Malva (Masters)

Malva
パキラ Pachira
Spr Masters Malva.png
Malva's model
No. 212
English voice actor Morgan Berry[1]
Japanese voice actor Kotono Mitsuishi
Description This level-headed Fire-type user and member of the Kalos region's Elite Four also works as a Holo Caster news reporter. Her fierce personality sometimes comes out when she's battling.

Malva (Japanese: パキラ Pachira) is a Pokémon Trainer in Pokémon Masters EX, based on the character of the same name in the core series games. She forms a sync pair with Talonflame. This pair can be obtained through the sync pair scout beginning on September 12, 2024. This pair can be raised to Masters EX star.png 6★ EX since it first released.

In the games

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Talonflame

Masters0663.png Masters025W.png Type FireIC Masters.png Fire
Move types FireIC Masters.png Fire / NormalIC Masters.png Normal
Role Masters Sprint.png Sprint
EX Role Masters Tech.png Tech
Base Potential ★★★★★☆EX
Talonflame Weakness RockIC Masters.png Rock
Its tough wings don't allow fire to pass through them. A long time ago, firefighters' outfits were made from Talonflame wings.
Stats HP Attack Defense Sp. Atk Sp. Def Speed
Lv. 140, Base Potential 655 414 176 370 174 409
Lv. 140, Max Potential 815 474 236 430 234 449
Mega Talonflame
Lv. 140, Base Potential
Lv. 140, Max Potential

Availability

Malva is available in the permanent sync pair scout pool. Her offering rate was increased in the following sync pair scouts:

Banner Dates Notes
Malva Spotlight Scout September 12 to October 7, 2024 Debut
All banners lasted from 06:00 UTC on the start date to 05:59 UTC on the end date unless noted otherwise.

She was added to the Daily Scout on October 1, 2024, but she was removed from it on November 1, 2024. She was re-added to the Daily Scout on December 1, 2024.

Moves

Name Type Category Move gauge Base Power Max Power Accuracy Target Description
Flame Charge Fire
FireIC Masters.png
Physical 2 30 36 100% An opponent Raises the user's Speed by 1 stat rank.
X Speed All None Status 0
(2 uses)
All allies Raises the Speed of all allied sync pairs by 2 stat ranks.
Quick Attack Normal
NormalIC Masters.png
Physical 0
(3 uses)
94 112 100% An opponent No additional effect.
I'm Burning Up! None Status 0
(1 use)
All allies Applies the Move Gauge Acceleration effect to the allied field of play. Raises the user's Attack by 4 stat ranks. Raises the critical-hit rate of all allied sync pairs by 2 stat ranks.
Sync moves
Fiery Reporter Fire Impact Fire
FireIC Masters.png
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 move power will be multiplied by 1.5.)

Skills

Name Description
Passive Skills
Trip Twice 9 Lowers the target's Speed by 2 stat ranks when the user's attack move against the target is successful.
"Quick Move": Sync CD ↓ 9 Reduces the user's sync move countdown by 1 when it uses a move that has the quick move effect tag.
Scorching Touch 4 Has a chance (50%) of leaving the target burned when the user's attack move against it is successful.
Theme Skills
Theme skill icon type.png Fire Sprint Raises allies' Attack and Sp. Atk by 12 when using Fire-type attacks.
Raises the Speed of all allied sync pairs by 12.
Theme skill icon region.png Kalos Sprint Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 1.
Raises the Speed of all allied sync pairs by 1.
Theme skill icon Trainer group.png Elite Four Sprint Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 1.
Raises the Speed of all allied sync pairs by 1.
Theme skill icon fashion.png Sunglasses Sprint Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 2.
Raises the Speed of all allied sync pairs by 2.
Theme skill icon other.png Grown Woman Sprint Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 2.
Raises the Speed of all allied sync pairs by 2.
Expedition Skills
Masters Fiery Crystal icon.pngFiery ↑ 3 Masters Wistful Crystal icon.pngWistful ↓ 1 Raises the following discovery level by 3:
Masters Fiery Crystal icon.pngFiery Crystal
Lowers the following discovery level by 1:
Masters Wistful Crystal icon.pngWistful Crystal

Sync grid

Malva & Talonflame's sync grid is an expanded grid, made available since the sync pair was first released.

Name Effect Energy required Sync orb required Move level required
HP +10 HP +10 0 5 1
HP +10 HP +10 2 24 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 +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
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
Speed +5 Speed +5 0 5 1
Speed +5 Speed +5 2 24 1
Speed +5 Speed +5 2 24 1
Speed +5 Speed +5 2 24 1
Speed +10 Speed +10 4 48 2
Flame Charge: Power +4 Flame Charge: Power ↑ +4 3 36 1
Flame Charge: Power +4 Flame Charge: Power ↑ +4 3 36 1
Flame Charge: Power +4 Flame Charge: Power ↑ +4 3 36 1
Flame Charge: Power +4 Flame Charge: Power ↑ +4 3 36 1
Flame Charge: Power +4 Flame Charge: Power ↑ +4 3 36 2
Flame Charge: 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
Flame Charge: Superduper Effective 9 Powers up moves that are super effective. 8 96 3
Quick Attack: Power +4 Quick Attack: Power ↑ +4 3 36 1
Quick Attack: Power +4 Quick Attack: Power ↑ +4 3 36 1
Quick Attack: Power +4 Quick Attack: Power ↑ +4 3 36 1
Quick Attack: Power +4 Quick Attack: Power ↑ +4 3 36 2
Quick Attack: Power +4 Quick Attack: Power ↑ +4 3 36 2
Quick Attack: Mad Strength 9 Raises the user's Attack by one stat rank when its attack move is successful. 10 120 3
X Speed All: MP Refresh 2 Has a chance (30%) of restoring one MP of the user's move when that move is successful. 7 84 2
I'm Burning Up!: MP Refresh 2 Has a chance (30%) of restoring one MP of the user's move when that move is successful. 7 84 2
I'm Burning Up!: Slippery 2 Raises the user's evasiveness by 2 stat ranks when its move is successful. 9 108 3
Flameproof Prevents the user from getting burned. 5 60 1
Haste Speed cannot be lowered. 5 60 1
Quick Cure Removes the confused, flinching, and trapped conditions from the user the first time they are inflicted each battle. 7 84 2
Natural Remedy Removes all status conditions from the user the first time it is inflicted by any status condition each battle. 7 84 2
Scorcher 2 Increases the amount of damage an opponent takes from being burned. 9 108 2
Ground Guard Reduces damage when the user is attacked by Ground-type moves. 9 108 2
Cakewalk The more the target's Speed is lowered, the more it powers up the user's sync move. 10 120 3
Scorching Sync 5 Powers up the user's sync move when the target is burned. 10 120 3
Staggering 2 Has a chance (30%) of making the target flinch when the user's attack move against it is successful. 10 120 3
Sync Free-for-All Applies the Free Move Next effect to all allied sync pairs the first time the user's sync move is used each battle. 10 120 3
Unfortuitous 9 Lowers one of the target's following stats by one stat rank at random when the user's attack move against it is successful: Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, Speed, accuracy, or evasiveness. 10 120 3
Fiery Reporter Fire Impact: Power +25 Fiery Reporter Fire Impact: Power ↑ +25 5 60 3
Fiery Reporter Fire Impact: Power +25 Fiery Reporter Fire Impact: Power ↑ +25 5 60 3

Appearances

Battle appearances

Malva & Talonflame can be battled against in:

Malva has also been shown to pair alongside the following Pokémon and can be battled against in:

Story appearances

Malva appears in her normal outfit in the following story areas:

Sync pair stories

  • A Day with Malva

Quotes

Main article: Malva/Quotes → Pokémon Masters EX

Gallery

VSMalva Masters.png Spr Masters Malva 2.png Spr Masters Malva EX.png VSMalva EX Masters.png Malva Mindscape.png
VS model
(Normal colors)
6★ model
(Normal colors)
6★ model
(EX colors)
VS model
(EX colors)
Malva Emote 1 Masters.png Malva Emote 2 Masters.png Malva Emote 3 Masters.png Malva Emote 4 Masters.png
Trainer emote
Nice!
Trainer emote
Watch out!
Trainer emote
Let's do this!
Trainer emote
Thanks!
Malva's sync move mindscape
(Pokémon League: Blazing Chamber)

Trivia

  • Malva & Talonflame are the first sync pair with the Sprint role to be made available in the general sync pair scout.
  • Malva was the last Elite Four member from the first seven generations to become playable in the game.
  • All versions of Malva use special voice-over lines upon entering a team that contains certain Trainers (regardless of their partner Pokémon) and victory with them. Those Trainers include Diantha, Lysandre, and Looker.

Origin

Malva's design is based on her appearance in Pokémon X and Y. Talonflame is Malva's signature Pokémon in the core series games. Talonflame's Dex entry comes from Pokémon Ultra Sun.

In other languages

I'm Burning Up!

Language Title
Japan Flag.png Japanese 燃えあがっているの Moeagatteiru no
Mandarin Chinese 火燒得正旺呢 Huǒ Shāo dé Zhèng Wàng ne
France Flag.png French Je brûle d'impatience !
Germany Flag.png German Ich koche vor Wut!
Italy Flag.png Italian Il mio cuore arde!!
South Korea Flag.png Korean 불타오르고있어요 Bultaoreugo isseoyo
Spain Flag.png Spanish ¡Aviva la llama de mi furia!

Fiery Reporter Fire Impact

Language Title
Japan Flag.png Japanese 炎のアナウンサーの ファイアーインパクト Honō no Anaunsā no Faiā Inpakuto
Mandarin Chinese 火焰主播之 火之衝擊 Huǒyàn Zhǔbō zhī Huǒ zhī Chōngjí
France Flag.png French Présentatrice explosive ! Impact Feu !
Germany Flag.png German Feuerstoß der leidenschaftlichen Reporterin
Italy Flag.png Italian Impatto Fuoco dell'ardente presentatrice
South Korea Flag.png Korean 불꽃의 아나운서의 파이어임팩트 Bulkkot-ui Anaunseo-ui Paieo Impaegteu
Spain Flag.png Spanish Impacto Fuego de la Presentadora Ardiente

References

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