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This page gives details for Pokemon UNITE's 1.16.2.8 Patch Note update on November 1, 2024. Read on to see all the latest additions and changes to Pokemon UNITE, with all the Buffs, Nerfs, Bug Fixes, and all the balance changes for Switch and Mobile!

List of Contents

Release Date and Time
Patch Notes Summary
Detailed Patch Notes
Poll: Do You Think the Changes Are Justified?
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Version 1.16.2.8 Release Date and Time

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Update Announcement

A server update was made on November 1, 2024 at 7AM UTC.

Ver. 1.16.2.8	UTC	PDT	JST
Nov. 1 2024	7:00AM	11:00PM	4:00PM

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1.16.2.8 Patch Note Summary

Summary of Changes

Pokemon balances

Buffed Pokemon

Azumarill	Blissey	Espeon
Gardevoir	Glaceon	Greedent
Lapras	Mega Mewtwo Y	-

Nerfed Pokemon

Armarouge	Ceruledge	Ho-oh
Mega Mewtwo X	Miraidon	Pikachu
Zacian	-	-

Version 1.16.2.8 Detailed Patch Notes

Pokemon Buffs

Azumarill

Pokemon	Changes
Azumarill	Stat Buff • Special Defense increased from 64-320 to 80-399 (Lv.1-15).
	Whirlpool • Cooldown decreased from 10s to 9s.
	Belly Bash • Shield reduced from 5% of max HP to 6.5%.

Azumarill Stat Buff

Lvl	Sp. Def.
5	119 → 147 (+23.5%)
10	185 → 230 (+24.3%)
15	319 → 399 (+25.1%)

Blissey

Pokemon	Changes
Blissey	Safeguard • Shield increased by 15%.
Blissey	Helping Hand • Cooldown decreased from 9s to 8s. • Effect duration increased from 3s to 4s.

Espeon

Pokemon	Changes
Espeon	Stat Buff • Defense increased from 35-175 to 35-225 (Lv.1-15). • Special Defense increased from 27-135 to 27-180 (Lv.1-15).
	Psyshock • Damage increased by 10%.
	Future Sight • Damage increased by 10%.

Espeon Stat Buff

Lvl	Defense	Sp. Def.
5	65 → 75 (+15.4%)	50 → 59 (+18%)
10	101 → 124 (+22.8%)	78 → 99 (+26.9%)
15	175 → 225 (+28.6%)	135 → 180 (+33.3%)

Gardevoir

Pokemon	Changes
Gardevoir	Stat Buff • Defense increased from 35-174 to 35-225 (Lv.1-15). • Special Defense increased from 27-138 to 27-175 (Lv.1-15).
	Psychic • Special Defense reduction effect increased from 20% to 25%. • Damage increased by 10%.
	Psyshock • Damage increased by 5%.
	Future Sight • Damage increased by 5%.

Gardevoir Stat Buff

Lvl	Defense	Sp. Def.
5	52 → 59 (+13.5%)	41 → 46 (+12.2%)
10	97 → 121 (+24.7%)	77 → 93 (+20.8%)
15	174 → 225 (+29.3%)	138 → 175 (+26.8%)

Glaceon

Pokemon	Changes
Glaceon	Stat Buff • Defense increased from 35-175 to 35-225 (Lv.1-15). • Special Defense increased from 25-134 to 25-180 (Lv.1-15).
	Icicle Spear • Damage increased by 8%.
	Freeze-Dry • Damage increased by 8%.

Glaceon Stat Buff

Lvl	Defense	Sp. Def.
5	65 → 75 (+15.4%)	48 → 57 (+18.8%)
10	101 → 124 (+22.8%)	69 → 87 (+26.1%)
15	175 → 225 (+28.6%)	134 → 180 (+34.3%)

Greedent

Pokemon	Changes
Greedent	Belch • Movement speed reduction increased from 15% for 1s to 40% for 2s (decreases by 10% every 0.5s). • Damage increased by 12%.
	Bullet Seed • Cooldown decreased from 5s to 4.5s.
	Covet • Cooldown decreased from 11s to 10s.
	Berry Belly Flop • Energy needed decreased by 10%.

Lapras

Pokemon	Changes
Lapras	Stat Buff • Defense increased from 90-550 to 90-625 (Lv.1-15). • Special Defense increased from 75-450 to 75-512 (Lv.1-15).
	Standard Attack (Boosted Attack) • Healing effect increased from 2% of max HP to 3%.
	Bubble Beam • Shield increased by 15%.
	Perish Song • Damage increased 15%.

Lapras Stat Buff

Lvl	Defense	Sp. Def.
5	166 → 178 (+7.2%)	137 → 148 (+8%)
10	312 → 349 (+11.9%)	257 → 288 (+12.1%)
15	550 → 625 (+13.6%)	450 → 512 (+13.8%)

Mega Mewtwo Y

Pokemon	Changes
Mega Mewtwo Y	Stat Buff • Basic attack speed increased from 1.1 - 1.4 to 1.1 -1.5 (Lv. 1-15).
	Future Sight • Movement speed reduction increased from 25% to 35%. • Cooldown decreased from 10s to 8.5s.
	Recover • Cooldown decreased from 12s to 11s. • Healing increased from 20% of damage dealt to 30%.
	Recover + • Healing increased from 30% of damage dealt to 40%.
	Teleport • Cooldown decreased from 12s to 11s.

Pokemon Nerfs

Armarouge

Pokemon	Changes
Armarouge	Fire Spin • Damage decreased by 20%. • Shield decreased by 25%.
	Psyshock • Special Defense-piercing effect decreased from 50% to 35%.
	Armor Cannon • Damage decreased by 10%. • Cooldown increased from 6s to 7s.

Ceruledge

Pokemon	Changes
Ceruledge	Bitter Blade • Damage decreased by 19% - 10% (Lv. 5-15). • Healing decreased by 10%. • Cooldown increased from 5.5s to 6s.
	Bitter Blade + • Healing decreased by 15%.
	Psycho Cut • Defense reduction decreased by 47% - 40% (Lv.5-10).
	Psycho Cut + • Defense reduction decreased by 33% - 29% (Lv.11-15).
	Phantom Force • Damage decreased by 15%. • Cooldown increased from 9s to 10s.

Ho-Oh

Pokemon	Changes
Ho-oh	Fire Spin • Damage decreased by 15%. • Shield decreased by 15%. • Cooldown increased from 8.5s to 9s.
	Sky Attack • Cooldown increased from 8.5s to 9s.
	Rekindling Flame • Energy needed increased by 20%.

Mega Mewtwo X

Pokemon	Changes
Mega Mewtwo X	Psystrike • Damage reduction effect decreased from 25% to 15%.

Miraidon

Pokemon	Changes
Miraidon	Charge Beam • Boosted damage decreased by 10%.
	Electro Drift • Boosted damage decreased by 8%.
	Parabolic Charge • Cooldown increased from 10s to 11s.

Pikachu

Pokemon	Changes
Pikachu	Electro Ball • Damage decreased by 5%. • Cooldown increased from 5s to 5.5s.
	Thunder • Damage decreased by 5%.
	Thunderstorm • Damage decreased by 8%.

Zacian

Pokemon	Changes
Zacian	Sacred Sword • Defense-piercing effect decreased from 20% to 10%. • Attack increase reduced from 30% to 20%. • Movement speed reduction decreased from 30% to 20%.

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where Blastoise’s Defense and Special Defense at Lv.7-8 were lower than intended following the balance adjustment on October 17.

Do You Think the Changes Are Justified?

Yes! 17

Votes

Does not make a difference. 2

Votes

Nope. 4

Votes

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Updates and Patch Notes

Version 1.16

Version 1.16 Patch Notes List
Version 1.16.1.2 (September 5, 2024)	Version 1.16.1.4 (September 27, 2024)
Version 1.16.2.6 (October 17, 2024)	Version 1.16.2.7 (October 19, 2024)
Version 1.16.2.8 (November 1, 2024)	-

Version 1.15

Version 1.15 Patch Notes List
Version 1.15.1.2 (July 16, 2024)	Version 1.15.1.3 (July 25, 2024)
Version 1.15.1.5 (July 31, 2024)	Version 1.15.1.7 (Aug. 22, 2024)

Version 1.14

Version 1.14 Patch Notes List
Version 1.14.1.2 (February 27, 2024)	Version 1.14.1.4 (March 12, 2024)
Version 1.14.1.5 (April 16, 2024)	Version 1.14.1.6 (May 13, 2024)
Version 1.14.2.8 (June 6, 2024)	Version 1.14.2.9 (June 13, 2024)
Version 1.14.2.10 (June 19, 2024)	-

Version 1.13

Version 1.13 Patch Notes List
Version 1.13.1.2 (December 5, 2023)	Version 1.13.1.3 (December 12, 2023)
Version 1.13.1.4 (January 9, 2024)	Version 1.13.1.5 (January 15, 2024)
Version 1.13.1.6 (February 22, 2024)	-

Version 1.12

Version 1.12 Patch Notes List
Version 1.12.1.2 (September 7, 2023)	Version 1.12.1.3 (September 14, 2023)
Version 1.12.1.4 (October 18, 2023)	Version 1.12.1.6 (November 13, 2023)

Version 1.11

Version 1.11 Patch Notes List
Version 1.11.1.3 (July 18, 2023)	Version 1.11.1.4 (July 22, 2023)
Version 1.11.1.7 (August 7, 2023)	Version 1.11.1.8 (August 15, 2023)

Version 1.10

Version 1.10 Patch Notes List
Version 1.10.1.2 (June 8, 2023)	Version 1.10.1.3 (June 15, 2023)
Version 1.10.1.4 (June 26, 2023)	Version 1.10.1.5 (July 3, 2023)

Version 1.9

Version 1.9 Patch Notes List
Version 1.9.1.2 (February 27, 2023)	Version 1.9.1.3 (March 3, 2023)
Version 1.9.1.4 (March 8, 2023)	Version 1.9.1.5 (April 4, 2023)
Version 1.9.2.6 (April 13, 2023)	Version 1.9.2.8 (May 11, 2023)
Version 1.9.2.9 (May 16, 2023)	-

Version 1.8

Version 1.8 Patch Notes List
Version 1.8.1.2 (December 1, 2022)	Version 1.8.1.3 (December 8, 2022)
Version 1.8.1.4 (December 22, 2022)	Version 1.8.1.5 (January 11, 2023)
Version 1.8.1.6 (January 31, 2023)	Version 1.8.1.7 (February 14, 2023)

Version 1.7

Version 1.7 Patch Notes LIst
Version 1.7.1.2 (September 2, 2022)	Version 1.7.1.3 (September 5, 2022)
Version 1.7.1.4 (September 9, 2022)	Version 1.7.1.5 (September 16, 2022)
Version 1.7.1.7 (September 28, 2022)	Version 1.7.1.8 (October 13, 2022)
Version 1.7.1.9 (October 27, 2022)	Version 1.7.1.11 (November 16, 2022)

Version 1.6

Version 1.6 Patch Notes List
Version 1.6.1.2 (July 21, 2022)	Version 1.6.1.3 (July 27, 2022)
Version 1.6.1.4 (August 4, 2022)	--

Version 1.5

Version 1.5 Patch Notes List
Version 1.5.1.2 (April 28, 2022)	Version 1.5.1.3 (May 6, 2022)
Version 1.5.1.4 (May 16, 2022)	Version 1.5.1.5 (May 16, 2022)
Version 1.5.1.6 (May 30, 2022)	Version 1.5.2.7 (June 20, 2022)
Version 1.5.2.8 (June 30, 2022)	---

Version 1.4

Version 1.4 Patch Notes List
Version 1.4.1.2 (January 20, 2022)	Version 1.4.1.3 (January 26, 2022)
Version 1.4.1.4 (February 24, 2022)	Version 1.4.1.6 (March 11, 2022)
Version 1.4.1.7 (March 14, 2022)	Version 1.4.1.8 (March 17, 2022)
Version 1.4.1.9 (March 18, 2022)	Version 1.4.1.10 (March 28, 2022)

Version 1.3

Version 1.3 Patch Notes List
Version 1.3.1.2 (December 9, 2021)	Version 1.3.1.4 (December 10, 2021)
Version 1.3.1.6 (December 14, 2021)	Version 1.3.1.7 (December 20, 2021)
Version 1.3.1.8 (December 28, 2021)	---

Version 1.2

Version 1.2 Patch Notes List
Version 1.2.1.3 (September 22, 2021)	Version 1.2.1.4 (September 27, 2021)
Version 1.2.1.5 (September 29, 2021)	Version 1.2.1.6 (October 08, 2021)
Version 1.2.1.7 (October 13, 2021)	Version 1.2.1.8 (October 20, 2021)
Version 1.2.1.10 (October 26, 2021)	Version 1.2.1.11 (November 10, 2021)
Version 1.2.1.12 (November 16, 2021)	Version 1.2.1.13 (November 18, 2021)
Version 1.2.1.14 (November 30, 2021)	---

Version 1.1

Version 1.1 Patch Notes List
Version 1.1.1.3 (July 28, 2021)	Version 1.1.1.4 (August 4, 2021)
Version 1.1.1.5 (August 6, 2021)	Version 1.1.1.6 (August 18, 2021)
Version 1.1.1.7 (September 1, 2021)	Version 1.1.1.8 (September 8, 2021)

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Azumarill	Espeon	Delphox	Glaceon
Buzzwole	Tyranitar	Mew	Dodrio
Scizor	Clefable	Zoroark	Sableye
Urshifu	Dragapult	Comfey	Goodra
Lapras	Chandelure	Umbreon	Leafeon
Inteleon	Mewtwo	Blaziken	Mimikyu
Meowscarada	Metagross	Gyarados	Miraidon
Falinks	Ceruledge	Ho-Oh	Armarouge
Darkrai	Psyduck	-

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