Discourage (Skill)

Discourage	登場時特攻ダウンＧ
	Group Special Attack Reduction On Appearance
Passive Skill Lowers the Sp. Atk of all opposing sync pairs by [X] stat rank(s) when the user enters a battle.

Discourage (Japanese: 登場時特攻ダウンＧ Group Special Attack Reduction On Appearance) is a family of skills in Pokémon Masters EX.

Effect

When the Pokémon enters the battlefield, the opponents' Sp. Atk decreases by one stat rank per skill rank. This skill will also activate when it re-enters the battle after Mega Evolving or when switched back in during a co-op battle.

Skill rank	Decrease
Discourage 1	1
Discourage 2	2
Discourage 3	3
Discourage 4	4

Availability

Discourage 1

As grid skill (yellow tiles)

Ariana
& Arbok

Sygna Suit Leaf
& Venusaur

Discourage 2

As grid skill (yellow tiles)

Sygna Suit Gladion
& Magearna

Lillie
(Holiday 2024)
& Primarina

Sygna Suit Wally
& Gardevoir

In other languages

Language		Title
Japanese		登場時特攻ダウンＧ
Mandarin Chinese		上場時特攻下降Ｇ
French		Arrivée Tyran Atq. Spé.
German		Antritt-Sp.-Ang.↓ T
Italian		Entrata frastornante-G
Korean		등장시특수공격다운G
Spanish		Entrada Ataque Esp. Rival M ↓

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