Pokémon Unite will receive a new update on Wednesday, August 4, 2021. This is mainly about balance adjustments and modifies several Pokémon.
When will the update be released? The “Pokémon Unite” update will be available at 09:00 AM on August 4, 2021. To activate it, you just need to restart the software once at that time.
To do this, close the game if it is still open by pressing the X button in the Switch main menu. After that, you can simply click on the game to restart it. By the way: If you are just starting with the game, you can find tips for getting started in Pokémon Unite here.
What does the update include? The patch notes mention bug fixes and text fixes – errors will be corrected here. Additionally, there will be a test run for an “observation” feature between August 4 and 6.
Furthermore, there are a lot of adjustments for various Pokémon.
These monsters in Pokémon Unite are adjusted by the update
What changes? Basically, the patch notes mention 14 monsters that will be adjusted. Unfortunately, exact numbers for the changes have not been provided yet.
For example, there are mentions of reduced cooldowns or enhanced effects – how exactly these will impact the game is still uncertain. It remains to be seen how significantly or subtly some of the changes will be felt in the game.
Since the game is currently not available in German and the moves in Pokémon Unite are also only shown by their English names, we will keep the English names of the moves for now.
Here we show you all the changes that are currently known.
Charizard
- Flamethrower
- Cooldown reduced
- Effects on opposing Pokémon enhanced
- Fire Punch:
- Effects on opposing Pokémon enhanced
- Fire Blast
- Cooldown reduced
- Effects on opposing Pokémon enhanced
Talonflame
- Acrobatics
- Damage to enemy Pokémon increased
- Aerial Ace:
- Damage to enemy Pokémon increased
- Aerial Ace +:
- Damage to enemy Pokémon increased
- Fly
- Damage to enemy Pokémon increased
Venusaur
- Sludge Bomb
- Damage to enemy Pokémon increased
- Effect on opposing Pokémon enhanced
- Petal Dance
- Move upgrade (no further information available)
- Solar Beam:
- Cooldown reduced
- Unite Move: Verdant Anger
- Damage to enemy Pokémon increased
Absol
- Basic Attack
- Bug fixes
- Night Slash
- Damage to enemy Pokémon increased
- Sucker Punch
- Damage to enemy Pokémon increased
Wigglytuff
- Defense, Special Defense, and HP increased
- Double Slap
- Damage to enemy Pokémon increased
- Effect on opposing Pokémon enhanced
- Sing
- Effect on opposing Pokémon enhanced
- Dazzling Gleam
- Bug fixes
Eldegoss
- Cotton Guard
- Cooldown extended
- HP restoration weakened
- Cotton Spore
- Cooldown reduced
- Effect on opposing Pokémon enhanced
- Defense and Special Defense increase of the move has been enhanced
- Unite Move: Cotton Cloud Crash
- HP restoration reduced
Cinderace
- Attack value weakened
- Blaze Kick
- Damage to Pokémon weakened
- Feint
- Move downgrade (no further info available)
- Pyro Ball
- Damage to opponents enhanced
Gengar
- Basic Attack
- Bug fixes
- Shadow Ball
- Damage to opposing Pokémon increased
- Hex
- Move downgrade (no further info available)
- Dream Eater
- Move upgrade (no further info available)
Zeraora
- Spark
- Bug fixes
- Wild Charge
- Damage to opposing Pokémon increased
- Cooldown reduced
- Unite Move: Plasma Gale
- Damage to opposing Pokémon increased
Cramorant
- Whirlpool
- Damage to opposing Pokémon weakened
- Dive
- Damage to opposing Pokémon increased
Machamp
- Basic Attack
- Bug fixes
- Cross Chop
- Damage to opposing Pokémon increased
- Close Combat
- Damage to opposing Pokémon increased
Lucario
- Power-Up Punch
- Bug fixes
- Bone Rush
- Bug fixes
Greninja
- Basic Attack
- Bug fixes
Alolan Ninetales
- Snow Warning
- Bug fixes
How the move changes ultimately affect the game and the best Pokémon will only show after the release of the update. You can find a current tier list for Pokémon Unite here in the meantime.
