Pokemon Unite World Champions BLVKHVND On Going Undefeated At The WCS
Pokemon Unite made its highly-anticipated debut at the Pokemon World Championships this past weekend. The world’s 13 best teams met in London to compete over a $500k prize pool, with the North American team BLVKHVND (pronounced Blackhand) going undefeated to becomethe first Pokemon Unite World Champions.
BLVKHVND’s performance throughout the weekend was incredible to watch as they ruthlessly dismantled each opposing team with surgical precision. The five players, Junglebook, Slash, Kyriaos, Elo, and Overlord, each demonstrated an unparalleled level of skill and teamwork. From sweeping the winner’s bracket to completely shutting out Nouns Esports in the Grand Finals with a 3-0 victory, it’s impossible to overstate just how dominant BLVKHVND was throughout the tournament. I sat down with the team after their historic victory to ask them what they think set them apart.
“I think we were a lot more flexible than our competition,” says Slash. “We had a lot of different comps prepared and we prepared a lot for the teams that we faced. I didn’t really see that from any other teams.”
BLVKHVND was far and away the most flexible team in the tournament. Though Slash and Elo mained Unite’s two current strongest Supporters, Blissey and Hoopa, the other three were constantly shifting roles in order to make adjustments and counter-pick against their opponents. Kyriaos, Junglebook, and Overlord collectively played ten different Pokemon - far more than any other team in the tournament. They’re ability to flex and respond to their opponents is what gave BLVKHVND such a huge edge over the competition, who often fell into predictable patterns and a strict adherence to the meta.
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