Extreme battle event
Extreme Battle Events (Japanese: 高難度バトルイベント High Difficulty Battle Event) are a type of limited-time events in Pokémon Masters EX.
Ancient Brawl
This event ran from June 3 to 21, 2021. It followed up on the Land and Sea Awaken and Masters of Land and Sea events. Players could earn special Team Magma and Team Aqua Pins by completing battles and event missions.
All sync pairs with the Hoenn theme skill received a ×5.0 bonus to their Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk and Sp. Def stats when used for this event.
This event reran from August 15 to 28, 2022.
Battles
Single player
| Name | Difficulty | Trainer | Pokémon | Stamina | First-Time Rewards | Completion Rewards | Battle Rewards | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left | Middle | Right | |||||||
| Fight the Land Incarnate! Part 1 | Super Hard |  Maxie |
 Charizard Weakness: 
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 Groudon Weakness: 
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Charizard Weakness:
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20 | Gems ×300 First run: Team Magma Pin Rerun: Team Magma Pin ×2 |
1500 coins | 3★ Level-Up Manual ×1-5 Great Buff Blend ×1-20 Ultra Buff Blend ×1-15 Buff Blend + ×1-10 |
| Fight the Sea Incarnate! Part 1 | Super Hard |  Archie |
 Empoleon Weakness: 
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 Kyogre Weakness: 
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Empoleon Weakness:
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20 | Gems ×300 First run: Team Aqua Pin First run: Team Aqua Pin ×2 |
1500 coins | 3★ Level-Up Manual ×1-5 Great Buff Blend ×1-20 Ultra Buff Blend ×1-15 Buff Blend + ×1-10 |
| Fight the Land Incarnate! Part 2 | Ultra Hard | Maxie |
Charizard Weakness:
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Groudon Weakness:
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Charizard Weakness:
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30 | Gems ×300 First run: Team Magma Pin Rerun: Team Magma Pin ×3 |
2000 coins | 4★ Level-Up Manual ×1-2 Great Buff Blend ×1-20 Ultra Buff Blend ×1-15 Buff Blend + ×1-10 Great Buff Blend + ×1-5 |
| Fight the Sea Incarnate! Part 2 | Ultra Hard | Archie |
Empoleon Weakness:
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Kyogre Weakness:
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Empoleon Weakness:
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30 | Gems ×300 First run: Team Aqua Pin First run: Team Aqua Pin ×3 |
2000 coins | 4★ Level-Up Manual ×1-2 Great Buff Blend ×1-20 Ultra Buff Blend ×1-15 Buff Blend + ×1-10 Great Buff Blend + ×1-5 |
Unity Gala Challenge
This event ran from September 1 to 16, 2021. It followed up on the Hearts United story event. Players could earn Gems after winning a battle.
All sync pairs with the Hoenn, Unova, and Alola theme skills received a ×5.0 bonus to their Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk and Sp. Def stats when used during certain courses of this event.
This event reran from December 30, 2022, to January 11, 2023.
Battles
Single player
| Name | Difficulty | Trainer | Pokémon | First-Time Rewards | Completion Rewards | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left | Middle | Right | |||||
| Alola Buddies Unite: Part 1 | Super Hard |  Lear |
 Solrock Weakness: 
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 Hoopa Hoopa Confined Weakness:
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 Lunatone Weakness:
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Gems ×300 | 1500 coins |
| Alola Buddies Unite: Part 2 | Ultra Hard | Gems ×300 | 2000 coins | ||||
| Unova Buddies Unite: Part 1 | Super Hard |  Rachel |
 Crabominable Weakness: 
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 Sandslash Alolan Weakness:
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 Avalugg Weakness:
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Gems ×300 | 1500 coins |
| Unova Buddies Unite: Part 2 | Ultra Hard | Gems ×300 | 2000 coins | ||||
| Hoenn Buddies Unite: Part 1 | Super Hard |  Sawyer |
 Gallade Weakness: 
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 Bewear Weakness:
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 Kommo-o Weakness: 
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Gems ×300 | 1500 coins |
| Hoenn Buddies Unite: Part 2 | Ultra Hard | Gems ×300 | 2000 coins | ||||
Team Rocket Takedown
This event ran from September 18 to 30, 2021. It followed up on the Looming Shadow of Kanto event. Players could earn Gems after winning a battle.
All sync pairs with the Kanto theme skill received a ×5.0 bonus to their Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk and Sp. Def stats when used for this event.
This event reran from February 17 to March 7, 2022.
Battles
Single player
| Name | Difficulty | Trainer | Pokémon | First-Time Rewards | Completion Rewards | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left | Middle | Right | |||||
| Kanto Alliance: Part 1 | Super Hard |  Giovanni |
 Scyther Weakness: 
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 Arcanine Weakness:
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 Pinsir Weakness:
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Gems ×300 | 1500 coins |
| Kanto Alliance: Part 2 | Ultra Hard | Gems ×300 | 2000 coins | ||||
Giovanni's Malice
This event ran from October 1 to 16, 2021. It followed up on the Spreading Shadows event and Main Story chapter Team Rocket Returns. Players could earn Gems after winning a battle.
All sync pairs with the Kanto theme skill received a ×5.0 bonus to their Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk and Sp. Def stats when used for this event.
This event reran from February 21 to March 7, 2022.
Battles
Single player
| Name | Difficulty | Trainer | Pokémon | First-Time Rewards | Completion Rewards | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left | Middle | Right | |||||
| Kanto Alliance: Part 1 | Super Hard | Giovanni |
 Kabutops Weakness:
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 Golem Weakness:
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 Tyranitar Weakness:
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Gems ×300 | 1500 coins |
| Kanto Alliance: Part 2 | Ultra Hard | Gems ×300 | 2000 coins | ||||
Light Up the Dark
This event ran from December 2 to 16, 2021. It followed up on the The Light Devourer story event. Players could earn Gems after winning a battle.
All sync pairs with the Alola theme skill received a ×5.0 bonus to their Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk and Sp. Def stats when used for this event.
Battles
Single player
| Name | Difficulty | Trainer | Pokémon | First-Time Rewards | Completion Rewards | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left | Middle | Right | |||||
| A Mother's Love: Part 1 | Super Hard |  Gladion |
 Infernape Weakness: 
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 Crobat Weakness:
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 Blaziken Weakness:
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Gems ×300 | 1500 coins |
| A Mother's Love: Part 2 | Ultra Hard | Gems ×300 | 2000 coins | ||||
Team Galactic Takedown
This event ran from January 15 to 31, 2022. It followed up on the Dreams of the Void event and Main Story chapter Dreaming in Darkness. Players could earn Gems after winning a battle.
All sync pairs with the Sinnoh theme skill received a ×5.0 bonus to their Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk and Sp. Def stats when used for this event.
Battles
Single player
| Name | Difficulty | Trainer | Pokémon | First-Time Rewards | Completion Rewards | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left | Middle | Right | |||||||
| Sinnoh Buddies Unite: Part 1 | Super Hard |  Jupiter |
 Saturn |
 Mars |
 Bronzong Weakness:
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Bronzong Weakness:
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Bronzong Weakness:
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Gems ×300 | 1500 coins |
| Sinnoh Buddies Unite: Part 2 | Ultra Hard | Gems ×300 | 2000 coins | ||||||
Cynthia's Determination
This event ran from February 14 to 28, 2022. It followed up on the Galactic Awakening event and the second half of the Main Story chapter Dreaming in Darkness. Players could earn Gems after winning a battle.
All sync pairs with the Sinnoh theme skill received a ×5.0 bonus to their Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk and Sp. Def stats when used for this event.
Battles
Single player
| Name | Difficulty | Trainer | Pokémon | First-Time Rewards | Completion Rewards | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left | Middle | Right | |||||
| Sinnoh Buddies Unite: Part 1 | Super Hard |  Cynthia Sygna Suit (Renegade) |
 Dragalge Weakness:
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 Giratina Altered Forme Weakness:
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 Noivern Weakness:
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Gems ×300 | 1500 coins |
| Sinnoh Buddies Unite: Part 2 | Ultra Hard | Gems ×300 | 2000 coins | ||||
Friendiversary Face-Off
This event ran from February 28 to March 17, 2022. It followed up on the Pasio Friendiversary event. Players could earn Gems after winning a battle.
The Psychic Buddies Unite areas were available from the beginning of the event, with the Flying Buddies Unite areas becoming available on March 2, 2022, and Dragon Buddies Unite areas on March 4, 2022.
Psychic-, Flying-, and Dragon-type sync pairs received a ×5.0 bonus to their Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk and Sp. Def stats when used for their corresponding areas in this event.
Battles
Single player
| Name | Difficulty | Trainer | Pokémon | First-Time Rewards | Completion Rewards | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left | Middle | Right | |||||
| Psychic Buddies Unite: Part 1 | Super Hard |  Cynthia |
 Vileplume Weakness:
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 Roserade Weakness:
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 Venusaur Weakness:
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Gems ×300 | 1500 coins |
| Psychic Buddies Unite: Part 2 | Ultra Hard | Gems ×300 | 2000 coins | ||||
| Flying Buddies Unite: Part 1* | Super Hard |  Hau |
 Beautifly Weakness:
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 Decidueye Weakness:
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 Dustox Weakness:
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Gems ×300 | 1500 coins |
| Flying Buddies Unite: Part 2* | Ultra Hard | Gems ×300 | 2000 coins | ||||
| Dragon Buddies Unite: Part 1* | Super Hard |  Lance |
 Salamence Weakness:
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 Altaria Weakness:
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 Dragonite Weakness:
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Gems ×300 | 1500 coins |
| Dragon Buddies Unite: Part 2* | Ultra Hard | Gems ×300 | 2000 coins | ||||
Calem's Might
This event ran from March 19 to 31, 2022. It followed up on the Verdant Guardian event. Players could earn Gems after winning a battle.
All sync pairs with the Kalos theme skill received a ×5.0 bonus to their Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk and Sp. Def stats when used for this event.
Battles
Single player
| Name | Difficulty | Trainer | Pokémon | First-Time Rewards | Completion Rewards | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left | Middle | Right | |||||
| Kalos Buddies Unite: Part 1 | Super Hard |  Calem |
Dragalge Weakness:
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Altaria Weakness:
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File:Masters454.png Toxicroak Weakness:
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Gems ×300 | 1500 coins |
| Kalos Buddies Unite: Part 2 | Ultra Hard | Gems ×300 | 2000 coins | ||||
Ethan's Epic Effort
This event ran from May 20 to 31, 2022. It followed up on the Rocket Execs Assemble event and Main Story chapter Team Rocket Revival. Players could earn Gems after winning a battle.
All sync pairs with the Kanto and Johto theme skills received a ×5.0 bonus to their Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk and Sp. Def stats when used for this event.
Battles
Single player
| Name | Difficulty | Trainers | Pokémon | First-Time Rewards | Completion Rewards | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left | Middle | Right | |||||||
| Take on Johto's Best! Round 1 | Super Hard |  Silver |
 Ethan |
 Lyra |
 Sneasel Weakness: 
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 Typhlosion Weakness:
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File:Masters154.png Meganium Weakness: 
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Gems ×300 | 1500 coins |
| Take on Johto's Best! Round 2 | Ultra Hard | Gems ×300 | 2000 coins | ||||||
Trio of Justice
This event ran from May 30 to June 16, 2022. It followed up on the Team Rocket Attacks event and Main Story chapter Team Rocket Revival. Players could earn Gems after winning a battle.
All sync pairs with the Kanto and Johto theme skills received a ×5.0 bonus to their Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk and Sp. Def stats when used for this event.
Battles
Single player
| Name | Difficulty | Trainer | Pokémon | First-Time Rewards | Completion Rewards | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left | Middle | Right | |||||
| Take on Lyra! Round 1 | Super Hard | Lyra |
 Jumpluff Weakness:
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File:Masters154.png Meganium Weakness:
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Vileplume Weakness:
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Gems ×300 | 1500 coins |
| Take on Lyra! Round 2 | Ultra Hard | Gems ×300 | 2000 coins | ||||
| Take on Kris! Round 1* | Super Hard |  Kris |
 Slowbro Weakness:
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 Feraligatr Weakness:
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 Vaporeon Weakness:
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Gems ×300 | 1500 coins |
| Take on Kris! Round 2* | Ultra Hard | Gems ×300 | 2000 coins | ||||
| Take on Ethan! Round 1* | Super Hard | Ethan |
Blaziken Weakness:
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Typhlosion Weakness:
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Infernape Weakness:
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Gems ×300 | 1500 coins |
| Take on Ethan! Round 2* | Ultra Hard | Gems ×300 | 2000 coins | ||||
Battle Hoenn's Best!
This event ran from July 31 to August 28, 2022. It followed up on the Team Magma's Red-Hot Rage event and Main Story chapter Delta of Land, Sea, and Sky. Players could earn Gems after winning a battle.
All sync pairs with the Hoenn theme skill received a ×5.0 bonus to their Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk and Sp. Def stats when used for this event.
Battles
Single player
| Name | Difficulty | Trainer | Pokémon | First-Time Rewards | Completion Rewards | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left | Middle | Right | |||||
| Take on Zinnia! Part 1 | Super Hard |  Zinnia |
Altaria Weakness:
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 Rayquaza Weakness:
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Salamence Weakness:
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Gems ×300 | 1500 coins |
| Take on Zinnia! Part 2 | Ultra Hard | Gems ×300 | 2000 coins | ||||
| Take on Wally! Part 1 | Super Hard |  Wally |
 Cacturne Weakness:
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Roserade Weakness:
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 Shiftry Weakness:
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Gems ×300 | 1500 coins |
| Take on Wally! Part 2 | Ultra Hard | Gems ×300 | 2000 coins | ||||
Looker's Tenacity
This event ran from August 12 to 28, 2022. It followed up on the Team Aqua's Stormy Seas event and Main Story chapter Delta of Land, Sea, and Sky. Players could earn Gems after winning a battle.
All sync pairs with the Hoenn theme skill received a ×5.0 bonus to their Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk and Sp. Def stats when used for this event.
Battles
Single player
| Name | Difficulty | Trainer | Pokémon | First-Time Rewards | Completion Rewards | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left | Middle | Right | |||||
| Take on Looker! Part 1 | Super Hard |  Looker |
 Hitmontop Weakness:
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 Croagunk Weakness:
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 Poliwrath Weakness:
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Gems ×300 | 1500 coins |
| Take on Looker! Part 2 | Ultra Hard | Gems ×300 | 2000 coins | ||||
Serious Battle with Powerful Trainers
This event ran from August 30 to October 3, 2022, alongside the Threads of Strength event. Players could earn Gems after winning a battle. The Take On Lorelei! areas were made available on September 1, 2022.
All Electric-type and Fighting-type sync pairs, as well as all sync pairs with the Kanto or Sinnoh theme skills received a ×5.0 bonus to their Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk and Sp. Def stats when used for this event.
Battles
Single player
| Name | Difficulty | Trainer | Pokémon | First-Time Rewards | Completion Rewards | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left | Middle | Right | |||||
| Take on Bertha! Part 1 | Super Hard |  Bertha |
 Probopass Weakness: 
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 Rhyperior Weakness:
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Tyranitar Weakness:
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Gems ×300 | 1500 coins |
| Take on Bertha! Part 2 | Ultra Hard | Gems ×300 | 2000 coins | ||||
| Take on Lorelei! Part 1* | Super Hard |  Lorelei |
 Starmie Weakness:
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Slowbro Weakness:
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 Lapras Weakness:
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Gems ×300 | 1500 coins |
| Take on Lorelei! Part 2* | Ultra Hard | Gems ×300 | 2000 coins | ||||
Battle Unova's Best!
This event ran from November 2 to 14, 2022. It followed up on the The Captured King event and Main Story chapter Team Plasma & Two Heroes. Players could earn Gems after winning a battle.
All sync pairs with the Unova theme skill received a ×5.0 bonus to their Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk and Sp. Def stats when used for this event.
Battles
Single player
| Name | Difficulty | Trainer | Pokémon | First-Time Rewards | Completion Rewards | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left | Middle | Right | |||||||
| Take on Colress! Part 1 | Super Hard |  Colress |
 Dugtrio Alolan Weakness:
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 Klinklang Weakness:
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 Metagross Weakness:
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Gems ×300 | 1500 coins | ||
| Take on Colress! Part 2 | Ultra Hard | Gems ×300 | 2000 coins | ||||||
| Take on Rosa! Part 1 | Super Hard |  Hilda |
 Rosa |
 Nate |
 Emboar Weakness:
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 Serperior Weakness: 
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 Braviary Weakness: 
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Gems ×300 | 1500 coins |
| Take on Rosa! Part 2 | Ultra Hard | Gems ×300 | 2000 coins | ||||||
Ghetsis's Villainy
This event ran from November 16 to December 3, 2022. It followed up on the Team Plasma's Icy Malice event and Main Story chapter Team Plasma & Two Heroes. Players could earn Gems after winning a battle.
All sync pairs with the Unova theme skill received a ×5.0 bonus to their Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk and Sp. Def stats when used for this event.
Battles
Single player
| Name | Difficulty | Trainer | Pokémon | First-Time Rewards | Completion Rewards | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left | Middle | Right | |||||||
| Take on Ghetsis! Part 1 | Super Hard |  Ghetsis |
 Golbat Weakness:
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 Hydreigon Weakness:
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Golbat Weakness:
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Gems ×300 | 1500 coins | ||
| Take on Ghetsis! Part 2 | Ultra Hard | Gems ×300 | 2000 coins | ||||||
Let Your Heart Shine!
This event ran from December 2 to 19, 2022, alongside the Leaders of a New Era event. Players could earn Gems after winning a battle.
All Water-type and Dark-type sync pairs, as well as all sync pairs with the Kalos theme skill received a ×5.0 bonus to their Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk and Sp. Def stats when used for this event.
Battles
Single player
| Name | Difficulty | Trainer | Pokémon | First-Time Rewards | Completion Rewards | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left | Middle | Right | |||||
| Take on Diantha! Part 1 | Super Hard |  Diantha |
Solrock Weakness:
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 Aurorus Weakness:
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Lunatone Weakness:
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Gems ×300 | 1500 coins |
| Take on Diantha! Part 2 | Ultra Hard | Gems ×300 | 2000 coins | ||||
| Take on Alder! Part 1 | Super Hard |  Alder |
 Mismagius Weakness: 
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 Chandelure Weakness:
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 Drifblim Weakness:
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Gems ×300 | 1500 coins |
| Take on Alder! Part 2 | Ultra Hard | Gems ×300 | 2000 coins | ||||
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