Yes it would. It’s absolutely irrelevant right now and there’s little incentive to use it. I would buff its passive to return it to how it was. The damage and healing nerfs were fine but the passive nerf was the nail in the coffin.
It doesn't feel a defender. It's just an all-rounder with more bulk. Maybe I would buff Ice Beam's area of effect and Bubble Beam's CD to improve its CC a little bit. The other moves are fine and its passive should not be buffed at all
I wouldn't buff Lapras too much. Maybe Perish Song does need some buffs since its actually not good to use at all. Bubble Beam could also use some buffs as well. I prefer having this mon buffed to have variety of viable movesets like how Tyranitar got. That could solve its issues.
I feel the only reason lapras would need any buffs is to make people pay attention to it again, just like crams minor buffs made it somehow really aware of again, spragels did touch on the ‘placebo effect’ buffs cause no matter how small
I would honestly take ice beam/water pulse being nerfed again if it meant it could get its old boosted attack and passive. It was so fun to do an actual defender build with how unkillable it used to be in the past
@@Lucarecus I think even if you only nerf Trevenant Lapras is still gonna be one of the lowest pick rates and winrates tbh. SoloQ players and tournament players will opt for Umbreon, Slowbro, Crustle, Blastoise (despite some nerfs) and even Mime/Wiggly/Goodra/Greedent and have had much more competitive/SoloQ play and mileage/success so far. With the nerf track record and them just buffing Trevenant I also highly think it will still see play and that it won't get touched much or enough. I think it's almost impossible to make Trev bad/less prio imo unless you nerf almost every facet of it from CC, to passive, innate healing, all abilities, cooldowns, ..and to raw stats
It's good but i think it could use buffs atm not because it isn't necessarily "viable"/decent though As it is it has one of the lowest pickrates and winrates and is pretty hard outclassed by the other defenders (having arguably one of the weakest laning phases, much lower scaling/impact/utility, etc where things like zoning/peeling/CC/laning-phase/objective-phase/etc are really important) I think it needs a bit more of a niche and a bit more utility if not a slightly better laning/objective phase. I think they should slightly buff its unite move cooldown and cooldowns on bubble beam/ice beam maybe for this so it will be able to have a bit more of a niche to warrant more usage and better utility for zoning/peeling/set-ups/CC/etc (not that it needs to be CC heavy or exactly like other defenders but as it is it seems like just kind of a pretty mediocre all arounder atm). In general a lot of the other defenders have niches, are generally better at laning/objectives arguably, and have more utility overall while many can also 1v9
When I playe trios, I ALWAYS go against another trio and now especially with draft it becomes a pretty sweaty game. It's usually trio+duo against trio+duo, if both ends pick real characters it basically becomes a five stack game.
If u can buff the tree for no reason always why don't u just make lapras a Lil buff not too much though . second nerf of water pulse was unnecessary and 3 to 2 hp healing on basic attack also was unnecessary.
I really hate how they nerfed lapras. All they need to do is cut his damage and nerf unite. But with every patch they either barely even touched his damage output or nerfed his bulk. Now lapras feels more like all-rounder then a defender. And the fact TIMI probably will never make a defender that actually works like defender annoys me even more
Lapras is one of the few mons I find gives equal rewards it's skill, like it takes low skill and gives moderate reward which should be the case for all low skill mons, like there is the Eevees that take no skill give extreamly high rewards, and then there is stuff like aegislash and Luca, who give semi-decent rewards for very high skill, like its fine the way Lapras is
Blaziken players, listen. We can’t solo everything. Disengage retreating defenders if they have over half health and the level difference is minimal. Focus the attackers first, then the speedsters, then the all rounders. Defenders last.
You know you’re the only solo queue player in the game, yet you act like their trio is against a team of only solos. Yes you had 2 duos and you and they had a duo and trio, but obviously the game tries to make it as fair as possible most of the time and can’t always Your problem with trio players is clearly more than it being slightly advantageous in some games where it doesn’t find another trio, it just comes across as jealousy
would you buff Lapras?
I wouldn't buff lapras, I would just nerf the stronger defenders
Yes it would. It’s absolutely irrelevant right now and there’s little incentive to use it. I would buff its passive to return it to how it was. The damage and healing nerfs were fine but the passive nerf was the nail in the coffin.
nope
No
It doesn't feel a defender. It's just an all-rounder with more bulk. Maybe I would buff Ice Beam's area of effect and Bubble Beam's CD to improve its CC a little bit. The other moves are fine and its passive should not be buffed at all
as a lapras main i will riot for buffs
I wouldn't buff Lapras too much. Maybe Perish Song does need some buffs since its actually not good to use at all. Bubble Beam could also use some buffs as well. I prefer having this mon buffed to have variety of viable movesets like how Tyranitar got. That could solve its issues.
I feel the only reason lapras would need any buffs is to make people pay attention to it again, just like crams minor buffs made it somehow really aware of again, spragels did touch on the ‘placebo effect’ buffs cause no matter how small
I would honestly take ice beam/water pulse being nerfed again if it meant it could get its old boosted attack and passive. It was so fun to do an actual defender build with how unkillable it used to be in the past
Tyranitar is kinda broken now honestly if he gets farm .
Agreed just a tiny buff not Overbuffed
Lapras is ok but main problem is trevenant
I still remember when Mewtwo y lapras and blissey used to be the most broken trio comp
imagine the era where ur farming and out of no where a laprass express carrying zacian having comfey comes
@@karan_510 yup I was inteleon main that time I used to play with my friend blastoise... we survived and did 1600 too
Oh, good times, good times
@@x_y_z5854 intellion was point and click, ur also part of the problem
@@thefreshvince879 it was a great counter to Mewtwo
Zacian🤡 don't forget glaceon was there too
That Blissey 😻
Bubble beam and ice beam buffs would be nice
Lapras definitely needs buffs. Very irrelevant in front of other defenders
Nerfing other defender like Trev feels more reasonable in my opinion
Don't want to go back to the meta where laparas was just too strong
@@Lucarecus I think even if you only nerf Trevenant Lapras is still gonna be one of the lowest pick rates and winrates tbh. SoloQ players and tournament players will opt for Umbreon, Slowbro, Crustle, Blastoise (despite some nerfs) and even Mime/Wiggly/Goodra/Greedent and have had much more competitive/SoloQ play and mileage/success so far.
With the nerf track record and them just buffing Trevenant I also highly think it will still see play and that it won't get touched much or enough. I think it's almost impossible to make Trev bad/less prio imo unless you nerf almost every facet of it from CC, to passive, innate healing, all abilities, cooldowns, ..and to raw stats
@@lguy8476 true but I don't want the never dying laparas
Curse items are good against it but even so yk
nerfing a different character wont make lapras more popular....lol
BUFF MY SEA CAMEL
It's good but i think it could use buffs atm not because it isn't necessarily "viable"/decent though
As it is it has one of the lowest pickrates and winrates and is pretty hard outclassed by the other defenders (having arguably one of the weakest laning phases, much lower scaling/impact/utility, etc where things like zoning/peeling/CC/laning-phase/objective-phase/etc are really important)
I think it needs a bit more of a niche and a bit more utility if not a slightly better laning/objective phase. I think they should slightly buff its unite move cooldown and cooldowns on bubble beam/ice beam maybe for this so it will be able to have a bit more of a niche to warrant more usage and better utility for zoning/peeling/set-ups/CC/etc (not that it needs to be CC heavy or exactly like other defenders but as it is it seems like just kind of a pretty mediocre all arounder atm).
In general a lot of the other defenders have niches, are generally better at laning/objectives arguably, and have more utility overall while many can also 1v9
Honestly speaking playing a dead non usable pokemon is winning me more games Than buffed pokemon💀
Lapras is one of the most balanced defenders in the game.
I mean its the only one
When I playe trios, I ALWAYS go against another trio and now especially with draft it becomes a pretty sweaty game. It's usually trio+duo against trio+duo, if both ends pick real characters it basically becomes a five stack game.
I like when the boost autos healing Good
No need to buff damage or durability. However, I think it would be interesting if Ice Beam's speed-up effect was buffed.
That Lapras skin is pretty cute
Well I use Bubble Beam instead of Ice Beam, I think both are good
If u can buff the tree for no reason always why don't u just make lapras a Lil buff not too much though . second nerf of water pulse was unnecessary and 3 to 2 hp healing on basic attack also was unnecessary.
I use my unite move after defeating rayquaza to bring a player with me to score goals
It's to squishy Timi literally make it squishy
I wanna play Lapras but then trevenant and Blastoise give me the sideeye
Trev and umbreon 😂
Cris mimicked how me and my friends feel after triple stacking. We are happy after winning against solo queues 😊. We are so proud of ourselves
I don't play Lapras, but the last time i did, i still managed to carry
It was last week probably
lapras needs some defense i think ....I think it has lost a lot of defense and is comparatively lesser in defense to the other defenders
Lapras needs some buffs imo, the passive nerf was the reason i stopped using Lapras😢
i was wondering y i am getting many ppl playing lapras in ranked then i saw this vedio uploaded an hour ago
Nice
I would like perish song to do better against shielded opponents. That would make both moves viable on draft. Otherwise dont touch my Lapras!
I am pretty sure even after this video, timi will buff lapras just like the other pokemon that shouldn't be buff.
I really hate how they nerfed lapras. All they need to do is cut his damage and nerf unite. But with every patch they either barely even touched his damage output or nerfed his bulk. Now lapras feels more like all-rounder then a defender. And the fact TIMI probably will never make a defender that actually works like defender annoys me even more
technically that's what lapras is suppose to be, but it is suppose to be bulkier.
Imo lapras is really bad right now, compared to the other defenders. Its just a good unite move at this point but even the cooldown on that is meh now
the cooldown is so bad and lapras is too slow or isnt strong enough to kill mobs
Lapras is one of the few mons I find gives equal rewards it's skill, like it takes low skill and gives moderate reward which should be the case for all low skill mons, like there is the Eevees that take no skill give extreamly high rewards, and then there is stuff like aegislash and Luca, who give semi-decent rewards for very high skill, like its fine the way Lapras is
Blaziken players, listen.
We can’t solo everything. Disengage retreating defenders if they have over half health and the level difference is minimal. Focus the attackers first, then the speedsters, then the all rounders. Defenders last.
I'd buff for sure. Poor mon just feels like a worse trevenant right now
When it buffed??
I think bubble blast and perish song better moveset...❤
I legit get into masters every season thanks to lapras, don't think buffs are needed.
U are good with the mon, it just sucks right now
lapras needs buffs bad. i think lapras only does good against bad players
Yes. Buff my precious.
GarbageHeroes
No it shouldn't be, Launch Lapras was an unkillable demon we do not need to exist again
You know you’re the only solo queue player in the game, yet you act like their trio is against a team of only solos. Yes you had 2 duos and you and they had a duo and trio, but obviously the game tries to make it as fair as possible most of the time and can’t always
Your problem with trio players is clearly more than it being slightly advantageous in some games where it doesn’t find another trio, it just comes across as jealousy
I started playing Lapras few days ago and yeah it feels like it needs some lil bufs, both beamns is kinda low in damage