Best Builds, Held Items, Movesets and Gameplay Tips

Tinkaton is now the newest Pokémon to join the ever-increasing character fray of Pokémon Unite. It is a new Melee All-rounder type Pokémon, with lots of control and disruptive abilities. As a versatile melee attacker, Tinkaton brings a blend of high damage output, crowd control, and utility to the battlefield, making it a valuable asset to any team. This guide will let you know about Tinkaton in Pokémon Unite, its abilities, best items, and team compositions.

Previously, we have discussed how to master playing with other Pokémon like Pikachu, Mamoswine, Eldegoss, Zeraora, Blissey, Charizard, Snorlax, Tsareena, Decidueye, Dragonite, Talonflame, Cinderace, Greninja, Gardevoir, Venusaur, Wigglytuff, Trevenant, Gengar, Lucario, Aegislash, Crustle, Hoopa, Garchomp Absol, Alolan Ninetales, Duraludon, Cramorant, Blastoise, Slowbro, Machamp, Mr. Mime, Greedent, Azumarill, Sylveon, Gyarados, Miraidon, Falinks, Ceruledge, Ho-Oh, Darkrai, Armarouge and Psyduck. Therefore, one must make sure to check those guides as well. For now, let’s focus on Tinkaton.

Tinkaton: In-game Cost

You can obtain the Unite license for the Melee All-Rounder Tinkaton for 13,000 Aeos coins or 790 Aeos gems at the Unite Battle Committee shop.

Pokémon Unite Tinkaton Movesets

Tinkaton is a melee All-rounder-type Pokémon in Pokémon Unite that has lots of damage capabilities, making it a powerful ally. Its abilities provide lots of attack buffs making it easier for it to effectively outdamage other Pokémon. Combined with the offensive perks of its basic attack and passive ability, Psyduck can easily out-damage other Pokémon early on.

Tinkaton evolves 3 stages of evolution: Tinkatink (Lvl. 1), Tinkatuff (Lvl. 5), Tinkaton (Lvl. 7)

Basic Attack

As the user evolves, its hammer’s size and basic attack range increase. Whenever a set amount of time passes, the next basic attack becomes a boosted attack, dealing increased damage and restoring the user’s HP.

When the user is hit by a basic attack from an opposing Pokemon, this boosted attack’s cooldown is reduced.

Passive: Mold Breaker

This Pokemon deals additional damage to opposing Pokémon that have an active shield effect. Each time this Pokémon hits another Pokémon from the opposing team with moves or boosted basic attacks, its hammer becomes stronger and its Attack increases (up to 60 times maximum).

Also, after the hammer is strengthened 20, 40, and 60 times, Rock Smash, Gigaton Hammer, and Smackdown power up.

Ability 1 – Fairy Wind

Has the user stir up a fairy wind in the designated direction, dealing damage and applying a slowing effect to opposing Pokemon it hits.

Ability Choices at Level 5

Upon reaching Level 5, Tinkaton can select either of the following two moves:

Ice Hammer	Thief
Has the user leap in the designated direction and swing down its freezing hammer, dealing damage, applying a slowing effect to opposing Pokemon in the area of effect, and decreasing their Attack and Sp. Atk for a short time.	Increases the user’s movement speed for a short time. When the user is moving toward an opposing Pokemon affected by hindrances, its movement speed is further increased. Also, when the user deals damage to opposing Pokemon with its next basic attack, the user steals and uses a portion of the Pokemon’s Defense and Sp. Def for a short time.
Upgrade: Further decreases Attack and Sp. Atk	Upgrade: Increase the amount of Defense and Sp. Def the user steals.

Ability 2 – Rock Smash

Has the user swing down its hammer with rock-crushing force, dealing damage to opposing Pokemon in the area of effect and leaving them unable to act. The stronger the hammer, the larger this move’s area of effect.

Ability Choices at Level 7

At Level 7, either of these two moves becomes available:

Gigaton Hammer	Smackdown
Has the user charge power before swinging down its hammer, dealing damage to opposing Pokemon in the area of effect and throwing them. The longer power is charged, the more damage this move deals, and the longer opposing Pokemon are thrown. The stronger the hammer, the larger this move’s area of effect.	Has the user charge power, then use its hammer to send a rock flying to the designated location, dealing damage to opposing Pokemon at the rock’s point of impact and applying a slowing effect to them. The longer power is charged, the farther the rock can fly. The stronger the hammer, the farther the rock can fly.
Upgrade: Reduces this move’s cooldown	Upgrade: Reduces this move’s cooldown.

Unite Move: Kiss Bliss Kaboom

Has the user blow cute kisses at the designated Pokemon from the opposing team and others near it, leaving them unable to act for a short time. If this move is used again, the user slams its hammer down on the designated location, dealing damage to the opposing Pokemon it hits.

Best items for Tinkaton in Pokémon Unite

Further in this guide, we will discuss the best-held items for Tinkaton in Pokémon Unite, as well as its best battle item.

Best Held Items

Item(s)	Benefits
Attack Weight	This item is very helpful as it increases Tinkaton’s attack whenever it scores a Goal.
Focus Band	It helps Tinkaton regenerate a portion of its HP whenever it’s low, this item also grants extra defense making it a viable item for Tinkaton.
Weakness Policy	This held item helps improve Tinkaton’s overall attack by increasing Tinkaton’s attack whenever enemies attack it

You could also opt for any of the following Held Item Choices:

• Focus Band, Muscle Band, and Weakness Policy
• Charging Charm, Curse Bangle, and Rapid-Fire Scarf

Best Emblems

We’ll recommend the following emblem structure:

• 6 Whites
• 6 Oranges
• 2 Blues
• 1 Purple

This will grant lots of bonus HP, Attack, Sp. Attack and Movement Speed allows Trinkaton to effectively damage enemies while easily rotating across lanes to farm and level up effectively.

Best Battle Items

• Eject Button: It helps Tinkaton to quickly reposition during team fights.
• X-Attack: It grants bonus Attack for a short period which can be useful for Tinkaton
• Full Heal: It removes all crowd-control effects and debuffs on Tinkaton and increases its damage whilst the item is active.

Pokémon Unite Tinkaton Guide: Gameplay Tips

Our Pokémon Unite Tinkaton Guide will now discuss how to play or a perfect game plan for the Pokémon, across the game. The following division has two sections of the early and late game, which players must make sure to read, till the end.

Early Game

Tinkaton is an Allrounder-role Pokémon that is quite powerful as it becomes stronger the more it fights. Regardless, it is advisable to use Tinkaton in the Top/Jungle Lane, there Tinkaton will be able to stack up, farm, and get stronger the more it attacks enemies. While using Psyduck, First unlock Rock Smash as it has a higher base damage and control making it easier to farm apioms and level up.

Level up to unlock, Fairy Wind to slow down enemies and deal damage to them from a ranged distance. While using Tinkaton, it is advisable to hit wild Pokémonor opposing enemy Pokémonto and stack up the passive of Mold Breaker. Mold Breaker makes Tinkaton’s abilities grow stronger and better over time, granting extra Attack range and boosting the ability’s overall damage.

As an All-rounder-type Pokémon, ensure to farm up and rotate to help your allied attacker-type Pokémon farm and get stronger. While rotating across lanes, ensure to mark the opposing team’s support as Tinkaton deals more damage to them. Apart from getting stronger and better the more it fights, Tinkaton can also be annoying due to how it reduces the enemy’s Sp. Atk and Sp. Def. with its evolved abilities.

On levelling up to attain level 5, you would get to choose between Ice Hammer and Thief. Both abilities are powerful as they both can reduce enemies’ attack potential by reducing the Sp. Defence or Sp. Atk. Both abilities are powerful and useful in their way, the final pick is dependent on the enemy’s composition. Nonetheless, your ability pick would determine what kind of combo you will use with Tinkaton, some of the ability combos include:

• Ice Hammer + Gigaton Hammer
• Thief + Smack Down

Late Game

On levelling up to Level 7, Tinkaton evolves and can choose which ability best combos with the previously selected Level 5 ability. When choosing the best combo, you would be able to easily stack up Tinkaton’s passive and secure major objectives for your team.

On unlocking Tinkaton’s Sure-hit Unite move, it is best used during core teamfights as it leaves enemies unable to act while the ability is active, thus giving you and your teammate an edge during team-fight. Using the Unite move again allows Tinkaton to slam the ground and deal more damage to all surrounding enemies, making this ability a powerful and annoying Unite move during teamfights.

Therefore, it’s best to save Tinkaton’s Unite move for important teamfights, such as when trying to get Rayquaza or Zapdos. In short, farm, level up, and use your disable or control abilities to mark enemy main Attacker-type Pokémon, so your team can easily take it down and gain the edge. Do also remember to focus on scoring /defending goals and taking objectives with your teammates and you’ll be just fine with Tinkaton.

Positioning of Tinkaton

The best path for Tinkaton is the Top/Jungle Lane. Early on, Tinkaton should focus on levelling up, stacking its passive, and rotating across lanes to help allied attackers score and accumulate points for the team.

Tinkaton with other Pokémon

Our Pokémon Unite Tinkaton guide will also talk about the relationship between Tinkaton and other Pokémon.

Best synergies with Psyduck

Tinkaton is an Allrounder-Pokémon that focuses mainly on rotating to assist allies and give them the edge on the battlefield with your Crowd-control and disable abilities. Due to the nature of its passive, Tinkaton is susceptible to highly mobile enemies capable of dealing lots of burst damage.

Pokémon	Benefits
Snorlax	Snorlax’s high disruptive abilities alongside Tinkaton’s boosted abilities and disrupt abilities would be quite powerful working together.
Blissey	Tinkaton’s attacking prowess combined with good healers like Blissey would increase its general effectiveness as it will allow Tinkaton to stack-up easily.
Alolan Ninetales	Constant Freeze and Disrupt abilities from Alolan Ninetales combined with Tinkaton’s slow and damage buff will be really powerful against enemies.

Pokémon that are strong and weak against Tinkaton

Tinkaton is countered by Pokémon with high Control and Disrupt abilities.

Pokémon that Tinkaton counters	Pokémon that counter Tinkaton
Cramorant	Trevenant
Cinderace	Miraidon
Garchomp	Slowbro
Decidueye	Alolan Ninetails
Blissey	Snorlax

Pokémon Unite Tinkaton Guide: Tips, tricks and strategies

Our Pokémon Unite Tinkaton guide includes the perfect game plan for the early and late game during the Unite battles.

• Ensure to always stack Tinkaton’s Mold Breaker passive before engaging in teamfights, to maximize its effects.
• Use abilities like Ice Hammer or Thief to weaken and reduce enem
• Prioritize attacking shielded enemies to deal extra damage to them and gain the advantage.
• Use Tinkaton’s Unite ability to give your team the attacking power edge during core teamfights.
• Do remember that Mold Breaker only stacks up against opposing enemy Pokémon or Wild Pokémon

Final Thoughts

Players must keep all the valuable points in mind while playing with Tinkaton. It is a powerful Melee Allrounder-type Pokémon with a lot of cool abilities that would help tilt the battle to your team’s side. Read more of our Pokémon Unite content!

That’s all for today’s Pokémon Unite Tinkaton Guide. Do you prefer to use Tinkaton in any other way? Let us know in the comment section below!

For more Mobile Gaming news and updates, join our WhatsApp group, Telegram Group, or Discord server. Also, follow us on Google News, Instagram, and Twitter for quick updates.