Colress (Masters)

Colress アクロマ Achroma
Colress's model
No.	160
English voice actor	Y. Chang[1]
Japanese voice actor	Kōji Yusa
Description	This scientist and former boss of Team Plasma spends all his days and nights researching how to bring out the potential of Pokémon.

Colress (Japanese: アクロマ Achroma) is a Pokémon Trainer in Pokémon Masters EX, based on the character of the same name in the core series games. He forms a sync pair with Klinklang. This sync pair was first made available on November 17, 2022. This pair can be raised to 6★ EX from the day it was released.

In the games

Klinklang

Raising this sync pair to 6★ EX will unlock Song Key 05021, which allows "Battle! (Colress) (Pokémon Masters EX Version)" to be played in the Jukebox.

			Type			Steel
			Move type			Steel
			Role			Tech
			Base Potential			★★★★★☆EX
Klinklang		Weakness			Ground
The gear with the red core is rotated at high speed for a rapid energy charge.
Stats		HP	Attack	Defense	Sp. Atk	Sp. Def	Speed
Lv. 140, Base Potential		628	331	205	390	192	312
Lv. 140, Max Potential		728	371	245	430	232	352
Mega Klinklang
Lv. 140, Base Potential		—	—	—	—	—	—
Lv. 140, Max Potential		—	—	—	—	—	—

Availability

Colress is available in the permanent sync pair scout pool. His offering rate was increased in the following sync pair scouts:

Moves

Name	Type	Category	Move gauge	Base Power	Max Power	Accuracy	Target	Description
Thunder Wave	Electric	Status	2	—	—	90%	An opponent	Leaves the target paralyzed.
Screech	Normal	Status	2	—	—	100%	An opponent	Lowers the target's Defense by two stat ranks.
Mirror Shot	Steel	Special	2	57	68	85%	An opponent	Has a chance (30%) of lowering the target's accuracy by one stat rank.
For Science!	None	Status	0 (1 use)	—	—	—	Allied side	Applies the Move Gauge Acceleration effect to the allied field of play. Raises the user's Defense and Sp. Def by four stat ranks.
Sync moves
Potential-Surpassing Gear Grind	Steel	Physical	—	200	240	—	An opponent	This attack's power increases when the target is paralyzed. (6★ EX effect: Sync move power will be multiplied by 1.5.)

Skills

Name	Description
Passive Skills
Ripple Effect 9	When a move used by the user's Pokémon lowers an opponent's stat, lowers the same stat for all opposing sync pairs instead.
Team Critical Shock 9	Raises the critical-hit rate of all allied sync pairs by one stat rank when the user's attack move is successful against a paralyzed opponent.
On a Roll 1	Raises the chance of lowering stat values with the additional effects of moves.
Theme Skills
Steel Tech	Raises allies' Attack and Sp. Atk by 24 when using Steel-type attacks. Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 24.
Unova Tech	Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 4. Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 7.
Villain Tech	Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 4. Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 7.
Glasses Tech	Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 5. Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 8.
Researcher Tech	Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by 5. Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 8.
Expedition Skills
Soothing ↑ 2	Raises the following discovery level by 2: • Soothing Crystal

Sync grid

Colress & Klinklang's sync grid is an expanded grid, made available when the sync pair was first released.

Appearances

Battle appearances

Colress & Klinklang can be battled against in:

• Villain Arc: Galar: A Millennium into the Future (as a side foe)
• Extreme battle event: Battle Unova's Best! (November 2 to 14, 2022)
• Daily Type Rotation: Type Team-Up (2023) (as a side foe; August 8 to 28, 2023)
• Academy events (since August 5, 2025)

Story appearances

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

• Villain Arc:
  • Unova: Team Plasma & Two Heroes
  • Galar: A Millennium into the Future
  • Paulo: The Path Forward
  • Final Chapter: Where Ideals Cross Paths
• Arceus Arc: Prelude: Mysterious Stones Chapter: The Echo of a Deity's Voice
• Story events:
  • Galar's Poké Ball Enthusiast
  • Mechanized—Love and Solitude
  • Researcher and Seeker
  • Golden Bonds on Pasio
• Neo Champions:
  • A Pure and Touching Heart
  • A Touching Sepia-Toned Song

Sync pair stories

• A Day with Colress

Quotes

Main article: Colress/Quotes → Pokémon Masters EX

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!	Colress's sync move mindscape (Plasma Frigate, Helm)

Trivia

• Colress is the only character with the Unova theme skill to form a Steel-type sync pair.
  • Upon his release, Unova became the second region in Pokémon Masters EX to have a sync pair of every type, behind Sinnoh.
• All versions of Colress use special voice-over lines upon entering a team that contains certain Trainers (regardless of their partner Pokémon). Those Trainers include Nate, Rosa, and Ghetsis.
  • Colress also uses special voice-over lines upon winning a battle with Nate or Rosa in the same team.

Origin

Colress's design is based on his appearance in Pokémon Black 2 and White 2. Klinklang is Colress's signature Pokémon in the core series games. Klinklang's Dex entry comes from Pokémon White.

In other languages

References

Related articles

Team Plasma
P2 Laboratory • N's Castle • Plasma Frigate
King		Mastermind		Acting leader
N (Masters)		Ghetsis (Masters)		Colress ()
Seven Sages
Zinzolin • Gorm • Bronius • Ghetsis • Giallo • Ryoku • Rood
Other members
Anthea and Concordia • Shadow Triad • Team Plasma Grunts
In other media
Pokémon the Series: N • Aldith • Barret • Schwarz and Weiss Pokémon Adventures: N • Whitley • Whitley's mom Other manga: Togari (Fire and Thunder)

This game character article is part of Project CharacterDex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each character found in the Pokémon games.