Sinnoh Challenge

MVP Medal for the Sinnoh Challenge

The Sinnoh Challenge (Japanese: ＶＳ　シンオウ VS Sinnoh) is one of the possible monthly Champion Stadium challenges in Pokémon Masters EX. It was first made available on May 2, 2022.

Like all Champion Stadium challenges, players need to defeat four Elite Four members to challenge the Champion. They can be challenged in any order, but different special parameters are applied to each round. The Elite Four members are Aaron, Bertha, Flint, and Lucian, and the Champion is Cynthia.

The Sinnoh Challenge has been available in the Champion Stadium a total of 5 times:

• May 2 to June 6, 2022
• November 7 to December 5, 2022
• June 5 to July 3, 2023
• January 1 to February 5, 2024
• August 5 to September 2, 2024

Parameters

The following table lists the special parameters that were applied during each week that the Sinnoh Challenge was available in Champion Stadium.

Round	Parameter	Description
May 2 to 9, 2022 Elite Four Round 1 Make use of moves with additional effects! The additional effects of moves used by allies and opponents are more likely to occur. Elite Four Round 2 Use physical attack moves against opponents with low Defense! Physical attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 3 Use sync moves quickly against all opponents! At the start of battle, sync move countdowns are reduced by half. Elite Four Round 4 Use powerful moves quickly and constantly against all opponents! The move gauge increases faster for both allies and opponents. Champion Use stat-lowering effects on your opponents! Stat-lowering effects have a greater effect than normal for allies and opponents. May 9 to 16, 2022 Elite Four Round 1 Use status conditions and other conditions against all opponents! Status conditions and other conditions deal more damage, last longer, and are more likely to take effect. Elite Four Round 2 Use field effects that give your team the upper hand! Field effects created by both allies and opponents are permanent. Elite Four Round 3 Make use of physical damage reduction to battle opponents with high Attack! The allied and opponents' fields of play start the battle with physical damage reduction. Elite Four Round 4 Try not to let any of your sync pairs faint! When a Pokémon faints, Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed fall for all sync pairs on that Pokémon's team. Champion Use stat-lowering effects on your opponents! Stat-lowering effects have a greater effect than normal for allies and opponents. May 16 to 23, 2022 Elite Four Round 1 Use sync moves as much as possible against all opponents! Sync buffs are more effective. Elite Four Round 2 Make use of special damage reduction to battle opponents with high Sp. Atk! The allied and opponents' fields of play start the battle with special damage reduction. Elite Four Round 3 Use powerful moves quickly and constantly against all opponents! The move gauge increases faster for both allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 4 Use stat-lowering effects on your opponents! Stat-lowering effects have a greater effect than normal for allies and opponents. Champion Use status conditions and other conditions against all opponents! Status conditions and other conditions deal more damage, last longer, and are more likely to take effect. May 23 to 30, 2022 Elite Four Round 1 Use sync moves as much as possible against all opponents! Sync buffs are more effective. Elite Four Round 2 Use status conditions and other conditions against all opponents! Status conditions and other conditions deal more damage, last longer, and are more likely to take effect. Elite Four Round 3 Use stat-lowering effects on your opponents! Stat-lowering effects have a greater effect than normal for allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 4 Make use of special damage reduction to battle opponents with high Sp. Atk! The allied and opponents' fields of play start the battle with special damage reduction. Champion Use field effects that give your team the upper hand! Field effects created by both allies and opponents are permanent. May 30 to June 6, 2022 Elite Four Round 1 Use powerful moves quickly and constantly against all opponents! The move gauge increases faster for both allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 2 Make use of special damage reduction to battle opponents with high Sp. Atk! The allied and opponents' fields of play start the battle with special damage reduction. Elite Four Round 3 Make use of physical damage reduction to battle opponents with high Attack! The allied and opponents' fields of play start the battle with physical damage reduction. Elite Four Round 4 Try not to let any of your sync pairs faint! When a Pokémon faints, Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed fall for all sync pairs on that Pokémon's team. Champion Use stat-lowering effects on your opponents! Stat-lowering effects have a greater effect than normal for allies and opponents. November 7 to 14, 2022 Elite Four Round 1 Use special attack moves against opponents with low Sp. Def! Special attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 2 Make use of physical damage reduction to battle opponents with high Attack! The allied and opponents' fields of play start the battle with physical damage reduction. Elite Four Round 3 Use powerful moves quickly and constantly against all opponents! The move gauge increases faster for both allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 4 Use physical attack moves against opponents with low Defense! Physical attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. Champion Use status conditions and other conditions against all opponents! Status conditions and other conditions deal more damage, last longer, and are more likely to take effect. November 14 to 21, 2022 Elite Four Round 1 Try not to let any of your sync pairs faint! When a Pokémon faints, Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed fall for all sync pairs on that Pokémon's team. Elite Four Round 2 Use physical attack moves against opponents with low Defense! Physical attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 3 Use field effects that give your team the upper hand! Field effects created by both allies and opponents are permanent. Elite Four Round 4 Use status conditions and other conditions against all opponents! Status conditions and other conditions deal more damage, last longer, and are more likely to take effect. Champion Use stat-lowering effects on your opponents! Stat-lowering effects have a greater effect than normal for allies and opponents. November 21 to 28, 2022 Elite Four Round 1 Use special attack moves against opponents with low Sp. Def! Special attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 2 Make use of physical damage reduction to battle opponents with high Attack! The allied and opponents' fields of play start the battle with physical damage reduction. Elite Four Round 3 Use stat-lowering effects on your opponents! Stat-lowering effects have a greater effect than normal for allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 4 Use physical attack moves against opponents with low Defense! Physical attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. Champion Use field effects that give your team the upper hand! Field effects created by both allies and opponents are permanent. November 28 to December 5, 2022 Elite Four Round 1 Try not to let any of your sync pairs faint! When a Pokémon faints, Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed fall for all sync pairs on that Pokémon's team. Elite Four Round 2 Use sync moves quickly against all opponents! At the start of battle, sync move countdowns are reduced by half. Elite Four Round 3 Use field effects that give your team the upper hand! Field effects created by both allies and opponents are permanent. Elite Four Round 4 Use powerful moves quickly and constantly against all opponents! The move gauge increases faster for both allies and opponents. Champion Use stat-lowering effects on your opponents! Stat-lowering effects have a greater effect than normal for allies and opponents. June 5 to 12, 2023 Elite Four Round 1 Use field effects that give your team the upper hand! Field effects created by both allies and opponents are permanent. Elite Four Round 2 Try not to let any of your sync pairs faint! When a Pokémon faints, Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed fall for all sync pairs on that Pokémon's team. Elite Four Round 3 Use stat-lowering effects on your opponents! Stat-lowering effects have a greater effect than normal for allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 4 Make use of moves with additional effects! The additional effects of moves used by allies and opponents are more likely to occur. Champion Use physical attack moves against opponents with low Defense! Physical attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. June 12 to 19, 2023 Elite Four Round 1 Use sync moves quickly against all opponents! At the start of battle, sync move countdowns are reduced by half. Elite Four Round 2 Use powerful moves quickly and constantly against all opponents! The move gauge increases faster for both allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 3 Use special attack moves against opponents with low Sp. Def! Special attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 4 Try not to let any of your sync pairs faint! When a Pokémon faints, Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed fall for all sync pairs on that Pokémon's team. Champion Use field effects that give your team the upper hand! Field effects created by both allies and opponents are permanent. June 19 to 26, 2023 Elite Four Round 1 Use field effects that give your team the upper hand! Field effects created by both allies and opponents are permanent. Elite Four Round 2 Use powerful moves quickly and constantly against all opponents! The move gauge increases faster for both allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 3 Use sync moves as much as possible against all opponents! Sync buffs are more effective. Elite Four Round 4 Use status conditions and other conditions against all opponents! Status conditions and other conditions deal more damage, last longer, and are more likely to take effect. Champion Use sync moves quickly against all opponents! At the start of battle, sync move countdowns are reduced by half. June 26 to July 3, 2023 Elite Four Round 1 Use sync moves as much as possible against all opponents! Sync buffs are more effective. Elite Four Round 2 Use stat-lowering effects on your opponents! Stat-lowering effects have a greater effect than normal for allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 3 Make use of physical damage reduction to battle opponents with high Attack! The allied and opponents' fields of play start the battle with physical damage reduction. Elite Four Round 4 Use status conditions and other conditions against all opponents! Status conditions and other conditions deal more damage, last longer, and are more likely to take effect. Champion Use special attack moves against opponents with low Sp. Def! Special attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. January 1 to 8, 2024 Elite Four Round 1 Use special attack moves against opponents with low Sp. Def! Special attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 2 Use sync moves as much as possible against all opponents! Sync buffs are more effective. Elite Four Round 3 Use powerful moves quickly and constantly against all opponents! The move gauge increases faster for both allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 4 Use physical attack moves against opponents with low Defense! Physical attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. Champion Use field effects that give your team the upper hand! Field effects created by both allies and opponents are permanent. January 8 to 15, 2024 Elite Four Round 1 Make use of special damage reduction to battle opponents with high Sp. Atk! The allied and opponents' fields of play start the battle with special damage reduction. Elite Four Round 2 Use sync moves quickly against all opponents! At the start of battle, sync move countdowns are reduced by half. Elite Four Round 3 Use status conditions and other conditions against all opponents! Status conditions and other conditions deal more damage, last longer, and are more likely to take effect. Elite Four Round 4 Use sync moves as much as possible against all opponents! Sync buffs are more effective. Champion Use stat-lowering effects on your opponents! Stat-lowering effects have a greater effect than normal for allies and opponents. January 15 to 22, 2024 Elite Four Round 1 Make use of physical damage reduction to battle opponents with high Attack! The allied and opponents' fields of play start the battle with physical damage reduction. Elite Four Round 2 Use stat-lowering effects on your opponents! Stat-lowering effects have a greater effect than normal for allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 3 Make use of moves with additional effects! The additional effects of moves used by allies and opponents are more likely to occur. Elite Four Round 4 Use special attack moves against opponents with low Sp. Def! Special attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. Champion Use field effects that give your team the upper hand! Field effects created by both allies and opponents are permanent. January 22 to 29, 2024 Elite Four Round 1 Use sync moves quickly against all opponents! At the start of battle, sync move countdowns are reduced by half. Elite Four Round 2 Use sync moves as much as possible against all opponents! Sync buffs are more effective. Elite Four Round 3 Make use of physical damage reduction to battle opponents with high Attack! The allied and opponents' fields of play start the battle with physical damage reduction. Elite Four Round 4 Use stat-lowering effects on your opponents! Stat-lowering effects have a greater effect than normal for allies and opponents. Champion Use status conditions and other conditions against all opponents! Status conditions and other conditions deal more damage, last longer, and are more likely to take effect. January 29 to February 5, 2024 Elite Four Round 1 Use sync moves as much as possible against all opponents! Sync buffs are more effective. Elite Four Round 2 Make use of physical damage reduction to battle opponents with high Attack! The allied and opponents' fields of play start the battle with physical damage reduction. Elite Four Round 3 Use special attack moves against opponents with low Sp. Def! Special attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 4 Try not to let any of your sync pairs faint! When a Pokémon faints, Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed fall for all sync pairs on that Pokémon's team. Champion Use stat-lowering effects on your opponents! Stat-lowering effects have a greater effect than normal for allies and opponents. August 5 to 12, 2024 Elite Four Round 1 Use physical attack moves against opponents with low Defense! Physical attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 2 Make use of special damage reduction to battle opponents with high Sp. Atk! The allied and opponents' fields of play start the battle with special damage reduction. Elite Four Round 3 Use sync moves quickly against all opponents! At the start of battle, sync move countdowns are reduced by half. Elite Four Round 4 Try not to let any of your sync pairs faint! When a Pokémon faints, Attack, Defense, Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed fall for all sync pairs on that Pokémon's team. Champion Use status conditions and other conditions against all opponents! Status conditions and other conditions deal more damage, last longer, and are more likely to take effect. August 12 to 19, 2024 Elite Four Round 1 Make use of physical damage reduction to battle opponents with high Attack! The allied and opponents' fields of play start the battle with physical damage reduction. Elite Four Round 2 Use special attack moves against opponents with low Sp. Def! Special attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 3 Use sync moves quickly against all opponents! At the start of battle, sync move countdowns are reduced by half. Elite Four Round 4 Use sync moves as much as possible against all opponents! Sync buffs are more effective. Champion Use stat-lowering effects on your opponents! Stat-lowering effects have a greater effect than normal for allies and opponents. August 19 to 26, 2024 Elite Four Round 1 Make use of special damage reduction to battle opponents with high Sp. Atk! The allied and opponents' fields of play start the battle with special damage reduction. Elite Four Round 2 Use sync moves quickly against all opponents! At the start of battle, sync move countdowns are reduced by half. Elite Four Round 3 Use physical attack moves against opponents with low Defense! Physical attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 4 Use sync moves as much as possible against all opponents! Sync buffs are more effective. Champion Use stat-lowering effects on your opponents! Stat-lowering effects have a greater effect than normal for allies and opponents. August 26 to September 2, 2024 Elite Four Round 1 Use stat-lowering effects on your opponents! Stat-lowering effects have a greater effect than normal for allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 2 Use special attack moves against opponents with low Sp. Def! Special attack moves are powered up for allies and opponents. Elite Four Round 3 Make use of moves with additional effects! The additional effects of moves used by allies and opponents are more likely to occur. Elite Four Round 4 Make use of special damage reduction to battle opponents with high Sp. Atk! The allied and opponents' fields of play start the battle with special damage reduction. Champion Use field effects that give your team the upper hand! Field effects created by both allies and opponents are permanent.

Trainer teams

Most opponents in the Sinnoh Challenge can use one of three different teams, changing weekly. Lucian and Cynthia can use one of four different teams. All three Pokémon on each team share a type weakness, and no opponent has multiple teams with the same type weakness. The following table lists the weakness type of each opponent's team during each week that the Sinnoh Challenge has been available, and the table after it lists the Pokémon comprising each team.

Dates	Weakness
	Aaron	Bertha	Flint	Lucian	Cynthia
May 2 to 9, 2022	Fire	Steel	Rock	Dark	Fairy
May 9 to 16, 2022	Electric	Ice	Psychic	Flying	Fighting
May 16 to 23, 2022	Ground	Grass	Water	Bug	Poison
May 23 to 30, 2022	Fire	Steel	Rock	Ghost	Dragon
May 30 to June 6, 2022	Electric	Grass	Psychic	Flying	Fairy
November 7 to 14, 2022	Fire	Grass	Psychic	Bug	Poison
November 14 to 21, 2022	Ground	Ice	Rock	Flying	Fairy
November 21 to 28, 2022	Fire	Steel	Psychic	Ghost	Dragon
November 28 to December 5, 2022	Electric	Grass	Water	Dark	Fighting
June 5 to 12, 2023	Fire	Grass	Psychic	Ghost	Poison
June 12 to 19, 2023	Ground	Ice	Water	Bug	Fairy
June 19 to 26, 2023	Fire	Grass	Rock	Dark	Dragon
June 26 to July 3, 2023	Electric	Steel	Water	Flying	Fighting
January 1 to 8, 2024	Fire	Ice	Psychic	Bug	Dragon
January 8 to 15, 2024	Electric	Grass	Water	Ghost	Fairy
January 15 to 22, 2024	Ground	Steel	Rock	Flying	Dragon
January 22 to 29, 2024	Fire	Ice	Psychic	Dark	Poison
January 29 to February 5, 2024	Ground	Steel	Water	Ghost	Fighting
August 5 to 12, 2024	Ground	Grass	Rock	Flying	Poison
August 12 to 19, 2024	Fire	Ice	Water	Dark	Fairy
August 19 to 26, 2024	Electric	Grass	Psychic	Ghost	Fighting
August 26 to September 2, 2024	Ground	Steel	Rock	Bug	Dragon

Trainer	Pokémon			Completion Rewards
	Left	Middle	Right
Aaron	Pinsir Weakness:	Heracross Weakness:	Scyther Weakness:	1,000 coins Champion Spirit ×5 5★ Power-Up Ticket ×8
	Golisopod Weakness:	Vespiquen Weakness:	Masquerain Weakness:	1,000 coins Champion Spirit ×5 5★ Power-Up Ticket ×8
	Salazzle Weakness:	Drapion Weakness:	Arbok Weakness:	1,000 coins Champion Spirit ×5 5★ Power-Up Ticket ×8
Bertha	Aurorus Weakness:	Rhyperior Weakness:	Tyranitar Weakness:	1,000 coins Champion Spirit ×5 5★ Power-Up Ticket ×8
	Krookodile Weakness:	Nidoking Weakness:	Nidoqueen Weakness:	1,000 coins Champion Spirit ×5 5★ Power-Up Ticket ×8
	Marowak Weakness:	Hippowdon Weakness:	Sandslash Weakness:	1,000 coins Champion Spirit ×5 5★ Power-Up Ticket ×8
Flint	Torkoal Weakness:	Arcanine Weakness:	Houndoom Weakness:	1,000 coins Champion Spirit ×5 5★ Power-Up Ticket ×8
	Blaziken Weakness:	Infernape Weakness:	Emboar Weakness:	1,000 coins Champion Spirit ×5 5★ Power-Up Ticket ×8
	Ninetales Weakness:	Magmortar Weakness:	Rapidash Weakness:	1,000 coins Champion Spirit ×5 5★ Power-Up Ticket ×8
Lucian	Jynx Weakness:	Slowbro Weakness:	Starmie Weakness:	1,000 coins Champion Spirit ×5 5★ Power-Up Ticket ×8
	Exeggutor Weakness:	Gallade Weakness:	Medicham Weakness:	1,000 coins Champion Spirit ×5 5★ Power-Up Ticket ×8
	Reuniclus Weakness:	Girafarig Weakness:	Alakazam Weakness:	1,000 coins Champion Spirit ×5 5★ Power-Up Ticket ×8
	Sigilyph Weakness:	Bronzong Weakness:	Metagross Weakness:	1,000 coins Champion Spirit ×5 5★ Power-Up Ticket ×8
Cynthia	Absol Weakness:	Spiritomb Weakness:	Umbreon Weakness:	1,000 coins Champion Spirit ×5 5★ Power-Up Ticket ×8
	Stoutland Weakness:	Porygon-Z Weakness:	Snorlax Weakness:	1,000 coins Champion Spirit ×5 5★ Power-Up Ticket ×8
	Clefable Weakness:	Togekiss Weakness:	Gardevoir Weakness:	1,000 coins Champion Spirit ×5 5★ Power-Up Ticket ×8
	Flygon Weakness:	Garchomp Weakness:	Flygon Weakness:	1,000 coins Champion Spirit ×5 5★ Power-Up Ticket ×8

Music

Each member of the Elite Four has their own unique battle theme, which is a remix of the Sinnoh Elite Four encounter and battle themes. Cynthia also uses a unique battle theme in her battles.

Situation	Song key	Song name	Arrangement
In menu	No. 04020	Sinnoh Champion Stadium! (Pokémon Masters EX Version)	Unknown
During battle (Aaron)	No. 04016	Battle! (Sinnoh Elite Four: Aaron) (Pokémon Masters EX Version)	Haruki Yamada (ATTIC INC.)
During battle (Bertha)	No. 04017	Battle! (Sinnoh Elite Four: Bertha) (Pokémon Masters EX Version)	Haruki Yamada (ATTIC INC.)
During battle (Flint)	No. 04018	Battle! (Sinnoh Elite Four: Flint) (Pokémon Masters EX Version)	Haruki Yamada (ATTIC INC.)
During battle (Lucian)	No. 04019	Battle! (Sinnoh Elite Four: Lucian) (Pokémon Masters EX Version)	Haruki Yamada (ATTIC INC.)
During battle (Cynthia)	No. 04001	Battle! (Cynthia) (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.

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Trivia

• Out of all Champion Stadium challenges, the Sinnoh Challenge had the fewest of its opponents playable at the time of its debut, with only Flint and Cynthia playable.

In other languages

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