Severely Strained Relations
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| Severely Strained Relations シビアな親子に勝る特訓Special Training to Defeat the Severe Family | |
Event notification image | |
| Type | Solo event |
|---|---|
| First run | October 3 to 24, 2022 |
| Featured sync pairs | Gordie & Coalossal Melony & Lapras Victor & Rillaboom |
| Sync pairs with reward bonus | |
| 1.6× | Gordie & Coalossal Melony & Lapras Victor & Rillaboom |
| 1.4× | Gloria & Zacian Raihan & Duraludon Nessa & Drednaw |
| Theme skills with 1.2× reward bonus | |
Severely Strained Relations (Japanese:シビアな親子に勝る特訓Special Training to Defeat the Severe Family) was asolo event inPokémon Masters EX. It was focused on thesync pairs Gordie & Coalossal, Melony & Lapras, and Victor & Rillaboom.
The "Gordie Spotlight Scout" gave players an increased chance of recruiting Gordie & Coalossal for the duration of the event; the "Melony Spotlight Scout" gave players an increased chance of recruiting Melony & Lapras starting on October 5, 2022 and lasting until the end of the event; the "Victor Poké Fair Scout" gave players an increased chance of recruiting Victor & Rillaboom starting on October 7, 2022 and lasting until the end of the event.
During this event, players could earn Event Vouchers C, D, and E from battles that could be redeemed in theshop. All battles could be challenged an unlimited number of times except Daily Training with Gordie!, Daily Training with Melony!, and Daily Training with Victor!, each of which could only be challenged once per day. Extra vouchers were automatically exchanged with coins once the event was finished.
The player could battle using Gordie & Coalossal, Melony & Lapras, or Victor & Rillaboom to obtain +0.6× bonus vouchers; Gloria & Zacian, Raihan & Duraludon, or Nessa & Drednaw to obtain +0.4× bonus vouchers; and any unlisted sync pairs with the
Galartheme skill to obtain +0.2× bonus vouchers.
This event featured three Battle Challenges, where players were challenged to defeat a team of strong opponents. Players could complete event missions by clearing these areas with teams using varioustheme skills to earn rewards.
The event areas were updated as the event continued. On October 5, 2022, Daily Training with Gordie! became unavailable, and Training with Melony: Part 1, Training with Melony: Part 2, Daily Training with Melony!, Raihan's Battle Challenge! Round 1, and Raihan's Battle Challenge! Round 2 were added. On October 7, 2022, Daily Training with Melony! became unavailable, and Training with Victor: Part 1, Training with Victor: Part 2, Daily Training with Victor!, Nessa's Battle Challenge! Round 1, and Nessa's Battle Challenge! Round 2 were added.
Plot
Area info
| Area name | Unlock condition | Completion Rewards |
|---|---|---|
| Available from start |
Battles
| Name | Difficulty | Trainer | Pokémon | Stamina | First-Time Rewards | Completion Rewards | Battle Rewards | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left | Middle | Right | |||||||
| Training with Gordie: Part 1 | Normal | Beauty Johanna | Jynx Weakness: | Avalugg Weakness: | Froslass Weakness: | 10 | |||
| Training with Gordie: Part 2 | Hard | 15 | |||||||
| Daily Training with Gordie!* | Ultra Hard | 30 | None | ||||||
| Training with Melony: Part 1* | Normal | Ace Trainer Terry | Pidgeot Weakness: | Braviary Weakness: | Staraptor Weakness: | 10 | |||
| Training with Melony: Part 2* | Hard | 15 | |||||||
| Daily Training with Melony!* | Ultra Hard | 30 | None | ||||||
| Training with Victor: Part 1* | Normal | Swimmer Elsie | Seismitoad Weakness: | Gastrodon West Sea Weakness: | Carracosta Weakness: | 10 | |||
| Training with Victor: Part 2* | Hard | 15 | |||||||
| Daily Training with Victor!* | Ultra Hard | 30 | None | ||||||
| Melony's Battle Challenge! Round 1 | Super Hard | Melony | Glalie Weakness: | Lapras Weakness: | Abomasnow Weakness: | — | None | None | |
| Melony's Battle Challenge! Round 2 | Ultra Hard | — | None | None | |||||
| Raihan's Battle Challenge! Round 1 | Super Hard | Raihan | Altaria Weakness: | Flygon Weakness: | Dragalge Weakness: | — | None | None | |
| Raihan's Battle Challenge! Round 2 | Ultra Hard | — | None | None | |||||
| Nessa's Battle Challenge! Round 1 | Super Hard | Nessa | Seaking Weakness: | Drednaw Weakness: | Carracosta Weakness: | — | None | None | |
| Nessa's Battle Challenge! Round 2 | Ultra Hard | — | None | None | |||||
Event missions
Shop
Gallery
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| Event banner |
Music
Script
Trivia
- On October 2, 2022, the official Pokémon Masters EX channel posteda YouTube trailer announcing that Victor, Melony, and Gordie would arrive in this event. This was the only time they made a full trailer for a solo event that does not award any medals.
- This was the only solo event to feature three Battle Challenges.
In other languages
| Language | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | シビアな親子に勝る特訓 | |
| Mandarin Chinese | 戰勝冷冽不留情親子的特訓 | |
| French | Une relation en froid | |
| German | Familienfehde | |
| Italian | Dispute familiari | |
| Korean | 혹독한 가족을 이기는 특훈 | |
| Spanish | Conflicto familiar | |
See also
| This article is part ofProject Sidegames, aBulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon Sidegames. |

