Ryuki (Masters)

Ryuki (Japanese: リュウキ Ryūki) is a Pokémon Trainer in Pokémon Masters EX, based on the character of the same name in the core series . He forms a sync pair with . This sync pair was first made available on November 4, 2023, and has been able to be raised to since it was first released.
==In the games==
Ryuki is a rock musician who travels the world with the goal of becoming an overseas sensation. No one bought his music at first, and he had to scrape by with the money he earned from Pokémon battles, but his Pokémon supported him through that time. He is known to have traveled to Johto, Unova, and Alola before coming to Pasio. His singing style is inspired by the cries of dragon Pokémon, and includes lots of passionate shouting. He loves all his Pokémon dearly, having fallen in love with them all at first sight. He's a bit reckless, often rushing headlong into things.
On Pasio, he is aiming for the top. He has met many specialists, and he enjoys talking about dragon Pokémon with them. He learned that Scottie/Bettie is very popular among them, which made him want to become friends with Scottie/Bettie as well. He considers meeting the player his awesomest memory on Pasio, and he wants to write a song about it.
===In events===
Ryuki first appears in the story event Summer Superstars, where he competes in the Sync Pair Music Festival with and . Their team makes it to the finals, where they compete against the team consisting of , , and the player. Ryuki is impressed by Lyra's , which performs a rock version of its song inspired by Ryuki's music. Ultimately, Lear declares the player's team to be the winners, while Ryuki's team gets the second-place prize: a statue of Lear sculpted from a rare ore. After seeing Steven marvel over the ore the statue is made of, Ryuki and his teammates decide to give the statue to Steven.
Ryuki also makes a brief appearance in the story event Champion Time, where he runs into Roxie and on the streets of Pasio. After a crowd forms and starts calling for the three of them to have a jam session, Ryuki encourages Piers to give the crowd what they want. Roxie and Piers agree, and the three singers perform a song together.
Ryuki has a major role in the story event Who's the Best Singer?. After he performs a live concert with and , some of their fans get into an argument about whose music is the best. This gives Ryuki the idea to hold another live concert that's a competition to see who's the best musician. Ryuki, Roxie, and Piers decide they'll each form a band with two other people to make the concert battle more interesting.
Recalling the performance Lyra's Jigglypuff gave during the Sync Pair Music Festival, Ryuki seeks Lyra out and asks her to join his band for the concert. He invites his old teammate Lisia as well, but she's going to be filming for a TV show with Steven and the player that day, so she can't join him. As Ryuki wonders who else to invite, approaches him. He's a big fan of Ryuki's, and he introduces Ryuki to and her , who he thinks would compliment Ryuki's passionate shouting well. Cynthia agrees to join Ryuki's team, and the three of them begin practicing for the concert battle.
Later, Ryuki meets up with Roxie and Piers to discuss how things are going with their teams. Ryuki is surprised to learn that Roxie's Toxtricity was a gift from Piers, and Roxie wants to discuss something with the two of them. When the day of the concert battle arrives, Ryuki's team is the first to perform. Jigglypuff and Kommo-o's singing makes Ryuki's shouting more exciting, so the crowd loves it. After the votes are cast, Ryuki, Roxie, and Piers thank everyone for listening and cheering along. Then, they check the results of the votes. It turns out that all teams received an equal number of votes, so they're all winners. Then, Ryuki, Roxie, and Piers do the thing they discussed before: having all three teams perform one last song together.
===Pokémon===
The first Pokémon Ryuki is shown to own is his Turtonator, which he forms a sync pair with. He fell in love with him at first sight because of the star-shaped pattern on his back, as well as his shell's ability to explode when pressure is applied to it. Ryuki uses this ability to fire up the crowd during his shows. The deep bass of Turtonator's explosions complement Ryuki's singing, and they reverberate through to the heart. Ryuki occasionally finds items after Turtonator lets loose with a blast.
He alludes to having other Pokémon, but nothing is known about them.
==Turtonator==
===Availability===
Ryuki is available in the permanent sync pair scout pool. His/Her offering rate was increased in the following sync pair scouts:
===Moves===
Name 	 	 	Move gauge	Base	Max 	 	Target 	Description
 	 	3 	136 	163 	90% 	An opponent 	Lowers the user's Sp. Atk by two stat ranks. 	
 	 	3(2 uses)	200 	240 	100 	All opponents 	The user takes up a counterattacking posture. Using this move again will cause the user to leave this posture. No other actions can be taken while in this posture. The user will leave this posture if hit by a physical attack move while it is in this counterattacking posture, then attack all opposing sync pairs.	
 	 	3 	136 	163 	90% 	An opponent 	Lowers the user's Sp. Atk by two stat ranks. 	
Pour My Soul! 	0(2 uses)	— 	— 	— 	Self	Raises the user's Sp. Atk and critical-hit rate by two stat ranks. Increases the user's Special Moves ↑ Next effect by one rank.	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Fiery Spirit Dragon Beam	 	— 	200 	240 	— 	An opponent 	The more the user's Sp. Atk is raised, the greater the power of this attack.(6★ EX effect: Sync move power will be multiplied by 1.5.)(EX role effect: Sync moves will target all opposing sync pairs.) 	
===Skills===
Name 	Description
 	
Star Shout! 	Grants all of the following effects when the user uses Shell Trap:• Makes opponents target the user for a short time.• Applies the Damage Guard Next effect to the user. Increases the user's Special Moves ↑ Next effect by two ranks.
 	Restores the user's HP by approximately 90% of its maximum HP the first time it is in a pinch each battle.
 	Sp. Atk cannot be lowered.
 	
Dragon Tech 	Raises allies' Attack and Sp. Atk by 12 when using Dragon-type attacks.Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 12.
Alola Tech 	Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 1.Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 1.
Artistic Tech 	Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 2.Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 2.
Passionate Spirit Tech	Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 2.Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 2.
 	
Soothing ↑ 2 	Raises the following discovery level by 2:Soothing Crystal
===Sync grid===
The sync grid for Ryuki & Turtonator is an expanded grid, made available since the pair first released.
Name 	Effect 	Energy required	Sync orb required	Move level required
HP +10 	HP +10 	0 	5 	1
HP +10 	HP +10 	2 	24 	1
Defense +5 	Defense +5 	0 	5 	1
Defense +5 	Defense +5 	2 	24 	1
Defense +5 	Defense +5 	2 	24 	1
Defense +10 	Defense +10 	4 	48 	2
Sp. Atk +5 	Sp. Atk +5 	0 	5 	1
Sp. Atk +5 	Sp. Atk +5 	0 	5 	1
Sp. Atk +5 	Sp. Atk +5 	2 	24 	1
Sp. Atk +5 	Sp. Atk +5 	2 	24 	1
Sp. Atk +5 	Sp. Atk +5 	2 	24 	1
Sp. Def +5 	Sp. Def +5 	0 	5 	1
Sp. Def +5 	Sp. Def +5 	2 	24 	1
Speed +5 	Speed +5 	0 	5 	1
Speed +5 	Speed +5 	2 	24 	1
Speed +5 	Speed +5 	2 	24 	1
Speed +5 	Speed +5 	2 	24 	1
Draco Meteor: Power +3 	Draco Meteor: Power ↑ +3 	3 	36 	1
Draco Meteor: Power +3 	Draco Meteor: Power ↑ +3 	3 	36 	1
Draco Meteor: Power +3 	Draco Meteor: Power ↑ +3 	3 	36 	1
Draco Meteor: Power +3 	Draco Meteor: Power ↑ +3 	3 	36 	2
Draco Meteor: Accuracy +10 	Draco Meteor: Accuracy ↑ +10 	5 	60 	2
Draco Meteor: 	Has a chance (40%) of charging the user's move gauge by one when a move is successful. 	7 	84 	2
Shell Trap: Power +3 	Shell Trap: Power ↑ +3 	3 	36 	1
Shell Trap: Power +3 	Shell Trap: Power ↑ +3 	3 	36 	1
Shell Trap: Power +3 	Shell Trap: Power ↑ +3 	3 	36 	2
Shell Trap: Power +3 	Shell Trap: Power ↑ +3 	3 	36 	2
Shell Trap: 	Has a chance (40%) of charging the user's move gauge by one when a move is successful. 	7 	84 	2
Shell Trap: 	The more the user's Sp. Atk is raised, the more it powers up the user's moves. 	10 	120 	2
Shell Trap: 	Increases the user's Special Moves ↑ Next effect by one rank when its move is successful.	10 	120 	3
Overheat: Power +3 	Overheat: Power ↑ +3 	3 	36 	1
Overheat: Power +3 	Overheat: Power ↑ +3 	3 	36 	1
Overheat: Power +3 	Overheat: Power ↑ +3 	3 	36 	1
Overheat: Power +3 	Overheat: Power ↑ +3 	3 	36 	2
Overheat: Accuracy +10 	Overheat: Accuracy ↑ +10 	5 	60 	2
Overheat: 	Has a chance (40%) of charging the user's move gauge by one when a move is successful. 	7 	84 	2
Overheat: 	Leaves the target burned when the user's attack move against it is successful. 	10 	120 	3
Pour My Soul!: 	Has a chance (30%) of restoring one MP of the user's move when that move is successful. 	7 	84 	2
 	Prevents the user from getting burned. 	5 	60 	1
 	Defense cannot be lowered. 	5 	60 	1
 	Raises the user's accuracy by one stat rank when it enters a battle. 	8 	96 	3
 	Powers up moves that are super effective. 	9 	108 	3
 	Powers up the user's sync moves that are super effective. 	10 	120 	3
 	Restores 1 MP for the user the first time its sync move is used each battle. 	10 	120 	3
 	Raises the user's critical-hit rate by one stat rank when it enters a battle. 	10 	120 	3
 	Protects the user against critical hits. 	10 	120 	3
Fiery Spirit Dragon Beam: Power +25	Fiery Spirit Dragon Beam: Power ↑ +25 	5 	60 	3
Fiery Spirit Dragon Beam: Power +25	Fiery Spirit Dragon Beam: Power ↑ +25 	5 	60 	3
==Appearances==
===Battle appearances===
Ryuki & Turtonator can be battled against in:
* Daily Type Rotation: (September 15 to October 6, 2024)
===Story appearances===
Ryuki appears in his normal outfit in the following story areas:
* Story events:
** Summer Superstars
** Champion Time
** Who's the Best Singer?
** Festive Sun and Moon
** Joyful Music with Everyone
* Academy Founding Chapter: Let's Make a School on Pasio
* Solo event: Whosawhatsit the Movie
===Sync pair stories===
* A Day with Ryuki
==Quotes==
==Gallery==
 	 	 	 	
VS model(Normal colors)	6★ model(Normal colors)	6★ model(EX colors) 	VS model(EX colors) 	
 	 	 	 	
Trainer emoteNice! 	Trainer emoteWatch out!	Trainer emoteLet's do this!	Trainer emoteThanks!	Ryuki's sync move mindscape()
==Trivia==
* Ryuki has the longest gap between his debut as an NPC and his release as a playable character of anyone based on a core series character in at . He first appeared as an NPC in the event Summer Superstars on July 31, 2020, and he became playable on November 4, 2023.
===Origin===
Ryuki's design is based on his appearance in . Turtonator is a Pokémon that Ryuki uses on all of his teams in the core series games. Turtonator's entry comes from Pokémon Ultra Sun.
==In other languages==
Pour My Soul!	
Fiery Spirit Dragon Beam
==References==
==Related articles==
Category:Dragon-type Trainers
Category:Musicians (characters)
Category:Masters EX characters with an EX style
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