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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 you should follow the meta in the first place.
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What Is The Current Meta?
Powerful Armored Units and Strong Statuses
The Gundam UC Engage PvP meta has gone through plenty of changes over the past year. While the meta was dominated by the Sazabi, Zeong, and Gyan last year and even early this year, it has moved on to longer and more drawn-out battles with very durable units with great damage, utility, and defense.
Right now, the meta revolves around new and extremely powerful Armored units like The-O (Purple), strong status effects such as Perfect Guard, and unique gimmicks like the Methuss' ability to resurrect its allies.
The-O (Purple)
| ［M0381］ The-O | |
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 Armored
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 Purple
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The-O is currently the face of the meta, and boasts a near-impenetrable defense thanks to its ridiculously high damage resistance, and its access to Perfect Guard alongside regular guard rate.
It will shrug off attacks like it's nothing, and its only weaknesses are EX skills and a combination of Assault with high crit rate. Just Assault or just crits won't work given its high guard rate and Perfect Guard.
It also boasts strong AoE damage with its spammable Lethal EX skill that rains down powerful giant laser beams on the battlefield.
Because of how powerful and popular this is, units that can counter this juggernaut are extremely valuable in Arena.
The-O (Purple) Best Builds and Teams
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
Narrative Gundam B2-Packs
| ［M0470］ Narratiive 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.
Narrative Gundam B2-Packs Best Builds and Teams
Crossbone Gundam X3
| ［M0426］ Crossbone Gundam X3 | |
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 Close Combat
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Red
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The Crossbone Gundam X3 is more of a defensive specialist that deals good, but not great damage.
It is a Close Combat unit best known for its strong defense attributed to a ridiculously high ranged damage reduction buff for the first 90 seconds, a 99% EX damage reduction buff, Absolute Evade on EX, and evasion buffs worth over 100%.
This combination of defensive buffs makes it extremely durable against pretty much any attack, given how likely it is to miss, and how ranged attacks go through so much damage reduction that they end up dealing laughable amounts of damage. EX damage won't work either, so you have to either wait out the ranged damage reduction buff for 90 seconds or deal melee damage to it. Unfortunately, there aren't many melee-oriented units worth using.
What slightly holds this MS back is how its damage output just cannot compare with today's heaviest hitters. It serves as a great defensive option for both PvE and PvP, and can also shine as a damage dealer in PvE when the situation calls for it, but not all the time.
Crossbone Gundam X3 Best Builds and Teams
Quin Mantha
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Armored
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Blue
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The Quin Mantha is a bruiser Armored unit with a massive HP pool, strong damage resistances, and evasion.
What makes it a good bruiser is how it is able to benefit from Assault without having to deal with any self-inflicted crit rate debuffs. This makes it quite good against The-O (Purple).
The Quin Mantha becomes one of the game's most impactful units when paired with the Methuss, which we'll discuss more below.
Quin Mantha Best Builds and Teams
Methuss
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 Support
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Blue
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The Methuss is a healer that heals all allies on EX, and grants them the Regeneration status for as long as it stays alive, which heals all units every 6 seconds.
These buffs are much more potent on Blue-type units, so they will be a lot more survivable. Should they fall in battle, the Methuss revives 1 Blue-type unit at a time with its EX skill, bringing it back with 45% of its max HP.
The Methuss elevates the Quin Mantha by constantly healing it and reviving it, so you'd want to pair the two together.
Methuss (UR) Best Builds and Teams
Alex (Chobham Armor)
| ［M0431］ 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 your team, you 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
Nu Gundam HWS
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Armored
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 Yellow
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The Nu Gundam HWS is yet another Armored unit with a unique gimmick. It is only really tanky when facing off against Rival Units, and it only deals high damage against Rival Units.
Against non-Rival Units, the Nu Gundam HWS is quite average. However, considering how plenty of today's best units fall under this unit category tag, the Nu HWS is definitely one of the more prominent figures in today's meta.
It has found a consistent role in Arena teams, and its goal is usually to hit The-O with huge damage. Purple-O is a Rival Unit that the Nu Gundam has a type advantage over, and one of The-O's very few weaknesses is EX skill damage.
Nu Gundam HWS Best Builds and Teams
Gundam F91 (Full Power)
| ［M0386］ Gundam F91 (Full Power) | |
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Generic
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 Green
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The Gundam F91 (Full Power), also known as MEPE, is a Generic mobile suit that taunts all enemies, forcing them to attack it for the first 8 seconds of combat, and benefits from both a permanent Absolute Evade buff, as well as 99% EX damage resistance.
Because it has both high evasion and Absolute Evade, simply bullseye will not work, and you can't hurt it with EX skills either. The only way to beat it is with Unavoidable, Bullseye + high accuracy, or by inflicting debuffs that increase the amount of EX damage it deals.
That said, the F91 can 1v6 entire teams that don't have the means to counter its kit.
Gundam F91 (Full Power) Best Builds and Teams
Ple's Qubeley Mk-ll (Support)
| ［M0427］ Ple's Qubeley Mk-ll | |
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Support
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Red
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Ple's Qubeley Mk-II, commonly referred to as Support Qubeley, is the successor of the Gundam Ez8 in the sense that both of these units serve the same purpose, but the Qubeley is the newer unit and therefore comes with a few more features.
The reason why the Support Qubeley is so good is because, like the Ez8, it buffs its entire team's critical rate and critical ATK, which is very useful in today's meta where so many Perfect Guard units run rampant. Crits cancel out with Perfect Guard, hence why it's useful.
However, what makes this unit better than the Ez8 is how it is also able to debuff the entire enemy team's critical rate and critical ATK, and how it is able to charge its EX gauge quickly when it lands hits.
This MS performs great in PvE, and in PvP also, if you have the space on your team or if the situation calls for it. Take note that if you just need a crit buffer for PvE, the Ez8 will also do well.
Ple's Qubeley Mk-II (Red) Best Builds and Teams
Sinanju (Generic)
| ［M0408］ Sinanju | |
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Generic
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Green
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The Generic Sinanju is an extremely powerful DPS unit with high crit rate, critical ATK, access to the Bullseye status effect, and a heal-on-crit mechanic.
Thanks to its overloaded offensive kit, it can easily dispatch most targets, though it can't deal with high evasion Absolute Evade units, given its lack of accuracy.
When it comes to straight-up damage, the Generic Sinanju is hard to beat and is actually one of the strongest DPS unit in the game at the time of writing. However, it sadly cannot deal with plenty of today's best defensive units with combinations of strong status effects and defensive buffs.
Sinanju (Generic) Best Builds and Teams
Gyan
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Purple
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The Gyan is a support mobile suit that inflicts all enemies with Target Focus, forcing them to prioritize targeting the Gyan's allied Armored units first. This is extremely valuable in Arena, where you want the heat taken away from your key DPS units, allowing them to attack freely without retaliation.
However, given how the meta revolves around powerful Armored units, when running multiple meta Armored units, you may not need to run Gyan with them since they'll likely take up most of the aggro anyway.
Victory 2 Assault Gundam
| ［M0377］ Victory 2 Assault Gundam | |
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Generic
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Red
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The Victory 2 Assault Gundam (V2A) is a potent single-target healer with access to Perfect Guard, and is able to reduce the EX damage its entire team takes by 30%.
It is able to make its allied Armored units even more durable than they already are. Great utility and defense make it troublesome to deal with.
Victory 2 Assault Gundam Best Builds and Teams
How To Form/Beat A Meta Team?
Identify Key Units and Understand What They Do
Forming meta teams can take a lot of investment. To form a meta team, you have to see which units are powerful enough to build a team around and you have to understand what makes them meta, and then try to strengthen or support whatever that is by fielding units that synergize with your key units.
Say you have a Gyan, for example, which draws enemy aggro towards its allied Armored units. You'll want to pair it up with an Armored unit that can actually stand its ground and buy enough time for its allies to deal damage safely.
You'll also want powerful DPS units alongside it that can take advantage of the window of opportunity the Gyan provides them with. Alternatively, if you have something like the Generic Sinanju, try to build a balanced team around it with whatever strong units you have, since it's a self-sustaining, all-around unit that can fit well in almost any team composition.
You might not have all the meta units to make the strongest of team comps, but understanding these principles will help you form the strongest team available to you.
The same strategic thinking applies when planning to counter meta-teams. It all boils down to game knowledge, particularly understanding type advantages and skill interactions, which are crucial in determining matchups.
For example, if your opponent has a Gundam F91 (Full Power), understand that you will not win if you don't field in a unit with Unavoidable, Bullseye + high accuracy, or debuffers that increase the damage enemies take.
Spend Diamonds On Meta Units
To form a meta team, you need to pull for meta units, of course.
The amount of Diamonds you need to spend to pull for the units you want is dependent on your luck. Most people typically need around 60,000 Diamonds to pull for a single copy of both the MS and the pilot. If you're lucky, this amount could get you even more copies of the mobile suit for Potential Unleashed.
If you want to secure the MS at Potential Lv. 5 along with its signature pilot, you want at least 120,000 Diamonds, and most likely more if you're not very lucky.
The absolute worst case scenario is that you secure all 6 copies for a P5 featured unit with 360,000 Diamonds, and this is only if you get one copy of the mobile suit through the hard pity every 200 pulls.
Consider Purchasing Diamonds For Must-Pull Banners
If you don't have enough Diamonds for a banner with units you really want, you could consider purchasing Diamonds. You could buy 2900 Diamonds for $18.99, and that's (almost) a 10-pull from any gacha banner. The biggest purchase you can make is 10400 Diamonds for $64.99.
Pro tip: if you purchase Diamonds from the Gundam UCE Web Store, you could buy more Diamonds for the same price.
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Should I Follow The Meta?
Depends On You As a Player
The answer to this question is entirely up to you. If you're serious about climbing the PvP leaderboards of Gundam UC Engage, then yes, using meta units will give you a competitive advantage over non-meta teams, as these are the best units in the game for PvP.
On the other hand, if your goal is to just play, have fun, and collect the mobile suits you like, then that's perfectly fine as well. With enough resources, you can make pretty much any unit work, though they'll undoubtedly perform worse than the meta units would. At the end of the day, the meta will always come second to your own enjoyment.
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