Terrain (Masters)

Terrain is a type of field effect in Pokémon Masters EX that affects all Pokémon on the field, based on the mechanic of the same name from the core series games. Only one type of terrain may be present at a time, with any new terrain put in place overwriting the previous terrain. Terrain can be used concurrently alongside weather and zones.

At normal game speed, terrains generally last for 45 seconds. This excludes time that sync pairs spend performing sync moves or max moves, but this includes time spent on everything else (e.g., moves' animation times, stats getting raised or lowered, taking damage from hail or a sandstorm, skills activating, or status conditions being applied or taking effect). At faster speeds, terrains last shorter to accommodate for quicker gameplay. However, the duration of a terrain effect can be extended if the same type of terrain is summoned again or if a Pokémon on the field has a certain skill that extends the duration of the terrain.

There are three types of terrain available in the game: Electric Terrain, Grassy Terrain, and Psychic Terrain. Each terrain powers up attacks of the corresponding type, but some have other effects as well.

Effects

• Electric Terrain: Increases the damage of all Electric-type attacks by 50%, Prevents Pokémon on the field from being inflicted by Sleep, but it does not cure Pokémon were already asleep before this terrain took effect.
• Grassy Terrain: Increases the damage of all Grass-type attacks by by 50%. Restores HP of the Pokémon that uses a Grass-type move by 1/16 of their maximum HP (rounded down) unless they hit themselves in confusion. (Using a Grass-type sync move or Grass-type max move does not count.)
• Psychic Terrain: Increases the damage of all Psychic-type attacks by by 50%.

All these power-ups raise certain damage by 1.5× after power boosts from the following apply: skills, the Physical Moves ↑ Next effect, and the Special Moves ↑ Next effect.

The effects of terrains are summarized in this table:

Setting terrain

Terrain effects may be applied through Pokémon moves, item moves, Trainer moves, max moves, and skills. Some Field sync pairs can set a terrain using their sync move after being raised to 6★ EX (including those with the Field EX role).

By Pokémon move

By item move

Item move	Terrain	Playable users
Psychic Wish	Psychic Terrain	May (Anniversary 2022) & Latias
Grass Wish	Grassy Terrain	Scottie/Bettie & LeafeonEgg

By Trainer move

Name	Terrain	Effect	Trainer
Fun Times!	Grassy Terrain	Applies the Critical-Hit Defense effect to the allied field of play. Applies the Move Gauge Acceleration effect to the allied field of play. Turns the field of play's terrain into Grassy Terrain if the remaining MP for the user's Move Gauge Boost is two when this move is selected. Turns the field of play's terrain into Psychic Terrain if the remaining MP for the user's Move Gauge Boost is one when this move is selected. Turns the field of play's terrain into Electric Terrain if the remaining MP for the user's Move Gauge Boost is zero when this move is selected.	Whitney (Holiday 2022) & Sawsbuck
	Psychic Terrain
	Electric Terrain
Try This!	Psychic Terrain	Turns the field of play's terrain into Psychic Terrain. Raises the user's Defense, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed by 2 stat ranks. Replaces the user's moves with different moves. Replaces some of the user's passive skills with different passive skills.	Sygna Suit Steven & Deoxys

By max move

By skill

By 6★ EX sync move

The following field sync pairs, when raised to 6★ EX, will implement a terrain just before their sync move is used for the first time in a battle. The duration of this terrain is also extended by 50%. Sync pairs with a field EX role need to be raised to 6★ EX and receive a Field Roll Cake in order to access this effect.

Sync pair	Zone	Role	EX role	Move name
Bellelba & Swoobat	Psychic Terrain	Support	Field	Rule the Enchanted Land Psychic Impact
May (Anniversary 2022) & Latias	Psychic Terrain	Tech	Field	Friendship Forging Mist Ball
Red & Venusaur	Grassy Terrain	Field	Special Strike	Silent Overgrowth Grass Beam
Sygna Suit Red (Thunderbolt) & Pikachu	Electric Terrain	Tech	Field	Lightning-Fast Volt Tackle

Special cases

In the Legendary Arena or Legendary Gauntlet, every time the opposing Tapu Bulu enters battle—including every moment that it gets a new HP bar—the field of play's terrain instantly becomes Grassy Terrain.

Removing terrain

Except in certain circumstances, such as a battle where all field effects are permanent, terrains will automatically disappear after a certain amount of time. The only way to remove a terrain before the end of this timer is by setting up a new terrain, which will override the previous one, or using the move Defog.

Effects on skills

When terrain is set

The following passive skills are activated at the moment the specified type of terrain is set.

During terrain

The following passive skills are active as long as the field of play's terrain is the specified terrain.

Effects on attacks

Some moves and sync moves can have their effects changed depending on the terrain. In addition, some buddy moves are only activated when a certain type of terrain is active.

Pokémon moves

Buddy moves

Name	Type	Category	Terrain	Effect	Trainer
Frenzied Sludge Wave	Poison	Special	Electric Terrain	Activation Condition: When there is at least one Pokémon affected by a status condition on the opponent's field of play. Deactivation Condition: When there are no longer any Pokémon affected by a status condition on the opponent's field of play. Lowers the target's Sp. Def by two stat ranks. Has a chance (10%) of leaving the target poisoned. This attack's power increases 50% when the terrain is Electric Terrain.	Sygna Suit Roxie & Toxtricity
Giga Frenzy Plant	Grass	Special	Grassy Terrain	Activation Condition: When the field of play's terrain turns into Grassy Terrain. Deactivation Condition: When the field of play's terrain is no longer Grassy Terrain. Lowers the target's Sp. Def by two stat ranks. The power of this move is not lowered even if there are multiple targets.	Red & Venusaur
Neo Psycho Cut	Psychic	Physical	Any; additional effects in Psychic Terrain	Activation Condition: When weather, terrain, or zone effects are activated. Deactivation Condition: When all weather, terrain, and zone effects are cleared. Never misses. Except in certain circumstances, successful hits with this attack become critical hits. The power of this move is not lowered even if there are multiple targets. Decreases the amount of move gauge slots needed to use this move by two when the terrain is Psychic Terrain.	Sygna Suit Lana & Tapu Lele
Origin Volt Tackle	Electric	Physical	Electric Terrain	Activation Condition: When the field of play's terrain turns into Electric Terrain. Deactivation Condition: When the field of play's terrain is no longer Electric Terrain. Ignores passive skills that would reduce the damage of this attack. Ignores passive skills that would protect the target against a critical hit. Ignores the target's Enduring effect. The power of this move is not lowered even if there are multiple targets. Lowers the target's Defense and Sp. Def by one stat rank when the target is paralyzed.	Sygna Suit Red (Thunderbolt) & Pikachu
Sea Deity Protect	Normal	Status	Any	Activation Condition: When weather, terrain, or zone effects are activated. Deactivation Condition: When all weather, terrain, and zone effects are cleared. Applies the Damage Guard Next effect to all allied sync pairs. Restores the HP of all allied sync pairs by approximately 20% of their maximum HP. HP is restored by 30% instead when the zone is a Fairy Zone. Returns lowered stats of all allied sync pairs to normal when the weather is rainy.	Sygna Suit Mina & Tapu Fini
Sorrowful Echoes Overdrive	Electric	Special	Any	Activation Condition: When weather, terrain, or zone effects are activated. Deactivation Condition: When all weather, terrain, and zone effects are cleared. The power of this move is not lowered even if there are multiple targets. Decreases the amount of move gauge slots needed to use this move by two when the zone is a Poison Zone. This attack's power increases 20% when the target is affected by a status condition.	Sygna Suit Piers & Toxtricity
Unbreakable Swords Dance	Normal	Status	Any	Activation Condition: When weather, terrain, or zone effects are activated. Deactivation Condition: When all weather, terrain, and zone effects are cleared. Raises the Attack of all allied sync pairs by two stat ranks. Increases the Physical Moves ↑ Next effect of all allied sync pairs by one rank. Charges the user's move gauge by two when the weather is sunny.	Sygna Suit Acerola & Tapu Bulu
Wild Electroweb	Electric	Special	Any	Activation Condition: When weather, terrain, or zone effects are activated. Deactivation Condition: When all weather, terrain, and zone effects are cleared. This attack's power is doubled when the zone is a Fairy Zone. Lowers the target's Speed by two stat ranks. Raises the Speed of all allied sync pairs by two stat ranks.	Sygna Suit Hau & Tapu Koko

Sync moves

Ignoring other sources of power boosts, the following sync moves double in power when certain terrain is active. For damage-dealing Electric-, Grass-, and Psychic-type sync moves, this power-doubling feature stacks multiplicatively with the type-matching damage boosts that terrain effects provide, which can make the power of those three kinds of attacks being at least tripled.

Name	Type	Category	Terrain	Effect	Trainer
Indomitable Happiness Normal Impact	Normal	Physical	Any	This attack's power increases when a terrain is in effect.	Whitney (Holiday 2022) & Sawsbuck
Lightning-Fast Volt Tackle	Electric	Physical	Electric Terrain	This attack's power increases when the terrain is Electric Terrain.	Sygna Suit Red (Thunderbolt) & Pikachu
Smiling Arcade Star Water Beam	Water	Special	Any	This attack's power increases when weather conditions, a terrain, or a zone are in effect.	Dahlia & Ludicolo
Thundering Deity Gigavolt Havoc	Electric	Special	Electric Terrain	This attack's power increases when the terrain is Electric Terrain.	Sygna Suit Hau & Tapu Koko
Time-Transcending Magical Leaf	Grass	Special	Grassy Terrain	This attack's power increases when the terrain is Grassy Terrain.	Sygna Suit Lyra & Celebi

Trivia

• Misty Terrain is the only type of terrain that is unavailable in Pokémon Masters EX.

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