The holiday season is on its way, and Lear is hosting Pasio’s annual winter party—this time with a photographic focus! Trainers in attendance can enter a photo contest by taking snapshots during the event and submitting the picture they believe will touch people’s hearts. The contest is a perfect opportunity for Viola to showcase her photography skills and for Professor Sycamore to evaluate the bonds between Trainers and Pokémon. Watch the situation develop in Story Event: Focus on the Shining Shot!

Sycamore (Holiday 2023) & Gogoat are a Grass-type support sync pair that specialize in raising their allies’ defenses and guarding them against Grass-type damage. Their Trainer move, Let’s All Have a Battle!, raises the Defense and Sp. Def of all allied sync pairs by four stat ranks, making them a perfect partner against opponents who do physical or special damage. They also have the passive skill Group Grass Guard, which lowers the damage allies take from all Grass-type moves.

As a brilliant researching duo, Sycamore (Holiday 2023) & Gogoat can share the fruits of their studies thanks to their passive skill Grass-type Research Results. This scholarly skill lowers the target’s Grass Type Rebuff by one rank and raises the Grass Type Rebuff of all allied sync pairs by one the first time Sycamore (Holiday 2023) & Gogoat successfully attack in battle.

For more details on this sync pair’s passive skills and moves, check out their in-game sync pair scout screen. Sycamore (Holiday 2023) & Gogoat are available to scout until December 29, 2023, at 9:59 p.m. PST. Viola (Holiday 2023) & Vivillon are also available to scout until December 29, 2023, at 9:59 p.m. PST.

Recommended Sync Pairs to Partner with Sycamore (Holiday 2023) & Gogoat

• Sygna Suit Erika & Leafeon
  This tech sync pair from the Kanto region is one of the best at dealing Grass-type damage thanks to their powerful Solar Blade attack. Sycamore (Holiday 2023) & Gogoat can’t raise allies’ Attack and Sp. Atk like other support sync pairs, but they can still boost the damage Grass-type sync pairs do by lowering the Grass Type Rebuff of their opponents thanks to their Grass-type Research Results passive skill.

  Sygna Suit Erika & Leafeon also have no way to raise their defensive stats, so Sycamore (Holiday 2023) & Gogoat’s Let’s All Have a Battle! fills that void nicely. Sygna Suit Erika & Leafeon are available to scout from the general pool of 5★ sync pairs, as well as from the 5★-Guaranteed Ticket Scout and the 5★-Guaranteed Kanto Ticket Scout.

• Brendan & Sceptile
  Like Sygna Suit Erika & Leafeon, Brendan & Sceptile are an adept Grass-type damage dealer whose Trainer moves boost the power of their Leaf Storm or Bullet Seed moves. But, in general, Brendan & Sceptile don’t do as much damage as other strike sync pairs, so the extra aid from Sycamore (Holiday 2023) & Gogoat’s Grass-type Research Results helps them get up to speed.

  Speaking of speed, the extra Speed boost provided by Sycamore (Holiday 2023) & Gogoat’s Let’s All Have a Battle! ensures Brendan & Sceptile will have plenty of move gauge slots to rain down Leaf Storm without pause. Brendan & Sceptile are available to scout from the general pool of 5★ sync pairs, as well as from the 5★-Guaranteed Ticket Scout and the 5★-Guaranteed Hoenn Ticket Scout.

Stay classy and grassy, Trainers!