Sky Battle

A Sky Battle (Japanese: Sky Battle) is a type of Pokémon battle exclusive to . Sky Battles consist of two Pokémon battling each other in the air instead of on land or sea. However, because of this, only certain types and certain Pokémon with the Ability are eligible for Sky Battles.
==In the games==
Sky Battles were only introduced in Pokémon X and Y; however, there is game artwork from the Pocket Monsters Carddass Trading Cards that features a Pokémon Sky Battle (Japanese: Pokémon Sky Battle).
At certain points in the game, the player can encounter s on top of cliffs or other distant areas who will challenge them to a Sky Battle. All Sky Battles are optional, since the player may not have any eligible Pokémon to use. If all eligible Pokémon in the battle faint, the player will black out, but will resume the game standing where they were before battle. In this event, the Sky Trainer is unable to be re-challenged or even spoken to, even if the player's eligible Pokémon are restored, until the player exits and reenters the area.
===Eligible Pokémon===
Most Pokémon and Pokémon with the Ability are eligible for Sky Battles. If a Pokémon can have Levitate as one of multiple Abilities and is not Flying-type, it will only be eligible if it has Levitate (this affects only , and ). Pokémon do not lose eligibility even if they are holding an item like Iron Ball, and cannot gain eligibility by holding an item like Air Balloon. Eligibility is determined before the battle starts, so Pokémon that must first Mega Evolve to become Flying-type or have Levitate are not eligible. Eligibility cannot be changed in-battle, and will be unaffected by a Pokémon becoming grounded due to any in-battle effect, such as Mega Evolution, a held item change, or a move like or .
Certain Flying types and Pokémon with Levitate are ineligible for Sky Battles, such as and . These Pokémon are not shown flying or hovering in normal battles.
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===Ineligible Flying or Levitating Pokémon===
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===Prohibited moves===
Certain moves are not permitted to be used in Sky Battles. If a Pokémon's only usable moves are prohibited, the Pokémon will use if it attempts to attack. If one of these moves is called by or , a message will appear saying that it won't work well in Sky Battles.
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==Locations of Sky Battles==
===Kalos Route 8===
===Kalos Route 9===
===Kalos Route 11===
===Azure Bay===
===Kalos Route 16===
===Frost Cavern===
===Kalos Route 17===
===Kalos Route 18===
===Kalos Route 19===
==In animation==
===Pokémon the Series===
During Sky Battles, Trainers take to the air using special suits so they can fly alongside their Pokémon. Unlike the , in which certain types or Pokémon with are restricted, Sky Battles appear to be open to any Pokémon which has the ability to fly; both and took part in , which cannot participate in the games. Hawlucha also used , a move which is prohibited in the games, although it missed.
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Sky Battles were featured in Battles in the Sky!. An expert Sky Trainer called Moria was seen defeating another Sky Trainer's with her . Later, challenged Moria to a Sky Battle, wanting to use his against Talonflame. Although Moria accepted the offer, Talonflame was shown being unwilling to battle against its pre-evolved form, forcing Ash to use his instead. Even through Hawlucha tried its best, it was defeated rather easily. After that, showed up, trying to steal Talonflame, but were soon defeated. Afterwards, Talonflame, being thankful for Ash's Fletchling for saving it, accepted Fletchling's battle challenge. Even though Fletchling was almost defeated by Talonflame's , it evolved into a and learned partway through the battle, allowing Ash to gain the victory.
==In the manga==
===Pokémon Adventures===
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Sky Battles first appeared in Burning Fletchinder. While flying on a helicopter, , , , , , and Cassius were attacked by a group of Sky Trainers led by Yvette. Commanding a herd of , they attacked the helicopter with , forcing Y to go out and battle with them. Y flew away from the helicopter to prevent it from being attacked, but Yvette caught up to her and started to bully her, while her Vivillon battled Fletchy. Y finally fought back as Fletchy evolved into , who defeated Vivillon with . At the same time, X and the others saw Celosia's , realizing that all the Sky Trainers were under its mind control. After X had Élec defeat it with , the Sky Trainers were freed from its control and were carried to the ground by the Vivillon.
==Trivia==
* 12 of the 18 types lose at least one move in Sky Battles. The only types whose moves are all allowed in Sky Battles are the , , , , , and types.
* Five Pokémon lose their eligibility to participate in Sky Battles by evolution or form change: , , , Altered Forme, and .
* The only Flying/Levitating Pokémon that does not stand on the ground in battle yet cannot participate in Sky Battles is Mega , due to its non-Mega Evolved form needing to be in battle first.
==In other languages==
==Related articles==
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Category:Game mechanics
Category:Battle variations
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