What is the Current Meta?
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The meta revolves around which mobile suits and pilots are the strongest in the current Gundam UC Engage patch. Read on to find out what the current meta is, how to form a meta team and beat it, and whether or not players should follow the meta in the first place.
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What Is The Current Meta?
Multi-Dimensional Mobile Suits
The Gundam UC Engage PvP meta has gone through plenty of changes over the past year. While the meta was dominated by the likes of The-O (Purple), Gundam F91 (Full Power), and the Generic Sinanju last year, it has shifted to favor the new mobile suits with multi-dimensional skillsets that are excellent in more ways than one.
The previous set of metas introduced strong status effects such as Perfect Guard, and unique gimmicks like the Methuss' ability to resurrect its allies. Back then, these gimmicks played a central role in a mobile suit’s kit, and were typically unaccompanied by other significantly impactful abilities.
Now, however, mobile suits are excellent in more than just one aspect, with kits featuring combinations of these impactful abilities. This has led to one-dimensional mobile suits becoming a thing of the past and no longer having a place in the meta.
Red Qubeley
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 Raid
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 Red
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Red Qubeley is one of the most dominant picks in both PvE and PvP.
It inflicts an AoE Unavoidable and Stun debuff on all enemies, immobilizes enemies, and prevents them from evading attacks. It also nullifies Unavoidable when inflicted on the Qubeley's allied Raid units.
This mobile suit is incredibly durable, and is also capable of dealing great damage thanks to the offensive and defensive buffs that it gets when dealing with debuffed enemies.
Because of its great damage, defense, and evasion-countering abilities, Red Qubeley sits right at the top of the meta.
Qubeley (Red) Best Builds and Teams
ZZ Gundam HGC
| ［M0454］ ZZ Gundam (Hyper Giga Cannon) | |
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 Armored
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 Green
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The ZZ Gundam (Hyper Giga Cannon), commonly referred to as ZZ HGC, stands on top of the meta as the best Armored MS in the game at the time of writing. Its extreme durability is attributed to massive damage reduction buffs that fade with each hit it takes. Even at its lowest defensive point, it is still quite troublesome to deal with.
This mobile suit's offense is also quite impressive, thanks to its EX skill being a strong AoE nuke that hits all enemies for 934% ATK twice. Since it will likely be tanking hits from multiple attackers, this EX skill charges very quickly despite a lack of any EX gauge-related buffs.
One more factor that makes this mobile suit so dominant is how it synergizes extremely well with the next mobile suit we will discuss in the section below, which can heal and resurrect the ZZ Gundam, while also granting it Absolute Evade.
ZZ Gundam (Hyper Giga Cannon) Best Builds and Teams
Support Phenex
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 Support
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Green
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The Support Phenex is like an upgraded version of the Methuss, in the sense that it can also revive allies, while having much more to offer.
Like the Methuss, Phenex can heal its allies effectively, while being able to bring back fallen Green-type allies with its EX skill. This is why it synergizes extremely well with the ZZ HGC, as the Phenex can make the ZZ that much harder to deal with.
The Phenex can also grant the Stealth status on allied Bombardment and Sniper units, preventing them from taking any unwanted aggro and letting them do their thing with minimal disruptions.
As if these buffs were not enough, the Phenex also grants Absolute Evade to its entire team, significantly improving the team's defensive prowess.
Phenex (NT-D/NT Version) Best Builds and Teams
Re-GZID
| ［M0368］ Re-GZID | |
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Support
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 Blue
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The Re-GZID is described by many as an upgraded version of the Gyan. Both MSs grant the Target Focus stat on their allied Armored units, keeping their other allies safe from any unwanted aggro.
In all other aspects, the Re-GZID outperforms the Gyan. The Gyan offers beam damage reduction buffs for allied Armored units, whereas the Re-GZID offers a general damage reduction buff to all allies regardless of category, which covers all forms of damage and not just beam.
On top of all that, the Re-GZID also grants the entire team damage buffs and heals, damage cap increases, and accuracy buffs for its allies buffed with Bullseye and Assault. Finally, it is also significantly harder to take down, as it comes with EX damage reduction and evasion.
Unicorn Gundam (Hyper Mega Launcher)
| ［M0449］ Unicorn Gundam (Hyper Mega Launcher) | |
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 Generic
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Red
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The Unicorn Gundam (Hyper Mega Launcher), commonly referred to as the Unicorn HML, is an extremely powerful EX spammer that is also difficult to take down.
Its EX skill deals three instances of damage worth 693% of its ATK, while also buffing its own damage by 39% for 20 seconds. This EX skill also charges 60% of its EX gauge, and benefits from EX gauge recovery and EX damage buffs (with Banagher Links), allowing the Unicorn HML to spam this extremely potent ability.
On top of being extremely powerful on offense, the Unicorn HML is also able to withstand deadly attacks by having 300% damage reduction buffs against Red, Purple, and Yellow type units, and a 500% damage reduction buff against Green type units. This makes it vulnerable to pretty much just Blue-type units.
It also benefits from over 100% evasion (with Banagher), with 18 seconds of Absolute Evade to go along with that. This, paired with its damage reduction buffs, makes it one of the finest defensive units in the game.
Its unique blend of extremely high EX damage and top-notch defense makes the Unicorn Gundam (Hyper Mega Launcher) a staple pick for both PvE and PvP, especially when at Potential Lv. 5.
Unicorn Gundam (Hyper Mega Launcher) Best Builds and Teams
Nu Gundam (LFF and Hyper Mega Bazooka Launcher)
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 Sniper
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Red
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The Nu LFF is a mobile suit that benefits from impactful offensive and defensive buffs based on how many allied mobile suits are still alive.
It synergizes well with today's meta mobile suits, which are mostly quite good defensively. The Nu LFF can count on its allies to stay alive in this meta, which, in turn, lengthens the amount of time it can spend dealing damage with its scaling buffs maxed out.
On top of these, the Nu LFF can also benefit from the Stealth status when allied with a Support Phenex.
Nu Gundam (LFF & Hyper Mega Bazooka Launcher) Best Builds and Teams
Narrative Gundam B2-Packs
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Generic
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Blue
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The Narrative Gundam B2-Packs is another premier, well-rounded mobile suit. It deals huge damage, has a 99% EX damage reduction buff, and has access to both Perfect Guard and Absolute Evade.
This mobile suit is able to deal big damage by way of its potent EX skill and strong weapon damage. It has a 400,000 damage cap buff and another 400,000 for its main weapon, allowing it to hit extremely hard.
Its defense relies heavily on the 10 seconds of Absolute Evade it gets with each EX skill use, its 4.6 seconds of Perfect Guard each time it takes damage, and its 99% EX damage reduction buff.
It is a top-tier unit that is capable both defensively and offensively, and can easily slot into pretty much any team. Great in PvE and PvP, though Bullseye units with crit like the Generic Sinanju pose a significant threat to the B2-Packs' safety.
On PvP teams it finds itself in, the B2-Packs are the designated Red-type killer, making a name for itself as a Unicorn HML assassin.
Narrative Gundam B2-Packs Best Builds and Teams
Hambrabi
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Raid
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Red
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The Hambrabi is a conditional pick meant to counter Gundam-Type and Newtype Machine mobile suits by hitting them with multiple damage instances with its EX skill. This looping EX skill also stuns its target and buffs the Hambrabi’s damage.
It gains Bullseye against stunned enemies, and Absolute Evade when attacked by Bullseye, conveniently benefiting from counters to evasion-based statuses when faced against them.
Its signature pilot can also make the mobile suit aggro onto Gundam-Types, wasting no time trying to fight mobile suits it does not counter.
It has great synergy with the Red Qubeley, as they are both DPS units that can stun enemies, and also benefit from buffs when attacking stunned targets.
Hambrabi Best Builds And Teams
Alex (Chobham Armor)
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Armored
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 Purple
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The Alex (Chobham Armor), or ACA for short, is a mobile suit with extremely high damage resistances, a good HP pool, and a 45% max HP heal on EX.
This mobile suit's value lies in its ability to reflect 144% of the EX damage it takes back at the attacker, and it has a 200,000 damage cap buff to help it deal big damage.
With ACA on a player’s team, they can essentially take out strong DPS units like the Unicorn Gundam (Hyper Mega Launcher) just by reflecting their EX skill back at them.
Alex (Chobham Armor) Best Builds and Teams
How To Form or Beat A Meta Team?
Identify Key Units and Understand What They Do
To form a meta team, players have to see which units are powerful enough to build a team around and understand what makes them meta, and then try to strengthen or support whatever those are by fielding units that synergize well with their key pieces.
Take Advantage of Synergies
Say a player has the ZZ HGC, for example, which is a powerful Green-type Armored unit. Players would want to pair it up with mobile suits that can further increase its value. Examples of these are the Support Phenex, which can grant it Absolute Evade, heal it, and revive it, making the ZZ a lot more difficult to deal with. Another example would be the Re-GZID, which can also heal the ZZ, and more importantly, draw aggro towards allied Armored units by inflicting Target Focus on them.
To round out a ZZ Gundam team like this, players should try to add strong offensive mobile suits that can take advantage of the unparalleled defense the ZZ/Phenex/Re-GZID combo brings to the table.
From there, players can opt to add in more synergies like the Nu LFF, which gets to keep its scaling buffs since enemies will have to go through the player’s tough defensive scheme before the Nu LFF loses its buffs. This MS can also benefit from a Stealth status, courtesy of the Support Phenex.
A player might not have all the meta units to make the strongest of team comps, but understanding these principles should help them form the strongest team available to them.
Deploy Mobile Suits To Counter Opponents
The same strategic thinking applies when planning to counter meta-teams. It all boils down to game knowledge, particularly understanding skill interactions and how matchups work, which are crucial in determining which mobile suits to bring along.
For example, if an opponent has their own ZZ/Phenex/Re-GZID trio, countering with a Red Qubeley should dramatically increase a player’s odds of winning, as this MS renders the Phenex’s Absolute Evade status useless by inflicting Unavoidable on all enemies, while also dealing empowered attacks thanks to the Qubeley’s self-buffs and its type advantage over Green-type units.
Spend Diamonds On Meta Units
To form a meta team, players need to pull for meta units, of course.
The amount of Diamonds needed to spend on pulling for the units they want is dependent on their luck. Most people typically need around 60,000 Diamonds to pull for a single copy of both the MS and the pilot. If they are lucky, this amount could get them even more copies of the mobile suit for Potential Unleashed.
Should they want to secure the MS at Potential Lv. 5 along with its signature pilot, they should stock up on at least 120,000 Diamonds, and most likely more if they are not very lucky.
The absolute worst case scenario is that they secure all 6 copies for a P5 featured unit with 360,000 Diamonds, and this is only if they get one copy of the mobile suit through the hard pity every 200 pulls.
Consider Purchasing Diamonds For Must-Pull Banners
If a player does not have enough Diamonds for a banner with units they really want, they could consider purchasing Diamonds. They could buy 2900 Diamonds for $18.99, and that is (almost) a 10-pull from any gacha banner. The biggest purchase they can make is 10400 Diamonds for $64.99.
Pro tip: Purchase Diamonds from the Gundam UCE Web Store, as players could buy more Diamonds for the same price.
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Should I Follow the Meta?
Follow the Meta If Climbing the Arena
The answer to this question is entirely up to the player. If they are serious about climbing the PvP leaderboards of Gundam UC Engage, then yes, using meta units will give them a competitive advantage over non-meta teams, as these are the best units in the game for PvP.
On the other hand, if their goal is to just play, have fun, and collect the mobile suits they like, then that is perfectly fine as well. With enough resources, they can make pretty much any unit work, though they will undoubtedly perform worse than the meta units would. At the end of the day, the meta will always come second to a player’s own enjoyment.
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