Samson Oak (Masters)

Samson Oak ナリヤ・オーキド Nariya Ohkido
Samson Oak's model
No.	232
English voice actor	Joe J. Thomas[1]
Japanese voice actor	Ken'ichi Ogata
Description	This researcher from Alola studies regional variants and is the cousin of Professor Oak from the Kanto region. He's also rumored to be skilled at Mantine Surfing.

Samson Oak (Japanese: ナリヤ・オーキド Nariya Ohkido) 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 Alolan Exeggutor, which is capable of Dynamaxing. This pair was made available through a variety sync pair scout beginning on June 17, 2025. This pair can be raised to 6★ EX since first released.

In the games

Exeggutor (Alola Form)

			Type			Dragon
			Move types			Dragon / Grass
			Role			Support
			EX Role			Field
			Base Potential			★★★★★☆EX
Exeggutor ♂		Weakness			Poison
Exeggutor is the pride of the Alolan people. Its image is carved into historical buildings and murals.
Stats		HP	Attack	Defense	Sp. Atk	Sp. Def	Speed
Lv. 140, Base Potential		650	336	297	224	297	268
Lv. 140, Max Potential		810	376	357	264	357	348
Mega Exeggutor
Lv. 140, Base Potential		—	—	—	—	—	—
Lv. 140, Max Potential		—	—	—	—	—	—

Availability

Samson Oak 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:

Moves

Name	Type	Category	Move gauge	Base Power	Max Power	Accuracy	Target	Description
Bullet Seed	Grass	Physical	2	15	18	100%	An opponent	Attacks the target two to five times in a row.
Sitrus Berry	None	Status	0 (3 uses)	—	—	—	An ally	Restores an ally's HP by approximately 20% of its maximum HP.
Taaaaaall Dragon Hammer	Dragon	Physical	2	200	240	100%	An opponent	Activation Condition: When the user's Physical Moves ↑ Next effect is rank two or higher. Deactivation Condition: When the user's Physical Moves ↑ Next effect is rank one or lower. Leaves the target confused. Leaves the target paralyzed.
How Interesting!	None	Status	0 (1 use)	—	—	—	All allies	Raises the Attack and Sp. Atk of all allied sync pairs by two stat ranks. Raises the critical-hit rate of all allied sync pairs by three stat ranks.
Sync moves
Big Wave–Riding Researcher Dragon Impact	Dragon	Physical	—	250	300	—	An opponent	(6★ EX effect: The sync buff is doubled the first time a sync move is used.) (EX role effect: Implements the following field effect just before the user's sync move is used the first time each battle. Extends the field effect duration only that time. • Dragon Zone)
Max moves
Max Overgrowth	Grass	Physical	0 (1 use)	400	480	—	An opponent	Turns the field of play's terrain into Grassy Terrain.
Max Wyrmwind	Dragon	Physical	0 (1 use)	400	480	—	An opponent	Lowers the Attack of all opposing sync pairs by two stat ranks.

Skills

Name	Description
Passive Skills
Blazing Sunlight Transformation	Restores one MP of the user's moves that have the Berry effect tag when it uses Sitrus Berry while the weather is sunny. Has a chance (50%) of restoring one MP of the user's moves that have the Berry effect tag when it uses Sitrus Berry while the weather is not sunny.
Advantageous Abundance	Grants all of the following effects when the user uses Sitrus Berry: Makes opponents target the user for a short time. Applies the Take Next "All" Move effect to the user. Increases the user's Physical Moves ↑ Next effect by two ranks.
Max Move: Dragon Zone	Turns the field of play's zone into a Dragon Zone after using the user's max move. (A Dragon Zone powers up Dragon-type attacks.)
Exclusive Lucky Skills
Move Gauge Refresh 3	Has a chance (40%) of charging the user's move gauge by one when its move is successful.
Theme Skills
Dragon Support	Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 60.
Alola Support	Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 13.
Sunglasses Support	Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 15.
Researcher Support	Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 15.
Nature Lover Support	Raises the maximum HP of all allied sync pairs by 15.
Expedition Skills
Wistful ↑ 2	Raises the following discovery level by 2: Wistful Crystal

Sync grid

The sync grid for Samson Oak & Exeggutor is an expanded grid, made available since the pair first released.

Appearances

Battle appearances

Samson Oak & Exeggutor can be battled against in:

• Costume event: Trouble at the Alola Fair (June 11 to 30, 2025)
• Samson Presents: Delightful Missions (June 17 to July 2, 2025)
• Academy events (since August 5, 2025)

Story appearances

Samson Oak appears in his normal outfit in the following story areas:

• Costume event: Trouble at the Alola Fair
• Solo event: Make Waves to the Future

Sync pair stories

• A Day with Samson Oak

Quotes

Main article: Samson Oak/Quotes → Pokémon Masters EX

Gallery

VS model (dragon colors)	6★ model (dragon colors)	6★ model (EX colors)	VS model (EX colors)	Samson Oak's sync move mindscape (Malie Library)
Trainer emote Nice!	Trainer emote Watch out!	Trainer emote Let's do this!	Trainer emote Thanks!	Trouble at the Alola Fair artwork

Trivia

• Samson Oak & Exeggutor's passive skill Blazing Sunlight Transformation likely references Exeggutor's ability Harvest.
• Samson Oak shares his English and Japanese voice actors with his cousin Professor Oak.
• All versions of Samson Oak use special voice-over lines upon entering a team that contains certain Trainers (regardless of their partner Pokémon). Those Trainers include Agatha, Professor Oak, Grimsley, Clemont, Elio, and Selene.
  • Samson Oak also uses special voice-over lines upon winning a battle with Professor Oak or Elio in the same team.

Origin

Samson Oak's design is based on his appearance in Pokémon Sun, Moon, Ultra Sun, and Ultra Moon. Samson Oak is seen using an Alolan Exeggutor in Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon. Alolan Exeggutor's Dex entry comes from Pokémon Ultra Sun.

In other languages

References

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.