How are respawn times determined in Pokémon Unite?

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I know that the respawn times become longer as a match progresses, but there are moments where I get knocked out at about the same time as someone else and have to wait much longer than them to respawn. For example, sometimes I have to wait 15 seconds to respawn, while someone else who got knocked out around the same time only has to wait 7 seconds. This is making me think that there’s other things that affect the respawn timer. With that said, how exactly are the respawn times calculated?

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After a lot of testing in practice mode and watching a lot of matches video, I found what factors could influence the death respawn timer.

For clarity sake, I will talk about “death” when killed by a player and “execution” when killed by an NPC. A “kill” is done by the player (assists aren’t relevant). I am specifying this because that means you can’t abuse this mechanic by dying on purpose versus neutral Pokemons in order to reset those factors (more specificallyKandP) while avoiding giving exp poins to your opponents.

So with all of this, I came up with this formula:

D = L + K + P/40 + T

where :

Lpossible values:

Tpossible values:

For further details about my analysis, you can look at my reddit topic:Death respawn timer formula.

Disclaimer:Like I said, all of this is solely based on my observations and testing and is not related to any official statement about the game but you can obviously verify it yourself. Having said all that, I honestly think those results are pretty solid but if you find anything interesting or contradicting about it, I would be eager to know it! :)

Some Pokemon Unite fans feel that the winning team takes too long to respawn, and the losers are back too quickly.

Such is the case with the MOBA’s respawn times. While there is no official guide on how respawning works, anyone who has played the game will tell you that it seems to take longer towards the end of the match, especially if you’ve been doing well. In the beginning, you can be back in the fight within five seconds, but towards the end you could be looking at a 40 second wait. Many fans believe this is far too long, and are calling on the developers to patch this.

The losing team respawns faster, and the winning team respawns slower.

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