Zone (Masters)

Activating a Steel Zone

Zone (Japanese: ゾーン Zone) is a type of field effect in the Pokémon games that affects all Pokémon on the field. The mechanic was introduced in Pokémon Masters EX. Only one type of zone may be present at a time, with any new zone put in place overwriting the previous zone. Zones can run concurrently alongside weather and terrain. Similar to these field effects, zones will last for 45 seconds (not including sync moves or Max Moves).

There are so far ten types of zones (in order of release): Ghost Zone, Dragon Zone, Steel Zone, Dark Zone, Flying Zone, Bug Zone, Ground Zone, Fighting Zone, Fairy Zone, Poison Zone, and Rock Zone. Each zone powers up attacks of that type (e.g., Ghost Zone powers up Ghost-type moves).

Creating zones

Zone effects may be applied through item moves, buddy moves, and Skills.

By item move

Item move	Zone	Playable users
Bug Wish	Bug Zone	Ingo (Special Costume) & Accelgor
Dark Wish	Dark Zone	Sygna Suit Cyrus & Darkrai
Dragon Wish	Dragon Zone	Lucas & Dialga
Fairy Wish	Fairy Zone	Sygna Suit Wally & Gardevoir
Flying Wish	Flying Zone	Skyla (Anniversary 2022) & Tornadus
Ghost Wish	Ghost Zone	Sygna Suit Cynthia (Renegade) & Giratina
Ground Wish	Ground Zone	Courtney & Camerupt Courtney & Mega Camerupt
Poison Wish	Poison Zone	Iris (Fall 2022) & Naganadel
Rock Wish	Rock Zone	Sygna Suit Diantha & Diancie Sygna Suit Diantha & Mega Diancie
Steel Wish	Steel Zone	Marnie (Palentine's 2022) and Mawile

By Buddy Move

Buddy Move	Type	Category	Zone	Effect	Playable users
B Double Team	Normal	Status	Dark Zone	Activation Condition: When any allies’ attack moves hit a total of 10 times while this move is deactivated. Deactivation Condition: When this move is used. Raises the evasiveness of all allied sync pairs by 2 stat ranks. Increases the Physical Moves ↑ Next effect of all allied sync pairs by 2 ranks when the user’s sync move is Dark type. Turns the field of play’s zone into a Dark Zone when the user’s sync move is Dark type. (A Dark Zone powers up Dark-type attacks.) Increases the Special Moves ↑ Next effect of all allied sync pairs by 2 ranks when the user’s sync move is Water type. Makes the weather rainy when the user’s sync move is Water type.	Calem (Champion) & Greninja

By Skill

Passive skill	Zone	When it is triggered	Playable users	Recurring opponents
Cynthia's Aura	Fighting Zone	Upon entry and after using sync move	Sygna Suit Cynthia (Aura) & Lucario	-
Down to Earth	Ground Zone	Upon entry	-	Bertha & Rhyperior (Serious Battle with Powerful Trainers: Take on Bertha!)
Earthen Opening Sync	Ground Zone	After sync move (first time)	Courtney & Camerupt	-

Removing zones

Only Defog can clear zone effects.

Name	Category	Move Gauge	MP	Base Power	Max Power	Accuracy	Target	Effect Tag	Description	Playable users
Defog	Status	2	2	—	—	—%	An opponent	—	Clears the entire terrain and zone effects. Clears all field effects from the opponents' field of play. Lowers the target's evasiveness by one stat rank.	Lisia & Altaria Darach & Staraptor

Effects on skills

In addition, there are skills that are active only under certain zones:

Skill	Zone	Effect
Aerial Acceleration 3	Flying Zone	Quickly charges the move gauge
Barrel Roll 2	Flying Zone	Reduces damage taken from attack moves
Brawling Acceleration 2	Fighting Zone	Quickly charges the move gauge
Draconic Acceleration 2	Dragon Zone	Quickly charges the move gauge
Draconic Power 2	Dragon Zone	Powers up moves
Draconic Sync 4	Dragon Zone	Powers up sync moves
Earthen Power 5	Ground Zone	Powers up moves
Fairy Zone Extension 3	Fairy Zone	Extends the duration of the Fairy Zone
Fighting Zone Triage Tank 4	Fighting Zone	Has a 50% chance of restoring the user's HP when hit by an attack move
Haunted Healing 1	Ghost Zone	Restores 1/10 of the user's maximum HP when their Pokémon takes an action
Insect Acceleration 2	Bug Zone	Quickly charges the move gauge
Insect Healing 1	Bug Zone	Restores 1/10 of the user's maximum HP when their Pokémon takes an action
Metallic Acceleration 2	Steel Zone	Quickly charges the move gauge
Metallic Surge 5	Steel Zone	Powers up sync moves
Poisonous Acceleration 2	Poison Zone	Quickly charges the move gauge
Umbral Acceleration 2	Dark Zone	Quickly charges the move gauge
Umbral Power 3	Dark Zone	Powers up moves
Whimsical Acceleration 2	Fairy Zone	Quickly charges the move gauge
Whimsical Stability	Fairy Zone	The user's stats cannot be lowered