This December, a brand-new update has just rolled out for Pokémon UNITE on the the Nintendo Switch. With many adjustments made, new items added and more, here is everything Version 1.13.1.2 is said to correct in the official patch notes provided:
Version 1.13.1.2 – Patch Notes:
Update Details:
- Snowball Battle in Shivre City Event (2023-12-05 to 2023-12-28):
- You can participate in Snowball Battle in Shivre City and obtain special rewards!
- Solo Challenge (2023-12-07 to 2024-01-15):
- A new mode is being added where players can casually play solo and beginners can learn the basics of Unite Battles.
- You can complete challenges and obtain rewards that will be useful in future Unite Battles!
- Holiday Celebration Prize Machine Event! (2023-12-07 to 2024-01-11):
- During the event period, you can obtain 10 Holiday Balls every day at no cost, up to a maximum of 100. You can only use Holiday Balls on the same day you obtain them, so don’t forget to use them!
- Ranked Matches:
- Players at Great: Class 5, Expert: Class 5, Veteran: Class 5, and Ultra: Class 5 ranks will not experience a class decrease even if they lose.
- Unite EX licenses are now available in Unite Battles.
- Certain Unite licenses have become Unite EX licenses (or “EX licenses” for short) and are marked with an EX icon.
- The Unite licenses for Zacian, Mewtwo (X), and Mewtwo (Y) are now EX licenses.
- (Adjustments may be made in the future regarding which Unite licenses are EX licenses).
- Regulations:
- There will be special regulations for ranked matches that have one or more Master-rank players participating in them.
- For ranked match season 17 starting on 2024-01-16, neither team will be allowed to use EX licenses.
- These regulations will change each season, and the changes will be announced before the season starts.
- Note: You can still play normal Unite Battles outside of ranked matches.
- New held items added:
- Charging Charm, Resonant Guard
- They can be obtained at Aeos Emporium starting 2023-12-05 at 04:00.
- Battle Pass Updates
- Ranked Match Updates
- Shop Updates
- Event Updates
- Bug Fixes
- Text Fixes
Changes have been made to some Pokémon and moves to adjust the balance of Unite Battles:
Adjustment Details:
Urshifu: Surging Strikes has been nerfed.
- Surging Strikes:
- Damage of boosted attack after using this move: reduced by 20%
- Cooldown: 11 sec. → 12.5 sec.
Mew: Solar Beam and Mew’s Unite Move, Mystical Mirage, have been nerfed.
- Solar Beam
- Damage: reduced by 13–20%
- Unite Move: Mystical Mirage
- Damage: reduced by 20%
Inteleon: Inteleon’s stats, Water Gun, and Liquidation have been nerfed.
- Stats
- Sp. Atk: 100–950 → 100–900 (Lv. 1–15)
- Liquidation
- Critical-hit damage: reduced by about 20%
- Water Gun
- Damage: reduced by 15%
Mimikyu: Play Rough and Shadow Sneak have been nerfed.
- Play Rough
- Cooldown: 5 sec. → 7.5 sec.
- Shadow Sneak
- Duration of shadow target mark: 0.5 sec. → 0.25 sec.
Dragapult: Dragapult’s stats, Phantom Force, Shadow Ball, and Dragapult’s Unite Move, Dreep and Destroy, have been buffed.
- Stats
- Attack: 140–470 → 140–500 (Lv. 1–15)
- Phantom Force
- Cooldown: 14 sec. → 12 sec.
- Attack increase after a knock out: 6 (up to 8 times) → 10 (up to 10 times)
- Basic attack speed increase: 85% → 100%
- Movement speed increase: 15% → 30%
- Shadow Ball
- Damage: increased by 30%
- Increased damage to marked opponents: increased by 30%
- HP recovery when marks are removed: 10% of max HP → 15% of max HP
- Unite Move: Dreep and Destroy
- Cooldown: 12 sec. → 10 sec.
Greninja: Water Shuriken and Double Team have been buffed.
- Water Shuriken
- Movement speed decrease effect: 25% → 35%
- Movement speed increase: 15% → 25%
- Double Team
- Cooldown: 9 sec. → 8 sec.
- Double Team+
- Cooldown: 8 sec. → 7 sec.
Alolan Ninetales: Aurora Veil has been buffed.
- Aurora Veil
- HP recovery from boosted attacks used in the aurora: increased by 100%
- Reduction to damage taken: 30% → 35%
- Aurora Veil+
- HP recovery from boosted attacks used in the aurora: increased by 100%
- Reduction to damage taken: 35% → 40%
Hoopa: Phantom Force and Hyperspace Hole have been nerfed.
- Phantom Force
- Cooldown: 4.5 sec. → 6.5 sec.
- Hyperspace Hole
- Cooldown: 10 sec. → 12 sec.
- Movement speed increase after returning to base: decreased by about 35%
- Movement speed increase after warping between goal zones: decreased by about 30%
Tsareena: Tsareena’s stats and Trop Kick have been buffed.
- Stats
- Defense: 70–380 → 70–410 (Lv. 1–15)
- Sp. Def: 50–310 → 50–340 (Lv. 1–15)
- Trop Kick
- Cooldown: 8.5 sec. → 7 sec.
Cramorant: Cramorant’s stats and Hurricane have been buffed.
- Stats
- From Lv. 9 onward, now recovers HP equal to 12.5% of damage dealt with Sp. Atk
- Hurricane
- Cooldown: 9 sec. → 8 sec.
Mr. Mime: Mr. Mime’s stats and Confusion have been buffed.
- Confusion
- Cooldown: 6 sec. → 5 sec.
- Stats
- Sp. Atk at Lv. 15: 414 → 450
Source: Pokémon
