Archer (Masters)
Archer アポロ Apollo | |
Archer's model | |
No. | 177 |
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English voice actor | Unknown |
Japanese voice actor | Unknown |
Description | A prideful executive of Team Rocket, he once took action and lead Team Rocket in Johto to bring back Giovanni, who had disappeared. |
Archer (Japanese: アポロ Apollo) is a Pokémon Trainer in Pokémon Masters EX, based on the character of the same name in the core series games. He forms a sync pair with Houndoom. This pair can be obtained through a variety sync pair scout beginning on September 6, 2023. This pair can be raised to 6★ EX since it first released.
Houndoom
Type | Dark | ||||||
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Move types | Dark / Fire | ||||||
Role | Sprint | ||||||
EX Role | Tech | ||||||
Base Potential | ★★★★★☆EX | ||||||
Houndoom ♂ | Weakness | Fighting | |||||
They spew flames mixed with poison to finish off their opponents. They divvy up their prey evenly among the members of their pack. | |||||||
Stats | HP | Attack | Defense | Sp. Atk | Sp. Def | Speed | |
Lv. 140, Base Potential | 650 | 424 | 161 | 424 | 176 | 395 | |
Lv. 140, Max Potential | 810 | 484 | 221 | 484 | 236 | 435 |
Moves
Name | Type | Category | Move gauge | Base Power | Max Power | Accuracy | Target | Description |
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Bite | Dark |
Physical | 2 | 42 | 50 | 100% | An opponent | Has a chance (30%) of making the target flinch. |
X Attack | None | Status | 0 (2 uses) |
— | — | — | Self | Raises the user’s Attack by 2 stat ranks. |
Flame Charge | Fire |
Physical | 2 | 30 | 36 | 100% | An opponent | Raises the user's Speed by 2 stat ranks. |
Don't Care for That! | None | Status | 0 (1 use) |
— | — | — | All allies | Reduces the user’s sync move countdown by 1. Raises the Speed and evasiveness of all allied sync pairs by 3 stat ranks. |
Sync moves | ||||||||
Regaining Evil Glory Dark Impact | Dark |
Physical | — | 200 | 240 | — | An opponent | The more the target’s Speed is lowered, the greater the power of this attack. (6★ EX effect: The first time the user’s sync move is used each battle, the sync move countdown is reduced by three.) (EX Role effect: Power of sync move increases 50%.) |
Skills
Name | Description |
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Passive Skills | |
Archer’s Proposal | Lowers the Speed of all opposing sync pairs by 1 stat rank when the user’s attack move is successful. Lowers the Speed of all opposing sync pairs by 2 stat ranks after using the user’s sync move. |
Head Start 1 | Reduces the user’s sync move countdown by 1 the first time it enters a battle each battle. |
Hunter’s Instinct | The more the target’s Speed is lowered, the more it powers up the user’s moves. |
Theme Skills | |
Dark Sprint | Raises allies' Attack and Sp. Atk by 12 when using Dark-type attacks. Raises the Speed of all allied sync pairs by 12. |
Johto Sprint | Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 1. Raises the Speed of all allied sync pairs by 1. |
Villain Sprint | Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 1. Raises the Speed of all allied sync pairs by 1. |
Expedition Skills | |
Rare ↑ 2 Soothing ↓ 2 | Raises the following discovery level by 2: • Rare Cache Lowers the following discovery level by 2: • Soothing Crystal |
Sync Grid
The sync grid for Archer and Houndoom is an expanded grid, made available since the pair first released.
Availability
Battle appearances
Archer and Houndoom can be battled against in:
Story appearances
Sync Pair Stories
- A Day with Archer
Quotes
- Main article: Archer/Quotes → Pokémon Masters EX
In the anime
Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer
Archer briefly appeared in the Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer as part of a team with Giovanni and Ariana.
Gallery
VS model (Normal colors) |
6★ model (Normal colors) |
6★ model (EX colors) |
VS model (EX colors) |
Archer's sync move mindscape (Goldenrod Radio Tower, Observation Deck) |
Trainer emote Nice! |
Trainer emote Watch out! |
Trainer emote Let's do this! |
Trainer emote Thanks! |
Trivia
Origin
Archer's design is based on his appearance in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. Houndoom is Archer's signature Pokémon in the Johto-based core series games. Houndoom's Dex entry comes from Pokémon Ultra Sun.
In other languages
Don't Care for That!
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Regaining Evil Glory Dark Impact
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Team Rocket | |||
Team Rocket Hideout • Viridian Gym • Team Rocket HQ • Rocket Warehouse | |||
Boss | |||
Giovanni (Pocket Monsters • Masters • Rainbow Rocket) | |||
Admins | |||
Archer (Masters) |
Ariana (Masters) |
Petrel (Masters) |
Proton (Masters) |
Other members | |||
Jessie (Masters) |
Meowth | James (Masters) | |
Grunts | |||
Grunts (Rocket Siblings • Rainbow Rocket) |
Scientists (Gideon) | ||
Animation and manga | |||
Anime characters • Adventures characters Grey (Golden Boys) • Kaede (How I Became a Pokémon Card) |
This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games. |