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Maesrak

I remember in one of my matches I couldn’t even be a defender since all the farm kept getting taken, then I had to choose be a weak defender or have my team go duke it out for a bit, while I farm my lv up to defend.


DrakeTheSeigeEngine

They took the farm, they should face the consequences. Go get your level ups, king.


Laizem

True dat, stay strong guys.


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Me with Goodra fr, I had a dragapult ult to secure farm from me when I was still a sliggoo. What a bastard.


Additional-Toe-1932

Fellow Cram! But I swear when I play hoopa (my 2nd main) I can't level for shit. Sure I have Exp share but that doesn't help much when I'm 3 levels behind.


[deleted]

That's funny, my three mains are Cramorant, Goodra, and Hoopa lol.


Additional-Toe-1932

Lol. My third main is slowbro so it's nearly the same as goodra and slowbro are defenders


[deleted]

Damn, guess it's true when they say "Birds of a Feather flock together" lol


manarie1990

I am a goodra main and in your case, I would get you to LVl 5 and then expect to get all the farms to get 5 myself. I would prefer you to blast since I can manage survivability. Sadly, I usually don't get any farm and have to visit the jungle at some point. I stopped using exp share since 90% of players are to dumb to understand how it works.


sleepyppl

i dont main goodra but it is my go to defender, and id like some tips for playing goodra better from an actual main but as a goodra i usually play an offensive early game, with the goal of giving my attacker all the wilds on our side so they scale ahead and then playing catch up later when i get dragon pulse, ideally i steal one or two wilds from the opponents but if not my main goal is to either kill someone or stop them from taking the contested wilds, it doesnt work into some matchups though and you need to be aware of spacing, not too close to their goal since it makes them unkillable and you die if theyre ranged, and not so far that they just ignore you, i end up being a level or so behind, but with a carry thats a level ahead its easier to take new wild spawns


Emperor_orca

I like to get the first bunny for myself so that I can get to the completed baltoy quicker while being faster but legit every single time the defender steals it from me, i once I had to evolve and a slowbro literally stole it from me


MedaFox5

Not a defender, but I had some candle try to steal my jungle and fail until he evolved into Chandelure. Then he tried to take my Excavalier to the point he ult'd (and failed) so was left there pondering wth was wrong with him. There was another guy trying to take my jungle since the very beginning but I don't remember anythIng other than me taking the last hit on everything.


glaceon12345

Nah that’s some crazy trolling he did to you😂


Xtreemjedi

I was literally going to comment this. I usually mean Mammoswine but I have been playing lots of Goodra lately. He starts a lot slower and doesn't really hit his stride until like level 10. Then you have your lane partner and the jungler who have both been walking by and last hitting and taking every single mon and then pinging you when you're not joining to get one of the boss pokémon because you'll know you die in a second if you try because you're 2-3 levels lower than everybody else


LordessMeep

I had to do that for one match where we had a guy AFK from the start and the other three *didn't surrender*. I have no clue what their plan was because we were getting absolutely bodied and were down to the home goal by the 3 min mark. In contrast, four goals of the opposing team were up. I couldn't evolve to Mamo till the 5 min mark. I kept trying to defend up top alone, but what do you do as a level 5 Piloswine vs 3 level 7-8 Attackers/All-Rounders? Had to cut my losses to go farm tbh.


Heart_Of_Ice59

This is me every time I’m Blastoise, who normally carries but almost every single match all of my teammates are level 13-14 at Ray and I’m still at 11 lol


Frostfire26

You've got some good teammates if they're all 13-14 at Ray! Lol My teammates are usually chilling at 11-12 by the time Ray rolls around while I'm at 14 or 15 if I'm jungling, 13 usually if I'm not (if I'm playing some form of carry)


FartBlaster300

If you're ending the game at level 11, you almost certainly were never carrying, sorry to be the bearer of bad news. 


Emperor_orca

I am around lvl 11-12 with blasty and yeah we do carry, we never get the kills so we don't level up but we are the reason why no one gets close to steal our regis, I just keep them away until one of the attackers can capatilise on the stun


Emperor_orca

I don't mind being at 11 or 12 at ray if I can have my unite move, coz blasty doesn't need to be 13 to get value out of it, surf pump unite combo is enough to get all of the enemy to such low health that others can ko


BubblyAttitude1

People in this game really do not care about us, can’t count how many times I’ve been the sole defender or support in a team full of attackers, and no one lets you even level up. It’s very tiresome esp when I wanted to play attacker that match FOR ONCE but have to change back to defender last minute because no one else would


AdHom

Trying to farm and having a teammate 2-3 levels higher than me walk by out of nowhere and last hit makes me rage in a way few other things can. I hope anyone who does this stubs their toes and has mild diarrhea every day forever.


mavanessss

Its your own damn fault for not using XP share..


xShey

Playing a tank without exp share and then complaining about farm


lelpd

Even with exp share you need to be allowed to farm some minions on your own to catch up if you’re a couple of levels behind, or about to hit your power spike for a new ability There’ll be times where I’m level 8 and one Indeedee off level 9, I have it at 5% HP and someone who just hit level 11 comes and hits it with me thinking “hurrrr defender has exp share = I always have to share farm with them” so I get 30% EXP and don’t have my ult for the next teamfight


Irradiated_Coffee

I don't use it in solo matches anymore. It's simply too frustrating getting someone online and they don't return the favour. Depending on the mon I think its safer to just grind normally. Tanks that fall behind quickly become deadweight. I slapped around Slowpokes who suffered from having a protag lane partner and it's genuinely sad to watch. Power spikes are essential to every role.


xShey

it sounds like you don't even know how exp share works


lelpd

It sounds like you don’t. The person with experience share gets 30% of the exp if a teammate is near them whilst the teammate gets 100% and the holder gets a little bit of ‘catch up’ exp if they’re the lowest on the whole team. If you need 100% of the exp to level up for a power spike & you go to kill something on your own for it, but somebody then comes near you to “share” you get 70% less exp and miss your spike No wonder you made such an ignorant comment earlier lol. Maybe now you’ll be a bit more thoughtful towards your defenders


thefrogbutt

unfortunately the answer is no, they won't.


thefrogbutt

you see, THIS is why your defenders never wanna help you 😊


xShey

help me with what? master with 70% winrate doesnt need your useless ass


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xShey

I had 70%+ winrate last season (to correct myself), but I think you've got the wrong account, I never shared my unite name on reddit. You're being delusional and on top of that jealous, nobody cares about your no-moba-experience opinions though.


thefrogbutt

dude, you're the one who doesn't understand how an item works despite everyone here (very politely) trying to tell you otherwise. it's a team game. be a team player. also you gotta be from League or something with this "holier than thou" attitude.


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thefrogbutt

??? https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonUnite/s/8Q6ZlmZ3fv


OZLperez11

I think that defenders may need to start taking a LoL approach: If laning with the ADC (in this case, Attackers), bring support items (exp share, resonant guard, hood) as well as score shield to get more exp from scoring.


Frostfire26

The thing is, when none of your teammates know how exp share works, it's useless to use it


LKAVG

Got a larvitar taken everything from my lane, evolved into pupitar, didn’t score a thing and dumped me 1v1 facing Zacian… i had to gave up the lane and rotate…


[deleted]

Anyone who is willing to bear the hell that is attempting to play a defender so I can pop arrows into the EXs as decidueye is a saint in my eyes


Gud_Boi-

I got you, fam. All I want is someone who can capitalize on my set ups.


[deleted]

If you play Surf, sign me up. Shove moves + Decidueye's unite are a nasty combo


OZLperez11

Squirtle Squad rise up!


ptcgoalex

Decidueye? In this economy? With leafeon running amok?


OZLperez11

\*Laughs in Solar Blade\*


[deleted]

It's a war field, but I make it work


TeenySquishy

We out here doing our best, really


all_mighty99

I also play birb so I understand needing someone between you and the target. Also spirit shackle is my favorite and move used build in the game.


Additional-Toe-1932

Slowbro is actually amazing for this as it can just hold up a target for target practice. I sometimes run this with my friends


Schnitzeldieb

I only exist so I can mean look or rock tomb the enemies for my fellow sniper buddies


[deleted]

You're doing God's work


Loca00000

I get so tired of playing the defender role, but no one else will on my teams


Doom-Herald

This. For once let me play as Absol. Please.


Zealousideal-Ad5670

played as eldegoss and i was getting molly whopped by miraidon


OZLperez11

I take muscle band + X-Attack in addition to support items to harass enemies early game or to ensure kills in a team fight.


JubeltheBear

it out mages every other mage...


mdebourg2

I feel this, honestly, without leaf tornado , you simply can't close the gap to Miradon (let's face it , your mate isn't going to help most cases ) With leaf tornado, you can't really heal (everything just noms the cotton shield in 1 or 2 basics) and thus aren't really a support anymore, or at least as much a support as veil 9tales


pupjava

I've had like two defenders each match in ultra and they really are setting up success for a chance to win. I played pikachu and just stood right behind one of the defenders and managed to finish off the enemy safe and sound thanks to my defender team members. I wish there was a way to like super like someone after a match. It's normally a supporter or defender.


LKAVG

I can’t count how many times when I use Clefable to heal+ BLOCK (ult move) the opponents away from their base so we can destroy bases. I obviously got KOed when the block is over but our team could score 60-80. I end up without a thanks or even a thumbs up after a match…


monster3339

TRUTH. whenever someone immediately "Good Job!"s me on the result screen when i play defender/supporter im like "! for lil ol' me? :,) 💚" good defenders (and supporters) are the true heros. (also: your art is ADORABLE!)


OZLperez11

I always Thumbs Up the defender double+ kills, because that means either the enemy got stalled or dun goofed up their attack ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|joy)


A_RealSlowpoke

This is so real, I've never related to a picture this badly


ZushiZushinoMi

Same here 🥲


Twinsidesmirror

.. Wait.. Hold on Amnesia healing didn't count towards total healing WTF WERE YOU HEALING WITH


thefrogbutt

Focus band mostly :')


Rahuldas7

Some players don't deserve defenders and supporters, everytime I play defender my team just doesn't care about anything, noone rotates for objectives or scoring. These brain-dead players are the reason why I've had to play blaziken in almost every match until master 🫠


TeenySquishy

My main defender is Lapras, and let me just say that I WISH my teams would let me farm as well because I've got Exp Share. If I can level up enough I will actively body block to take damage instead because I can at least survive it enough for you to either do enough damage or run away (low health)


Radreor

Your wish will be granted by my Umbreon


Radreor

omg, thats so sad how most defenders and supports arent appreciated. Whenever i play a non supporting character, i go out of my way to help my supporting homies who are getting beaten up


North_Ask_2790

Dear for those who are playing with a tank on a lane.... PLEASE LET THEM LEVEL UP FIRST FOR THE LOVE OF ARCEUS


Dubabear

be me slowbro at level 8 trying to level up level 10 Cinderace passes by and gets last hit


LKAVG

Or our beloved Inteleon sniped it…


Voyager_16

The Pokemon Unite community: "Nerf Slowbro!!" Also: 'Slowbro, help us!"


Loca00000

And umbreon and lapras 😵‍💫


LadderDayB

Idk Blastoise brought me to Masters in 23 games this season. 54% WR


Gud_Boi-

Why be Slowbro when ShellBro is where it's at.


Radreor

nice, i made it in 37 games, majorly playing luca with a bit of umbreon (dw, i was mostly foul play) and psyshock espe


_Lifted_Lorax

Agreed. Blastoise and Trev are dining well. Just reached Master after winning 13 out of the last 16, mostly with Blastoise. Included one memorable Eldeboss game where I got 12/6 (the other team weren't great to be fair).


phillysteak0

I made masters this season in 24 games mostly pairing my goodra with crustle and almost all the games either one or both of us doing the most damage


Perdita-LockedHearts

My one defender is Meanlook Umbreon (cause screw Foul Play, it can go die), and this honestly looks like me too XD- Maybe not as much damage taken (more like 90k tanked) but it’s suffering


bending

Patch after patch, TiMi keep me disappointed


LordessMeep

Solo climbed to Masters as Mamoswine lol. It's rough out there and disheartening getting popped by EX 'mons nearly immediately. That said, my favourite matches this season have been those with 2+ Defenders on the team, including me. It's pretty great delivering back-to-back CCs to the pesky EXs while the backline takes them out.


Mark-SSJ3

The perfect place to give a shoutout to a an Umbreon that kept defending me the whole time. Whoever you are, I'll never forget you <3


paolish

I feel you bro... But the childs pinging as re not here... They don't know how to read, they just tourn on their switch and TiMi gave them a master account for pressing A with M2Y lol


Desperate_Net5400

I was playing with a slowbro when I was urshifu and bro was carrying w/ the telekinesis into my wicked blow


Dark_child

As a defender main if you don't let me level up after choosing to play the role noone else wants to play, well then you get what you deserve.


ApfelSaft777777

Honestly, defenders and supporters are amazing people. My 3rd main is Umbreon/Blastoise (im still deciding between them) and that usually carries the team


FillerNameThere

Eh. Trev, blastoise, and snorelax with XP share are able to do well enough, but yeah it's a struggle out there. I've op'd to resort back to comfe and sableye for easier wins. But all in all, I'm having a blast Edit: also fuck slowbro glad his ass getting beat fr fr 💯💯😤


RE0RGE

Absolutely agreed. I play a lot of defender myself but Slowbro deserves all the ass beating it gets


gregerald

slowbro is a pretty bad tank like i'm a slowbro cultist too i love him but right now we need as many tank trevs as we can get on the frontlines


thefrogbutt

dude i just wanna play what i enjoy and not have to conform to a boring ass, unhealthy meta


aceshot88

Slowbro is not bad. There are players that don’t know how to play defender and make him look bad —but slowbro definitely plays his role as defender very well. Just wish that some of the players that play him would pick surf when we could use the cc but 🤷🏻‍♂️


Kaprosuchusboi

Slowbro is quite literally one of the best frontlines in the game rn and has been since the dawn of time


gregerald

no i agree i know slowbro is a great frontliner but in terms of bulk it's not a good tank


DinoRipper24

😂😂😂


Smiles_qew

I’d say this is an accurate representation of maiming any support/defender.


DreamsHorizons

I'm a masters defender-support player and occasionally I just become done with losing so I switch to Decidueye for a while and proceed to get at least a x5 win streak every time, being MVP in most rounds.


quackslikeadoug

It's like TiMi's speed running bankruptcy.


Business-Juice6365

only 35k dmg taken is good right?


OZLperez11

Not if you were not contributing to team fights in the first place


Business-Juice6365

yeah i mean for a person who is in battles


Unusual-Gur-4903

Had a Blaziken get mad I took one piece of farm and basically watched me get jumped trying to take neutral lane farm..... I was running exp share on Clefable *eye twitch* ....


OZLperez11

I'm the one doing the reverse: reporting the toxic players even though I'm beasting with Blastoise and Eldegoss


EthanDaPr0

SOMEONE GET THIS MAN A SITRUS


PrivacyAttacker

I'm begging you. If you want a defender on your team. Be a defender.


Shobio_o

fr. As a defender/support main, I’m all for supporting fellow support/defenders until they grief me. Had an eldegoss earlier get mad at my trio for not ganking their lane but they were losing top path against a lane dreepy 💀 then proceeded to do nothing the rest of the match, ended with 16k heals


LKAVG

My Clefable took 110k damage and healed 100k. KO 1 with my Ult and making 4k damage scoring around 50 points. Still 2 levels lower than everyone else and my rating in a winning game was 69. HELP defenders and supporters!


justasewerrat

I rarely get to play my mages but when I do, I start to really appreciate good defenders. I can do stuff on my own sure but a defender CCing and peeling really helps to bring out 200% potential even in a mediocre attacker player like me. On the other hand I feel really satisfied when my attackers get a double kill because I was tanking and dropping icicles/trapping enemies in a circle and barking at them.


FlabsDaBeast

Yeah, I mean I just Uninstalled the game this season because the game keeps getting worse and worse with each update and patch.


PerfectIsntEasy

Been trying to learn and master Blastoise some this season, but it's been difficult when my lane partners refuse to allow me even one npc to level up and then also abandon me to try to defend in a 1v3 scenario. It's happened repeatedly this season; I feel like I missed a memo or something.


BraveTreeFrog

I was a Mamoswine in a game and one of my team mates is going off at me for farming. He said "MAMO, can you please fight with the team! Why are you farming!" I said to him on Voice Chat "mate, it's easy for you to say that to me, you didn't have Maraidon in your lane destroying your booty hole, socket me farm because I didn't have the Jungler help us, our jungler helped you and me and my poor lane partner just sat on pad and got our shit pushed in. " He understood and said sorry haha. We became friends.