Damage Challenge

The Damage Challenge^{[note 1]} (Japanese: ダメージチャレンジ Damage Challenge) is a type of event in Pokémon Masters EX. It has been ongoing continuously since its debut on June 28, 2024. Players are challenged to deal as much damage as possible to the opponents within a time limit.

Mechanics

In the Damage Challenge, players battle a team consisting of one or three opponents, all with the same weakness type, and try to deal as much damage as possible within a time limit of 180 seconds (3 minutes). The opponents have very low stats but infinite HP, so players can focus entirely on attacking without having to worry about defending. The opponents have only two passive skills: One-Hit KO Nullification, which protects them from one-hit knockout moves, and Not Super Effective: Zero Damage, which makes all attacks deal zero damage unless they are super effective. This restricts the player's options for dealing damage to the opponent.

The opponent faced in the Damage Challenge changes on Tuesday and Friday of every week. There are a total of 34 opponents that are rotated through, one single-opponent battle and one three-opponent battle for each type (excluding Normal). All center foes in the Damage Challenge are rivals.

When the player completes a battle in the Damage Challenge, they are awarded a certain rank based on their score, each named after a Trainer or Trainer class. Their highest score rank is saved in the score log, a menu accessed from the bottom of the Damage Challenge menu. The score log lists the player's highest score and score rank for each battle in the Damage Challenge, as well as the team that was used to obtain that score.

In addition, after the player has completed the current Damage Challenge battle, their score is added to the global scoreboard and they can compare it against other players from around the world. Leaderboard scores only count the score obtained in the current Damage Challenge period.

Players earn Training Tickets based on their score in the Damage Challenge. One Training Ticket is earned every 10,000 points up to 1,000,000 points, for a total of 100 Training Tickets. Additional Training Tickets can be earned beyond 1,000,000 points, but at a rate of one every 50,000 points. Training Tickets can be exchanged in the shop for exclusive sync pairs.

Battles

Training with Nemona!

This challenge was first made available from June 28 to July 2, 2024.

Name	Trainer	Pokémon			First-Time Rewards
Name	Trainer	Left	Middle	Right	First-Time Rewards
Challenge Nemona	Nemona	Clodsire Weakness:	Pawmot Weakness:	Glimmora Weakness:	Gems ×100

Training with Hop!

This challenge was first made available from July 2 to 5, 2024.

Name	Trainer	Pokémon	First-Time Rewards
Challenge Hop	Hop	Dubwool Weakness:	Gems ×100

Training with N!

This challenge was first made available from July 5 to 9, 2024.

Name	Trainer	Pokémon			First-Time Rewards
Name	Trainer	Left	Middle	Right	First-Time Rewards
Challenge N	N	Liepard Weakness:	Zoroark Weakness:	Reuniclus Weakness:	Gems ×100

Training with Marnie!

This challenge was first made available from July 9 to 12, 2024.

Name	Trainer	Pokémon	First-Time Rewards
Challenge Marnie	Marnie	Grimmsnarl Weakness:	Gems ×100

Training with Gladion!

This challenge was first made available from July 12 to 16, 2024.

Name	Trainer	Pokémon			First-Time Rewards
Name	Trainer	Left	Middle	Right	First-Time Rewards
Challenge Gladion	Gladion	Ribombee Weakness:	Weavile Weakness:	Araquanid Weakness:	Gems ×100

Training with Hugh!

This challenge was first made available from July 16 to 19, 2024.

Name	Trainer	Pokémon	First-Time Rewards
Challenge Hugh	Hugh	Eelektross Weakness:	Gems ×100

Training with Hau!

This challenge was first made available from July 19 to 23, 2024.

Name	Trainer	Pokémon			First-Time Rewards
Name	Trainer	Left	Middle	Right	First-Time Rewards
Challenge Hau	Hau	Decidueye Weakness:	Raichu Alolan form Weakness:	Palossand Weakness:	Gems ×100

Training with Barry!

This challenge was first made available from July 23 to 26, 2024.

Name	Trainer	Pokémon	First-Time Rewards
Challenge Barry	Barry	Roserade Weakness:	Gems ×100

Training with Wally!

This challenge was first made available from July 26 to 30, 2024.

Name	Trainer	Pokémon			First-Time Rewards
Name	Trainer	Left	Middle	Right	First-Time Rewards
Challenge Wally	Wally	Salamence Weakness:	Altaria Weakness:	Flygon Weakness:	Gems ×100

Training with Gladion!

This challenge was first made available from July 30 to August 2, 2024.

Name	Trainer	Pokémon	First-Time Rewards
Challenge Gladion	Gladion	Crobat Weakness:	Gems ×100

Training with Blue!

This challenge was first made available from August 2 to 6, 2024.

Name	Trainer	Pokémon			First-Time Rewards
Name	Trainer	Left	Middle	Right	First-Time Rewards
Challenge Blue	Blue	Slowbro Weakness:	Alakazam Weakness:	Gengar Weakness:	Gems ×100

Training with Cheren!

This challenge was first made available from August 6 to 9, 2024.

Name	Trainer	Pokémon	First-Time Rewards
Challenge Cheren	Cheren	Liepard Weakness:	Gems ×100

Training with Shauna!

This challenge was first made available from August 9 to 13, 2024.

Name	Trainer	Pokémon			First-Time Rewards
Name	Trainer	Left	Middle	Right	First-Time Rewards
Challenge Shauna	Shauna	Aurorus Weakness:	Sylveon Weakness:	Avalugg Weakness:	Gems ×100

Training with Barry!

This challenge was first made available from August 13 to 16, 2024.

Name	Trainer	Pokémon	First-Time Rewards
Challenge Barry	Barry	Staraptor Weakness:	Gems ×100

Training with Marnie!

This challenge was first made available from August 16 to 20, 2024.

Name	Trainer	Pokémon			First-Time Rewards
Name	Trainer	Left	Middle	Right	First-Time Rewards
Challenge Marnie	Marnie	Dragapult Weakness:	Scrafty Weakness:	Obstagoon Weakness:	Gems ×100