Battle Agency

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 at 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 of Battle Tree Trainers. 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, they will battle against the exact same Trainers and teams. However, the Trainers in the Battle Agency are reset at the start of the next day.

The three Pokémon that may be borrowed is shuffled after each successful challenge, at the start of the next day, or if agent uses a Switcheroo facility in Festival Plaza. The agent is only required to reselect Pokémon and teammates upon going up a grade.

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 Episode RR

Pokémon Trainer Sophocles Battle Agency Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Reward: 180-380 FC

Types: Rock Electric Ability: Magnet Pull or Sturdy Held item: Air Balloon Golem♂/♀ Lv.59-100 Wild Charge Electric Physical   --       Double-Edge Normal Physical   --       Rock Blast Rock Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Types: Rock Electric Ability: Magnet Pull or Sturdy Held item: Weakness Policy Golem♂/♀ Lv.59-100 Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Explosion Normal Physical   --       Rock Polish Rock Status   --       Types: Electric Steel Ability: Magnet Pull or Sturdy Held item: Bright Powder Magnezone Lv.59-100 Thunder Electric Special   --       Flash Cannon Steel Special   --       Magnet Rise Electric Status   --       Thunder Wave Electric Status   --       Types: Electric Steel Ability: Magnet Pull or Sturdy Held item: Assault Vest Magnezone Lv.59-100 Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Flash Cannon Steel Special   --       Tri Attack Normal Special   --       Volt Switch Electric Special   --       Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Motor Drive or Vital Spirit Held item: Expert Belt Electivire♂/♀ Lv.59-100 Wild Charge Electric Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Fire Punch Fire Physical   --       Ice Punch Ice Physical   --       Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Motor Drive or Vital Spirit Held item: Life Orb Electivire♂/♀ Lv.59-100 Wild Charge Electric Physical   --       Feint Normal Physical   --       Ice Punch Ice Physical   --       Cross Chop Fighting Physical   --       Types: Bug Electric Ability: Levitate Held item: Electrium Z Vikavolt♂/♀ Lv.59-100 Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Mud Shot Ground Special   --       Flash Cannon Steel Special   --       Volt Switch Electric Special   --       Types: Bug Electric Ability: Levitate Held item: Groundium Z Vikavolt♂/♀ Lv.59-100 Mud Shot Ground Special   --       Thunder Electric Special   --       Bug Buzz Bug Special   --       Guillotine Normal Physical   --       Types: Electric Steel Ability: Iron Barbs or Lightning Rod Held item: Red Card Togedemaru♂/♀ Lv.59-100 Zing Zap Electric Physical   --       Nuzzle Electric Physical   --       Fell Stinger Bug Physical   --       Poison Jab Poison Physical   --       Types: Electric Steel Ability: Iron Barbs or Lightning Rod Held item: Electrium Z Togedemaru♂/♀ Lv.59-100 Endeavor Normal Physical   --       Zing Zap Electric Physical   --       U-turn Bug Physical   --       Spiky Shield Grass Status   --

After Episode RR

Pokémon Trainer Giovanni Battle Agency Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Reward: 180-380 FC

Type: Ground Unknown Ability: Sand Veil or Arena Trap Held item: Bright Powder Dugtrio♂/♀ Lv.59-100 Fissure Ground Physical   --       Toxic Poison Status   --       Substitute Normal Status   --       Sandstorm Rock Status   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Intimidate or Flash Fire Held item: White Herb Arcanine♂/♀ Lv.59-100 Overheat Fire Special   --       Sunny Day Fire Status   --       Solar Beam Grass Special   --       Extreme Speed Normal Physical   --       Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Intimidate or Flash Fire Held item: Fightinium Z Arcanine♂/♀ Lv.59-100 Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Flare Blitz Fire Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Extreme Speed Normal Physical   --       Types: Grass Psychic Ability: Chlorophyll or Harvest Held item: Petaya Berry Exeggutor♂/♀ Lv.59-100 Psyshock Psychic Special   --       Grass Knot Grass Special   --       Light Screen Psychic Status   --       Synthesis Grass Status   --       Types: Grass Psychic Ability: Chlorophyll or Harvest Held item: Grassium Z Exeggutor♂/♀ Lv.59-100 Leaf Storm Grass Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Grassy Terrain Grass Status   --       Type: Ground Unknown Ability: Rock Head or Lightning Rod Held item: Red Card Marowak♂/♀ Lv.59-100 Bone Rush Ground Physical   --       Double Kick Fighting Physical   --       Endeavor Normal Physical   --       Smack Down Rock Physical   --       Type: Ground Unknown Ability: Rock Head or Lightning Rod Held item: Thick Club Marowak♂/♀ Lv.59-100 Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Brutal Swing Dark Physical   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Early Bird or Scrappy Held item: Kangaskhanite Kangaskhan♀ Lv.59-100 Fake Out Normal Physical   --       Facade Normal Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Early Bird or Scrappy Held item: Kangaskhanite Kangaskhan♀ Lv.59-100 Fake Out Normal Physical   --       Double-Edge Normal Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Types: Water Flying Ability: Intimidate or Moxie Held item: Wacan Berry Gyarados♂/♀ Lv.59-100 Dragon Dance Dragon Status   --       Waterfall Water Physical   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Types: Water Flying Ability: Intimidate or Moxie Held item: Gyaradosite Gyarados♂/♀ Lv.59-100 Dragon Dance Dragon Status   --       Waterfall Water Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --

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.

Team Rainbow Rocket Grunt Battle Agency Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon Reward: N/A

Type: Normal Unknown Ability: Run Away or Guts Held item: Oran Berry Raticate♂/♀ Lv.50 Super Fang Normal Physical   --       Quick Attack Normal Physical   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Focus Energy Normal Status   --       Type: Poison Unknown Ability: Intimidate or Shed Skin Held item: Lum Berry Arbok♂/♀ Lv.50 Poison Sting Poison Physical   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Glare Normal Status   --       Wrap Normal Physical   --       Types: Poison Flying Ability: Inner Focus or Infiltrator Held item: Rocky Helmet Golbat♂/♀ Lv.50 Screech Normal Status   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       Wing Attack Flying Physical   --       Toxic Poison Status   --

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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