![]() At max level 30 it provides +270 HP and +42 Defence, making it three times more powerful. At level 10 it provides +90 HP and +14 Defence. It redirects a small amount of the damage you received to nearby opponents. Take a top-tier item like the Rocky Helmet for example. So by the later game, there are slots for up to three items that can bolster existing strengths or provide novel new stat bonuses that can often change the course of team fights and entire matches. You can boost your available items before getting all the slots. Pokémon start with one item slot, and as you advance your overall trainer level, you eventually unlock two more. While you can earn items via playtime, you can also purchase them - and then level them up with upgrades. While it would cost just over $US100 ($135) to unlock all of the game’s starting 21 Pokémon right from the jump (Gardevoir, added just today, costs about $US4 ($5) outright or 8,000 in earnable in-game currency), the real microtransaction culprit is Unite’s arguable pay-to-win items. It might be free-to-play on the tin, but spend more than a couple hours with it and you’ll want to start shelling out money. There are also season passes, lotteries, and multiple currencies. While the game offers character unlocks via levelling and challenges, along with weekly free picks, you can indeed hasten the process. Want to unlock more Pokémon to play as? If you don’t want to spend hours grinding before you can try out the full roster, that’ll cost money too. You can buy cool hats for your trainer, alternate skins for your Pokémon, and special items to increase your power in battle. They really crammed it all into Pokémon Unite, like a mashup of League of Legends and NBA2K. There’s just one problem: you can pay to get ahead. Coming from the dense and inconsolable world of Valve’s Dota 2, there’s plenty I could nitpick about Pokémon Unite’s controls, interface, and balance, but man if it ain’t a blast flying around as Charizard and dunking on other Pokémon. I’ve had a surprising amount of fun with the Nintendo Switch’s latest Pokémon spin-off, the free-to-play arena fighter Pokémon Unite.
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