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This is a tier list of Battle Items in Pokemon UNITE. Read on to know the best Battle Items as of August 24, 2022 and why you should take them into battle!

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List of Contents

Battle Item Tier List (August 24)
Battle Item Tier List Explanation
Best Battle Items for Each Role
Attacker
Speedster
All-Rounder
Defender
Supporter
Best Battle Items for Each Pokemon
How to Unlock Battle Items
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Battle Item Tier List (August 24)

List of Battle Items

Battle Item Tier List Updates

Update Date	Item	Summary
08/24	Goal-Getter	to C Tier ・Since the meta has reverted to an objective-focused gameplay, taking Zapdos has become the primary objective for winning games, whether the team is in the lead or not, due to its effect on goal zones, making Goal-Getter practically obsolete.
08/24	Slow Smoke	to B Tier ・Slow Smoke's usage and effectiveness has gone down ever since its nerf in the 1.4.1.7 Update. And with X Speed's exponential increase in popularity, Slow Smoke isn't a viable Battle Item anymore since X Speed is a direct counter to it.

Battle Item Tier List Explanation

S Tier Battle Items

Eject Button	Eject Button is easily one of the best battle items in Pokemon UNITE. The ability to instantly teleport short distances lends itself to a variety of useful applications. It's a powerful tool for closing the distance and starting a fight with your combos, or a nifty escape tool if you get yourself in a bind. The amount of plays you can pull off with this item is limitless, and is what makes the Eject Button a S Tier Battle Item.
X Speed	X Speed improves your Movement Speed and negates Slow effects on your Pokemon. It's a nice item for low-level trainers because it improves a Pokemon's overall mobility, allowing them to move out of harm's way or close in for an easy kill. It's also a great low-cooldown alternative to Eject Button with slightly more applications.

Eject Button

Eject Button is easily one of the best battle items in Pokemon UNITE. The ability to instantly teleport short distances lends itself to a variety of useful applications. It's a powerful tool for closing the distance and starting a fight with your combos, or a nifty escape tool if you get yourself in a bind. The amount of plays you can pull off with this item is limitless, and is what makes the Eject Button a S Tier Battle Item.

X Speed

X Speed improves your Movement Speed and negates Slow effects on your Pokemon. It's a nice item for low-level trainers because it improves a Pokemon's overall mobility, allowing them to move out of harm's way or close in for an easy kill. It's also a great low-cooldown alternative to Eject Button with slightly more applications.

A Tier Battle Items

Potion	Potion recieved a significant buff to its healing effect in the Version 1.2.1.11 update and so it jumps to A Tier. It is still apparent, however, that regaining HP isn't exactly a problem due to the presence of Yellow Berries and Supporters which can bolster your survivability through heals and shields. But still, this battle item is a viable choice for tanks out there as it can now heal 20-25% of your maximum health instantly!
Full Heal	Full Heal is another incredible battle item that offers significant improvements in survivability for Pokemon across the board. This battle item grants you the ability to cleanse negative Status Effects and allow you to completely ignore them for a certain duration. The item is particularly useful against enemies that rely on inflicting a lot of status ailments such as Gengar or Alolan Ninetales. With the buff on Slow Smoke that now hinders both movement speed and attack speed, clearing hindrances is fairly important now. Hence, we decided to move Full Heal to A Tier.
X Attack	A Battle Item commonly utilized by Speedsters and Attackers, X Attack gives Pokemon significant boosts in Attack and Special Attack for a certain duration. This gives damage dealers a crucial window to dish out their dps to the fullest. The extra damage boost might just be what the Pokemon needs to send an enemy's HP from full to zero. With the recent update in Update 1.4.1.2 which gives X Attack users an additional increase in normal attack speed, X Attack is a must have for Pokemon that relies on normal attacks for damage!

B Tier Battle Items

Slow Smoke	Slow Smoke Slows enemy targets within its effect radius. It has a fairly decent cooldown and the radius is good enough. With the nerf it received in the 1.4.1.7 Update, increasing its cooldown and decreasing its effect, coupled with X Speed's growth in popularity, Slow Smoke isn't a viable item in the current meta.

C Tier Battle Items

Goal-Getter	Goal-Getter has found usage in past tournaments, especially when teams run a scoring-focused team comp. However, with the reemergence of the objective-based gameplay, securing Zapdos has become the most effecitve way for winning games due to its effect on goal zones, making Goal-Getter practically obsolete.
Fluffy Tail	Fluffy Tail is a battle item that grants more efficiency when clearing Wild Pokemon in the map. The additional damage it gives allows you to quickly take camps and objectives before enemies can respawn and re-enter fights. It's also a great way to secure Zapdos during the late game but it is not great for stealing due to its minimal range. However, the usage on this item has dwindled down in the current meta because of the recent buff on X Attack - now increasing both attack speed and damage.

Goal-Getter

Goal-Getter has found usage in past tournaments, especially when teams run a scoring-focused team comp. However, with the reemergence of the objective-based gameplay, securing Zapdos has become the most effecitve way for winning games due to its effect on goal zones, making Goal-Getter practically obsolete.

Fluffy Tail

Fluffy Tail is a battle item that grants more efficiency when clearing Wild Pokemon in the map. The additional damage it gives allows you to quickly take camps and objectives before enemies can respawn and re-enter fights. It's also a great way to secure Zapdos during the late game but it is not great for stealing due to its minimal range. However, the usage on this item has dwindled down in the current meta because of the recent buff on X Attack - now increasing both attack speed and damage.

Best Battle Items for Each Role

Attackers	Speedsters	All-Rounders
Defenders	Supporters

Attacker

Eject Button	Eject Button is a great utility pick for Attackers. Since they are fragile, it is important for them to have a way to get out of a bad situation fast, or reposition to get a better spot and deal damage from a distance.
X Speed	One of Attackers' weaknesses is their lack of mobility. X Speed is a direct remedy to this issue, giving them a burst of speed and immunity from slows for a short duration.
X Attack	Attackers deal a great mix of Special and Physical damage, especially in the late game. X Attack provides a constant and effective damage boost for Attackers, enabling them to dish out ridiculous amounts of damage in a single move or attack.
Full Heal	Attackers deal great damage but are frail by nature; and having an enemy land an immobilizing skill on them is usually the equivalent of a death sentence as the enemy team focuses damage on them. Full Heal ensures that you can slip away from pesky stuns and immobilzing effects to live and fight another day.

Attacker Guide: How to Play Attackers

Speedster

Fluffy Tail	Speedsters are usually positioned in the jungle (central) area, clearing wild Pokemon, and soaking up solo EXP to level up as fast as possible. Fluffy Tail hastens this process even more, enabling them to gank lanes quicker, and score points.
X Attack	X Attack helps Speedsters the same way it does with Attackers, providing a constant and effective damage boost throughout the match.
Eject Button	Eject Button provides everything Speedsters need to perform their role properly. It enables them to move quickly around the map to gank lanes, get out of a bad situation, sneak a goal when possible, and chase down fleeing enemies to secure a kill.
Goal-Getter	Goal-Getter provides an extra boost towards the Speedster's scoring capabilities. Use this to drastically decrease the scoring time for clutch plays!

Speedster Guide: How to Play Speedsters

All-Rounder

Eject Button	All-Rounders are usually the first ones to initiate a fight, or dive into the middle of one. They are only effective once they are at melee range of the enemy. Eject Button provides exactly what they need to initiate fights, and get close to enemies to deal damage.
X Attack	All-Rounders have the highest Physical damage among the other roles. X Attack improves their kill potential even more, especially during the early stages of the game. It also allows them to carry the team in the late game by dealing huge amounts of Physical damage.
X Speed	Although All-Rounders don't have an issue with mobility, increasing it improves their effectiveness in battles.
Slow Smoke	Slow Smoke is a great utility tool, especially for melee All-Rounders. It can slow enemies down so you can maintain range. Additionally, you can also use it to stop enemies from pursuing you.

All-Rounder Guide: How to Play All-Rounders

Defender

Eject Button	A Defender's job is to soak up majority of the damage from the enemy, and provide crowd control for the team. Eject Button enables them to jump in to set up kills, and position themselves to draw the enemy's attention.
Potion	Potion gives the Defender extra sturdiness as it soaks up damage. Since the HP recovery from Potion scales with the Pokemon's HP, having high HP means that you can recover more HP than usual!
Full Heal	Full Heal protects you from the enemy team's disables so you can land yours properly. It is also gives you extra protection from debuffs.

Defender Guide: How to Play Defenders

Supporter

Eject Button	A Supporter's usefulness in battle lies on its ability to provide constant healing and shielding to its allies. However, since they are fragile, they are most likely targeted first. Eject Button provides them the means of escaping dangerous situations, and a way to quickly save allies.
X Speed	X Speed gives the Supporter extra mobility to maneuver around the battlefield and get to their teammates. Compared to Eject Button, X Speed gives you consistent bonus to movement speed without the long cooldown.
Potion	Potion gives you more survivability so that you can sustain yourself in the middle of a clash.

Supporter Guide: How to Play Supporters

Best Battle Items for Each Pokemon

Attacker

Pokemon	Best Battle Items
Alolan Ninetales	Full Heal Eject Button X Attack
Cinderace	Full Heal Eject Button X Speed
Cramorant	Eject Button
Decidueye	Eject Button X Speed X Attack
Delphox	Eject Button X Speed X Attack
Dragapult	X Speed X Attack
Duraludon	Eject Button X Speed X Attack
Espeon	Eject Button X Speed
Gardevoir	Eject Button X Attack
Glaceon	Full Heal Eject Button X Speed X Attack
Greninja	Full Heal Eject Button X Speed
Mew	Eject Button X Speed X Attack
Pikachu	Eject Button X Speed X Attack
Sylveon	Full Heal Eject Button X Speed
Venusaur	Full Heal Eject Button X Speed Potion

Speedster

Pokemon	Best Battle Items
Absol	Eject Button X Speed X Attack
Dodrio	Full Heal X Speed X Attack
Gengar	Eject Button X Speed
Talonflame	Eject Button X Attack
Zeraora	Eject Button Fluffy Tail
Zoroark	Full Heal Slow Smoke Eject Button X Speed X Attack

All-Rounder

Pokemon	Best Battle Items
Aegislash	Full Heal Eject Button X Speed X Attack
Azumarill	Full Heal Eject Button X Speed X Attack
Buzzwole	Eject Button X Attack
Charizard	Full Heal X Speed Potion
Dragonite	Slow Smoke Eject Button X Attack
Garchomp	Full Heal Eject Button X Speed
Lucario	Full Heal Slow Smoke Eject Button
Machamp	Full Heal Eject Button X Attack Potion
Scizor	X Speed X Attack Potion
Tsareena	Slow Smoke Eject Button X Attack
Tyranitar	Slow Smoke Eject Button X Speed Potion
Urshifu	Full Heal X Speed X Attack
Zacian	X Speed X Attack

Defender

Pokemon	Best Battle Items
Blastoise	Slow Smoke Eject Button X Speed Potion
Crustle	Goal-Getter Slow Smoke Eject Button Potion
Goodra	Full Heal Eject Button X Speed Potion
Greedent	Full Heal Slow Smoke Eject Button Potion
Mamoswine	Full Heal Eject Button Potion
Slowbro	Slow Smoke Eject Button Potion
Snorlax	Eject Button Potion
Trevenant	Slow Smoke Eject Button X Speed Potion

Supporter

Pokemon	Best Battle Items
Blissey	Slow Smoke Eject Button X Speed Potion
Clefable	Slow Smoke X Speed Potion
Comfey	Slow Smoke
Eldegoss	Eject Button X Speed X Attack
Hoopa	Eject Button X Speed
Mr. Mime	Slow Smoke Eject Button X Speed Potion
Sableye	Goal-Getter Eject Button X Speed
Wigglytuff	Fluffy Tail X Speed

How to Unlock Battle Items

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Battle Items are unlocked as you increase your Trainer Level. Check out our guide below on how to quickly increase your trainer level in Pokemon UNITE:

Trainer Level: How to Raise Fast

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