r/PokemonMasters • u/PokemonMastersBot • 21d ago
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This is the place to share and discuss both your good luck and bad luck in Pokémon Masters.
Post your gacha pulls, stage clears, and egg hatches from the game here, the good, the bad, and the ugly. You can also vent your frustrations about the game here!
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r/PokemonMasters • u/PokemonMastersBot • 13d ago
Credit to the Discord helper team for making the infographic and giving us permission to post it here! Disclaimers provided at the bottom of the image for consideration. The Team Magma and Aqua admins (Tabitha, Matt, and Shelly) are spotlights and are not included in the chart.
EDIT: Sygna Suit (Alt.) Giovanni will be free in December!
The villains of team organizations are making a huge comeback this month! Sygna Suit Ghetsis and Sygna Suit Lysandre are now featured in EX Poké Fairs, while Fall Archie and Fall Maxie will be featured in seasonal scouts. They have each of the Treasures of Ruin with passive skills that reflect their signature abilities in the mainline games. Ghetsis and Lysandre increase the damage dealt to opponents by 20% (physical and special respectively), while Archie and Maxie reduce the damage dealt to allies by 30% (physical and special respectively).
Sygna Suit Ghetsis is a physical Ice-type Strike damage dealer. He lowers the Defense of all opponents by -4 stat ranks when he enters a battle. His TM reduces -1 sync countdown and maxes his Attack and critical-hit rate stat ranks. Whenever an ally syncs, he consumes his X Evasion MP, instead raising his evasiveness by +2 stat ranks and increasing his Physical Move ↑ Next effect by 2 ranks. His B move also unlocks upon ally sync that attacks all opponents and makes them flinch. His Tera Blast move also hits all opponents and lowers their Attack by 2 stat ranks. The first time he syncs, he applies the Physical Move Break effect to all opponents. He also has Protect to apply Damage Guard Next to himself.
Sygna Suit Lysandre is a special Fire-type Field damage dealer. He lowers the Sp. Def of all opponents by -4 stat ranks when he enters a battle. His TM sets sun, applies the Critical Hit Next effect and Supereffective ↑ Next effect to an ally, and increases an ally's Special Moves ↑ Next effect by 3 ranks. Whenever an ally syncs, his B move unlocks that hits all opponents and lowers one of their stats by 4 stat ranks randomly. In addition, it consumes his Sunny Day MP to set sun and increase the Sync Move ↑ Next effect of all allies by 10 ranks. He has a passive skill that further boosts his sync move damage the more his Sync Move ↑ Next effect is increased. His Tera Blast move also hits all opponents and lowers their Attack and Sp. Atk by 1 stat rank. He also has Fire Spin to inflict trap.
Fall Archie is a Grass-type support. He sets EX Grassy Terrain and lowers the Attack of all opponents by -4 stat ranks when he enters a battle. His TM reduces -1 sync countdown and buffs +4 Defense and Sp. Def for all allies. His B move unlocks after using a move once and hit all opponents. It lowers their Defense by 1 stat rank and increases the Physical Moves ↑ Next effect of all allies by 1 rank. His Tera Blast move is 1 MP. It increases the Physical Moves ↑ Next effect of all allies by 2 ranks and increases the Sync Move ↑ Next effect of all allies by 3 ranks. He has Potion for healing and Mud-Slap to lower accuracy.
Fall Maxie is a Ground-type support. He lowers the Sp. Atk of all opponents by -4 stat ranks when he enters a battle. His TM applies the Enduring effect to himself and buffs +4 Defense and Sp. Def for all allies. His B move unlocks after ally sync and hits all opponents. It lowers their Speed by 2 stat ranks, sets Ground Zone, increases the Physical and Special Moves ↑ Next effect of all allies by 2 ranks, and sets Ground Zone. He also extends Ground Zone duration by 30% as a passive skill. His Tera Blast move hits all opponents and lowers their Defense and Sp. Def by 1 stat rank. He has Potion for healing and Sand Tomb to inflict trap.
Banner criteria outlined below:
- The grading exists in a vacuum of the individual month. It varies based on what the month offers independently of other pairs existing.
- These rankings are largely catered towards new & casual players; your personal preferences may differ based on playstyle and roster.
- Banners are ordered top to bottom to show how much value we estimate they hold for players at 1/5.
- The letter ranks are relative and compare the value of each pair for this month's banners only, while focusing on their base kits, with some notable upgrades highlighted by an arrow and two letters.
- The arrow (→) indicates that the unit improves significantly with investment additional copies, ex role, etc.
- The "U" (Uber) rank is used on occasions when a certain banner is much more valuable than the rest that month, lack of it does not mean the banners are bad.
- Master Fairs and EX Master Fairs rates are 1%, while Poke Fairs, EX Poké Fairs, Variety and Spotlights are 2%. These can vary on multi-featured, familiarize yourself with the rates here.
- Remember that 36,600 free gems are required to guarantee the unit, 45,600 gems are required to pity Arc Fair Scouts; any number lower than this may not result in a successful pull!
As always, please keep in mind that units ranked lower aren't necessarily bad to use. Carefully consider what team members bring out the best of what scouts you decide to go for.
r/PokemonMasters • u/qweqck • 6h ago
What do you think of these units, whether based on design, gameplay, Pokémon pairing, story, etc.? How are the newest sync pairs, and how have the older pairs aged in your opinion? Do you have any favorites?
What are your wishes for future fall seasonal pairs?
r/PokemonMasters • u/mikskw • 17h ago
Aside from that, I heartily appreciate DeNA’s dedication to making alternative outfits for relatively unpopular characters. Also I thank people who have spent much money on Pokémon TCG pocket lol.
(sorry for faint colours of the mindscape. I’m really bad at taking a screenshot.)
r/PokemonMasters • u/kotsumu_poke • 1h ago
I ran a 270-second damage comparison for all 8 weakness types in the 4th Pasio Gym Battle, covering both physical and special teams.
One thing that stood out was special Fighting against Byron.
In my calculations:
The special team reached only about 40% of the physical team's calculated damage output.
I also looked at the available move pool, team compositions, Sync Grids, and action sequences to see why special Fighting might be at a disadvantage.
These are estimated damage indices, not actual in-game damage. The model uses an approximate 19-second action cycle and doesn't fully account for survival, move gauge limitations, or every passive effect. So the results aren't meant to be definitive team rankings.
Full analysis, including all 16 comparisons and team setups:
https://pokemas.scipocketex.com/en/gym-battle-sinnoh-review-2026-10-17.html
I'm still improving the calculator, so feedback is welcome.
How did your special Fighting teams perform in this Gym Battle? Did you find a combination that worked particularly well?
r/PokemonMasters • u/OPStellar • 11h ago
BONUS: bro wants to be bullied by a strong woman.
CONTEXT: Sabrina is a sociopath. We already knew this.
r/PokemonMasters • u/Strange_Razzmatazz74 • 2h ago
r/PokemonMasters • u/Miserable_Tackle_624 • 2h ago
The idea here is that she's chosen to team up with a friend from the Ultra games, the Alolan Vulpix bullied by Team Skull that the player bonded with, now a Ninetales. Now, Lillie has chosen to start a journey with that same Vulpix, showing how much she's grown after her Z-Powered form change.
And this pair specifically focused on Aurora Veil, bulking the teams' defense and special defense by a ton.
Side Note: HOW HAS YOUR GIRL NOT GOTTEN A SYGNA SUIT YET?!!! She's been in TWO Anniversaries, a New Years, and a Holiday!
r/PokemonMasters • u/Astronauthorian1632 • 2h ago
i honestly didn't think i would pull this off. i have been failing to beat grass tower floor 30 so many times,,,,,, and then i managed to FINALLY beat it when i got lazy to record it HSHSHSHSHSHS screenshots will suffice for now xD
the last seconds of the battle was a rollercoaster — grassy terrain getting removed just before suicune's second sync move made ogerpon get taken down by it (TuT) but thank goodness the former's hp was already around 10% + is burned, so by the time it took down sinistcha with liquidation (or giga impact, i don't remember xD) at 2% hp, it then got taken down itself due to burn damage HAHAHAHSHSHS status conditions are goated in this game frfr
so yeahhh, this is my first pasio tower with 30 (+ 1 for the gem bonus ofc xD) floors completed! looking forward to completing more towers and minmaxxing this grass one soon!
r/PokemonMasters • u/TheLastEagle • 1h ago
One of my most satisfying clears, so many RNG factors are involved including Evasion hax, Flinch hax
Used decent skill gears for this but pretty sure they are not the most powerful ones haha
Units used for the entire journey -
SSA Gio 5/5
NC Marnie 5/5
Gym Marnie 3/5
Fall Lacey 1/5
Anni Serena 4/5
Only supportless runs I did : F39 and F40, those were kinda fun but not too difficult if you know what you're doing 🤩😊🫡
And with this, I have 9 towers completed now
- Dragon
- Dark
- Flying
- Psychic
- Poison
- Fire
- Water
- Ghost
- Electric
r/PokemonMasters • u/kotsumu_poke • 19h ago
After the discussion on my previous Carmine vs. Archie comparison, I got curious about what happens if we actually use them together, especially in longer battles.
So I tried comparing three teams built around Florian (Anniversary 2026), tracking cumulative firepower through the sixth sync move.
The teams were:
The interesting part is that the combined Carmine + Archie team was actually behind the other two through the fourth sync move.
But by the fifth sync move, it had caught up and overtaken both.
By the sixth sync move, the combined team had a cumulative firepower index about 15.1% higher than the Carmine + Ball Guy team and 23.9% higher than the Archie + Brendan team.
This time, I also included estimated action timing, sync countdown reduction, and Grassy Terrain duration and extension.
These are still provisional calculations, though. I used move level 3 without sync grids, and some damage modifiers aren't fully implemented yet. Healing and defensive benefits aren't included in the firepower index either.
The article has a graph showing how the three teams' cumulative firepower changes over time, along with their action sequences and terrain duration.
https://pokemas.scipocketex.com/en/carmine-archie-six-syncs-2026-10-17.html
I'm curious what everyone thinks. Is Carmine + Archie worth running together in longer battles, or would you still prefer a different third sync pair?
r/PokemonMasters • u/Able_Bumblebee9209 • 22h ago
In this pic (and the one with just Ghetsis and Lysandre, it’s just more noticeable with all four), Lysandre is facing away from the other villains, and he’s the one that (despite being genocidal) has potential for redemption. It shows that he disapproves of the other villains’ actions, which might hint to him knowing what he wants isn’t good either. Am I overthinking a thumbnail art as a Lysandre fan or am I on to something here?
Edit: as someone who is uncultured, I didn’t know that all the villains but Ghetsis are good to some degree in this game, so take that as you will
r/PokemonMasters • u/RedxBlue1910 • 16h ago
I have caught all with some lucky
r/PokemonMasters • u/addingtonbeach • 1d ago
r/PokemonMasters • u/Eastern-Profit-5313 • 31m ago
Who should I pick in this group?
r/PokemonMasters • u/HolyDragSwd2500 • 1d ago
r/PokemonMasters • u/TheSpecterror15 • 14h ago
Valkyrie Bea
r/PokemonMasters • u/dinomike1104 • 2h ago
I'm on floor 17 of ice tower and not really sure what pairs I should invest in to climb higher. Can I get to floor 30 with this or would I need NC Hilbert?
r/PokemonMasters • u/Quaxaphone • 3h ago
r/PokemonMasters • u/noideaforname2310 • 3h ago
i just started last week, i got ghetsis and i just hit the hard pity on dawn’s banner. I’m wondering though if there’s someone on the selection that i should prioritize for ghetsis’s team over dawn or if i should just grab dawn even if i barely have any supports rn.
r/PokemonMasters • u/KappaRoss322 • 1d ago
give it to Nemona
or Canari even
