Kukui (Masters)

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Kukui ククイ Kukui
Kukui's model
No.	79
English voice actor	Alejandro Saab
Japanese voice actor
Description	This Pokémon Professor made his dream of establishing a Pokémon League in the Alola region come true. His life's work is studying Pokémon moves.

Kukui (Japanese: ククイ Kukui) is a Pokémon Trainer in Pokémon Masters EX, based on the character of the same name in the core series games. He forms a sync pair with Midday Form Lycanroc. The sync pair can be obtained through the sync pair scout.

Lycanroc (Midday Form)

			Type			Rock
			Move type			Rock
			Role			Tech
			Base Potential			★★★★★
Lycanroc ♂		Weakness			Water
The sharp rocks in its mane can cut like knives. Lycanroc wears its prey down by degrees before finishing them off.
Stats		HP	Attack	Defense	Sp. Atk	Sp. Def	Speed
Lv. 140, Base Potential		547	251	170	82	163	419
Lv. 140, Max Potential		647	291	210	122	203	459
Mega Lycanroc
Lv. 140, Base Potential		—	—	—	—	—	—
Lv. 140, Max Potential		—	—	—	—	—	—

Moves

Name	Type	Category	Move gauge	Base Power	Max Power	Accuracy	Target	Description
Rock Tomb	Rock	Physical	2	39	46	95%	An opponent	Lowers the target's Speed.
Accelerock	Rock	Physical	0 (3 uses)	75	90	100%	An opponent	No additional effect.
Woo! Refreshing!	None	Status	0 (2 uses)	—	—	—	Self	Refreshes the number of times the user can use its quick moves by three. Sharply raises the user's Attack.
Leer	Normal	Status	1	—	—	—	All opponents	Lowers the target's Defense.
Sync moves
Island Splintered Stormshards	Rock	Physical	—	250	300	—	An opponent	Removes physical and special damage-reducing effects from the opponents' field of play.

Skills

Name	Description
Passive Skills
Surging Sand 5	Powers up moves in a sandstorm.
Unflappable	Prevents the Pokémon from flinching.
Type Skills
Rock Tech	Raises allies' Attack and Sp. Atk by 12 when using Rock-type attacks. Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 12.

Sync Grid

Kukui and Lycanroc's sync grid is an expanded grid, made available when the pair was first released.

Name	Effect	Energy required	Sync orb required	Move level required
HP +10	HP +10	0	5	1
HP +10	HP +10	2	24	1
HP +10	HP +10	2	24	1
HP +10	HP +10	2	24	1
HP +20	HP +20	5	60	1
Attack +5	Attack +5	0	5	1
Attack +5	Attack +5	0	5	1
Attack +20	Attack +20	7	84	3
Attack +20	Attack +20	10	120	3
Defense +5	Defense +5	0	5	1
Defense +5	Defense +5	2	24	1
Defense +5	Defense +5	2	24	1
Defense +10	Defense +10	4	48	2
Sp. Def +5	Sp. Def +5	0	5	1
Sp. Def +10	Sp. Def +10	5	60	1
Sp. Def +10	Sp. Def +10	5	60	2
Speed +5	Speed +5	0	5	1
Speed +5	Speed +5	2	24	1
Speed +10	Speed +10	4	48	2
Speed +10	Speed +10	4	48	3
Rock Tomb: Power +4	Rock Tomb: Power ↑ +4	3	36	1
Rock Tomb: Power +4	Rock Tomb: Power ↑ +4	3	36	1
Rock Tomb: Power +4	Rock Tomb: Power ↑ +4	3	36	1
Rock Tomb: Power +4	Rock Tomb: Power ↑ +4	3	36	2
Rock Tomb: Power +4	Rock Tomb: Power ↑ +4	3	36	3
Rock Tomb: Move Gauge Refresh 2	Has a moderate chance of charging the user's move gauge by one when a move is successful.	5	60	2
Rock Tomb: Move Gauge Refresh 2	Has a moderate chance of charging the user's move gauge by one when a move is successful.	5	60	3
Accelerock: Power +6	Accelerock: Power ↑ +6	3	36	1
Accelerock: Power +6	Accelerock: Power ↑ +6	3	36	1
Accelerock: Power +6	Accelerock: Power ↑ +6	3	36	1
Accelerock: Power +6	Accelerock: Power ↑ +6	3	36	1
Accelerock: Power +6	Accelerock: Power ↑ +6	3	36	2
Accelerock: Staggering 5	Has a very good chance of making the target flinch when an attack is successful.	13	156	3
Leer: Move Gauge Refresh 4	Has a good chance of charging the user's move gauge by one when a move is successful.	6	72	1
Woo! Refreshing!: MP Refresh 3	Has a moderately good chance of restoring one MP of the move used if the move is successful.	7	84	1
Unbending	Defense cannot be lowered.	3	36	1
Sand Shelter	Protects the Pokémon from damage from a sandstorm.	3	36	1
Shifting Sand	Boosts the Pokémon's evasiveness in a sandstorm.	5	60	1
Soothing Sand 1	Restores the Pokémon's HP whenever it takes an action during a sandstorm.	7	84	2
Sands of Time 2	Quickly charges the move gauge in a sandstorm.	8	96	2
Surging Sand 5	Powers up moves in a sandstorm.	9	108	2
Fanfare 1	Raises the Attack of all allied sync pairs after using a sync move.	5	60	2
Hunter's Instinct	The more the target's Speed is lowered, the more it powers up moves.	8	96	2
Cakewalk	The more the target's Speed is lowered, the more it powers up sync moves.	8	96	2
Sand Blaster 5	Powers up sync moves in a sandstorm.	8	96	3
Power Flux 3	The fuller the move gauge, the more this powers up moves.	10	120	3
Island Splintered Stormshards: Power +25	Island Splintered Stormshards: Power ↑ +25	5	60	3
Island Splintered Stormshards: Power +25	Island Splintered Stormshards: Power ↑ +25	5	60	3

Availability

Sync Pair Stories

• A Day with Kukui

Quotes

Main article: Professor Kukui/Quotes#Pokémon Masters EX

In the anime

Professor Kukui (far right) in the Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer

In the Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer

Professor Kukui briefly appeared in the Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer as part of a team with Professors Oak and Sycamore.

Pokémon

Lycanroc

Debut	Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer

Main article: Professor Kukui's Lycanroc

This Midday Form Lycanroc is Professor Kukui's only known Pokémon.

Gallery

VS model from Pokémon Masters EX	Kukui and Lycanroc on Pokémon Masters EX Dream Team Maker			Kukui's sync move mindscape (Mount Lanakila)
Trainer emote Nice!	Trainer emote Watch out!		Trainer emote Let's do this!		Trainer emote Thanks!

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