Hoenn Challenge

The Hoenn Challenge (Japanese: ＶＳ　ホウエン VS Hoenn) is one of the possible monthly Champion Stadium challenges in Pokémon Masters EX. It was first made available on August 1, 2022.

MVP Medal for the Hoenn Challenge

Like all Champion Stadium challenges, players need to defeat four Elite Four members to challenge the Champion. They can be challenged in any order, but different special parameters are applied to each round. The Elite Four members are Sidney, Phoebe, Glacia, and Drake. The Champion is either Steven or Wallace, switching between weeks.

The Hoenn Challenge has been available in the Champion Stadium a total of 5 times:

• August 1 to September 5, 2022
• December 5, 2022 to January 2, 2023
• July 3 to August 7, 2023
• February 5 to March 4, 2024
• September 2 to October 7, 2024

Parameters

The following table lists the special parameters that were applied during each week that the Hoenn Challenge was available in Champion Stadium.

Round	Parameter	Description
August 1 to 8, 2022 Elite Four Round 1 Use powerful moves quickly and constantly against all opponents! The move gauge increases faster for both allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 2 Use sync moves quickly against all opponents! At the start of battle, sync move countdowns are reduced by half. Elite Four Round 3 Use sync moves as much as possible against all opponents! Sync buffs are more effective. Elite Four Round 4 Make use of special damage reduction to battle opponents with high Attack! The allied and opponents' fields of play start the battle with physical damage reduction. Champion Use physical attack moves against opponents with low Defense! Physical attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. August 8 to 15, 2022 Elite Four Round 1 Make use of special damage reduction to battle opponents with high Sp. Atk! The allied and opponents' fields of play start the battle with special damage reduction. Elite Four Round 2 Use stat-lowering effects on your opponents! Stat-lowering effects have a greater effect than normal for allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 3 Use special attack moves against opponents with low Sp. Def! Special attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 4 Use field effects that give your team the upper hand! Field effects created by both allies and opponents are permanent. Champion Use status conditions and other conditions against all opponents! Status conditions and other conditions deal more damage, last longer, and are more likely to take effect. August 15 to 22, 2022 Elite Four Round 1 Use field effects that give your team the upper hand! Field effects created by both allies and opponents are permanent. Elite Four Round 2 Use powerful moves quickly and constantly against all opponents! The move gauge increases faster for both allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 3 Make use of moves with additional effects! The additional effects of moves used by allies and opponents are more likely to occur. Elite Four Round 4 Make use of special damage reduction to battle opponents with high Sp. Atk! The allied and opponents' fields of play start the battle with special damage reduction. Champion Use status conditions and other conditions against all opponents! Status conditions and other conditions deal more damage, last longer, and are more likely to take effect. August 22 to 29, 2022 Elite Four Round 1 Use physical attack moves against opponents with low Defense! Physical attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 2 Use powerful moves quickly and constantly against all opponents! The move gauge increases faster for both allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 3 Make use of special damage reduction to battle opponents with high Sp. Atk! The allied and opponents' fields of play start the battle with special damage reduction. Elite Four Round 4 Use sync moves quickly against all opponents! At the start of battle, sync move countdowns are reduced by half. Champion Use stat-lowering effects on your opponents! Stat-lowering effects have a greater effect than normal for allies and opponents. August 29 to September 5, 2022 Elite Four Round 1 Use status conditions and other conditions against all opponents! Status conditions and other conditions deal more damage, last longer, and are more likely to take effect. Elite Four Round 2 Use sync moves as much as possible against all opponents! Sync buffs are more effective. Elite Four Round 3 Use stat-lowering effects on your opponents! Stat-lowering effects have a greater effect than normal for allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 4 Use sync moves quickly against all opponents! At the start of battle, sync move countdowns are reduced by half. Champion Use field effects that give your team the upper hand! Field effects created by both allies and opponents are permanent. December 5 to 12, 2022 Elite Four Round 1 Make use of special damage reduction to battle opponents with high Attack! The allied and opponents' fields of play start the battle with physical damage reduction. Elite Four Round 2 Use field effects that give your team the upper hand! Field effects created by both allies and opponents are permanent. Elite Four Round 3 Use sync moves quickly against all opponents! At the start of battle, sync move countdowns are reduced by half. Elite Four Round 4 Use special attack moves against opponents with low Sp. Def! Special attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. Champion Use stat-lowering effects on your opponents! Stat-lowering effects have a greater effect than normal for allies and opponents. December 12 to 19, 2022 Elite Four Round 1 Make use of moves with additional effects! The additional effects of moves used by allies and opponents are more likely to occur. Elite Four Round 2 Use stat-lowering effects on your opponents! Stat-lowering effects have a greater effect than normal for allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 3 Use special attack moves against opponents with low Sp. Def! Special attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 4 Use field effects that give your team the upper hand! Field effects created by both allies and opponents are permanent. Champion Use powerful moves quickly and constantly against all opponents! The move gauge increases faster for both allies and opponents. December 19 to 26, 2022 Elite Four Round 1 Use powerful moves quickly and constantly against all opponents! The move gauge increases faster for both allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 2 Try not to let any of your sync pairs faint! When a Pokémon faints, Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed fall for all sync pairs on that Pokémon's team. Elite Four Round 3 Make use of moves with additional effects! The additional effects of moves used by allies and opponents are more likely to occur. Elite Four Round 4 Use sync moves quickly against all opponents! At the start of battle, sync move countdowns are reduced by half. Champion Use status conditions and other conditions against all opponents! Status conditions and other conditions deal more damage, last longer, and are more likely to take effect. December 26, 2022 to January 2, 2023 Elite Four Round 1 Make use of special damage reduction to battle opponents with high Attack! The allied and opponents' fields of play start the battle with physical damage reduction. Elite Four Round 2 Use sync moves as much as possible against all opponents! Sync buffs are more effective. Elite Four Round 3 Use special attack moves against opponents with low Sp. Def! Special attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 4 Use stat-lowering effects on your opponents! Stat-lowering effects have a greater effect than normal for allies and opponents. Champion Use physical attack moves against opponents with low Defense! Physical attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. July 3 to 10, 2023 Elite Four Round 1 Make use of special damage reduction to battle opponents with high Attack! The allied and opponents' fields of play start the battle with physical damage reduction. Elite Four Round 2 Use field effects that give your team the upper hand! Field effects created by both allies and opponents are permanent. Elite Four Round 3 Use sync moves quickly against all opponents! At the start of battle, sync move countdowns are reduced by half. Elite Four Round 4 Use special attack moves against opponents with low Sp. Def! Special attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. Champion Use stat-lowering effects on your opponents! Stat-lowering effects have a greater effect than normal for allies and opponents. July 10 to 17, 2023 Elite Four Round 1 Use physical attack moves against opponents with low Defense! Physical attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 2 Use sync moves as much as possible against all opponents! Sync buffs are more effective. Elite Four Round 3 Use sync moves quickly against all opponents! At the start of battle, sync move countdowns are reduced by half. Elite Four Round 4 Make use of special damage reduction to battle opponents with high Attack! The allied and opponents' fields of play start the battle with physical damage reduction. Champion Use status conditions and other conditions against all opponents! Status conditions and other conditions deal more damage, last longer, and are more likely to take effect. July 17 to 24, 2023 Elite Four Round 1 Use stat-lowering effects on your opponents! Stat-lowering effects have a greater effect than normal for allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 2 Use status conditions and other conditions against all opponents! Status conditions and other conditions deal more damage, last longer, and are more likely to take effect. Elite Four Round 3 Use physical attack moves against opponents with low Defense! Physical attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 4 Use sync moves as much as possible against all opponents! Sync buffs are more effective. Champion Use field effects that give your team the upper hand! Field effects created by both allies and opponents are permanent. July 24 to 31, 2023 Elite Four Round 1 Make use of moves with additional effects! The additional effects of moves used by allies and opponents are more likely to occur. Elite Four Round 2 Use status conditions and other conditions against all opponents! Status conditions and other conditions deal more damage, last longer, and are more likely to take effect. Elite Four Round 3 Use powerful moves quickly and constantly against all opponents! The move gauge increases faster for both allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 4 Use stat-lowering effects on your opponents! Stat-lowering effects have a greater effect than normal for allies and opponents. Champion Use physical attack moves against opponents with low Defense! Physical attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. July 31 to August 7, 2023 Elite Four Round 1 Use special attack moves against opponents with low Sp. Def! Special attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 2 Make use of special damage reduction to battle opponents with high Attack! The allied and opponents' fields of play start the battle with physical damage reduction. Elite Four Round 3 Make use of special damage reduction to battle opponents with high Sp. Atk! The allied and opponents' fields of play start the battle with special damage reduction. Elite Four Round 4 Use physical attack moves against opponents with low Defense! Physical attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. Champion Use status conditions and other conditions against all opponents! Status conditions and other conditions deal more damage, last longer, and are more likely to take effect. February 5 to 12, 2024 Elite Four Round 1 Use stat-lowering effects on your opponents! Stat-lowering effects have a greater effect than normal for allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 2 Make use of special damage reduction to battle opponents with high Sp. Atk! The allied and opponents' fields of play start the battle with special damage reduction. Elite Four Round 3 Use special attack moves against opponents with low Sp. Def! Special attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 4 Make use of special damage reduction to battle opponents with high Attack! The allied and opponents' fields of play start the battle with physical damage reduction. Champion Use powerful moves quickly and constantly against all opponents! The move gauge increases faster for both allies and opponents. February 12 to 19, 2024 Elite Four Round 1 Make use of special damage reduction to battle opponents with high Attack! The allied and opponents' fields of play start the battle with physical damage reduction. Elite Four Round 2 Use status conditions and other conditions against all opponents! Status conditions and other conditions deal more damage, last longer, and are more likely to take effect. Elite Four Round 3 Use special attack moves against opponents with low Sp. Def! Special attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 4 Try not to let any of your sync pairs faint! When a Pokémon faints, Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed fall for all sync pairs on that Pokémon's team. Champion Use stat-lowering effects on your opponents! Stat-lowering effects have a greater effect than normal for allies and opponents. February 19 to 26, 2024 Elite Four Round 1 Use status conditions and other conditions against all opponents! Status conditions and other conditions deal more damage, last longer, and are more likely to take effect. Elite Four Round 2 Make use of moves with additional effects! The additional effects of moves used by allies and opponents are more likely to occur. Elite Four Round 3 Use powerful moves quickly and constantly against all opponents! The move gauge increases faster for both allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 4 Try not to let any of your sync pairs faint! When a Pokémon faints, Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed fall for all sync pairs on that Pokémon's team. Champion Use physical attack moves against opponents with low Defense! Physical attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. February 26 to March 4, 2024 Elite Four Round 1 Use powerful moves quickly and constantly against all opponents! The move gauge increases faster for both allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 2 Make use of special damage reduction to battle opponents with high Attack! The allied and opponents' fields of play start the battle with physical damage reduction. Elite Four Round 3 Use special attack moves against opponents with low Sp. Def! Special attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 4 Use stat-lowering effects on your opponents! Stat-lowering effects have a greater effect than normal for allies and opponents. Champion Use status conditions and other conditions against all opponents! Status conditions and other conditions deal more damage, last longer, and are more likely to take effect. September 2 to 9, 2024 Elite Four Round 1 Use status conditions and other conditions against all opponents! Status conditions and other conditions deal more damage, last longer, and are more likely to take effect. Elite Four Round 2 Use sync moves as much as possible against all opponents! Sync buffs are more effective. Elite Four Round 3 Try not to let any of your sync pairs faint! When a Pokémon faints, Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed fall for all sync pairs on that Pokémon's team. Elite Four Round 4 Make use of special damage reduction to battle opponents with high Attack! The allied and opponents' fields of play start the battle with physical damage reduction. Champion Use physical attack moves against opponents with low Defense! Physical attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. September 9 to 16, 2024 Elite Four Round 1 Try not to let any of your sync pairs faint! When a Pokémon faints, Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed fall for all sync pairs on that Pokémon's team. Elite Four Round 2 Use field effects that give your team the upper hand! Field effects created by both allies and opponents are permanent. Elite Four Round 3 Make use of moves with additional effects! The additional effects of moves used by allies and opponents are more likely to occur. Elite Four Round 4 Make use of special damage reduction to battle opponents with high Attack! The allied and opponents' fields of play start the battle with physical damage reduction. Champion Use powerful moves quickly and constantly against all opponents! The move gauge increases faster for both allies and opponents. September 16 to 23, 2024 Elite Four Round 1 Make use of moves with additional effects! The additional effects of moves used by allies and opponents are more likely to occur. Elite Four Round 2 Use stat-lowering effects on your opponents! Stat-lowering effects have a greater effect than normal for allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 3 Use special attack moves against opponents with low Sp. Def! Special attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 4 Use field effects that give your team the upper hand! Field effects created by both allies and opponents are permanent. Champion Use status conditions and other conditions against all opponents! Status conditions and other conditions deal more damage, last longer, and are more likely to take effect. September 23 to 30, 2024 Elite Four Round 1 Use sync moves as much as possible against all opponents! Sync buffs are more effective. Elite Four Round 2 Use special attack moves against opponents with low Sp. Def! Special attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 3 Use field effects that give your team the upper hand! Field effects created by both allies and opponents are permanent. Elite Four Round 4 Try not to let any of your sync pairs faint! When a Pokémon faints, Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed fall for all sync pairs on that Pokémon's team. Champion Use stat-lowering effects on your opponents! Stat-lowering effects have a greater effect than normal for allies and opponents. September 30 to October 7, 2024 Elite Four Round 1 Use sync moves quickly against all opponents! At the start of battle, sync move countdowns are reduced by half. Elite Four Round 2 Use physical attack moves against opponents with low Defense! Physical attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 3 Use sync moves as much as possible against all opponents! Sync buffs are more effective. Elite Four Round 4 Use powerful moves quickly and constantly against all opponents! The move gauge increases faster for both allies and opponents. Champion Use status conditions and other conditions against all opponents! Status conditions and other conditions deal more damage, last longer, and are more likely to take effect.

Trainer teams

All opponents in the Hoenn Challenge can use one of three different teams, changing weekly. All three Pokémon on each team share a type weakness, and no opponent has multiple teams with the same type weakness. The following table lists the weakness type of each opponent's team during each week that the Hoenn Challenge has been available, and the table after it lists the Pokémon comprising each team.

Dates	Weakness
	Sidney	Phoebe	Glacia	Drake	Steven	Wallace
August 1 to 8, 2022	Fairy	Ghost	Fire	Dragon	Ground
August 8 to 15, 2022	Flying	Dark	Fighting	Rock		Poison
August 15 to 22, 2022	Bug	Electric	Steel	Dragon		Psychic
August 22 to 29, 2022	Fairy	Ghost	Fire	Ice	Water
August 29 to September 5, 2022	Bug	Electric	Fighting	Rock	Grass
December 5 to 12, 2022	Bug	Dark	Steel	Ice	Water
December 12 to 19, 2022	Fairy	Electric	Fire	Rock		Grass
December 19 to 26, 2022	Flying	Dark	Fighting	Ice		Psychic
December 26, 2022 to January 2, 2023	Fairy	Ghost	Fire	Dragon	Ground
July 3 to 10, 2023	Flying	Dark	Fighting	Ice	Water
July 10 to 17, 2023	Fairy	Electric	Steel	Dragon		Poison
July 17 to 24, 2023	Bug	Ghost	Fire	Ice	Grass
July 24 to 31, 2023	Fairy	Dark	Fighting	Rock	Ground
July 31 to August 7, 2023	Flying	Electric	Fire	Dragon		Psychic
February 5 to 12, 2024	Fairy	Electric	Fire	Ice		Grass
February 12 to 19, 2024	Flying	Dark	Fighting	Rock	Water
February 19 to 26, 2024	Bug	Electric	Steel	Dragon	Ground
February 26 to March 4, 2024	Fairy	Ghost	Fighting	Rock		Psychic
September 2 to 9, 2024	Bug	Electric	Steel	Dragon	Ground
September 9 to 16, 2024	Fairy	Dark	Fire	Ice		Grass
September 16 to 23, 2024	Flying	Ghost	Steel	Rock		Psychic
September 23 to 30, 2024	Bug	Dark	Fighting	Dragon	Water
September 30 to October 7, 2024	Fairy	Ghost	Fire	Ice		Poison

Trainer	Pokémon			Completion Rewards
	Left	Middle	Right
Sidney	Honchkrow Weakness:	Absol Weakness:	Hydreigon Weakness:	1,000 coins Champion Spirit ×5 5★ Power-Up Ticket ×8
	Tsareena Weakness:	Cacturne Weakness:	Sceptile Weakness:	1,000 coins Champion Spirit ×5 5★ Power-Up Ticket ×8
	Liepard Weakness:	Shiftry Weakness:	Mightyena Weakness:	1,000 coins Champion Spirit ×5 5★ Power-Up Ticket ×8
Phoebe	Mismagius Weakness:	Dusknoir Weakness:	Chandelure Weakness:	1,000 coins Champion Spirit ×5 5★ Power-Up Ticket ×8
	Marowak Alolan Form Weakness:	Banette Weakness:	Gengar Weakness:	1,000 coins Champion Spirit ×5 5★ Power-Up Ticket ×8
	Sigilyph Weakness:	Drifblim Weakness:	Xatu Weakness:	1,000 coins Champion Spirit ×5 5★ Power-Up Ticket ×8
Glacia	Eiscue Weakness:	Froslass Weakness:	Jynx Weakness:	1,000 coins Champion Spirit ×5 5★ Power-Up Ticket ×8
	Dewgong Weakness:	Walrein Weakness:	Cloyster Weakness:	1,000 coins Champion Spirit ×5 5★ Power-Up Ticket ×8
	Aurorus Weakness:	Glalie Weakness:	Vanilluxe Weakness:	1,000 coins Champion Spirit ×5 5★ Power-Up Ticket ×8
Drake	Dragonite Weakness:	Kingdra Weakness:	Dragalge Weakness:	1,000 coins Champion Spirit ×5 5★ Power-Up Ticket ×8
	Noivern Weakness:	Salamence Weakness:	Dragonite Weakness:	1,000 coins Champion Spirit ×5 5★ Power-Up Ticket ×8
	Garchomp Weakness:	Flygon Weakness:	Garchomp Weakness:	1,000 coins Champion Spirit ×5 5★ Power-Up Ticket ×8
Steven	Steelix Weakness:	Metagross Weakness:	Duraludon Weakness:	1,000 coins Champion Spirit ×5 5★ Power-Up Ticket ×8
	Rampardos Weakness:	Aggron Weakness:	Probopass Weakness:	1,000 coins Champion Spirit ×5 5★ Power-Up Ticket ×8
	Solrock Weakness:	Claydol Weakness:	Lunatone Weakness:	1,000 coins Champion Spirit ×5 5★ Power-Up Ticket ×8
Wallace	Abomasnow Weakness:	Ludicolo Weakness:	Parasect Weakness:	1,000 coins Champion Spirit ×5 5★ Power-Up Ticket ×8
	Arbok Weakness:	Tentacruel Weakness:	Seviper Weakness:	1,000 coins Champion Spirit ×5 5★ Power-Up Ticket ×8
	Seaking Weakness:	Milotic Weakness:	Primarina Weakness:	1,000 coins Champion Spirit ×5 5★ Power-Up Ticket ×8

Music

Each member of the Elite Four has their own unique battle theme, which is a remix of the standard Hoenn Elite Four battle theme. Steven and Wallace also use unique battle themes in their battles.

Situation	Song key	Song name	Arrangement
In menu	No. 03026	Hoenn Champion Stadium! (Pokémon Masters EX Version)	Unknown
During battle (Sidney)	No. 03022	Battle! (Hoenn Elite Four: Sidney) (Pokémon Masters EX Version)	Haruki Yamada (ATTIC INC.)
During battle (Phoebe)	No. 03023	Battle! (Hoenn Elite Four: Phoebe) (Pokémon Masters EX Version)	Haruki Yamada (ATTIC INC.)
During battle (Glacia)	No. 03025	Battle! (Hoenn Elite Four: Glacia) (Pokémon Masters EX Version)	Haruki Yamada (ATTIC INC.)
During battle (Drake)	No. 03024	Battle! (Hoenn Elite Four: Drake) (Pokémon Masters EX Version)	Haruki Yamada (ATTIC INC.)
During battle (Steven)	No. 03001	Battle! (Steven) (Pokémon Masters EX Version)	Haruki Yamada (ATTIC INC.)
During battle (Wallace)	No. 03005	Battle! (Wallace) (Pokémon Masters EX Version)	Haruki Yamada (ATTIC INC.)
Song names without a song key listed are unofficial, as they have not been added to the Jukebox.

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Trivia

• The Hoenn Challenge and the Alola Challenge are the only Champion Stadium challenges to have multiple opponents form teams with the same type weakness; Steven and Wallace both form teams that are weak to Grass.
• The Hoenn Challenge is the only Champion Stadium challenge in which none of the opponents can form four different teams.

In other languages

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