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[[File:BW Wild Double Battle.png|220px|thumb|right|A Double Battle]]

A '''Double Battle''' (Japanese: '''ダブルバトル''' ''Double Battle''), also known as a '''2-on-2 battle''', is a [[Pokémon battle]] featuring up to four {{OBP|Pokémon|species}} actively participating at once. Debuting in the games in [[Generation III]], and featuring occasionally in the anime prior to this, they may feature anywhere between two and four [[Pokémon Trainer]]s. A battle in which either side has more than one Trainer is a [[Multi Battle]].

[[File:Wild double battle BW.png|220px|thumb|right|A wild Double Battle]]

In a Double Battle, two teams of two Pokémon face each other in battle. One Trainer may control both Pokémon on either side of the battle, or two Trainers may cooperate on one or both sides of the battle, each controlling their own Pokémon (meaning that anywhere from two to four Trainers may take part in the same Double Battle). At first, only specific Trainer classes, such as {{tc|Sis and Bro}} and {{tc|Sr. and Jr.}}, would engage the player in Double Battles. However, from {{game|Emerald}} to [[Generation V]], two Trainers who see the player at the same time will be engaged in a Double Battle. If the player has only one conscious Pokémon, Trainer classes who will only engage the player in Double Battles will ignore the player and comment that the player should bring two Pokémon to battle them with; two Trainers who see the player at the same time will take turns battling the player in two Single Battles, with the second Trainer approaching and battling the player immediately after the first Trainer is defeated.  

[[File:Col Battle.png|thumb|left|A Pokémon battle against a Trainer in Pokémon Colosseum]]

[[File:2x Battle XD.png|thumb|left|thumb|Vaporeon and Pidgeot fighting against Wingull and Wurmple in Mt. Battle in XD]]

In {{g|Colosseum}} all battles are battled as Double Battles, without exception. The only way to engage in a Single Battle in this game is to do so in battle mode. The player does, however, watch a Single Battle between [[Eagun]] and [[Skrub]]. In {{Pokémon XD}}, however, the first two battles to be had in the game, as well as one optional battle at the entrance to the [[Pokémon HQ Lab]], are Single Battles, as are all wild battles.

[[File:Battle Commanders.png|thumb|220px|right|A Double Battle with four Trainers, called a [[Multi Battle]]]]

Generation IV also changes around the order of events slightly. Moves that target multiple Pokémon now resolve in order of the Pokémon's respective Speed stats. Pokémon are also now switched in to replace KO'd Pokémon at the end of a round of combat rather than immediately after a Pokémon is knocked out. While this affects Single Battles, the effect is more noticeable in Double Battles where it is now possible for a Pokémon's move to fail due to a lack of target if both of the opposing Pokémon are knocked out before the attacking Pokémon's turn comes. The change of battle mechanics this way now means that it is impossible, except with [[entry hazard]]s, to KO a Pokémon that switches in to replace a Pokémon knocked out on the same turn.

Several different [[move]]s are made specifically for Double Battles, such as {{m|Helping Hand}}. Some others, such as {{m|Surf}}, can have noticeably different effects. Moves that hit multiple Pokémon have their damage reduced by 25%, unless all other Pokémon have fainted at that point.

The moves {{m|After You}}, {{m|Quash}}, {{m|Helping Hand}}, {{m|Ally Switch}}, {{m|Follow Me}}, {{m|Rage Powder}}, {{m|Aromatic Mist}}, and {{m|Hold Hands}} <!--maybe others--> will have no effect if not used in a Double or Triple Battle.

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* {{a|Lightningrod}} - If a single-target {{type|Electric}} move is used, it will be forced to strike the Pokémon with this Ability, regardless of the Pokémon originally selected as the target and regardless of the move's accuracy. Moves which target multiple Pokémon cannot be redirected. In Generation V and beyond, the move will raise the {{stat|Special Attack}} of the Pokémon and deal no damage to it, unless the Pokémon is immune to the attack by nature of being a {{type|Ground}}.

[[File:Double Battle anime.png|thumb|190px|A Double Battle in the anime]]

After the release of Ruby and Sapphire, Double Battles were seen in the anime more often. The first took place in ''[[AG014|All in a Day's Wurmple]]''. [[Forrester Franklin]] introduced the concept to Ash, and they had a battle that Ash won. As in the games, Ash's Gym Battle against [[Tate and Liza]] was a Double Battle. Additionally, in order to qualify for the finals of the [[Ever Grande Conference]], competitors must win three Double Battles in the preliminaries. Double Battles also appeared in the seventh movie, ''[[M07|Destiny Deoxys]]''.

''[[AG072|The Bicker the Better]]'', ''[[AG177|Grating Spaces]]'', ''[[DP029|The Champ Twins!]]'', and ''[[DP147|Bagged Then Tagged!]]'' all featured Multi Battles: Double Battles with two Trainers on each side, using one Pokémon each Trainer.

 

''[[DP050|Tag! We're It...!]]'', ''[[DP051|Glory Blaze!]]'' and ''[[DP052|Smells Like Team Spirit!]]'' featured a [[Hearthome City Tag Battle Competition|Multi Battle tournament]] in which two Trainers group up to participate. Each Trainer could only use one Pokémon in a battle.

In ''[[BW065|Battling the Bully!]]'', there was a pretend Double Battle between {{an|Mick}} and [[Glenn]], both using borrowed Pokémon.

Ash battled [[Shamus]], {{AP|Tepig}}'s former Trainer, in a Double Battle in ''[[BW077|Evolution by Fire!]]''. During the battle, Tepig [[Evolution|evolved]], giving him enough power to earn victory for his new trainer.

{{an|Serena}} battled {{an|Aria}} in a Double Battle in ''[[XY064|Battling with Elegance and a Big Smile!]]''. During the battle, [[Serena]]'s {{p|Fennekin}} evolved into {{TP|Serena|Braixen}}, allowing her and {{TP|Serena|Pancham}} to even the playing field. However, Aria had to cancel the battle because of an urgent phone call.

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Doubles battles have been present in the manga long before the games. They have appeared several times in [[The Electric Tale of Pikachu]] and in the [[Pokémon Adventures]]' later arcs.  

Double Battles were formally introduced into [[Pokémon Adventures]] in the {{chap|Ruby & Sapphire}}, though multiple Trainers or Pokémon teaming up were common before. They first appeared in ''[[PS198|Adding It Up with Plusle & Minun I]]'', when {{adv|Ruby}} challenges a {{p|Plusle}} and a {{p|Minun}}. They later appear in ''[[PS207|On the Loose and Hyper With Zangoose and Seviper I]]'' when Ruby and the {{tc|Swimmer}} are spotted by a {{p|Seviper}} and a {{p|Zangoose}}. In ''[[PS233|VS Kyogre & Groudon I]]'' to ''[[PS252|VS Kyogre & Groudon XIV]]'', {{p|Kyogre}} and {{p|Groudon}} are fought in a Double Battle by several people as they try to calm down the storm that they created.

In the {{Chap|FireRed & LeafGreen}}, two of the three returning lead characters fight between themselves in a Double Battle for the first time in the Battle Path of [[Ultima]], and eventually result in a tie when they reach the destination at the same time (the platforms they fight on may push them forward or back depending on whether they're attacking or taking one).

|ko=더블배틀 ''Double Battle''