Proton (Masters)

Proton ランス Lance
Proton's model
No.	180
English voice actor	Clifford Chapin[1]
Japanese voice actor	Shō Okumura
Description	This executive is often labeled the scariest and cruelest in Team Rocket. His passion for missions and loyalty to the organization are strong. With his polite demeanor and good looks, he is popular among the female members.

Proton (Japanese: ランス Lance) 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 Golbat. This pair can be obtained through a limited variety sync pair scout beginning on September 6, 2023. This pair can be raised to 6★ EX since it first released.

In the games

Golbat

			Type			Flying
			Move type			Flying
			Role			Support
			EX Role			Tech
			Base Potential			★★★★★☆EX
Golbat ♂		Weakness			Ice
Every once in a while, you'll see a Golbat that's missing some fangs. This happens when hunger drives it to try biting a Steel-type Pokémon.
Stats		HP	Attack	Defense	Sp. Atk	Sp. Def	Speed
Lv. 140, Base Potential		650	200	273	200	288	288
Lv. 140, Max Potential		810	260	333	260	348	328
Mega Golbat
Lv. 140, Base Potential		—	—	—	—	—	—
Lv. 140, Max Potential		—	—	—	—	—	—

Availability

Proton is exclusive to variety scouts. His offering rate was increased in the following sync pair scouts:

He was also available in the following sync pair scouts:

Proton could also be scouted in the Team Rocket Executive Guaranteed Ticket Scout available from September 6 to October 27, 2023, which players could receive one ticket for as a log-in bonus starting from September 11, 2023.

Moves

Name	Type	Category	Move gauge	Base Power	Max Power	Accuracy	Target	Description
Confuse Ray	Ghost	Status	2	—	—	100%	An opponent	Leaves the target confused.
X Sp. Def All	None	Status	0 (2 uses)	—	—	—	All allies	Raises the Sp. Def of all allied sync pairs by two stat ranks.
Air Slash	Flying	Special	2	45	54	95%	An opponent	Has a chance (30%) of making the target flinch.
I'll Show You Wrath!	None	Status	0 (2 use)	—	—	—	All allies	Raises the Speed, accuracy, and critical-hit rate of all allied sync pairs by one stat rank. Increases the Special Moves ↑ Next effect of all allied sync pairs by one rank.
Sync moves
Scariest and Cruelest Flying Beam	Flying	Special	—	250	300	—	An opponent	(6★ EX effect: The stat increase after a sync move doubles once per battle.) (EX role effect: Sync move power will be multiplied by 1.5.)

Skills

Name	Description
Passive Skills
Proton's Plan	Charges the user's move gauge by one when its move is successful. Charges the user's move gauge by one when it is hit by an attack move.
All Ramped Up 1	Raises the Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by one stat rank when the user's move is successful.
Stop Hitting Yourself 5	Raises the chance that an opponent will attack themselves due to being confused.
Theme Skills
Flying Support	Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 60.
Johto Support	Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 13.
Villain Support	Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 13.
Expedition Skills
Rare ↑ 2 Fiery ↓ 1 Soothing ↓ 1	Raises the following discovery level by 2: • Rare Cache Lowers the following discovery levels by 1: • Fiery Crystal • Soothing Crystal

Sync grid

The sync grid for Proton & Golbat is an expanded grid, made available since the pair first released.

Appearances

Battle appearances

Proton & Golbat can be battled against in:

• Villain Arc: Johto: Team Rocket's Revival
• Special battle event: Take On Team Rocket! (January 9 to 27, 2025)

Story appearances

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

• Villain Arc:
  • Johto: Team Rocket's Revival
  • Hoenn: Delta of Land, Sea, and Sky
  • Unova: Team Plasma & Two Heroes
  • Kalos: Team Flare Flares Up
  • Final Chapter: Where Ideals Cross Paths
• Trainer Files: Kanto Elite Four (Part 2)

Sync pair stories

• A Day with Proton

Quotes

Main article: Proton/Quotes → Pokémon Masters EX

Gallery

VS model (Normal colors)	6★ model (Normal colors)	6★ model (EX colors)	VS model (EX colors)	Proton's sync move mindscape (Slowpoke Well)
Trainer emote Nice!	Trainer emote Watch out!	Trainer emote Let's do this!	Trainer emote Thanks!	Artwork of Johto chapter of the Villain Arc

Trivia

• In his sync pair story, Proton reveals that he caught his Golbat as a Zubat.

Origin

Proton's design is based on his appearance in Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver. Golbat is a Pokémon that Proton uses when battling the player at the Goldenrod Radio Tower. Golbat's Dex entry comes from Pokémon Ultra Sun.

In other languages

References

Related articles

Team Rocket
Rocket Game Corner • Team Rocket Hideout • Viridian Gym • Team Rocket HQ • Rocket Warehouse
Boss	Admins
Giovanni (Masters • Pocket Monsters)	Archer (Masters)	Ariana (Masters)	Petrel (Masters)	Proton ()
Other members
Jessie (Masters) • James (Masters) • Meowth • Team Rocket Grunts (Rocket Siblings) • Scientists (Gideon) Grey (Golden Boys) • Kaede (How I Became a Pokémon Card)
See also: Pokémon the Series • Adventures • Team GO Rocket • Team Rainbow Rocket

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.