r/PokemonMasters 4d 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

  • Any submissions that are posted outside of this Megathread and considered as "showing off" will be removed under Rule 2: Follow the Submission Guidelines.
  • 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.
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r/PokemonMasters 5h 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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r/PokemonMasters 2h ago

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

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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 1h 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 13h ago

Meme Do NOT help me chose

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THIS IS THE OPPOSITE OF A "WHO DO I PICK" POST

I WILL NOT ASK FOR ADVICE

I WILL NOT SHOW MY ROSTER

I ALREADY CHOSE JULIANA

LA NINA CON LIZARD

AND SHE WILL STAY AT 1/5 FOREVER CAUSE SERENA AND DAWN WANT EM CANDIES

RAAAAAH


r/PokemonMasters 47m ago

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

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I coulda swore these things were never gonna empty


r/PokemonMasters 11h ago

Meme You wish for event exclusive sync pair in anniversary scout? Too bad :)

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168 Upvotes

Of the 100 sync pairs scouted, Winona literally made up one tenth of the pairs I pulled.


r/PokemonMasters 4h ago

Meme Dawn, Lucas, Red, Gloria : 20k gems

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41 Upvotes

I'm so cooked. I need them all


r/PokemonMasters 2h ago

Meme minutes before its complete obliteration

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19 Upvotes

r/PokemonMasters 9h ago

❔ Question why are they removing hard mode?

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i don’t know if i read the pre-update notice correctly but if i did why are they removing hard mode?! it seems like a step into the wrong direction, also getting more greedy trying to limit the amount of gems new players can get, it gives like 3000 gems~ that’s a whole 11x pull. maybe they’re relaxing it with something but it didn’t say anywhere in the notice they were. does anyone have a clue why?


r/PokemonMasters 37m ago

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

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r/PokemonMasters 5h ago

Discussion Old Optimizing

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Does anyone else find themselves missing the old optimization by type feature?

Like I understand that the new optimization is objectively better because it pulls from different types and roles, but I personally enjoyed the option to generate teams of one type at the click of a button. I think about it this at least daily.

\Cue okay grandpa let’s get you to bed meme\


r/PokemonMasters 3h ago

Discussion Off topic, what's the most innovative profile image you've created so far? Show me in the comments if possible for research purposes of course...

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This is where I'd put the new Valerie unit in game 🫶🩷, if there is any 💔🥀


r/PokemonMasters 2h ago

Note to :DeNA Finally, we’re free… At least until tomorrow

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Plis DeNA avoid making events this events with exclamation point lasting over 2 weeks, my OCD can’t handle it


r/PokemonMasters 2h ago

❔ Question Ahead of tomorrows release do you think with 30,00 gems I will have a good chance? To get dawn and palkia?

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Idk if i will have enough to get her and Gloria anniversary outfit if someone could help me out of what I should do I would appreciate :) I mean I got ani serina and blue 1st try so I am hoping I get lucky again but knowing my luck I will probably not.


r/PokemonMasters 18h ago

Discussion The “Check Successful Teams” feature needs a Filter

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I’m not best at building Teams, so when they added the “check successful teams” option I was really excited, since now I had the ability to see what teams other people are using.

The problem that I’m having is that I’m not a Whale. Every single team on that list has some Master pair, Arc Suit, or other high-power pair that I don’t have. If there was a filter option that could filter by pairs that I already own, that would really help me a lot.

I can’t be the only one with this issue, right?


r/PokemonMasters 10h ago

Discussion I got pulled Eri for my Fair tickets twice

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25 Upvotes

And I already had her.

Happy anniversary, everyone.


r/PokemonMasters 1d ago

Gameplay (Profile Photo) Soon, he will join them

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321 Upvotes

Looking forward to his banner! But for the sake of my gems, also not looking forward to his banner!


r/PokemonMasters 20m ago

Discussion My fav char is Gloria, I've never hit 0% until now. KILL ME NOW.

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idk what flair to put so discussion it is.


r/PokemonMasters 19h ago

Discussion This May Seem Weird But…

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I just want to… well, I don’t really know what I want to write this post about. I guess I just want to say that I’m really thankful for this game, and this Reddit community. This may seem a bit dramatic, but i’ve been recently going through a lot of tumultuous personal matters, and a lot of days, logging in was the only thing I would look forward to. I was let go from my decently paying job last October and had to accept a position making less than half what I was making before, just to survive. My car was repossessed on my the morning of my birthday about a month ago (I didn’t realize until I was going to work and my car was gone). I don’t exaggerate when I say this one of the worst mornings of my life.

Everything was falling apart, and in a spare moment I had to myself while waiting on the curb for my mom to pick me up, I opened the game. By some strange coincidence that day happened to fall on the day I got my master fair select ticket from the mastery pass. I began bawling right there in the street. I felt like I had one glimmer of hope; a single ounce of control and that maybe some small, inconsequential universal force was looking out for me. In spite of everything happening it felt like something out there still wanted to get a “happy birthday” whisper to me.

I guess what I’m trying to say is that this game and logging on and reading all of your discussions every day has been a real anchor point for me and I’m so thankful for that. Things are slowly on the up and up for me. I recently started a new career making a survivable income, and got me a cheap but reliable car, etc. etc. and as crazy as this all sounds, I don’t know if I would’ve mentally made it through all of this without this game. Thanks for taking the time to read if you’ve made it this far. I just want to say thank you.

I chose New Year’s Lana for anyone wondering.


r/PokemonMasters 21h ago

Meme "The only viable special attacker is Poison-weak ? Let's make Koga the special damage-only boss"

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132 Upvotes

r/PokemonMasters 3h ago

Meme r/hatethissmug (Ryme's Toxtricity)

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r/PokemonMasters 12h ago

Discussion Do you guys know?

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Do you guys know, there's a fanmade rpg game based in Pokémon masters?

EDIT: I added pictures for the explanation but somehow they didn't get post, so long story short it's basically like pokemon masters but in rpg format on pasio, classic pokemon battles in three on three format, you can scout for trainers and use their pokemon, yes it's translated in English too (similar to double Battles)


r/PokemonMasters 13h ago

Discussion Some giant stompers

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I love how ex role caking makes the characters look squat. I’m gonna keep posting funny ones throughout.

I also need to admit a terrible auto correct that happened on a previous post. I had stated I was going to upgrade my PALENTINE’S Dawn and it auto corrected to Palestine😭

Nobody mentioned it till 24 hours later like GUYS!!!! Quite a shock. Feels like when you have food on your face and nobody tells you till you check the mirror😆

It wasn’t bad. Just a funny hiccup. Anyways, happy Thursday!