Ball Guy makes his Pokémon Masters EX debut alongside new Story, Expedition, Egg, and Gear events

In what seems like the culmination of Pokémon Masters EX's 3.5 year anniversary celebrations, Galar's own Ball Guy is making his debut today in Pokémon Masters EX in a Variety Scout together with his partner Pokémon Amoonguss. Alongside this scout, Ball Guy will also be taking center stage in a variety of in-game events, including brand new Story and Expedition events.

Ball Guy Variety Scout
This Variety scout offers players to scout the Ball Guy, who is making their Pokémon Masters EX debut in a sync pair together with Amoonguss. This new sync pair has an expanded sync grid, and the ability to be raised to 6★ EX. Raising the Sync Pair to a 6★ EX will change their outfit to a Great Ball based design.

Ball Guy & Amoonguss are a Poison-type Support Sync Pair, with a variety of moves and skills based around status conditions. Their On the Ball! Status move allows them to remove status conditions from their allies, while also improving their critical-hit rate. Their Destructive Touch 9 Passive Skill meanwhile will inflict either poison, paralyze or sleep on any opponent that attacks them.

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In addition to the regular Variety Scout, Trainers can also take advantage of a Variety Scout + Present! Limit 3!, a special Sync Pair Scout requiring paid gems, that, as the name implies, can be used up to 3 times. Players will receive a 50% discount on their first Sync Pair Scout x11 for this special Spotlight Scout, making it 1,500 Gems rather than the usual 3,000. As an added bonus, players will also receive bonus items every time they do a Sync Pair Scout x11 for this special Spotlight Scout. The bonuses that are received are as follows.

1st Time (50% off)

• Custom ★ Power Up for Ball Guy & Amoongus x5
• Custom Sync Orb for Ball Guy & Amoongus x200

2nd Time

• Custom ★ Power Up for Ball Guy & Amoongus x5
• Custom Sync Orb for Ball Guy & Amoongus x200

3rd Time

• Custom ★ Power Up for Ball Guy & Amoongus x10
• Custom Sync Orb for Ball Guy & Amoongus x200
• 5★ Master Scout Ticket S x1

The 5★ Master Scout Ticket S allows Trainers to use the Ball Guy Guarenteed Ticket Scout, ensuring they scout this ever-popular Galar Mascot.

Both the Variety Scout and Variety Scout + Present! Limit 3! will be available until April 6th, at 10:59pm (PDT). The associated Ticket Scout will be available until April 13th, at 10:59pm (PDT).

Story Event: Galar's Poké Ball Enthusiast
As implied in the title, this event focuses on the Ball Guy, as he arrives on Pasio ready to contionue his work as a mascot cheering everyone on. This event is available in-game now, and will run through to April 6th, at 10:59pm (PST). By completing battles during this event, players can earn Ball Guy Stickers, which can be exchanged for a variety of valuable items, including 5★ Scout Tickets, Ball Guy Sticker +, and Custom Sync Orbs for Ball Guy & Amoongus. Players can also take on event missions to earn Event Medals, as well as additional Gems, Battle Points, and other rewards.

Using Ball Guy Sticker + items, players will also be able to unlock the special area info My Secret Hideout, which can give a variety of special awards to players to manage to complete it.

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:

• Ball Guy & Amoonguss: +60% (x1.6) Bonus Rewards
• Victor & Rillaboom, Ethan & Cyndaquil/Quilava/Typhlosion, Elio & Popplio/Brionne/Primarina: +40% (x1.4) Bonus Rewards
• Player Character & Pikachu, Player Character & Torchic: +20% (x1.2) bonus rewards
• All other Sync Pairs with the Galar Theme Skill: +20% (x1.2) bonus rewards

These bonuses stack additively, so having a team consisting of Ball Guy & Amoonguss, Victor & Rillaboom, and the Player Character & Pikachu would grant a combined +120% (x2.2) rewards.

Log-in Bonus
This event includes a log-in bonus over 7 days. Players can receive these bonuses up until April 6th at 10:59pm (PDT), so even if you're a couple of days late starting the event you'll still have the chance to receive all of the available gifts.

• Day 1: Ball Guy Sticker + x1
• Day 2: Ball Guy Sticker + x1
• Day 3: Ball Guy Sticker + x1
• Day 4: Gems x 100
• Day 5: Gems x 100
• Day 6: Gems x 100
• Day 7: Gems x 300

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 10:00pm (PST).
• 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.
• Leftover Ball Guy Sticker and Ball Guy Sticker + items will be automatically converted to coins at a rate of 10 coins per item at the end of the event, and sent to players' Present Boxes.

Expedition Event:
This short 4-step Expedition Event will see players joining the Ball Guy to assist Molayne and Sophocles, who are searching for a group of Pokémon that ran off after an explosion while they were working on new inventions.

This expedition event will remain available until April 6th at 10:59pm (PDT).

Collecta-ball Poison Gear
This co-op battles event, which allows players to obtain 3★ Poison-Type Gear, will be available until April 6th at 10:59pm (PDT).

In this event, Trainers can obtain a full range of 3★ Poison-type gear, including the 3★ Poison Bandanna, 3★ Poison Bracelet, and 3★ Poison Pin, by completing co-op battles together with other Trainers as part of this event. The gear can be received both as event battle rewards, and as exchanges from the Event tab of the Exchange Items menu. Gear upgrade items will also be available to upgrade these new 3★ Gear, with Poison Scissors, Poison Thread and Poison Needles used to upgrade the Bandanna, Bracelet and Pin respectively. These upgrade items can be obtained by exchanging associated 1★-3★ gear. More upgrade items will be received for gear with more ★s, higher levels, or more level caps unlocked.

After this event is over, the new gear will continue to be obtainable from the General tab of the Exchange Items menu, starting from April 13th, at 11:00pm (PDT).

Players wanting to participate in this event should note the following:

• To participate, players must have completed Main Story Interlude 1: Let the Tournament Begin! in single-player. This interlude can be completed after players complete Main Story: Chapter 10 in single-player.
• The sync pairs that appear as opponents in battle have different capabilities than those which can actually be obtained by players.
• Players cannot take on this event area with 3 teams comprised of only their own Sync Pairs.
• The number of plays available for Daily Bonus Battle 1 are reset every day at 10:00pm (PST)
• When the exchange period for the vouchers obtained in this event ends, leftover vouchers will be converted into coins (10 coins per voucher) and sent to each player's Present Box.

Do You Want an Egg?
In this somewhat unusual variant of the typical egg event, players will be able to receive Eggs from Professor Bellis that will hatch into Voltorb and Exeggcute. This event is available in-game now, and will continue through to April 6th at 10:59pm (PDT). During this time, players will only receive eggs by completing missions from this Do You Want an Egg? event, and will not receive Eggs for completing other areas. Both Voltorb and Exeggcute have a chance of hatching as a Shiny Pokémon.

One limited-time incubator will also be added to Bellis's Lab for the duration of this event. If an Egg is still in the limited-time incubator when the event ends, the limited-time incubator will remain active until that Egg hatches. This incubator will assist Players in unlocking rewards from event missions to hatch certain numbers of eggs.

As usual for events of this type, several special missions will be available during the event period. Players will have an increased chance of receiving Eggs if they take on event battles using teams that feature specific sync pairs. The more of these sync pairs are placed in the lineup, the higher the Egg reward rate will be. The applicable Sync Pairs and Egg reward rates are as follows:

• Ball Guy & Amoonguss: +80% (×1.8) Egg Reward Rate
• Electric and Psychic-type Main Character sync pairs: +80% (×1.8) Egg Reward Rate
• Main Character sync pairs: +40% (×1.4) Egg Reward Rate
• Other Electric and Psychic-type-type sync pairs: +20% Egg Reward Rate (×1.2)

These bonuses stack additively, so having Ball Guy & Amoonguss, a Main Character Electric or Psychic-type sync pair, and another Electric or Psychic-type sync pair would give a combined bonus of +200% (x3.0)

Players should also note the following when playing this event:

• 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.
• Players cannot receive Eggs from Professor Bellis by completing areas outside of this event during this event period.

Event Gem Specials
In conjunction with these events, the following four Event Gem Specials will be available in the purchase gems tab of the in-game shop until April 2nd, at 10:59pm (PDT), offering discounted prices on paid gems.

• March event gem special 5: Gems x320
• March event gem special 6: Gems x2,000
• March event gem special 7: Gems x4,400
• March event gem special 8: Gems x8,000

Ball Guy Welcome Mission Bingo
A new mission bingo has been added in conjunction with these events, including 8 collection tasks requiring players to find replicas of various Poké Balls by complating various tasks in each of these events. Completing all tasks will reward players with 1,200 gems, Support and Strike Move Candy Coins, and several other useful items including Music Coins, Skip Tickets and Skill Spheres. This Mission Bingo will remain available for rewards to be claimed until April 14th, at 10:59pm (PDT).