It’s the 3.5 Year Celebration of Pokémon Masters EX, and all Trainers are invited to join in on the fun. It’s never too late to enjoy everything Pasio has to offer! As part of the festivities, players will have the opportunity to receive over 4,000 gems from the 3.5 Year Celebration Rally and the Neo Champions: Fight for the Future Together event. Plus, until March 17, 2023, at 10:59 p.m. PDT, players can claim up to ten 10-Pair Scout Tickets from the daily log-in bonus. These tickets can be used to scout up to 100 sync pairs! And until April 2, 2023, at 10:59 p.m. PDT, players can receive a special 5★ Champion Select Scout Ticket and use it to scout one of six Champion sync pairs:

• Lance & Dragonite

• Steven & Metagross

• Cynthia & Garchomp

• Alder & Volcarona

• Iris (Alt.) & Hydreigon

• Diantha & Gardevoir

Leon is hosting the second edition of the Neo Champion Stadium, and Trainers from all over Galar are itching to defeat the undefeated Champion. Bede never fulfilled his dream of becoming Champion during the events of Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield, but he’s been given another chance to prove that he’s the best of the best alongside his cool new partner, Galarian Articuno. Bede (Champion) & Articuno are a Psychic-type support sync pair capable of raising their teammates’ Attack, Sp. Atk, and critical-hit rate with Triumphant Tenacity! And when they’re not supporting their allies, they remind their opponents that they can deal plenty of damage on their own with their buddy move, B Freezing Glare, which also raises the Defense and Sp. Def of allied sync pairs and applies the Free Move Next effect to them. Who knew the proud Bede could be such a team player?

Bede (Champion) & Articuno will be available to scout until April 8, 2023, at 10:59 p.m. PDT.

Moves

Name (Type)	Power	Description
Freezing Glare (Psychic)	187	Has a chance (10%) of leaving the target frozen.
Confusion (Psychic)	21	Has a chance (10%) of leaving the target confused.
B Freezing Glare (Psychic)	204	Activation Condition: When your team’s sync move countdown is reduced by three while this move is deactivated. (The activation countdown is not reduced when the remaining MP for this move is 0.) Deactivation Condition: When this move is used. Never misses. Has a chance (10%) of leaving the target frozen. Raises the Defense and Sp. Def of all allied sync pairs by one stat rank. Applies the Free Move Next effect to all allied sync pairs.
Triumphant Tenacity!	n/a	Raises the Attack, Sp. Atk, and critical-hit rate of all allied sync pairs by two stat ranks. Increases the Physical Moves ↑ Next effect and Special Moves ↑ Next effect of all allied sync pairs by one rank.

Sync Move

Name (Type)	Power	Description
Always Winning Freezing Glare (Psychic)	300	No additional effect.

Passive Skills

Name	Description
Galar Flag Bearer	Powers up the moves of all allied sync pairs by 10%. Reduces attack move damage taken by all allied sync pairs by 20%. The more allied sync pairs with the Galar theme you have on your team, the higher these percentages are. (Each additional sync pair powers up moves by 10% and reduces damage by 3%. The maximum power-up is 30% and the maximum damage reduction is 26%.)
Conniving Wings	Reduces the user’s sync move countdown by one the first time it enters a battle each battle. Raises the Speed of all allied sync pairs by two stat ranks the first time the user enters a battle each battle.
Ballonlea Teachings	Restores one MP of the user’s moves after your team’s sync pair uses their sync move.
Vigilance	Protects the user against critical hits.

Theme Skills

Name	Conditions	Effects
Psychic Support	Form a team with two or more sync pairs that share the same type.	Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 30.
Galar Support	Form a team with two or more sync pairs that share the same theme.	Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 4.
Champion Support	Form a team with two or more sync pairs that share the same theme.	Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 4.
Scarf Support	Form a team with two or more sync pairs that share the same theme.	Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 6.
Galar Adventurer Support	Form a team with two or more sync pairs that share the same theme.	Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 6.

Expedition Skills

Name	Effect
Wistful ↑ 3 Soothing ↓ 1	Raises the following discovery level by 3: Wistful Crystal Lowers the following discovery level by 1: Soothing Crystal

Recommended Pairs to Partner with Bede (Champion) & Articuno

Giovanni & Mewtwo

Giovanni & Mewtwo are one of the strongest Psychic-type strike sync pairs in Pokémon Masters EX, but they do have two primary weaknesses—their defensive stats are very low, and they’re unable to raise their Sp. Atk on their own. Bede (Champion) & Articuno can take care of both weaknesses by raising Giovanni & Mewtwo’s defenses with B Freezing Glare and their Sp. Atk with Triumphant Tenacity! Both sync pairs also gain a significant HP bonus when teamed up together thanks to the Psychic theme skill. Giovanni & Mewtwo can be acquired after completing Lurking Shadow in the Legendary Adventures section of the main story.

Bianca & Musharna

Bede (Champion) & Articuno do more damage than most support sync pairs, so why not push that damage even further? Bianca & Musharna’s Psychic Terrain boosts the damage of all Psychic-type moves, meaning Bede’s Freezing Glare and B Freezing Glare—and even their sync move, Always Winning Freezing Glare—receive a significant damage bonus. Bianca & Musharna can also do plenty of damage on their own with Stored Power (a move that gets more powerful with each stat raised) after Bede (Champion) & Articuno raise almost all their stats with B Freezing Glare and Triumphant Tenacity! Bianca & Musharna are available to scout from the general pool of 5★ sync pairs, as well as from the 5★-Guaranteed Ticket Scout and 5★-Guaranteed Unova Ticket Scout.