The first world champion of "Pokémon Unite" will be the North American representative "BLVKHVND"! The next Pokémon WCS will be held in Yokohama!

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The Pokémon Unite Division of the Pokémon World Championships 2022 (Pokémon WCS 2022), held from August 18 (Thursday) to August 21 (Sunday), 2022, saw the North American representative team "BLVKHVND" win the Pokémon Unite Division. BLVKHVND" won the championship.



Pokémon WCS2022 Pokémon Unite Division



Pokémon Unite was released for Nintendo Switch in July 2021 and for smartphones in September 2021, and the first world championship was held on the stage of Pokémon WCS2022!
The Japanese representative teams were "Takishima Grow Punch ver2.0" in 4th place and "Secret Ship" in 9th place.


Secret Ship Best Bout


S2_Yakou with a gut-punch!

The first game of the Korean team "Eternity" on Day 1 of the "Pokémon WCS2022 Pokémon Unite Division" (Played at around 7:13:18 ).
The team composition of "Secret Ship" is Pukrin, Woo Woo, Yadoran, Lucario, and Juniper, and that of "Eternity" is Amajo, Pukrin, Caillou, Happinas, and Yokubaris.
From the beginning, both teams started fighting aggressively, but ETY-HeRon's rolling Pukurin disrupted the battlefield.
S2_piui's Uu, which had reached level 9 early in the first Kajirigame match, used Unite to deal damage, and the Japanese team "Secret Ship" took the early game by storm.


Only 6 points behind

The object situation was even, and in the Thunder match, Kai Liu of Korea's "Eternity" got the last hit of the game. The score was 199 to 431, a difference of more than 200 points.
However, with 5 seconds left in the game, S2_piui's Woo Woo managed to score 100 points on a backdoor hit, and the final score was 475 to 469 in favor of Japan's "Secret Ship"!
The commentary team was very excited to see the 6-point comeback victory with 5 seconds left in the game.


Takishima Grow Punch ver2.0 Best Bout


Takishima Growpunch ver2.0 making its entrance

The second game of "Pokémon WCS2022 Pokémon Unite Division" Day 1 vs. the Korean team "No Show" (Play time 6:24:56)
The team composition of "No Show" is Hoopa, Kabigon, Gilgard, Caillou, and Amajo, and "Takishima Grow Punch ver. 2.0" is Woo, Happinus, Amajo, Gilgard, and Pukurin.
Although "Takishima Grow Punch ver2.0" won the first game, Ns-S4L's Caillou won the first two games at Level 9.


T2_Supercell with a piece.

However, at the time of the Thunder match, Ugwu and Amajo, both with "Takishima Grow Punch ver. 2.0," had reached level 14.
T2_Mame's Amajo got 3 kills in a row, and the Japanese team "Takishima Glowpunch ver2.0" won the tournament!


The winner was BLVKHVND from North America!



The final match was between "BLVKHVND," the winner of the Winners' tournament, and "Nouns Esports," the winner of the Loosers' final.
In the first match, BLVKHVND won thanks to the influence of BH/jb1's ace burn.
In the second game, BH Overlord's Lucario and BH jb1's Ace Burn, who continued to play, had a big difference in level from the beginning of the game, and BLVKHVND took advantage of it to win the game and clinch the championship.
In the third game, the level difference was even, but "BLVKHVND" won by showing their team strength in the group battle before Thunder.
They were crowned the first Pokémon Unite World Champions!


The winning team, BLVKHVND

Next year's Pokémon WCS will be held in Yokohama!



Pokémon Inc. has announced that the "Pokémon Unite" category will be held at the "Pokémon WCS 2023" next summer!
Pokémon WCS2023 will be held in Yokohama, Japan.
Pokémon fans are also faced with the hurdle of traveling to foreign countries, so we are pleased to announce that Pokémon WCS2023 will be held in Yokohama, Japan.
We are sure that Pokémon fans will be very happy to hear that the Pokémon WCS2023 will be held in Yokohama, Japan.


Pokémon Unite is currently holding its first anniversary event!
There is also a special campaign for beginners, so let's start now and aim to participate in the Pokémon WCS2023!
For more information, please check the official website of "Pokemon Unite" and the official Twitter account (@poke_unite_jp )!


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