MAX Barricade Buddies (Skill)

MAX Barricade Buddies	ＢＤ技後特防アップＧ
	Group Special Defense Boost After Buddy Daimax Move
Flavor text Passive Skill Raises the Sp. Def of all allied sync pairs by [X] stat rank(s) after using the user's max move.

MAX Barricade Buddies (Japanese: ＢＤ技後特防アップＧ Group Special Defense Boost After Buddy Daimax Move) is a family of skills in Pokémon Masters EX.

Effect

The Sp. Def of a Pokémon and its allies increases by one stat rank per skill rank when the Pokémon's max move is used in battle.

Skill rank	Increase
MAX Barricade Buddies 1	1
MAX Barricade Buddies 2	2
MAX Barricade Buddies 3	3
MAX Barricade Buddies 4	4
MAX Barricade Buddies 5	5
MAX Barricade Buddies 6	6

Availability

MAX Barricade Buddies 2

As grid skill (yellow tiles)

Argenta
& Skarmory

Red
& Snorlax
(Since June 19, 2024)

As grid skill (red tiles)

Red sync grid tiles require the sync pair to use a specific move to activate the skill effect.

Elesa
(Classic)
& Emolga
(Max Guard)

Melony
& Lapras
(Max Guard)

In other languages

Language Title Japanese ＢＤ技後特防アップＧ Mandarin Chinese 拍組極巨化招式後特防提升Ｇ French Capacité D D. Coach Déf. Spé. German G-D-Att.-Sp.-Verteidigung↑ T Italian UniDynamax sagace-G Korean BD기술후특수방어업G Spanish Mov. Compi Dinamax Def. Esp. ↑ M +

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