Pokemon Unite Producer Confirms Theia Sky Ruins Will Replace Remoat Stadium In Ranked
The Pokemon Company president and CEO Tsunekazu Ishihara revealed a new map coming to Pokemon Unite next month during the Pokemon World Championship opening ceremony. Theia Sky Ruins is Unite’s first map refresh for the main quickplay and ranked modes, and features a new layout, different wild Pokemon spawns, new objectives, and a brand new boss Pokemon: Rayquaza. During a roundtable interview at the WCS, Unite producer Masaaki Hoshino talked about what we can expect from the new map, and how it will differ from Remoat Stadium.
“It’s been one year since launch and people want something new, so we wanted to introduce a new way to play Pokemon Unite,” Hoshino explains via his translator. “What’s different between the new stadium and Remoat Stadium is, of course, the Wild Pokemon. There’s more Wild Pokemon in the early stage, as well as more in the middle lane.”
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The changes may seem subtle, but they have the potential to fundamentally change the way players approach team composition. Remoat Stadium is notorious for starving Pokemon that play in top and bottom lane, while Pokemon that take the middle are able to level up quickly and have a big influence on team fights. In the Sky Ruins, we may see laners have an easier time leveling up early, while extra spawns in the middle area could mean that sharing the jungle between two teammates might be viable. There’s a potential that these changes could really shakeup the meta and inform the way teams choose the Pokemon they play.
The other big change between maps is that Rayquaza will be replacing Zapdos as the boss Pokemon. Rayquaza introduces new mechanics that will change how the final two
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