Team Rocket Attacks

Team Rocket Attacks 侵略のロケット団 The Invading Team Rocket
Event notification image
Type	Villain event
First run	May 30 to June 16, 2022
Rerun(s)	December 9, 2022 to January 1, 2023 August 18 to 28, 2023
Featured sync pairs	Sygna Suit Ethan & Lugia Sygna Suit Lyra & Celebi Sygna Suit Kris & Suicune
Sync pairs with reward bonus
Theme skills with strength bonus	Johto Kanto

Team Rocket Attacks (Japanese: 侵略のロケット団 The Invading Team Rocket) was a villain event in Pokémon Masters EX. It tied into the second part of the Johto chapter of the Villain Arc, featuring battles against Giovanni and the Team Rocket executives. It was one of the Johto villain events, the other being Rocket Execs Assemble.

During this event, players could earn vouchers and Ho-Oh Crystals from battles against Ariana that could be redeemed in the shop for rewards, including a power boost for Silver & Ho-Oh that would give them additional tiles on their sync grid. Obtaining 2,000 vouchers would reward players with a medal. All battles could be challenged an unlimited number of times except Daily Extreme Battle 1, which could only be challenged once per day.

This event featured the Battle Challenge, where players were challenged to defeat a team of strong opponents. Players could complete event missions by clearing these areas with teams using various theme skills, earning medals and other rewards.

All sync pairs with the Johto and Kanto theme skills received a bonus to their Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk and Sp. Def stats when used for this event, with the amount of the bonus varying between areas.

First run

The event first ran from May 30 to June 16, 2022. The "Sygna Suit Ethan Master Fair Scout" gave players an increased chance of recruiting Sygna Suit Ethan & Lugia from the beginning of the event to July 14, 2022. The "Sygna Suit Lyra Master Fair Scout" gave players an increased chance of recruiting Sygna Suit Lyra & Celebi from June 1 to July 14, 2022. The "Sygna Suit Kris Master Fair Scout" gave players an increased chance of recruiting Sygna Suit Kris & Suicune from June 3 to July 14, 2022.

In this run, players could earn Event Vouchers F from battles. Event missions rewarded players with Gems and Battle Points for completing any of these battles a certain number of times, and the Battle Challenge mission rewards included a Tech and a Support Move Candy Coin.

Additionally, the music and artwork on the title screen were different than usual. For the duration of the event, a splash screen depicting Sygna Suit Ethan & Lugia, Sygna Suit Lyra & Celebi, and Sygna Suit Kris & Suicune appeared upon starting up the game. Starting from May 19, 2022, and lasting for the duration of the event, the title screen art depicted Sygna Suit Giovanni & Nidoking alongside Archer, Ariana, Petrel, and Proton, and the background music wasDecisive Battle! (Giovanni) (Pokémon Masters EX Version).

Second run

The event reran from December 9, 2022, to January 1, 2023. The "Sygna Suit Leaf Poké Fair Scout" gave players an increased chance of recruiting Sygna Suit Leaf & Venusaur for the duration of the event, and their sync grid was expanded with new grid tiles that could be unlocked at move levels 2, 4, and 5.

In this run, players could earn Event Vouchers O from battles, and the amount of vouchers received as battle rewards was decreased. In addition, the mission rewards were changed to only award Gems and medals.

If the player had already received Silver & Ho-Oh's power boost, exchanging for it in the shop again would reward the player with a 3★ Power-Up.

Third run

The event reran again from August 18 to 28, 2023. The "Sygna Suit Kris Master Fair Scout" gave players an increased chance of recruiting Sygna Suit Kris & Suicune from August 16 to September 15, 2023. The "Sygna Suit Lyra Master Fair Scout" gave players an increased chance of recruiting Sygna Suit Lyra & Celebi from the beginning of the event to September 15, 2023. The "Sygna Suit Ethan Master Fair Scout" gave players an increased chance of recruiting Sygna Suit Ethan & Lugia from August 20 to September 15, 2023.

In this run, players could earn Event Vouchers F from battles, and the amount of vouchers received as completion rewards was increased drastically. Everything else was the same as the previous run.

Battles

Name	Difficulty	Trainer	Pokémon			Stamina	Strength Bonus	First-Time Rewards	Completion Rewards	Battle Rewards
			Left	Middle	Right
Challenge Ariana: Part 1	Normal	Ariana	Donphan Weakness:	Vileplume Weakness:	Ariados Weakness:	10	×1.5	Gems ×30 Challenge Ariana: Part 2	200 coins First/second runs: Event Voucher F / O ×20 Third run: Event Voucher E ×35	Ho-Oh Crystal ×1 First run: Event Voucher F ×1-9 Second/third runs: Event Voucher O / E ×1-2
Challenge Ariana: Part 2	Hard					15	×2	Gems ×30 Challenge Ariana: Part 3	600 coins First/second runs: Event Voucher F / O ×40 Third run: Event Voucher E ×100	Ho-Oh Crystal ×1 First run: Event Voucher F ×1-14 Second/third runs: Event Voucher O / E ×1-3
Challenge Ariana: Part 3	Super Hard					20	×3	Gems ×30 Daily Extreme Battle 1 Battle Challenge! Round 1	1,500 coins Ho-Oh Crystal ×1 First/second runs: Event Voucher F / O ×75 Third run: Event Voucher E ×160	First run: Event Voucher F ×1-18 Second/third runs: Event Voucher O / E ×1-3
Daily Extreme Battle 1	Ultra Hard					30	×5	Gems ×30	2,000 coins 5★ Johto Scout Ticket ×1 First/second runs: Event Voucher F / O ×250 Ho-Oh Crystal ×10 Third run: Event Voucher E ×400 Ho-Oh Crystal ×20	Second/third runs: Event Voucher O / E ×1-4
Battle Challenge! Round 1	Super Hard	Giovanni	Tyranitar Weakness:	Exeggutor Weakness:	Medicham Weakness:	—	×3	Gems ×100 Battle Challenge! Round 2 First run: 3★ Support Move Candy Second/third runs: 3★ Tech Move Candy	None	None
Battle Challenge! Round 2	Ultra Hard					—	×5	Gems ×100 First run: 4★ Tech Move Candy Second/third runs: 4★ Support Move Candy	None	None

Event missions

May 30 to June 16, 2022

Mission Name	Objective	Reward
Mission 1	Complete any of the following areas ×3 • Challenge Ariana: Part 1 • Challenge Ariana: Part 2 • Challenge Ariana: Part 3 • Daily Extreme Battle 1	Gems ×50 Battle Points ×40
Mission 2	Complete any of the following areas ×10 • Challenge Ariana: Part 1 • Challenge Ariana: Part 2 • Challenge Ariana: Part 3 • Daily Extreme Battle 1	Gems ×50 Battle Points ×40
Mission 3	Complete any of the following areas ×20 • Challenge Ariana: Part 1 • Challenge Ariana: Part 2 • Challenge Ariana: Part 3 • Daily Extreme Battle 1	Gems ×100 Battle Points ×40
Mission 4	Complete any of the following areas ×30 • Challenge Ariana: Part 1 • Challenge Ariana: Part 2 • Challenge Ariana: Part 3 • Daily Extreme Battle 1	Gems ×100 Battle Points ×40
Mission 5	Complete any of the following areas ×40 • Challenge Ariana: Part 1 • Challenge Ariana: Part 2 • Challenge Ariana: Part 3 • Daily Extreme Battle 1	Gems ×100 Battle Points ×40
Mission 6	Complete any of the following areas ×50 • Challenge Ariana: Part 1 • Challenge Ariana: Part 2 • Challenge Ariana: Part 3 • Daily Extreme Battle 1	Gems ×100 Battle Points ×50
Mission 7	Obtain: Event Voucher F ×2,000	1★ Team Rocket Attacks
Mission 8	Complete the following area ×1 Battle Challenge! Round 1	2★ Team Rocket Attacks
Mission 9	Complete the following area ×1 Battle Challenge! Round 2	3★ Team Rocket Attacks
Mission 10	Complete the following area with 1 or fewer sync pairs falling to 0 HP: Battle Challenge! Round 2	Stronger Together
Mission 11	Complete Battle Challenge! Round 2 with 3 or more sync pairs that share the following theme and with 1 or fewer sync pairs falling to 0 HP: • Johto	Support Move Candy Coin
Mission 12	Complete Battle Challenge! Round 2 with 1 or more sync pairs that share each of the following themes and with 1 or fewer sync pairs falling to 0 HP: • Flying • Grass • Water	Tech Move Candy Coin
Reward for completing 10 missions		Gems ×200

December 9, 2022 to January 1, 2023

Mission Name	Objective	Reward
Mission 1	Complete any of the following areas ×3 • Challenge Ariana: Part 1 • Challenge Ariana: Part 2 • Challenge Ariana: Part 3 • Daily Extreme Battle 1	Gems ×50
Mission 2	Complete any of the following areas ×10 • Challenge Ariana: Part 1 • Challenge Ariana: Part 2 • Challenge Ariana: Part 3 • Daily Extreme Battle 1	Gems ×50
Mission 3	Complete any of the following areas ×20 • Challenge Ariana: Part 1 • Challenge Ariana: Part 2 • Challenge Ariana: Part 3 • Daily Extreme Battle 1	Gems ×100
Mission 4	Complete any of the following areas ×30 • Challenge Ariana: Part 1 • Challenge Ariana: Part 2 • Challenge Ariana: Part 3 • Daily Extreme Battle 1	Gems ×100
Mission 5	Complete any of the following areas ×40 • Challenge Ariana: Part 1 • Challenge Ariana: Part 2 • Challenge Ariana: Part 3 • Daily Extreme Battle 1	Gems ×100
Mission 6	Complete any of the following areas ×50 • Challenge Ariana: Part 1 • Challenge Ariana: Part 2 • Challenge Ariana: Part 3 • Daily Extreme Battle 1	Gems ×100
Mission 7	Obtain: Event Voucher O ×2,000	1★ Team Rocket Attacks
Mission 8	Complete the following area ×1 Battle Challenge! Round 1	2★ Team Rocket Attacks
Mission 9	Complete the following area ×1 Battle Challenge! Round 2	3★ Team Rocket Attacks
Mission 10	Complete the following area with 1 or fewer sync pairs falling to 0 HP: Battle Challenge! Round 2	Stronger Together
Mission 11	Complete Battle Challenge! Round 2 with 3 or more sync pairs that share the following theme and with 1 or fewer sync pairs falling to 0 HP: • Johto	Gems ×100
Mission 12	Complete Battle Challenge! Round 2 with 1 or more sync pairs that share each of the following themes and with 1 or fewer sync pairs falling to 0 HP: • Flying • Grass • Water	Gems ×100
Reward for completing 10 missions		Gems ×200

August 18 to 28, 2023

Mission Name	Objective	Reward
Mission 1	Complete any of the following areas ×3 • Challenge Ariana: Part 1 • Challenge Ariana: Part 2 • Challenge Ariana: Part 3 • Daily Extreme Battle 1	Gems ×50
Mission 2	Complete any of the following areas ×10 • Challenge Ariana: Part 1 • Challenge Ariana: Part 2 • Challenge Ariana: Part 3 • Daily Extreme Battle 1	Gems ×50
Mission 3	Complete any of the following areas ×20 • Challenge Ariana: Part 1 • Challenge Ariana: Part 2 • Challenge Ariana: Part 3 • Daily Extreme Battle 1	Gems ×100
Mission 4	Complete any of the following areas ×30 • Challenge Ariana: Part 1 • Challenge Ariana: Part 2 • Challenge Ariana: Part 3 • Daily Extreme Battle 1	Gems ×100
Mission 5	Complete any of the following areas ×40 • Challenge Ariana: Part 1 • Challenge Ariana: Part 2 • Challenge Ariana: Part 3 • Daily Extreme Battle 1	Gems ×100
Mission 6	Complete any of the following areas ×50 • Challenge Ariana: Part 1 • Challenge Ariana: Part 2 • Challenge Ariana: Part 3 • Daily Extreme Battle 1	Gems ×100
Mission 7	Obtain: Event Voucher E ×2,000	1★ Team Rocket Attacks
Mission 8	Complete the following area ×1 Battle Challenge! Round 1	2★ Team Rocket Attacks
Mission 9	Complete the following area ×1 Battle Challenge! Round 2	3★ Team Rocket Attacks
Mission 10	Complete the following area with 1 or fewer sync pairs falling to 0 HP: Battle Challenge! Round 2	Stronger Together
Mission 11	Complete Battle Challenge! Round 2 with 3 or more sync pairs that share the following theme and with 1 or fewer sync pairs falling to 0 HP: • Johto	Gems ×100
Mission 12	Complete Battle Challenge! Round 2 with 1 or more sync pairs that share each of the following themes and with 1 or fewer sync pairs falling to 0 HP: • Flying • Grass • Water	Gems ×100
Reward for completing 10 missions		Gems ×200

Shop

May 30 to June 16, 2022

Item given		Item received	Max exchanges
Ho-Oh Crystal ×100	→	Power Boost ×1 Silver & Ho-Oh	1
Event Voucher F ×400	→	Strike Move Candy Coin ×1	1
Event Voucher F ×200	→	5★ Scout Ticket ×1	4
Event Voucher F ×100	→	5★ Johto Scout Ticket ×1	30
Event Voucher F ×250	→	4★ Power-Up ×1	3
Event Voucher F ×150	→	3★ Power-Up ×1	3
Event Voucher F ×100	→	Skill Sphere ×10	10
Event Voucher F ×50	→	Co-op Sync Orb ×200	5
Event Voucher F ×100	→	Flying Codex, Vol. 1 ×10	5
Event Voucher F ×100	→	Grass Codex, Vol. 1 ×10	5
Event Voucher F ×100	→	Water Codex, Vol. 1 ×10	5
Event Voucher F ×50	→	Flying Tome, Vol. 1 ×10	15
Event Voucher F ×50	→	Grass Tome, Vol. 1 ×10	15
Event Voucher F ×50	→	Water Tome, Vol. 1 ×10	15
Event Voucher F ×30	→	Elite Four Notes ×10	5
Event Voucher F ×20	→	Gym Leader Notes ×10	5
Event Voucher F ×150	→	3-Pack Great Drink ++ Set ×50	4
Event Voucher F ×100	→	3-Pack Drink ++ Set ×50	4
Event Voucher F ×80	→	3-Pack Ultra Drink + Set ×50	4
Event Voucher F ×60	→	3-Pack Great Drink + Set ×50	4
Event Voucher F ×50	→	4★ Level-Up Manual ×10	3
Event Voucher F ×30	→	Skip Ticket ×10	10
Ho-Oh Crystal ×30	→	3★ Power-Up ×1	Unlimited
Event Voucher F ×750	→	3★ Power-Up ×1	Unlimited
Event Voucher F ×10	→	3★ Level-Up Manual ×3	Unlimited
Event Voucher F ×10	→	3-Pack Ultra Drink Set ×40	Unlimited
Event Voucher F ×10	→	3-Pack Great Drink Set ×50	Unlimited

December 9, 2022 to January 1, 2023

Item given		Item received	Max exchanges
Ho-Oh Crystal ×100	→	Power Boost ×1 Silver & Ho-Oh	1
Event Voucher O ×400	→	Support Move Candy Coin ×1	1
Event Voucher O ×200	→	5★ Scout Ticket ×1	4
Event Voucher O ×100	→	5★ Johto Scout Ticket ×1	30
Event Voucher O ×250	→	4★ Power-Up ×1	3
Event Voucher O ×150	→	3★ Power-Up ×1	3
Event Voucher O ×50	→	Skill Sphere ×10	10
Event Voucher O ×50	→	Co-op Sync Orb ×200	5
Event Voucher O ×100	→	Fire Codex, Vol. 1 ×10	5
Event Voucher O ×50	→	Fire Tome, Vol. 1 ×10	15
Event Voucher O ×30	→	Elite Four Notes ×10	5
Event Voucher O ×20	→	Gym Leader Notes ×10	5
Event Voucher O ×150	→	3-Pack Great Drink ++ Set ×50	4
Event Voucher O ×100	→	3-Pack Drink ++ Set ×50	4
Event Voucher O ×80	→	3-Pack Ultra Drink + Set ×50	4
Event Voucher O ×60	→	3-Pack Great Drink + Set ×50	4
Event Voucher O ×50	→	4★ Level-Up Manual ×10	3
Event Voucher O ×30	→	Skip Ticket ×10	10
Ho-Oh Crystal ×30	→	3★ Power-Up ×1	Unlimited
Event Voucher O ×750	→	3★ Power-Up ×1	Unlimited
Event Voucher O ×10	→	3★ Level-Up Manual ×3	Unlimited
Event Voucher O ×10	→	3-Pack Drink + Set ×30	Unlimited
Event Voucher O ×10	→	3-Pack Ultra Drink Set ×40	Unlimited
Event Voucher O ×10	→	3-Pack Great Drink Set ×50	Unlimited

August 18 to 28, 2023

Item given		Item received	Max exchanges
Ho-Oh Crystal ×100	→	Power Boost ×1 Silver & Ho-Oh	1
Event Voucher E ×400	→	Support Move Candy Coin ×1	1
Event Voucher E ×200	→	5★ Scout Ticket ×1	4
Event Voucher E ×100	→	5★ Johto Scout Ticket ×1	30
Event Voucher E ×250	→	4★ Power-Up ×1	3
Event Voucher E ×150	→	3★ Power-Up ×1	3
Event Voucher E ×50	→	Skill Sphere ×10	10
Event Voucher E ×50	→	Co-op Sync Orb ×200	5
Event Voucher E ×100	→	Grass Codex, Vol. 1 ×10	5
Event Voucher E ×50	→	Grass Tome, Vol. 1 ×10	15
Event Voucher E ×100	→	Flying Codex, Vol. 1 ×10	5
Event Voucher E ×50	→	Flying Tome, Vol. 1 ×10	15
Event Voucher E ×30	→	Elite Four Notes ×10	5
Event Voucher E ×20	→	Gym Leader Notes ×10	5
Event Voucher E ×150	→	3-Pack Great Drink ++ Set ×50	4
Event Voucher E ×100	→	3-Pack Drink ++ Set ×50	4
Event Voucher E ×80	→	3-Pack Ultra Drink + Set ×50	4
Event Voucher E ×60	→	3-Pack Great Drink + Set ×50	4
Event Voucher E ×50	→	4★ Level-Up Manual ×10	3
Event Voucher E ×30	→	Skip Ticket ×10	10
Ho-Oh Crystal ×30	→	3★ Power-Up ×1	Unlimited
Event Voucher E ×750	→	3★ Power-Up ×1	Unlimited
Event Voucher E ×10	→	3★ Level-Up Manual ×3	Unlimited
Event Voucher E ×10	→	3-Pack Drink + Set ×30	Unlimited
Event Voucher E ×10	→	3-Pack Ultra Drink Set ×40	Unlimited
Event Voucher E ×10	→	3-Pack Great Drink Set ×50	Unlimited

Gallery

Event banner
Medal 1★ Team Rocket Attacks	Medal 2★ Team Rocket Attacks	Medal 3★ Team Rocket Attacks	Medal Stronger Together	Title screen artwork (May 19 to June 16, 2022)	Splash screen artwork (May 30 to June 16, 2022)

Music

Situation	Song key	Song name	Arrangement
In menu	No. 02010	Team Rocket Hideout: Johto (Pokémon Masters EX Version)	Unknown
During battle (Challenge Ariana, Daily Extreme Battle 1)	No. 01014	Battle! (Team Rocket Executive) (Pokémon Masters EX Version)	Haruki Yamada (ATTIC INC.)
During battle (Battle Challenge!)	No. 01005	Battle! (Giovanni) (Pokémon Masters EX Version)	Haruki Yamada (ATTIC INC.)
Song names without a song key listed are unofficial, as they have not been added to the Jukebox.

Trivia

• This event and Rocket Execs Assemble were the only villain events to give a strength bonus to sync pairs from more than one region.

In other languages

Language Title Japanese 侵略のロケット団 Mandarin Chinese 展開侵略的火箭隊 French L'attaque de la Team Rocket German Team Rocket greift an Italian L'attacco del Team Rocket Korean 로켓단의 침략 Spanish El Team Rocket ataca

See also

Villain Events Kanto: Looming Shadow of Kanto • Spreading Shadows Johto: Rocket Execs Assemble • Team Rocket Attacks Hoenn: Team Magma's Red-Hot Rage • Team Aqua's Stormy Seas Sinnoh: Galactic Nightmare • Dreams of the Void • Galactic Awakening Unova: The Captured King • Team Plasma's Icy Malice Kalos: Battle! Friends from Kalos • Go, Go, Team Flare! Alola: Investigate the Foundation • People Protecting Pokémon Galar: Lamenting a Millennium • Hear the Cheers! Pokémon Masters EX event templates Story events • Villain events • Solo events • Trainer Files • Legendary events • All

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