Regional Finals Analysis (Europe) | UNITE World Championship Series

Want to know a quick summary of the things that happened in the Regional Finals for Europe? 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!

Regional Finals Summary (Europe)

Tali Believers Takes Home the Crown!

Tali Believers sweeps the entire tournament and are Europe's regional finals champions, beating Team Peps in a thrilling 5-game series and proving once again why they are the best team in Europe!

Team Peps Shocks Europe!

Team Peps shocks Europe as they eliminate the fan-favorite Nouns Esports from the finals, which earned them a shot at the Championship.

Group Stage Results

Teams Qualified for Worlds

As a result of the Regional Finals, the following are the European teams qualified for the World Championship:

Meta Highlights (Europe)

Jungle Urshifu

Picking and playing Urshifu as the jungler was the go-to strategy teams love to run in the tournament. Teams also heavily favor using the Single Strike Style, although both styles were used. The Pokemon had a pick rate of 37% with a 52.2%, making it the most successful pick in the tournament.

Urshifu Guide: Best Builds and Moveset

Jungle Zoroark

Zoroark is also a recurring jungler pick for teams in the tournament. It had a pick rate of 28% with a win rate of 26.1% and a ban rate of 30.4%. Although the Pokemon did not have much screen time compared to Urshifu, it's clear it was a meta pick for teams.

Zoroark Guide: Best Builds and Moveset

Supporter Top Lane

Another recurring strategy teams love to run is pairing one Supporter with any Pokemon at the top lane. The Supporter's main job is to help its lane partner to level up quickly and safely by providing constant healing, shielding, and/or buffing.

Below are the commonly picked Supporters for the top lane:

Pokemon	Pick Rate	Top Lane Rate
Eldegoss	41%	94.7%
Blissey	30%	100%
Hoopa	28%	100%

Top Lane Guide: How to Play Top

Defender-Attacker Bot Lane Duo

Having a Defender-Attacker duo at the bot lane was also a prominent startegy teams heavily utilized. The purpose of the strategy is to have an aggressive duo at the bot lane to defend the goal zone there as long as possible and give the team a positional advantage whenever the objective spawns.

Below are the commonly picked Pokemon in the bottom lane:

Pokemon	Pick Rate	Top Lane Rate
Slowbro	39%	94.4%
Mew	37%	100%
Alolan Ninetales	28%	93.3%
Lapras	30%	92.9%
Snorlax	15%	100%
Trevenant	15%	100%

Bottom Lane Guide: How to Play Bot

Picks and Win Rates (Europe)

Pokemon	Most Picked %	Win Rate %
Eldegoss	41%	47.8%
Slowbro	39%	39.1%
Mew	37%	39.1%
Urshifu	37%	52.2%
Alolan Ninetales	33%	34.8%
Dodrio	33%	21.7%
Lapras	30%	43.5%
Blissey	30%	21.7%
Hoopa	28%	26.1%
Zoroark	28%	26.1%
Garchomp	24%	30.4%
Chandelure	22%	8.7%
Trevenant	15%	13%
Snorlax	15%	8.7%
Sylveon	13%	21.7%
Blastoise	9%	13%
Delphox	9%	8.7%
Decidueye Mr. Mime Venusaur	7%	8.7%
Espeon Glaceon	7%	4.3%
Talonflame Buzzwole Gardevoir Goodra	4%	4.3%
Crustle Dragapult Scizor	2%	0%

Game8 Notes

Eldegoss is the most picked Pokemon for the Europe Regional Finals, garnering a pick rate of 41% with a win rate of 47.8%.

Pokemon not shown here were not picked during the Regional Finals 2023 (Europe).

Pokemon Ban Rates (Europe)

Pokemon	Ban Rate %
Lapras Hoopa	43.5%
Zoroark	30.4%
Slowbro Dodrio	21.7%
Urshifu	17.4%
Eldegoss	13%
Mew	8.7%

Game8 Notes

Lapras and Hoopa are the most banned Pokemon in the Europe Regional Finals 2023. Lapras' durability and damage potential and Hoopa's teleporting abilities are too much of a threat for teams to play against.

Pokemon not shown here were not picked during the Regional Finals Group Stage 2023 (Europe).

Most Picked Battle Item (Europe)

Battle Item	Most Picked %
Eject Button	62.2%
X Speed	24.3%
Full Heal	13.5%

Game8 Notes

Eject Button is the most picked Battle Item in the tournament with X Speed following behind. This means that teams generally value mobility over anything else. However, with disablers being meta picks, Full Heal is also a great option.

Battle Items not shown here were not picked during Regional Finals 2023 (Europe).

Most Picked Held Item (Europe)

Held Item	Most Picked %
Focus Band	43%
Exp. Share	40%
Slick Spoon	37%
Choice Specs	32.6%
Wise Glasses	25.7%
Muscle Band	24.3%
Attack Weight	21.3%
Buddy Barrier	16.5%
Razor Claw	15.2%
Weakness Policy	11.7%
Rapid-Fire Scarf	10.4%
Float Stone	5.7%
Aeos Cookie Sp. Atk. Specs	4.3%
Energy Amplifier	3.5%
Shell Bell	3%
Scope Lens	0.9%

Game8 Notes

Focus Band is the most picked Held Item in the tournament followed by Exp. Share. This shows that teams value survivability in teamfights and leveling up as fast as possible during the early game.

Held Items not shown here were not picked during Regional Finals 2023 (Europe).

Pokemon Lane Picks (Europe)

Pokemon	Top %	Jungle %	Bot %
Alolan Ninetales	6.7%	--	93.3%
Blastoise	100%	--	--
Blissey	100%	--	--
Buzzwole	100%	--	--
Chandelure	60%	10%	30%
Crustle	--	--	100%
Decidueye	66.7%	--	33.3%
Delphox	50%	25%	25%
Dodrio	26.7%	60%	13.3%
Dragapult	100%	--	--
Eldegoss	94.7%	--	5.3%
Espeon	94.7%	--	5.3%
Garchomp	100%	--	--
Gardevoir	--	100%	--
Glaceon	66.7%	--	33.3%
Goodra	100%	--	--
Hoopa	100%	--	--
Lapras	7.1%	--	92.9%
Mew	--	--	100%
Mr. Mime	--	--	100%
Scizor	--	100%	--
Slowbro	5.6%	--	94.4%
Snorlax	--	--	100%
Sylveon	83.3%	--	16.7%
Talonflame	--	100%	--
Trevenant	--	--	100%
Urshifu	--	100%	--
Venusaur	100%	--	--
Zoroark	--	100%	--

Where to Watch Regional Finals 2023 (Europe)

The full livestream for the Regional Finals is available in the official YouTube channel of Pokemon UNITE. They usually stream the Regional Finals so try catching it on scheduled times!

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

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