Terrain (Masters)

Terrain is a type of field effect in Pokémon Masters EX that affects all Pokémon on the field, based on the mechanic of the same name from the core series games. Only one type of terrain may be present at a time, with any new terrain put in place overwriting the previous terrain. Terrain can be used concurrently alongside weather and zones.

At normal game speed, terrains generally last for 45 seconds. This excludes time that sync pairs spend performing sync moves or max moves, but this includes time spent on everything else (e.g., moves' animation times, stats getting raised or lowered, taking damage from hail or a sandstorm, skills activating, or status conditions being applied or taking effect). At faster speeds, terrains last shorter to accommodate for quicker gameplay. However, the duration of a terrain effect can be extended if the same type of terrain is summoned again or if a Pokémon on the field has a certain skill that extends the duration of the terrain.

There are three types of terrain available in the game: Electric Terrain, Grassy Terrain, and Psychic Terrain. Each terrain powers up attacks of the corresponding type, but some have other effects as well.

Effects

  • Electric Terrain: Increases the damage of all Electric-type attacks by 50%, Prevents Pokémon on the field from being inflicted by Sleep, but it does not cure Pokémon were already asleep before this terrain took effect.
  • Grassy Terrain: Increases the damage of all Grass-type attacks by 50%. Restores HP of the Pokémon that uses a Grass-type move by 1/16 of their maximum HP (rounded down) unless they hit themselves in confusion. (Using a Grass-type sync move or Grass-type max move does not count.)
  • Psychic Terrain: Increases the damage of all Psychic-type attacks by 50%.

All these power-ups raise certain damage by 1.5× after power boosts from the following apply: skills, the Physical Moves ↑ Next effect, and the Special Moves ↑ Next effect.

The effects of terrains are summarized in this table:

Terrain Type of boosted attacks Additional effect
Electric Terrain Electric Prevents Pokémon from falling asleep.
Grassy Terrain Grass Restores HP of Pokémon that use a Grass-type move
Psychic Terrain Psychic None

Setting terrain

Terrain effects may be applied through Pokémon moves, item moves, Trainer moves, max moves, and skills. Some Masters Field.pngField sync pairs can set a terrain using their sync move after being raised to Masters EX star.png 6★ EX (including those with the Field EX role).

By Pokémon move

Move Playable sync pairs
Electric Terrain Volkner & Luxray
Sygna Suit Red (Thunderbolt) & Pikachu
Sygna Suit Roxie & Toxtricity
Scottie/Bettie & JolteonEgg
Grassy Terrain Sygna Suit Lyra & Celebi
Scottie/Bettie & SprigatitoEgg
Psychic Terrain Bianca & Musharna
Sygna Suit Lana & Tapu Lele
Scottie/Bettie & EspeonEgg

By item move

Item move Terrain Playable sync pairs
Psychic Wish
Masters Psychic Wish.png
Psychic Terrain May (Anniversary 2022) & Latias
Grass Wish
Masters Grass Wish.png
Grassy Terrain Scottie/Bettie & LeafeonEgg

By Trainer move

Name Terrain Effect Sync pair
Fun Times! Grassy Terrain Applies the Critical-Hit Defense effect to the allied field of play. Applies the Move Gauge Acceleration effect to the allied field of play. Turns the field of play's terrain into Grassy Terrain if the remaining MP for the user's Move Gauge Boost is two when this move is selected. Turns the field of play's terrain into Psychic Terrain if the remaining MP for the user's Move Gauge Boost is one when this move is selected. Turns the field of play's terrain into Electric Terrain if the remaining MP for the user's Move Gauge Boost is zero when this move is selected. VSWhitney Holiday 2022 Masters.png
Whitney (Holiday 2022) & Sawsbuck
Psychic Terrain
Electric Terrain
Try This! Psychic Terrain Turns the field of play's terrain into Psychic Terrain. Raises the user's Defense, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed by 2 stat ranks. Replaces the user's moves with different moves. Replaces some of the user's passive skills with different passive skills. VSSteven Sygna Masters.png
Sygna Suit Steven & Deoxys

By max move

Name Terrain Playable sync pairs
Max Lightning Electric Terrain Elesa (Classic) & Emolga
Sygna Suit Emmet & Eelektross
Max Overgrowth Grassy Terrain Red & Venusaur
Dahlia & Ludicolo
Greta & Breloom
Milo & Eldegoss
Max Mindstorm Psychic Terrain Bede & Hatterene
Avery & Slowking

By skill

Passive skill Terrain When it is triggered Playable sync pairs Recurring opponents
Conductive Sync Electric Terrain After using sync move (first time) Volkner (New Year's 2022) & Electivire
Sygna Suit Piers & Toxtricity
Elesa (Classic) & Emolga
Electric Terrain Debut & Extension 5 Electric Terrain Upon entry (first time) Sygna Suit Hau & Tapu Koko
Grassy Terrain Debut & Extension 5 Grassy Terrain Upon entry (first time) Sygna Suit Acerola & Tapu Bulu
Green Thumb Grassy Terrain After using sync move Sygna Suit Acerola & Tapu Bulu
Hilda & Leafeon
Will & Exeggutor
(Champion Stadium: Johto Challenge)
Tapu Bulu (Direct link)
(Legendary Arena/Legendary Gauntlet)
Low-Key Melancholy Electric Terrain After successful attack move (first time) Sygna Suit Piers & Toxtricity
MAX Conductivity Electric Terrain After using max move Sygna Suit Red (Thunderbolt) & Pikachu
Power Plant Electric Terrain After using sync move Kris & Jolteon
Sygna Suit Hau & Tapu Koko
Psychic Terrain Debut & Extension 5 Psychic Terrain Upon entry (first time) Sygna Suit Lana & Tapu Lele
Weird World Psychic Terrain After using sync move Sygna Suit Lana & Tapu Lele
Elio & Espeon

Superawakened passive skills

Superawakened passive skills are only accessible to certain fair-exclusive sync pairs after they are raised to superawakening level 5.

Superawakened passive skill Sync pair Terrain When it is triggered
Elegant Psychic Powers Avery & Galarian Slowking Psychic Terrain After the user's Pokémon uses a move (first time)
Guardian's Abundance Sygna Suit Acerola & Tapu Bulu Grassy Terrain After using Sunny Day (first time)
I Might as Well Test My Skills Dexio & Espeon Psychic Terrain Upon entry (first time)
Soothing Sounds in the Woods Victor & Rillaboom Grassy Terrain Upon entry (first time), after using G-Max Drum Solo
The Fighting Farmer Milo & Eldegoss Grassy Terrain Upon entry (first time)

By 6★ EX sync move

The following field sync pairs, when raised to 6★ EX, will implement a terrain just before their sync move is used for the first time in a battle. The duration of this terrain is also extended by 50%. Sync pairs with a field EX role need to be raised to 6★ EX and receive a Field Roll Cake in order to access this effect.

Sync pair Zone Role EX role Move name
VSAvery Masters.png
Avery & Slowking
Psychic Terrain Masters Field.png Field Masters Tech.png Tech Elegant Psychic Beam
VSBellelba Masters.png
Bellelba & Swoobat
Psychic Terrain Masters Support.png Support Masters Field.png Field Rule the Enchanted Land Psychic Impact
VSEmmet Sygna Masters.png
Sygna Suit Emmet & Eelektross
Electric Terrain Masters Field.png Field Masters Tech.png Tech The Best, Perfect Electric Impact
VSGreta Masters.png
Greta & Breloom
Grassy Terrain Masters Sprint.png Sprint Masters Field.png Field Mind-Skill-Body Mastery Grass Impact
VSLyra Sygna Masters.png
Sygna Suit Lyra & Celebi
Grassy Terrain Masters Tech.png Tech Masters Field.png Field Time-Transcending Magical Leaf
VSMay Anniversary 2022 Masters.png
May (Anniversary 2022) & Latias
Psychic Terrain Masters Tech.png Tech Masters Field.png Field Friendship Forging Mist Ball
VSRed Masters.png
Red & Venusaur
Grassy Terrain Masters Field.png Field Masters Special Strike.png Special Strike Silent Overgrowth Grass Beam
VSRed Sygna Thunderbolt Masters.png
Sygna Suit Red (Thunderbolt) & Pikachu
Electric Terrain Masters Tech.png Tech Masters Field.png Field Lightning-Fast Volt Tackle

Special cases

In the Legendary Arena or Legendary Gauntlet, every time the opposing Tapu Bulu enters battle—including every moment that it gets a new HP bar—the field of play's terrain instantly becomes Grassy Terrain.

Removing terrain

Except in certain circumstances, such as a battle where all field effects are permanent, terrains will automatically disappear after a certain amount of time. The only way to remove a terrain before the end of this timer is by setting up a new terrain, which will override the previous one, or using the move Defog.

Name Category Move gauge cost MP
(uses)
Base power Max power Accuracy Target Effect tag Description Playable sync pairs
Defog Status 2 2 —% An opponent Clears the entire terrain and zone effects. Clears all field effects from the opponents' field of play. Lowers the target's evasiveness by one stat rank. Lisia & Altaria
Darach & Staraptor
Falkner & Pidgeot

Effects on skills

When terrain is set

The following passive skills are activated at the moment the specified type of terrain is set.

Passive skill Terrain Effect
Akala Ocean Breeze Any Increases Physical Moves ↑ Next effect and Special Moves ↑ Next effect by one rank each
Ally Sets WTZ: Physical Boost ↑1 9 Any Increases Physical Moves ↑ Next effect by one rank
Ally Sets WTZ: Special Boost ↑1 9 Any Increases Special Moves ↑ Next effect by one rank
Ally Sets WTZ: Team Speed ↑ 9 Any Raises all allies' Speed by one stat rank
Electric Terrain Debut & Extension 5 Electric Terrain Extends the duration of the terrain by 50 seconds
Electric Terrain Extension 2 Electric Terrain Extends the duration of the terrain by 20 seconds
Electric Terrain Extension 3 Electric Terrain Extends the duration of the terrain by 30 seconds
Grassy Terrain Debut & Extension 5 Grassy Terrain Extends the duration of the terrain by 50 seconds
Grassy Terrain Extension 3 Grassy Terrain Extends the duration of the terrain by 30 seconds
Grassy Terrain Extension 5 Grassy Terrain Extends the duration of the terrain by 50 seconds
Grooow Strong! Any Raises all allies' Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense, Speed, accuracy, or evasiveness by two stat ranks and increases all allies' Special Moves ↑ Next effect by one rank
Low-Key Melancholy Electric Terrain Extends the duration of the terrain by 30 seconds
Melemele Ocean Breeze Any Increases all allies' Special Moves ↑ Next effect by one rank
Poni Ocean Breeze Any Raises all allies' Defense and Special Defense by one stat rank each
Psychic Terrain Debut & Extension 5 Psychic Terrain Extends the duration of the terrain by 50 seconds
Red's Fighting Spirit Electric Terrain Extends the duration of the terrain
Set Allied/Entire Field Effect: Free Move Next 9 Any Applies the Free Move Next effect
Set Allied/Entire Field Effect: Special Boost ↑1 9 Any Increases Special Moves ↑ Next effect by one rank
Team Altered Field Dodge 9 Any Raises all allies' evasiveness by one stat rank
Ula'ula Ocean Breeze Any Increases all allies' Physical Moves ↑ Next effect by one rank

During terrain

The following passive skills are active as long as the field of play's terrain is the specified terrain.

Passive skill Terrain Effect
Charged Immunity Electric Terrain Protects against status conditions
Electrorepulsion 3 Electric Terrain Reduces damage taken from attack moves by 30%
Empowering Overgrowth 3 Grassy Terrain Powers up moves by 30%
Empowering Overgrowth 5 Grassy Terrain Powers up moves by 50%
Grassy Cushion 2 Grassy Terrain Reduces damage taken from attack moves by 20%
Grassy Tenacity Grassy Terrain Protects against being flinched, confused, or trapped
Grassy Terrain: S-Moves ↑ 5 Grassy Terrain Powers up sync moves by 50%
Grassy Terrain: Team Condition Nullification Grassy Terrain Protects all allies against status conditions, flinching, becoming confused, or becoming trapped
Grounding Wire Electric Terrain Protects against being flinched, confused, or trapped
Power Induction 1 Electric Terrain Powers up moves by 10%
Power Induction 3 Electric Terrain Powers up moves by 30%
Power Induction 5 Electric Terrain Powers up moves by 50%
Precognition 1 Psychic Terrain Charges the move gauge faster
Precognition 2 Psychic Terrain Charges the move gauge faster
Precognition 3 Psychic Terrain Charges the move gauge faster
Premonition 2 Psychic Terrain Reduces damage taken from attack moves by 20%
Psychic Freebie 9 Psychic Terrain Grants Free Move Next effect after a successful attack move
Psychic Stasis Psychic Terrain Prevents stats from being lowered
Psychic Terrain: Team Condition Nullification Psychic Terrain Protects all allies against status conditions, flinching, becoming confused, or becoming trapped
Red's Fighting Spirit Electric Terrain Charges the move gauge faster and restores HP when the user's Pokémon takes an action
Shock Recovery 1 Electric Terrain Restores 6% of maximum HP when the user's Pokémon takes an action
Sync Induction 5 Electric Terrain Powers up sync moves by 50%
Sync Induction 9 Electric Terrain Powers up sync moves by 90%
Team Charged Slo-mo 9 Electric Terrain Lowers all opponents' Speed by one stat rank after a successful attack move
Team Charged Speed Drain 9 Electric Terrain Raises all allies' Speed by one stat rank and lowers all opponents' Speed by one stat rank after a successful attack move
Team Electric Current Electric Terrain Prevents all allies' stats from being lowered
Team Grassy Restoration 9 Grassy Terrain Restores 6% of all allies' maximum HP after taking an action
Team Power Induction 2 Electric Terrain Powers up all allies' moves by 20%
Team Takes Hit From P-/S-/Max Move: Ignore WTZ Power ↑ Any Ignores power-up effects of terrains when any allies are attacked
Team Verdant Defense Drain 9 Grassy Terrain Raises all allies' Defense by one stat rank and lowers all opponents' Defense by one stat rank after a successful attack move
Team Verdant Physical DR 3 Grassy Terrain Reduces physical attack move damage taken by allies by 30%
Team Weird Sp. Def Drain 9 Psychic Terrain Raises all allies' Sp. Def by one stat rank and lowers all opponents' Sp. Def by one stat rank after a successful attack move
Team Weird Vibes 2 Psychic Terrain Powers up all allies' moves by 20%
Terrain Sync-Up 9 Any Powers up sync moves by 90%
Turbo Charge 2 Electric Terrain Charges the move gauge faster
Turbo Charge 3 Electric Terrain Charges the move gauge faster
Turbo Turf 1 Grassy Terrain Charges the move gauge faster
Turbo Turf 2 Grassy Terrain Charges the move gauge faster
Verdant Immunity Grassy Terrain Protects against status conditions
Verdant Recovery 1 Grassy Terrain Restores 6% of maximum HP when the user's Pokémon takes an action
Weird Charge 9 Psychic Terrain Charges move gauge by one after using a move
Weird Immunity Psychic Terrain Protects against status conditions
Weird Might 4 Psychic Terrain Has a 50% chance of increasing Physical Moves ↑ Next effect by one rank after a successful attack move
Weird Recovery 1 Psychic Terrain Restores 6% of maximum HP when the user's Pokémon takes an action
Weird Shield Psychic Terrain Increases Sp. Def by 50%
Weird Vibes 1 Psychic Terrain Powers up moves by 10%
Weird Vibes 5 Psychic Terrain Powers up moves by 50%
WTZ Change: Team Moves ↑ 2 Any Powers up all allies' moves by 20%

Superawakened passive skills

Superawakened passive skills are only accessible to certain fair-exclusive sync pairs after they are raised to superawakening level 5.

Superawakened passive skill Sync pair Terrain Effect
Elegant Psychic Powers Avery & Galarian Slowking Psychic Terrain Extends the duration of the terrain by 30 seconds
Sandy Selfie Raihan (Anniversary 2022) & Flygon Any Increases all allies' Special Moves ↑ Next effect by one rank
Spikemuth in the Old Days Sygna Suit Piers & Toxtricity Electric Terrain Powers up sync moves by 50%
The Royal Kalos Princess Sygna Suit Diantha & Diancie Any Increases all allies' Physical Moves ↑ Next effect by one rank

Effects on moves

Some moves and sync moves can have their effects changed depending on the terrain. In addition, some buddy moves are only activated when a certain type of terrain is active.

Pokémon moves

Name Type Category Terrain Effect Playable sync pairs
Grassy Glide Grass Physical Grassy Terrain Will not consume the move gauge when the terrain is Grassy Terrain. Sygna Suit Lyra & Celebi
Hilda & Leafeon

Buddy moves

Name Type Category Terrain Effect Sync pair
Frenzied Sludge Wave Poison Special Electric Terrain Activation Condition: When there is at least one Pokémon affected by a status condition on the opponent's field of play.

Deactivation Condition: When there are no longer any Pokémon affected by a status condition on the opponent's field of play.

Lowers the target's Sp. Def by two stat ranks. Has a chance (10%) of leaving the target poisoned. This attack's power increases 50% when the terrain is Electric Terrain.

VSRoxie Sygna Masters.png
Sygna Suit Roxie & Toxtricity
Giga Frenzy Plant Grass Special Grassy Terrain Activation Condition: When the field of play's terrain turns into Grassy Terrain.

Deactivation Condition: When the field of play's terrain is no longer Grassy Terrain.

Lowers the target's Sp. Def by two stat ranks. The power of this move is not lowered even if there are multiple targets.

VSRed Masters.png
Red & Venusaur
Neo Psycho Cut Psychic Physical Any; additional effects in Psychic Terrain Activation Condition: When weather, terrain, or zone effects are activated.

Deactivation Condition: When all weather, terrain, and zone effects are cleared.

Never misses. Except in certain circumstances, successful hits with this attack become critical hits. The power of this move is not lowered even if there are multiple targets. Decreases the amount of move gauge slots needed to use this move by two when the terrain is Psychic Terrain.

VSLana Sygna Masters.png
Sygna Suit Lana & Tapu Lele
Origin Volt Tackle Electric Physical Electric Terrain Activation Condition: When the field of play's terrain turns into Electric Terrain.

Deactivation Condition: When the field of play's terrain is no longer Electric Terrain.

Ignores passive skills that would reduce the damage of this attack. Ignores passive skills that would protect the target against a critical hit. Ignores the target's Enduring effect. The power of this move is not lowered even if there are multiple targets. Lowers the target's Defense and Sp. Def by one stat rank when the target is paralyzed.

VSRed Sygna Thunderbolt Masters.png
Sygna Suit Red (Thunderbolt) & Pikachu
Sea Deity Protect Normal Status Any Activation Condition: When weather, terrain, or zone effects are activated.

Deactivation Condition: When all weather, terrain, and zone effects are cleared.

Applies the Damage Guard Next effect to all allied sync pairs. Restores the HP of all allied sync pairs by approximately 20% of their maximum HP. HP is restored by 30% instead when the zone is a Fairy Zone. Returns lowered stats of all allied sync pairs to normal when the weather is rainy.

VSMina Sygna Masters.png
Sygna Suit Mina & Tapu Fini
Sorrowful Echoes Overdrive Electric Special Any Activation Condition: When weather, terrain, or zone effects are activated.

Deactivation Condition: When all weather, terrain, and zone effects are cleared.

The power of this move is not lowered even if there are multiple targets. Decreases the amount of move gauge slots needed to use this move by two when the zone is a Poison Zone. This attack's power increases 20% when the target is affected by a status condition.

VSPiers Sygna Masters.png
Sygna Suit Piers & Toxtricity
Unbreakable Swords Dance Normal Status Any Activation Condition: When weather, terrain, or zone effects are activated.

Deactivation Condition: When all weather, terrain, and zone effects are cleared.

Raises the Attack of all allied sync pairs by two stat ranks. Increases the Physical Moves ↑ Next effect of all allied sync pairs by one rank. Charges the user's move gauge by two when the weather is sunny.

VSAcerola Sygna Masters.png
Sygna Suit Acerola & Tapu Bulu
Wild Electroweb Electric Special Any Activation Condition: When weather, terrain, or zone effects are activated.

Deactivation Condition: When all weather, terrain, and zone effects are cleared.

This attack's power is doubled when the zone is a Fairy Zone. Lowers the target's Speed by two stat ranks. Raises the Speed of all allied sync pairs by two stat ranks.

VSHau Sygna Masters.png
Sygna Suit Hau & Tapu Koko

Trainer moves

Name Weather Effect Sync pair
Cast the Line! Psychic Terrain Raises the user's Attack and Sp. Atk by six stat ranks. Applies the Supereffective ↑ Next effect to the user when the terrain is Psychic Terrain. VSLana Sygna Masters.png
Sygna Suit Lana & Tapu Lele
Make Some Sparks! Electric Terrain Raises the user's Attack by one stat rank. Applies the Critical Hit Next effect to the user. Raises the accuracy of all allied sync pairs by one stat rank when the terrain is Electric Terrain. VSVolkner Masters.png
Volkner & Luxray
You Snooze, You Lose! Psychic Terrain Raises the user's Defense, Sp. Atk, and Sp. Def by one stat rank. These stats are raised by two stat ranks instead when the terrain is Psychic Terrain. VSBianca Masters.png
Bianca & Musharna

Sync moves

Ignoring other sources of power boosts, the following sync moves double in power when certain terrain is active. For damage-dealing Electric-, Grass-, and Psychic-type sync moves, this power-doubling feature stacks multiplicatively with the type-matching damage boosts that terrain effects provide, which can make the power of those three kinds of attacks be at least tripled.

Name Type Category Terrain Effect Sync pair
Indomitable Happiness Normal Impact Normal Physical Any This attack's power increases when a terrain is in effect. VSWhitney Holiday 2022 Masters.png
Whitney (Holiday 2022) & Sawsbuck
Lightning-Fast Volt Tackle Electric Physical Electric Terrain This attack's power increases when the terrain is Electric Terrain. VSRed Sygna Thunderbolt Masters.png
Sygna Suit Red (Thunderbolt) & Pikachu
Smiling Arcade Star Water Beam Water Special Any This attack's power increases when weather conditions, a terrain, or a zone are in effect. VSDahlia Masters.png
Dahlia & Ludicolo
Thundering Deity Gigavolt Havoc Electric Special Electric Terrain This attack's power increases when the terrain is Electric Terrain. VSHau Sygna Masters.png
Sygna Suit Hau & Tapu Koko
Time-Transcending Magical Leaf Grass Special Grassy Terrain This attack's power increases when the terrain is Grassy Terrain. VSLyra Sygna Masters.png
Sygna Suit Lyra & Celebi

Trivia

  • Misty Terrain is the only type of terrain that is unavailable in Pokémon Masters EX.

See also

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