Roark (Masters)

Roark ヒョウタ Hyouta
Roark's model
No.	30
English voice actor	Alejandro Saab
Japanese voice actor	Kenji Nojima
Description	A Gym Leader who uses Rock types and works in a mine, he's good at digging holes and likes to collect fossils. He respects his father, Byron, who is also a Gym Leader.

Roark (Japanese: ヒョウタ Hyouta) is a Pokémon Trainer in Pokémon Masters EX, based on the character of the same name in the core series. He forms a sync pair with Cranidos, and its evolved form, Rampardos. The sync pair can be obtained through the sync pair scout.

Cranidos → Rampardos

Cranidos can evolve into Rampardos once it has reached level 30 through its Sync Pair Story Cranidos's Evolution

			Type			Rock
			Move type			Rock
			Role			Strike (Physical)
			Base Potential			★★★
Cranidos ♂		Weakness			Water
A primeval Pokémon, it possesses a hard and sturdy skull, lacking any intelligence within.
Stats		HP	Attack	Defense	Sp. Atk	Sp. Def	Speed
Lv. 140, Base Potential		855	334	105	105	104	207
Lv. 140, Max Potential		975	394	165	165	164	267
Mega Cranidos
Lv. 140, Base Potential		—	—	—	—	—	—
Lv. 140, Max Potential		—	—	—	—	—	—

			Type			Rock
			Move type			Rock
			Role			Strike (Physical)
			Base Potential			★★★
Rampardos ♂		Weakness			Water
In ancient times, people would dig up fossils of this Pokémon and use its skull, which is harder than steel, to make helmets.
Stats		HP	Attack	Defense	Sp. Atk	Sp. Def	Speed
Lv. 140, Base Potential		880	358	108	107	106	211
Lv. 140, Max Potential		1000	418	168	167	166	271
Mega Rampardos
Lv. 140, Base Potential		—	—	—	—	—	—
Lv. 140, Max Potential		—	—	—	—	—	—

Moves

Roark's Cranidos uses Rock Sync Impact as its sync move. Upon evolution, Rampardos learns the upgraded Rock Head Smash.

Name	Type	Category	Move gauge	Base Power	Max Power	Accuracy	Target	Description
Smack Down	Rock	Physical	1	20	24	100%	An opponent	No additional effect.
X Attack	None	Status	0 (2 uses)	—	—	—	Self	Sharply raises the user's Attack.
Head Smash	Rock	Physical	3	188	225	80%	An opponent	The user also takes 33% of the damage it dealt to the target.
You're Gonna Need a Helmet!	None	Status	0 (2 uses)	—	—	—	Self	Increases the user's move gauge by three. Makes the user's next attack a sure hit.
Sync moves
Rock Sync Impact	Rock	Physical	—	200	240	—	An opponent	No additional effect.
Rock Head Smash	Rock	Physical	—	250	300	—	An opponent	No additional effect.

Skills

Name	Description
Passive Skills
Headstrong	Attack cannot be lowered.
Type Skills
Rock Strike	Raises allies' Attack and Sp. Atk by 15 when using Rock-type attacks.

Sync Grid

Roark and Rampardos's sync grid is a basic grid which has yet to be expanded.

Name	Effect	Energy required	Sync orb required	Move level required
HP +10	HP +10	0	5	1
Attack +5	Attack +5	0	5	1
Attack +5	Attack +5	0	5	1
Defense +5	Defense +5	0	5	1
Sp. Def +5	Sp. Def +5	0	5	1
Speed +5	Speed +5	0	5	1

Availability

Roark and Rampardos can be battled against in:

• Water-type Training Event (September 23 to October 7, 2019; November 21 to December 5, 2019; January 1 to 15, 2020; June 4 to 18, 2020)
• Training area Strike Course (Super Hard difficulty)

Sync Pair Stories

• A Day with Roark
• Cranidos's Evolution

Quotes

Main article: Roark/Quotes#Pokémon Masters EX

Gallery

VS model from Pokémon Masters EX	Roark and Cranidos on Pokémon Masters EX Dream Team Maker			Roark's sync move mindscape (Oreburgh Mine)
Trainer emote Nice!	Trainer emote Watch out!		Trainer emote Let's do this!		Trainer emote Thanks!

Trivia

• At maximum potential, Roark's Rampardos has the highest HP stat of all Pokémon in Pokémon Masters EX.

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