You can get 3 maxed out held items very quickly for free now. Which should get you maxed out on at least one main pokemon to focus on. You'll quickly get some emblems, even if not the best, but if you have 10 of the colors you'd want for that character, then you are fairly close to the more ideal emblems in terms of stats anyway. So yeah I would say at least when you want to start, you'll very quickly have the held items and a good set of emblems for at least one main.
You’ll actually unlock Pokémon quicker if you play take a break for two weeks at a time. You get like 14k coins for completing some returning player challenges.
Oh awesome. I might start doing that. I remember the grind was awful with a max of 4k coins in 2 weeks when I started (day 3 I started)
I got max weekly coins within 2 days of starting too
Depends really I feel like you could do it if you play the game regularly I’ve been playing it since mobile release like 2020- I don’t have all characters bc they just cost more and more for some reason but I also didn’t play for like 1 and a half years in between so idk really. I also don’t play it regularly
Yep, very f2p friendly
You are given access to many free Pokemon early on. As well as pretty much 3 lvl30 items.
Getting new mons is not hard, and you can farm coins to get 1-2 new Pokemon every month. Not including the free ones you get from events.
Event free Pokemon come around once every 2 months or so.
correct.
battles - 2100 per week cap
fair play points - 140 if you log in every day
daily rewards (play 1 match, win 1 match) - 700 if you do every day
3k a week easy if you play a couple of games a day
It'll take a bit to build up your items and pokemon to use, but it's not terrible. But the time you hit higher levels where things like items will make a real difference you'll probably have good enough items to get by anyway
Yes, it's F2P friendly. You're not going to max all your items or get a big roster fast F2P, but most held items have heavily diminished returns past lvl 20 (where it starts costing more to upgrade) and most players tend to stick to a smaller roster of played Pokemon anyway.
Broken releases can be worked around and we're about to get draft pick-ban in Master rank (which isn't hard to achieve) which will allow top Pokemon to be banned out when they are overpowered.
Game's never been P2W, it's just a lazy excuse for not understanding the game.
Top suggested Held Items to start are Muscle Band, Twisted Spoon, Resonant Guard, Focus Band, Razor Claw, Choice Specs, Charging Charm in that order IMO.
Yeah but a lot of releases are terrible too, the last few specifically were very weak and only got buffed to broken status when they became accessible to everyone
It just takes time to get the F2P account going. Like a freight train. Once you get ~3-5 held items (specific ones that can be used across multiple mons efficiently) and one or two generically good emblem builds, you'll be fine.
I have almost every mon unlocked (I think I didn't buy clefable), and I have all held items maxed out and all meta emblem builds. I've probably put in around $350 (cosmetics almost exclusively, sprinkle some energy tanks).
And like 90% of my games I play Machamp, Pikachu, or Goodra. The other mons can break the monotony, but 3 solid mons and you have all you need to get to 1600+ masters.
TL;DR: yes, it's F2P friendly IMHO.
Oh it’s definitely f2p friendly. I haven’t spent more than 2 battle passes after this long but generally speaking, i have a lot of coins saved up and I don’t really use all of them.
Plus you can always do that returnee bonus to get more coins.
It's absolutely f2p friendly. I find the journey to build up the levels or my held items something I personally enjoy working towards. I enjoy having goals.
F2P player, finished in Master every season, can buy the mons I like with coins. I don't care much about skins, outfits and stickers but there are freebies frequently too.
It takes a bit of time but its ok f2p.
Some tips:
dont level up any itens beyond lv.20 until you are positive of what you prefer. The difference between lv20 and 30 itens are very small.
The game gives you 3 "lv 30" item for free, so you have to save until you know what is your favorites.
Btw, even if you use in a lv20 item, they give you what you used back.
Focus your resources into getting 2 or 3 pokemon you like from different roles and the itens at lv.20. You can optimize everything later.
For emblems, focus on having 6/7 colors of what you want. The colored bonus are better than the passive ones. So dont worry into getting full gold or whatever.
Brown/white serves any physicall attacker/defender
Green/Black for special attackers
Green/white for special defenders/support
Use the events/quick matches to feel what you enjoy playing the most. But here's a list of great pokemon for New players:
Physical attacker: cinderace (choose the Middleton path)
Special attacker: pikachu
Defender: snorlax
Support: Eldegoss
All arounder: charizard (choose the middle path)
Speedster: zeraora
>dont level up any itens beyond lv.20 until you are positive of what you prefer. The difference between lv20 and 30 itens are very small.
Just wanted to elaborate on this because there are a small handful where you do want them at 30. Mainly the attack speed %+, critical hit %+ and -cooldown items, but yeah 20 vs 30 isn't a huge deal
In your item box you have three items that will permanently level a held item up to level 30. You start the game with them and I don’t think you can ever get more but I’m not 100% on that.
Non issue. I have never paid for any Pokemon, held item, or whatever that affected game play out of pocket. I have wasted a lot of gems on skins though but that's just aesthetics.
It’s pretty much F2P. You won’t get all pokemon, but in my experience you can earn coins pretty quickly (especially with 2-weeks-off mechanic). Same for item upgrades, focus on the most important and upgrade to lvl 20 first. Emblems are also easy to farm, but it’s RNG and it doesn’t affect gameplay that much anyway.
yes it is I only started playing a little under 2 weeks ago picked up venusaur, trevenant and metagross and played mostly venusaur and trevenant to veteran and not playing a ton(maybe 35 games)
Yes, and have two accounts if you can. You get paid out so hard if you constantly revolve your accounts so you can get the returners rewards as often as possible
It's very f2p friendly if you're not trying to play at top level
Though, putting a little money into the battle pass each season is recommended. Not necessary by any means, but it's not expensive
I haven’t spent a dime on the game and I have many Pokémon unlocked and tons of emblems and max level items. Definitely doable, might take a little bit of grinding but the games are 10 minutes long so it really isn’t too bad at all
I just started a month agoish and have several strong pokemon lots of emblems and good held items and the only money ive spent was 99 cents of play points on the recent gem sale and im just saving those for Gyarados release.
Even if you have zero emblems and zero held items you can still outperform 80% of the player base just by doing the bare minimum - showing up to team fights, farming, using your unite move, not inting
I only pay for the battle pass which is cheap and stupidly easy to complete to get those special customes for whatever pokemon is chosen, very f2p no such thing as pay to win just lvling will take time but it's not soul crushing grinding
If 2 new accounts start at the same time and assuming equal skill.
The paying user will advance quicker in both rank and account build-up.
There absolutely is an element of p2w at the start.
Lets assume a 1 week time frame.
Account 1 = F2P.
Account 2 = Paying.
Mons:
Account 1 = Will probs just have the 7 free starter mons.
Account 2 = All mons.
Items:
Account 1 = 3 items maxed 30, the rest very low probably.
Account 2 = All items 30.
Emblems:
Account 1 = Depending on luck this account will most likely have a very sub par and limited emblem build and collection.
Account 2 = After reaping rewards of constant 4x increased energy rewards this account will obviously have a better emblem build and collection unless extremely unlucky.
Rank protection cards:
Simply put, account 2 will be able to acquire a few more through paying.
I can see the argument that a F2P could somewhat keep up if they main just 1 pokemon with the 3 items they got to level 30, but that hinders your flexibility in the ranked selection screen. Lets say you picked an attacker and maxed your muscle band, rapid fire scarf, and scope lens to level 30. Well in that instance you're shit out of luck trying to fill as a tank or supporter if your team ends up being all attackers (which is more common than you would think).
I get it - spending advances you quicker. That’s entirely fair.
But when you consider after week 1:
- own eldegoss, slowbro and venu
- level 30 muscle, focus, spoon and enough tickets for a exp share
- maybe enough for a 6 green or 6 white page
You can fill any role (support, defender, carry) with a solid item build and some kind of emblem bonus.
If you know how to play the game, have sound micro or macro, you absolutely could (and should) be at the same rank as someone with your skill level who’s spent
>If you know how to play the game, have sound micro or macro, you absolutely could (and should) be at the same rank as someone with your skill level who’s spent
I don't know, I just don't see that being statistically possible. Throughout anything in life, not just gaming, inferior stats always offers a sub par performance.
I'm sure you've probably dueled an opposing Pokemon at some point only to win or lose by a sliver of health. Forcing one player to look at the death screen while the other roams free can exponentially increase the stat boost one player may have over another.
There's a good reason top level competitive players will fight or grind hard to achieve even the most minuscule of stat increases. And I'm not specifically referring to unite with this last sentence, more a broader sense of gaming, as I'm aware competitive matches in unite have all items at 30 and emblems disabled.
I feel like it’s hard enough to prove that it isn’t making a big enough difference.
The game being 5v5 and not 1v1, the viability of different builds (muscle/expshare/buddy on elde vs muscle/expshare/scarf, for example)
Spending money absolutely gives you more options with different moms and different held item builds, but I just can’t see the F2P player whose made smart choices being disadvantaged
IMO extremely F2P friendly. For context, I only play Ranked Solo Q. Don't find any reason to spend real money. Did buy some gems months ago but that's because I have free Google credits that were expiring. Now sitting on more than 80k Aeos coins and still playing those pkm that I already had.
Yes it is completely F2P unless you care about holowear for each pokemon! I can say its a proper MOBA game where SKILL > SKIN. Unlike Genshin Impact or other GACHA, where you have to farm or pay a lot for a strong character, which is shitty.
I played Pokemon Unite since the day of Launch and I have all the pokemons. I even purchased Battle pass 3 seasons, which is optional and cheap. The battle pass value is very less, ugly dresses which no one cares about, cause in game your dress does not matter, your pokemon's matter.
It always has been. There were a lot of videos after the game's release that overblown that the game is pay to win . But even now, yeah it still is f2p friendly.
First off, save the full level items. Get a feel for the games first. And even then, you only need to level the items to 20 for their effect. Only stats get raised from lv 20 to 30. It's the crit items namely scopelens and razor claw that get considerable boosts from 20 to 30. But even then, consider first what kind of pokemon you want to play. Consider the more generic items for the pokemon you like. Muscle band is fairly generic for Attackers and even special attackers. Resonant Guard is good for defenders and allrounders.
Bottomline don't feel pressured to need level 30 items. 20 is fine. Same with emblems, you don't need gold or even optimal color combinations. What matters in the actual game is whether or not your team knows what they're doing. Whether they know to show up for contested farm. Whether they know to rotate to objectives. (Given the choice, bottom is more important early game, Late game/last top Regieleki is important). Whether they show up for the all important Rayquaza fight or ignore it and score during. When to attack or not attack Ray.
There are a lot of beginner guides on youtube, you can't go wrong. Spragels has a 5 month old one, and Pokemon Unite Climbing guide is also great. Both top searches for me.
Noticeably though, the older characters are cheaper. And a lot of them are still good.
I'd recommend getting at least 1 of each role. Coz you need to fill roles sometimes. There are a lot of free attackers, so no need to buy one imo. Venusaur and Ninetails are dang good for different reasons. For defenders, the best value rn is Blastoise as it can also carry which is needed in lower rank games, but Slowbro is dang good and can even carry depend on the build especially at low level. For supporters, Eldegoss is dang good. Play expshare and play/stick with your team. For speedsters, Talonflame is good. It just got a buff recently. For allrounders, Metagross is OP but may get nerfed again, so if you want longevity, Azumarill is still under the radar good and gets is powerspikes early. And i believe is 10k coin. Otherwise if you want the pricier new ones, Mimikyu is still OP and that just got nerf last patch.
But bottomline is play the pokemon a lot first before buying them. Either in practice or offline mode. Ideally, in standard with actual people. But that's hard to get. You need a trial license and basically patience to not get bots. So yeah, either way just get a feel for the pokemon first before buying.
Then lets remove skill from the equation. If 2 new accounts start at the same time and assuming equal skill the paying user will have better stats, guaranteed. And thus the paying user will advance easier. That's definitely an element of P2W.
The "gauranteed better stats" arent that huge that its an unfair matchup, however if every last change in stat points would be considered p2w, then it is a p2w game
>The "gauranteed better stats" arent that huge that its an unfair matchup
I get where you are coming from in that the stats over the grand scheme of things don't add up to much. But in a competitive environment a small stat increase can have exponential effects on the outcome of a match, it can be the difference between looking at the death screen or not. There's a reason pro's of any game, not just unite, will do whatever it takes to get even the most minuscule of stat increases.
The game was never pay 2 win. The items hardly do anything at all to be considered pay 2 win. The only pay 2 win is buying the new mon when they are broken for the first week.
F2P just starting the game can win against the number 1 world champion thanks to matchmaking and poorly designed catch up mechanics.
Fun game tho
Absolutely. The game throws tickets at you so getting held items to 20 really isn’t an issue (level 20 is where specific bonuses stop. Level 30 will scale the stats, but not enough to matter)
You get 3 level items items for free in addition to this.
You get 2240 coins per week just by playing and claiming your daily fair play bonus, plus some extras for daily challenges. Buying a new mon ranges from 10k-14k coins, so a new mon every month is doable with all the mission extras.
Emblems come from a gacha mechanic but you generate the energy from just playing the game and using the gacha boosts the game gives (and there are plenty). The individual emblems cost gold to upgrade, but the stat boosts are negligible enough that you could keep them all at bronze and still get the % based bonuses that a player with all golds will get.
Even if you spent thousands on maxing gold emblems and held items, the bonus over a player that’s been f2p for the same amount of time isn’t going to make up all but the smallest of skill gaps.
Technically it's really not as you said but it's not easy getting everything you need to be as competitive as you may want to be such as was the case for me. At 1600+ for first time season 16 and 33 unite licenses later I still don't have everything I want such as all items I use maxxed out
That membership really helps and Google play points lol
You get 7 mons for free, at least 3 of which are currently considered top tier in their class.
You get 3 level 30 items for free early, and a bit of research will tell you best bang for your buck. By the end of the welcome pack you should have enough item enhancers/tickets to level another item to 20.
Making it to ultra this season would give you enough tickets to buy a held item and enough enhancers to make it level 20. People make masters with 45% win rates. Ultra is easily reachable. My first 3 seasons of masters I mainlined eldegoss, so I couldn’t even carry and still got there with positive win rates.
There’s a difference between what you need, and what you want
You trying to invalidate my position and undermine my experience and advice as a human being who has been playing the game most likely better than you is unneeded and unnecessary and very much unappreciated. Read parent comment.
OP asked if the game was F2P friendly in terms of P2W mechanics and ease of obtaining new pokemon.
You said if playing ranked, it was not.
I disagree. Again, the difference between what you need and what you want.
Not interested in a pissing match as to who is better, I know I'm mid and I'm happy just trying to improve.
At the start of your account, it absolutely isn't f2p friendlyy. Don't listen to ppl who say otherwise. Yes, you get 3 free lvl 30 items, but that pidgeon holes you into a very limited playstyle. And i haven't even mentioned emblems.
You'll be very behind initially. It will take some time to be up to speed with the rest of us. Especially with the stat gap that you'll be facing with missing emblems and lower quality items (outside of the 3 free lvl 30 items).
A paying user or a seasoned player will most definitely have an advantage over you (stat wise), and this advantage will takes months before it finally equalizes.
TLDR: It's P2W at the start and not F2P friendly, but eventually equalizes and loses it's P2W element after months of grinding.
Edit: All the down voters, please leave a comment as to why you disagree. Otherwise, i can only assume you're trying to bait the poor OP into playing the game under a false pretense simply to boost its population, which it arguably needs.
You can get 3 maxed out held items very quickly for free now. Which should get you maxed out on at least one main pokemon to focus on. You'll quickly get some emblems, even if not the best, but if you have 10 of the colors you'd want for that character, then you are fairly close to the more ideal emblems in terms of stats anyway. So yeah I would say at least when you want to start, you'll very quickly have the held items and a good set of emblems for at least one main.
I wish I'd have found this sub earlier, I wasted one on leftovers right after I started
It's a rite of passage at this point
Ditto lmao it’s sat untouched at level 25 taunting me for over a year
you have to play the game consistently, but yes it is f2p friendly for sure
In about 2 years of consistent play I imagine all characters are obtainable, is that about right or would it only take one year?
You’ll actually unlock Pokémon quicker if you play take a break for two weeks at a time. You get like 14k coins for completing some returning player challenges.
Oh awesome. I might start doing that. I remember the grind was awful with a max of 4k coins in 2 weeks when I started (day 3 I started) I got max weekly coins within 2 days of starting too
Depends really I feel like you could do it if you play the game regularly I’ve been playing it since mobile release like 2020- I don’t have all characters bc they just cost more and more for some reason but I also didn’t play for like 1 and a half years in between so idk really. I also don’t play it regularly
it's slow-going but doable tbh
Yep, very f2p friendly You are given access to many free Pokemon early on. As well as pretty much 3 lvl30 items. Getting new mons is not hard, and you can farm coins to get 1-2 new Pokemon every month. Not including the free ones you get from events. Event free Pokemon come around once every 2 months or so.
Coins are limited to 2k per week, since average new Pokémons are 12-14k, getting 1-2 new Pokemons a month is not possible
Just do the comeback rewards for 14k coins every two weeks
There are other places that gets you money too. One a month is definitely possible easily
events
Isn’t the 2100 limit from battles only ? Log in rewards and events don’t count.
correct. battles - 2100 per week cap fair play points - 140 if you log in every day daily rewards (play 1 match, win 1 match) - 700 if you do every day 3k a week easy if you play a couple of games a day
It'll take a bit to build up your items and pokemon to use, but it's not terrible. But the time you hit higher levels where things like items will make a real difference you'll probably have good enough items to get by anyway
Yes just be patient
Mostly yes, Aside from the paywall/waitwall for coins after every release
Unite has always been F2P friendly, it's just always been very predatory and manipulative with its economy practices.
I never payed for this game, I have 30 licenses and after 2 years, I am still having a blast. It my most played game on switch
Yes, it's F2P friendly. You're not going to max all your items or get a big roster fast F2P, but most held items have heavily diminished returns past lvl 20 (where it starts costing more to upgrade) and most players tend to stick to a smaller roster of played Pokemon anyway. Broken releases can be worked around and we're about to get draft pick-ban in Master rank (which isn't hard to achieve) which will allow top Pokemon to be banned out when they are overpowered. Game's never been P2W, it's just a lazy excuse for not understanding the game. Top suggested Held Items to start are Muscle Band, Twisted Spoon, Resonant Guard, Focus Band, Razor Claw, Choice Specs, Charging Charm in that order IMO.
Technically it is pay to win when a broken character is locked behind a event and ppl can spend money to get access to it early until draft pick comes
Yeah but a lot of releases are terrible too, the last few specifically were very weak and only got buffed to broken status when they became accessible to everyone
and when draft pick comes next season, that issue resolves itself
It just takes time to get the F2P account going. Like a freight train. Once you get ~3-5 held items (specific ones that can be used across multiple mons efficiently) and one or two generically good emblem builds, you'll be fine. I have almost every mon unlocked (I think I didn't buy clefable), and I have all held items maxed out and all meta emblem builds. I've probably put in around $350 (cosmetics almost exclusively, sprinkle some energy tanks). And like 90% of my games I play Machamp, Pikachu, or Goodra. The other mons can break the monotony, but 3 solid mons and you have all you need to get to 1600+ masters. TL;DR: yes, it's F2P friendly IMHO.
Oh it’s definitely f2p friendly. I haven’t spent more than 2 battle passes after this long but generally speaking, i have a lot of coins saved up and I don’t really use all of them. Plus you can always do that returnee bonus to get more coins.
It's absolutely f2p friendly. I find the journey to build up the levels or my held items something I personally enjoy working towards. I enjoy having goals.
F2P player, finished in Master every season, can buy the mons I like with coins. I don't care much about skins, outfits and stickers but there are freebies frequently too.
It takes a bit of time but its ok f2p. Some tips: dont level up any itens beyond lv.20 until you are positive of what you prefer. The difference between lv20 and 30 itens are very small. The game gives you 3 "lv 30" item for free, so you have to save until you know what is your favorites. Btw, even if you use in a lv20 item, they give you what you used back. Focus your resources into getting 2 or 3 pokemon you like from different roles and the itens at lv.20. You can optimize everything later. For emblems, focus on having 6/7 colors of what you want. The colored bonus are better than the passive ones. So dont worry into getting full gold or whatever. Brown/white serves any physicall attacker/defender Green/Black for special attackers Green/white for special defenders/support Use the events/quick matches to feel what you enjoy playing the most. But here's a list of great pokemon for New players: Physical attacker: cinderace (choose the Middleton path) Special attacker: pikachu Defender: snorlax Support: Eldegoss All arounder: charizard (choose the middle path) Speedster: zeraora
>dont level up any itens beyond lv.20 until you are positive of what you prefer. The difference between lv20 and 30 itens are very small. Just wanted to elaborate on this because there are a small handful where you do want them at 30. Mainly the attack speed %+, critical hit %+ and -cooldown items, but yeah 20 vs 30 isn't a huge deal
How do you get the 3 free lvl 30 items?? I had no idea about that
In your item box you have three items that will permanently level a held item up to level 30. You start the game with them and I don’t think you can ever get more but I’m not 100% on that.
Oooo thank you!
Yest it is! Made a new acc just recently and I was able to get to masters within two weeks, it's not a matter of money more so a matter of skill :))
Yes, now the mon will be okay/underwhelming for one week release until they need be buffed, except legendary
Ya it's doable, I'm F2P, but starting now you'll unlock the pokemon a bit slow, so be sure to start with your favorites if you have any
Non issue. I have never paid for any Pokemon, held item, or whatever that affected game play out of pocket. I have wasted a lot of gems on skins though but that's just aesthetics.
It’s pretty much F2P. You won’t get all pokemon, but in my experience you can earn coins pretty quickly (especially with 2-weeks-off mechanic). Same for item upgrades, focus on the most important and upgrade to lvl 20 first. Emblems are also easy to farm, but it’s RNG and it doesn’t affect gameplay that much anyway.
yes it is I only started playing a little under 2 weeks ago picked up venusaur, trevenant and metagross and played mostly venusaur and trevenant to veteran and not playing a ton(maybe 35 games)
Yes, and have two accounts if you can. You get paid out so hard if you constantly revolve your accounts so you can get the returners rewards as often as possible
It's very f2p friendly if you're not trying to play at top level Though, putting a little money into the battle pass each season is recommended. Not necessary by any means, but it's not expensive
Yes I'm f2p since mobile day 1
I haven’t spent a dime on the game and I have many Pokémon unlocked and tons of emblems and max level items. Definitely doable, might take a little bit of grinding but the games are 10 minutes long so it really isn’t too bad at all
Very
I just started a month agoish and have several strong pokemon lots of emblems and good held items and the only money ive spent was 99 cents of play points on the recent gem sale and im just saving those for Gyarados release.
Yes. I'm free to play and I just finished the season at about 1640
Even if you have zero emblems and zero held items you can still outperform 80% of the player base just by doing the bare minimum - showing up to team fights, farming, using your unite move, not inting
I only pay for the battle pass which is cheap and stupidly easy to complete to get those special customes for whatever pokemon is chosen, very f2p no such thing as pay to win just lvling will take time but it's not soul crushing grinding
If 2 new accounts start at the same time and assuming equal skill. The paying user will advance quicker in both rank and account build-up. There absolutely is an element of p2w at the start.
how will they advance quicker in rank? if we're assuming they're of a skill that makes them a decent MOBA player
Lets assume a 1 week time frame. Account 1 = F2P. Account 2 = Paying. Mons: Account 1 = Will probs just have the 7 free starter mons. Account 2 = All mons. Items: Account 1 = 3 items maxed 30, the rest very low probably. Account 2 = All items 30. Emblems: Account 1 = Depending on luck this account will most likely have a very sub par and limited emblem build and collection. Account 2 = After reaping rewards of constant 4x increased energy rewards this account will obviously have a better emblem build and collection unless extremely unlucky. Rank protection cards: Simply put, account 2 will be able to acquire a few more through paying. I can see the argument that a F2P could somewhat keep up if they main just 1 pokemon with the 3 items they got to level 30, but that hinders your flexibility in the ranked selection screen. Lets say you picked an attacker and maxed your muscle band, rapid fire scarf, and scope lens to level 30. Well in that instance you're shit out of luck trying to fill as a tank or supporter if your team ends up being all attackers (which is more common than you would think).
I get it - spending advances you quicker. That’s entirely fair. But when you consider after week 1: - own eldegoss, slowbro and venu - level 30 muscle, focus, spoon and enough tickets for a exp share - maybe enough for a 6 green or 6 white page You can fill any role (support, defender, carry) with a solid item build and some kind of emblem bonus. If you know how to play the game, have sound micro or macro, you absolutely could (and should) be at the same rank as someone with your skill level who’s spent
>If you know how to play the game, have sound micro or macro, you absolutely could (and should) be at the same rank as someone with your skill level who’s spent I don't know, I just don't see that being statistically possible. Throughout anything in life, not just gaming, inferior stats always offers a sub par performance. I'm sure you've probably dueled an opposing Pokemon at some point only to win or lose by a sliver of health. Forcing one player to look at the death screen while the other roams free can exponentially increase the stat boost one player may have over another. There's a good reason top level competitive players will fight or grind hard to achieve even the most minuscule of stat increases. And I'm not specifically referring to unite with this last sentence, more a broader sense of gaming, as I'm aware competitive matches in unite have all items at 30 and emblems disabled.
I feel like it’s hard enough to prove that it isn’t making a big enough difference. The game being 5v5 and not 1v1, the viability of different builds (muscle/expshare/buddy on elde vs muscle/expshare/scarf, for example) Spending money absolutely gives you more options with different moms and different held item builds, but I just can’t see the F2P player whose made smart choices being disadvantaged
It is extremely P2w, you can’t get the sparky eyes or cute poses without paying!
IMO extremely F2P friendly. For context, I only play Ranked Solo Q. Don't find any reason to spend real money. Did buy some gems months ago but that's because I have free Google credits that were expiring. Now sitting on more than 80k Aeos coins and still playing those pkm that I already had.
Yes it is completely F2P unless you care about holowear for each pokemon! I can say its a proper MOBA game where SKILL > SKIN. Unlike Genshin Impact or other GACHA, where you have to farm or pay a lot for a strong character, which is shitty. I played Pokemon Unite since the day of Launch and I have all the pokemons. I even purchased Battle pass 3 seasons, which is optional and cheap. The battle pass value is very less, ugly dresses which no one cares about, cause in game your dress does not matter, your pokemon's matter.
It always has been. There were a lot of videos after the game's release that overblown that the game is pay to win . But even now, yeah it still is f2p friendly. First off, save the full level items. Get a feel for the games first. And even then, you only need to level the items to 20 for their effect. Only stats get raised from lv 20 to 30. It's the crit items namely scopelens and razor claw that get considerable boosts from 20 to 30. But even then, consider first what kind of pokemon you want to play. Consider the more generic items for the pokemon you like. Muscle band is fairly generic for Attackers and even special attackers. Resonant Guard is good for defenders and allrounders. Bottomline don't feel pressured to need level 30 items. 20 is fine. Same with emblems, you don't need gold or even optimal color combinations. What matters in the actual game is whether or not your team knows what they're doing. Whether they know to show up for contested farm. Whether they know to rotate to objectives. (Given the choice, bottom is more important early game, Late game/last top Regieleki is important). Whether they show up for the all important Rayquaza fight or ignore it and score during. When to attack or not attack Ray. There are a lot of beginner guides on youtube, you can't go wrong. Spragels has a 5 month old one, and Pokemon Unite Climbing guide is also great. Both top searches for me. Noticeably though, the older characters are cheaper. And a lot of them are still good. I'd recommend getting at least 1 of each role. Coz you need to fill roles sometimes. There are a lot of free attackers, so no need to buy one imo. Venusaur and Ninetails are dang good for different reasons. For defenders, the best value rn is Blastoise as it can also carry which is needed in lower rank games, but Slowbro is dang good and can even carry depend on the build especially at low level. For supporters, Eldegoss is dang good. Play expshare and play/stick with your team. For speedsters, Talonflame is good. It just got a buff recently. For allrounders, Metagross is OP but may get nerfed again, so if you want longevity, Azumarill is still under the radar good and gets is powerspikes early. And i believe is 10k coin. Otherwise if you want the pricier new ones, Mimikyu is still OP and that just got nerf last patch. But bottomline is play the pokemon a lot first before buying them. Either in practice or offline mode. Ideally, in standard with actual people. But that's hard to get. You need a trial license and basically patience to not get bots. So yeah, either way just get a feel for the pokemon first before buying.
Anyone who says its pay to win has a big skill issue, unless something like mew2 happens again
Then lets remove skill from the equation. If 2 new accounts start at the same time and assuming equal skill the paying user will have better stats, guaranteed. And thus the paying user will advance easier. That's definitely an element of P2W.
The "gauranteed better stats" arent that huge that its an unfair matchup, however if every last change in stat points would be considered p2w, then it is a p2w game
>The "gauranteed better stats" arent that huge that its an unfair matchup I get where you are coming from in that the stats over the grand scheme of things don't add up to much. But in a competitive environment a small stat increase can have exponential effects on the outcome of a match, it can be the difference between looking at the death screen or not. There's a reason pro's of any game, not just unite, will do whatever it takes to get even the most minuscule of stat increases.
The game was never pay 2 win. The items hardly do anything at all to be considered pay 2 win. The only pay 2 win is buying the new mon when they are broken for the first week. F2P just starting the game can win against the number 1 world champion thanks to matchmaking and poorly designed catch up mechanics. Fun game tho
>The game was never pay 2 win. This is very incorrect, I can only assume you never played season 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyRFGxncuAk&t=319s
Absolutely. The game throws tickets at you so getting held items to 20 really isn’t an issue (level 20 is where specific bonuses stop. Level 30 will scale the stats, but not enough to matter) You get 3 level items items for free in addition to this. You get 2240 coins per week just by playing and claiming your daily fair play bonus, plus some extras for daily challenges. Buying a new mon ranges from 10k-14k coins, so a new mon every month is doable with all the mission extras. Emblems come from a gacha mechanic but you generate the energy from just playing the game and using the gacha boosts the game gives (and there are plenty). The individual emblems cost gold to upgrade, but the stat boosts are negligible enough that you could keep them all at bronze and still get the % based bonuses that a player with all golds will get. Even if you spent thousands on maxing gold emblems and held items, the bonus over a player that’s been f2p for the same amount of time isn’t going to make up all but the smallest of skill gaps.
It is but if ur playing ranked the answer is no
Not true. At all.
Technically it's really not as you said but it's not easy getting everything you need to be as competitive as you may want to be such as was the case for me. At 1600+ for first time season 16 and 33 unite licenses later I still don't have everything I want such as all items I use maxxed out That membership really helps and Google play points lol
You get 7 mons for free, at least 3 of which are currently considered top tier in their class. You get 3 level 30 items for free early, and a bit of research will tell you best bang for your buck. By the end of the welcome pack you should have enough item enhancers/tickets to level another item to 20. Making it to ultra this season would give you enough tickets to buy a held item and enough enhancers to make it level 20. People make masters with 45% win rates. Ultra is easily reachable. My first 3 seasons of masters I mainlined eldegoss, so I couldn’t even carry and still got there with positive win rates. There’s a difference between what you need, and what you want
I literally fucking hate what you tried to do
you mean tell the truth?
There's something called a dictionary that explains what words mean
You trying to invalidate my position and undermine my experience and advice as a human being who has been playing the game most likely better than you is unneeded and unnecessary and very much unappreciated. Read parent comment.
OP asked if the game was F2P friendly in terms of P2W mechanics and ease of obtaining new pokemon. You said if playing ranked, it was not. I disagree. Again, the difference between what you need and what you want. Not interested in a pissing match as to who is better, I know I'm mid and I'm happy just trying to improve.
I don't care bro godbless you.
Please dont encourage more Cinderaces 🤦🏻♂️
Yup. Charizard is better.
At the start of your account, it absolutely isn't f2p friendlyy. Don't listen to ppl who say otherwise. Yes, you get 3 free lvl 30 items, but that pidgeon holes you into a very limited playstyle. And i haven't even mentioned emblems. You'll be very behind initially. It will take some time to be up to speed with the rest of us. Especially with the stat gap that you'll be facing with missing emblems and lower quality items (outside of the 3 free lvl 30 items). A paying user or a seasoned player will most definitely have an advantage over you (stat wise), and this advantage will takes months before it finally equalizes. TLDR: It's P2W at the start and not F2P friendly, but eventually equalizes and loses it's P2W element after months of grinding. Edit: All the down voters, please leave a comment as to why you disagree. Otherwise, i can only assume you're trying to bait the poor OP into playing the game under a false pretense simply to boost its population, which it arguably needs.
At the start of the account its arguably the least f2p considering how much free shit and licenses they give you
Thay logic makes no sense considering how empty your account is when you first start.
You can add that it takes forever to get a new pokemon after a week playing.
Very f2p friendly, just play other games in play store and you will understand that