Terrain (Masters)

Terrain is a type of field effect in Pokémon Masters EX that affects all Pokémon on the field, based on the mechanic of the same name from the core series games. Only one type of terrain may be present at a time, with any new terrain put in place overwriting the previous terrain. Terrain can be used concurrently alongside weather and zones.

At normal game speed, terrains generally last for 45 seconds. This excludes time that sync pairs spend performing sync moves or max moves, but this includes time spent on everything else (e.g., moves' animation times, stats getting raised or lowered, taking damage from hail or a sandstorm, skills activating, or status conditions being applied or taking effect). At faster speeds, terrains last shorter to accommodate for quicker gameplay. However, the duration of a terrain effect can be extended if the same type of terrain is summoned again or if a Pokémon on the field has a certain skill that extends the duration of the terrain.

There are three types of terrain available in the game: Electric Terrain, Grassy Terrain, and Psychic Terrain. Each terrain powers up attacks of the corresponding type, but some have other effects as well.

Effects

• Electric Terrain: Increases the damage of all Electric-type attacks by 50%, Prevents Pokémon on the field from being inflicted by Sleep, but it does not cure Pokémon were already asleep before this terrain took effect.
• Grassy Terrain: Increases the damage of all Grass-type attacks by 50%. Restores HP of the Pokémon that uses a Grass-type move by 1/16 of their maximum HP (rounded down) unless they hit themselves in confusion. (Using a Grass-type sync move or Grass-type max move does not count.)
• Psychic Terrain: Increases the damage of all Psychic-type attacks by 50%.

All these power-ups raise certain damage by 1.5× after power boosts from the following apply: skills, the Physical Moves ↑ Next effect, and the Special Moves ↑ Next effect.

The effects of terrains are summarized in this table:

Terrain	Type of boosted attacks	Additional effect
Electric Terrain	Electric	Prevents Pokémon from falling asleep.
Grassy Terrain	Grass	Restores HP of Pokémon that use a Grass-type move
Psychic Terrain	Psychic	None

Setting terrain

Terrain effects may be applied through Pokémon moves, item moves, Trainer moves, max moves, and skills. Some Field sync pairs can set a terrain using their sync move after being raised to 6★ EX (including those with the Field EX role).

By Pokémon move

Move	Playable sync pairs
Electric Terrain	Volkner & Luxray Sygna Suit Red (Thunderbolt) & Pikachu Sygna Suit Roxie & Toxtricity Scottie/Bettie & JolteonEgg
Grassy Terrain	Sygna Suit Lyra & Celebi Scottie/Bettie & SprigatitoEgg
Psychic Terrain	Bianca & Musharna Sygna Suit Lana & Tapu Lele Scottie/Bettie & EspeonEgg

By item move

Item move	Terrain	Playable sync pairs
Psychic Wish	Psychic Terrain	May (Anniversary 2022) & Latias
Grass Wish	Grassy Terrain	Scottie/Bettie & LeafeonEgg

By Trainer move

Name	Terrain	Effect	Sync pair
Fun Times!	Grassy Terrain	Applies the Critical-Hit Defense effect to the allied field of play. Applies the Move Gauge Acceleration effect to the allied field of play. Turns the field of play's terrain into Grassy Terrain if the remaining MP for the user's Move Gauge Boost is two when this move is selected. Turns the field of play's terrain into Psychic Terrain if the remaining MP for the user's Move Gauge Boost is one when this move is selected. Turns the field of play's terrain into Electric Terrain if the remaining MP for the user's Move Gauge Boost is zero when this move is selected.	Whitney (Holiday 2022) & Sawsbuck
	Psychic Terrain
	Electric Terrain
Try This!	Psychic Terrain	Turns the field of play's terrain into Psychic Terrain. Raises the user's Defense, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed by 2 stat ranks. Replaces the user's moves with different moves. Replaces some of the user's passive skills with different passive skills.	Sygna Suit Steven & Deoxys

By max move

Name	Terrain	Playable sync pairs
Max Lightning	Electric Terrain	Elesa (Classic) & Emolga Sygna Suit Emmet & Eelektross
Max Overgrowth	Grassy Terrain	Red & Venusaur Dahlia & Ludicolo Greta & Breloom Milo & Eldegoss
Max Mindstorm	Psychic Terrain	Bede & Hatterene Avery & Slowking

By skill

Passive skill	Terrain	When it is triggered	Playable sync pairs	Recurring opponents
Conductive Sync	Electric Terrain	After using sync move (first time)	Volkner (New Year's 2022) & Electivire Sygna Suit Piers & Toxtricity Elesa (Classic) & Emolga	—
Electric Terrain Debut & Extension 5	Electric Terrain	Upon entry (first time)	Sygna Suit Hau & Tapu Koko	—
Grassy Terrain Debut & Extension 5	Grassy Terrain	Upon entry (first time)	Sygna Suit Acerola & Tapu Bulu	—
Green Thumb	Grassy Terrain	After using sync move	Sygna Suit Acerola & Tapu Bulu Hilda & Leafeon	Will & Exeggutor (Champion Stadium: Johto Challenge) Tapu Bulu (Direct link) (Legendary Arena/Legendary Gauntlet)
Low-Key Melancholy	Electric Terrain	After successful attack move (first time)	Sygna Suit Piers & Toxtricity	—
MAX Conductivity	Electric Terrain	After using max move	Sygna Suit Red (Thunderbolt) & Pikachu	—
Power Plant	Electric Terrain	After using sync move	Kris & Jolteon Sygna Suit Hau & Tapu Koko	—
Psychic Terrain Debut & Extension 5	Psychic Terrain	Upon entry (first time)	Sygna Suit Lana & Tapu Lele	—
Weird World	Psychic Terrain	After using sync move	Sygna Suit Lana & Tapu Lele Elio & Espeon	—

Superawakened passive skills

Superawakened passive skills are only accessible to certain fair-exclusive sync pairs after they are raised to superawakening level 5.

Superawakened passive skill	Sync pair	Terrain	When it is triggered
Elegant Psychic Powers	Avery & Galarian Slowking	Psychic Terrain	After the user's Pokémon uses a move (first time)
Guardian's Abundance	Sygna Suit Acerola & Tapu Bulu	Grassy Terrain	After using Sunny Day (first time)
I Might as Well Test My Skills	Dexio & Espeon	Psychic Terrain	Upon entry (first time)
Soothing Sounds in the Woods	Victor & Rillaboom	Grassy Terrain	Upon entry (first time), after using G-Max Drum Solo
The Fighting Farmer	Milo & Eldegoss	Grassy Terrain	Upon entry (first time)

By 6★ EX sync move

The following field sync pairs, when raised to 6★ EX, will implement a terrain just before their sync move is used for the first time in a battle. The duration of this terrain is also extended by 50%. Sync pairs with a field EX role need to be raised to 6★ EX and receive a Field Roll Cake in order to access this effect.

Sync pair	Zone	Role	EX role	Move name
Avery & Slowking	Psychic Terrain	Field	Tech	Elegant Psychic Beam
Bellelba & Swoobat	Psychic Terrain	Support	Field	Rule the Enchanted Land Psychic Impact
Sygna Suit Emmet & Eelektross	Electric Terrain	Field	Tech	The Best, Perfect Electric Impact
Greta & Breloom	Grassy Terrain	Sprint	Field	Mind-Skill-Body Mastery Grass Impact
Sygna Suit Lyra & Celebi	Grassy Terrain	Tech	Field	Time-Transcending Magical Leaf
May (Anniversary 2022) & Latias	Psychic Terrain	Tech	Field	Friendship Forging Mist Ball
Red & Venusaur	Grassy Terrain	Field	Special Strike	Silent Overgrowth Grass Beam
Sygna Suit Red (Thunderbolt) & Pikachu	Electric Terrain	Tech	Field	Lightning-Fast Volt Tackle

Special cases

In the Legendary Arena or Legendary Gauntlet, every time the opposing Tapu Bulu enters battle—including every moment that it gets a new HP bar—the field of play's terrain instantly becomes Grassy Terrain.

Removing terrain

Except in certain circumstances, such as a battle where all field effects are permanent, terrains will automatically disappear after a certain amount of time. The only way to remove a terrain before the end of this timer is by setting up a new terrain, which will override the previous one, or using the move Defog.

Name	Category	Move gauge cost	MP (uses)	Base power	Max power	Accuracy	Target	Effect tag	Description	Playable sync pairs
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 Falkner & Pidgeot

Effects on skills

When terrain is set

The following passive skills are activated at the moment the specified type of terrain is set.

Passive skill	Terrain	Effect
Akala Ocean Breeze	Any	Increases Physical Moves ↑ Next effect and Special Moves ↑ Next effect by one rank each
Ally Sets WTZ: Physical Boost ↑1 9	Any	Increases Physical Moves ↑ Next effect by one rank
Ally Sets WTZ: Special Boost ↑1 9	Any	Increases Special Moves ↑ Next effect by one rank
Ally Sets WTZ: Team Speed ↑ 9	Any	Raises all allies' Speed by one stat rank
Electric Terrain Debut & Extension 5	Electric Terrain	Extends the duration of the terrain by 50 seconds
Electric Terrain Extension 2	Electric Terrain	Extends the duration of the terrain by 20 seconds
Electric Terrain Extension 3	Electric Terrain	Extends the duration of the terrain by 30 seconds
Grassy Terrain Debut & Extension 5	Grassy Terrain	Extends the duration of the terrain by 50 seconds
Grassy Terrain Extension 3	Grassy Terrain	Extends the duration of the terrain by 30 seconds
Grassy Terrain Extension 5	Grassy Terrain	Extends the duration of the terrain by 50 seconds
Grooow Strong!	Any	Raises all allies' Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense, Speed, accuracy, or evasiveness by two stat ranks and increases all allies' Special Moves ↑ Next effect by one rank
Low-Key Melancholy	Electric Terrain	Extends the duration of the terrain by 30 seconds
Melemele Ocean Breeze	Any	Increases all allies' Special Moves ↑ Next effect by one rank
Poni Ocean Breeze	Any	Raises all allies' Defense and Special Defense by one stat rank each
Psychic Terrain Debut & Extension 5	Psychic Terrain	Extends the duration of the terrain by 50 seconds
Red's Fighting Spirit	Electric Terrain	Extends the duration of the terrain
Set Allied/Entire Field Effect: Free Move Next 9	Any	Applies the Free Move Next effect
Set Allied/Entire Field Effect: Special Boost ↑1 9	Any	Increases Special Moves ↑ Next effect by one rank
Team Altered Field Dodge 9	Any	Raises all allies' evasiveness by one stat rank
Ula'ula Ocean Breeze	Any	Increases all allies' Physical Moves ↑ Next effect by one rank

During terrain

The following passive skills are active as long as the field of play's terrain is the specified terrain.

Passive skill	Terrain	Effect
Charged Immunity	Electric Terrain	Protects against status conditions
Electrorepulsion 3	Electric Terrain	Reduces damage taken from attack moves by 30%
Empowering Overgrowth 3	Grassy Terrain	Powers up moves by 30%
Empowering Overgrowth 5	Grassy Terrain	Powers up moves by 50%
Grassy Cushion 2	Grassy Terrain	Reduces damage taken from attack moves by 20%
Grassy Tenacity	Grassy Terrain	Protects against being flinched, confused, or trapped
Grassy Terrain: S-Moves ↑ 5	Grassy Terrain	Powers up sync moves by 50%
Grassy Terrain: Team Condition Nullification	Grassy Terrain	Protects all allies against status conditions, flinching, becoming confused, or becoming trapped
Grounding Wire	Electric Terrain	Protects against being flinched, confused, or trapped
Power Induction 1	Electric Terrain	Powers up moves by 10%
Power Induction 3	Electric Terrain	Powers up moves by 30%
Power Induction 5	Electric Terrain	Powers up moves by 50%
Precognition 1	Psychic Terrain	Charges the move gauge faster
Precognition 2	Psychic Terrain	Charges the move gauge faster
Precognition 3	Psychic Terrain	Charges the move gauge faster
Premonition 2	Psychic Terrain	Reduces damage taken from attack moves by 20%
Psychic Freebie 9	Psychic Terrain	Grants Free Move Next effect after a successful attack move
Psychic Stasis	Psychic Terrain	Prevents stats from being lowered
Psychic Terrain: Team Condition Nullification	Psychic Terrain	Protects all allies against status conditions, flinching, becoming confused, or becoming trapped
Red's Fighting Spirit	Electric Terrain	Charges the move gauge faster and restores HP when the user's Pokémon takes an action
Shock Recovery 1	Electric Terrain	Restores 6% of maximum HP when the user's Pokémon takes an action
Sync Induction 5	Electric Terrain	Powers up sync moves by 50%
Sync Induction 9	Electric Terrain	Powers up sync moves by 90%
Team Charged Slo-mo 9	Electric Terrain	Lowers all opponents' Speed by one stat rank after a successful attack move
Team Charged Speed Drain 9	Electric Terrain	Raises all allies' Speed by one stat rank and lowers all opponents' Speed by one stat rank after a successful attack move
Team Electric Current	Electric Terrain	Prevents all allies' stats from being lowered
Team Grassy Restoration 9	Grassy Terrain	Restores 6% of all allies' maximum HP after taking an action
Team Power Induction 2	Electric Terrain	Powers up all allies' moves by 20%
Team Takes Hit From P-/S-/Max Move: Ignore WTZ Power ↑	Any	Ignores power-up effects of terrains when any allies are attacked
Team Verdant Defense Drain 9	Grassy Terrain	Raises all allies' Defense by one stat rank and lowers all opponents' Defense by one stat rank after a successful attack move
Team Verdant Physical DR 3	Grassy Terrain	Reduces physical attack move damage taken by allies by 30%
Team Weird Sp. Def Drain 9	Psychic Terrain	Raises all allies' Sp. Def by one stat rank and lowers all opponents' Sp. Def by one stat rank after a successful attack move
Team Weird Vibes 2	Psychic Terrain	Powers up all allies' moves by 20%
Terrain Sync-Up 9	Any	Powers up sync moves by 90%
Turbo Charge 2	Electric Terrain	Charges the move gauge faster
Turbo Charge 3	Electric Terrain	Charges the move gauge faster
Turbo Turf 1	Grassy Terrain	Charges the move gauge faster
Turbo Turf 2	Grassy Terrain	Charges the move gauge faster
Verdant Immunity	Grassy Terrain	Protects against status conditions
Verdant Recovery 1	Grassy Terrain	Restores 6% of maximum HP when the user's Pokémon takes an action
Weird Charge 9	Psychic Terrain	Charges move gauge by one after using a move
Weird Immunity	Psychic Terrain	Protects against status conditions
Weird Might 4	Psychic Terrain	Has a 50% chance of increasing Physical Moves ↑ Next effect by one rank after a successful attack move
Weird Recovery 1	Psychic Terrain	Restores 6% of maximum HP when the user's Pokémon takes an action
Weird Shield	Psychic Terrain	Increases Sp. Def by 50%
Weird Vibes 1	Psychic Terrain	Powers up moves by 10%
Weird Vibes 5	Psychic Terrain	Powers up moves by 50%
WTZ Change: Team Moves ↑ 2	Any	Powers up all allies' moves by 20%

Superawakened passive skills

Superawakened passive skills are only accessible to certain fair-exclusive sync pairs after they are raised to superawakening level 5.

Superawakened passive skill	Sync pair	Terrain	Effect
Elegant Psychic Powers	Avery & Galarian Slowking	Psychic Terrain	Extends the duration of the terrain by 30 seconds
Sandy Selfie	Raihan (Anniversary 2022) & Flygon	Any	Increases all allies' Special Moves ↑ Next effect by one rank
Spikemuth in the Old Days	Sygna Suit Piers & Toxtricity	Electric Terrain	Powers up sync moves by 50%
The Royal Kalos Princess	Sygna Suit Diantha & Diancie	Any	Increases all allies' Physical Moves ↑ Next effect by one rank

Effects on moves

Some moves and sync moves can have their effects changed depending on the terrain. In addition, some buddy moves are only activated when a certain type of terrain is active.

Pokémon moves

Name	Type	Category	Terrain	Effect	Playable sync pairs
Grassy Glide	Grass	Physical	Grassy Terrain	Will not consume the move gauge when the terrain is Grassy Terrain.	Sygna Suit Lyra & Celebi Hilda & Leafeon

Buddy moves

Name	Type	Category	Terrain	Effect	Sync pair
Frenzied Sludge Wave	Poison	Special	Electric Terrain	Activation Condition: When there is at least one Pokémon affected by a status condition on the opponent's field of play. Deactivation Condition: When there are no longer any Pokémon affected by a status condition on the opponent's field of play. Lowers the target's Sp. Def by two stat ranks. Has a chance (10%) of leaving the target poisoned. This attack's power increases 50% when the terrain is Electric Terrain.	Sygna Suit Roxie & Toxtricity
Giga Frenzy Plant	Grass	Special	Grassy Terrain	Activation Condition: When the field of play's terrain turns into Grassy Terrain. Deactivation Condition: When the field of play's terrain is no longer Grassy Terrain. Lowers the target's Sp. Def by two stat ranks. The power of this move is not lowered even if there are multiple targets.	Red & Venusaur
Neo Psycho Cut	Psychic	Physical	Any; additional effects in Psychic Terrain	Activation Condition: When weather, terrain, or zone effects are activated. Deactivation Condition: When all weather, terrain, and zone effects are cleared. Never misses. Except in certain circumstances, successful hits with this attack become critical hits. The power of this move is not lowered even if there are multiple targets. Decreases the amount of move gauge slots needed to use this move by two when the terrain is Psychic Terrain.	Sygna Suit Lana & Tapu Lele
Origin Volt Tackle	Electric	Physical	Electric Terrain	Activation Condition: When the field of play's terrain turns into Electric Terrain. Deactivation Condition: When the field of play's terrain is no longer Electric Terrain. Ignores passive skills that would reduce the damage of this attack. Ignores passive skills that would protect the target against a critical hit. Ignores the target's Enduring effect. The power of this move is not lowered even if there are multiple targets. Lowers the target's Defense and Sp. Def by one stat rank when the target is paralyzed.	Sygna Suit Red (Thunderbolt) & Pikachu
Sea Deity Protect	Normal	Status	Any	Activation Condition: When weather, terrain, or zone effects are activated. Deactivation Condition: When all weather, terrain, and zone effects are cleared. Applies the Damage Guard Next effect to all allied sync pairs. Restores the HP of all allied sync pairs by approximately 20% of their maximum HP. HP is restored by 30% instead when the zone is a Fairy Zone. Returns lowered stats of all allied sync pairs to normal when the weather is rainy.	Sygna Suit Mina & Tapu Fini
Sorrowful Echoes Overdrive	Electric	Special	Any	Activation Condition: When weather, terrain, or zone effects are activated. Deactivation Condition: When all weather, terrain, and zone effects are cleared. The power of this move is not lowered even if there are multiple targets. Decreases the amount of move gauge slots needed to use this move by two when the zone is a Poison Zone. This attack's power increases 20% when the target is affected by a status condition.	Sygna Suit Piers & Toxtricity
Unbreakable Swords Dance	Normal	Status	Any	Activation Condition: When weather, terrain, or zone effects are activated. Deactivation Condition: When all weather, terrain, and zone effects are cleared. Raises the Attack of all allied sync pairs by two stat ranks. Increases the Physical Moves ↑ Next effect of all allied sync pairs by one rank. Charges the user's move gauge by two when the weather is sunny.	Sygna Suit Acerola & Tapu Bulu
Wild Electroweb	Electric	Special	Any	Activation Condition: When weather, terrain, or zone effects are activated. Deactivation Condition: When all weather, terrain, and zone effects are cleared. This attack's power is doubled when the zone is a Fairy Zone. Lowers the target's Speed by two stat ranks. Raises the Speed of all allied sync pairs by two stat ranks.	Sygna Suit Hau & Tapu Koko

Trainer moves

Name	Weather	Effect	Sync pair
Cast the Line!	Psychic Terrain	Raises the user's Attack and Sp. Atk by six stat ranks. Applies the Supereffective ↑ Next effect to the user when the terrain is Psychic Terrain.	Sygna Suit Lana & Tapu Lele
Make Some Sparks!	Electric Terrain	Raises the user's Attack by one stat rank. Applies the Critical Hit Next effect to the user. Raises the accuracy of all allied sync pairs by one stat rank when the terrain is Electric Terrain.	Volkner & Luxray
You Snooze, You Lose!	Psychic Terrain	Raises the user's Defense, Sp. Atk, and Sp. Def by one stat rank. These stats are raised by two stat ranks instead when the terrain is Psychic Terrain.	Bianca & Musharna

Sync moves

Ignoring other sources of power boosts, the following sync moves double in power when certain terrain is active. For damage-dealing Electric-, Grass-, and Psychic-type sync moves, this power-doubling feature stacks multiplicatively with the type-matching damage boosts that terrain effects provide, which can make the power of those three kinds of attacks be at least tripled.

Name	Type	Category	Terrain	Effect	Sync pair
Indomitable Happiness Normal Impact	Normal	Physical	Any	This attack's power increases when a terrain is in effect.	Whitney (Holiday 2022) & Sawsbuck
Lightning-Fast Volt Tackle	Electric	Physical	Electric Terrain	This attack's power increases when the terrain is Electric Terrain.	Sygna Suit Red (Thunderbolt) & Pikachu
Smiling Arcade Star Water Beam	Water	Special	Any	This attack's power increases when weather conditions, a terrain, or a zone are in effect.	Dahlia & Ludicolo
Thundering Deity Gigavolt Havoc	Electric	Special	Electric Terrain	This attack's power increases when the terrain is Electric Terrain.	Sygna Suit Hau & Tapu Koko
Time-Transcending Magical Leaf	Grass	Special	Grassy Terrain	This attack's power increases when the terrain is Grassy Terrain.	Sygna Suit Lyra & Celebi

Trivia

• Misty Terrain is the only type of terrain that is unavailable in Pokémon Masters EX.

See also

• Weather (Masters)
• Zone (Masters)

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