The Pokemon Unite Update Turned Charizard Into A Serial Killer

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Hide your kids, hide your wives, and hide your husbands because Charizard is killing everybody out here. Machamp, Gengar, Decidueye, and Garchomp were all big winners in this week’s Pokemon Unite balance patch, but none of them got a come up like Charizard. The changes to Charizard’s kit increase both its viability and its quality-of-life, making it a more powerful and fun Pokemon to play. If you’ve heard the news about Trevenant and you’re looking for a better way to spend your Aeos Coins, take a look at Charizard 2.0.

Charizard has been in a terrible spot in Unite since launch. Its slow evolution curve makes it a pretty unhelpful lane partner, it doesn’t have a good way to secure objectives, and its moves never seem to have enough impact until late game. There are better options in the center lane, and stronger All-Rounders to choose from. This problem has only gotten worse with the introduction of Tsareena and Dragonite, two top-tier All-Rounders that excel in the jungle and outperform Charizard in almost every way. The only thing that makes Charizard remotely competitive is its fantastic Unite Move, Seismic Slam, which increases Charizards damage and self-healing tremendously. Unfortunately, being a flying Unite Move-battery just isn’t enough to stay competitive among the likes of Lucario, Dragonite, and Tsareena.

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That’s all changed with Patch 1.4.1.2, aka the Trevenant Release Patch. Charizard got four major buffs that all work together to make it a faster, fiercer Pokemon. First, Charizard no longer slows down as much when it uses its basic attack. The slow has been reduced from 15 percent to five percent, which is almost imperceptible in practice. This helps Charizard chase