Zone (Masters)

Zone (Japanese: ゾーン Zone) is a type of field effect in Pokémon Masters EX that affects all Pokémon on the field. Only one type of zone may be present at a time, with any new zone put in place overwriting the previous zone. Zones can run concurrently alongside weather and terrain.

Activating a Steel Zone

At normal game speed, zones 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, zones last shorter to accommodate for quicker gameplay. However, the duration of a zone can be extended if the same type of zone is summoned again or if a Pokémon on the field has a certain skill that extends the duration of the zone.

There are thirteen types of zones, one for each type whose moves are not powered up by a weather or terrain effect. In order of release, the zones are Ghost Zone, Dragon Zone, Steel Zone, Dark Zone, Flying Zone, Bug Zone, Ground Zone, Fighting Zone, Fairy Zone, Poison Zone, Rock Zone, Ice Zone, and Normal Zone. Each zone powers up attacks of the corresponding type by 50% (e.g., Ghost Zone powers up Ghost-type moves).

Creating zones

Zones may be applied through item moves, Trainer moves, buddy moves, and skills. Some Field sync pairs can set a zone using their sync move after being raised to 6★ EX (including those with the Field EX role).

By item move

Item move	Zone	Playable sync pairs
Bug Wish	Bug Zone	Ingo (Special Costume) & Accelgor Viola (Holiday 2023) & Vivillon
Dark Wish	Dark Zone	Sygna Suit Cyrus & Darkrai Scottie/Bettie & UmbreonEgg
Dragon Wish	Dragon Zone	Lucas & Dialga
Fairy Wish	Fairy Zone	Sygna Suit Wally & Gardevoir Sygna Suit Hau & Tapu Koko Scottie/Bettie & SylveonEgg
Flying Wish	Flying Zone	Skyla (Anniversary 2022) & Tornadus
Ghost Wish	Ghost Zone	Sygna Suit Cynthia (Renegade) & Giratina
Ground Wish	Ground Zone	Courtney & Camerupt
Ice Wish	Ice Zone	Irida & Glaceon Scottie/Bettie & GlaceonEgg
Normal Wish	Normal Zone	Palmer & Regigigas
Poison Wish	Poison Zone	Iris (Fall 2022) & Naganadel
Rock Wish	Rock Zone	Sygna Suit Diantha & Diancie
Steel Wish	Steel Zone	Marnie (Palentine's 2022) & Mawile Selene (Special Costume) & Scizor

By Trainer move

Name	Zone	Effect		Sync pair
I-I'm Not Afraid!	Ghost Zone	Turns the field of play's zone into a Ghost Zone. (A Ghost Zone powers up Ghost-type attacks.) Raises an ally's Sp. Atk by four stat ranks. Raises an ally's critical-hit rate by three stat ranks.		Gardenia (Summer 2024) & Dhelmise
It's Teatime!	Ghost Zone	Activates one of several additional effects at random. Raises the Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by two stat ranks. Applies the Gradual Healing effect to all allied sync pairs.	Possible additional effects: 19% chance each: Status Condition Shield Special Damage Reduction Physical Damage Reduction Move Gauge Acceleration Critical-Hit Defense 5% chance: Ghost Zone	Lillie (Special Costume) & Polteageist
Let's Cool Down!	Ice Zone	Turns the field of play's zone into an Ice Zone. (An Ice Zone powers up Ice-type attacks.) Raises the Defense and Sp. Def of all allied sync pairs by two stat ranks.		Grusha & Cetitan
Mutual Understanding!	Dark Zone	Turns the field of play's zone into a Dark Zone. (A Dark Zone powers up Dark-type attacks.) Raises an ally's Speed by four stat ranks. Increases the Physical Moves ↑ Next effect and Special Moves ↑ Next effect of an ally by two ranks.		Akari & Samurott
The Show Begins!	Poison Zone	Turns the field of play's zone into a Poison Zone. (A Poison Zone powers up Poison-type attacks.) Raises the user's Sp. Atk and critical-hit rate by two stat ranks.		Sygna Suit Piers & Toxtricity
Triumphant Research!	Fighting Zone	Turns the field of play's zone into a Fighting Zone. (A Fighting Zone powers up Fighting-type attacks.) Raises the user's Speed by three stat ranks. Lowers the user's Sp. Def by one stat rank.		Hop (Champion) & Zapdos

By buddy move

Buddy move	Type	Category	Zone	Effect	Sync pair
All-Out Sunsteel Strike	Steel	Physical	Steel Zone	Activation Condition: When the user's Pokémon uses a move once. Deactivation Condition: When this move is used. 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. Turns the field of play's zone into a Steel Zone the first time this attack move is successful each battle. (A Steel Zone powers up Steel-type attacks.)	Lillie (Anniversary 2024) & Solgaleo
Blooming Mortal Spin	Poison	Physical	Poison Zone	Activation Condition: When there is at least one poisoned or badly poisoned Pokémon on the opponent's field of play. Deactivation Condition: When there are no longer any poisoned or badly poisoned Pokémon on the opponent's field of play. Never misses. Lowers the target's Defense by three stat ranks. Leaves the target poisoned. Turns the field of play's zone into a Poison Zone. (A Poison Zone powers up Poison-type attacks.) Removes a damage field from the allied field of play. Removes the trapped condition from the user.	Geeta & Glimmora
Bugs' Singing Leech Life	Bug	Physical	Bug Zone	Activation Condition: When a circle is applied to the allied field of play. Deactivation Condition: When there are no longer any circles applied to the allied field of play. Lowers one of the target's following stats by two stat ranks at random: Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, Speed, accuracy, or evasiveness. Raises the user's stat by the same amount. The more damage dealt to the target, the more it restores the user's HP. Restores the HP of all allied sync pairs by approximately 10% of their maximum HP. Turns the field of play's zone into a Bug Zone the first time this attack move is successful each battle. (A Bug Zone powers up Bug-type attacks.)	Bugsy (Holiday 2024) & Kricketune
Ginormous Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	Rock Zone	Activation Condition: When the user's Defense is raised to its maximum stat rank. Deactivation Condition: When the user's Defense is not raised to its maximum stat rank. Lowers the target's Speed by 2 stat ranks. Turns the field of play's zone into a Rock Zone. (A Rock Zone powers up Rock-type attacks.) Increases the Physical Moves ↑ Next effect and Special Moves ↑ Next effect of all allied sync pairs by 1 rank.	Elio (Alt.) & Stakataka
Rampant Mud-Slap	Ground	Special	Ground Zone	Activation Condition: When the user is hit by an attack move one time. Deactivation Condition: When this move is used. Never misses. Lowers the target's accuracy by two stat ranks. Leaves the target poisoned. Turns the field of play's zone into a Ground Zone. (A Ground Zone powers up Ground-type attacks.) Increases the Physical Moves ↑ Next effect and Special Moves ↑ Next effect of all allied sync pairs by two ranks.	Rika & Clodsire
Summer Hues Shadow Ball	Ghost	Special	Ghost Zone	Activation Condition: When the user uses any move once. Deactivation Condition: Cannot be deactivated. Lowers the target's Attack and Sp. Atk by one stat rank. Has a chance (20%) of lowering the target’s Sp. Def by one stat rank. Turns the field of play's zone into a Ghost Zone the first time this attack move is successful each battle. (A Ghost Zone powers up Ghost-type attacks.)	Gardenia (Summer 2024) & Dhelmise
Transformational Double Team	Normal	Status	Dark Zone	Activation Condition: When any allies' attack moves hit a total of ten times while this move is deactivated. Deactivation Condition: When this move is used. Raises the evasiveness of all allied sync pairs by two stat ranks. Increases the Physical Moves ↑ Next effect of all allied sync pairs by two ranks when the user's sync move is Dark type. Turns the field of play's zone into a Dark Zone when the user's sync move is Dark type. (A Dark Zone powers up Dark-type attacks.) Increases the Special Moves ↑ Next effect of all allied sync pairs by two ranks when the user's sync move is Water type. Makes the weather rainy when the user's sync move is Water type.	Calem (Champion) & Greninja

By skill

Passive skill	Zone	When it is triggered	Playable sync pairs
1st S-Move: Poison Zone	Poison Zone	After using sync move (first time only)	Sygna Suit Roxie & Toxtricity
1st Use Status P-Move: Steel Zone	Steel Zone	After using status move (first time only)	Gardenia (Summer 2024) & Dhelmise
Amped and Vibed	Poison Zone	After using max move	Sygna Suit Roxie & Toxtricity
Arctic Arrival	Ice Zone	Upon entry (first time only)	Irida & Glaceon Gladion & Weavile
Brawling Opening Sync	Fighting Zone	After using sync move (first time only)	Hop (Champion) & Zapdos
Cynthia's Aura	Fighting Zone	Upon entry (first time only), after using sync move	Sygna Suit Cynthia (Aura) & Lucario
Debut: Dark Zone	Dark Zone	Upon entry (first time only)	Marnie & Scrafty
Debut: Ghost Zone	Ghost Zone	Upon entry (first time only)	Victor & Spectrier
Debut: Rock Zone	Rock Zone	Upon entry (first time only)	Nemona & Lycanroc
Down to Earth	Ground Zone	Upon entry (first time only)	—
Dragon Drop Zone	Dragon Zone	Upon entry (first time only)	—
Earthen Opening Sync	Ground Zone	After using sync move (first time only)	Courtney & Camerupt
Ethereal Entrance	Fairy Zone	Upon entry (first time only)	—
Fairy Kingdom	Fairy Zone	After using sync move	Sygna Suit Mina & Tapu Fini Calem & Sylveon
Fairy Zone Debut & Extension 5	Fairy Zone	Upon entry (first time only)	Sygna Suit Mina & Tapu Fini
Landing Pad	Flying Zone	Upon entry (first time only)	Silver & Crobat
Myth Archeologist	Ground Zone	After causing a sandstorm	Arc Suit Cynthia & Garchomp
Piqued Curiosity	Fairy Zone	After using status move (first time only)	Volo & Togepi
S-Move: Dark Zone	Dark Zone	After using sync move	Selene & Umbreon
S-Move: Ice Zone	Ice Zone	After using sync move	Hilbert & Glaceon
Steel Surroundings	Steel Zone	Upon entry (first time only)	—
Top Champion's Pressure	Poison Zone	Upon entry (first time only)	Geeta & Glimmora

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	Zone	When it is triggered
All Aboard to Victory	Sygna Suit Ingo & Chandelure	Ghost Zone	After using max move
Bursting Fiery Passion	Gloria (Alt. 2) & Cinderace	Flying Zone	After using Max Airstream
Bursting Fiery Passion	Gloria (Alt. 2) & Cinderace	Fighting Zone	After using Max Knuckle
Hisuian Survival Techniques	Rei & Hisuian Decidueye	Fighting Zone	After the user's Pokémon uses a move (first time)
Krazy for Klara	Klara & Galarian Slowbro	Poison Zone	After using max move
One Step Ahead of You	Blue (Classic) & Aerodactyl	Rock Zone	After using sync move (first time)
Pilot in the Blue Sky	Skyla (Anniversary 2022) & Tornadus	Flying Zone	Upon entry (first time)
Racing Heartbeat	Sygna Suit Cynthia & Kommo-o	Dragon Zone	Upon entry (first time), after using sync move (first time)
Stop Right There!	Sina & Glaceon	Ice Zone	Upon entry (first time)
Stubborn Pink Elite	Bede & Hatterene	Fairy Zone	After using G-Max Smite
The Royal Kalos Princess	Sygna Suit Diantha & Diancie	Rock Zone	Upon entry (first time)
The Sub-zero Shredder	Grusha & Cetitan	Ice Zone	After using sync move (first time)
Title: Falling Rain of Hope	Sygna Suit Mina & Tapu Fini	Fairy Zone	After using Rain Dance (first time)
Ultra Stacked	Elio (Alt.) & Stakataka	Rock Zone	After using sync move (first time)
Words of the Tower Tycoon	Palmer & Regigigas	Normal Zone	After using max move

By 6★ EX sync move

The following field sync pairs, when raised to 6★ EX, will implement a zone just before their sync move is used for the first time in a battle. The duration of this zone is also extended. 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
Akari & Samurott	Dark Zone	Field	Physical Strike	Master Crafter Ceaseless Edge
Anabel & Snorlax	Normal Zone	Support	Field	Case Completer Normal Impact
Bede & Hatterene	Fairy Zone	Tech	Field	Most Elite Fairy Beam
Bugsy (Holiday 2024) & Kricketune	Bug Zone	Support	Field	Conduct a Melody of Feelings Bug Impact
Sygna Suit Cyrus & Darkrai	Dark Zone	Tech	Field	Perfect World Dark Pulse
Sygna Suit Diantha & Diancie	Rock Zone	Tech	Field	Noble Beauty Diamond Storm
Sygna Suit Ethan & Lugia	Flying Zone	Special Strike	Field	Shining Soul Aeroblast
Gardenia (Summer 2024) & Dhelmise	Ghost Zone	Field	Support	Courageous Strides Ghost Beam
Geeta & Glimmora	Poison Zone	Field	Physical Strike	Top Champion's Guidance Mortal Spin
Giovanni & Rhydon	Ground Zone	Field	Physical Strike	Remembering the Past Ground Impact
Gladion & Weavile	Ice Zone	Field	None	See More of the World Ice Impact
Lillie (Anniversary 2024) & Solgaleo	Steel Zone	Sprint	Field	Wholesome Heart Sunraze Smash
Marnie & Scrafty	Dark Zone	Field	None	We Aren't Givin' Up Dark Impact
Nate (Champion) & Haxorus	Dragon Zone	Physical Strike	Field	Resonating Will Dragon Claw
Nemona & Lycanroc	Rock Zone	Field	None	Happy to Go All Out Rock Impact
Rika & Clodsire	Ground Zone	Support	Field	Paldea League Interviewer Earth Power
Selene (Special Costume) & Scizor	Steel Zone	Field	Physical Strike	Crushing Red Justice Steel Impact
Silver & Crobat	Flying Zone	Field	None	Believe in You More Flying Beam
Thorton & Magnezone	Steel Zone	Field	Support	One Hundred Percent Steel Beam
Victor & Spectrier	Ghost Zone	Field	None	Night Dash Ghost Beam
Viola (Holiday 2023) & Vivillon	Bug Zone	Field	Tech	Mystical Icy Snow Dance Bug Beam
Volo & Togepi	Fairy Zone	Field	Tech	Ruin Enthusiast Merchant Dazzling Gleam

Removing zones

Except in certain circumstances, such as a battle where all field effects are permanent, zones will automatically disappear after a certain amount of time. The only way to remove a zone before the end of this timer is by setting up a new zone, 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 zone is set

The following passive skills are activated at the moment the specified zone is set.

Skill	Zone	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
Amped and Vibed	Poison Zone	Extends the duration of the zone by 30 seconds
Bug Zone Extension 3	Bug Zone	Extends the duration of the zone by 30 seconds
Dark Zone Extension 3	Dark Zone	Extends the duration of the zone by 30 seconds
Dragon Zone Extension 3	Dragon Zone	Extends the duration of the zone by 30 seconds
Fairy Zone Debut & Extension 5	Fairy Zone	Extends the duration of the zone by 50 seconds
Fairy Zone Extension 3	Fairy Zone	Extends the duration of the zone by 30 seconds
Flying Zone Extension 3	Flying Zone	Extends the duration of the zone by 30 seconds
Ghost Zone Extension 3	Ghost Zone	Extends the duration of the zone by 30 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
Ground Zone Extension 5	Ground Zone	Extends the duration of the zone by 50 seconds
Ice Zone Extension 3	Ice Zone	Extends the duration of the zone by 30 seconds
Melemele Ocean Breeze	Any	Increases all allies' Special Moves ↑ Next effect by one rank
Myth Archeologist	Ground Zone	Extends the duration of the zone
Poison Zone Extension 2	Poison Zone	Extends the duration of the zone by 20 seconds
Poni Ocean Breeze	Any	Raises all allies' Defense and Special Defense by one stat rank each
Rock Zone Extension 3	Rock Zone	Extends the duration of the zone by 30 seconds
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
Steel Zone Extension 3	Steel Zone	Extends the duration of the zone by 30 seconds
Steel Zone Extension 5	Steel Zone	Extends the duration of the zone by 50 seconds
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
Watch for Ice	Ice Zone	Causes a hailstorm

During zone

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

Skill	Zone	Effect
Aerial Acceleration 2	Flying Zone	Charges the move gauge faster
Aerial Acceleration 3	Flying Zone	Charges the move gauge faster
Barrel Roll 2	Flying Zone	Reduces damage taken from attack moves by 20%
Brawling Acceleration 2	Fighting Zone	Charges the move gauge faster
Brawling Healing 1	Fighting Zone	Restores 6% of maximum HP when the user's Pokémon takes an action
Bug Zone: Team Attack Move DR 1	Bug Zone	Reduces damage taken by allies from attack moves by 10%
Bug Zone: Team Attack Move DR 2	Bug Zone	Reduces damage taken by allies from attack moves by 20%
Dark Zone: Attack Move DR 2	Dark Zone	Reduces damage taken from attack moves by 20%
Dark Zone: S-Moves ↑ 5	Dark Zone	Powers up sync moves by 50%
Dark Zone: Team Crit Immunity	Dark Zone	Protects all allies against critical hits
Draconic Acceleration 2	Dragon Zone	Charges the move gauge faster
Draconic Power 2	Dragon Zone	Powers up moves by 20%
Draconic Sync 4	Dragon Zone	Powers up sync moves by 40%
Dragon Zone: Attack Move DR 2	Dragon Zone	Reduces damage taken from attack moves by 20%
Dragon Zone: Interference Immunity	Dragon Zone	Protects against being flinched, confused, or trapped
Earthen Power 5	Ground Zone	Powers up moves by 50%
Fairy Zone: Team All Stats ↓ Immunity	Fairy Zone	Prevents all allies' stats from being lowered
Fairy Zone: Team Attack Move DR 2	Fairy Zone	Reduces damage taken by allies from attack moves by 20%
Fear the Snowy Mountain	Ice Zone	Reduces physical attack move damage taken by allies and charges the move gauge faster
Fighting Zone Triage Tank 4	Fighting Zone	Has a 50% chance of restoring HP when hit by an attack move
Flying Zone: HP Recovery 1	Flying Zone	Restores 6% of maximum HP when the user's Pokémon takes an action
Flying Zone: S-Moves ↑ 5	Flying Zone	Powers up sync moves by 50%
Ground Zone: Attack Move DR 2	Ground Zone	Reduces damage taken from attack moves by 20%
Ground Zone: Team Condition Nullification	Ground Zone	Protects all allies against status conditions, flinching, becoming confused, or becoming trapped
Haunted Acceleration 3	Ghost Zone	Charges the move gauge faster
Haunted Healing 1	Ghost Zone	Restores 6% of maximum HP when the user's Pokémon takes an action
Haunted Power 2	Ghost Zone	Powers up moves by 20%
Ice Zone: MG → 2	Ice Zone	Charges the move gauge faster
Ice Zone: Team Crit Immunity	Ice Zone	Protects all allies against critical hits
Ice Zone: Team Status Immunity	Ice Zone	Protects all allies against status conditions
Insect Acceleration 2	Bug Zone	Charges the move gauge faster
Insect Healing 1	Bug Zone	Restores 6% of maximum HP when the user's Pokémon takes an action
Insect Power 1	Bug Zone	Powers up moves by 10%
Lithic Acceleration 3	Rock Zone	Charges the move gauge faster
Lithic Healing 1	Rock Zone	Restores 6% of maximum HP when the user's Pokémon takes an action
Metallic Acceleration 2	Steel Zone	Charges the move gauge faster
Metallic Acceleration 3	Steel Zone	Charges the move gauge faster
Metallic Healing 1	Steel Zone	Restores 6% of maximum HP when the user's Pokémon takes an action
Metallic Power 2	Steel Zone	Powers up moves by 20%
Metallic Power 3	Steel Zone	Powers up moves by 30%
Metallic Power 5	Steel Zone	Powers up moves by 50%
Metallic Surge 5	Steel Zone	Powers up sync moves by 50%
Metallic Surge 9	Steel Zone	Powers up sync moves by 90%
Nerves of Steel 2	Steel Zone	Reduces damage taken from attack moves by 20%
Normal Zone: HP Recovery 1	Normal Zone	Restores 6% of maximum HP when the user's Pokémon takes an action
Normal Zone: MG → 2	Normal Zone	Charges the move gauge faster
Poison Zone Hit: Stat ↓ 9	Poison Zone	Lowers a random stat of the target by one stat rank after a successful attack move
Poison Zone: HP Recovery 1	Poison Zone	Restores 6% of maximum HP when the user's Pokémon takes an action
Poison Zone: Moves ↑ 3	Poison Zone	Powers up moves by 30%
Poison Zone: S-Moves ↑ 9	Poison Zone	Powers up sync moves by 90%
Poisonous Acceleration 2	Poison Zone	Charges the move gauge faster
Poisonous Acceleration 3	Poison Zone	Charges the move gauge faster
Ready for a Brawl 2	Fighting Zone	Reduces damage taken from attack moves by 20%
Rock Zone: S-Moves ↑ 5	Rock Zone	Powers up sync moves by 50%
Rock Zone: Team Physical DR 2	Rock Zone	Reduces physical attack move damage taken by allies by 20%
Rock Zone: Team Special DR 2	Rock Zone	Reduces special attack move damage taken by allies by 20%
Rock Zone Status Immunity	Rock Zone	Protects against status conditions
Steel Zone: Team Condition Nullification	Steel Zone	Protects all allies against status conditions, flinching, becoming confused, or becoming trapped
Team Takes Hit From P-/S-/Max Move: Ignore WTZ Power ↑	Any	Ignores power-up effects of weather when any allies are attacked
Team Umbral Restoration 9	Dark Zone	Restores 6% of all allies' maximum HP after taking an action
Team Whimsical Immunity	Fairy Zone	Protects all allies against status conditions
Team Whimsical Special DR 3	Fairy Zone	Reduces special attack move damage taken by allies by 30%
Umbral Acceleration 2	Dark Zone	Charges the move gauge faster
Umbral Healing 1	Dark Zone	Restores 6% of maximum HP when the user's Pokémon takes an action
Umbral Power 3	Dark Zone	Powers up moves by 30%
Umbral Tenacity	Dark Zone	Protects against being flinched, confused, or trapped
Use Move When Ice Zone: Team HP Recovery 9	Ice Zone	Restores 6% of all allies' maximum HP when the user's Pokémon takes an action
Whimsical Acceleration 2	Fairy Zone	Charges the move gauge faster
Whimsical Power 9	Fairy Zone	Powers up moves by 90%
Whimsical Stability	Fairy Zone	Prevents stats from being lowered
Whimsical Sync 5	Fairy Zone	Powers up sync 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	Zone	Effect
All Aboard to Victory	Sygna Suit Ingo & Chandelure	Ghost Zone	Extends the duration of the zone by 30 seconds
Krazy for Klara	Klara & Galarian Slowbro	Poison Zone	Protects all allies against status conditions, extends the duration of the zone by 30 seconds
One Step Ahead of You	Blue (Classic) & Aerodactyl	Rock Zone	Extends the duration of the zone by 30 seconds
Pilot in the Blue Sky	Skyla (Anniversary 2022) & Tornadus	Flying Zone	Increases all allies' Special Moves ↑ Next effect by one rank
Sandy Selfie	Raihan (Anniversary 2022) & Flygon	Any	Increases all allies' Special Moves ↑ Next effect by one rank
The Royal Kalos Princess	Sygna Suit Diantha & Diancie	Any	Increases all allies' Physical Moves ↑ Next effect by one rank
The Sub-zero Shredder	Grusha & Cetitan	Ice Zone	Reduces special attack move damage taken by allies by 30%, extends the duration of the zone by 30 seconds
Ultra Stacked	Elio (Alt.) & Stakataka	Rock Zone	Prevents all allies' stats from being lowered
Words of the Tower Tycoon	Palmer & Regigigas	Normal Zone	Powers up sync moves by 90%, extends the duration of the zone by 30 seconds

Effects on moves

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

Buddy moves

Name	Type	Category	Zone	Effect	Sync pair
Frozen Butterfly Stun Spore	Grass	Status	Bug Zone	Activation Condition: When the field of play's zone turns into a Bug Zone. Deactivation Condition: When the field of play's zone is no longer a Bug Zone. Never misses. Leaves the target paralyzed. Leaves the target confused. Lowers the target's Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, Speed, accuracy, and evasiveness by one stat rank.	Viola (Holiday 2023) & Vivillon
Metallic Bullet Punch	Steel	Physical	Steel Zone	Activation Condition: When the field of play's zone turns into a Steel Zone. Deactivation Condition: When the field of play's zone is no longer a Steel Zone. Never misses. Makes the target flinch. If the user's Scizor has Mega Evolved, also restores one MP of its buddy move.	Selene (Special Costume) & Scizor
Neo Psycho Cut	Psychic	Physical	Any	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.	Sygna Suit Lana & Tapu Lele
Pink Diamond Storm	Rock	Physical	Rock Zone	Activation Condition: When the field of play's zone turns into a Rock Zone. Deactivation Condition: When the field of play's zone is no longer a Rock Zone. Lowers the target's Defense by two stat ranks. Raises the Defense of all allied sync pairs by two stat ranks.	Sygna Suit Diantha & Diancie
Sea Deity Protect	Normal	Status	Any; additional effects in Fairy Zone	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.	Sygna Suit Mina & Tapu Fini
Sorrowful Echoes Overdrive	Electric	Special	Any; additional effects in Poison Zone	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.	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.	Sygna Suit Acerola & Tapu Bulu
Wild Electroweb	Electric	Special	Any; additional effects in Fairy Zone	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.	Sygna Suit Hau & Tapu Koko

Trainer moves

Name	Zone	Effect	Sync pair
It Won't End Here!	Fighting Zone	Raises the Defense and Sp. Def of all allied sync pairs by four stat ranks. These stats are raised by six stat ranks instead when the zone is a Fighting Zone.	Sygna Suit Cynthia (Aura) & Lucario
Maximum Power!	Fairy Zone	Raises the user's Sp. Atk by four stat ranks. Raises the user's critical-hit rate by two stat ranks. Reduces the user's sync move countdown by one when the zone is a Fairy Zone.	Sygna Suit Hau & Tapu Koko

Sync moves

Ignoring other sources of power boosts, the following sync moves double in power when certain zones are active. This power-doubling feature stacks multiplicatively with the type-matching damage boosts that zones provide, which can make the power of sync moves that match the zone's type be at least tripled.

Name	Type	Category	Zone	Effect	Sync pair
Heartsoaring Hurricane	Flying	Special	Flying Zone	This attack's power increases when the zone is Flying Zone.	Skyla (Anniversary 2022) & Tornadus
Illuminating Roar of Time	Dragon	Special	Dragon Zone	This attack's power increases when the zone is Dragon Zone.	Lucas & Dialga
Noble Beauty Diamond Storm	Rock	Physical	Rock Zone	Become Mega Diancie until the end of battle. This attack's power increases when the zone is a Rock Zone.	Sygna Suit Diantha & Diancie
Perfect World Dark Pulse	Dark	Special	Dark Zone	This attack's power increases when the zone is Dark Zone.	Sygna Suit Cyrus & Darkrai
Renegade Shadow Force	Ghost	Physical	Ghost Zone	This attack's power increases when the zone is Ghost Zone.	Sygna Suit Cynthia (Renegade) & Giratina
Smiling Arcade Star Water Beam	Water	Special	Any	This attack's power increases when weather conditions, a terrain, or a zone are in effect.	Dahlia & Ludicolo
Sweetheart Steel Impact	Steel	Physical	Steel Zone	Become Mega Mawile until the end of battle. This attack's power increases when the zone is Steel Zone.	Marnie (Palentine's 2022) & Mawile
Take On the World Dazzling Gleam	Fairy	Special	Fairy Zone	Become Mega Gardevoir until the end of battle. This attack's power increases when the zone is a Fairy Zone.	Sygna Suit Wally & Gardevoir
With Every Fiber Poison Beam	Poison	Special	Poison Zone	This attack's power increases when the zone is a Poison Zone.	Iris (Fall 2022) & Naganadel

Trivia

• Fighting Zone is the only zone that cannot be created by a playable sync pair's item move. It is also the only zone that cannot be created by a field sync pair's sync move.
• Bug Zone is the only zone that cannot be created by a playable sync pair's skill.
  • If superawakened passive skills are excluded, Dragon Zone and Normal Zone also cannot be created by a playable sync pair's skill.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 領域 Líhngwihk Mandarin 領域 Lǐngyù French Zone German Zone Italian Zone Korean 존 Zone Spanish Zona

See also

• Terrain (Masters)
• Weather (Masters)

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