Hoopa Is Effectively Splitting Pokemon Unite Into Two Different Games

thegamer.com:

I thought I was hallucinating on Thursday night when Hoopa suddenly appeared in Pokemon Unite. At two in the morning my Twitter feed was suddenly full of confused Unite players reacting to Hoopa’s unbelievably powerful portal-themed kit. Without any warning, Pokemon Unite suddenly dropped a meta-shattering character that can teleport itself and its teammates anywhere around the map. Even after playing several games with Hoopa, I still can’t believe this Pokemon is real.

I can’t overstate just how unique and complicated Hoopa’s moves are. The most important one to talk about is Hyperspace Hole, a move that puts a portal on the ground that can teleport Hoopa and allies back to base or between goals. The description for the move is absurdly long and detailed. Here’s the full text found in game, look how many things this move can do:

“Hoopa creates a large ring at the designated location, dealing damage to enemies in the area of effect. After a set amount of time, Hoopa and any allies in the area of effect will return to their base, and their movement speed will be increased for a short time. Allies that return to their base in this manner must wait a short time before the HP recovery from being in base triggers. These allies can also warp back to where the ring was created. An intact ally forward goal zone can also be designated as the location where the ring is created. Creating the ring on this forward goal zone of the top path will also create a ring on the forward goal zone of the bottom path, and vice versa. All allies, including Hoopa, can use these rings to warp between the two goal zones, and their movement speed will be increased for a short time after warping. After an ally warps, there is a set cooldown before