Lear, Rachel and Sawyer debut new Sync Pairs in Pokémon Masters EX alongside launch of the Golden Bonds on Pasio Story Event and Gimmighoul Coin Rally

Pokémon Masters EX continues its five-year anniversary celebrations with the launch of a brand new Story Event, Golden Bonds on Pasio, and debuts for three new Sync Pairs. Also commencing today is the Gimmighoul Coin Special Rally, giving players a use for all the Mysterious Old Coins they've been collecting for the past ten days. The developers have also made brief announcements regarding compatibility issues with recently released updates for mobile operating systems.

Story Event: Golden Bonds on Pasio
In this new story event, Lear sets his sights on collecting a thousand photos demonstrating bonds between Sync Pairs. This event is available in-game now, and will continue until September 30th, at 10:59pm (PDT).

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As with other recent Story Events, this event features an altered, simplified format, where players will collect Event Points as they complete battles, earning rewards based on the total amount of event points acquired instead of trading for specific desired rewards. Players will need to collect a total of 10,000 Event Points for this event in order to receive all possible rewards. Featured event rewards include 5★ Scout Tickets, Skill Items, a Tech Move Candy Coin, 5★ Power-Ups, and Event Medals. Other rewards able to be obtained include Special Skill Feather 50, custom Sync Orbs for Sygna Suit Lear & Gholdengo, and Lucky Cookies for Sygna Suit Lear & Gholdengo, Sawyer & Honchkrow, and Rachel & Umbreon.

As usual for events of this type, players will have an increased chance of receiving bonus rewards if they take on event battles using teams that feature specific sync pairs. The more of these sync pairs that players place in their lineup, the greater the bonus received. The applicable Sync Pairs and reward rates are as follows:

• Sygna Suit Lear & Gholdengo: +60% (×1.6) bonus rewards
• Rachel & Gimmighoul, Sawyer & Gimmighoul: +40% (×4.6) bonus rewards
• All other sync pairs with the Pasio Theme Skill: +20% (×1.2) bonus rewards
• All other Ghost- and Steel-type Sync Pairs

These bonuses stack additively, so having a team consisting of Sygna Suit Lear & Gholdengo, Rachel & Gimmighoul, and Sawyer & Gimmighoul would grant a combined +140% (×2.4) rewards.

Players should also note the following when playing this event:

• The number of plays available for Daily Extreme Battle 1 are reset every day at 11:00pm (PDT).
• To participate, players must have completed Main Story Chapter 1: The More the Merrier (Normal) in single-player.
• The sync pairs that appear as opponents in battle have different capabilities than those players can actually obtain.
• All mission completion rewards must be claimed within three days of the mission period ending.
• All Event Points collected during this event will be automatically deleted once the event is over.

Log-in Bonus
The Golden Bonds on Pasio event includes a log-in bonus over 10 days. Players can receive these bonuses up until September 29th, at 10:59pm (PDT), so even if you're a couple of days late starting the event you'll still have the chance to receive all of the available gifts.

• Day 1: Skip Ticket ×20
• Day 2: Gems ×100
• Day 3: Gems ×100
• Day 4: Gems ×100
• Day 5: Skip Ticket ×30
• Day 6: Gems ×150
• Day 7: Gems ×150
• Day 8: Gems ×200
• Day 9: Skip Ticket ×30
• Day 10: Gems ×200

Pokémon One Thousand Bonds Sweepstakes
In conjunction with the Golden Bonds on Pasio Story Event, the Pokémon One Thousand Bonds Sweepstakes have been announced on the official English and Japanese language accounts on X, giving players the opportunity to win a variety of prizes.

For these competitions, a variety of prizes will be distributed if players share 1,000 Photos made in the Pokémon Masters EX in-game Photo creator on the appropriate regional hashtags. Posts made on both English and Japanese hashtags will each contribute to a single shared goal, and in-game prizes will be received by all players globally if the goal is reached, however the English and Japanese competitions will each have separate prize pools for physical prizes.

The prizes include:

• Pokémon Masters EX themed File folder (valued at US $9.99 each) - 25 English winners / 55 Japanese winners
• Pokémon Masters EX themed giant poster (Valued at US $14.99 each) - 8 English winners / 15 Japanese winners

To enter the competitions, players must follow the appropriate account on X for their region (@PokemonMasters / @pokemas_game), and then post their photo to X, using the appropriate hashtag for their region (#Pokemon1000Bonds / #ポケモン1000のきずな), before October 1st at 7:59am (PDT) / 11:59pm (JST). Players may enter either contest once per day over the course of the competition, up to a maximum of 15 entries during the contest period.

The English language contest is only open to legal residents of the United States or Canada (excluding Quebec) at the time of entry, who are at least 18 years old and the legal age of majority in their jurisdiction. Selection of winners will take place on or around October, with prizes expected to be delivered starting in January 2025. For the Japanese competition meanwhile, winners will be notified in mid-October, with prizes due to be shipped from early-November.

Gem Special
In conjunction with the Sygna Suit Lear Master Fair Scout, the following four Gem Specials will be available in the purchase gems tab of the in-game shop until September 30th, at 10:59pm (PDT), offering discounted prices on paid gems.

• Sep. Master Fair gem special 1: Gems ×300
• Sep. Master Fair gem special 2: Gems ×1,300
• Sep. Master Fair gem special 3: Gems ×4,000
• Sep. Master Fair gem special 4: Gems ×14,000

New and Updated Pasio Sync Pairs
Sygna Suit Lear Master Fair Scouts
Lear debuts his new sync pair with Gholdengo in this limited-time Master Fair Scout running alongside Golden Bonds on Pasio. This scout is available in-game now, and will run through to September 30th, at 10:59pm (PDT). As usual for Master Fair scouts, 5★ Sync Pairs will have a 12% chance of appearing, with the featured pair having a higher chance of appearing than other pairs. Master Fair-exclusive Sync Pairs may reappear in future Master Fair Scouts.

Lear & Gholdengo are a Steel-type Sprint Role Sync Pair. This Master Fair-exclusive Sync Pair is being released with an expanded sync grid, the ability to be raised to 6★ EX, and the ability to unlock a Strike (Special) EX Role when raised to 6★ EX. Raising the pair to 6★ EX also unlocks a new outfit for Lear, changing his outfit to a red jacket and pants with yellow and black trim.

The Sygna Suit Lear Master Fair Scout includes a daily discount, where players can perform a single scout for ×100 paid gems. This daily discount can be used 1 time per day during the entire length of the scout. The first five times players perform a Sync Pair Scout ×11 for this scout, they will also receive the following bonus presents:

• 1st Scout: Strike Move Candy Coin ×1, Support Move Candy Coin ×1, Tech Move Candy Coin ×1
• 2nd Scout: 5★ Power-Up ×2
• 3rd Scout: Sprint Move Candy Coin x1, Field Move Candy Coin ×1
• 4th Scout: 5★ Power-Up ×4
• 5th Scout: Move Candy Coin ×1

In addition, a Special Present! Sygna Suit Lear Master Fair Scout is also available, requiring paid gems. This scout gives the same rewards as the regular Sygna Suit Lear Master Fair Scout for the first five times players perform a Sync Pair Scout ×11 for this scout. In addition, players who team up with Sygna Suit Lear & Gholdengo in this scout will also receive a Strike Roll Cake item, which is required to unlock their EX Role.

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Sygna Suit Lear & Gholdengo combine a range of buffs for themselves and their party together with drastic debuffs for their opponents, enabling players to rain down Special damage attacks on opponents. Their Behold My Kingly Shine! Status move sets them up with the application of the Move Gauge Acceleration effect to the allied field of play, along with raising their Sp. Atk by 6 stat ranks, and their critical-hit rate by 3 stat ranks. With this, Sygna Suit Lear & Gholdengo can bust out their Make It Rain move with its impressive 176 Base Power, while also not suffering any reductions to their Sp. Atk thanks to their Golden Authority Passive Skill. After anyone on their team uses a Sync Move, their Precious Make It Rain move can smack all opponents with a base power of 300 that's not lowered for multiple targets, while also debuffing opponents Sp. Def by 3 stat ranks, and applying a Free Move Next effect to all allied sync pairs. On top of all this, Sygna Suit Lear & Gholdengo are the latest Sync Pair with the ability to apply a Circle to the allied field of play. Their Pasio Circle (Defensive) Field Effect powers up the special attack and sync moves of the player's team by 5%, while reducing all attack move and Sync Move damage received by allies (from both physical and special moves) by 10%. These values are boosted when the team includes additional Sync Pairs with the Pasio Theme Skill, up to a maximum of 20% power-up and 25% damage reduction. You can read more about this sync pair on Bulbapedia.

Double Feature Variety Scout
Rachel and Sawyer are debuting new Variety Sync Pairs today in the Double Feature Variety Scout together with their new Gimmighoul sync partners. Both pairs are being released with an expanded sync grid, the ability to be raised to 6★ EX, and the ability to unlock a EX Role when raised to 6★ EX. These sync pairs use the same costumes as those from their regular sync pairs with Umbreon and Honchkrow respectively, and do not have EX Styles when raised to 6★ EX, nor their own individual sync pair stories.

In addition to the regular Variety Scout, Trainers can also take advantage of a Presents! Limit 3! Double Feature Variety Scout, a special Sync Pair Scout requiring paid gems, that, as the name implies, can be used up to 3 times. Players will receive a 50% discount on their first Sync Pair Scout ×11 for this special Spotlight Scout, making it 1,500 Gems rather than the usual 3,000. As an added bonus, players will also receive bonus items every time they do a Sync Pair Scout ×11 for this special Spotlight Scout. The bonuses that are received are as follows:

• 1st Time (50% off)
  • Custom ★ Power Up for Rachel & Gimmighoul ×5
  • Custom Sync Orb for Rachel & Gimmighoul ×200
  • Custom ★ Power Up for Sawyer & Gimmighoul ×5
  • Custom Sync Orb for Sawyer & Gimmighoul ×200
• 2nd Time
  • Custom ★ Power Up for Rachel & Gimmighoul ×5
  • Custom Sync Orb for Rachel & Gimmighoul ×200
  • Custom ★ Power Up for Sawyer & Gimmighoul ×5
  • Custom Sync Orb for Sawyer & Gimmighoul ×200
• 3rd Time
  • Lear's Retainers Scout Ticket x1
  • Custom ★ Power Up for Rachel & Gimmighoul ×10
  • Custom Sync Orb for Rachel & Gimmighoul ×200
  • Custom ★ Power Up for Sawyer & Gimmighoul ×10
  • Custom Sync Orb for Sawyer & Gimmighoul ×200

The Lear's Retainers Scout Ticket allows Trainers to use the Lear's Retainers Guarenteed Ticket Scout, ensuring they scout the either Rachel & Gimmighoul or Sawyer & Gimmighoul guarenteed. Both the Double Feature Variety Scout and the Presents! Limit 3! Double Feature Variety Scout will be available until September 30th, at 10:59pm (PDT). The associated Lear's Retainers Guarenteed Ticket Scout will be available until October 7th, at 10:59pm (PDT).

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Rachel & Gimmighoul (Roaming Form) are a Ghost-type Support Role Sync Pair with an unlockable Sprint EX Role, whose moves and abilities revolve around boosting up Special Attackers. Their Exploooore! Status move raises the Speed of all allied sync pairs by 2 stat ranks, the critical-hit rate of all allied sync pairs by 1 stat rank, and increases the Special Moves ↑ Next effect of all allied sync pairs by 1 rank. Their Group Morale Boost 9 Passive Skill additionally boosts the Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by one stat rank when Rachel uses a Trainer move. You can read more about this sync pair on Bulbapedia.

Sawyer & Gimmighoul (Chest Form) are a Ghost-type Support Role Sync Pair with an unlockable Sprint EX Role. Their Moves and Abilities are primarily focused on protecting themselves and the party from attacks. Their Hands Off! Status move uses 3 bars of the move gauge to apply the Physical Damage Reduction and Special Damage Reduction effects to the allied field of play, as well as raising the Defense and Sp. Def of all allied sync pairs by 2 stat ranks. Their Confuse Ray attack meanwhile combos with their Curative Confusion Passive Skill, restoring their HP any time they successfully attack a confused opponent. You can read more about this sync pair on Bulbapedia.

Addition of new Themes and Theme Skills for Pasio Sync Pairs
In addition to the newly debuting Sync Pairs, a selection of existing Sync Pairs will be receiving new Themes and Theme Skills, making them compatible with Sygna Suit Lear & Gholdengo's new Pasio Circle. These include:

• 5★ Lear & Hoopa
• 5★ Paulo & Lycanroc
• 4★ Rachel & Umbreon
• 4★ Sawyer & Honchkrow
• 4★ Tina & Flareon
• All Main Character Sync Pairs (including Egg Sync Pairs)

Gimmighoul Coin Special Rally
A new Mission Bingo and a Special Exchange will be running alongside the Golden Bonds on Pasio Story Event and the associated Scouts.

Get Gimmighoul Coins Mission Bingo
A new Mission Bingo has been added for the Gimmighoul Coin Special Rally, with the following tasks each awarding a varying amount of Gimmighoul Coins each.

• Misc: Talk to a Trainer in the Pokémon Center ×1 - Awards Gimmighoul Coins ×3
• Misc: Send a like 5 times - Awards Gimmighoul Coins ×77
• Activity: Use stamina ×999 - Awards Gimmighoul Coins ×77
• Explore: Complete a battle in the following area ×3: Sync Orb Area - Awards Gimmighoul Coins ×21
• Misc: Use random view to check 10 player profiles - Awards Gimmighoul Coins ×33
• Battle: Complete the following area ×1 with no more than one sync pair falling to 0HP: "Daily Extreme Battle" in "Story Event: Golden Bonds on Pasio" - Awards Gimmighoul Coins ×42
• Activity: Use the Daily Scout ×1 - Awards Gimmighoul Coins ×47
• Train: Hatrch an Egg ×2 - Awards Gimmighoul Coins ×49
• Misc: Have 3 interactions in the Trainer Lodge (counts only if the interactions are completed) - Awards Gimmighoul Coins ×19

Gimmighoul Coins ×50 are available for each level of bingo, with an additional Gimmighoul Coins ×299 in Bingo Rewards for completing all of these Missions. This Mission Bingo will remain available until September 30th, at 10:59pm (PDT).

Gimmighoul Coin Special Exchange
Players will be able to trade the Mysterious Old Coins they earn from the Get Gimmighoul Coins Mission Bingo and Special Event: Mysterious Old Coins for a small variety of items. The highlight is a Lear's Retainers Scout Ticket, used in the previously mentioned Lear's Retainers Guarenteed Ticket Scout, which requires 999 Gimmighoul Coins.

iOS 18 and Android 15 Compatibility Issues
The developers of Pokémon Masters EX have acknowledged ongoing compatibility issueswith the recently released iOS 18 and Android 15 updates. Until operations checks are complete, players have been asked to refrain from updating the OS on their iOS devices.