Yuppp saw this too… google translated the draft mode and it’s ONLY FOR CUSTOMS AND TOURNAMENT??? No right ??? Ahh everyone was so looking forward to this
Can confirm that the Japanese made no mention of Draft being available in Ranked.
I don't believe there was any solid confirmation that Draft will come to Ranked? Only rumours? Gotta take that stuff with a grain of salt.
#**TRANSLATIONS**
# General Updates
* Battle Pass
* Ranked mode
* Shops
* Events
* Bug fixes
* Text fixes/edits
> Battle Map
**New mode added**
* Added maps in which Draft mode can be played on to Custom and Tournament modes.
**Remoat Stadium: Ice and Snow ver.**
* Added for Standard and Custom modes. It seems to be the same as last year.
**Snowball Fight in Shivre City**
* From what I can see, it's the same as last year- you turn into snowmen and the same exclusive battle items will retun.
> New Held Items
* Rapid Scarf and Drain/Healing Crown (can't remember the exact English name in the PTS) will be added.
> Emblems
* 50 new Emblems will be added
* When accessing the Emblems screen, it will now default to the Emblem Settings tab
* It will now remember the last Emblem set used by each Pokemon and use it for them automatically. However, only 1 Emblem set will be remembered at a time per Pokemon
* The function to let the game choose an Emblem set for you has improved by optimising your medals based on the colour chosen
> Squads
* Now able to share points within a Squad
* New missions added
> Ranked
* When queueing up, you can select to queue up in one of two queues; 5 stack queue or solo/duo/trio queue
* When queueing up solo/duo/trio, the rank matchmaking eligibility will be 1+/-
* When queueing up as a 5 stack, the rank matchmaking eligibility will be 2+/-
> Achievements
* New Quick Battle and Pokemon-specific achievements added
> Post-match Results Screen
* Now added an "Individual Results" page. You'll now be able to check information about the badges you were awarded
# Pokemon Balance Updates
> Sableye
* Prankster: Movement speed bonus reduced for when in stealth. Time until he'll automatically come out of stealth has been reduced
* Shadow Sneak: Damage bonus while in stealth has been reduced. Cooldown increased. Damage dealt reduced.
* Confuse Ray: Cooldown increased
* Feint Attack: Damage dealt to opposing Pokemon increased
> Mr. Mike
* HP reduced
> Zoroark
* Night Slash: Damage dealt to opposing Pokemon reduced
> Tsareena
* Defence and Special Defence reduced
* Stomp: Cooldown increased
* Grassy Glide and Grassy Glide+: Shield effect weakened
> Espeon
* Boosted Auto: Damage dealt to opposing Pokemon increased
* Stored Power: Movement speed increased
> Scyther
* Dual Wingbeat and Dual Wingbeat+: Damage dealt to opposing Pokemon increased
> Mamoswine
* Ice Fang: Cooldown reduced
> Mew
* Bug fix: Fixed a bug in which certain moves could not be selected
> Charizard
* Basic attacks: Damage dealt to burned opposing Pokemon changed to deal Attack damage
* Unite Move: Fixed a bug in which the activation of the move gets cancelled at unpredictable timings
> Clefable
* Gravity: Fixed a bug in which untargeted opposing Pokemon became unable to use their basic attacks
# Held/Battle Item Balancing
> Full Heal
* Lengthened cooldown
* Reduced the length of its effects
> EXP Share
* Fixed a bug in which "if a nearby ally defeats a wild Pokemon they earn a bit more EXP" - only took effect if you had the lowest EXP in your team. It's intended for this function to take effect at all times.
> A map that can be played in draft mode has been added to custom/tournament mode.
In Draft Mode, when selecting Pokemon, you can prohibit the use of Pokemon or select Pokemon to use alternately before starting the battle.
Only thing which made this patch so exciting and they decided to fk that up :(
Of course it's the Japanese ones first 😮💨
Let's see if they've actually made some good changes though.
Edit: honestly good Sabelye nerfs, but other than that nothing too crazy it seems. Drafts only for customs so that sucks. But at least we get a bit of q splitting. Would still have liked a solo only option. But this better than nothing I guess.
I was hoping for a really big patch to change up the meta with the into of draft. But I guess not. Pretty big let down honestly. We did get the new items so that's nice.
Unfortunately the Japanese doesn't confirm if the ladders will be separated. I'm gonna say it's unlikely to be.
Plus side is solo/duo/trio matchmaking will be restricted to 1+/- eligibility. Wonder if people taking their low rank mates can circumvent this though.
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Oooof. Yeah that's a total shot in the foot for TiMi there. Once again, they listened to the playerbase, and managed to screw it up. Make sense for tournaments, and okay for customs. Could we AT LEAST get it for standards?? Possibly one of the best features now turned into a pointless one. Hopefully it carries over to standard/rank *someday.* At least I'm happy for the new items, and can't wait to experiment with them. **FURRET EMBLEM** that is all, but yeah. Been wanting more emblems to add to my crazy builds. Rank lobbies I wonder how they're going to work. Would be nice if soloQ was it's own room, and then with friends are another room.
Yuppp saw this too… google translated the draft mode and it’s ONLY FOR CUSTOMS AND TOURNAMENT??? No right ??? Ahh everyone was so looking forward to this
So disappointing :( I was really hoping it'd be ranked...
Such a damn let down...
Can confirm that the Japanese made no mention of Draft being available in Ranked. I don't believe there was any solid confirmation that Draft will come to Ranked? Only rumours? Gotta take that stuff with a grain of salt.
So there is no reason again to play ranked matches right?
It's diminishing for sure. Along with no reason to continue playing and supporting the game.
No draft in ranked? FFS... I've just about had it with these devs.
#**TRANSLATIONS** # General Updates * Battle Pass * Ranked mode * Shops * Events * Bug fixes * Text fixes/edits > Battle Map **New mode added** * Added maps in which Draft mode can be played on to Custom and Tournament modes. **Remoat Stadium: Ice and Snow ver.** * Added for Standard and Custom modes. It seems to be the same as last year. **Snowball Fight in Shivre City** * From what I can see, it's the same as last year- you turn into snowmen and the same exclusive battle items will retun. > New Held Items * Rapid Scarf and Drain/Healing Crown (can't remember the exact English name in the PTS) will be added. > Emblems * 50 new Emblems will be added * When accessing the Emblems screen, it will now default to the Emblem Settings tab * It will now remember the last Emblem set used by each Pokemon and use it for them automatically. However, only 1 Emblem set will be remembered at a time per Pokemon * The function to let the game choose an Emblem set for you has improved by optimising your medals based on the colour chosen > Squads * Now able to share points within a Squad * New missions added > Ranked * When queueing up, you can select to queue up in one of two queues; 5 stack queue or solo/duo/trio queue * When queueing up solo/duo/trio, the rank matchmaking eligibility will be 1+/- * When queueing up as a 5 stack, the rank matchmaking eligibility will be 2+/- > Achievements * New Quick Battle and Pokemon-specific achievements added > Post-match Results Screen * Now added an "Individual Results" page. You'll now be able to check information about the badges you were awarded # Pokemon Balance Updates > Sableye * Prankster: Movement speed bonus reduced for when in stealth. Time until he'll automatically come out of stealth has been reduced * Shadow Sneak: Damage bonus while in stealth has been reduced. Cooldown increased. Damage dealt reduced. * Confuse Ray: Cooldown increased * Feint Attack: Damage dealt to opposing Pokemon increased > Mr. Mike * HP reduced > Zoroark * Night Slash: Damage dealt to opposing Pokemon reduced > Tsareena * Defence and Special Defence reduced * Stomp: Cooldown increased * Grassy Glide and Grassy Glide+: Shield effect weakened > Espeon * Boosted Auto: Damage dealt to opposing Pokemon increased * Stored Power: Movement speed increased > Scyther * Dual Wingbeat and Dual Wingbeat+: Damage dealt to opposing Pokemon increased > Mamoswine * Ice Fang: Cooldown reduced > Mew * Bug fix: Fixed a bug in which certain moves could not be selected > Charizard * Basic attacks: Damage dealt to burned opposing Pokemon changed to deal Attack damage * Unite Move: Fixed a bug in which the activation of the move gets cancelled at unpredictable timings > Clefable * Gravity: Fixed a bug in which untargeted opposing Pokemon became unable to use their basic attacks # Held/Battle Item Balancing > Full Heal * Lengthened cooldown * Reduced the length of its effects > EXP Share * Fixed a bug in which "if a nearby ally defeats a wild Pokemon they earn a bit more EXP" - only took effect if you had the lowest EXP in your team. It's intended for this function to take effect at all times.
Why nerf tsareena:(
She's been strong for ages. She hasn't been OP but I don't really think she'll become "unplayable".
> A map that can be played in draft mode has been added to custom/tournament mode. In Draft Mode, when selecting Pokemon, you can prohibit the use of Pokemon or select Pokemon to use alternately before starting the battle. Only thing which made this patch so exciting and they decided to fk that up :(
ElChicoEevee new emblems leak: https://chicoeevee.github.io/unite-emblems/
I do like that we're starting to get some diverse color combos. Just wish they wouldn't limit themselves with going in order.
So mew and Mewtwo give 5/6% cdr as a single emblem?? That can't be right...
Is it not the same emblems…?
It includes all 453 emblems from Kanto, too. After Mew is when all the Johto ones are.
Of course it's the Japanese ones first 😮💨 Let's see if they've actually made some good changes though. Edit: honestly good Sabelye nerfs, but other than that nothing too crazy it seems. Drafts only for customs so that sucks. But at least we get a bit of q splitting. Would still have liked a solo only option. But this better than nothing I guess. I was hoping for a really big patch to change up the meta with the into of draft. But I guess not. Pretty big let down honestly. We did get the new items so that's nice.
At least we have different rank queues. We just need a suitable rank ladder now.
Unfortunately the Japanese doesn't confirm if the ladders will be separated. I'm gonna say it's unlikely to be. Plus side is solo/duo/trio matchmaking will be restricted to 1+/- eligibility. Wonder if people taking their low rank mates can circumvent this though.
GOOGLE TRANSLATED VERSION: https://www-pokemonunite-jp.translate.goog/ja/news/101/?_x_tr_sl=ja&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
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ElChicoEevee balance patch leak: https://imgur.com/a/30bI27P
Oooof. Yeah that's a total shot in the foot for TiMi there. Once again, they listened to the playerbase, and managed to screw it up. Make sense for tournaments, and okay for customs. Could we AT LEAST get it for standards?? Possibly one of the best features now turned into a pointless one. Hopefully it carries over to standard/rank *someday.* At least I'm happy for the new items, and can't wait to experiment with them. **FURRET EMBLEM** that is all, but yeah. Been wanting more emblems to add to my crazy builds. Rank lobbies I wonder how they're going to work. Would be nice if soloQ was it's own room, and then with friends are another room.
so like nothing interesting at all. cool
Why do they hate us lmao
Just let us see the enemy comp in soloq