Akari debuts her new Seasonal Sync Pair with Manaphy in Pokémon Masters EX alongside the Sea's Legend and Raging Souls Story Event

The height of summer is once again bringing a festival of new content to Pokémon Masters EX. As announced in the recent update letter from the game's producers, a brand new story event, Sea's Legend and Raging Souls, is making its debut today alongside a set of brand new Seasonal Scouts featuring Akari in a seasonal outfit together with their new sync partner Manaphy.

Story Event: Sea's Legend and Raging Souls
It wouldn't be a Summer event without a trip to the beach! This event, which will run through to July 21st, at 10:59pm (PDT), sees Akari having a fateful encounter with an injured Manaphy on the beach following a nasty storm, and Arezu dealing with an unruly Basculegion that needs some anger management help.

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This event follows the simplified format for Story Events, where players will collect Event Points as they complete battles, earning rewards based on the total amount of event points acquired instead of trading for specific desired rewards. Event rewards include 5★ Scout Tickets, Skill Items, a Support Move Candy Coin, a 5★ Power-Up, and Event Medals. Other rewards able to be obtained include Special Skill Feathers 131 and 132, Custom Sync Orbs for Akari (Summer 2026) & Manaphy and Arezu (Summer 2026) & Basculegion, and Lucky Cookies for Akari (Summer 2026) & Manaphy, Arezu (Summer 2026) & Basculegion, and Marlon & Carracosta. Trainers who accumulate 15,000 Event Points in this event will also receive a Seasonal Exclusive Gtd. Ticket, which can be used in the Seasonal Exclusive Guaranteed Ticket Scout (see below).

As usual for events of this type, players will receive bonus rewards if they take on event battles using teams that feature specific sync pairs. The more of these sync pairs that players place in their lineup, the greater the bonus received. The applicable Sync Pairs and reward rates are as follows:

• Akari (Summer 2026) & Manaphy: +60% (×1.6) bonus rewards
• Arezu (Summer 2026) & Basculegion: +60% (×1.6) bonus rewards from July 2nd, at 10:59pm (PDT)
• Marlon & Carracosta, Adaman & Leafeon, Irida & Glaceon, Rei & Decidueye, Cynthia (Summer 2025) & Milotic, Skyla (Summer 2025) & Jumpluff, Gardenia (Summer 2024) & Dhelmise, Acerola (Summer 2024) & Jellicent, Tate (Summer 2023) & Jirachi, Liza (Summer 2023) & Celesteela, N (Summer 2022) & Zoroark, Hilda (Summer 2022) & Grapploct, Gloria (Summer 2021) & Inteleon, Marnie (Summer 2021) & Grimmsnarl, Steven (Summer 2020) & Sandslash, Lyra (Summer 2020) & Jigglypuff: +40% (×1.4) bonus rewards
• All other sync pairs with the Sinnoh Theme Skill: +20% (×1.2) bonus rewards

These bonuses stack additively, so having a team consisting of Akari (Summer 2026) & Manaphy, and two past Summer Sync Pairs, would grant a combined +140% (×2.4) Event Points.

Players should also note the following when playing this event:

• The number of plays available for Daily Extreme Battle 1 are reset every day at 11:00pm (PDT).
• To participate, players must have completed Main Story Chapter 1: The More the Merrier (Normal) in single-player.
• The sync pairs that appear as opponents in battle have different capabilities than those players can actually obtain.
• All mission completion rewards must be claimed within three days of the mission period ending.
• All Event Points collected during this event will be automatically deleted once the event is over.

Limited-Time Expedition Areas and Locations in the Trainer Lodge
Until July 21st, at 10:59pm (PDT), limited-time summer festival themed locations will be available during interactions at the Trainer Lodge, along with a Limited-Time Expedition Area.

Players will also be able to form a Special Team in this Expedition Area that can receive substantial amounts of Expedition Awards. Adding certain Sync Pairs to this Special Team will grant special bonuses to Discovery Level in addition to the normal change based on Expedition Skill. Drop-In Events will not appear for Special Teams on Expeditions. Once the limited-time expedition area disappears, Special Teams will be automatically disbanded, with any unclaimed items able to be received by going to the expedition screen.

Gem Special
In conjunction with the Sea's Legend and Raging Souls Story Event, the following four Gem Specials will be available in the purchase gems tab of the in-game shop until July 19th, at 10:59pm (PDT), offering discounted prices on paid gems.

• June event gem special 5: Gems ×300
• June event gem special 6: Gems ×1,800
• June event gem special 7: Gems ×3,900
• June event gem special 8: Gems ×7,000

Photo Frame and Background Missions
A special set of 3 missions are available until July 21st, at 10:59pm (PDT), allowing players to earn a special Summer-themed Photo Frame to use in the Photo Creator.

• Mission 1: Use stamina (/100) - Gems ×50
• Mission 2: Use stamina (/200) - Gems ×100
• Mission 3: Use stamina (/300) - Frame: No. 42

Completing all 3 missions will award players with Background: No. 123. Players who have previously received either Frame: No. 42 or Background No. 123 will receive a 3★ Power-Up Instead of these rewards

Akari Seasonal Scouts
Akari (Summer 2026) & Manaphy are making their debut in a set of Seasonal Scouts alongside the launch of the Sea's Legend and Raging Souls Story Event. The Akari Seasonal Scout and Akari Seasonal Tiered Scout will run through to July 21st, at 10:59pm (PDT). The associated Akari Seasonal Featured Ticket Scout, and Akari Seasonal Guaranteed Ticket Scout meanwhile will run through to July 28th, at 10:59pm (PDT).

Akari (Summer 2026) & Manaphy are a Water-type Support Role Sync Pair with a Sprint EX Role. When raised to 6★ EX, Akari's outfit adopts the same lighter palette as Manaphy, with different shades of light blue over a yellow dress.

This sync pair is designed to support teams which rely on rainy weather for their attacks and combos, with three separate Passive Skills which interact with this weather effect. One Passive Skill makes the weather rainy and restores Akari (Summer 2026) & Manaphy's HP by approximately 30% whenever anyone on their team uses a Sync Move; another Passive Skill extends the duration of rainy weather when the weather turns rainy with Akari (Summer 2026) & Manaphy on the field; and the final Passive Skill increases the Physical Moves ↑ Next and Special Moves ↑ Next effects of all allied sync pairs by one rank when the weather is made rainy. In the unlikely event that the rain ever runs out, they can also make the weather rainy again with their About their Beautifully Flowing! Trainer Move, which also reduces the Sync Move countdown by two, and raises the criticial-hit rate of all allies by three stat ranks. More details about the sync pair can be found on Bulbapedia.

The Akari Seasonal Scout gives players bonus presents for the first three times players perform a Sync Pair Scout ×11, awarding Support Move Candy Coins each time. The Scout also includes a daily discount, where players can perform a single scout for ×100 paid gems. As the name suggests, these daily discounts can be used 1 time per day during the entire length of the scout.

In addition to the regular Seasonal Scout, players can also take advantage of an Akari Seasonal Tiered Scout. This scouts has ten tiers, each of which is a Sync Pair Scout ×11. Players are able to scout once on each tier by using Paid Gems, with the amount of gems increasing with each tier. Additionally, Tiers 5 and 10 of the Scout grants the player special tickets to use in the associated Akari Seasonal Featured Ticket Scout and Akari Seasonal Guaranteed Ticket Scout.

Tier 1: 300 Paid Gems
Tier 2: 900 Paid Gems
Tier 3: 1,500 Paid Gems
Tier 4: 2,000 Paid Gems
Tier 5: 3,000 Paid Gems - 5★ Great Scout Ticket F
Tier 6: 2,000 Paid Gems
Tier 7: 2,500 Paid Gems
Tier 8: 2,500 Paid Gems
Tier 9: 2,500 Paid Gems
Tier 10: 3,000 Paid Gems - 5★ Master Scout Ticket F

Akari (Summer 2026) Gym Emote
Additionally, a special Gems with Gym Emotes offer is available from the in-game shop, allowing players to obtain a Akari (Summer 2026) Gym Emote as a present. This offer, which comes with 250 paid gems, can be purchased under the With Emotes tab in the Purchase Gems menu of the in-game shop until July 21st, at 10:59pm (PDT).

Seasonal Exclusive Guaranteed Ticket Scout
As the name suggests, this Scout offers players the chance to scout one Seasonal Sync Pair at random from a limited lineup including the following Seasonal Sync Pairs:

• Steven (Summer 2020) & Sandslash
• Lyra (Summer 2020) & Jigglypuff
• Gloria (Summer 2021) & Inteleon
• Marnie (Summer 2021) & Grimmsnarl
• N (Summer 2022) & Zoroark
• Hilda (Summer 2022) & Grapploct
• Tate (Summer 2023) & Jirachi
• Liza (Summer 2023) & Celesteela
• Gardenia (Summer 2024) & Dhelmise
• Acerola (Summer 2024) & Jellicent

Players can acquire a ticket for this scout by accumulating 15,000 Event Points in the Sea's Legend and Raging Souls Story Event. This scout will run through until July 28th, at 10:59pm (PDT), and all tickets not used before this point will expire.

Pasio Gym Battle Updates
The Pokémon Masters EX development team have announced a major overhaul to Pasio Gym Battles following feedback on the first two events earlier this year.

Full details on the changes being made can be found here. As a summary of the most important changes:

• When multiple players take on the same battle simultaneously, only the first completed battle will be registered.
  • Gym members whose battles were not counted will have their Gym Battle Challenge Tickets refunded.
  • A message will appear to let players know other players are currently attempting a battle
• Several minor issues that could result in unfair conditions, such as challenge tickets not being correctly consumed, have been resolved.
• Extra Battles will become progressively harder as Gyms complete more circuits
  • Opponents in Extra Battles will get stronger as Gyms complete more circuits, starting from Circuit #6, and reaching maximum strength at Circuit #12.
  • Extra Battles will gain a single additional special rule from Circuit #4 onwards.
• Opponents resistances to effects that inflict a fixed percentage of damage have been strengthened.

Additional Prestige Rewards have also been added to Gym Battles at ranks 501 through 1,000, and ranks 1,001 through 2,000. Ranking rewards will now be structured as follows:

• Master 1 through 8: Gems ×3,000, Gym Battle Voucher ×50, Superawakening Candy ×2, Title
• Master 9 through 100: Gems ×2,500, Gym Battle Voucher ×30, Superawakening Candy ×2, Title
• Master 101 through 500: Gems ×2,000, Gym Battle Voucher ×20, Superawakening Candy ×1, Title
• Master 501 through 1,000: Gems ×2,000, Gym Battle Voucher ×20
• Master 1,001 through 1,500: Gems ×1,500, Gym Battle Voucher ×15
• Master 2,001 and below: Gems ×1,000, Gym Battle Voucher ×10

Pasio Gym Battle No. 3
Pasio Gym Battle No. 3 will run from August 2nd at 11:00pm (PDT) to August 9th at 10:59pm (PDT). Ranks will then be calculated over August 9th to 12th, with tha rankings announcements being held from August 12th at 11:00pm (PDT) through to August 19th at 10:59pm (PDT). The event will feature the Johto Gym Leaders, with weaknesses to Ice, Electric, Fighting, Dark, Fairy, Fire, Steel, and Dragon types respectively.

Extra Battles for this event will have one of the following rules applied:

• Unaffected opponents won't take damage from attacks
• Opponents won't take damage from physical attacks
• Ally move gauge maximum -2

The following additional rule will apply to all battles from Circuit #4 onwards:

• Opponents won't take damage from attacks that are not supereffective.