Published on June 24, 20200

Pokémon Unite Playable Characters | List of Playable Pokémon

The Pokémon Unite reveal may not have been the most appreciated ever for the famed franchise, but it is bound to be very popular when the dust settles. Developed by TiMi Studios, a Tencent subsidiary, in collaboration with Nintendo, the Pokémon MOBA is sure to draw many fans thanks to the roster of playable characters. Pikachu is the name that immediately stands out, but you'll get to control, level up, and evolve other popular Pokémon such as Charizard and Blastoise. In this guide we'll try to create a list of Pokémon Unite playable characters.

Pokémon Unite Playable Characters List

Nintendo and Tencent haven't yet revealed the full Pokémon Unite characters list, so this is what we could gather from the reveal trailer. Check the image above to see the familiar faces that you know and love, and that you're also going to control in the Pokémon MOBA:

Pikachu
Machamp
Snorlax
Charizard
Lucario
Gengar
Talonflame
Venusaur
Blastoise
Clefable

Pokémon Unite is a MOBA, but what is a MOBA anyway? This is the acronym for multiplayer online battle arena, used to designate a genre of game that became incredibly successful after the release of League of Legends. While Riot Games' title wasn't the first game of its genre, it was definitely the one that brought it worldwide fame and spawned countless clones. The ones that remain popular to this day are Dota 2 and SMITE, but hundreds and hundreds of other games fell by the wayside, not always due to lack of quality, but because the market became saturated.

A MOBA is a game where each player chooses and controls a character, usually in 5-on-5 team battles on an isometric map. This map is commonly comprised of three lanes (top, middle, and bottom), and the most usual victory condition is to destroy the opponents' main structure.

Pokémon Unite is a 5v5 MOBA, which means that you pick a Pokémon character at the start and team up with other four players to take on the enemy team.