DeNA is continuing to add more events and new features to Pokémon Masters EX on a regular basis. Read on below to learn more:

Run the Numbers with Thorton & Magnezone in Pokémon Masters EX

Get ready to curb the opposition with a field sync pair that grants bonuses against restrained targets.

Rowdy rental Pokémon are disobeying their Trainers, and Sawyer is at his wit’s end. Thankfully, there are two Trainers on Pasio who are well acquainted with rental Pokémon: Noland and Thorton. These two Factory Heads have seen it all and are up for the challenge. Find out how it all unfolds in Pokémon Masters EX’s newest story event, Trainer Files: Two Factory Heads!

Thorton & Magnezone

Thorton & Magnezone are a Steel-type field sync pair that can really put opponents in a bind. Their Factory Knowledge passive skill restrains a target after Thorton & Magnezone’s attack is successful against that opponent. This passive skill also powers up the moves of all allied sync pairs when they attack a restrained target. Getting opponents restrained is also key to activating Thorton & Magnezone’s Hit Restrained Opp: Free Move Next 9 and Hit Restrained Opp: Supereffective ↑ Next 9 passive skills.

Hit Restrained Opp: Free Move Next 9 applies the Free Move Next effect to Thorton & Magnezone whenever their attack is successful against a restrained opponent. Hit Restrained Opp: Supereffective ↑ Next 9 applies the Supereffective ↑ Next effect to Thorton & Magnezone whenever their attack is successful against a restrained opponent. Once Thorton & Magnezone have a target restrained, your team can land an easy win!

For more details on this sync pair’s passive skills and moves, check out Thorton & Magnezone’s in-game sync pair scout screen. Thorton & Magnezone are available to scout until October 18, 2023, at 10:59 p.m. PDT.

Recommended Sync Pairs to Partner with Thorton & Magnezone

Hau & Raichu
Thorton & Magnezone aren’t an Electric-type sync pair, but they’re sure to be a strong conductor for Hau & Raichu’s damage. Thorton & Magnezone’s Metal Sound is nothing fancy—it reduces the Sp. Def of their target by two stat ranks—but it quickly adds up after a couple of uses, increasing the effect of Hau & Raichu’s attacks. Combined with Factory Knowledge, Thorton & Magnezone have the potential to completely charge up Hau & Raichu’s Discharge and Endless Summer Gigavolt Havoc to do maximum damage. Hau & Raichu can obtained after completing Chapter 11 of the main story.
Sabrina & Alakazam
Thorton & Magnezone have a lot of utility as a field sync pair, but they also benefit from support sync pairs that focus on maximizing their team’s damage. Sabrina & Alakazam have two Trainer moves that help Thorton & Magnezone do just that—Dire Hit All and Sixth Sense! Dire Hit All raises the critical hit rate of all allied sync pairs by one stat rank, and Sixth Sense! restores an ally’s HP by 40% of their maximum HP, raises their Sp. Atk by three stat ranks, and ups their accuracy by one stat rank. After a couple uses of these two Trainer moves, Thorton & Magnezone will be ready to deal nearly full damage with Flash Cannon, Discharge, and One Hundred Percent Steel Beam. Sabrina & Alakazam are available to scout from the general pool of 5★ sync pairs, as well as from the 5★-Guaranteed Ticket Scout and the 5★-Guaranteed Kanto Ticket Scout.

Don’t let anything hold you back, Trainers!

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Thorton Variety Scout

Date/Time
October 4, 2023 at 11:00 p.m. – October 18, 2023 at 10:59 p.m.

You can now team up with a Variety Sync Pair in the Thorton Variety Scout!

5★ Thorton & Magnezone are being featured in this limited-time Variety Scout!

Plus, the Presents! Limit 3! Thorton Variety Scout is on at the same time!

The featured Sync Pair will be released with their Sync Grid expanded, will have the ability to be raised to 6★ EX, and will have an EX Role available to unlock.

You can team up with this special Variety Sync Pair!

Go to the Sync Pair Scout

Note: The Trainer costume for Thorton & Magnezone is the same as the one for Thorton & Bronzong.

Note: The featured Sync Pair does not have an EX Style when raised to 6★ EX. Thank you for your understanding.

Note: The featured Sync Pair does not have a sync pair story.

Note: 5★ sync pairs have a 7% chance of appearing in the Variety Scout.

Presents! Limit 3! Thorton Variety Scout

The Presents! Limit 3! Thorton Variety Scout is a special Sync Pair Scout that can only be used with Paid Gems. Also, for the first time only, you can use this scout for half the usual number of Gems.

As part of the Presents! Limit 3! Thorton Variety Scout, you can receive items according to the number of times you use the Sync Pair Scout, such as Custom ★ Power-Ups for Thorton & Magnezone and a 5★ Master Scout Ticket K.

You can use the 5★ Master Scout Ticket K on the Thorton Guaranteed Variety Scout to team up with 5★ Thorton & Magnezone guaranteed!

Go to the Sync Pair Scout

Note: You may only use the Presents! Limit 3! Thorton Variety Scout a total of 3 times.

Note: You can view the Bonus Present Details by tapping the Bonus Present! icon on the Sync Pair Scout screen.

Note: Please refer to Ticket Scout Details below for more information about Tickets.

Ticket Scout Details

The 5★ Master Scout Ticket K received from the Presents! Limit 3! Thorton Variety Scout can be used in the Ticket Scout.

You can use the Thorton Guaranteed Variety Scout to team up with 5★ Thorton & Magnezone guaranteed!

Note: Tickets received from the Presents! Limit 3! Thorton Variety Scout can only be used for the Thorton Guaranteed Variety Scout.

Date/Time

October 4, 2023 at 11:00 p.m. – October 25, 2023 at 10:59 p.m.

Important

5★ Thorton & Magnezone are a Variety Sync Pair.
Variety Sync Pairs are Sync Pairs that only appear for a limited time during Variety Scouts.
There is a possibility that these Variety Sync Pairs will appear outside of this Variety Scout in the future as well.
Sync Pairs other than the ones mentioned above may also appear in the Variety Scout.
Featured sync pairs have a higher chance of appearing than non-featured 5★ sync pairs.
To check the available sync pairs and their respective offering rates, go to the Offering Rate section on the Sync Pair Scout screen.
Please read the Notes tab under Offering Rate on the Sync Pair Scout screen before using the feature.
The presents obtainable in the Thorton Variety Scout cannot be obtained from the 4th Sync Pair Scout ×11 onwards.
The presents obtainable in the Thorton Variety Scout will be sent to your Present Box.
The number of times the daily discount (100 paid Gems per scout) can be used is reset each day.Reset Time: 11:00 p.m.
The Presents! Limit 3! Thorton Variety Scout requires Paid Gems.
You cannot collect Scout Points from the Presents! Limit 3! Thorton Variety Scout.
Presents will be sent to your Present Box.
You can go to the Ticket Scout screen to check how many Tickets you have received from the Presents! Limit 3! Thorton Variety Scout. You cannot view this information from your Bag.
Please be aware that you will not be able to use any remaining tickets after the Ticket Scout ends.
To unlock the sync grid, you must have completed Main Story Chapter 1: The More the Merrier (Normal) in single-player.
To upgrade to 6★ EX, you must have completed Main Story Chapter 1: The More the Merrier (Normal) in single-player.
You can check the field effects that a Field Sync Pair that has been raised to 6★ EX will deploy before they use their Sync Move for the first time by going to the Sync Pair details screen in the Exchange Items, Sync Pair Scout, or Dex sections and changing their upgrade status.Note: You can only check Sync Pairs that you have already acquired in the Dex.
To unlock the EX Role, you must have completed Main Story Chapter 1: The More the Merrier (Normal) in single-player.
The time period and featured content are subject to change without notice.