#Sygna suit Brendan

[b4loma]

this was my entry for the pokémon masters fanart contest thingy, had been sitting in my files since march lol

[reestallized]

Did you know that in RV both Kaneshiro and Nelson have something known as "hearing the legendary voices™"?? Now you do.

[pokemaster91]

My new friend and I are going to fly all over Hoenn and the world! Brendan & Latios are teaming up for the league!

[crystalelemental]

Sync Pair Retrospective - Hoenn Villain Arc

The Hoenn Villain Arc dropped just before third anniversary, meaning everyone went into this knowing it was bait.  But also, last year, Lear dropped at this point, and he wound up being argued as better than the actual anniversary units, because people can't just have fun.  So a lot of questions circulated about whether this was bait or not, and if it was, was it effective bait?

Sygna Suit May May was accidentally leaked weeks before datamine, and threw people into a frenzy, because May would be on her fourth alt while Brendan still had nothing.  Reddit is intolerable sometimes.  Anyway, she came in as yet another goddamned Tech, whose focus was on damage.  Hilariously, she was focused on the same damage as Dojo Gloria: physical power with defense and speed debuffing.  The differences between them were minor, but potentially significant.

Gloria had a Max Move, while May did not.

Gloria could debuff defense 3 stages in one move.  May could do 2, but only after mega evolving.

Gloria had tremendous secondary and tertiary damage types.  May had Low Kick.

May could fast-ramp by herself, while Gloria needed someone with Head Start on the team.

May can buff team speed by existing, while Gloria had Recharging Strike.

May could buff team crit, Gloria could not.

By and large, Gloria was the better option.  May was heavily reliant on mega evolution to perform a core function of her role, and her tech nuke required debuffs that she couldn't set up reliably by herself until after that sync.  To make matters worse, her optimal partner, SS Morty, can't cap her offensive stats for her, being just short without 3/5 and Team Gimme Five.  As such, Gauntlet was more her wheelhouse, where she'd perform quite well with minimal defensive support.

The other issue was, again, type.  Fire was highly common, and not hard to shop for.   In fact, a few months later we'd receive the Unova VA, where Hilda walked in with Victini, who had comparable DPS, and an astonishing striker sync with Rising Tide, all backed by gradual healing and Downside Up with defensive buffs.  And Recharging Strike for good measure.  Because of this, for CS, May winds up being just a tool to fast-ramp for Hilda, rather than her own beneficiary. Even Sygna Suit Lysandre, a Water-type, came in with Fire-type DPS so high he could outdamage May at her best.

May was the worst of the Villain Arc units by a pretty fair margin, which is staggering considering her strengths.  Type overlap has never been a serious consideration, and May was more than a little competent.  She’s exceptional, when built around, still holding the title of strongest Fire-type sync nuke in the game, and being top 5 DPS in the type.  Which, I think, speaks better to how utterly ridiculous the rest of the PokeFairs were this event.

Sygna Suit Brendan Like there was any doubt.  Brendan walked in with Latios, who was a support compared to Latias' Tech, because sure, why not?  Supports are always super valuable, but Brendan went out of his way to become one of the best supports available.

Luster Purge with Unexpected Benefit x2 was the main selling point.  Every hit, he would inflict -2 special defense on the foe he targeted.  Defensive debuffs may not be as significant as an immediate Zone, or stacked rebuffs, but they can pump out extreme damage.  Brendan was a super-fast special defense debuffer on a single target.  Already, we are starting very strong.  To back this up, Dragonbreath with potential Hostile Environment provides the best possible Gauntlet status in paralysis.  Potion with potential double MPR, and Tough Luck 4, meant the team could become staggeringly defensive.  His trainer move was 1MP, but granted +4 special attack and special defense, and +1 crit.  Through Team Sharp Entry, which activates again on mega evolution, Brendan could cap crit with a sizable buff to special attack, and more defensive backbone.  His defensive stats were incredible, and on mega, had over 400 special defense, which is ridiculous.

Brendan was in the same category as SC Jasmine, SC Lillie, and SS Kris, emphasizing special attack and crit, with a defensive profile favoring special defense.  His specific tools generally made him a better choice than Jasmine or Lillie, depending on what traits you needed, while Kris held her own with Rain and stacks of moves up next, which could outperform his debuffing by a wide margin.  A big consideration when looking between them was whether or not your allies desperately needed to sync.  Brendan could not give up the sync. Not if you needed that last point of crit.  Lillie and Jasmine could give it up if that needed to, but not Brendan.  And this created the main limitation of his kit.

That said, nothing has risen to his level.  The only competition is Palentine's Mallow, who does the same debuffing thing, but with Dire Hit All+, and All Ramped Up 1 on her 3/5 grid, making her a lot slower to build up.  And worse on gauge.  And of course, there are specific partnerships as well.  SS Brendan and Anni May were a pretty solid partnership, bringing out May's full potential. Caitlin's grid expansion meant one use of her trainer move with his could cap all her needed stats.  He’s frankly insane with SS Serena and Lucas, who are an absurd powerhouse combo.  He just offered a lot.

I think what kills me about Brendan is the versatility.  Sure, Team Sharp Entry when needed, he can cap a lot for you.  Sure, Hostile Environment, let's mess up Tornadus and Cobalion.  Even options like Adrenaline, or Fast Track for gauges, wind up keeping him relevant.  There’s just about nothing he can’t facilitate to at least some degree.  He ranks high for most players for good reason.

Sygna Suit Steven Okay, you want to talk effective bait?  Let's talk about a sync pair who does literally every role.  Deoxys here comes with four trainer moves, that are your selection screen for which mode to shift to.  Normal Mode will provide Psychic Terrain, +2 to its core stats, and otherwise focuses on Aggravation 2 Zen Headbutt for disruption.  Attack form got immediate capped stats on trainer move a la Anni Lillie, and has a blindingly powerful sync nuke that gets to hit like a Striker EX for free, while still getting the benefits of a Tech EX.  He has no natural multipliers on grid because of this.  Defense provides a support that boosts +4 to both offenses for the team, then stat shares both defenses per Iron Defense, backed by a good amount of gauge control on 3/5 grid.  And of course, Speed form comes in with +6 speed, +3 evasion, and fast-ramping out the wazoo.  Sygna Suit Steven could actually do it all.

Attack is the fan favorite.  People love damage numbers, and Steven provides big funny damage numbers all day.  Even in DPS, he acquired the ability to just...get +1 stack of moves up next, as well as Downside Up to ignore the detriments of Psycho Boost.  Oh yeah, they all have Downside Up.  You know, that thing that resulted in Shiny Rayquaza's stats sucking?  Yeah, a year later, they decided it wasn't a problem.  Go figure.  Anyway.  Protect helps to avoid a lot of damage from opposing sync as well, which I have used to funny effect.  To date, nothing has challenged Attack for its dominance in Psychic type damage numbers.   Deoxys is unrivaled in what it is capable of.

Speed is my other favorite, because Gauntlet evade tanking is hysterical.  It can boost its own evasion and has Recover to heal up, as well as the ever-present Zen Headbutt.  Speed is so blindingly fast, that it's like the only thing salvaging Sygna Suit Giovanni's slow ass in Gauntlet.   Add in that it gets -2 sync cooldown on appearance, and another -2 on first use of Double Team, and you have a guaranteed fast-ramp.  With the right layout, you can easily achieve another toward second sync, all you need is Head Start somewhere.  Speed feels like wonderful glue for teams that need fast-acting power.  When it comes to fast-ramping partners, few do it as well as SS Steven.  Even in CS, it's possible to evade tank your way to success with dual strike, so long as they're self-sufficient.  He'll carry that gauge.  And while Attack may be powercrept some day, Speed’s utility will never die.

At this point, I'd note that these are both 1/5 abilities.  Steven needed for nothing on these two, and so he's remained 1/5 for me.  The next two are not so lucky.

Normal operates as an awkward entity.  Psychic Terrain once on entry is only good for CS stages with permanent field effects, otherwise it just doesn't last long enough.  The 60% flinch rate is nice, but it's nothing you can't find elsewhere, and the only grid-based benefit Normal acquires is Disarm, which debuffs foe's offenses per hit while they're trapped, confused, or flinching.  It's the extra bit to complement his flinch that sells it, but it's...kind of not that significant.  Normal just doesn't need to be used, almost ever.  Kinda like main game!

Defense is a bit better, but has its own issues.  At 1/5, gauges are an atrocious problem.  3/5 can fix a good deal, but it's not supporting other slow partners at all.  It also can't buff crit, nor cap offensive stats, meaning partners are reliant on handling a lot for themselves anyway.  To make matters worse, a major reason to use Defense would be in Gauntlet for another "support," but Speed's evade tanking and fast-ramping tends to actually work out more reliably.  And like.  If you need a support that handles both offenses, Variety Agatha and Champion Bede exist now, and are infinitely better than whatever Deoxys Defense can provide.  And if you needed a defensive wall, well...just wait a few weeks.

On the whole, Sygna Suit Steven is a fascinating sync pair.  He has great potential, but Attack and Speed are like the only ones worth talking about. Normal and Defense don't accomplish much, and are easily outclassed.  But also, all of this works at 1/5.  That's the weirdest part; in a game that's since emphasized 5/5 grids and Variety scouts, SS Steven works great at 1/5, with his two main forms accomplishing everything they need to.  It's...really funny.

[mio14s]

ユウキくん！

[ruzzo-o]

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[apocalyptic-dancehall]

i got sygna suit brendan AND steven???? huh whuh

[wildflowercryptid]

slightly redesigned brendan's sygna suit so it fits bree & her bond with latias better!

[lorekeeper-backset]

Wally in the Trainer Lodge, Sygna Suit Brendan getting an expanded grid, lots of Hoenn love recently. Wonder if they're gonna be doing a Hoenn thing soon.

Palentine's this year is Sinnoh for sure because they're doing a Sinnoh villain chapter rerun right now but maybe there'll be some Hoenn crumbs in there too.

[outfitpolls]

BONUS POLL: Brendan Sygna Suit

[ether-gearhead]

So with Chase coming to Masters, the question starts to become: is he or Elaine the Let's Go protagonist? While I doubt we'll ever know, due to Red being THE Kanto protagonist, we can still use their mindscapes to figure out the answer, or something close to it.

Generally with protagonists, the canon player uses the map of their respective region as their mindscape, while the NPC uses their region's Pokemon League/Victory Road. The exceptions, as I understand them, are Red, who has long since been the canon player for Kanto, Brendan, who is Norman's son as opposed to Birch's, and Gloria, who caught Zacian while Hop has Zamazenta. Otherwise, the map theory holds true for the following: Ethan, Dawn, Hilbert, Rosa, Serena, and Gloria.

Ethan is Silver's rival. Dawn is Barry's childhood friend. Hilbert battled N. Rosa is more soft-confirmed, as Nate is obviously the Battle Subway partner. Calem has been presented as the rival Trainer, and is in fact counted among the rivals, despite his player character status, so Serena is the protagonist by default. Also, map theory favors Selene as the Alola protagonist, but we still lack clarity on the situation with her and Elio. Worth mentioning, Rei is confirmed to be Hisui's protagonist due to his experience having fallen to Hisui prior to arriving on Pasio.

And so, we come back to Chase and Elaine. Who's the protagonist? Well, we're going to have to delve into parallels to solve this. Red's normal outfit uses his home in Pallet Town as his mindscape, while Sygna Suit Leaf uses Victory Road's entrance. Therefore it makes sense to assume that Elaine is the Let's Go protagonist, as her house is her mindscape, whereas the Let's Go Indigo Plateau is Chase's. Of course, that can all change depending on how Chase is written.

[tethrarisms]

if you could write pokemas villain arcs, what would you do? and what do you realistically hope to see in future villain arcs? all i really want at this point is archie and maxie sygna suits

Hi, anon! Thanks for asking and sorry in advance about the long post, I'm releasing my full potential for this question weofwoewo

Well, first, I can understand why they're using Team Rocket over and over in order to manipulate other teams, it works just fine for them, but at the same time I find it a bit repetitive, so I'd avoid that for a new whole arc across generations. The plots would be focused on their own respective regions instead of a main theme. BUT there will be a common theme going on, and that is *VILLAIN ADMINS*

PS: let's just assume Paulo is always involved in these stories, but since he got his own prologues, I won't be focusing on him.

- For Kanto, of course, Team Rocket would the main antagonist. I wouldn't give another alt to Giovanni since he has three pairs already, so I'd focus on other characters. I thought of giving the main trio each a legendary bird just like Galar did but then again, Blue has too many sync pairs, he doesn't need one more. Personally, I'd give an alt to Green (maybe a Jigglypuff?), and since I also adore Brock, I'd give him a "competitive" sync pair (Omastar or Kabutops, perhaps). Lastly, a Cloyster for Lorelei just because. Plot-wise, I'd insert Jessie and James again (and would bring back their event), introducing some kind of character development for them. They're also getting new alts, a Seviper for Jessie and a Cacnea for James. They'd help Giovanni steal some of Lear's technology (or simply stealing money from a random competition, there's plenty of them) at the start of the story, but they'd face a situation that demanded some altruism/heroism from them, forcing them to change sides momentarily and thus frustrating Giovanni's plan, who would be oblivious to their good deeds. Still, Giovanni would get away with some advantage because it's him.

- Johto would follow the consequences of Giovanni's success at stealing info, maybe something regarding the legendary beasts. Since Kris already got a Suicune, I'd give shiny beasts (just like the event) to Lyra (Suicine), Ethan (Raikou) and Silver (Entei). The story would be focused on Silver and Giovanni's relationship (and I know it's cliche but come on, it's the angsty, delicious food we love to see) and also Ethan's bond with Silver. Lorelei and Clair would assist them just because it's my super rare ship and there's so little content on them ;-; Instead of Jessie and James, however, the spotlight would go to the other admins and their sync pairs' debut: Petrel (Weezing), Ariana (Arbok) and Archer (Golbat). See the similarity with Jessie and James? Except that they wouldn't be around. We could also get some hint that Ariana is Silver's mom (if we can get confirmation that Cyrus was the boy who wrote about Rotom, we can have that as well idc).

- NOW BRACE YOURSELF! IT'S TIME TO GO WILD FOR HOENN AND HARDENSHIPPING. First off, nothing against Zinnia and Steven but FUCK THEM. NO ZINNIA AND STEVEN STEALING THE PROTAGONISM FROM MY ECOTERRORISTS. The story could be anything as long as they're following the events of the last Hoenn arc, in which Archie and Maxie agreed on a truce. Except that the legendaries are insane and obviously would end up fighting again. I think Jirachi could be involved, kinda causing trouble bc of the wishes, and that would be the reason they'd fight. I know it's biased af and unrealistic to give alts to villains only, and although there's a hint that Archie met a Jirachi once, I'd do that for either May or Brendan (probably Brendan bc May has far too many alts jfc). Doesn't mean our ecoterrorists are not getting anything, though. That's right, they be getting a primal form for their respective legendaries. BUT the new sync pairs? ADMINS. IDC THERE'S A MEGA-SHARPEDO IN THE GAME ALREADY. MOVE YOUR ASS, GRIMSLEY, SHELLY IS ALSO GETTING A M-SHARPEDO. Tabitha and Matt are also joining the game with sync pairs (Torkoal and Relicanth. Doesn't make any sense but I can't just give them another Sharpedo and Camerupt pls fighting for my life here ;-;). The ending would be gay af idc. It would be so gay Steven and Wallace would feel embarrassed. (Wallace will get a new sync on the next rotation, sorry, Wallace). Also also, next rotation, we're also getting sygna suits for Archie and Maxie, and they be matching!! Any pokémon is alright, as long as they're related. Maybe.. Oh, Plusle and Minun??? Since they're opposites but also red/blue?? I've seen fanart of these alts too now that I think about it!! Perfection!!

- *heavy breathing* Bear with me, we're getting into sensitive territory now (at least for me). Sinnoh... Sinnoh, my beloved *gumball crying meme* Okay, okay. So... Okay let's go with unhinged Arceus. Let's go with bitchy Arceus trying to interfere with Pasio because it was not its creation. Let's go with Arceus forcing the protagonists and Team Galactic to work together to stop its little tantrum. And that would be perfect for Cyrus to bond with the admins. Yes, all the admins are getting sync pairs! Mars and Purugly, Jupiter and Skuntank and Saturn and Toxicroak. But you know who elseeeee is getting a new alt? *evil laughter* I'M GIVING CYRUS A ROTOM. YOU KNOW SOPHOCLES'S FRIEND'S ROTOM? FUCK THAT FRIEND. THEY DIED IDGAF. ROTOM IS ALL ALONE AND WHO WILL TAKE CARE OF IT NOW? THAT'S IT. THAT'S MY CYRUS FTW *explosions on the background* I also love Cynthia but plssss, no more alts oewifewoiwoi and what do you mean the protagonists need new alts? Okay, give Arceus to Lucas whatever.

- Unova, OBVIOUSLY, will have Ghetsis and N involved. But we're also getting Zinzolin and Cryogonal, and perhaps one ninja from the shadow triad (once again, I love you, Grimsley, but you're stealing ppl's signature pokémon ;-;). I also need Colress to go "tee-hee" with the war crimes just because it's funny. Diantha may have stolen Keldeo, but let's give the muskeeters to Rosa (Virizion), Nate (Terrakion) and Iris (Cobalion) (sorry, Pasio's main character). I'd love to introduce the triplets with the elemental monkeys but let's be honest, between the triplets and the submas, who on Earth would not go with submas? Ingo getting a Chandelure and Emmet, a Galvantula or Eelektross. Almost related but not quite, Roxie deserves an EX SO BAD. Roxie is getting an EX. Plot-wise, Ghetsis is after the muskeeters because he wants power and that's it. Family drama unfolds, N will suffer again yadda yadda. Ingo and Emmet are super involved tho. Because I said so. Next rotation, it's the triplets' turn, sorry.

- Oof, let's move on to Kalos. We just recently had a story that I found super boring booooo. Obviously, I'll go with perfectworldshipping, only with more drama. Sycamore getting an alt bc he was supposed to get one LAST MONTH AND HE DIDN'T, THAT'S HOMOPHOBIA. I know this is unpopular opinion but maybe an Aromatisse or Slurpuff. I like these Pokémon and I think Fairy is a type that matches Sycamore. You know who else we getitng? That's right, you were never able to play with AZ's Floette, but this ends NOW! AZ is making it into the game. Drasna and Malva are also debutting as playable characters (it's just a matter of time, after all). Regarding the plot... wouldn't it be chaotic fun if Lear's Hoopa met with a different Hoopa? *evil laughter* yes, I'd force Lysandre to work with the protagonists just for once, jfc, stop being such a little bitch and help them keep Pasio beautiful and less chaotic thanks. Calem is getting Hoopa just bc Serena has too many pairs already.

- I must confess that I haven't played the games from this point on cause I can't afford them anymore but let's try my best with the little I know about the next regions. Alola will be once again focused on Guzma and Lusamine. But I want to give the spotlight to Team Skull and not the Aether Foundation. Maybe, MAYBE, we can work with Giovanni, forcing the teams to fight in order to prevent him from bringing the rest of Rainbow Rocket to Pasio. But why Selene and Elio are so underappreciated in this game????? I'll most definitely give them alts. Zeraora is going to Elio and Blacephalon, to Selene. Melmetal goes to Guzma bc I said so.

- Galar already has a hint that Rose is making it to the game this year, so I'll just assume he'll be involved in whatever. Leon already got Eternatus, so I really don't have any idea of what could be possibly used as a plot device to move things around. Just please give someone, ANYONE, a Cinderace. No more alts, tho. Galar had the spotlight just this month, that would be insane and I can't take any more crystal wall characters, PLEASE, and I say that with tears in my eyes because I love Leon.

- No idea what's going on with Paldea aside from the professors abandoning Arven. I just need Rika and Clodsire, Larry and Komala, and whatever Geeta's signature pokémon is. Sorry, I don't know much about this region and I'm trying to avoid as many spoilers as possible until I can finally play it someday.

Aaaaand that's it. I'm not normal about pokemas as you can see =D thank you for the opportunity to go wild for them <3 have an excellent day/night!

[steel--fairy]

this seems fun....

for ivy...

main: blaziken (fire, physical striker)(hoenn, main character, fire, pigtails, free spirit)

lodge: mightyena (dark, sprint)(hoenn, main character, dark, pigtails, free spirit)

summer: kingdra (dragon, special support)(hoenn, dragon, seasonal outfit, sunglasses)

--i think she'd be wearing a large, baggy hawaiian alolan t shirt and sunglasses lol

halloween: spiritomb (dark, tech)(hoenn, dark, seasonal outfit, cape)

--here she'd be dressed up in a purple hooded robe. maybe she'd have a spiritomb based mask and you could switch out the cape theme skill for masked?

sygna suit: flygon (dragon, physical striker)(hoenn, dragon, main character, sygna suit, masked)

--can i just say this would have similar vibes to ground miku? plus goggles that match flygons.

then she'd have voice lines with: brendan, norman, steven, lisia, wally, wattson, drake

(obviously rewriting reality a bit so brendan is the rival and ivy is the protag and normans kid lol)

hey. hey. pokemon oc haver

or just oc haver. I have a prompt for you. imagine your oc in pokemon masters >:3

If your OC was in Pokemon Masters, tell me:

who their pokemon partner would be

what role they would be (strike/support/tech/field/sprint)

what tags they would have (ill grab the list in a sec - normally 1 for region or town they're from, 1 for type specialty, 2-3 for characteristics/character traits)

what could their trainer lodge partner be (aka, second partner pokemon)

what would their summer outfit, halloween outfit, new years, valentines, or other event outfit be like? :)

are there any trainers they have special voice lines with when they are added to a team/win a battle when theyre on a team with a specific trainer?

Explanation of roles: (copy pasted from bulbapedia)

Strike sync pairs, which are focused on attacking. Support sync pairs, which are focused on defending, healing HP, and increasing stats of the whole team. Tech sync pairs, which are focused on disrupting the opponents, such as lowering their stats and inflicting status conditions. Sprint sync pairs, which are focused on attacking fast and reducing the sync move countdown. Field sync pairs, which are focused on setting up field effects.

tags (real term was themed skills whoops): https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Theme_skill

IE here's it filled out for Aste!

-Main: H. Typhlosion (tech, burn & flinch causer) Sinnoh, Ghost tech, Masked, Researcher -Lodge: Trubbish/Garbodor (evolvable, shiny) (tech, poison & flinch causer) Unova, Poison tech, Masked, Researcher --Summer: Jangmo-o/Kommo-o (evolvable) (support, stat raiser) -- tbh i have some ideas brewing for their summer outfit but i'll say this: their mask is replaced with a snorkel. ... oh i have to think up a fun replacement for their cane omg (im going to draw this later) Unova, Dragon support, Nature Lover --Halloween: Porygon Z (sprint, trick room?) -- ball jointed doll esque frankenstein. Cane is decorated either like a giant bolt or maybe a lantern holder? Unova, Normal sprint, Supernatural Would have voicelines with: Ingo, Emmet, Irida, Allister, Akari & Rei, [lots of friends' ocs] (I have some of the voice lines figured out but anxious to share them bc. anxious about sharing Aste in general)

[crystalelemental]

SS Brendan builds for @alphakuriboh

First build is standard helper man. Nothing fancy, just caps crit for the team and gives a whole lot of bulk.

Second is a Gauntlet build. The idea is to keep the crit buffing as needed, or swap to Tough Luck, but you take Hostile Environment or Impervious depending on the gimmick.

Lastly, we have “saving Caitlin from Gauntlet.” Fast Track means gauge control alongside Freevenge. Check gauntlet gimmick. Focus on Potion. Ideally you don’t need crit rate, that cuts into his utility here.

[chibirisa20]

They’re literally dating at this point!

[hpe24]

Boys wearing blue and white sygna suits is peak character design I LOVE THEM............