Clay (Masters)

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Clay ヤーコン Yakon
Clay's model
No.	40
English voice actor	Brad Venable
Japanese voice actor	Unknown
Description	This Ground-type Gym Leader runs a mining company in Unova. He is a bit pushy but is admired by his employers and the community for his strong sense of justice.

Clay (Japanese: ヤーコン Yakon) 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 Palpitoad, and its evolved form Seismitoad. The sync pair can be obtained through the sync pair scout.

Palpitoad → Seismitoad

Clay's Palpitoad and its evolved form Seismitoad appear alongside Clay as a sync pair. Palpitoad can evolve into Seismitoad once it has reached level 30 through its Sync Pair Story Palpitoad's Evolution.

			Type			Ground
			Move type			Ground
			Role			Tech
			Base Potential			★★★
Palpitoad ♂		Weakness			Grass
When they vibrate the bumps on their heads, they can make waves in water or earthquake-like vibrations on land.
Stats		HP	Attack	Defense	Sp. Atk	Sp. Def	Speed
Lv. 140, Base Potential		485	213	148	168	165	249
Lv. 140, Max Potential		605	293	228	248	245	329
Mega Palpitoad
Lv. 140, Base Potential		—	—	—	—	—	—
Lv. 140, Max Potential		—	—	—	—	—	—

			Type			Ground
			Move type			Ground
			Role			Tech
			Base Potential			★★★
Seismitoad ♂		Weakness			Grass
It increases the power of its punches by vibrating the bumps on its fists. It can turn a boulder to rubble with one punch.
Stats		HP	Attack	Defense	Sp. Atk	Sp. Def	Speed
Lv. 140, Base Potential		497	232	142	171	169	269
Lv. 140, Max Potential		617	312	222	251	249	349
Mega Seismitoad
Lv. 140, Base Potential		—	—	—	—	—	—
Lv. 140, Max Potential		—	—	—	—	—	—

Moves

Clay's Palpitoad uses Ground Sync Impact as its sync move. Upon evolution, Seismitoad learns the upgraded Rock-Bottom Bulldoze.

Name	Type	Category	Move gauge	Base Power	Max Power	Accuracy	Target	Description
Mud Shot	Ground	Special	2	39	46	100%	An opponent	Has a moderate chance of lowering the target's Sp. Atk.
X Sp. Def	None	Status	0 (2 uses)	—	—	—	Self	Sharply raises the user's Sp. Def.
Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	3	80	96	100%	All opponents	Lowers the target's Speed.
It Ain't Over!	None	Status	0 (2 uses)	—	—	—	Self	Sharply raises the user's Speed. Makes the user able to endure the next hit it takes.
Sync moves
Ground Sync Impact	Ground	Physical	—	200	240	—	An opponent	No additional effect.
Rock-Bottom Bulldoze	Ground	Physical	—	200	240	—	An opponent	The more the target's Speed has been lowered, the greater the power of this move.

Skills

Name	Description
Passive Skills
Antitoxin	Prevents the Pokémon from getting poisoned or badly poisoned.
Theme Skills
Ground Tech	Raises allies' Attack and Sp. Atk by 12 when using Ground-type attacks. Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 12.
Unova Tech	Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 1. Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 1.
Gym Leader Tech	Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 1. Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 1.
Veteran Trainer Tech	Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 2. Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 2.
Rock Lover Tech	Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 2. Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 2.

Sync Grid

The sync grid for Clay and Palpitoad/Seismitoad is a basic grid which has not yet been 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
Defense +5	Defense +5	0	5	1
Sp. Atk +5	Sp. Atk +5	0	5	1
Sp. Def +5	Sp. Def +5	0	5	1
Speed +5	Speed +5	0	5	1

Availability

Clay and Seismitoad can be battled against in:

• Training event: Grass-type Training Event (September 17 to 30, 2019; October 24 to November 7, 2019; January 1 to 15, 2020; February 10 to 24, 2020)

Sync Pair Stories

• A Day with Clay
• Palpitoad's Evolution

Quotes

Main article: Clay/Quotes#Pokémon Masters EX

Gallery

VS model from Pokémon Masters EX	Clay and Palpitoad on Pokémon Masters EX Dream Team Maker			Clay's sync move mindscape (Twist Mountain)
Trainer emote Nice!	Trainer emote Watch out!		Trainer emote Let's do this!		Trainer emote Thanks!

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