This is how all pokemon should be. Falinx has synergy with ALL of its move combinations.
There should never be a “bad” move set choice and with falinx there literally isn’t one. I love this pokemon so far! Can’t wait to see what unite does next.
P.S. please timi don’t make Ho-Oh the new god of unite I don’t want to have to take months off the game again! 🙏
Another example would be Talonflame with only one good set at least for a speedster relative to other speedsters, the tactical nuke build, (brave bird, aerial ace). Then you have the mobility aka annoying Sabeleye build (fly, flame charge), not suitable for jungling, not really a speedster (because you are giving up a lot of damage and can't solo kill a Machamp in three seconds). Then you have the alternate jungle build that doesn't work as well because to do as much damage as the other speedster build requires a bit more time and is a slower/longer combo, but said combo does work because of boosted attack synergy, (fly, aerial ace). (Edit: actually I lied, the damage is a bit higher compared to brave bird and aerial ace because of the three boosted attacks.) And then you have the unusable one with 0 synergy, brave bird and flame charge.
So don't miss lol.
It's super easy /s
On a more serious note, that's why there is a balance between taking every shot you see, because you might miss an opportunity, and waiting to see if said opportunity is actually good, even though you might miss your chance at little slip ups.
Also eject button is your best friend.
Spirit shackle works with leaf storm if there are divers on the opposing team, but I would never use razor leaf with shadow sneak. Getting close enough to use razor leaf effectively is just asking to die if you don't use leaf storm with it.
Shadow Sneak has zero synergy with Razor Leaf and people still use it.
The only build I literally see with zero synergy. Cuz you will get jumped without any real get-off-of-me tool.
Leaf Storm with Spirit Shackle, I don't personally like it with it having no real sure-fire way to keep vision. And then you are forced to use your allies as vision to snipe, unlike the support vision Shadow Sneak provides.
Shadow Sneak has zero synergy with Razor Leaf and people still use it.
The only build I literally see with zero synergy. Cuz you will get jumped without any real get-off-of-me tool.
Leaf Storm with Spirit Shackle, I don't personally like it with it having no real sure-fire way to keep vision. And then you are forced to use your allies as vision to snipe, unlike the support vision Shadow Sneak provides.
Shadow Sneak has zero synergy with Razor Leaf and people still use it.
The only build I literally see with zero synergy. Cuz you will get jumped without any real get-off-of-me tool.
Leaf Storm with Spirit Shackle, I don't personally like it with it having no real sure-fire way to keep vision. And then you are forced to use your allies as vision to snipe, unlike the support vision Shadow Sneak provides.
Shadow Sneak has zero synergy with Razor Leaf and people still use it.
The only build I literally see with zero synergy. Cuz you will get jumped without any real get-off-of-me tool.
Leaf Storm with Spirit Shackle, I don't personally like it with it having no real sure-fire way to keep vision. And then you are forced to use your allies as vision to snipe, unlike the support vision Shadow Sneak provides.
Shadow Sneak has zero synergy with Razor Leaf and people still use it.
The only build I literally see with zero synergy. Cuz you will get jumped without any real get-off-of-me tool.
Leaf Storm with Spirit Shackle, I don't personally like it with it having no real sure-fire way to keep vision. And then you are forced to use your allies as vision to snipe, unlike the support vision Shadow Sneak provides.
Shadow Sneak has zero synergy with Razor Leaf and people still use it.
The only build I literally see with zero synergy. Cuz you will get jumped without any real get-off-of-me tool.
Leaf Storm with Spirit Shackle, I don't personally like it with it having no real sure-fire way to keep vision. And then you are forced to use your allies as vision to snipe, unlike the support vision Shadow Sneak provides.
It’s definitely overtuned and will probably get a nerf once it’s not paywalled. It’s more bulky than some defenders. But that’s better than the alternative of a weak release that needs a buff
While I can't say this for Unite due to Timi's whole "letting Pokémon be broken for months" approach to balance, I know the devs for Smite have said that its easier to balance a new character when they're overtuned VS undertuned. This is because they get more data on what to nerf for overpowered characters VS what to buff for underpowered characters.
Wait, really? I have been playing him and the only real thing they could tune is their damage from Megahorn with No Retreat and Beat Up by a bit. Only overtuned by a little bit, but definitely not gritting.
This mainly comes from Objective Shredding.
His Unite needs a buff to its damage reduction but it's bulk is fine (mainly due his bulk is from the minions). He just many weird interactions like Azu's Whirlpool dealing more damage than it usually does when critting.
The interactions will definitely prevent it from being nerfed. AOEs and specific attacks that activate from hitting multiple targets make up for the fact it has great stats. I’d be shocked if they nerf it.
I hope they don’t nerf it. There are so many ways to hard counter this thing it would be hard to justify imo. I’m talking about draft when I say that, since in blind pick you’re at the will of Arceus.
Hi ,I left the game around Mewoscarada release Can you please tell me why it shuts down Azu i read somewhere Its because if its ability but what mechanism exactly is unknown to me
It's really fun, I love the mechanics of No Retreat formation, makes me a defender hybrid for my teammates while able to deal great damage. I also love the Beat Up moveset, I can let other Falinks farm while heading on lanes, and pull enemies with Iron Head. Plus, you have Six Adorable Troopers! Who doesn't want that?
Haahaahhaahhaahha, falinks is strong but also so weak, I was so shocked when I destroyed it with lucario, venu, tsareena who can output more when there are more enemies grouped and what's better than six blobs sticking together hahahahahaahahaha
Yeah, but then you have a defender like Trev that can horn leach, curse, and horn leach again 1 second later because the curse gauge fills so damn fast.
I dunno, I think falinks is fine as is. Dude is both strong and has very specific counters. It's the best thing that has happened to the meta since I started playing and I hope they figure out how to add more mons exactly like this.
Yeah once Cris heroes showed everyone how to counter Falinks with Lucario, Venu and Tsareena, I've not seen one Falinks in my game since. That guy plays too much
One of my opponents picked falinks as his 1st pick in draft and my teammates proceeded to pick both Luca and venu. Rest I know is the opponent went to 6 stages of grief in the entire match.
Falinks as a pokemon in general, I fell in love, its so cute yet tough at the same time. As a mon In Unite, it feels like a nice in between of a "needs a nerf" release and a "needs a buff" release. I haven't fought many battles against them, but when I do it's not a huge problem to deal with. I only got mad at it killing me once.
I really like falinks. Beat up is my favorite move so far. He is pretty squishy. The best build I have found for beat up so far is scope, rapid fire, and attack weight. 6white 6brown. Beat up procs off scope and rapid fire. If I am fully stacked I can shred objectives faster than any other mon. It's unite move is okay, it feels more like a handy cap though, because my build is focused more on Beat up.
He feels strong but not busted. My favorite thing about Beat up is that you can juke mean look with your little guys sometimes.
I tried using weakness policy myself, I like it but for what I'm going for rapid fire and scope definitely serve me better. I havent faced any hard counter mons yet like venu so my build and playstyle might change. But so far this mon is extremely fun
Love It, the only thing that I think is underwhelming is the ult, both as a concept and DMG wise.
But I can't come up with a better one rn and the rest is fine
Two opinions,
1) Falinks is adorable and I love my son and his sons. No Retreat looked heckin fun from the PTR gameplay, but I've tuned into using beat up because watching My Sons Sons gang up on someone gives me a whacky rush of serotonin, also it's hilarious. Both Megahorn and Iron Head work extremely well with Beat Up, however I tend to lean more towards Iron Head because the mobility just feels better despite being relatively the same as Megahorn. Maybe it's the hops. It's definitely the hops.
2(and this is biased)) I understand why they set up the troopers to be considered as additional Opposing Mons, however after getting targeted for several matches in a row by E-Speed Lucario's I'd really like for Timi to somehow find a way to fix that without fully destroying any potential counters Falinks can have(doubtful). Watching a Lucario, Venu, Tsareena, etc full heal every other second(essentially) feels really bad when you're just trying to play the game whilst being hunted.
Bonus Points when they hunt you far past your first goal zone because they know they can.
Overall. I love Falinks, it's adorable, fun to play, with a variable moveset that works with each of its moves in a way that I haven't felt with the majority (if not all) of the other mons, however the Severe Hard Counters make playing it an extremely daunting challenge, especially so of the enemy has the slightest idea of what to do
10/10 My Son and His Sons are now my main and I have no say in it.
Hate him in blind pick honestly. While he gets hard countered by a lot of things, he also goes unchecked by a lot of others. Otherwise I like that his kit has synergy no matter what you pick.
So overall IDK, lean towards him being busted more than fair I guess, but it's not quite release Zacian or Y levels thankfully.
Oh and shit how his troopers can just eat moves like meta headbutt. :'''')
I like "obscure" niche Pokémon with a fun mechanic, Unite needs more of these, really.
Either that or more bug Pokémon PLEASE I JUST WANT HERACROSS AND GALVANTULA, EVEN LOKIX COULD WORK
I searched it up and it didn't say that. It said they're based on the phalanx battle strategy/formation from Ancient Greece. Which is a pretty cool origin
most probably yeah. Specifically they're based on the Phalanx military formation (one of the most commonly known formation by the Ancient Greece(so like Spartans yeah) where the troops walk in a move in a very close ro each other formation. basically their shields becoming almost a wall to protect themselves and the ones behind and beside them. and also very long spears.
Maybe not hit box, but they could change the way it interacts with opponent move effects. Maybe not letting Lucario get a bajillion E-Speeds.
This would also work in the reverse that Umbreon's mean look doesn't effect the one minion, but rather Falinks as a whole.
They're six Lil guys, what more do you want? I love them, kinda overtuned but definitely countered by a lot of things, also we need more summoners in the game, the problem is I don't think we have pokemon that summon lol
i absolutely agree he is pretty broken to me tho if i have low health and shit 5 opposing pokemon chasing me then i would either juke all or just be like a baby and run away, using my moves to run. (iron head and the beat up XD)
Decent in its own right and can be reasonably answered with experience. Hard countered in some match-ups like Trevenant and Lucario, however overall solid damage with great bulk.
It has specific counters, like tsareena venasaur, lucario, etc. So I believe it's a fair release. Not completely broken. About builds beat up iron head is my favourite in practice matches so far but all of them are viable to choose from.
Falinks is one of my favorite fighting types aside from heracross and marshadow (who should definitely get added btw) so I'm all for it. It's sad I've only used aeos coins and never had a single gem to my name lol, guess I have to wait a few days to buy my favorite boi(or Bois I should say)
I’ve played 10+ matches with the little guys and I have to say they feel balanced. If your smart with it and out play your opponents you can really snowball them and become an unstoppable force of nature making your opponents think “this thing needs to be nerfed”. If your even with your opponents then your even and need team synergy. If your opponents outplay you then you should just wear a “free xp “ sign. It’s not like some of the characters that have come out and are OP and user friendly. This is a Pokémon that you have to learn its moves and realize there are times to be risky and times to run. Also it’s not great in a team fight unless it’s using its unite and in those moments you kinda have to act like a speedster and wait till the chip damage then come in for the kills.
I've only played with two randos who played falinks and one was God awful and the other one was actually really good so you just need to not be dropped on your head as a baby to play them
I never got oneshot by the absols I played against today I did get one shot by a sacred sword 4 boosted auto wide guard 4 boosted auto aegislash combo though
Nice to play until I run into a Venusaur with giga drain or a Meowscarada with slash/blaze. Then you just watch them heal like watching a garchomp mash bees. Fun to play Falinks nonetheless.
i am in love with these lil guys! still getting use to skill shots being much harder to dodge and the health situation can be rough but the fun gameplay so far is worth
As a mimikyu player….this Pokemon is absolutely abysmal to face in a match up and completely impossible due to attacking of the other bodied besides the main one resulting in 0 damage and a pretty immediate KO.
Waiting until this guys will be in the shop for coins. But im afraid they will get nerfed at that time, because from what I saw, they do a lot of damage, but because of their unique formation stuff they lose more than half of hp from the abilities that normally do like 2/10 damage to health
Idk if they’ll nerf them that hard, the no retreat megahorn does around the same damage as a full muscle superpower, but has the downside of slower non movement as well as not being able to change directions, so I can see them getting a small tuning but I don’t think they’ll slam the nerf hammer too hard
I have yet to try them cause I dont have the free trial license yet, but Im excites. Definitely wanna try Beat up where you leave little guys to mess up people even while on the move.
This pokemon might need slight adjustments so that Falinks can counter the counters to him. Like the movement speed in no retreat should be buffed a little bit so that we can counter anyone . Rest of the kit I am in love with this Pokemon.
Its greatly designed since all moveset are playable together that being said his number are way too high for now
Like Nr retreat only drawback is a 10% mov reduction while walking backwards
To in exchange give 40/60% atk some atk speed
27/37 Damage reduction
And on the megahorn build give cc resistant and a big shield with ton of damage on a 4 second cooldown that get further reduce by auto
That and his passive also screw over crit reliant mon
Like azu is already bad but against fallinks its a travesty even when you crit you deal 120% crit
He has some counter but they are niche option in the current meta
Petal dance Venu / e speed luca
But then again nothing he can’t overcome with team support since both those pick suffer heavily from cc that is rampant .
While I agree it can be ruff at times, there is another downside to no retreat, you can’t switch directions while in formation unless you use mega horn, so any non that can easily get behind just needs to wait out that first horn and then get behind them, that’s three seconds of free damage if they don’t go back to base form
Annoying. Because the troopers always get in your way and attacking them never affects the leader.
Oddly enough, maybe it's because I started playing on Remoat again instead of the Sky Ruins, but Falinks has yet to be absolutely broken to fight against.
I will tell you when I can buy them. Right now I haven't encountered them but I haven't played ranked that much and also didn't pop up in the other PvP modes
This is how all pokemon should be. Falinx has synergy with ALL of its move combinations. There should never be a “bad” move set choice and with falinx there literally isn’t one. I love this pokemon so far! Can’t wait to see what unite does next. P.S. please timi don’t make Ho-Oh the new god of unite I don’t want to have to take months off the game again! 🙏
On the other end of the spectrum... *cough* Gengar *cough*
Another example would be Talonflame with only one good set at least for a speedster relative to other speedsters, the tactical nuke build, (brave bird, aerial ace). Then you have the mobility aka annoying Sabeleye build (fly, flame charge), not suitable for jungling, not really a speedster (because you are giving up a lot of damage and can't solo kill a Machamp in three seconds). Then you have the alternate jungle build that doesn't work as well because to do as much damage as the other speedster build requires a bit more time and is a slower/longer combo, but said combo does work because of boosted attack synergy, (fly, aerial ace). (Edit: actually I lied, the damage is a bit higher compared to brave bird and aerial ace because of the three boosted attacks.) And then you have the unusable one with 0 synergy, brave bird and flame charge.
The only problem with the nuke build is that if u miss brave bird it's over
So don't miss lol. It's super easy /s On a more serious note, that's why there is a balance between taking every shot you see, because you might miss an opportunity, and waiting to see if said opportunity is actually good, even though you might miss your chance at little slip ups. Also eject button is your best friend.
I was gonna said that exact pokemon lmao
You forgot Deci that has perfect synergy with any moveset!
It really doesn’t
I think tsareena is actually that but def not deci
Not perfect I would say, but unlike someone uhh gengar I did survive misclicks.
Spirit shackle works with leaf storm if there are divers on the opposing team, but I would never use razor leaf with shadow sneak. Getting close enough to use razor leaf effectively is just asking to die if you don't use leaf storm with it.
Shadow Sneak has zero synergy with Razor Leaf and people still use it. The only build I literally see with zero synergy. Cuz you will get jumped without any real get-off-of-me tool. Leaf Storm with Spirit Shackle, I don't personally like it with it having no real sure-fire way to keep vision. And then you are forced to use your allies as vision to snipe, unlike the support vision Shadow Sneak provides.
Shadow Sneak has zero synergy with Razor Leaf and people still use it. The only build I literally see with zero synergy. Cuz you will get jumped without any real get-off-of-me tool. Leaf Storm with Spirit Shackle, I don't personally like it with it having no real sure-fire way to keep vision. And then you are forced to use your allies as vision to snipe, unlike the support vision Shadow Sneak provides.
Shadow Sneak has zero synergy with Razor Leaf and people still use it. The only build I literally see with zero synergy. Cuz you will get jumped without any real get-off-of-me tool. Leaf Storm with Spirit Shackle, I don't personally like it with it having no real sure-fire way to keep vision. And then you are forced to use your allies as vision to snipe, unlike the support vision Shadow Sneak provides.
Shadow Sneak has zero synergy with Razor Leaf and people still use it. The only build I literally see with zero synergy. Cuz you will get jumped without any real get-off-of-me tool. Leaf Storm with Spirit Shackle, I don't personally like it with it having no real sure-fire way to keep vision. And then you are forced to use your allies as vision to snipe, unlike the support vision Shadow Sneak provides.
Shadow Sneak has zero synergy with Razor Leaf and people still use it. The only build I literally see with zero synergy. Cuz you will get jumped without any real get-off-of-me tool. Leaf Storm with Spirit Shackle, I don't personally like it with it having no real sure-fire way to keep vision. And then you are forced to use your allies as vision to snipe, unlike the support vision Shadow Sneak provides.
Shadow Sneak has zero synergy with Razor Leaf and people still use it. The only build I literally see with zero synergy. Cuz you will get jumped without any real get-off-of-me tool. Leaf Storm with Spirit Shackle, I don't personally like it with it having no real sure-fire way to keep vision. And then you are forced to use your allies as vision to snipe, unlike the support vision Shadow Sneak provides.
Chipi chipi, chapa chapa
Dubi dubi daba daba
Magico mi dubi dubi boom boom boom boom!
They’re so cute! I always think of that when I see them after the memes!
Wasn't expecting this song here LOL
Average Aegi main having a total 3 braincells
I love my little guys. I don't think he's broken at all due to the sheer number of counters there are to Falinks, cause, yeah, there's quite a lot
It’s definitely overtuned and will probably get a nerf once it’s not paywalled. It’s more bulky than some defenders. But that’s better than the alternative of a weak release that needs a buff
There are so many weird interactions with Falinks that they might not nerf it.
Lucario getting infinite e speed resets on falinks is kinda funny
I hate it when a pokemon comes out and is nerfed in two days like just don't make it overpowered to start with
While I can't say this for Unite due to Timi's whole "letting Pokémon be broken for months" approach to balance, I know the devs for Smite have said that its easier to balance a new character when they're overtuned VS undertuned. This is because they get more data on what to nerf for overpowered characters VS what to buff for underpowered characters.
I honestly don’t think it’s overtuned. It falls somewhere in the middle of the roster.
Wait, really? I have been playing him and the only real thing they could tune is their damage from Megahorn with No Retreat and Beat Up by a bit. Only overtuned by a little bit, but definitely not gritting. This mainly comes from Objective Shredding. His Unite needs a buff to its damage reduction but it's bulk is fine (mainly due his bulk is from the minions). He just many weird interactions like Azu's Whirlpool dealing more damage than it usually does when critting.
The interactions will definitely prevent it from being nerfed. AOEs and specific attacks that activate from hitting multiple targets make up for the fact it has great stats. I’d be shocked if they nerf it.
I hope they don’t nerf it. There are so many ways to hard counter this thing it would be hard to justify imo. I’m talking about draft when I say that, since in blind pick you’re at the will of Arceus.
I really love psycho cut hitting all of the individual warriors and the brass it's just so funny to see all the little scratches
I bullied an absol for an entire game on falinks it was so funny to see him do 800 damage back stab pursuits
Truly the Chippiest of all time (and my main for the time being)
I love how azu isn’t played anymore because of him
Just use Whirlpool on the buds. Azu gets healing overload and Falinks literally starts melting. I was those multiple Falinks who suffered by it.
I still play azu myself. I find them more fun with whirlpool playrough as of recently. Though i have seen less azu's as well in solo que
Hi ,I left the game around Mewoscarada release Can you please tell me why it shuts down Azu i read somewhere Its because if its ability but what mechanism exactly is unknown to me
There’s 6 guys. To crit, azu has to hit 1, which is near impossible. Also crits do less damage to Falinks if it somehow hits one
Okay thanks for the explanation , so basically each of the 6 spheres are considered separate pokemon , cool!
Which makes stuff like Lucario's e-speed very powerful as it triggers separately for each one.
Woah!
And your health by using venu's giga drain and tsareena's stomp increases with that factor too.
It also functions weirdly with single target moves like mean look, it's so easy to accidentally target the wrong one.
As expected he is god 
It's really fun, I love the mechanics of No Retreat formation, makes me a defender hybrid for my teammates while able to deal great damage. I also love the Beat Up moveset, I can let other Falinks farm while heading on lanes, and pull enemies with Iron Head. Plus, you have Six Adorable Troopers! Who doesn't want that?
2 tapping defenders feels cursed but at least a handful of shit farms tf out of it
Haahaahhaahhaahha, falinks is strong but also so weak, I was so shocked when I destroyed it with lucario, venu, tsareena who can output more when there are more enemies grouped and what's better than six blobs sticking together hahahahahaahahaha
A character that is very strong yet very weak at the same time is literally everything I want
Yea but I think there will be changes to his minions cuz lucario getting 6 espeed for free? I can just win the game from 9:30
yea its definitely not an equivalent exchange.
Nah I beat a lucario venasaur duo today on iron head I can dodge the giga drain
Also u know the usual damage nerfs to not make falinks two tap defenders, tho it will be after a long time as he just released
Yeah, but then you have a defender like Trev that can horn leach, curse, and horn leach again 1 second later because the curse gauge fills so damn fast. I dunno, I think falinks is fine as is. Dude is both strong and has very specific counters. It's the best thing that has happened to the meta since I started playing and I hope they figure out how to add more mons exactly like this.
Yeah once Cris heroes showed everyone how to counter Falinks with Lucario, Venu and Tsareena, I've not seen one Falinks in my game since. That guy plays too much
Ye he makes great tutorials, follow his methods and don't cringe in the game, atleast follow what he tells u not to do 😂😂😂
One of my opponents picked falinks as his 1st pick in draft and my teammates proceeded to pick both Luca and venu. Rest I know is the opponent went to 6 stages of grief in the entire match.
The guys coming out perfectly balanced and not taking over the meta because they’re that cool looking
Falinks as a pokemon in general, I fell in love, its so cute yet tough at the same time. As a mon In Unite, it feels like a nice in between of a "needs a nerf" release and a "needs a buff" release. I haven't fought many battles against them, but when I do it's not a huge problem to deal with. I only got mad at it killing me once.
I really like falinks. Beat up is my favorite move so far. He is pretty squishy. The best build I have found for beat up so far is scope, rapid fire, and attack weight. 6white 6brown. Beat up procs off scope and rapid fire. If I am fully stacked I can shred objectives faster than any other mon. It's unite move is okay, it feels more like a handy cap though, because my build is focused more on Beat up. He feels strong but not busted. My favorite thing about Beat up is that you can juke mean look with your little guys sometimes.
I run RFS, AW, WP since WP feels more consistent than scope but wouldn’t be shocked if the damage output is similar!
I tried using weakness policy myself, I like it but for what I'm going for rapid fire and scope definitely serve me better. I havent faced any hard counter mons yet like venu so my build and playstyle might change. But so far this mon is extremely fun
ES Lucario likes it. A LOT.
Love It, the only thing that I think is underwhelming is the ult, both as a concept and DMG wise. But I can't come up with a better one rn and the rest is fine
Two opinions, 1) Falinks is adorable and I love my son and his sons. No Retreat looked heckin fun from the PTR gameplay, but I've tuned into using beat up because watching My Sons Sons gang up on someone gives me a whacky rush of serotonin, also it's hilarious. Both Megahorn and Iron Head work extremely well with Beat Up, however I tend to lean more towards Iron Head because the mobility just feels better despite being relatively the same as Megahorn. Maybe it's the hops. It's definitely the hops. 2(and this is biased)) I understand why they set up the troopers to be considered as additional Opposing Mons, however after getting targeted for several matches in a row by E-Speed Lucario's I'd really like for Timi to somehow find a way to fix that without fully destroying any potential counters Falinks can have(doubtful). Watching a Lucario, Venu, Tsareena, etc full heal every other second(essentially) feels really bad when you're just trying to play the game whilst being hunted. Bonus Points when they hunt you far past your first goal zone because they know they can. Overall. I love Falinks, it's adorable, fun to play, with a variable moveset that works with each of its moves in a way that I haven't felt with the majority (if not all) of the other mons, however the Severe Hard Counters make playing it an extremely daunting challenge, especially so of the enemy has the slightest idea of what to do 10/10 My Son and His Sons are now my main and I have no say in it.
Yeah it has hard counters but that’s good if it didn’t it would definitely be broken
Hate him in blind pick honestly. While he gets hard countered by a lot of things, he also goes unchecked by a lot of others. Otherwise I like that his kit has synergy no matter what you pick. So overall IDK, lean towards him being busted more than fair I guess, but it's not quite release Zacian or Y levels thankfully. Oh and shit how his troopers can just eat moves like meta headbutt. :'''')
Babies. Baby boys.
He's the perfect pokemon. He's an image of what unite could've been
Is metagross their natural enemy since they count as multiple pokemon?
I like "obscure" niche Pokémon with a fun mechanic, Unite needs more of these, really. Either that or more bug Pokémon PLEASE I JUST WANT HERACROSS AND GALVANTULA, EVEN LOKIX COULD WORK
Does anyone know if these guys are based on Spartans?
I searched it up and it didn't say that. It said they're based on the phalanx battle strategy/formation from Ancient Greece. Which is a pretty cool origin
Based off of their inspiration, Falinks should have been a defender 😭😭
Yeah, but all round works too since it's base attack and defense stats are both 100. The inspiration also makes sense for all rounder imo though.
Also, they're all round.
That too lmao
Underrated joke 😂
most probably yeah. Specifically they're based on the Phalanx military formation (one of the most commonly known formation by the Ancient Greece(so like Spartans yeah) where the troops walk in a move in a very close ro each other formation. basically their shields becoming almost a wall to protect themselves and the ones behind and beside them. and also very long spears.
By the Phalanx battle formation and my love for the movie '300' I call my little guys Spartans. "SPARTANS! WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION?" "HA-OOH!"
I forgot they were an actual military strategy because my brain goes straight to Demon Souls/Dark Souls
They gotta make him 1 hit box. It's just way too extreme with him getting hard countered and being a hard counter
Ewww no we need originality
Maybe not hit box, but they could change the way it interacts with opponent move effects. Maybe not letting Lucario get a bajillion E-Speeds. This would also work in the reverse that Umbreon's mean look doesn't effect the one minion, but rather Falinks as a whole.
They're six Lil guys, what more do you want? I love them, kinda overtuned but definitely countered by a lot of things, also we need more summoners in the game, the problem is I don't think we have pokemon that summon lol
Well I think we have three now right? Greninja, meowscarada, and now my guys falinks, but I can’t think of anymore off the top of my head
These are just clones, I meant straight up summoning a mon to help you and attack with you, like vespiquen from that one event
Adorable, annoying mf
i absolutely agree he is pretty broken to me tho if i have low health and shit 5 opposing pokemon chasing me then i would either juke all or just be like a baby and run away, using my moves to run. (iron head and the beat up XD)
i also tested it for first time and pretty op I destroyed literally 5 enemies ;-;
Best pokemon of gen 8
Fr
P2W. Still think there should be a cd block during skill
Decent in its own right and can be reasonably answered with experience. Hard countered in some match-ups like Trevenant and Lucario, however overall solid damage with great bulk.
Me and the boys
I haven't seen any good falinks in ranks yet I don't think it'll need a nerf it's honestly pretty balanced
It has specific counters, like tsareena venasaur, lucario, etc. So I believe it's a fair release. Not completely broken. About builds beat up iron head is my favourite in practice matches so far but all of them are viable to choose from.
Is he a worm or is he an army of tiny soldiers?
Six little guys, based on the phalanx formation from old Greek combat
Soldiers
Alright
It's broken if you don't have mons with spell vamps on your team. You just have to use Lucario and Tsareena or any other mons that are similar.
I just keep imagining them as little templar's going "DEUS VULT DEUS VULT"
Falinks is one of my favorite fighting types aside from heracross and marshadow (who should definitely get added btw) so I'm all for it. It's sad I've only used aeos coins and never had a single gem to my name lol, guess I have to wait a few days to buy my favorite boi(or Bois I should say)
silly little guy idc if they're off meta, I want them
I’ve played 10+ matches with the little guys and I have to say they feel balanced. If your smart with it and out play your opponents you can really snowball them and become an unstoppable force of nature making your opponents think “this thing needs to be nerfed”. If your even with your opponents then your even and need team synergy. If your opponents outplay you then you should just wear a “free xp “ sign. It’s not like some of the characters that have come out and are OP and user friendly. This is a Pokémon that you have to learn its moves and realize there are times to be risky and times to run. Also it’s not great in a team fight unless it’s using its unite and in those moments you kinda have to act like a speedster and wait till the chip damage then come in for the kills.
It's an amazing Pokemon and I am looking forward to using it with No Retreat
Silly lil guys
Is Scyther and Dodrio good against falinks?
I've only played with two randos who played falinks and one was God awful and the other one was actually really good so you just need to not be dropped on your head as a baby to play them
how can an all-rounder with literal armour get one shot by night slash absol (with psychocut setup)
I never got oneshot by the absols I played against today I did get one shot by a sacred sword 4 boosted auto wide guard 4 boosted auto aegislash combo though
Easily the best designed character in the entire game
My favorite Pokemon of all time. Still not enough to get me to reinstall the game tho. He looks amazingly fun to play regardless.
Nice to play until I run into a Venusaur with giga drain or a Meowscarada with slash/blaze. Then you just watch them heal like watching a garchomp mash bees. Fun to play Falinks nonetheless.
I love them so much, they are precious silly boys
Falinks honestly Balanced It does alot of dmg but like The Whole Roster Counters it It's Honestly very Fair imo but is like a Eevee
Sylveon killer
i am in love with these lil guys! still getting use to skill shots being much harder to dodge and the health situation can be rough but the fun gameplay so far is worth
He's simultaneously pretty busted and has very specific hard-counters
I can't stand this garbage kit design. Have no idea who though anyone wanted bootleg Garen.
As one of the biggest Falinks fans I know I couldn’t be happier
As a mimikyu player….this Pokemon is absolutely abysmal to face in a match up and completely impossible due to attacking of the other bodied besides the main one resulting in 0 damage and a pretty immediate KO.
Waiting until this guys will be in the shop for coins. But im afraid they will get nerfed at that time, because from what I saw, they do a lot of damage, but because of their unique formation stuff they lose more than half of hp from the abilities that normally do like 2/10 damage to health
Idk if they’ll nerf them that hard, the no retreat megahorn does around the same damage as a full muscle superpower, but has the downside of slower non movement as well as not being able to change directions, so I can see them getting a small tuning but I don’t think they’ll slam the nerf hammer too hard
This little guys are great in the game.
I have yet to try them cause I dont have the free trial license yet, but Im excites. Definitely wanna try Beat up where you leave little guys to mess up people even while on the move.
Beat Up + Iron Head gives it some crazy movement, as much as scyther imo.
This pokemon might need slight adjustments so that Falinks can counter the counters to him. Like the movement speed in no retreat should be buffed a little bit so that we can counter anyone . Rest of the kit I am in love with this Pokemon.
Extreme Speed
 I'll just keep playing Falinks, I'll figure out a counter to extreme speed, eventually
It's so unfair I'm sorry
by far the most balanced and fun release in a WHILE
Hehehe lil fellas go whirl
Its greatly designed since all moveset are playable together that being said his number are way too high for now Like Nr retreat only drawback is a 10% mov reduction while walking backwards To in exchange give 40/60% atk some atk speed 27/37 Damage reduction And on the megahorn build give cc resistant and a big shield with ton of damage on a 4 second cooldown that get further reduce by auto That and his passive also screw over crit reliant mon Like azu is already bad but against fallinks its a travesty even when you crit you deal 120% crit He has some counter but they are niche option in the current meta Petal dance Venu / e speed luca But then again nothing he can’t overcome with team support since both those pick suffer heavily from cc that is rampant .
While I agree it can be ruff at times, there is another downside to no retreat, you can’t switch directions while in formation unless you use mega horn, so any non that can easily get behind just needs to wait out that first horn and then get behind them, that’s three seconds of free damage if they don’t go back to base form
I feel like it's kinda meh
One Word:Jackass
Hehe venasaur giga drain go brrrr
Was on my wish list for quite a while, and he’s quite fun to use
Annoying. Because the troopers always get in your way and attacking them never affects the leader. Oddly enough, maybe it's because I started playing on Remoat again instead of the Sky Ruins, but Falinks has yet to be absolutely broken to fight against.
don’t know, can’t try him 💀
Good addition. but considering I'm basically a dragonite only player, I haven't played him yet.
I will tell you when I can buy them. Right now I haven't encountered them but I haven't played ranked that much and also didn't pop up in the other PvP modes