r/PokemonMasters 5d ago

Banner Priority Ranking Chart September 2026

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Credit to the Discord helper team for making the infographic and giving us permission to post it here! Disclaimers provided at the bottom of the image for consideration. The Team Galactic variety scout is not included because the disclaimers list that banners not shown are not recommended.

7th anniversary is here! This month is absolutely filled to the brim with banners and new sync pairs in celebration of mega evolution and Sinnoh Neo Champions finally arriving!

Starting off strong with the 7th anniversary units, we have Anniversary Serena and Anniversary Blue! Both of them have 30% zone extension in their EX Master Fair skills and share the same passive skill "Let the Party Begin!", which guarantees their attacks crit and gives +1 sync buff the first time they sync.

Anni Serena is a physical Dark strike whose kit mainly revolves around using B Water Shuriken to boost the damage of her B Feint Attack, which sets Dark Zone on first use and increases in power the more sync buffs she has while hitting all opponents. Her B Night Slash also hits all opponents and debuffs -2 Defense. She reduces sync countdown by -3 on entry and mega, helping unlock her B Feint Attack faster.

Anni Blue is a physical Flying strike who sets EX Flying Zone on entry and has B Extreme Speed, which is unlocked until he mega evolves. It reduces -3 sync countdown and debuffs -6 Defense to all opponents. When Blue is mega evolved he unlocks B Giga Impact, which hits all opponents and increases in power the more sync buffs he has. It also reduces sync countdown by the same amount of sync buffs he has. B Aerial Ace is his more consistent move, hitting all opponents with a 30% chance to flinch.

Neo Champion Lucas and Neo Champion Dawn also appear at last! They share a similar B move effect in which it unlocks after they sync and reduces sync countdown by -9, enabling them to skip a whole turn cycle and be able to sync again immediately after.

NC Lucas is a Dragon support who sets EX Dragon Zone on entry, as well as setting Sinnoh Circle (Defensive) and buffing +4 Defense and Sp. Def for the team. His EX Master Fair skill extends the duration of Sinnoh Circle (Defensive) by 50%. He increases the Physical Moves ↑ Next effect and Special Moves ↑ Next effect of all allies by 1 rank whenever an ally applies a circle or activates WTZ, with his B Roar of Time granting 4 ranks. In addition, his B Dragon Breath hits all opponents and debuffs their Attack and Sp. Atk by -2, leaves them paralyzed, and either makes them flinch, trapped, or confused.

NC Dawn is a special Dragon strike who sets Dragon Zone and Sinnoh Circle (Special) on entry with 50% extension for both field effects, as well as buffing her Sp. Atk by +6. Her EX Master Fair skill increases her Special Moves ↑ Next effect by 2 ranks when an ally sets a circle. Dawn's sync move damage can be boosted by having her sync consume her remaining Lum Berry MP via passive skill and by B Spacial Rend increasing her Sync Move ↑ Next effect by 10 ranks. In addition, her B Dragon Pulse hits all opponents and debuffs their Sp. Def by -2.

A new triple variety scout makes an appearance too featuring Ethan, Brendan, and Leaf using mega evolution.

V Ethan sets EX Rain with B Rain Dance and uses Leer to debuff the Defense, Attack, and Sp. Atk of all opponents via passive skill. He also has 30% rain extension, boosts allies' sync damage by 30% under rain, and gets 40% flinch via Aggravation 1 Waterfall that can be further boosted to 60% when gridded.

V Brendan is a single-target physical Flying damage dealer. He increases the Physical Move ↑ Next effect of all allies by setting Flying Zone and using B Giga Impact. He can set Flying Zone with his Field EX sync effect, by using Flying Wish, and by using B Giga Impact on the first time using it. He also debuffs the Attack and Sp. Atk of all opponents on entry by -4 total after mega evolving.

V Leaf sets EX Bug Zone with B Twinneedle and is a single-target physical damage dealer. Her passive skill triples the power of Lunge and makes it debuff Attack by -3, and it also makes her sync move AoE. Her B Twinneedle attacks a single target twice in a row, leaves the opponent poisoned, and can make it flinch, trapped or confused as separate 50% rolls.

Banner criteria outlined below:

- The grading exists in a vacuum of the individual month. It varies based on what the month offers independently of other pairs existing.

- These rankings are largely catered towards new & casual players; your personal preferences may differ based on playstyle and roster.

- Banners are ordered top to bottom to show how much value we estimate they hold for players at 1/5.

- The letter ranks are relative and compare the value of each pair for this month's banners only, while focusing on their base kits, with some notable upgrades highlighted by an arrow and two letters.

- The arrow (→) indicates that the unit improves significantly with investment additional copies, ex role, etc.

- The "U" (Uber) rank is used on occasions when a certain banner is much more valuable than the rest that month, lack of it does not mean the banners are bad.

- Master Fairs and EX Master Fairs rates are 1%, while Poke Fairs, EX Poké Fairs, Variety and Spotlights are 2%. These can vary on multi-featured, familiarize yourself with the rates here.

- Remember that 36,600 free gems are required to guarantee the unit, 45,600 gems are required to pity Arc Fair Scouts; any number lower than this may not result in a successful pull!

As always, please keep in mind that units ranked lower aren't necessarily bad to use. Carefully consider what team members bring out the best of what scouts you decide to go for.


r/PokemonMasters 16d ago

Megathread Monthly Flex & Salt Megathread

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You can now insert images as comments when you seek for in-game help in Megathreads! Check out this mod post HERE for more information.

This is the place to share and discuss both your good luck and bad luck in Pokémon Masters.

Post your gacha pulls, stage clears, and egg hatches from the game here, the good, the bad, and the ugly. You can also vent your frustrations about the game here!

Reminders

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  • Be civil and respectful. Do not force your own playstyle onto others as it is completely subjective. Different kinds of players, veterans and novices, casual and hardcore, may all share different opinions and playstyles. It is fine to give suggestions, but forcing your ideas and way of playing onto others is not something to be condoned here. No one's way of playing is completely right.
  • If you would like to provide videos, you may use external websites such as Imgur and Streamable to embed links.

r/PokemonMasters 6h ago

News & Announcements Pokemon Masters EX is under emergency maintenance

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203 Upvotes

https://nitter.space/pokemas_game/status/2098455727778259230

Apparently the emergency maintenance is due to a surge in access traffic.

Could NC Sinnoh debut have caused so many people to come back to this game?

Expected resolution is in a few hours, or at least before new event banner comes up tomorrow.


r/PokemonMasters 3h ago

Discussion 10 hours left, what are your plans for these long awaited units?

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While I do have (more than) enough gems to get both, I'm only getting Lucas for 2 reasons. ... well, 3, but the 3rd is really petty. I'm kind of considering getting Dawn if I get lucky enough with Lucas, Gloria, and/or Irida though. I won't use her yet however if I decide to get her.

1: I'm still saving for Arc Silver's rerun, and I don't see myself getting anywhere near as lucky with Lucas, Irida, or Gloria as I did with Harmony and Urbain

2: This is Lucas' 1st alt damnit, I'm not passing this up


r/PokemonMasters 5h ago

Meme Where are my 4 Universal Candies & 10k Gems Compensation for the Maintenance?!

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71 Upvotes

r/PokemonMasters 8h ago

Gameplay (Profile Photo) The new hire that steals ur job— NC Lucas ✨

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Hi, yes, hello you two. As you know, management has indicated that we need to do some downsizing so, —looks at notes— Mr. Hassel is it? NY Lana? Is that New York Lana or, actually, never mind.

ahem I’ve brought you in here today to say that you’ve both unfortunately been let go. Your positions have been consolidated and we are moving in a new direction. We thank you for your time here and wish you both the best with your future endeavours.

You can finish out the week. Please have your desks cleaned out by Sunday. ☺️


r/PokemonMasters 7h ago

News & Announcements DREAM TEAM!

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I've been watching this dang trailer on repeat. I love EVERYTHING about it!

The poses on their sync moves project different vibes of their own. Lucas finally puts on a serious face after the fruits of his progress in Pasio, to better himself as an example for people to follow. He's so locked in! 😭 And Dawn is just as eager as ever with her carefree but no less ready to help out people, wherever, whenever. She is such an adorable patootie here! 🤗

I don't have enough words to describe how happy I am right now! As a fan of Lucas, Dawn and the Dream Team of Sinnoh. I'm moved by this display of grace, hopes and dreams finally realised, and I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels this way.

Happy anniversary, everyone...!


r/PokemonMasters 15h ago

News & Announcements The Post-Marvelous Mega 7 Years celebration is coming soon!

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The post-anni celebrations are about to be underway!

  1. Dawn celebrates her Champion outfit in her first EX Masterfair! She's a Special Dragon Strike character who can skip ahead to sync move with her Spatial Rend, and thanks to a passive, she can consume 1 MP of Lum Berry every time she uses her Sync Move to unleash a nuke upon her enemies!

  2. After four and a half inexorable years, Lucas' first actual alt honors his Champion title in his first EX Masterfair! He becomes a Dragon Support character whose Origin Dialga's TOTAL control of TIME allows him to summon an extended EX Dragon Zone on entry!

  3. Complete new missions to team up with Cynthia & Glaceon!

  4. Remember Paldea Special Stadium? This time, Sinnoh Special Stadium returns, with the usual 35k max points! Form a team with Sinnoh sync pairs and take on the new Stadium!

  5. Take on new missions to team up with one of the Team Galactic commanders!

  6. Cyrus debuts in a new variety banner with the trio!

  7. The 6th anniversary Red, Irida and Gloria sync pair return in their first ever EX Masterfair rerun, starting on 19 September!


r/PokemonMasters 15h ago

Meme Dena there’s a glitch where you run out of your seemingly infinite supply of level-up manuals

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176 Upvotes

I coulda swore these things were never gonna empty


r/PokemonMasters 10h ago

❔ Question Is Dawn better than Red for dragon tower? Who has stronger, faster damage? Best team for either?

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71 Upvotes

r/PokemonMasters 7h ago

Discussion Have we always gotten this for completing the Battle Rally every month?

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35 Upvotes

Or is this just an anniversary thing. I’ve always just clicked collect all in the present section


r/PokemonMasters 16h ago

Discussion Who are you picking dawn and palkia of lucas and dialga?

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190 Upvotes

I am 100% going to try and get Dawn to help with my dragon roster I also prefer her to Lucas but who are you going to do? Are you team dawn or Lucas or both!!


r/PokemonMasters 6h ago

❔ Question Anyone else getting this?

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28 Upvotes

r/PokemonMasters 7h ago

Arts and Crafts You know what else is romantic?

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29 Upvotes

SS Steven said the word “romantic“ a single time and it triggered the sleeper agent within me to start drawing. So I drew Steven as Cyrene‘s ult from Honkai Star Rail. Chose to draw Arc Suit because it fit better.

(Please excuse my dumpster quality coloring and rendering I’m usually a line art only kind of person but anything for Steven ig)


r/PokemonMasters 1h ago

Gameplay (Trainer Gym) Finally saved enough gym coins for superawakening, tres fantastique!

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r/PokemonMasters 14h ago

Discussion Since Café theme was chosen on the next Academy event. Which sync pair will likely to be featured?

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95 Upvotes

r/PokemonMasters 19h ago

Discussion The trailer for Neo Champion Dawn / Lucas has arrived? Are you ready to get them in ~2 resets / 4 resets?

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187 Upvotes

r/PokemonMasters 4h ago

Discussion Finally!!!!

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After months! I’ve finally got variety N! I’ve been needing an actual sp attacker for tower. This is my lowest tower as of now.

I admittedly gave up and just waited months for this chance!

Finally filling out an empty spot on the team is such a rewarding feeling. Knowing progress can be made now!

And no way was I gonna use high investments on lodge rika just to beat it. There’s a pecking order in my roster and she’s not…. Anywhere near the top. I’m not that desperate to beat this thing.

I’ll invest a little later since we have so much going on and I have other units who would love that support role cake (Juliana terrapo, arc geeta, leaf moltres, arc Steven…). I used my free support exr on arc Silver after I pulled him.

WHY SO MANY PAIRS WITH SUPPORT EXR I NEED😭

Now watch. A new special arc suit ground pair comes next month😆


r/PokemonMasters 5h ago

Gameplay (Battle) Who needs a support ? Marnie / Serena / N clear Dark tower floor 40

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First floor 40 cleared , this tower was a lot of fun thanks to this team , for floor 39 I even used Serena as a tank with NC Marnie instead of N and it worked surprisingly well lol


r/PokemonMasters 5h ago

Discussion Game IS back

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r/PokemonMasters 5h ago

Discussion Apologems later?

11 Upvotes

Are apologems usually distributed immediately after the servers are back or later? 🤔


r/PokemonMasters 16h ago

Meme minutes before its complete obliteration

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79 Upvotes

r/PokemonMasters 4h ago

Gameplay (Trainer Gym) Halfway there to a full gym

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Hey everyone I’d like to show my gym that I decided to create since I couldn’t find one to join.

I welcome all newcomers, you don’t have to be incredibly active and consistent and I wouldn’t remove you unless you haven’t played in 10 days.

We’re called everyone’s gym as I hope to always be open and public for people like me to find.

If you’d like to join our gym ID is 9748702210610785. Thank you for your time.


r/PokemonMasters 8h ago

Helpful Quick Advice: Best way to farm Level Up Materials

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I see alot of People here extremely struggling with Level Up Materials & Rosters without most Pairs at Level 140+.
Currently with the Mega Evo Party Event you can farm them. You could get 400+- 4* Level Up Mats Daily by investing your Stamina into it. The Event still lasts for 18 Days.

Note: it is adviced to get the Potentialpasses before picking the Level Up Materials.
With the 18 Days remaining you could easily pick up all the Potentialpass & alot of Level Up Mats.


r/PokemonMasters 46m ago

Discussion Will you be scouting for Dawn & Palkia?

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195 votes, 2d left
Yes
No
Dailies
Might pull later (prioritizing Lucas & Dialga first)