Defense Crush (Skill)

Defense Crush	攻撃時防御ダウン
	Defense Reduction During Attack
Flavor text Passive Skill Has a chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stat rank when the user's attack move against it is successful.* Lowers the target's Defense by one stat rank when the user's attack move against it is successful.*

Defense Crush (Japanese: 攻撃時防御ダウン Defense Reduction During Attack) is a family of skills in Pokémon Masters EX.

Effect

When the Pokémon successfully lands an attack on the target, it has a chance of lowering the target's Defense by one stat rank. The skill can range from Defense Crush 1 to Defense Crush 9, with higher numbered skills resulting in a higher chance of lowering the target's Defense. The skill applies to the Pokémon's usual attack moves, including buddy moves, but not sync moves or max moves.

The skill will act independently of the move's innate chance of lowering the target's Defense (if applicable). If the Pokémon has access to more than one Defense Crush skill, each will have a chance of activating independently of each other.

Skill rank	Chance of effect
Defense Crush 1	20%
Defense Crush 2	30%
Defense Crush 3	40%
Defense Crush 4	50%
Defense Crush 5	60%
Defense Crush 6	70%
Defense Crush 7	80%
Defense Crush 8	90%
Defense Crush 9	100%

Availability

Defense Crush 1

Lucky Cookies

Lucky Cookie	Appearance Rate
1★ Crunchy Lucky Cookie	11.4%

Defense Crush 2

Sync pairs (innate)

Courtney
& Camerupt
(Only before Mega Evolving)

Ramos
& Weepinbell/Victreebel

As grid skill (yellow tiles)

Noland
& Pinsir

Sync pairs (sync grid - red tiles)

Red sync grid tiles require the sync pair to use a specific move to activate the skill effect.

Brock
& Onix
(Rock Throw)

Hilbert
& Oshawott/Dewott/Samurott
(Aqua Tail)

Lucky Cookies

Lucky Cookie	Appearance Rate
1★ Crunchy Lucky Cookie	1.60%
2★ Crunchy Lucky Cookie	9.00%
1★ Deluxe Lucky Cookie	8.02%

Defense Crush 3

Sync pairs (sync grid - red tiles)

Red sync grid tiles require the sync pair to use a specific move to activate the skill effect.

Ramos
& Weepinbell/Victreebel
(Bullet Seed)

Defense Crush 4

As grid skill (yellow tiles)

Sygna Suit Lyra
& Celebi

Whitney
& Miltank

Sync pairs (sync grid - red tiles)

Red sync grid tiles require the sync pair to use a specific move to activate the skill effect.

Cynthia
& Garchomp
(Stomping Tantrum)

Elio
& Popplio/Brionne/Primarina
(Sparkling Aria)

Kahili
& Toucannon
(Peck)

Marnie
& Scrafty
(Crunch)

Thorton
& Bronzong
(Gyro Ball)

Lucky Cookies

Lucky Cookie	Appearance Rate
Akari Lucky Cookie 1	100%

Defense Crush 9

Sync pairs (innate)

Courtney
& Mega Camerupt

Ingo
(Special Costume)
& Accelgor

Sygna Suit May
& Blaziken
(Only before Mega Evolving)

Sonia
& Yamper

As grid skill (yellow tiles)

Argenta
& Skarmory

Candice
(Palentine's 2024)
& Galarian Darmanitan

Emmet
& Archeops
(Since April 27, 2024)

Gloria
& Zacian
(Since March 1, 2023)

Gloria
(Alt. 2)
& Cinderace

Grusha
& Cetitan

Poppy
& Tinkaton

Rose
& Copperajah

Selene
(Special Costume)
& Scizor

Sonia
(Special Costume)
& Tsareena

Sync pairs (sync grid - red tiles)

Red sync grid tiles require the sync pair to use a specific move to activate the skill effect.

Adaman
(Special Costume)
& Ursaluna
(Facade)

Ingo
(Special Costume)
& Accelgor
(Quick Attack)

Lisia
(New Year's 2023)
& Galarian Rapidash
(Quick Attack)

Serena
(Champion)
& Greninja
(Brutal Swing)

Zinnia
(Special Costume)
& Thievul
(Crunch)

In other languages

Language Title Japanese 攻撃時防御ダウン Mandarin Chinese 攻擊時防禦下降 French Déstabilisateur German Treffer-Vert.↓ Italian Rompidifesa Korean 공격시방어다운 Gong-gyeoksi Bang-eo Daun Spanish Ataque Defensa ↓

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