Cress (Masters)
Cress (Japanese: コーン Corn) 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 Simipour. This pair can be obtained through a limited variety sync pair scout beginning on October 23, 2025. This pair can be raised to 
6★ EX since it first released.
| Cress コーン Corn | |
 Cress's model | |
| No. | 240 |
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| English voice actor | Kory Getman |
| Japanese voice actor | Sōma Saitō |
| Description | This Water-type expert from the Unova region works with his fellow triplets, Cilan and Chili. He has a levelheaded personality and brings the finest water. |
Simipour
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Type |  Water
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| Move type | Water
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| Role |  Sprint
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| EX Role |  Strike (Physical)
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| Base Potential | ★★★★★☆EX | ||||||
| Simipour ♂ | Weakness |  Electric
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| The high-pressure water expelled from its tail is so powerful, it can destroy a concrete wall. | |||||||
| Stats | HP | Attack | Defense | Sp. Atk | Sp. Def | Speed | |
| Lv. 140, Base Potential | 672 | 404 | 180 | 224 | 180 | 356 | |
| Lv. 140, Max Potential | 832 | 484 | 220 | 304 | 220 | 396 | |
Availability
Cress is exclusive to variety scouts. His offering rate was increased in the following sync pair scouts:
| Banner | Dates | Notes |
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| Triple Feature Variety Scout | October 23 to November 9, 2025 | Debut |
| All banners lasted from 06:00 UTC on the start date to 05:59 UTC on the end date unless noted otherwise. | ||
He was also available in the following sync pair scouts:
| Banner | Dates | Notes |
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| Pokémon Masters Day One-Time-Only Happy Scout | Starting November 25, 2025 | One scout ×11 available on the 25th of each month |
| Pokémon Masters Day One-Time-Only 5★-Guaranteed Scout A | Starting November 25, 2025 | Available using paid gems only; one scout ×11 available on the 25th of each month |
| Pokémon Masters Day One-Time-Only 5★-Guaranteed Scout B | Starting November 25, 2025 | Available using paid gems only; one scout ×11 available on the 25th of each month |
| New Year's exclusive! 5★-Only Lucky Scout | December 31, 2025 to January 9, 2026 | Available using paid gems only; could only be used once; began at 15:00 UTC |
| Elio Mix Scout | January 1 to May 1, 2026 | Available using paid gems only |
| All banners lasted from 06:00 UTC on the start date to 05:59 UTC on the end date unless noted otherwise. | ||
Moves
| Name | Type | Category | Move gauge | Base Power | Max Power | Accuracy | Target | Description |
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| Hydraulic Force Aqua Tail | Water
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Physical | 2 | 250 | 300 | — | An opponent | Activation Condition: When the user uses any move once. Deactivation Condition: Cannot be deactivated. Never misses. Lowers the target's Defense and Speed by two stat ranks. Applies the Physical Move Break effect to the target the first time this attack move is successful each battle. |
| Unova Passion | None | Status | 2 (2 uses) |
— | — | — | Allied side | Increases the Physical Moves ↑ Next effect of all allied sync pairs by one rank. Applies Unova Circle (Physical) to the allied field of play. Unova Circle (Physical) grants all of the following effects: Powers up the physical attack moves and physical sync moves of all allied sync pairs by 10%. Reduces physical attack move and physical sync move damage taken by all allied sync pairs by 5%. The more sync pairs with the Unova theme that are on the allied field of play, the higher these percentages are. (Each additional sync pair powers up moves and sync moves by 10% and reduces damage by 3%. The maximum power-up is 40%, and the maximum damage reduction is 14%.) |
| Toxic | Poison
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Status | 2 | — | — | 90% | An opponent | Leaves the target badly poisoned. |
| Like a Fresh Stream! | None | Status | 0 (1 use) |
— | — | — | Self | Reduces the user's sync move countdown by one. Raises the user's Attack by four stat ranks. Raises the user's critical-hit rate by three stat ranks. |
| Sync moves | ||||||||
| Flowing Blue Trouble Water Impact | Water
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Physical | — | 200 | 240 | — | An opponent | The more the user's Speed is raised, 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: Sync moves will target all opposing sync pairs.) |
Skills
| Name | Description |
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| Passive Skills | |
| The Purest Water | Raises the Speed of all allied sync pairs by two stat ranks when an ally applies a circle to the allied field of play. Applies the Free Move Next effect to all allied sync pairs when an ally applies a circle to the allied field of play. |
| Use Unova Passion: Sync CD ↓ 9 | Reduces the user's sync move countdown by one when it uses Unova Passion. |
| Circle: Team Condition Nullification | Prevents all allied sync pairs from being inflicted with status conditions, flinching, becoming confused, or becoming trapped when a circle applies to the allied field of play. |
| Theme Skills | |
 Water Sprint
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Raises allies' Attack and Sp. Atk by 24 when using Water-type attacks. Raises the Speed of all allied sync pairs by 24. |
 Unova Sprint
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Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 4. Raises the Speed of all allied sync pairs by 7. |
 Gym Leader Sprint
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Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 4. Raises the Speed of all allied sync pairs by 7. |
 Cook Sprint
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Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 5. Raises the Speed of all allied sync pairs by 8. |
| Expedition Skills | |
 Fiery ↑ 1  Wistful ↑ 1
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Raises the following discovery levels by 1: • Fiery Crystal• Wistful Crystal
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Sync grid
The sync grid for Cress & Simipour is an expanded grid, made available since the pair first released.
| Name | Effect | Energy required | Sync orb required | Move level required |
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| HP +10 | HP +10 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| HP +10 | HP +10 | 2 | 24 | 1 |
| HP +10 | HP +10 | 2 | 24 | 1 |
| Attack +5 | Attack +5 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Attack +5 | Attack +5 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Attack +5 | Attack +5 | 2 | 24 | 1 |
| Attack +5 | Attack +5 | 2 | 24 | 1 |
| Attack +5 | Attack +5 | 2 | 24 | 1 |
| Attack +10 | Attack +10 | 4 | 48 | 2 |
| Defense +5 | Defense +5 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Defense +5 | Defense +5 | 2 | 24 | 1 |
| Defense +5 | Defense +5 | 2 | 24 | 1 |
| Defense +5 | Defense +5 | 2 | 24 | 1 |
| Defense +5 | Defense +5 | 2 | 24 | 1 |
| Sp. Def +5 | Sp. Def +5 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Sp. Def +5 | Sp. Def +5 | 2 | 24 | 1 |
| Sp. Def +5 | Sp. Def +5 | 2 | 24 | 1 |
| Sp. Def +5 | Sp. Def +5 | 2 | 24 | 1 |
| Sp. Def +5 | Sp. Def +5 | 2 | 24 | 1 |
| Speed +5 | Speed +5 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Speed +5 | Speed +5 | 2 | 24 | 1 |
| Speed +5 | Speed +5 | 2 | 24 | 1 |
| Hydraulic Force Aqua Tail: Power +2 | Hydraulic Force Aqua Tail: Power ↑ +2 | 3 | 36 | 1 |
| Hydraulic Force Aqua Tail: Power +2 | Hydraulic Force Aqua Tail: Power ↑ +2 | 3 | 36 | 1 |
| Hydraulic Force Aqua Tail: Power +2 | Hydraulic Force Aqua Tail: Power ↑ +2 | 3 | 36 | 1 |
| Hydraulic Force Aqua Tail: Power +2 | Hydraulic Force Aqua Tail: Power ↑ +2 | 3 | 36 | 1 |
| Hydraulic Force Aqua Tail: Power +2 | Hydraulic Force Aqua Tail: Power ↑ +2 | 3 | 36 | 2 |
| Hydraulic Force Aqua Tail: Move Gauge Refresh 3 | Has a chance (40%) of charging the user's move gauge by one when its move is successful. | 7 | 84 | 2 |
| Toxic: Accuracy +10 | Toxic: Accuracy ↑ +10 | 5 | 60 | 2 |
| Toxic: Move Gauge Refresh 3 | Has a chance (40%) of charging the user's move gauge by one when its move is successful. | 7 | 84 | 2 |
| Toxic: Go Viral 9 | When the user's status move is used and inflicted a status condition on an opponent, inflicts the same status condition on all opposing sync pairs. | 10 | 120 | 3 |
| Unova Passion: MP Refresh 2 | Has a chance (30%) of restoring one MP of the user's move when that move is successful. | 7 | 84 | 2 |
| Like a Fresh Stream!: MP Refresh 2 | Has a chance (30%) of restoring one MP of the user's move when that move is successful. | 7 | 84 | 2 |
| Like a Fresh Stream!: Hit and Heal 9 | Applies the Gradual Healing effect to the user when its move is successful. | 7 | 84 | 2 |
| Haste | Speed cannot be lowered. | 5 | 60 | 1 |
| Natural Remedy | Removes all status conditions from the user the first time it is inflicted by any status condition each battle. | 7 | 84 | 2 |
| Sync Move: Team Speed ↑ 1 | Raises the Speed of all allied sync pairs by one stat rank after using the user's sync move. | 7 | 84 | 2 |
| Circle: HP Recovery 1 | Restores the user's HP whenever its Pokémon takes an action when a circle applies to the allied field of play. | 8 | 96 | 2 |
| Circle: MG → 2 | Quickly charges the move gauge when a circle applies to the allied field of play. | 8 | 96 | 2 |
| Toxic Power 3 | Powers up the user's moves when the target is poisoned or badly poisoned. | 10 | 120 | 3 |
| Adrenaline 1 | Reduces the sync move countdown by one the first time the user's sync move is used each battle. | 10 | 120 | 3 |
| Unova C (Phys): S-Moves ↑ 9 | Powers up the user's sync move when Unova Circle (Physical) applies to the allied field of play. | 10 | 120 | 3 |
| 1st Use Status P-Move: Team Free Move Next | Applies the Free Move Next effect to all allied sync pairs the first time the user's Pokémon uses a status move each battle. | 10 | 120 | 3 |
| Noxious Hit 9 | Lowers the target's Attack and Sp. Atk by one stat rank when the user's attack move is successful against a poisoned or badly poisoned opponent. | 10 | 120 | 3 |
| Hit: Defense & Speed ↓ 9 | Lowers the target's Defense and Speed by one stat rank when the user's attack move against it is successful. | 10 | 120 | 3 |
| Unova C (Phys) Extension 3 | Extends the duration of Unova Circle (Physical) when Unova Circle (Physical) is applied to the allied field of play. | 10 | 120 | 3 |
| Flowing Blue Trouble Water Impact: Power +25 | Flowing Blue Trouble Water Impact: Power ↑ +25 | 5 | 60 | 3 |
| Flowing Blue Trouble Water Impact: Power +25 | Flowing Blue Trouble Water Impact: Power ↑ +25 | 5 | 60 | 3 |
Appearances
Battle appearances
Cress & Simipour can be battled against in:
- Battle Rally (Area 1–9)
- Academy events (as a side foe; since March 31, 2025)
- Costume event: Curious Tea Party (March 31 to May 4, 2022; April 22 to May 8, 2023)
- Solo event: Triple Hospitality (as a side foe; October 23 to November 10, 2025)
Story appearances
Cress appears in his normal outfit in the following story areas:
- Costume events:
- Curious Tea Party
- Sonia's Party Prep—The Finest Tea (flashback)
- Trainer Files: Akala Passion
- Story event: Mischievous Lacey
- Solo event: Triple Hospitality
Sync pair stories
- A Day with Cress
Quotes
- Main article: Cress/Quotes → Pokémon Masters EX
In animation
Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer
Cress briefly appeared in the Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer as part of a team with his brothers Cilan and Chili.
Gallery
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| VS model (Normal colors) |
6★ model (Normal colors) |
6★ model (EX colors) |
VS model (EX colors) |
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| Trainer emote Nice! |
Trainer emote Watch out! |
Trainer emote Let's do this! |
Trainer emote Thanks! |
Cress's sync move mindscape (Striaton Gym) |
Trivia
- Cress, Cilan, and Chili were the last trainers presented in the Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer to become playable in the game, over six years after the game's release.
- Cress, Cilan, and Chili have the longest gap between their debut as an NPC and their release as a playable character of anyone based on a core series character in Pokémon Masters EX at 1303 days. They first appeared as NPCs in the event Curious Tea Party on March 31, 2022, and they became playable on October 23, 2025.
- All versions of Cress use special voice-over lines upon entering a team that contains certain Trainers (regardless of their partner Pokémon). Those Trainers include Cilan, Chili, Siebold, and Arven.
- Cress also uses special voice-over lines upon winning a battle with Cilan, Chili, or Arven in the same team.
Origin
Cress's design is based on his appearance in Pokémon Black, White, Black 2, and White 2. Simipour is Cress's signature Pokémon in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2. Simipour's Dex entry comes from Pokémon White.
In other languages
Hydraulic Force Aqua Tail
| Language | Title | |
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| Japanese | 圧水のアクアテール Atsusui no Akua Tēru | |
| Mandarin Chinese | 壓水之水流尾 Yāshuǐ zhī Shuǐliú Wěi | |
| French | Hydro-Queue à haute pression | |
| German | Nassschweif des enormen Wasserdrucks | |
| Italian | Idrondata pressurizzata | |
| Korean | 수압의아쿠아테일 Suap-ui Akua Teil | |
| Spanish | Acua Cola a Presión | |
Like a Fresh Stream!
| Language | Title | |
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| Japanese | 清流のように…… Seiryū no Yō ni... | |
| Mandarin Chinese | 像清流一般…… Xiàng Qīngliú Yībān... | |
| French | Tel un ruisseau limpide... | |
| German | Wie ein klares Bächlein... | |
| Italian | Come bere un bicchier d'acqua | |
| Korean | 맑은물처럼... Malgeun Mulcheoreom... | |
| Spanish | Claro como el agua... | |
Flowing Blue Trouble Water Impact
| Language | Title | |
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| Japanese | 流れる青のトライアル ウォーターインパクト Nagareru Ao no Toraiaru Wōtā Inpakuto | |
| Mandarin Chinese | 流動的藍色試煉之 水之衝擊 Liúdòng de Lánsè Shìliàn zhī Shuǐ zhī Chōngjí | |
| French | La vague bleue qui fait le tri ! Impact Eau ! | |
| German | Wasserstoß des erquickenden Trubels | |
| Italian | Impatto Acqua del blu invincibile | |
| Korean | 흐르는 파랑의 트라이얼 워터임팩트 Heureuneun Parang-ui Teuraieol Woteo Impaekteu | |
| Spanish | Impacto Agua del Desafío Azul Fluido | |
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