Punishing Strike (Skill)
| Punishing Strike | 命中時防御ダウン | ||||||||
| Defense Reduction During Direct Hit | |||||||||
Passive Skill
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Punishing Strike (Japanese: 命中時防御ダウン Defense Reduction During Direct Hit) 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. If the Pokémon uses a move with the multistrike effect tag, such as Bullet Seed or Icicle Spear, each successful hit will have its own chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stat rank. The skill can range from Punishing Strike 1 to Punishing Strike 9, with higher numbered skills resulting in a higher chance of activation after each hit. Punishing Strike 9 will always lower the target's Defense by one stat rank after each hit. The skill applies to the Pokémon's usual attack moves, including 
buddy moves, but not sync moves or 
max moves.
| Skill rank | Chance of effect |
|---|---|
| Punishing Strike 1 | 20% |
| Punishing Strike 2 | 30% |
| Punishing Strike 3 | 40% |
| Punishing Strike 4 | 50% |
| Punishing Strike 5 | 60% |
| Punishing Strike 6 | 70% |
| Punishing Strike 7 | 80% |
| Punishing Strike 8 | 90% |
| Punishing Strike 9 | 100% |
Availability
Punishing Strike 1
As grid skill (yellow tiles)
Punishing Strike 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.
Punishing Strike 3
As grid skill (red tiles)
Red sync grid tiles require the sync pair to use a specific move to activate the skill effect.
Punishing Strike 4
As grid skill (red tiles)
Red sync grid tiles require the sync pair to use a specific move to activate the skill effect.
Punishing Strike 9
As passive skill
As grid skill (red tiles)
Red sync grid tiles require the sync pair to use a specific move to activate the skill effect.
In other languages
| Language | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 命中時防御ダウン | |
| Mandarin Chinese | 命中時防禦下降 | |
| French | Capa. Off. Touche Défense ↓ | |
| German | Treffer-Verteidigung↓ | |
| Italian | Centrabersaglio rompidifesa | |
| Korean | 명중시방어다운 | |
| Spanish | Acierto Defensa Rival ↓ | |
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