Debut: Team Defense ↑ & Sp. Def ↑ (Skill)

Debut: Team Defense ↑ & Sp. Def ↑	初登場時防御特防↑Ｇ
	Group Defense and Special Defense Increase On First Entry
Passive Skill Raises the Defense and Sp. Def of all allied sync pairs by [X] stat rank(s) the first time the user enters a battle each battle.

Debut: Team Defense ↑ & Sp. Def ↑ (Japanese: 初登場時防御特防↑Ｇ Group Defense and Special Defense Increase On First Entry) is a family of skills in Pokémon Masters EX.

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  • Debut: Team Defense ↑ & Sp. Def ↑ 1
    • As lucky skill
  • Debut: Team Defense ↑ & Sp. Def ↑ 2
    • As passive skill
    • As grid skill (yellow tiles)
• In other languages

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Effect

The first time the user enters the battlefield during a battle, the Defense and Special Defense of all allied sync pairs will be raised by one stat rank per skill rank.

Skill rank	Decrease
Debut: Team Attack ↓ 1	1
Debut: Team Attack ↓ 2	2
Debut: Team Attack ↓ 3	3
Debut: Team Attack ↓ 4	4
Debut: Team Attack ↓ 5	5
Debut: Team Attack ↓ 6	6

Availability

Debut: Team Defense ↑ & Sp. Def ↑ 1

As lucky skill

Lucky Cookie	Appearance Rate
Piers Lucky Cookie 1	100%

Debut: Team Defense ↑ & Sp. Def ↑ 2

As passive skill

Lana
(New Year's 2026)
& Dondozo

As grid skill (yellow tiles)

Bede
(Alt.)
& Galarian Rapidash

Lana
(New Year's 2026)
& Dondozo

In other languages

Language		Title
Japanese		初登場時防御特防↑Ｇ
Mandarin Chinese		首次上場時防禦特防↑Ｇ
French		Intro Coach Défense Défense Spéciale
German		Erstantritt-Vert.+Sp.-Vert.↑ T
Italian		Primentrata iperdifensiva-G
Korean		첫등장시방어특수방어↑G
Spanish		1.ª Entrada Defensiva ↑ M

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