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Archer アポロ Apollo
Archer's model
No.	177
English voice actor	Unknown
Japanese voice actor	Unknown
Description	A prideful executive of Team Rocket, he once took action and lead Team Rocket in Johto to bring back Giovanni, who had disappeared.

Archer (Japanese: アポロ Apollo) is a Pokémon Trainer in Pokémon Masters EX, based on the character of the same name in the core series games. He forms a sync pair with Houndoom. This pair can be obtained through a variety sync pair scout beginning on September 6, 2023. This pair can be raised to 6★ EX since it first released.

Houndoom

			Type			Dark
			Move types			Dark / Fire
			Role			Sprint
			EX Role			Tech
			Base Potential			★★★★★☆EX
Houndoom ♂		Weakness			Fighting
They spew flames mixed with poison to finish off their opponents. They divvy up their prey evenly among the members of their pack.
Stats		HP	Attack	Defense	Sp. Atk	Sp. Def	Speed
Lv. 140, Base Potential		650	424	161	424	176	395
Lv. 140, Max Potential		810	484	221	484	236	435
Mega Houndoom
Lv. 140, Base Potential		—	—	—	—	—	—
Lv. 140, Max Potential		—	—	—	—	—	—

Moves

Name	Type	Category	Move gauge	Base Power	Max Power	Accuracy	Target	Description
Bite	Dark	Physical	2	42	50	100%	An opponent	Has a chance (30%) of making the target flinch.
X Attack	None	Status	0 (2 uses)	—	—	—	Self	Raises the user’s Attack by 2 stat ranks.
Flame Charge	Fire	Physical	2	30	36	100%	An opponent	Raises the user's Speed by 2 stat ranks.
Don't Care for That!	None	Status	0 (1 use)	—	—	—	All allies	Reduces the user’s sync move countdown by 1. Raises the Speed and evasiveness of all allied sync pairs by 3 stat ranks.
Sync moves
Regaining Evil Glory Dark Impact	Dark	Physical	—	200	240	—	An opponent	The more the target’s Speed is lowered, the greater the power of this attack. (6★ EX effect: The first time the user’s sync move is used each battle, the sync move countdown is reduced by three.) (EX Role effect: Power of sync move increases 50%.)

Skills

Name	Description
Passive Skills
Archer’s Proposal	Lowers the Speed of all opposing sync pairs by 1 stat rank when the user’s attack move is successful. Lowers the Speed of all opposing sync pairs by 2 stat ranks after using the user’s sync move.
Head Start 1	Reduces the user’s sync move countdown by 1 the first time it enters a battle each battle.
Hunter’s Instinct	The more the target’s Speed is lowered, the more it powers up the user’s moves.
Theme Skills
Dark Sprint	Raises allies' Attack and Sp. Atk by 12 when using Dark-type attacks. Raises the Speed of all allied sync pairs by 12.
Johto Sprint	Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 1. Raises the Speed of all allied sync pairs by 1.
Villain Sprint	Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 1. Raises the Speed of all allied sync pairs by 1.
Expedition Skills
Rare ↑ 2 Soothing ↓ 2	Raises the following discovery level by 2: • Rare Cache Lowers the following discovery level by 2: • Soothing Crystal

Sync Grid

The sync grid for Archer and Houndoom is an expanded grid, made available since the pair first released.

Availability

Sync Pair Stories

• A Day with Archer

Quotes

Main article: Archer/Quotes → Pokémon Masters EX

Gallery

VS model (Normal colors)	6★ model (Normal colors)	6★ model (EX colors)	VS model (EX colors)	Archer's sync move mindscape (Goldenrod Radio Tower, Observation Deck)
Trainer emote Nice!	Trainer emote Watch out!	Trainer emote Let's do this!	Trainer emote Thanks!

Trivia

• In his sync pair story, Archer reveals that he received his Houndoom from Giovanni as a Houndour.

Origin

Archer's design is based on his appearance in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. Houndoom is Archer's signature Pokémon in the Johto-based core series games. Houndoom's Dex entry comes from Pokémon Ultra Sun.

In other languages

Don't Care for That! Language Title Japanese 気に入りませんね Ki ni Irimasen ne Mandarin Chinese 真令人不順眼 Zhēn Lìngrén Bù Shùnyǎn French Cela n'est guère honorable... German Das lasse ich dir nicht durchgehen! Italian Non mi piacete per niente! Korean 마음에들지않는군요 Ma-eum-edeuljianneungun-yo Spanish ¡No me parece de recibo!

Regaining Evil Glory Dark Impact Language Title Japanese 悪の栄光を取り戻す ダークインパクト Aku no Eikō o Torimodosu Dāku Inpakuto Mandarin Chinese 奪回邪惡榮耀之 惡之衝擊 Duóhuí Xié'è Róngyào zhī È-zhī Chōngjí French Pour notre gloire passée ! Impact Ténèbres ! German Unlichtstoß des früheren Glanzes Italian Impatto Buio che si riprende il potere Korean 악의 영광을 되돌리는 다크임팩트 Ag-ui Yeong-gwang-eul Doedollineun Dakeu Impaekteu Spanish Impacto Siniestro que Recupera la Gloria

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