A sync pair (Japanese: バディーズBuddies) is a pair consisting of one Pokémon Trainer and one Pokémon in Pokémon Masters. Each sync pair has one of three roles: strike sync pairs, which are focused on attacking; support sync pairs, which are focused on defending, healing HP, and increasing stats of the whole team; and tech sync pairs, which are focused on different tactics, such as inflicting status alterations.
Sync pairs gain experience and level up by winning battles. Leveling up increases a sync pair's stats, with them being identical in their role to the stats of the main games except for Speed, which instead affects the rate at which the move gauge fills. Sync pairs have level caps, but the player can unlock and increase these level caps by using items or increasing the stars of the pair; for example, Iris and Haxorus initially have a level cap of 30, which can be increased to 45, or again to 60. The maximum level that can be reached with 5 stars and with the level cap fully unlocked is 100. Reaching certain levels can allow the Pokémon to evolve; for example, at level 30, Barry's Piplup can evolve into Prinplup, after which it can later evolve into Empoleon, which then causes it to learn the sync move Late Fee Bubble Beam.
Sync pairs have access to Pokémon moves, which require a specific amount of move gauge units to be used; Trainer moves, which can only be used a set number of times in a battle; and Passive Skills, which are similar to Abilities. After a certain amount of moves have been used, a more powerful sync move can be used as well, which can be leveled up. Some pairs may have locked moves, which can be unlocked by using Training Machines.
Types are applied only to Pokémon moves, with each sync pair having a weakness to a specific type.
List of sync pairs
The following is a list of currently playable sync pairs, listed in the order they are presented on the Dex page. At launch, the game is expected to have 65 playable sync pairs, with more sync pairs added after the release.
The following Trainers have been shown in supplementary material and in the game itself, but are not currently playable. They may become available in future updates. Note that some characters do not yet have a known sync partner.
