Big Pokémon UNITE Patch coming August 4 – Features Charizard buffs & Eldegoss nerfs

The update features about half of the playable roster of Pokémon and aside from a ton of bug fixes, which is to be expected from a young MOBA such as Pokémon UNITE, a lot of buffs and nerfs came through as well, meaning the meta in the game might be seeing a little bit of a shakeup.

Attention, Trainers! #PokemonUNITE will be receiving an update this Wednesday, 8/4. Changes include balance adjustments to several playable Pokémon.

Full update details➡️https://t.co/L3Ss97mtHo pic.twitter.com/WbvHsDWNct

— Pokémon UNITE (@PokemonUnite) August 3, 2021

Some of the most important changes are the ones to Charizard, who went from underwhelming to actually usable, while Pokémon such as Eldegoss, who were a bit too prevalent, saw some pretty big nerfs. Other Pokémon that were low in usage as they weren’t all that strong, such as Venusaur and Wigglytuff, got buffs across the board.

Full Changes:

Charizard

• Flamethrower cooldown reduced and strengthened
• Fire Punch strengthened
• Fire Blast cooldown reduced and strengthened

TalonFlame

• Acrobatics damage to opposing Pokémon increased
• Aerial Ace (+) damage to opposing Pokémon increased
• Fly damage to opposing Pokémon increased

Venusaur

• Sludge bomb cooldown reduced and damage to opposing Pokémon increased
• Petal Dance move upgrade (Move speed updated)
• Solar Beam cooldown reduced
• Unite Move damage to opposing Pokémon increased

Absol

• Bug fixes to Basic Attack
• Night Slash damage increased
• Sucker Punch damage to opposing Pokémon increased

Wigglytuff

• Defense, Sp. Def & HP stat increased
• Double Slap damage to opposing Pokémon increased and effects strengthened
• Sing effects strengthened
• Dazzling Gleam bug fix (didn’t deal damage to wild Pokémon)

Eldegoss

• Cotton Guard cooldown increased, HP restoration decreased
• Cotton Spore cooldown reduced, effects strengthened, Def and Sp. Def increasestrengthened
• Unite Move HP restore decreased

Cinderace

• Attack stat decreased
• Blaze Kick damage to opposing Pokémon decreased
• Feint move downgrade (active effect time and movement speed decreased)
• Pyro Ball damage to opposing Pokémon increased

Gengar

• Basic Attack bug fix
• Shadow Ball damage to opposing Pokémon increased
• Hex move downgrade (damage reduced and i-frames when using Hex reduced)
• Dream Eater move upgrade (speed increase)

Zeraora

• Spark bug fix
• Wild Charge damage to opposing Pokémon increased, cooldown reduced
• Unite Move damage to opposing Pokémon decreased

Cramorant

• Whirlpool damage to opposing Pokémon decreased
• Dive damage to opposing Pokémon increased

Machamp

• Basic Attack bug fixes
• Cross Chop damage to opposing Pokémon decreased
• Close Combat damage to opposing Pokémon increased

Lucario

• Power Up Punch bug fix
• Bone Rush bug fix

Greninja

• Basic attack bug fix

Alolan Ninetales

• Snow Warning Bug fix

Also read:

• Pokémon UNITE – How to play Gengar
• Tips & Tricks to take down Zapdos in Pokémon UNITE to win the game

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