Battle Arena

Battle Arena バトルアリーナ Battle Arena

"Let the toughest teams gather!"

Battles per round 7 Participating Pokémon 3 Arena Tycoon Greta Silver Guts Symbol Gold Guts Symbol Wins to obtain the Guts Symbol Silver 28 Gold 56

The Battle Arena (Japanese: バトルアリーナ Battle Arena) is a facility located with the Hoenn Battle Frontier.

Challenges

A match in the Battle Arena pits two Pokémon against one another for three rounds. If both Pokémon last all three rounds, they are rated on how they battled in three aspects, and the Pokémon with the higher score wins, and the losing Pokémon leaves battle. If they somehow tie, both Pokémon leave battle. A knockout results in an automatic win for the Pokémon that is still standing.

See also: List of Battle Frontier Trainers (Generation III)

Pokémon are scored on their mind, skill, and body. This is much like the Fallarbor Town Battle Tent rules. The Pokémon with the better rating in each category scores two points, while a tie will award one point to each Pokémon.

• Mind judges Pokémon on their offensive style. One point is awarded if an attack that deals damage is chosen for use (except Counter, Mirror Coat, and Bide, which do not award points, and Fake Out, which deducts one point), and one point is deducted if Protect, Detect, or Endure was chosen. All other moves do not award points. The Pokémon with the higher number of points wins the two points in the overall judgment.
• Skill judges Pokémon on accuracy. One point is awarded if an attack lands successfully, while two points are deducted if it does not, unless it was caused by Protect, Detect, Endure, or Fake Out, in which no points are deducted. The Pokémon with the higher number of points wins the two points in the overall judgment.
• Body judges the amount of HP remaining at the end of the third round compared to their amount at the start of the first. The Pokémon with the better ratio wins the two points in the overall judgment.

Battle Points

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Arena Tycoon

After 28 wins and 56 wins, Arena Tycoon Greta appears to challenge the player. On her defeat, she awards the player with the Guts Symbol.

Silver Symbol challenge

Arena Tycoon Greta Battle Arena Emerald Reward: 12BP

Types: Bug Fighting Ability: Swarm or Guts Held item: Salac Berry Heracross♂/♀ Lv.50, 60-100 Megahorn Bug   --       Rock Tomb Rock   --       Endure Normal   --       Reversal Fighting   --       Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Synchronize Held item: Leftovers Umbreon♂/♀ Lv.50, 60-100 Faint Attack Dark   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Body Slam Normal   --       Types: Bug Ghost Ability: Wonder Guard Held item: BrightPowder Shedinja Lv.50, 60-100 Shadow Ball Ghost   --       Return Normal   --       Aerial Ace Flying   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --

Gold Symbol challenge

Arena Tycoon Greta Battle Arena Emerald Reward: 13BP

Type: Dark Unknown Ability: Synchronize Held item: Chesto Berry Umbreon♂/♀ Lv.50, 60-100 Double-Edge Normal   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Confuse Ray Ghost   --       Rest Psychic   --       Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Levitate Held item: Leftovers Gengar♂/♀ Lv.50, 60-100 Psychic Psychic   --       Hypnosis Psychic   --       Dream Eater Psychic   --       Destiny Bond Ghost   --       Types: Grass Fighting Ability: Effect Spore Held item: Lum Berry Breloom♂/♀ Lv.50, 60-100 Focus Punch Fighting   --       Spore Grass   --       Giga Drain Grass   --       Headbutt Normal   --

Layout

Inside the Battle Arena	Hallway	Before battle in the Battle Arena

In the anime

The Battle Arena in the anime

In the anime, Ash challenged the Battle Arena, located near Saffron City, as his second facility, in Wheel of Frontier!. Before the match begins, a special wheel machine is used to determine if the match is 1-vs-1, 2-vs-2, or 3-vs-3.

Pokémon used in Battle Arena

Hariyama

Debut	Wheel of Frontier
Voice actors
Japanese	Unshō Ishizuka
English	Bill Rogers

Hariyama was the first Pokémon used by Greta in her battle with Ash, where it first battled with Ash's Grovyle. Despite that Grovyle managed to outmatch Hariyama in speed and deal some damage on it, Greta was finally able to use Grovyle's momentum as her own advantage, and land a critical hit on the Wood Gecko Pokémon, knocking it out.

Ash next used his Snorlax against the Arm Thrust Pokémon. Despite having disadvantage in type, Snorlax was able to keep itself safe from Hariyama's attacks by using Harden. Eventually, Hariyama was knocked out with an Ice Punch.

Hariyama's known moves are Arm Thrust and Focus Punch.

Medicham

Debut	Wheel of Frontier
Voice actors
Japanese	Megumi Hayashibara
English	Sarah Natochenny

Greta chose Medicham, along with her Hariyama to battle Ash in Wheel of Frontier. It was the second to go up after Hariyama was defeated by Ash's Snorlax. Medicham overwhelmed Snorlax with its astounding speed and agility. With Ice Punch, Medicham was able to freeze Snorlax giving Greta a huge advantage.

Ash then commanded Snorlax to use Rest, and Greta told Medicham to attack Snorlax with repeated Focus Punches in order to break the ice. Greta told Medicham to use High Jump Kick but Snorlax managed to dodge it, causing Medicham to take some damage. Snorlax then tried to attack it with a Hyper Beam, but Medicham dodged it and hit it with Focus Punch.

Just when it seemed it was all over for Ash, he commanded Snorlax to use Hyper Beam on the ground which catapulted it into the air. Using its altitude to his advantage, Ash told it to attack with a full-on Body Slam, defeating Medicham and earning Ash the Guts Symbol.

In the manga

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In the Ash & Pikachu manga

The Battle Arena in Pokémon Adventures

The Battle Frontier first appeared in Off To The Battle Frontier!!. Unlike the anime, only the Battle Factory, Battle Arena, and Battle Pike appeared.

In the Pokémon Adventures manga

The Battle Arena in Pokémon Adventures

In other language

Language Title Mandarin Chinese 對戰競技場 Duìzhàn Jìngjìchǎng Danish Kamparenaen Dutch Strijdarena Finnish Taisteluareena (S08) Otteluareena (S09) French Dojo de Combat German Kampfring Indonesian Arena Pertarungan Italian Dojo Lotta Korean 배틀아레나 Battle Arena Brazilian Portuguese Arena de Batalha Spanish Latin America Arena de Batalla Spain Dojo Batalla Thai แบทเทิลอารีน่า Battle Arena Vietnamese Sân vận động giao đấu

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