Pokémon UNITE Update: Ver.1.18.2.6 – April 24, 2025

📅 Update Date & Time: April 24, 2025 at 07:00
📦 Post-Update Version: Ver.1.18.2.6
🔁 Note: If your game hasn’t updated, restart the app. Temporary server connection issues may occur during the update.

🔄 What’s New?

• 🛍️ Shop Updates
  
  

• 🎉 Event Updates
  
  

• ⚖️ Balance Adjustments
  
  

• 🐞 Bug Fixes
  
  

⚖️ Balance Updates: Key Pokémon Adjustments

🔹 Buffs

• 💨 Dragapult
  
  

• HP: Increased max HP from 5500 → 6000
  
  

• Dragon Dance: Cooldown reduced from 12s → 11s
  
  

• Phantom Force: KO attack bonus raised from 6 → 8
  🔍 Improved late-game durability and KO benefits.
  
  

• 🐉 Dragonite
  
  

• Hyper Beam: Cooldown reduced 11.5s → 10.5s
  
  

• Outrage: Attack speed buffed from 30% → 35%
  🔍 Enhanced offensive pressure to increase pick rate.
  
  

• 🌿 Venusaur
  
  

• Giga Drain: Healing increased by 10%
  
  

• Petal Dance: Speed boost now scales 90–27% (from 90–9%)
  🔍 Greater survivability in close combat.
  
  

• 🦄 Galarian Rapidash
  
  

• Pastel Veil: Psychic gauge build speed +43%
  
  

• Fairy Wind: Base damage +10%
  
  

• Smart Horn: Damage +30%
  
  

• Unite Move (Triad Blitz): Energy cost reduced by 17%
  🔍 Offensive power partially restored after previous nerf.
  
  

• 💪 Buzzwole
  
  

• Beast Boost: Gauge decay delayed (5s → 10s)
  
  

• Boosted Attack: Healing increased by 30%
  
  

• Leech Life: Now grants hindrance resistance
  
  

• Lunge: Cooldown reduced (7.5s → 6.5s)
  🔍 Improved frontline sustainability.
  
  

🔻 Nerfs

• 🌲 Trevenant
  
  

• Wood Hammer & Curse: Damage reduced by up to 29%
  
  

• Horn Leech: Throw duration cut (1s → 0.75s)
  🔍 Too much damage and crowd control for a Defender.
  
  

• 🐌 Goodra
  
  

• HP: Increased max HP to 10,300
  
  

• Boosted Attack: Bonus damage reduced (5% → 3% of target's HP)
  
  

• Muddy Water: Damage nerfed (28%–20%)
  
  

• Acid Spray: Throw duration reduced
  🔍 High damage output adjusted for better rank balance.
  
  

• 💧 Suicune
  
  

• Pressure: Shield stacking limit fixed (3 → 2 times)
  
  

• Boosted Attack: Damage reduced by 15%
  
  

• Ice Beam: Cooldown increased (6s → 7s)
  
  

• Icy Wind: Explosion damage increased by 98%
  🔍 Bug fix and balance tuning for better combo synergy.
  
  

• ⚡ Alolan Raichu
  
  

• Stored Power & Psychic: Both moves’ damage reduced by ~20%
  
  

• Psychic Cooldown: Increased to 9s
  🔍 Early power spike toned down.
  
  

🚫 Speedster Stat Adjustments: Defense Penetration Removed

Defense/Special Defense Penetration has been removed due to its impact on game balance.

✂️ Removed From:

• Talonflame / Meowscarada / Leafeon / Zeraora / Absol / Gengar
  
  

Additional Nerfs:

• Absol
  
  

• Night Slash: Cooldown increased to 5.5s
  
  

• Psycho Cut: Damage reduction
  
  

• Zeraora
  
  

• Discharge: Damage and shield reduced
  
  

🔍 Speedsters will continue to be evaluated with seasonal data.

🛠️ Bug Fixes

• ⚙️ Fixed an issue where Alolan Raichu’s moves incorrectly triggered Muscle Band.
  
  

• ⚙️ Fixed Zacian’s boosted Play Rough not reducing damage as intended.