{"id":130886,"date":"2022-12-29T17:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T17:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-143086"},"modified":"2022-12-29T17:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T17:30:00","slug":"pokemon-unite-welcomes-dragapult-to-the-fray-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/12\/29\/pokemon-unite-welcomes-dragapult-to-the-fray-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon Unite Welcomes Dragapult To The Fray Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"media_block\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9a5b86857f434\/large.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9a5b86857f434\/small.jpg\" class=\"media_thumbnail\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.nintendolife.com\/9a5b86857f434\/1280x720.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<aside class=\"object object-youtube\">\n<figure class=\"youtube\" data-videoid=\"sk5dob5kEWI\">[embedded content]<figcaption class=\"youtube-sub\">Subscribe to <a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/subscription_center?add_user=nintendolife\">Nintendo Life<\/a> on <span class=\"g-ytsubscribe\" data-channel=\"nintendolife\" data-layout=\"default\" data-count=\"default\"><a class=\"external\" rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/nintendolife\">YouTube<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/aside>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/switch-eshop\/pokemon_unite\">Pok\u00e9mon Unite<\/a> continues to bring in new &#8216;mons into its roster, and the <a class=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PokemonUnite\/status\/1608447748281352193\">last addition in 2022<\/a> is none other than Dragapult, the Dragon\/Ghost-type from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/games\/nintendo-switch\/pokemon_sword_and_shield\">Pok\u00e9mon Sword &amp; Shield<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Dragapult is a new Ranged Attacker who can use the move &#8216;Dreep and Destroy&#8217; to fire two little Dreepy at its opponent. We&#8217;ve always thought that&#8217;s a <em>little<\/em> cruel, but they seem to enjoy it (we used it a lot in Sword &amp; Shield). But the attack blast also damages nearby enemies. It can also use Dragon Breath, Dragon Dance, and Phantom Force.<\/p>\n<p>Like its main game counterpart, Dragapult is all about strength and speed, meaning it&#8217;ll be just about as tough to take down in Unite as in other games! you can see how it uses Phantom Force to its advantage right here:<\/p>\n<aside class=\"object object-tweet\"><!-- cache: oembed\/https:\/\/twitter.com\/pokemonunite\/statuses\/1607013383965908992 @ 2022-12-30T06:01:31+00:00 --><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p><span lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Phantom Force increases Dragapult\u2019s movement speed and has it enter stealth. After stealth ends, Dragapult\u2019s basic attack speed is increased for a short time. Knock out a Pok\u00e9mon from the opposing team to reset Phantom Force\u2019s cooldown! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PokemonUNITE?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PokemonUNITE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Q7ZuYG7sKB\">pic.twitter.com\/Q7ZuYG7sKB<\/a><\/span>\u2014 Pok\u00e9mon UNITE (@PokemonUnite) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PokemonUnite\/status\/1607013383965908992?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p><em>Will you be using Dragapult in Pok\u00e9mon Unite? Let us know!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[embedded content]Subscribe to Nintendo Life on YouTube Pok\u00e9mon Unite continues to bring in new &#8216;mons into its roster, and the last addition in 2022 is none other than Dragapult, the Dragon\/Ghost-type from Pok\u00e9mon Sword &amp; Shield! Dragapult is a new Ranged Attacker who can use the move &#8216;Dreep and Destroy&#8217; to fire two little Dreepy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nintendo-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130886"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130886\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}