Hold Hostage (Skill)

Hold Hostage 相手交代禁止時威力↑
Power Boost When Opponent is Restrained
Passive Skill
Powers up the user's moves when the target is restrained.

Hold Hostage (Japanese: 相手交代禁止時威力↑ Power Boost When Opponent is Restrained) is a family of skills in Pokémon Masters EX.

Effect

When the user's Pokémon attacks an opponent that is restrained, the power of the move is boosted by 10% per rank of this skill. This applies to the Pokémon's attack moves, including buddy moves, but not sync moves or max moves.

Skill rank Increase in power
Hold Hostage 1 10%
Hold Hostage 2 20%
Hold Hostage 3 30%
Hold Hostage 4 40%
Hold Hostage 5 50%
Hold Hostage 6 60%
Hold Hostage 7 70%
Hold Hostage 8 80%
Hold Hostage 9 90%

Availability

Hold Hostage 1

As grid skill (yellow tiles)

Hold Hostage 2

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.

Allister & GengarAllister & Gengar
Allister
& Gengar

(Shadow Ball)

Hold Hostage 3

As passive skill

As grid skill (yellow tiles)

Selene & Rowlet/Dartrix/DecidueyeSelene & Rowlet/Dartrix/Decidueye
Selene
& Rowlet/Dartrix/Decidueye

(Since August 25, 2025)

Hold Hostage 5

As passive skill

In other languages

Language Title
Japanese 相手交代禁止時威力↑
Mandarin Chinese 對手禁止替換時威力提升
French Carcan Enn. Puissance ↑
German Gegn.-Wechselsperre-Stärke↑
Italian Vietacambio rafforzante
Korean 상대교체금지시위력↑
Spanish Relevo Impos. Rival Impulsor
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