into this ...I finally learned to just bite the bullet and grab a defender. My win rate and enjoyment went up tremendously.

Crustle main since day 1 here and I've noticed that his unite move just doesn't work anymore. I used to be able to run into the entire enemy team, pop unite and do huge amounts of damage whilst staying alive. But now only 2 people could reasonably challenge crustle while uniting, he just doesn't feel as impactful anymore

They shifted the game to be more brawling oriented with sustain but didn’t adjust the old mons as they should’ve

Part of me really wants to try and keep tabs on pokemon that need help so that some attempt can be made to try and get them the help they need to succeed. Of course, some need that more than others, but it is more to try and keep an eye on things and hope that eventually, we reach a point where any pokemon can be seen as a viable pick. And really at this point, I can't think of any other pokemon that needs that help more than Crustle. As we near the 2nd anniversary with Mewtwo X getting ready to drop soon, I can't think of a time when Crustle was seen as "THE PICK." Everyone else has either been GOD TIER or sitting balanced around S-A-B, but Crustle always feels like it either claimed the C-Rank all for itself or is just the ambassador for D-Tier. If I could only pick one Pokemon that needs something to help it out, it's Crustle.

When I first played Tsereena (probs spelled it wrong) I somehow survived a 5 v 1 (it was a one time thing) I’ve never had that sort of thrill happen to me so She has a special place in my heart.

I think Mr. Mime is kinda underwhelming right now. I know people hated when it was meta but now I feel it's worse than the guard swap version. The most reliable build IMO is confusion+barrier but nothing too crazy. They should buff a bit both confusion and psychic damage or the support moves to do more, like barrier to actually avoid enemies to cross with dash moves and power swap to buff/heal allies a bit more.

The biggest problem with Snorlax right now is Umbreon, who completely negates Block with its abilities to dash through it with Foul Play and resist the stun with Snarl. He'll be in a much better place once Umbreon's pick rate drops to a reasonable number. Additionally, I believe there's still a place for true defenders in this game. It's just that CC and damage negation isn't as sexy as sustain and damage dealt.

I used to main Wiggly. I miss it so much…

Liking this new style of more edited content, opens it up for newer people.

I'm just a casual player in ultra and Tsareena was my main since she dropped, such a fun playstyle. But, whist I could still deal great damage get MVP in matches, it wasn't enough to win progress upwards in solo queues. I talked with people in a Unite Discord i joined and ended up trying water bear as a sub, due to similar play styles and just naturally being a better unit rn. And this is looking much better, if I play it right I could even get masters by the end of the season

We can't really have late game pokemon in this game, especially in solo que. If you don't perform early as central area people will steal all your farm and make your life miserable, then blame the loss on you. This happens from lower ranks all the way to 2000, especially above 1600-1800 where people become impatient and are used to snowballing games early.

Agreeing with your statement on full attacker games. Recently played a match of 4 attackers on each team, with a Crustle on the other team, and I was a slow bro

I feel like greedent needs a buff after A YEAR of getting nerfed many times and only of one buff which was again, a year ago. It is the lowest pick rate Pokémon out of all Pokémon after all Edit: This is the second least picked Pokémon, I checked, Tsareena is still taking the L

I have a strange feeling that if/when they buff absol they’ll give it true damage

Hot take: Crustle's unique buff should be that it has the same shield capabilities similar to what it was before the scoring change happened.

Zeraora is still extremely valuable once you get it to level 9 but yeah I feel like the buff while somewhat minimal(as far as I'm aware) while make it shine a bit more

Throughout my time playing as a crustle main, no changes would help it become significant in any meta. It feels like the game devs just forget the good ol' rock crab for long periods of time, and I'm sad. I work my way around it though with some funny tactics (If you know, you know what they are lol), and the way I play it it's pretty decent in solo q meta.

Just wanted to say thanks for being the staple channel around all things Pokémon Unite! Your videos are always so helpful and entertaining!

Controversial take but I want to see Greedent get some decent buffs like reduce the cooldown of covet and some QOL changes to bullet seed

Wigglytuff main since day 1. My girl is overdue for a buff and the sing cooldown is just a small crumb. They have to revert back the amount of shields it gives on her ult. I play Wigglytuff like a defender with Aeos Cookie, Slick Spoon, and Shell Bell. Battle item is potion for more sustainability.

Ive always mained tsareena tbh, i love triple axel a lot and its honesty very good

Another pokemon I could see being on this list is Garchomp, even with the recent buffs Garchomp still feels wayyy under tuned, and a lot of it has to do with its universally slow cast and end time on moves making it hard to set up your boosted attacks without dying first, and the abundance of spoon users doesn't help it at all. It's pretty good at picking off backline squishies, but it's almost useless in a team fight because it's not particularly bulky and doesn't do a ton of burst damage until you have your boosted stacks up. It kind of just feels like a worse version of Machamp at this point

As a returning trainer who returned after an about 1 year break, Tsareena main, I honestly agree that if you play her well you can carry the whole team. For example, yesterday, I was in the spawn goal zone with about 1-2 other pokemon and we were dominating the enemies- Quite a lot of us went on a 2 kill streak, with me going on 6 (the enemies had to respawn after all those deaths and yk, the timer was big.) KO streak. That same day some amazing matches happened with that same pokemon, same moveset as spragels. So it really depends if you're experienced or not, and then you can make the enemy rage quit. As a former Absol main, I surely do agree. Dont get me wrong, a good Absol play can be amazing, but not as some other speedsters. It does require quite a lot of skill. It's either a love it or rage quit, you know? Pursuit can be incredible both for damage and escaping. The unite move, not the best but it surely does a good amount of damage. But for me, in early game it just doesn't feel as good. Or is that just me, please tell me Absol mains!!

That Lucario named dev was on vacation I guess and now he is back 🗿

I really need Tsareenas Def and Sp. Def to be buffed all the way back up and revert the shield changes to her grassy glide move. They can nerf her damage output somewhat on all of her moves and give her more def/sp Def and survivability. She's already out of the limelight and practically unplayable with all these slick spoon eevee's, just let her be a high skill ceiling harasser without deleting people unless she has a nasty lead. I can still 1v1 people with her but in a team fight against pokemon that just use AOE abilities I'm just constantly dead after 1 rotation of abilities.

Hear me out but what if snorlax passive was change that it will stop piercing attacks like dragonite hyper beam won't pierce if it hits snorlax first

I would love Garchomp buffs.

as a greedent main it feels like hes not quite where he needs to be yet

Wiggly is so fun to play but it needs its hp increased since its a support that plays like a defender

I solo queue only and I stick to defender myself a majority of the time now. I figure I can enjoy Blastoise and Slowbro while letting everyone else pick whoever. I do wish more people took that initiative, but there are a decent amount of people at least get what to do.

The simplest balance change : Nerf the SUPER Tanky Defenders. They just don't die. It's so frustrating to play against them in Veteran and Ultra levels.

I’ve had matches where I see a teammate pick Sableye and I think to myself “great this match is a wash” Then the match ends and turns out Sableye scored like 400 for the win. Like “…dam”

I like the idea of Crustle being a "hammer" character: A sturdy juggernaut capable of construction and demolition. I've always had the idea to have shell smash give your attacks lifesteal - it'd flow well with X-Scissor and your unite move. Either way, I'd like Crustle to get more love nowadays. Unless its that mega score shield thing it used to do.

20:56 CrisHeroes won’t be happy to hear about this…

"can't be me everytime" really hit

I started playing Pokemon Unite casually a few days ago and Crustle is absolutely crushing most teams. I've had games where Zapdos spawned while an enemy Cinderace was still not even a Raboot. Crustle is my perfect boi and I don't care how bad he might be competitively.

Last time I played this game was when Greedent was broken on drop. After coming back, I mainly play power swap tank mr mime. It’s fun still, but it’s very powercrept now. I’m hoping leavanny eventually comes to unite as well.

LMAO at Duraludon looking like an inhaler cause I have asthma and now I can't unsee it

4:02 I remember when tyranitar was this unstoppable monster against the waves and waves of squishy cinderace, talonflame, absol, you name it and I just mowed them down. Now, he just doesn’t feel as tanky as he used to.

Its better they nerf and buff mons in constant rotation, to keep pvp intresting

Pika isn’t meant to be the star and do the dmg, he’s meant to stun/slow the enemy and set up kills. Not every Pokémon has to be a dmg machine

Left this series 10 seasons ago and Crustle is still here. Pain.

Natural critical hit on crustle would be busted. 6% crit on it is strong with just scope lens so even 10% natural is tripling it’s critical hit rate

21:10 I still remember the time on Pokémon Unite where literally everyone (except for me, I was a defender) was an attacker.

As a person who recently picked up greninja and has been thoroughly enjoying it, I can verify that it NEEDS NEEDS NEEDS jungle to carry, and the difference between level 6 and level 7 is massive. Also my 6k shield Crustle build can say that Crustle is very bulky, however its hard to pull off.

Gengars only viable build is via special specs for goals adding sp atk, after about 6-8 goals it can consistently 1 shot most pokemon outside of defenders

13:52 "Umbreon is crustle" Kingsammelot, probably

Played almost 400 battles total and I am in ultra 3. I haven't been stuck in a rank yet, hopefully I will make it to master soon.

As a surf/hurricane cram main since S1, hanging around 850 global rank for cram, I would say it’d be difficult to buff this build. Maybe a fraction of a second of cooldown decrease or CC increase for hurricane should be enough. Honestly I would like an increase in movement speed but it could make the dive build even more terrifying

as a Tserina main I STOP PLAYING FOR ONE YEAR AND COME BACK TO THIS

In one match I kept 1v1 an Umbreon, I was Dragapult and the other person had Wish and Mean Look, which meant I was slowly dealing damage to it before I won, and at the end that specific Umbreon suffered 120k damage

Greedent was sweating there

Chris hero’s love lol 20:55 love ya bro lol

Its CRAZY to see this cuz i play Tsareena casually took my fav spot from Ninetails. But i didnt know it was weak, i be ballin with her.

As a Crustle main, I hate that a ton of pokemons have a dash to counter my walls.

I’ve played Tsareena since the start of the game and I’ll never play anybody else in competitive. Also I’ve survived many 5v1s with her thanks to her incredible stomp She always has my heart ❤

i've come to notice that most all the speedsters are failing not only because of the huge amounts of tanky pokemon but all the stuns. Gengar for example you are attacking a pikachu they are about to die and then they use thunder and you are stunned ruining your whole combo and leaving you to instantly die

I hope the recent level adjustments make my boy Zeraora at least begin to rise up! Edit: finished the video and I couldn't agree more on the Solo Q all attacker thing! I mostly play Speedsters with pocket Cinderace and Eldegoss. But when I'm matched with those I'm forced to carry as the only supporter/defender (Blastoise) and it is *unfun*

pov: being a tsareena main who somehow maintained her 65% win rate

I think the worst Supporter right now is Sableye. It's extremely squishy now and deals zero damage too while being melee. It doesn't really do much anymore

Ttar lost a lot when they stopped it’s United move from being able to crit. It was busted but removing it is a massive nerf. They should’ve boosted the damage a bit when they did this

I just KNOW you were proud of that absol pun 😂

I have been wanting Crustle to get crits back for so long. Crustle is my main and I used to feel like I could help my team in a reasonable way.

I’m a semi-casual player and i swear 3/4 of this list is just characters I like to play

Again you can compare it to urshifu with the breaking Rayquaza's shield because of urshifu's ability to ignore a certain percentage of the enemy shield

The umbreon part made me laugh so hard 😂

19:40 Nah we just need ash's pikachu with a whole other kit thats more of a powerhouse like he should with pikachu's actual z-move as his unite

"Tyrantiar isnt that good" The tryanitar out the my base not letting anything leave:😶‍🌫️

Silver from the future here. I really like mamoswine and I was exited for the buffs, but it seems pretty bugged. I used a lot ice fang before the buff, but now it miss even if the enemy is on range, it's stopped by everything, pokémon just walk away from the without using any items when they already being cought by the first hit of ice fang. That's sad, I prefer before when it works😂

With Gengar, you could put a slight nerf on its damage and slightly buff it's movement speed...

maybe they can increase Tsareena heal and shield but lower her damage? She could be someone who thrives in long skirmishes... instead of being a diver she could just be a disruptor maybe... Or if not then give her huge bursts but weak sustain... I think either is good

I love how every defender that isn't Umbreon and Lapras simply does not exist

All I have to say is Mamo for Worlds!

As a blastoise main I’m chilling

Personally, i still sometimes use Tsreena, and she honestly hasn't dropped TERRIBLY, because as long as she's got teamates with her, she can still be tanky, but since Zacian and Mewtwo ect. have arrived, yes shes dropped, but i must admit, she still can be pretty strong.

I now try to play every Pokemon in Pokemon Unite and even though some move sets I don't like, but I can get used to them.

I can see the Tsareena fans copium, insisting their Tsareena carry them always.

Tyranitar's stone edge should crit like it can in the main series games. or at least temporarily increase crit rate

At least Zeraora buffs, my boys are in need on some kind of compensation, I'm sad I cannot use my favs because they are not as strong as the decent ones, that can keep up and deal with mewtwo kinda

One day my fave Electric Pokemon Zeraora will get some love. Grachomp really needed a buff for the longest time, but then they buffed him by speeding up his evos.

Not gonna talk about sableyes unite move? His knockup and confusion are nice, but you can't forget about his unite moves ability, which can be an absolute game changer

I'm new to unite, I'm watching a lot of your vids. I would love to see them add Rhyhorn, rhydon and rhyperior line.

As a player on the greninja leaderboard, it hurts to see 😞