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Artwork of the Battle Agency from Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon

The Battle Agency (Japanese: バトルエージェント Battle Agent) is a battle facility located on Festival Plaza. It was introduced in Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

Challenge

The Battle Agency is a facility where a challenger uses a borrowed Pokémon and battle along with visitors in the Festival Plaza. During a challenge, the player is an agent and has a grade that determines the level and strength of their Pokémon. An agent's grade increases with the number of successful challenges.

Battles will be three-on-three in Single Battle format. Before beginning, the player can borrow one Pokémon from a selection of three possibilities shown on the screen behind the reception desk. The other two Pokémon come from other Trainers in the Festival Plaza and are based on the Pokémon they are currently borrowing. The player must invite two Trainers to form a team of three. In the instance when there are no more available Trainers in the player's Festival Plaza to choose from, or if the player decides not to choose both players from the Plaza, random Festival Fans will be generated to be fill up the remaining one or two spaces on the player's team. Their Pokémon will be set as grade 0.

Each challenge consists of three battles against programs simulating Battle Tree Trainers. The Trainers that can appear are the same ones who would be eligible to appear with a consecutive Battle Tree win streak equal to the agent's current grade, except that Battle Legends and other famous Trainers will never appear in the Battle Agency, apart from its own unique bosses. Agents are awarded Festival Coins (abbreviated as FC) based on the number of wins, with a minimum participation prize of 5 FC. The agent is allowed to borrow new Pokémon or switch teammates in the middle of a challenge. If the agent loses and restarts the challenge within the same day, they will battle against the exact same Trainers and teams as before. However, the Trainers in the Battle Agency are reset once midnight has passed. Additionally, if the agent loses against Sophocles prior to the interlude that introduces Episode RR, but proceeds to view that interlude and restarts the challenge within the same day, the battle against Sophocles is replaced by a battle against a replica of Giovanni, and a different team, once the agent reaches that point.

The three Pokémon that may be borrowed from the screen are shuffled after each successful challenge, at the start of the next day, or if agent uses a Switcheroo facility in Festival Plaza. If the agent has already borrowed a Pokémon, they can continue to use it even after the Pokémon have been shuffled for one of these reasons, but if a successful challenge causes their grade to increase, they lose access to the previously selected rental Pokémon and are required to borrow a new one from the reshuffled screen, and choose their two teammates again. If the screen is shuffled by using the Switcheroo facility, certain Pokémon sets are guaranteed not to appear in the selection: if the player's grade is less than 50 and there is a weather or terrain condition in effect for the day, a curated list of Pokémon that do not synergize well with that condition are removed from the random drawing. If the field is clear, or if the player's grade has already reached 50 regardless of condition, then the excluded sets are mostly defensive-minded sets, such as those that rely on Toxic to deal damage.

If the player has not yet obtained the Key Stone supplement to their Z-Power Ring by beating Dexio in Poni Plains, then any Pokémon on the screen that would normally have its Mega Stone will be shown without an item instead, and if the agent chooses to borrow that Pokémon, it will not be able to Mega Evolve in battle. The agent's teammates, including nameless Festival Fans, can have Pokémon equipped with their Mega Stones even if the player doesn't have the Key Stone, and those Pokémon will still be able to Mega Evolve.

See also:

List of Battle Agency Pokémon

List of Battle Agency Trainers

Starting at grade 10, a battle setting may appear to further test an agent's ability. At the beginning of a battle, a certain weather effect or field effect may be added. As the agent's grade increases, the set of possible battle settings expands. The battle setting is reset at the beginning of each day or when new battle settings are unlocked.

Grades

An agent's grade directly determines the level of their borrowed Pokémon and the level of their opponents' Pokémon.

Bosses

At every 10 grades, starting from grade 9, a boss battle program will be loaded during the third battle of the last challenge. At grade 50, a boss will appear for the third battle every five challenges. If a boss is defeated, the agent will receive a Gold Bottle Cap at the reception desk.

Before starting Episode RR

Pokémon Trainer Sophocles Battle Agency Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Reward: 180-380 FC
# Pokémon Item Moves Nature EVs HP Attack Defense Sp. Atk Sp. Def Speed 0738 Vikavolt  Electrium Z Thunderbolt Mud Shot Flash Cannon Volt Switch Modest 252 - - 252 - - 0777 Togedemaru  Red Card Zing Zap Nuzzle Fell Stinger Poison Jab Adamant 252 252 - - - - 0466 Electivire  Expert Belt Wild Charge Earthquake Fire Punch Ice Punch Adamant 252 252 - - - - 0738 Vikavolt  Groundium Z Mud Shot Thunder Bug Buzz Guillotine Modest 252 - - 252 - - 0777 Togedemaru  Electrium Z Endeavor Zing Zap U-turn Spiky Shield Jolly - 252 - - - 252 0076 Golem  Air Balloon Wild Charge Double-Edge Rock Blast Earthquake Brave 252 252 - - - - 0462 Magnezone  Bright Powder Thunder Flash Cannon Magnet Rise Thunder Wave Timid - - - 252 - 252 0076 Golem  Weakness Policy Rock Slide Earthquake Explosion Rock Polish Jolly - 252 - - - 252 0462 Magnezone  Assault Vest Thunderbolt Flash Cannon Tri Attack Volt Switch Modest 252 - - 252 - - 0466 Electivire  Life Orb Wild Charge Feint Ice Punch Cross Chop Adamant 252 252 - - - -

After starting Episode RR

Pokémon Trainer Giovanni Battle Agency Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Reward: 180-380 FC
# Pokémon Item Moves Nature EVs HP Attack Defense Sp. Atk Sp. Def Speed 0105 Marowak  Red Card Bone Rush Double Kick Endeavor Smack Down Sassy 252 - - - 252 - 0103 Exeggutor  Petaya Berry Psyshock Grass Knot Light Screen Synthesis Mild - - - 170 170 170 0051 Dugtrio  Bright Powder Fissure Toxic Substitute Sandstorm Timid 252 - - - - 252 0105 Marowak  Thick Club Earthquake Stone Edge Brick Break Brutal Swing Jolly - 252 - - - 252 0115 Kangaskhan  Kangaskhanite Fake Out Facade Rock Slide Sucker Punch Jolly - 252 - - - 252 0103 Exeggutor  Grassium Z Leaf Storm Psychic Sludge Bomb Grassy Terrain Modest 252 - - 252 - - 0130 Gyarados  Wacan Berry Dragon Dance Waterfall Ice Fang Earthquake Jolly - 252 - - - 252 0059 Arcanine  White Herb Overheat Sunny Day Solar Beam Extreme Speed Timid - - - 252 - 252 0115 Kangaskhan  Kangaskhanite Fake Out Double-Edge Earthquake Sucker Punch Jolly - 252 - - - 252 0130 Gyarados  Gyaradosite Dragon Dance Waterfall Stone Edge Crunch Jolly - 252 - - - 252 0059 Arcanine  Fightinium Z Close Combat Flare Blitz Crunch Extreme Speed Jolly - 252 - - - 252

Items

Item		Location	Games
	Rare Candy	From the receptionist each time after going up a grade, until grade 9	US  UM
	Gold Bottle Cap	From the receptionist each time after defeating a boss	US  UM
	Rare Candy ×2	From the receptionist each time after going up a grade, until grade 49	US  UM
	Agent Sunglasses	From the receptionist after going up to grade 30	US  UM
	Rare Candy ×5	From the receptionist after going up to grade 50	US  UM
	Rare Candy	From the receptionist each time after successfully completing a challenge at grade 50	US  UM

Episode RR

During Team Rainbow Rocket's takeover of Festival Plaza during the prologue to Episode RR, the player is forced to battle a Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt at the Battle Agency. In this battle, the player and their teammates will be treated as having a grade of 0 regardless of what they would normally be, hence all Pokémon in this battle will be level 50. The Grunt always uses the same three Pokémon, which otherwise don't appear anywhere in the Battle Tree or Battle Agency, but they may be sent out in a random order.

Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt Battle Agency Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon
# Pokémon Item Moves Nature EVs HP Attack Defense Sp. Atk Sp. Def Speed 0020 Raticate  Oran Berry Super Fang Quick Attack Bite Focus Energy Modest - - 252 252 - - 0024 Arbok  Lum Berry Poison Sting Bite Glare Wrap Mild - - 252 252 - - 0042 Golbat  Rocky Helmet Screech Bite Wing Attack Toxic Quiet - - - 252 252 -

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 代理人對戰 Doihléihyàhn Deuijin Mandarin 代理人對戰 / 代理人对战 Dàilǐrén Duìzhàn French Agence de Combat German Kampfagentur Italian Agenzia Lotta Korean 배틀에이전트 Battle Agent Russian Агентство Сражений Agentstvo Srazheniy Spanish Agencia de Combate

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