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.

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• Effect
• Availability
  • Discourage 1
    • As grid skill (yellow tiles)
  • Discourage 2
    • As grid skill (yellow tiles)
• In other languages

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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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