Sync move

A sync move (Japanese: バディーズわざ Buddies move) is a powerful move that can be used during battle in Pokémon Masters. According to Professor Bellis, sync stones are required for sync pairs to use a sync move. These are rare stones that are only found in the oceans of Pasio. They are known to amplify the power that arises from the bond between Trainer and Pokémon, which she calls "sync strength." As the bond grows, so does the strength of the sync move. Every Trainer in Pasio has a Poryphone with an embedded sync stone to allow all to access sync moves.

Example of a sync move

Mechanics

During battle, a sync move can only be used if the sync move countdown is at 0. At the start of the battle, the sync move countdown begins at 9 (6 for the opponent's sync pair and 4 for wild Legendary Pokémon) and each time a sync pair uses a move, the countdown decreases by one. Once the countdown is down to 0, a sync move can be unleashed at any point. Once a sync move is used, the countdown resets back to 9. After a sync move lands, the player's team receives a boost in power.

Any sync pair from the player's team can use a sync move once the countdown reaches 0. In contrast, on the opponent's team, only one Pokémon can use sync moves. Moreover, while the player's sync move targets only one opponent, the opponent's sync move will cause damage to all of the player's Pokémon and, before version 1.6.0, would reset all the statistics that were powered up.

The power of the sync move (along with the rest of the sync pair's regular moves) can be increased by increasing the sync pair's move level. Move level can be increased by using a Move Candy or by obtaining a duplicate sync pair through Sync Pair Scout. The power can be increased four times (up to Level 5), resulting in a 20% increase in power compared to Level 1. The only exception is Leaf & Eevee, who are currently the only sync pair with a non-damaging sync move.

Prior to version 1.9.0, upon entering any battle, a Sync Orb Chance may activate. If a sync move is used during such a battle, five sync pair-specific sync orbs (in single player) or 25 co-op sync orbs (in co-op) will be awarded.

List of sync moves

The following is a list of currently available sync moves.

Name	Type	Category	Base Power	Max Power	Effect	Sync Pair(s)
All-about-Focus Avalanche	Ice	Physical	200	240	The power of this move is increased during a hailstorm.	Candice & Abomasnow
Arm Thrust of Mighty Waves	Fighting	Physical	200	240	The more the opponent’s Defense is lowered, the greater the power of this move.	Brawly & Hariyama
Aquatic Prince Hydro Pump	Water	Special	200	240	Its power increases if the target is trapped.	Wallace & Milotic
Barefoot High Jump Kick	Fighting	Physical	250	300	No additional effect.	Maylene & Medicham
Battle Fanatic Heat Crash	Fire	Physical	250	300	No additional effect.	Hilda & Emboar
Beguiling Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	160	192	Become Mega Houndoom until the end of battle.	Karen & Houndoom
Blissful Echo Hyper Voice	Normal	Special	300	360	No additional effect.	Cheryl & Blissey
Broken Sleep Psychic	Psychic	Special	250	300	No additional effect.	Caitlin & Reuniclus
Bug Expert Twineedle	Bug	Physical	160	192	Become Mega Beedrill until the end of battle.	Bugsy & Beedrill
Bug Sync Beam	Bug	Special	200	240	No additional effect.	Viola & Surskit
Burn-It-All Overheat	Fire	Special	250	300	No additional effect.	Flint & Infernape
Card Shark Night Slash	Dark	Physical	200	240	The power of this move is increased if none of the opponent's stats are raised.	Grimsley & Liepard
Crashdown Aqua Jet	Water	Physical	200	240	This move's power increases if the target is flinching.	Crasher Wake & Floatzel
Crazy Cool Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	200	240	This move's power increases if the target is flinching.	Grant & Aurorus
Crystalline Aqua Tail	Water	Physical	250	300	No additional effect.	Kris & Feraligatr
Dark Authority Black Hole Eclipse	Dark	Physical	200	240	Its power increases if the target is flinching.	Nanu & Persian
Dark Tales of the Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	250	300	No additional effect.	Shauntal & Chandelure
Dimensional Defender Draco Meteor	Dragon	Special	250	300	No additional effect.	Zinnia & Rayquaza
Dragon Sage Outrage	Dragon	Physical	250	300	No additional effect.	Iris & Haxorus
Earthquake of Ancient Lore	Ground	Physical	160	192	Become Mega Garchomp until the end of battle.	Cynthia & Garchomp
Electric Sync Beam	Electric	Special	200	240	No additional effect.	Lt. Surge & Voltorb
Endless Possibilities Extreme Evoboost	Normal	Status	—	—	Increases the user's move gauge by the sync move's current level. Sharply raises the Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, Speed, and accuracy of all allied sync pairs.	Leaf & Eevee
Endless Summer Gigavolt Havoc	Electric	Special	250	300	No additional effect.	Hau & Raichu
ESP Prodigy Psywave	Psychic	Special	160	192	Become Mega Alakazam until the end of battle.	Sabrina & Alakazam
Factory Head X-Scissor	Bug	Physical	160	192	Become Mega Pinsir until the end of battle.	Noland & Pinsir
Fashionista Dazzling Gleam	Fairy	Special	250	300	No additional effect.	Valerie & Sylveon
Fierce Fames Eruption	Fire	Special	250	300	No additional effect.	Ethan & Typhlosion
Fiery Passion Overheat	Fire	Special	200	240	Its power increases if the target is burned.	Flannery & Torkoal
Fighting Sync Impact	Fighting	Physical	200	240	No additional effect.	Brawly & Makuhita, Maylene & Meditite
Fire Sync Beam	Fire	Special	200	240	No additional effect.	Ethan & Cyndaquil/Quilava, Scottie/Bettie & Charmander/Charmeleon/Charizard, Serena & Fennekin/Braixen
Fire Sync Impact	Fire	Physical	200	240	No additional effect.	Blaine & Ponyta, Hilda & Tepig/Pignite, Scottie/Bettie & Torchic
Flyaway Air Cutter	Flying	Special	200	240	Its power increases if the target is flinching.	Winona & Pelipper
Freezing Terror Blizzard	Ice	Special	200	240	Its power increases if the target is frozen.	Lorelei & Lapras
Fundamental Takedown	Normal	Physical	250	300	Its power increases if the user is affected by a status condition.	Cheren & Stoutland
Ghost Sync Impact	Ghost	Physical	200	240	No additional effect.	Phoebe & Dusclops
Give-It-All-Ya-Got Power-Up Punch	Fighting	Physical	160	192	Become Mega Lucario until the end of battle.	Korrina & Lucario
Glacial Freeze-Dry	Ice	Special	160	192	Become Mega Glalie until the end of battle.	Glacia & Glalie
Gourmet Octazooka	Water	Special	200	240	Its power increases if the target is burned.	Siebold (Holiday 2019) & Octillery
Grass Sync Beam	Grass	Special	200	240	No additional effect.	Lyra & Chikorita/Bayleef, Rosa & Snivy/Servine
Grass Sync Impact	Grass	Physical	200	240	No additional effect.	Brendan & Treecko/Grovyle, Ramos & Weepinbell, Scottie/Bettie & Bulbasaur/Ivysaur/Venusaur, Dawn & Turtwig/Grotle, Scottie/Bettie & Bellsprout/Weepinbell/Victreebel
Grateful Friend Flare Blitz	Fire	Physical	200	240	The more the user's Speed has been raised, the greater the power of this move.	Marley & Arcanine
Ground Sync Impact	Ground	Physical	200	240	No additional effect.	Clay & Palpitoad
Heart of Gold Leaf Storm	Grass	Special	200	240	The more the user's stats are raised, the greater the power of this move.	Lyra & Meganium
High Fashion Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	250	300	No additional effect.	Sygna Suit Elesa & Rotom
High-Flying Sky Attack	Flying	Physical	200	240	The more the user's Speed has been raised, the greater the power of this move.	Skyla & Swanna
High-Stakes Liquidation	Water	Physical	160	192	Become Mega Sharpedo until the end of battle.	Sygna Suit Grimsley & Sharpedo
Honor Student Power Gem	Rock	Special	250	300	No additional effect.	Roxanne & Probopass
Ice Sync Beam	Ice	Special	200	240	No additional effect.	Pryce & Seel
Insectible Struggle Bug	Bug	Special	250	300	No additional effect.	Burgh & Leavanny
Island Splintered Stormshards	Rock	Physical	250	300	Removes physical and special damage-reducing effects from the opponents' field of play.	Kukui & Lycanroc
Late Fee Bubble Beam	Water	Special	250	300	No additional effect.	Barry & Empoleon
Leaf Blade of Sundering	Grass	Physical	250	300	No additional effect.	Brendan & Sceptile
Light-Up-The-World Thunderbolt	Electric	Special	200	240	The more the target’s Speed is lowered, the greater the power of this move.	Clemont & Heliolisk
Lights, Camera, Ice Shard	Ice	Physical	200	240	The power of this move is increased if not all of the opponent's stats are raised.	Brycen & Cryogonal
Living Legend Blast Burn	Fire	Special	160	192	Become Mega Charizard X until the end of battle. Raises the user's critical-hit rate.	Sygna Suit Red & Charizard
Lonely Flower Shadow Punch	Ghost	Physical	250	300	No additional effect.	Phoebe & Dusknoir
Mind-Bending Psychic	Psychic	Special	200	240	Its power increases if the target is paralyzed.	Calem & Meowstic
Modern Ninja Sludge Bomb	Poison	Special	200	240	Its power increases if the target is poisoned or badly poisoned.	Koga & Crobat
Mystery Masquerade Psychic	Psychic	Special	200	240	Its power increases if the target is confused.	Will & Xatu
Mystical Fire of Positivity	Fire	Special	200	240	Its power increases if the target is asleep.	Serena & Delphox
Nature-Loving Petal Dance	Grass	Special	200	240	Its power increases if the target is paralyzed.	Erika & Vileplume
Never-Ending Royal Nightmare	Ghost	Physical	200	240	The more the user's Defense has been raised, the greater the power of this move.	Acerola & Palossand
New Dawn Wood Hammer	Grass	Physical	200	240	The more the user's Attack has been raised, the greater the power of this move.	Dawn & Torterra
Ninja Spirit Cross Poison	Poison	Physical	200	240	Its power increases if the target is poisoned or badly poisoned.	Janine & Ariados
No Mercy Dragon Pulse	Dragon	Special	250	300	No additional effect.	Clair & Kingdra
Normal Sync Impact	Normal	Physical	200	240	No additional effect.	Scottie/Bettie & Rattata/Raticate, Scottie/Bettie & Meowth/Persian, Scottie/Bettie & Tauros
Old Growth Razor Leaf	Grass	Physical	200	240	This move's power increases if the opponent is asleep.	Ramos & Victreebel
Oversplash Aqua Tail	Water	Physical	200	240	The more the user's Defense has been raised, the greater the power of this move.	Marlon & Carracosta
Pike Queen Poison Fang	Poison	Physical	200	240	Its power increases if the target is poisoned or badly poisoned.	Lucy & Seviper
Poison Sync Beam	Poison	Special	200	240	No additional effect.	Scottie/Bettie & Zubat/Golbat
Poison Sync Impact	Poison	Physical	200	240	No additional effect.	Roxie & Whirlipede, Scottie/Bettie & Nidoran♀/Nidorina/Nidoqueen
Pokémon Professor Psychic	Psychic	Special	250	300	No additional effect.	Professor Oak & Mew
Post-analysis Flash Cannon	Steel	Special	200	240	Its power increases if the target is flinching.	Thorton & Bronzong
Power-Chasing Giga Impact	Normal	Physical	300	360	No additional effect.	Norman & Slaking
Power-Hungry Sacred Fire	Fire	Physical	250	300	No additional effect.	Silver & Ho-Oh
Prepare for Trouble Acid	Poison	Special	250	300	No additional effect.	Jessie & Arbok
Psychic of Duality	Psychic	Special	250	300	No additional effect.	Liza & Lunatone
Psychic Sync Beam	Psychic	Special	200	240	No additional effect.	Calem & Espurr
Quizmaster Flame Charge	Fire	Physical	200	240	Its power increases if the target is trapped.	Blaine & Rapidash
Radical Poison Jab	Poison	Physical	250	300	No additional effect.	Roxie & Scolipede
Rallying Close Combat	Fighting	Physical	160	192	Become Mega Gallade until the end of battle. Raises the user's critical-hit rate.	Wally & Gallade
Righteous Heart Dragon Claw	Dragon	Physical	250	300	No additional effect.	Drake & Salamence
Rock Head Smash	Rock	Physical	250	300	No additional effect.	Roark & Rampardos
Rock Sync Beam	Rock	Special	200	240	No additional effect.	Roxanne & Nosepass
Rock Sync Impact	Rock	Physical	200	240	No additional effect.	Roark & Cranidos, Grant & Amaura
Rock-Bottom Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	200	240	The more the target’s Speed has been lowered, the greater the power of this move.	Clay & Seismitoad
Rock-Solid Rockslide	Rock	Physical	200	240	The more the opponent's Speed is lowered, the greater the power of this move.	Brock & Onix
Shining Friendship Sunraze Smash	Steel	Physical	250	300	No additional effect.	Scottie/Bettie & Solgaleo
Shining Gem Continental Crush	Rock	Physical	250	300	No additional effect.	Olivia & Lycanroc
Shining Knight Iron Head	Steel	Physical	200	240	The more the opponent's Attack is lowered, the greater the power of this move.	Wikstrom & Aegislash
Shining Spotlight Wild Bolt	Electric	Physical	250	300	No additional effect.	Elesa & Zebstrika
Shoot for the Stars Leaf Storm	Grass	Special	250	300	No additional effect.	Rosa & Serperior
Silver Wind Victory Shot	Bug	Special	200	240	Its power increases if the target is trapped.	Viola & Masquerain
Solid Steel Meteor Mash	Steel	Physical	160	192	Become Mega Metagross until the end of battle.	Steven & Metagross
Soulful Dancer Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	250	300	No additional effect.	Fantina & Mismagius
Special Delivery Drill Peck	Flying	Physical	250	300	No additional effect.	Rosa (Holiday 2019) & Delibird
Steel-Clad Iron Tail	Steel	Physical	160	192	Become Mega Steelix until the end of battle. The more the user's Defense has been raised, the greater the power of this move.	Jasmine & Steelix
Supercute Rolling Tackle	Normal	Physical	250	300	Its power increases if the target is paralyzed.	Whitney & Miltank
Supersonic Skystrike Drive	Flying	Physical	250	300	No additional effect.	Kahili & Toucannon
Surging Charge Beam	Electric	Special	200	240	The more the target’s Sp. Atk has been lowered, the greater the power of this move.	Lt. Surge & Electrode
Sygnature Rock-Solid Stone Edge	Rock	Physical	250	300	No additional effect.	Sygna Suit Brock & Tyranitar
The True Razor Shell	Water	Physical	250	300	No additional effect.	Hilbert & Samurott
Thunder of Newfound Passion	Electric	Special	250	300	No additional effect.	Scottie/Bettie & Pikachu
Tomboyish Mermaid Bubble Beam	Water	Special	200	240	The more the user's Sp. Def has been raised, the greater the power of this move.	Misty & Starmie
Trained-to-the-Max Dynamic Punch	Fighting	Physical	250	300	No additional effect.	Bruno & Machamp
Tried-and-True Hex	Ghost	Special	160	192	Become Mega Gengar until the end of the battle. This move's power increases if the opponent is asleep.	Agatha & Gengar
Ultimately Worthy Tectonic Rage	Ground	Physical	250	300	No additional effect.	Hapu & Mudsdale
Unrivaled Outrage	Dragon	Physical	250	300	No additional effect.	Lance & Dragonite
Unstoppable Avalanche	Ice	Physical	250	300	No additional effect.	Wulfric & Avalugg
Vivid Leaf Storm	Grass	Special	250	300	No additional effect.	Gardenia & Roserade
Wandering Artist Twinkle Tackle	Fairy	Physical	200	240	The more the opponent's Attack is lowered, the greater the power of this move.	Mina & Granbull
Water Pulse Du Jour	Water	Special	250	300	No additional effect.	Siebold & Clawitzer
Water Sync Beam	Water	Special	200	240	No additional effect.	Barry & Piplup/Prinplup, Scottie/Bettie & Squirtle/Wartortle/Blastoise
Water Sync Impact	Water	Physical	200	240	No additional effect.	Kris & Totodile/Croconaw, Hilbert & Oshawott/Dewott
Way-of-the-Warrior Focus Punch	Fighting	Physical	250	300	No additional effect.	Marshal & Conkeldurr
Whiz Kid Gigavolt Havoc	Electric	Physical	200	240	Its power increases if the target is flinching.	Sophocles & Togedemaru
Wicked Enforcer Acid Downpour	Poison	Special	250	300	No additional effect.	Plumeria & Salazzle
Winter's Lesson Aurora Beam	Ice	Special	250	300	No additional effect.	Pryce & Dewgong
World Domination Psystrike	Psychic	Special	250	300	No additional effect.	Giovanni & Mewtwo
World-Swallowing Hurricane	Flying	Special	160	192	Become Mega Pidgeot until the end of battle.	Blue & Pidgeot
Your Boy's X-Scissor	Bug	Physical	250	300	No additional effect.	Guzma & Golisopod
Zen Headbutt of Duality	Psychic	Physical	250	300	No additional effect.	Tate & Solrock

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See also

• List of moves in Pokémon Masters

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