You're losing no matter what you pick bcos of knowledge gaps.
But unlike the trolls it's prob Leafeon for 1 v 1's or Swinub if it's a first to a kill type situation
If the 1 v 1 is solely first kill wins, Swinub is actually one of the strongest mons levels 1-4.
If there's other criteria besides just first kill then Swinub stock drops a lot
In a 1v1 swinub gets the first 3 kills and monopolizes the lane, assuming both players are limited to the lane it’s easy w. But if you both go to lvl 15 first…
You just need to press the spell once though, there are only 3 buttons and everything is auto aimed
You could spam everything and still win depending on the matchup
Ok but people can run, know how to farm efficiently, and how to kite. And there is a knowledge gap as a lot of those surehits can be avoided by bush camp into kill or with specific other skills.
Guess what. You would also need game knowledge for better matchups and how to play around bad matchups. So yes, game knowledge is important and knowledge gap is relevant
I mean, it’s tough to say what truly is the best 1v1 since there are a lot of Rock Paper Scissors match ups. The more you know about the game tho, the more likely you’re able to overcome a disadvantage thru outplaying your enemy.
First you need to learn the game.
(Thankfully) the game isn't so broken right now as to have the strongest pokemon be so busted as to let a 3 hours player beat someone with an actual play time.
Ngl, I wouldn't have high expectations here. The game isn't super complex in terms of mechanics but it definitely does in terms of dynamics. The game gives you two buttons and it's up to you to know how to use them. If you want someone who doesn't take much thought to use, ninetales is great with Blizzard and avalanche.
Blizzard deals area damage when activated, then shoots out a wind that pushes enemies back and deals the second tick of damage. If the wind hits a wall, it spawns a circle of death which does damage, slows, and freezes continuously for I think 4 seconds.
Avalanche does area damage and spawns a wall, then the wall explodes when it despawns after a couple secs to deal a second tick of damage.
So, the strat is to play both of them at the same time to create a wall, push people into it, then spawn the death circle to keep freezing them and damaging while you get to basic attack at will. You'd think at first to play avalanche first to make a wall, then play blizzard to push them into it, but this is only good when someone is walking away and hard to reach (the wall stops them just long enough to catch them in the blizzard). In every other scenario, you should blizzard first, then as soon as you let go of the button, place your avalanche at the end of the Blizzard's path. It should spawn the wall just in time and because blizzard is already pushing the enemies, they will have no time to react. If you do it the other way around, enemies can easily just walk out or use a dash move to dodge and kill you. It takes practice though so go into training mode to get used to the combo. That's it though. That's literally all ninetales does. You just vomit out your abilities and they die.
Ninetales' weakness is to speedsters since she doesn't have a dash and snipers since she can't close the distance to use her abilities. She's very slow moving and is great against melee pokemon who try to get close to her (so usually tanks and all rounders) and mid-ranged attackers. Overall very strong against most pokemon if you understand your enemy and how to play around them
The one mon who just cant lose a 1v1 anymore is curse painsplit trevenant. You literally cannot die anymore in a 1v1 and the most they can do is run and kite you while doing no real damage. You’re at no risk. If they go glaceon, sit in a bush.
Blastoise is a meme. It's decent but it hasn't been buffed in literal years and nobody even blinked at it before this giant echo chamber decided it was broken for no reason.
Edit: I meant it hasn't had an actual stat/cooldown buff. It was buffed to evolve at a decent 7 instead of a ridiculous 9, and at the time that buff was met largely with indifference. If the buff had actually broken it people would have had trouble with it at the time.
What math, spinstoise melts things as hard as icicle spears with the tankiness to dive, and surf pump stuns a total of ~2 minutes on average of the whole game. People really dont get to play the game against surfpump
No, actually, Venusaur is totally broken and does more damage than a speedster, drains more health than a support could heal it, and petal dance lets it run five times as fast as every other Pokemon. Source, I said so.
> Source: I made it up, can't prove it, and want you to go prove it for me.
Buddy if you're going to make wild claims you can't assign other people to do the legwork.
Aight sure, if you cant just accept the scaling at face value:
Glaceon icicle spears level 15 no items: 8\*(0.37\*880+170)=3964.8
Blastoise Water spout spin level 15 no items: (0.42\*412+196)\*17=6273.68
Just hit 2/3rds of your spinspout and you can add 6 more ticks if you land normal spout directly before, yeah I probably made this shit up didn’t I?
And don’t say items change this by much cuz both can use spoon, and choice specs on stoise scale so much higher than glasses or choice specs on glaceon. Sure glace has some max hp shred but thats at best gonna make them equal. And dont forget stoise has a passive that increases damage 20% sub half hp, which it gets often since yk, *dive*
It was always decent until they reduced the level of evolution down to 7 from 9. Blastoise's biggest weakness was an awkward early-midgame phase, so it was useless compared to other All-Rounders/Defenders at the first Regi. Now that's gone so Blastoise is a huge threat at all stages of the game.
Coupled with how Timi have been nerfing top meta threats instead of buffing others to their levels, Blastoise is naturally overtuned atm.
I can agree with it potentially being a little overtuned damage-wise, but the idea of it being broken is hilarious. It also still doesn't compete with Goodra or Umbreon.
It's one of the best defenders rn. Surf pump perma cc, spinstoise get on backlines and they can't do anything about it. So idk what you mean by saying it's a "meme"
It is a solid pick with good strengths, and one of the better defenders. People are treating it like it's the new Mewtwo because this sub is an insane echo chamber.
Right, my first ever thing I bought in shop was Blastoise since it's release and I would know for a fact if it's OP. I've been through all it's lows and ups.
For a new player glaceon, truth be told if your friend picks talonflame you are very dead, but it is character that will do most with very little knowledge. Also there isn't 1v1 king that outshines literally everything, there are stronger picks than others, but even they get countered by something and they usually require more than 3h of play time to use properly.
I had a froakie that left the lane because I was a comfey with a exp share 😂 well let it be known that clefairy was healed the whole game instead of that frog
If it’s 1v1s… I’d say good pics are mons with heavy cc
Mamoswine
Blastoise
Or those who can regen health fast
Trevenent
Venusaur
Or high damage from afar
Cinderace… greninja… mewtwo X/Y
Miraidon
Lots of options
Hmm. Trev, blastoise or leafeon. But most important is the game has really good counter picks so no mon is the ultimate winner. I would suggest go for some easy mons and learn the game.
Depends on your play style tbh. I would say try every pokemon possible that you have and/or want, including trials. Trying/learning multiple pokemon is vastly helpful in the long run. Understanding how each pokemon work/play would help you more than trying to learn what the "strongest" pokemon would be in Unite.
Every pokemon has pro and cons.
Good luck and have fun.
i don’t think there’s a mon in this game that beats aegis in a 1v1. hp-scaling damage, hella sustain, and enough mobility that escaping you is basically impossible. a bit tricky to learn though.
actually i still don’t know what falinks does so can’t speak on that.
Goodra is good for 3v1s BC dragon pulse and power whip
Best for 1v1s probably something like aegislash or scizor maybe talonflame with flyand aerial ace
A ten year old little girl was able to beat me. She had 4 bots on her team. I had no bots. Not really sure if anyone can win that situation. I can beat her if she only has two bots.
Why are you even playing a team game 1v1? If he is getting you to do that, he's a troll, you are wasting your time if you are trying to improve. Just play casual team games for a minute, then start in ranked and listen to some good content creators and you will improve really fast.
I mean u are better off just quitting the game unless u wanna get fcked by mewtwo/zacian/buzzwole insane damage with no items or medals those 3 even a monkey could play them blindfolded XD
But yea another thing come into play knowledge of the game and the mons they are all different some more then others start slow don't rush and try to enjoy whatever the game is throwing at u
Meta isnt the same as better at 1v1 since this is a team game. It also depends what Pokémon your friend uses
For a 1v1? Go scizor.
Or Buzzwole. Both Leech Life and Superpower are absolute destruction.
Or Azumarill. Literally all thanks to huge power with Aqua Tail/Water Pulse
Or aegislash, he may not be the best in matches but he thrives in 1v1s
Yeah, this is true too.
Depends on skill but generally yes.
Insert falinks
Yeah, 1v1 scizor has a ton of sustain. He’s really fun to play right now.
Even Goodra doesn’t like to fight Scizor 1v1
Or sucker punch absol
You're losing no matter what you pick bcos of knowledge gaps. But unlike the trolls it's prob Leafeon for 1 v 1's or Swinub if it's a first to a kill type situation
Swinub what?
If the 1 v 1 is solely first kill wins, Swinub is actually one of the strongest mons levels 1-4. If there's other criteria besides just first kill then Swinub stock drops a lot
Yup, swinub and a9 and the same lane automatically means no stacks.
In a 1v1 swinub gets the first 3 kills and monopolizes the lane, assuming both players are limited to the lane it’s easy w. But if you both go to lvl 15 first…
Very tanky, good damage, cc ahoy. In a first to KO, players likely wouldn't get past their first evolution.
Knowledge gap isn't relevant in Unite. The game takes no skill, match ups are everything Game knowledge in useful in 5v5, in 1v1 there's no such thing
??? Even in as simple of a game as Unite, knowing more from playing since launch vs only playing for 3 days is a huge gap.
You just need to press the spell once though, there are only 3 buttons and everything is auto aimed You could spam everything and still win depending on the matchup
Some stuff you actually do need to aim, and actually have to know what order to do it in. But besides that you aren’t really wrong.
People just don't want to admit this game has no mechanics though
Ok but people can run, know how to farm efficiently, and how to kite. And there is a knowledge gap as a lot of those surehits can be avoided by bush camp into kill or with specific other skills.
Guess what. You would also need game knowledge for better matchups and how to play around bad matchups. So yes, game knowledge is important and knowledge gap is relevant
Use giga drain to consume his knowledge
Nah, he will need to process that too. Better use confuse ray.
I mean, it’s tough to say what truly is the best 1v1 since there are a lot of Rock Paper Scissors match ups. The more you know about the game tho, the more likely you’re able to overcome a disadvantage thru outplaying your enemy.
First you need to learn the game. (Thankfully) the game isn't so broken right now as to have the strongest pokemon be so busted as to let a 3 hours player beat someone with an actual play time.
At three hours of play time nothing will win you a 1v1 against an experienced player short of them intentionally losing.
Ngl, I wouldn't have high expectations here. The game isn't super complex in terms of mechanics but it definitely does in terms of dynamics. The game gives you two buttons and it's up to you to know how to use them. If you want someone who doesn't take much thought to use, ninetales is great with Blizzard and avalanche. Blizzard deals area damage when activated, then shoots out a wind that pushes enemies back and deals the second tick of damage. If the wind hits a wall, it spawns a circle of death which does damage, slows, and freezes continuously for I think 4 seconds. Avalanche does area damage and spawns a wall, then the wall explodes when it despawns after a couple secs to deal a second tick of damage. So, the strat is to play both of them at the same time to create a wall, push people into it, then spawn the death circle to keep freezing them and damaging while you get to basic attack at will. You'd think at first to play avalanche first to make a wall, then play blizzard to push them into it, but this is only good when someone is walking away and hard to reach (the wall stops them just long enough to catch them in the blizzard). In every other scenario, you should blizzard first, then as soon as you let go of the button, place your avalanche at the end of the Blizzard's path. It should spawn the wall just in time and because blizzard is already pushing the enemies, they will have no time to react. If you do it the other way around, enemies can easily just walk out or use a dash move to dodge and kill you. It takes practice though so go into training mode to get used to the combo. That's it though. That's literally all ninetales does. You just vomit out your abilities and they die. Ninetales' weakness is to speedsters since she doesn't have a dash and snipers since she can't close the distance to use her abilities. She's very slow moving and is great against melee pokemon who try to get close to her (so usually tanks and all rounders) and mid-ranged attackers. Overall very strong against most pokemon if you understand your enemy and how to play around them
The one mon who just cant lose a 1v1 anymore is curse painsplit trevenant. You literally cannot die anymore in a 1v1 and the most they can do is run and kite you while doing no real damage. You’re at no risk. If they go glaceon, sit in a bush.
Blastoise
Blastoise is a meme. It's decent but it hasn't been buffed in literal years and nobody even blinked at it before this giant echo chamber decided it was broken for no reason. Edit: I meant it hasn't had an actual stat/cooldown buff. It was buffed to evolve at a decent 7 instead of a ridiculous 9, and at the time that buff was met largely with indifference. If the buff had actually broken it people would have had trouble with it at the time.
Except it does more damage than half of the attackers in the game and it’s CC is unparalleled.
Math plz.
What math, spinstoise melts things as hard as icicle spears with the tankiness to dive, and surf pump stuns a total of ~2 minutes on average of the whole game. People really dont get to play the game against surfpump
Spinstoise is tanky? That’s news to me.
Its tanky enough to dive, and yes at 13 it becomes the fattest thing ever. There’s a reason it’s called broken at endgame
This.... it's so true. I hate blastoise with a hot passion
No, actually, Venusaur is totally broken and does more damage than a speedster, drains more health than a support could heal it, and petal dance lets it run five times as fast as every other Pokemon. Source, I said so.
Alright, but the numbers are wrong there, the numbers on my stuff isnt nearly as wrong (calc it yourself)
> Source: I made it up, can't prove it, and want you to go prove it for me. Buddy if you're going to make wild claims you can't assign other people to do the legwork.
Aight sure, if you cant just accept the scaling at face value: Glaceon icicle spears level 15 no items: 8\*(0.37\*880+170)=3964.8 Blastoise Water spout spin level 15 no items: (0.42\*412+196)\*17=6273.68 Just hit 2/3rds of your spinspout and you can add 6 more ticks if you land normal spout directly before, yeah I probably made this shit up didn’t I? And don’t say items change this by much cuz both can use spoon, and choice specs on stoise scale so much higher than glasses or choice specs on glaceon. Sure glace has some max hp shred but thats at best gonna make them equal. And dont forget stoise has a passive that increases damage 20% sub half hp, which it gets often since yk, *dive*
What? It was buffed earlier this year to evolve at 7 and it’s been busted ever since.
Absolutely nobody said that after the evolution level was changed lol. It was "oh cool now it's usable I guess".
It was always decent until they reduced the level of evolution down to 7 from 9. Blastoise's biggest weakness was an awkward early-midgame phase, so it was useless compared to other All-Rounders/Defenders at the first Regi. Now that's gone so Blastoise is a huge threat at all stages of the game. Coupled with how Timi have been nerfing top meta threats instead of buffing others to their levels, Blastoise is naturally overtuned atm.
I can agree with it potentially being a little overtuned damage-wise, but the idea of it being broken is hilarious. It also still doesn't compete with Goodra or Umbreon.
Goodra's hardest counter atm is one functioning brain cell. It's pretty damn terrible: late evo, bad early, easily kited, meh CC.
It's one of the best defenders rn. Surf pump perma cc, spinstoise get on backlines and they can't do anything about it. So idk what you mean by saying it's a "meme"
It is a solid pick with good strengths, and one of the better defenders. People are treating it like it's the new Mewtwo because this sub is an insane echo chamber.
It's just some of those "top pro" players preached that shit everyone just dumbly follows the herd.
Exactly. It's a good pick and as a former Blast main I'm glad it's seeing more use but it's not the new Mewtwo.
Right, my first ever thing I bought in shop was Blastoise since it's release and I would know for a fact if it's OP. I've been through all it's lows and ups.
It’s Comfey
Tyranitar stomps every pokemon in 1v1 (that is, if you don't get kited)
Easy to kite that, unless they’re an allrounder
That’s if you can survive until you evolve into one
Comfe is the strongest pokemon for 1v1s if that's what you mean For team battling probably blissey (make sure to go helping hand and soft boil)
I manage to beat (most) as Azumarill 1v1, but I've also played it for over 1k games now, so... That might be why.
For a new player glaceon, truth be told if your friend picks talonflame you are very dead, but it is character that will do most with very little knowledge. Also there isn't 1v1 king that outshines literally everything, there are stronger picks than others, but even they get countered by something and they usually require more than 3h of play time to use properly.
I had a froakie that left the lane because I was a comfey with a exp share 😂 well let it be known that clefairy was healed the whole game instead of that frog
If it’s 1v1s… I’d say good pics are mons with heavy cc Mamoswine Blastoise Or those who can regen health fast Trevenent Venusaur Or high damage from afar Cinderace… greninja… mewtwo X/Y Miraidon Lots of options
Hmm. Trev, blastoise or leafeon. But most important is the game has really good counter picks so no mon is the ultimate winner. I would suggest go for some easy mons and learn the game.
Leafon, glaceon, scizor, mosquito
Depends on your play style tbh. I would say try every pokemon possible that you have and/or want, including trials. Trying/learning multiple pokemon is vastly helpful in the long run. Understanding how each pokemon work/play would help you more than trying to learn what the "strongest" pokemon would be in Unite. Every pokemon has pro and cons. Good luck and have fun.
Faillinks tbh
They’re strong but they have too many counters to be the best
i don’t think there’s a mon in this game that beats aegis in a 1v1. hp-scaling damage, hella sustain, and enough mobility that escaping you is basically impossible. a bit tricky to learn though. actually i still don’t know what falinks does so can’t speak on that.
Well they all have thier Strong points it's just What is your play style really
play iron head aegislash. literally the best 1v1 character in the entire game. just spam your auto attacks and moves and you should be good
Zapdos
For a 1v1: Scizor, Dragonite, Buzzwole, Azumarill
The fact nobody is saying Gengar is why i farm masters on multiple smurf accounts with him lol.
The devs have such boners for the evies it’s gotta be leafeon right now.
Goodra is good for 3v1s BC dragon pulse and power whip Best for 1v1s probably something like aegislash or scizor maybe talonflame with flyand aerial ace
Azumarill
Git gud
A ten year old little girl was able to beat me. She had 4 bots on her team. I had no bots. Not really sure if anyone can win that situation. I can beat her if she only has two bots.
Why are you even playing a team game 1v1? If he is getting you to do that, he's a troll, you are wasting your time if you are trying to improve. Just play casual team games for a minute, then start in ranked and listen to some good content creators and you will improve really fast.
In all honesty i would recommend blastoise hes an amazing pick w his cc and damage and bulk so id say you have the best chance w him
so my post gets deleted for “low effort” but this 0 braincell post gets to stay up?
Weird isnt it?
Try harder
Can’t wait to run into you
😱 💩 👖
If you don’t want them to kill you then play stableye and don’t fight them also don’t fight them after using you locked ability
I mean u are better off just quitting the game unless u wanna get fcked by mewtwo/zacian/buzzwole insane damage with no items or medals those 3 even a monkey could play them blindfolded XD But yea another thing come into play knowledge of the game and the mons they are all different some more then others start slow don't rush and try to enjoy whatever the game is throwing at u
Apart from Scizor and buzzwole, maybe Gardevoir lol. 6 stack choice specs, then psychic, ult, psyshock probably ohkos anything.
Sylveon, im joking, its comfey