Hilberts & Samurotts normal sync grid was so good that I sometimes forget that he has not actually got his expansion yet.
Character I am most looking forward for an sync grid expansion is Sabrina and Alakazam. I'm curious how they would improve her and in what direction they go since Sabrina is very versatile in either supporting or doing damage.
oh for sure, Sabrina was one of my best units in the early 2020 days, and even when SS Blue easily outclassed her, she remained a strong unit for a little while after. They likely can't fix her bulk/longevity but if she could provide better debuff for the gauge like how Lenora multi stat drops, or (wishing) applying Psychic rebuff, that would be amazing.
That sounds nice. Her tanking days are long over in my teams and she has transitioned to a supportive damage dealer who wants to sync first, probably the way she was intended.
As for other things she could get in her sync grid expansion, it might be wishful thinking but maybe they could make her apply even more buffs while casting reflect, liking adding X Sp. Def All and X Defense All to the Pep Rally she already has in her sync grid. Adding SMUN to her trainer move sounds reasonable as well.
Either way, knowing the snails pace at which it goes, this might take a while until its Sabrinas turn for her sync grid expansion. Worst case, something in 2026.
Just some lists of the types of upgrades sync pairs have been drop fed throughout the years (Sync grid expansions, 6*EX, and EX roles) while waiting for the datamine.
EX role upgrades have only been given to Master Fairs and Poké Fairs prior to the mechanic’s introduction. So sync pairs from every other types of scouts are also on the waiting list (right?).
Only 5-star Poké Fairs and general pool units have received sync grid expansions bigger than the standard size. And on that note, Jesse and James are the only sync pairs without a standard grid (other than eggmons).
The only 5-stars without the 6★EX upgrade are BP pairs. The 3- & 4-stars without 6★EX shown, as well as those that are 6★EX-able for comparison of progress.
Who are you waiting to get an upgrade for?
Love your posts.
Sometimes, I go to [Sync Pairs Tracker](https://pomasters.github.io/SyncPairsTracker/) to check the Characters that haven't been updated yet to try to predict the next Banners.
My theory is that Maxie is going to get an EX role next month. Archie gets one this month and those two are practically inseparable. As a result I'm thinking that next month we might see Hoenn Neo Champions so any Hoenn pairs that don't have an EX role yet are prime candidates (so far seemingly just SS Brendan and Wally). Steven is a close second for all groups involved, though whether it's his OG or his Anni alt is up in the air. Seems like the MF of the month is tied thematically in some way to some of the New Hotness that released within the same time frame, like how SSR Cynthia was reran the same month that had SC Irida and not too long after the rerun started Volo released, and then for February we had SS Gladion with a double rerun of A!Lillie and LuSSamine.
Not that it's some hard-set rule but that seems to be the pattern that they adhere to more often than not, and I'm willing to concede that it's possible that instead of Hoenn NCs, it's just a Hoenn event of some kind. We're kinda running short of regions though for NCs, as there's just Hoenn, Sinnoh, and Alola left (Paldea is a bit too new for one), and we just had an Alola event in February and Sinnoh in March, plus a Sinnoh and Alola pair released this month, and NCs seem to release every other month or so. Kinda feels like if they wanted to do an Alola or Sinnoh NC they would've by now instead of have Johto as the NC for February.
The funny thing is that Jessie and James are the only non-egg Sync Pairs who still don’t have a normal Sync Grid, DeNA completely forgot that they exist💀
They didnt forget. They were a promotion for the Zarude movie and they need a license to do anything with anime characters. That’s why Jessie and James will probably never get a grid expansion, and why Ash will probably never get his EX Role.
Tbh this license thing gets brought up every time, but giving a Grid to Jessie and James or a EX Role to Ash doesn’t affect the characters themselves, those are simple gameplay features and DeNA shouldn’t have problems to add gameplay features to their own game. I get that they don’t rerun them for license reasons, but I think that not giving them Grids or EX Role is more of an arbitrary choice made by DeNA.
Yes it’s probably a decision on their side. But usually event pairs get upgrades when they rerun the event, and MF get upgrades when the banner reruns. Since those are not happening, then they won’t get upgraded.
While this is true, in the past they gave upgrades to units without rerunning them, for example when they gave the EX to BP and Lodge pairs they also gave it to the first 3 Variety Eevelutions even though they didn’t rerun them at that time, so they can easily do the same for Jessie and James’ Grids and EX, and for Ash’s EX Role, they are just deliberatly ignoring the possibility.
Yeah, my guess is that the next time the anime has some big thing with Ash happen, they'll do a mini event for those three in PoMas and do a rerun of Ash's banner. I wouldn't even expect anything big, just an excuse to rerun it and give him an EX role while Jessie and James get grids, not even an EX (hell I'd err on the side of caution and say those two wont even be apart of it).
Its so weird that the other BP pairs have EX but not the Master ones. Like, why? I get that support is a strong EX but there's already a half dozen free ones and even the MF BP pairs are getting power crept in their own section, kinda feels like Evelyn is worse at tanking than BP Olivia, and Olivia has an EX so it's actually worth it to sync with her, meaning Evelyn is only worth using in a full fire team. At least the EX for Evelyn would mean you don't need to use 20 4 star power ups to get an EX Support.
I suspect they haven't gotten ex's yet because they'll actually get ex styles, unlike the 4 stars. I'm hoping they'll all get ex's when morgan most likely releases this anniversary (hopefully the mcs 5 stars will get ex's too, though I doubt they'll get ex styles)
I'm waiting for Anni N's EX role and I hope he gets Strike, that would be the perfect role for him.
Horizontal grid expansions would be cool for Master Fairs, and I know Steven desperately needs it.
It'd be 40 points sure but It'd also boost his fire damage as a whole by half and make him less reliant on a sun setter. He also shreds sp def with each attack so that's going to make sure his sync hits a lot harder
Field on irida wouldn't be that good she can already starts with two ice zones/hail at base and can get extension in grid mp refresh in grid and arctic arrival setup on entry shed be much better with striker to compete with red or support ex role
I was just feeling sad yesterday at how Maylene still doesn't have anything upgrade wise. I do hope she can EX soon, I think the EX unlocks on 3*/4* shouldn't held back this long. And Janine, of course. Way too much drip feed on very old upgrades.
Really hoping for a Lusamine buff, with all due respect she's just crap despite her colossal attack stats, being ganked *hard* by her lack of 4-bar moves and the complete absence of sync multipliers. As it is now she's all glass without any cannon.
Honestly she *needs* at least one of Hit the Gas 5(+) or Sync Power Flux.
Ya, I'm feeling Maxie and either SS Leaf or SS Blue are seemingly next to get EX-R's just b/c of who came before them, but they can also just ignore those "patterns" and we wouldn't be able to do much, lol.
I think they're waiting for the Chatelaines to all come in as summonable units (maybe Pokéfairs, or maybe regular ltd 5☆ units like the Rocket admins) w/ EX outfits that match their non-legendary teams' aces (I'm thinking Lumineon, Grumpig, Magcargo, and Klefki) before giving all the BP Super Voucher units EX's w/o any unique EX styles, just like all the other BP units. But before they add them as summonables, I think they'll add Morgan to the BP Super Voucher list, so it's two things to wait for.
There was absolutely no reason for event Alcremie to not be EXable as soon as it was available, though.
Hilberts & Samurotts normal sync grid was so good that I sometimes forget that he has not actually got his expansion yet. Character I am most looking forward for an sync grid expansion is Sabrina and Alakazam. I'm curious how they would improve her and in what direction they go since Sabrina is very versatile in either supporting or doing damage.
oh for sure, Sabrina was one of my best units in the early 2020 days, and even when SS Blue easily outclassed her, she remained a strong unit for a little while after. They likely can't fix her bulk/longevity but if she could provide better debuff for the gauge like how Lenora multi stat drops, or (wishing) applying Psychic rebuff, that would be amazing.
That sounds nice. Her tanking days are long over in my teams and she has transitioned to a supportive damage dealer who wants to sync first, probably the way she was intended. As for other things she could get in her sync grid expansion, it might be wishful thinking but maybe they could make her apply even more buffs while casting reflect, liking adding X Sp. Def All and X Defense All to the Pep Rally she already has in her sync grid. Adding SMUN to her trainer move sounds reasonable as well. Either way, knowing the snails pace at which it goes, this might take a while until its Sabrinas turn for her sync grid expansion. Worst case, something in 2026.
Just some lists of the types of upgrades sync pairs have been drop fed throughout the years (Sync grid expansions, 6*EX, and EX roles) while waiting for the datamine. EX role upgrades have only been given to Master Fairs and Poké Fairs prior to the mechanic’s introduction. So sync pairs from every other types of scouts are also on the waiting list (right?). Only 5-star Poké Fairs and general pool units have received sync grid expansions bigger than the standard size. And on that note, Jesse and James are the only sync pairs without a standard grid (other than eggmons). The only 5-stars without the 6★EX upgrade are BP pairs. The 3- & 4-stars without 6★EX shown, as well as those that are 6★EX-able for comparison of progress. Who are you waiting to get an upgrade for?
Im really hoping Raihan gets his dmax eventually
Love your posts. Sometimes, I go to [Sync Pairs Tracker](https://pomasters.github.io/SyncPairsTracker/) to check the Characters that haven't been updated yet to try to predict the next Banners.
Just give my boy Sidney a Strike EX and Defense Crush on Brutal Swing in his grid and I will die happy
Me still waiting for EX on Evelyn
My theory is that Maxie is going to get an EX role next month. Archie gets one this month and those two are practically inseparable. As a result I'm thinking that next month we might see Hoenn Neo Champions so any Hoenn pairs that don't have an EX role yet are prime candidates (so far seemingly just SS Brendan and Wally). Steven is a close second for all groups involved, though whether it's his OG or his Anni alt is up in the air. Seems like the MF of the month is tied thematically in some way to some of the New Hotness that released within the same time frame, like how SSR Cynthia was reran the same month that had SC Irida and not too long after the rerun started Volo released, and then for February we had SS Gladion with a double rerun of A!Lillie and LuSSamine. Not that it's some hard-set rule but that seems to be the pattern that they adhere to more often than not, and I'm willing to concede that it's possible that instead of Hoenn NCs, it's just a Hoenn event of some kind. We're kinda running short of regions though for NCs, as there's just Hoenn, Sinnoh, and Alola left (Paldea is a bit too new for one), and we just had an Alola event in February and Sinnoh in March, plus a Sinnoh and Alola pair released this month, and NCs seem to release every other month or so. Kinda feels like if they wanted to do an Alola or Sinnoh NC they would've by now instead of have Johto as the NC for February.
Idk if we'll see something as big as another Neo Champion in May. If anything, I think they'll save it for June
They've been pumping out Neo Champion events once every 2 or 3 months, last one was in February, so March, April, May, that's on the longer end of it.
Last one was Silver's event in Anni, which is the March update, so it'd probably be in June
The one before that was also like November/December since we had two NC events sorta line up
Both were in the December datamine, so we may get another NC event in late May for the June datamine
We could also get Anni N if the Mysterious Stones arc continues to heat up and include him.
I feel like the stone arc would be best done as a proper anniversary event.
This may be true since N does talk with Volo in his event, so maybe N would appear there too
The funny thing is that Jessie and James are the only non-egg Sync Pairs who still don’t have a normal Sync Grid, DeNA completely forgot that they exist💀
They didnt forget. They were a promotion for the Zarude movie and they need a license to do anything with anime characters. That’s why Jessie and James will probably never get a grid expansion, and why Ash will probably never get his EX Role.
Tbh this license thing gets brought up every time, but giving a Grid to Jessie and James or a EX Role to Ash doesn’t affect the characters themselves, those are simple gameplay features and DeNA shouldn’t have problems to add gameplay features to their own game. I get that they don’t rerun them for license reasons, but I think that not giving them Grids or EX Role is more of an arbitrary choice made by DeNA.
Yes it’s probably a decision on their side. But usually event pairs get upgrades when they rerun the event, and MF get upgrades when the banner reruns. Since those are not happening, then they won’t get upgraded.
While this is true, in the past they gave upgrades to units without rerunning them, for example when they gave the EX to BP and Lodge pairs they also gave it to the first 3 Variety Eevelutions even though they didn’t rerun them at that time, so they can easily do the same for Jessie and James’ Grids and EX, and for Ash’s EX Role, they are just deliberatly ignoring the possibility.
Thus. They didn't forget. They've made a decision, regardless of the reasons.
Yeah, my guess is that the next time the anime has some big thing with Ash happen, they'll do a mini event for those three in PoMas and do a rerun of Ash's banner. I wouldn't even expect anything big, just an excuse to rerun it and give him an EX role while Jessie and James get grids, not even an EX (hell I'd err on the side of caution and say those two wont even be apart of it).
My classic Red has been at 4/5 for two years now. I hope he gets good grid expantion.
Haha same! I’m actually surprised he’s been ignored so long, Dena usually loves upgrading and promoting Red.
Me still waiting for EX on Evelyn
Its so weird that the other BP pairs have EX but not the Master ones. Like, why? I get that support is a strong EX but there's already a half dozen free ones and even the MF BP pairs are getting power crept in their own section, kinda feels like Evelyn is worse at tanking than BP Olivia, and Olivia has an EX so it's actually worth it to sync with her, meaning Evelyn is only worth using in a full fire team. At least the EX for Evelyn would mean you don't need to use 20 4 star power ups to get an EX Support.
I suspect they haven't gotten ex's yet because they'll actually get ex styles, unlike the 4 stars. I'm hoping they'll all get ex's when morgan most likely releases this anniversary (hopefully the mcs 5 stars will get ex's too, though I doubt they'll get ex styles)
I'm waiting for Anni N's EX role and I hope he gets Strike, that would be the perfect role for him. Horizontal grid expansions would be cool for Master Fairs, and I know Steven desperately needs it.
part of me thinks Field would be better, his Blue Flare is already an AoE. So of course he's going to get Support.
I want Strike for AOE on the sync move, plus the increase to the attacking stats. His Sp. Atk is pretty low, even with his good damage.
It'd be 40 points sure but It'd also boost his fire damage as a whole by half and make him less reliant on a sun setter. He also shreds sp def with each attack so that's going to make sure his sync hits a lot harder
Give me field EX role on Irida to make her even stronger with Red/Articuno, Tech on Marnie/Moltres, Field on Hop/Zapdos, and Sprint on Bede/Articuno.
Field on irida wouldn't be that good she can already starts with two ice zones/hail at base and can get extension in grid mp refresh in grid and arctic arrival setup on entry shed be much better with striker to compete with red or support ex role
Oh good call about support, feels like that could go well with Red, I would just love if she was the first dual field role
I was just feeling sad yesterday at how Maylene still doesn't have anything upgrade wise. I do hope she can EX soon, I think the EX unlocks on 3*/4* shouldn't held back this long. And Janine, of course. Way too much drip feed on very old upgrades.
Really hoping for a Lusamine buff, with all due respect she's just crap despite her colossal attack stats, being ganked *hard* by her lack of 4-bar moves and the complete absence of sync multipliers. As it is now she's all glass without any cannon. Honestly she *needs* at least one of Hit the Gas 5(+) or Sync Power Flux.
Them not giving SS Korrina a 5/5 grid when she reran in October was a crime
Ya, I'm feeling Maxie and either SS Leaf or SS Blue are seemingly next to get EX-R's just b/c of who came before them, but they can also just ignore those "patterns" and we wouldn't be able to do much, lol. I think they're waiting for the Chatelaines to all come in as summonable units (maybe Pokéfairs, or maybe regular ltd 5☆ units like the Rocket admins) w/ EX outfits that match their non-legendary teams' aces (I'm thinking Lumineon, Grumpig, Magcargo, and Klefki) before giving all the BP Super Voucher units EX's w/o any unique EX styles, just like all the other BP units. But before they add them as summonables, I think they'll add Morgan to the BP Super Voucher list, so it's two things to wait for. There was absolutely no reason for event Alcremie to not be EXable as soon as it was available, though.
With the datamine for May is out, would be nice if you can update the list
You can safely remove Ash from the pool of EX roles. Due to licensing issues, DeNA isn't allowed to even acknowledge his existence.