Lear

Lear ライヤー Lyer
Art from Pokémon Masters EX
Gender	Male
Eye color	Purple
Hair color	Lavender
Hometown	Unknown
Region	Unknown
Relatives	Unnamed father, unnamed mother (deceased)
Trainer class	Pokémon Trainer
Generation	VII
Games	Masters EX
Game animation debut	Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer
English voice actor	Bryce Papenbrook[1]
Japanese voice actor	Mamoru Miyano[2]

Lear (Japanese: ライヤー Lyer) is a character introduced in Pokémon Masters EX. He is the founder of Pasio and the Pokémon Masters League.

In the games

Lear is the prince of an unknown country. He used to be a kind child who loved Pokémon and people, but after his mother, the queen, died, his father, the king, sent him to a strict school, causing him to start relying only on himself and treat Pokémon as mere tools. After losing to Red, Lear built the artificial island of Pasio and founded the Pokémon Masters League with the hopes of overcoming his weaknesses and becoming the PML champion. If the PML is a success, the king has promised to name Lear as his heir. It is revealed that Lear and his subordinates, Sawyer and Rachel, have been using Hoopa to transport sync pairs over to Pasio to increase excitement over the PML.

Lear is an arrogant Trainer who believes himself to be the strongest and is adamant he will win the PML. He insults others who believe that the bond between Trainer and Pokémon is the key to battling, and treats his Pokémon as tools for winning. This is evident when Lear replaces his Krookodile with Staraptor after the battle between Lear's Krookodile and Iris's Haxorus ends in a draw. His lack of bond with his Pokémon also means he cannot use sync moves, as the sync stone relies on the power found in the bond between Trainer and Pokémon. Lear also believes that teamwork or friendship is a weakness as it means one has to rely on another. He prefers to handle things himself and does not even consider his subordinates as friends despite their unending support. He also considers victory as the only purpose of battling and that other aspects, such as having fun, are worthless.

The player first meets Lear at the end of Chapter 2; he insults the player for wearing a shoddy hat. They next meet Lear in Chapter 5 who defeats Skyla and earns a Freedom Badge. After learning that the player will join the PML, Lear has a one-on-one battle with the player and wins.

The two cross paths again in Chapter 9 after the player defeats members of Team Break. Lear remarks that he too does not want Team Break sabotaging the PML but still insults the player as being pathetic. Iris defends the player and has a battle against Lear and his Krookodile. Despite a fierce battle, Lear leaves without finishing the battle.

After the first half of the PML tournament is finished, Lear challenges the player to a battle. He aims to disqualify the team if they refuse to battle or lose. The player battles against Lear, Rachel and Sawyer and wins. Despite his loss, Lear remains in denial that he is the strongest and that he can win without bond or friendship.

After hearing news that Team Break have stolen Hoopa, Lear ditches the opening ceremony to the PML finals and goes hunting for Team Break. He finds that the Team Break hideout has already been cleared by Cynthia and the player's team, and finds no signs of Hoopa.

Later, in Interlude 4, he is shown beating some Team Break thugs, but still finding no sign of Hoopa. He leaves Rachel and Sawyer to deal with Cheren as he goes on further ahead. When Cheren, Rachel and Sawyer meet up with Lear again, he had already taken out another hideout and comments on how he's better off without love. Rachel and Sawyer then part ways with him.

He is seen shortly after in Interlude 5, where he is followed by Cheren into a cave to find Hoopa yet again. He beats some Team Break thugs but looses shortly after to Cheren and then is called to meet a mysterious man without anyone, promising he'll return Hoopa. Despite Cheren's warnings, Lear goes on ahead without Cheren, still in denial.

In Interlude 6, he meets up with the mystery man, who turns out to be a Team Break thug with lots more backup. Lear trys to battle them and looses once again. The thugs then render him unconscious and take him back to their hideout. While unconcious, he dreams of his first encounter with Hoopa and how it gave him a Phanpy and a sync stone. Once he wakes up, he finds a weakened Hoopa in the same room with him.

In Interlude 7, Lear remembers more of his past, and begins to realize the error of his ways. As Team Break demands Lear to announce the cancellation of the PML, Lear almost gives in, only for Hoopa to teleport him into safety. He is reunited with Sawyer, Rachel, and Cheren, and they formulate a plan to save Hoopa. Re-entering Team Break's hideout, Lear joins with Rachel and Sawyer to battle the team as a distraction while Cheren has his Stoutland get Hoopa away from them. As Lear expresses his re-established belief in friendship, his sync stone begins to glow, signifying that he's now formed a sync pair with Hoopa. As Lear and his team defeat the Team Break members opposing them, Cynthia arrives to tell the other members in the hideout have been defeated as well, causing the members present to surrender. Lear later learns that his PML partners succeeded in winning their latest battle without him, and their next opponent in the tournament is the player.

Pokémon

Hoopa

			Type			Psychic
			Move type			Psychic
			Role			Tech*
			Base Potential			★★★★★☆EX
Hoopa		Weakness			Dark
In its true form, it possess a huge amount of power. Legends of its avarice tell how it once carried off an entire castle to gain the treasure hidden within.
Stats		HP	Attack	Defense	Sp. Atk	Sp. Def	Speed
Lv. 140, Base Potential		550	218	127	461	182	277
Lv. 140, Max Potential		650	258	167	501	222	317
Mega Hoopa
Lv. 140, Base Potential		—	—	—	—	—	—
Lv. 140, Max Potential		—	—	—	—	—	—

Moves

Name	Type	Category	Move gauge	Base Power	Max Power	Accuracy	Target	Description
Snatch	Dark	Status	2 (2 uses)	—	—	—	An opponent	Returns the target's raised stats to normal and raises the user's stats by the same amount.
X Sp. Atk	None	Status	0 (2 uses)	—	—	—	Self	Raises the user's Sp. Atk by two stat ranks.
Hyperspace Hole	Psychic	Special	4	144	172	—	An opponent	Never misses.
Follow My Lead!	None	Status	0 (1 use)	—	—	—	—	Applies the Stat Reduction Defense effect to the allied field of play. Reduces the user’s sync move countdown by 1. Raises the user’s critical-hit rate by three stat ranks. Applies the Gradual Healing effect to all allied sync pairs.
Psychic	Psychic	Special	3	100	120	100%	An opponent	Has a chance (10%) of lowering the target's Sp. Def by one stat rank. (Story mode only)
X Speed	None	Status	0 (2 uses)	—	—	—	Self	Raises the user's Speed by two stat ranks. (Story mode only)
X Defense All	None	Status	0 (2 uses)	—	—	—	All allies	Raises the Defense of all allied sync pairs by two stat ranks. (Story mode only)
Sync move
Singularity Hyperspace Hole	Psychic	Special	—	200*	240*	—	An opponent	This move's power increases when none of the target's stats are raised.* (6★ EX) effect: Power of sync move increases by 50%.

Skills

Sync Grid

Lear and Hoopa's sync grid is an expanded grid, made available since the sync pair was first released.

Other

Krookodile

Staraptor ♂

Donphan

Quotes

Main article: Lear/Quotes

Sprites

5★ model from Masters EX

5★ model from Masters EX

5★ VS model from Masters EX

6★ EX model from Masters EX

6★ EX VS model from Masters EX

Lear's sync move mindscape (Centra City; PML Stadium)

Trainer emote Nice!

Trainer emote Watch out!

Trainer emote Let's do this!

Trainer emote Thanks!

In the anime

Lear in the Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer

Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer

Lear briefly appeared in a montage in the Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer.

Trivia

• The time between Lear, Rachel, and Sawyer's debut as an NPC and their status as playable characters is the longest in Pokémon Masters EX, at 702 days. They first appeared as NPCs when the game was first released.

Names

References

This article is part of both Project CharacterDex and Project Sidegames, Bulbapedia projects that, together, aim to write comprehensive articles on characters in the spin-off games.