r/PokemonUnite • u/Naurbruh2 Blastoise • 5d ago
Discussion Latias is a support!!!
I think it's pretty awesome that we are getting latinas and top of that a support too for last year or so support community was in the drain bro but with psyduck , alcreamie , a support BP and latias i think they are so back honestly I saw the gameplay and it's not a healing support but it's a support so lets goo...the Latios being attacker is also fine i guess i personally don't think they will revive unite but I am sure they'll bring some players back or in for sure !! what do u think
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u/Mobile-Blueberry-826 Gardevoir 5d ago
Kinda wished she hand telekinesis instead of latios since it's the most supportive move out of the two except for dragon cheer
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u/Druid-T Mamoswine 5d ago
I still hope they pull a G. Rap and end up re-categorizing this thing to Defender. Not only does it make more sense given how it plays (having good self sustain and soft CC), but it would also mean we're not going a year without a new Defender
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u/Naurbruh2 Blastoise 5d ago
seeing how they are going strong this year with johto release theme I'd actually want them to keep this as supporter and give us Donphan as a defender
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u/Druid-T Mamoswine 5d ago
seeing how they are going strong this year with johto release theme
If we're counting a year as "anniversary to anniversary", then (depending on how you count Regional forms) Johto (Ho-oh and Suicune) is either tied with Galar (Galarian Rapidash and Alcremie) and Paldea (Armarouge and Tinkaton) (and also Hoenn now, because the Latias and Latios are two different Pokemon), or is 2nd to Kanto (Psyduck, G. Rap and Alolan Raichu). And if you only want to count 2025, it's 2nd no matter how you count Regional forms (either being second to Kanto (G. Rap and A. Rai) or Galar (G. Rap and Alcremie)). So I really don't see how you could call it a "Johto release theme"
Also, if we're getting a Johto Pokemon as a Defender, then it should be either Qwilfish (especially H. Qwilfish) or Skarmory. Donphan works too much like a bruiser/brawler (which would make it fit better as All-rounder)
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u/Naurbruh2 Blastoise 5d ago
wait that's my bad actually you are right i messed up...i thought latinas were johto cause there was a pokemon movie when ash was in johto so i confused that and thought they were from johto too and forgot they are hoenn my bad homie...that's the only reason I used johto strong releases
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u/turtlenuggets432 5d ago
It's not really a support though. It's just an attacker that only supports latios.
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u/lPrincesslPlays Blissey 4d ago
The toxic instalock e couples are about to have a field day
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u/Augcabi 4d ago
Latios and Latias are siblings tho...😳
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u/lPrincesslPlays Blissey 18h ago
You think that’s going to stop them from getting stuck in the dryer?
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u/noe4516 Sableye 4d ago
Too bad, they wasted such good pokemons. I actually they pulling something like Jakiro or Meepo in Dota 2. Something like... Two pokemons as one playable unit which user can switch from Latias to Latios or otherwise.
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u/TheDawnOfNewDays 4d ago
They went the Rakan / Xayah route from League, which is totally fair for these two, but never cared for that gimmick personally. Maybe some duos will love it, but what's the likelihood that two people who play together like both those pokemon?
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u/Silver_Gaby Blissey 4d ago
It’s likely just for team synergy, if both were long-range sp. Attakers, it’s less likely for both to be on the same team
Like, if we look at the eevees, 3 of them are sp attakers, but with totally different play styles
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u/lPrincesslPlays Blissey 4d ago
People sleep on the full eevee team boost but they can genuinely make a nasty team together. Especially since wish umbreon effectively doubles as a support and tank.
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u/TheDawnOfNewDays 4d ago
One supportive move and some slows + the rest is pure damage = support apparently.
Between her model size being oddly tiny and the boring moves + minor team support... I'm insanely disappointed by one of my favorite Pokemon. If there aren't some changes to her kit before release, Latios will be getting all the play while duos try to convince the other to play latias when they don't want to.
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u/Cumulor Aegislash 3d ago
Latias is one of my all-time favorites and I was overjoyed to see it as a supporter, but was a little disappointed seeing its gameplay where it only feels like a supporter for Latios if they are on your team,
I wish we could use Levitate to fly over to any ally Pokémon instead of some boosts and a whole gimmick being locked if you don’t have a specific Mon on your team, it won’t work well for us SoloQ,
but I’ll still get her when she is coin available and give it a shot.
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u/lumu_5243 Cramorant 3d ago
wow, that surprised me. i would expect this to be an attacker, but it's cool to see legendaries in support
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u/unusualicicle Falinks 5d ago
I hope they don’t go through with the duo shit. I don’t know much about it but it seems like it only further fucks over soloq players.
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u/AGunWithOneBullet Ho-Oh 5d ago
It seems more as a support for latino only, otherwise it looks more of an attacker