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Learn Umbreon's strengths and weaknesses in Pokemon Unite. A versatile support tank that excels in team-oriented play.

Umbreon is a highly flexible pick in Pokemon Unite that matches well into nearly every team composition and counters most opposing teams. It is very durable and difficult to defeat without focused effort or dedicated tank-shredding Pokemon. Umbreon can passively ignore some forms of crowd control (debuffs that hinder movement or actions) a few times per match. As a Defender, it can be surprisingly mobile with the move Foul Play, which can also displace enemies a short distance. Umbreon can trap enemies in a small area and prevent their escape with Mean Look, making it quite good at zoning opponents. The move Snarl can debuff enemy damage output and stun them. With Wish, Umbreon can slot into a healer role or function as a healer/tank hybrid. Its Unite move uniquely steals enemy shields. Umbreon hits its power spikes earlier, following a level 4-6-8-10-12 progression curve, and fully evolves at level 4. It passively heals out of combat starting at level 8 and is generally easy to pick up and play.

However, Umbreon's Eevee stage, though brief, is weak. Umbreon has low damage output, even when building items to increase it, and struggles significantly with last-hitting farm and objectives, being slow to solo farm and awful at soloing objectives. It is very dependent on teammates as it lacks the ability to carry a match alone. All of its crowd control abilities have a wind-up period before taking effect. Its Unite move provides unusually low self-shielding if it cannot steal shields from enemies. The passive self-healing is slow and is shut off by any incoming or outgoing damage. Umbreon can struggle to engage on long-ranged teams and cannot stand toe-to-toe with late-game scaling Pokemon on its own. It is vulnerable to being poked down, especially without Wish, and can struggle to protect allies from multiple divers. Mastering Umbreon's kit requires significant nuance, and it is less effective in specific roles than specialized Pokemon (e.g., a weaker healer than Blissey, a weaker bodyguard than Slowbro, or a weaker initiator than Mamoswine).