Defense Crush (Skill)
| Defense Crush | 攻撃時防御ダウン | ||||||||
| Defense Reduction During Attack | |||||||||
Passive Skill
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Defense Crush (Japanese: 攻撃時防御ダウン Defense Reduction During Attack) is a family of skills in Pokémon Masters EX.
Effect
When the Pokémon successfully lands an attack on the target, it has a chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stat rank. The skill can range from Defense Crush 1 to Defense Crush 9, with higher numbered skills resulting in a higher chance of lowering the target's Defense. Defense Crush 9 will always lower the target's Defense. The skill applies to the Pokémon's usual attack moves, including 
buddy moves, but not sync moves or 
max moves.
The skill will act independently of the move's innate chance of lowering the target's Defense (if applicable). If the Pokémon has access to more than one Defense Crush skill, each will have a chance of activating independently of each other.
| Skill rank | Chance of effect |
|---|---|
| Defense Crush 1 | 20% |
| Defense Crush 2 | 30% |
| Defense Crush 3 | 40% |
| Defense Crush 4 | 50% |
| Defense Crush 5 | 60% |
| Defense Crush 6 | 70% |
| Defense Crush 7 | 80% |
| Defense Crush 8 | 90% |
| Defense Crush 9 | 100% |
Availability
Defense Crush 1
As lucky skill
| Lucky Cookie | Appearance Rate |
|---|---|
 1★ Crunchy Lucky Cookie
|
11.4% |
Defense Crush 2
As passive skill
As grid skill (yellow tiles)
As grid skill (red tiles)
Red sync grid tiles require the sync pair to use a specific move to activate the skill effect.
As lucky skill
| Lucky Cookie | Appearance Rate |
|---|---|
| 1★ Crunchy Lucky Cookie
|
1.60% |
 2★ Crunchy Lucky Cookie
|
9.00% |
 1★ Deluxe Lucky Cookie
|
8.02% |
Defense Crush 3
As grid skill (red tiles)
Red sync grid tiles require the sync pair to use a specific move to activate the skill effect.
Defense Crush 4
As grid skill (yellow tiles)
As grid skill (red tiles)
Red sync grid tiles require the sync pair to use a specific move to activate the skill effect.
As lucky skill
| Lucky Cookie | Appearance Rate |
|---|---|
 Akari Lucky Cookie 1
|
100% |
Defense Crush 9
As passive skill
As grid skill (yellow tiles)
As grid skill (red tiles)
Red sync grid tiles require the sync pair to use a specific move to activate the skill effect.
As lucky skill
| Lucky Cookie | Appearance Rate |
|---|---|
| Brock Lucky Cookie 1
|
100% |
Variations
The following skills apply the same effect(s) under the same activation condition(s), with the only difference being the intensity of its effect(s).
| Skill name | Difference |
|---|---|
| Defense Destroyer | Lowers the target's Defense by two stat ranks. |
| Hit: Defense ↓6 | Lowers the target's Defense by six stat ranks. |
In other languages
| Language | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 攻撃時防御ダウン | |
| Mandarin Chinese | 攻擊時防禦下降 | |
| French | Déstabilisateur | |
| German | Treffer-Vert.↓ | |
| Italian | Rompidifesa | |
| Korean | 공격시방어다운 Gong-gyeoksi Bang-eo Daun | |
| Spanish | Ataque Defensa ↓ | |
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