Lear’s mystery game is over, but another conundrum has emerged. A vigilante thief known as the Phantom Imaginate is swiping Pokémon. Who’s behind the mysterious moniker? And what’s their motivation? In a bid to lure out the phantom thief, Lyra volunteers to disguise herself as a Team Rocket grunt and teams up with Phanpy for added protection. Lyra (Special Costume) & Phanpy and Zinnia (Special Costume) & Thievul are available to scout until May 1, 2023, at 10:59 p.m. PDT.

Lyra’s under cover alongside her trusty Phanpy, and the two provide stalwart support no matter the situation. This Ground-type support sync pair doesn’t dish out much damage, but they can take a punch thanks to the Defense boosts and Type Resistant effect of Initiate Infiltration! They can also help their allies’ Ground-type moves do more damage by lowering their opponent’s Ground Type Rebuff with Rebuff Reducing Hit (Ground).

Moves

Name (Type)	Power	Description
Mud Slap (Ground)	13	Lowers the target’s accuracy by one stat rank.
Mini Potion All	n/a	Restores the HP of all allied sync pairs by approximately 20% of their maximum HP.
Earthquake (Ground)	100	No additional effect.
Initiate Infiltration!	n/a	Raises the Attack of all allied sync pairs by one stat rank. Raises the Defense of all allied sync pairs by three stat ranks. Applies the Type Resistant effect to the user. The resistant type is the type of the last attack it was hit by.

Sync Move

Name (Type)	Power	Description
Darling Deception Ground Impact (Ground)	250	No additional effect.

Passive Skills

Name	Description
Rebuff Reducing Hit (Ground)	Lowers the target’s Ground Type Rebuff by one rank the first time the user’s attack move is successful each battle.
Team Mighty Sync 9	Increases the Physical Moves ↑ Next effect of all allied sync pairs by one rank after using the user’s sync move. This effect can activate only once per battle.
Team Beef Up 9	Raises the Attack of all allied sync pairs by one stat rank when the user is hit by an attack move.

Theme Skills

Name	Conditions	Effects
Ground 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.
Johto 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.
Special Costume 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.
Pigtails 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.
Pokéathlete 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 ↑ 2	Raises the following discovery level by 2: Wistful Crystal.

Recommended Pairs to Partner with Lyra (Special Costume) & Phanpy

Courtney & Camerupt

Lyra (Special Costume) & Phanpy’s Rebuff Reducing Hit (Ground) powers up Ground-type moves, and Courtney & Camerupt take that power to the next level with Ground Wish, which turns the field of play into a Ground Zone. With Ground Type Rebuff and a Ground Zone combined, even the weakest Ground-type moves will feel like powerful Earthquakes. Courtney & Camerupt’s Bulldoze and their sync move, Analysis Complete Earthquake, also benefit from the crushing combo. Courtney & Camerupt are available to scout from the general pool of 5★ sync pairs.

Hapu & Mudsdale

Hapu & Mudsdale are one of the longest tenured Ground-type sync pairs on Pasio, and they greatly benefit from Lyra (Special Costume) & Phanpy’s support. Hapu & Mudsdale’s Mud Slap, High Horsepower, and Ultimate Worth Tectonic Rage hit that much harder when used against an opponent with a lowered Ground Type Rebuff. Lyra (Special Costume) & Phanpy can also lower their target’s accuracy with Mud Slap and raise Hapu & Mudsdale’s Defense with Initiate Infiltration! This also increases the benefits Hapu & Mudsdale receive from the Hide and Sync and Tough Cookie sync grid tiles, which power up their sync move the more a target’s accuracy is lowered and power up their moves the more their Defense is raised, respectively. Hapu & Mudsdale can be acquired after completing Chapter 10 of the main story.

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Snatch away your opponent’s HP with Zinnia (Special Costume) & Thievul. This Dark-type tech sync pair is a powerful damage dealer that can lower the Dark Type Rebuff of their opponents with Team Rebuff ↓ Command (Dark) and follow it up with B Night Slash, which activates when there’s at least one Pokémon with a lowered Dark Type Rebuff on the opponent’s field of play. Catch Me If You Can! applies the Stat Reduction Defense effect to the allied field of play, protecting teammates’ stats.

Moves

Name (Type)	Power	Description
Crunch (Dark)	99	Has a chance (20%) of lowering the target’s Defense by one stat rank.
X Attack All	n/a	Raises the Attack of all allied sync pairs by two stat ranks.
B Night Slash (Dark)	200	Activation Condition: When there is at least one Pokémon with a lowered Dark Type Rebuff on the opponent’s field of play. Deactivation Condition: When there are no longer any Pokémon with a lowered Dark Type Rebuff on the opponent’s field of play. Never misses. Returns the target’s raised stats to normal, then raises the user’s same stats by the same amount. Except in certain circumstances, successful hits with this attack become critical hits. Applies the No Stat Increases effect to the opponents’ field of play.
Catch Me If You Can!	n/a	Applies the Stat Reduction Defense effect to the allied field of play. Raises the user’s evasiveness by one stat rank. Raises the user’s critical-hit rate by two stat ranks.

Sync Move

Name (Type)	Power	Description
Steal the Win Dark Impact (Dark)	200	The more the user’s stats are raised, the greater the power of this attack.

Passive Skills

Name	Description
Team Rebuff ↓ Command (Dark)	Lowers the Dark Type Rebuff of all opposing sync pairs by one rank the first time the user’s Trainer uses a move each battle.
Unbuffed Foe Freebie 9	Applies the Free Move Next effect to the user when its attack move is successful while none of the target’s stats are raised.
Vigilance	Protects the user against critical hits.

Theme Skills

Name	Conditions	Effects
Dark Tech	Form a team with two or more sync pairs that share the same type.	Raises allies’ Attack and Sp. Atk by 12 when using Dark-type attacks. Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 12.
Hoenn Tech	Form a team with two or more sync pairs that share the same theme.	Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 1. Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 1.
Special Costume Tech	Form a team with two or more sync pairs that share the same theme.	Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 2. Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 2.
Cape Tech	Form a team with two or more sync pairs that share the same theme.	Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 2. Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 2.
Space Cadet Tech	Form a team with two or more sync pairs that share the same theme.	Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 2. Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 2.

Expedition Skills

Name	Effect
Soothing ↑ 2	Raises the following discovery level by 2: Soothing Crystal.

Recommended Pairs to Partner with Zinnia (Special Costume) & Thievul

The Masked Royal & Incineroar

The Masked Royal & Incineroar’s Brutal Swing is a Dark-type move that hits all opponents and does extra damage to opponents with lowered Dark Type Rebuffs. The Masked Royal & Incineroar can also raise Zinnia (Special Costume) & Thievul’s Speed up to six stat ranks with just two uses of Ready…Fight! This extra Speed is key to quickly charging the move gauge and increasing the damage of Zinnia (Special Costume) & Thievul’s sync move, Steal the Win Dark Impact, which gains power the more Zinnia (Special Costume) & Thievul’s stats are raised. The Masked Royal & Incineroar are available to scout from the general pool of 5★ sync pairs, as well as the 5★-Guaranteed Ticket Scout and 5★-Guaranteed Alola Ticket Scout.

Hop & Zamazenta

Every team in Pokémon Masters EX needs a good supporter, and Hop & Zamazenta are one of the best. Their Trainer move Hop to It! raises the Attack of all allied sync pairs by two stat ranks and boosts Defense and critical-hit rate by one stat rank. Zinnia & Thievul deal physical damage, so the pair benefits greatly from allies that raise their Attack. Hop & Zamazenta can also provide some choice healing with Potion, restoring approximately 40% of an ally’s maximum HP. Hop & Zamazenta can be acquired after completing the Howling Shield of Eternity in the Legendary Adventures section of the main story.