Wednesday, January 15, 2020

'Pokémon Masters' Sync Grids Guide: What They Are & How to Get Sync Orbs

Pokémon Masters just received another major upgrade to how players train and customize their favorite teams.

Sync Grids are a new feature in Pokémon Masters that increases the strength of a Sync Pair and its skills. While players will still need to use a new type of currency to use the Sync Grid, it'll make some low-level Sync Pairs much stronger.

If you're looking to utilize Sync Grids in Pokémon Masters to the fullest, here's everything you need to know.

HOW SYNC GRIDS WORK

First, Pokémon Masters needs to be updated to the latest version. Once that's downloaded, the basics of Sync Grids will be briefly explained. The Sync Grid feature is located in the Team tab underneath the Increase Potential feature.

Once selected, your entire roster of Sync Pairs will appear. However, only a handful of Pairs will have their entire Sync Grid available to them. These pairs are:

  • Character and Pikachu
  • Flannery and Torkoal
  • Flint and Infernape
  • The rest of the Sync Pairs will just have the basic Sync Grid tiles available to them - more on that in a bit. DeNA assures players that more pairs will have their Sync Grids expanded each month.

    Once you've selected your Sync Pair, you'll be taken to their unique Sync Grid. Each tile explains whether it increases a stat or increases the power or effect of a skill. Each tile costs Sync Orbs, which we'll explain in more detail in the next section. Some tiles are unlocked until that pair's Sync Move is at Level 5, so be sure to level them up as soon as possible.

    The closer the tile is to the center tile, the less Sync Orbs are needed. However, there's another gauge players will need to keep an eye on, and that's the Sync Pair's energy.

    Sync Grid Energy

    Each Sync Pair has 60 energy, and each tile costs a certain number of energy to use. The six tiles surrounding the center tile costs zero energy so feel free to unlock them all. However, you'll see that each tile moving forward costs increasing amounts of energy.

    You can take a look at the entire Sync Grid to plan which tiles you aim to purchase. But, like Skill Trees in traditional RPGs, the tiles that are available to you depends on the tiles you unlock. Only tiles that are adjacent to unlocked tiles can be purchased, which makes progression fairly linear.

    In other words, try to chart your path to the power ups you want before spending Sync Orbs.

    Players can reset the Sync Grid if they choose to do so. Resetting the Sync Grid deactivates all tiles and returns it to its initial state. However, all available grid skills will be lost.

    Deactivating all tiles does require coins to perform for repeated attempts, but the first time you reset no coins will be removed.

    HOW TO GET SYNC ORBS

    There are two ways to earn Sync Orbs in Pokémon Masters, and you can do so in single-player and co-op play.

    In single-player modes, players can go into battle like normal but you'll want to look out for the "Sync Orb" symbol at the start of the battle. This notification pops up in random battles, so the more you fight the more chances you'll see.

    When that symbol appears before you battle, simply perform a Sync Move to earn five Sync Orbs. However, Sync Orbs are not universal to each Sync Pair. The pair that performed the Sync Move during one of these battles will earn the currency, so be mindful of which pair performs the Sync Move.

    The other method involves Co-Op Sync Orbs, and they are earned by playing in co-op battles. Like the single-player fights, a notification for "Sync Orb chance" will appear before the start. Perform a Sync Move to earn Co-Op Sync Orbs.

    Unlike the solo orbs, Co-Op Sync Orbs are universal and can be used to exchange them for regular Sync Orbs. You'll need 10 Co-Op orbs to earn one normal Sync Orb.

    What do you think of the new Sync Grid feature in Pokémon Masters? Let us know in the comments section.

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