2022 World Championship Analysis

Want to know a quick summary of the things that happened in the 2022 UNITE World Championships in London? Read on to see the most used Pokemon, the Pokemon with the best win rate, the most used battle and held items, lanes for each Pokemon, where to watch the stream, as well as highlights that defined this tournament!

Important Note: The data here is only based on the livestreamed games during the 2022 World Championships.

2022 World Championships Summary

BLVKHVND is Your 2022 Pokemon UNITE World Champions!

Screengrab from the UNITE World Championship Livestream DAY 2.

After two days of intense Pokemon UNITE competition, BLVKHVND emerged victorious and is the 2022 Pokemon UNITE World Champions!

Did Not Lose Any Match

Throughout the competition, the tournament employed a win 2 games out of 3 format across all matches besides the Grand Finals, where it becomes win 3 games out of 5. BLVKHVND asserted their dominance and made sure that they do not drop any match.

They were also the fastest to reach the Grand Finals and held a twice-to-beat advantage against Nouns Esports from EU. They did not let Nouns Esports breathe, and took them out in three straight games.

BLVKHVND Members & Winning Picks

Team Member	Pokemon	Lane
KYRIAOS	Trevenant	Bottom Lane
SLASH	Blissey	Bottom Lane
JUNGLEBOOK	Cinderace	Jungle
OVERLORD	Aegislash	Top Lane
ELO	Hoopa	Bottom Lane

In the final game of the Grand Finals, BLVKHVND opted to not use the two most picked Pokemon throughout the tournament - Tsareena and Dragonite.

Instead, they opted for some powerful old school picks - with Junglebook employing Cinderace to dominate the Central Area and Overlord choosing the ever-flexible Aegislash!

BLVKHVND's Winning Builds

In the final game that cemented BLVKHVND's position in history as the very first Pokemon UNITE World Champions, they employed the services of these Pokemon:

Kyriaos' Trevenant

Kyriaos' Trevenant
Trevenant	Player: Kyriaos Team: BLVKHVND Lane: Bottom
Move Choice	Curse Horn Leech
Held Items	Focus Band Aeos Cookie Attack Weight
Battle Item	X Speed

Slash's Blissey

Slash's Blissey
Blissey	Player: Slash Team: BLVKHVND Lane: Bottom
Move Choice	Egg Bomb Soft-Boiled
Held Items	Exp. Share Buddy Barrier Score Shield
Battle Item	X Speed

Junglebook's Cinderace

Junglebook's Cinderace
Cinderace	Player: Junglebook Team: BLVKHVND Lane: Jungle (Central Area)
Move Choice	Blaze Kick Flame Charge
Held Items	Scope Lens Muscle Band Razor Claw
Battle Item	Full Heal

Overlord's Aegislash

Overlord's Aegislash
Aegislash	Player: Overlord Team: BLVKHVND Lane: Top
Move Choice	Sacred Sword Wide Guard
Held Items	Focus Band Attack Weight Weakness Policy
Battle Item	X Speed

Elo's Hoopa

Elo's Hoopa
Hoopa	Player: Elo Team: BLVKHVND Lane: Bottom
Move Choice	Shadow Ball Hyperspace Hole
Held Items	Muscle Band Exp. Share Buddy Barrier
Battle Item	X Speed

Meta Highlights

Hoopa-Blissey Duo

The Hoopa-Blissey duo pick remains to be the standard in the competitive scene. Hoopa's ability to bring its team across the map with its portals coupled with Blissey's support capabilities provides any team all the tools they need to win teamfights and take objectives.

Objectives Gameplay

The objective-focus gameplay that teams adopt explains why they prefer to pick Hoopa and Blissey.

Snorlax Tech

Another Pokemon that teams love to pick is Snorlax due to its high durability and crowd control moves. It also seems to be the direct counter to Hoopa since the Pokemon can prevent enemies from teleporting through the Hyperspace Hole using Block and Heavy Slam.

Snorlax Guide: Builds and Best Items

All-Rounder Meta

All-Rounders have become the staple damage dealers for teams throughout the tournament due to their good mix of offense and defense.

List of All-Rounders: All All-Rounder Pokemon and Best Builds

Tsareena Meta

Tsareena is the most picked All-Rounder in the tournament. It's mostly played at the top lane paried with a high-durability Pokemon like Snorlax.

Tsareena Guide: Builds and Best Items

Dragonite Meta

The second most picked All-Rounder is Dragonite. It's always played as a jungler since it needs to reach level 8 as fast as possible. One of its main job is to quickly secure objectives like Drednaw and Zapdos using Hyper Beam.

Dragonite Guide: Builds and Best Items

Aegislash Meta

Another All-Rounder that teams love to pick is Aegislash due to its late game damage potential and sustain. Its Coup De Grace is also one of the best secures in the game.

Aegislash Guide: Builds and Best Items

2-1-2 Laning

Although there were games that teams went for the tri-lane laning format, most games has teams revert to the standard 2-1-2 laning format. This is to make sure that no lanes will be at a disadvantage.

Top 10 Most Picked and Win Rates

Pokemon	Most Picked %	Win Rate %
Tsareena	75%	72%
Blissey	72%	68%
Dragonite	65%	56%
Hoopa	62%	68%
Aegislash	37%	44%
Snorlax	32%	34%
Lucario	20%	16%
Trevenant	15%	18%
Cramorant	15%	16%
Machamp	15%	14%

Game8 Notes

Tsareena shone brightly in this tournament, getting a whopping 75% pick rate across all livestreamed games. In addition, it also boasts the best win rate making this tournament essentially a battle of Tsareenas! Blissey, Dragonite, Hoopa and Aegislash finished 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th respectively - essentially rounding up the most used team composition in the tournament.

Most Picked Battle Item

Battle Item	Most Picked %
X Speed	49.6%
Full Heal	19.0%
Eject Button	15.0%
X Attack	7.6%
Potion	4.8%
Fluffy Tail	4.0%

Game8 Notes

X Speed received the highest pick rate among all battle items - which means players opted for a short burst of movement speed than a sudden blink using Eject Button. X Speed also has a shorter cooldown so it can be used more frequently. Full Heal came in second, basically complementing Tsareena by providing it with an option whenever it's being locked down by crowd control.

Battle Items not shown here were not picked in the 2022 World Championships.

Most Picked Held Item

Held Item	Most Picked %
Focus Band	85.2%
Muscle Band	40.8%
Buddy Barrier	34.0%
Attack Weight	29.4%
Exp. Share	29.2%
Weakness Policy	21.6%
Razor Claw	13.2%
Choice Specs	12.4%
Energy Amplifier Scope Lens	8.6%
Score Shield	5.0%
Wise Glasses	4.8%
Aeos Cookie	3.4%
Sp. Atk. Specs	2.4%
Float Stone	0.8%
Assault Vest Shell Bell	0.2%

Game8 Notes

Focus Band being the top picked held item proves that players prefer the more reliable and sudden health booth this item provides. Muscle Band ranked at far second, showing that the meta preferred Attack Pokemon than Sp. Attack ones.

Held Items not shown here were not used in the 2022 World Championships.

Pokemon Lane Picks

The percentage in bold is the most picked lane for that specific Pokemon.

Pokemon	Top %	Jungle %	Bot %
Absol	--	100%	--
Aegislash	13.5%	--	86.5%
Alolan Ninetales	--	--	100%
Azumarill	100%	--	--
Blastoise	33.3%	--	66.7%
Blissey	19.4%	--	80.6%
Charizard	100%	--	--
Cinderace	--	100%	--
Cramorant	20.0%	26.7%	53.3%
Decidueye	--	100%	--
Delphox	--	100%	--
Dragonite	4.6%	92.3%	3.1%
Duraludon	--	--	100%
Eldegoss	--	--	100%
Gardevoir	--	100%	--
Gengar	--	--	100%
Greedent	27.3%	9.1%	63.6%
Greninja	--	100%	--
Hoopa	37.1%	--	62.9%
Lucario	65.0%	--	35.0%
Machamp	40.0%	6.7%	53.3%
Mamoswine	--	--	100%
Mr. Mime	--	--	100%
Slowbro	70.0%	--	30.0%
Snorlax	81.3%	--	18.8%
Sylveon	--	83.3%	16.7%
Talonflame	--	100%	--
Trevenant	73.3%	6.7%	20.0%
Tsareena	62.7%	16.0%	21.3%
Venusaur	--	--	100%
Wigglytuff	16.7%	--	83.3%

Pokemon not shown here were not picked in the 2022 World Championships.

Where to Watch the 2022 World Championships

The full livestream for the 2022 World Championships is available on the official YouTube channel of Pokemon UNITE. The winner of this tournament was crowned the 2022 Pokemon UNITE World Champions!

For the full schedule of the 2022 Championship Series, check out this article:

UNITE World Championship Series 2022 Schedule

2022 World Championships Day 1

2022 World Championships Day 2

Regional Livestreams

UNITE also livestreamed the 2022 World Championships in different languages to cater viewers from different regions. Here are the livestream links:

Region	Livestream Links
Japanese	Day 1 Day 2
Spanish	Day 1 Day 2
Portuguese	Day 1 Day 2
Hindi	Day 1 Day 2

Pokemon UNITE Related Guides

UNITE World Championship Series 2022

2022 Championship Series Analysis

2022 World Championship Series Analysis
2022 World Championships
Regional Finals (North America)	Regional Finals (Japan)
May Finals (North America)	May Finals (Japan)
Aeos Cup (North America)	Aeos Cup (Japan)
March Finals Summary (North America)	March Finals Summary (Japan)
February Finals Summary (North America)

All Pokemon UNITE Tournament and Analysis