Cress コーンCorn
Cress's model
No.	240
English voice actor	Kory Getman
Japanese voice actor	Sōma Saitō
Description	ThisWater-type expert from theUnova region works with his fellow triplets,Cilan andChili. He has a levelheaded personality and brings the finest water.

Cress (Japanese:コーンCorn) is aPokémon Trainer inPokémon Masters EX, based on thecharacter of the same name in thecore seriesgames. He forms async pair withSimipour. This pair can be obtained through a limited varietysync pair scout beginning on October 23, 2025. This pair can be raised to6★ EX since it first released.

Simipour

			Type			Water
			Move type			Water
			Role			Sprint
			EX Role			Strike (Physical)
			Base Potential			★★★★★☆EX
Simipour♂		Weakness			Electric
The high-pressure water expelled from its tail is so powerful, it can destroy a concrete wall.
Stats		HP	Attack	Defense	Sp. Atk	Sp. Def	Speed
Lv. 140, Base Potential		672	404	180	224	180	356
Lv. 140, Max Potential		832	484	220	304	220	396
Mega Simipour
Lv. 140, Base Potential		—	—	—	—	—	—
Lv. 140, Max Potential		—	—	—	—	—	—

Availability

Cress is exclusive to variety scouts. His offering rate was increased in the followingsync pair scouts:

He was also available in the following sync pair scouts:

Moves

Name	Type	Category	Move gauge	BasePower	MaxPower	Accuracy	Target	Description
Hydraulic ForceAqua Tail	Water	Physical	2	250	300	—	An opponent	Activation Condition: When the user uses any move once. Deactivation Condition: Cannot be deactivated. Never misses. Lowers the target's Defense and Speed by two stat ranks. Applies the Physical Move Break effect to the target the first time this attack move is successful each battle.
Unova Passion	None	Status	2 (2 uses)	—	—	—	Allied side	Increases the Physical Moves ↑ Next effect of all allied sync pairs by one rank. Applies Unova Circle (Physical) to the allied field of play. Unova Circle (Physical) grants all of the following effects: Powers up the physical attack moves and physical sync moves of all allied sync pairs by 10%. Reduces physical attack move and physical sync move damage taken by all allied sync pairs by 5%. The more sync pairs with the Unova theme that are on the allied field of play, the higher these percentages are. (Each additional sync pair powers up moves and sync moves by 10% and reduces damage by 3%. The maximum power-up is 40%, and the maximum damage reduction is 14%.)
Toxic	Poison	Status	2	—	—	90%	An opponent	Leaves the target badly poisoned.
Like a Fresh Stream!	None	Status	0 (1 use)	—	—	—	Self	Reduces the user's sync move countdown by one. Raises the user's Attack by four stat ranks. Raises the user's critical-hit rate by three stat ranks.
Sync moves
Flowing Blue Trouble Water Impact	Water	Physical	—	200	240	—	An opponent	The more the user's Speed is raised, the greater the power of this attack. (6★ EX effect: The first time the user's sync move is used each battle, the sync move countdown is reduced by three.) (EX role effect: Sync moves will target all opposing sync pairs.)

Skills

Name	Description
Passive Skills
The Purest Water	Raises the Speed of all allied sync pairs by two stat ranks when an ally applies a circle to the allied field of play. Applies the Free Move Next effect to all allied sync pairs when an ally applies a circle to the allied field of play.
Use Unova Passion: Sync CD ↓ 9	Reduces the user's sync move countdown by one when it uses Unova Passion.
Circle: Team Condition Nullification	Prevents all allied sync pairs from being inflicted with status conditions, flinching, becoming confused, or becoming trapped when a circle applies to the allied field of play.
Theme Skills
Water Sprint	Raises allies' Attack and Sp. Atk by 24 when using Water-type attacks. Raises the Speed of all allied sync pairs by 24.
Unova Sprint	Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 4. Raises the Speed of all allied sync pairs by 7.
Gym Leader Sprint	Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 4. Raises the Speed of all allied sync pairs by 7.
Cook Sprint	Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 5. Raises the Speed of all allied sync pairs by 8.
Expedition Skills
Fiery ↑ 1Wistful ↑ 1	Raises the following discovery levels by 1: •Fiery Crystal •Wistful Crystal

Sync grid

Thesync grid for Cress & Simipour is an expanded grid, made available since the pair first released.

Appearances

Battle appearances

Cress & Simipour can be battled against in:

• Battle Rally (Area 1–9)
• Academy events (as a side foe; since March 31, 2025)
• Costume event:Curious Tea Party (March 31 to May 4, 2022; April 22 to May 8, 2023)
• Solo event:Triple Hospitality (as a side foe; October 23 to November 10, 2025)

Story appearances

Cress appears in his normal outfit in the following story areas:

• Costume events:
  • Curious Tea Party
  • Sonia's Party Prep—The Finest Tea (flashback)
• Trainer Files:Akala Passion
• Story event:Mischievous Lacey
• Solo event:Triple Hospitality

Sync pair stories

• A Day with Cress

Quotes

Main article:Cress/Quotes → Pokémon Masters EX

In animation

Pokémon Masters Animated Trailer

Cress briefly appeared in thePokémon Masters Animated Trailer as part of a team with his brothersCilan andChili.

Gallery

VS model (Normal colors)	6★ model (Normal colors)	6★ model (EX colors)	VS model (EX colors)
Trainer emote Nice!	Trainer emote Watch out!	Trainer emote Let's do this!	Trainer emote Thanks!	Cress's sync move mindscape (Striaton Gym)

Trivia

• Cress,Cilan, andChili were the last trainers presented in thePokémon Masters Animated Trailer to become playable in the game, over six years after the game's release.
• Cress, Cilan, and Chili have the longest gap between their debut as anNPC and their release as a playable character of anyone based on acore series character inPokémon Masters EX at1303 days. They first appeared as NPCs in the eventCurious Tea Party on March 31, 2022, and they became playable on October 23, 2025.
• All versions of Cress use special voice-over lines upon entering a team that contains certain Trainers (regardless of their partner Pokémon). Those Trainers includeCilan,Chili,Siebold, andArven.
  • Cress also uses special voice-over lines upon winning a battle with Cilan, Chili, or Arven in the same team.

Origin

Cress's design is based on his appearance in Pokémon Black, White, Black 2, and White 2. Simipour is Cress's signature Pokémon in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2. Simipour's Dex entry comes from Pokémon White.

In other languages

This game character article is part ofProject CharacterDex, aBulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in thePokémon games.

• Masters EX characters
• Game characters
• Gym Leaders
• Water-type Trainers