Battle Pike

Battle Pike バトルチューブ Battle Tube

"Choose one of three paths!"

Rooms per round 7 Participating Pokémon 3 Pike Queen Lucy Silver Luck Symbol Gold Luck Symbol Wins to obtain the Luck Symbol Silver 2 Gold 10

The Battle Pike (Japanese: バトルチューブ Battle Tube) is a facility within the Hoenn Battle Frontier in Pokémon Emerald. The structure is a long pike in the design of a Seviper.

Challenges

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The player is challenged to make it through seven rooms, but before each one they are given a choice of three rooms to enter. In any room, one of the following eight events may occur:

• Single Battle: A Trainer with 3 Pokémon walks up to the player and battles.
• Double Battle: Two Trainers with 1 Pokémon each will team up and battle the player. This room will not appear if the player already has two fainted Pokémon.
• Hard Single Battle and healing: The player has to face a "somewhat tough Trainer" in a Single Battle with 3 Pokémon. This is a battle with a higher-tier opponent than those corresponding to the current pass. If the player wins the battle, the entire party is completely healed as a reward.
• Wild Pokémon: Wild Pokémon appear as the player crosses a long corridor.
• No event: An NPC stands to the side of the room but does nothing.
• Status condition: A Gentleman's Kirlia or Dusclops will supposedly use a move, attempting to inflict a status condition on some number of the player's non-fainted Pokémon that do not already have a status condition (one random Pokémon in the first five passes, two in the sixth through tenth passes, or all three in later passes), with the Gentleman blaming this on his Pokémon's Timid Nature. If the randomly chosen Pokémon has a type or Ability that matches an immunity to the status in the chart below, the status will not be inflicted, but the attempt will not inflict another Pokémon. Note that Electric-type Pokémon are immune to receiving paralysis this way, although they did not normally become immune to either Thunder Wave or paralysis in general until Generation VI.

Status condition	Probability	Move used	Immune types	Immune Abilities
Bad poison	35%	Toxic	Poison, Steel	Immunity
Freeze	25%	Ice Beam	Ice	Magma Armor
Paralysis	20%	Thunder Wave	Ground, Electric	Limber
Sleep	10%	Hypnosis	N/A	Insomnia, Vital Spirit
Burn	10%	Will-O-Wisp	Fire	Water Veil

• One or two recovery: A Gentleman will fully heal either one or two of the player's Pokémon.
• Full recovery: A receptionist will fully heal all three of the player's Pokémon.

The player cannot change the initial order of their party during a challenge, but moves with field effects can still be used. Held items used or stolen during battle will be lost for the remainder of the challenge. Likewise, the player's Pokémon are allowed to keep items stolen from opponents until the end of the current challenge. (The player's held items are reset to what they were originally after the challenge ends.)

In the area where the player must pick one of the three paths, there are two receptionist ladies. The one standing by the entrance of the room will tell the player which room they are currently at, and will also allow the player to suspend their challenge to continue later. The lady standing by the three pathways at the top will name one room and give a hint as to what it contains. Each quote has two possibilities. The other two paths will yield a random result, but cannot be one of the rooms that would match the hint.

If all of the player's Pokémon are either fainted or afflicted with a status condition already, the status condition room will never appear.

Quote	Result 1	Result 2
For some odd reason, I felt a wave of nostalgia coming from it...	Status condition	One or two recovery
Is it...A Trainer? I sense the presence of people...	Single Battle	Full recovery
It seems to have the distinct aroma of Pokémon wafting around it...	Wild Pokémon	Hard single battle and healing
I seem to have heard something... It may have been whispering...	No event	Double Battle
From every path I sense a dreadful presence...	Battle Pike Queen Lucy

See also:

List of Battle Frontier Trainers (Generation III)

Wild Pokémon

Pokémon	Games						Location	Levels	Rate
All rooms
Seviper	R		S		E		Walking	46, 60-96	26%
Milotic	R		S		E		Walking	46, 60-96	26%
Room 1-280
Dusclops	R		S		E		Walking	45, 60-95	48%
Room 281-560
Electrode	R		S		E		Walking	45, 60-95	48%
Room 561-840
Breloom	R		S		E		Walking	45, 60-95	48%
Room 841+
Wobbuffet	R		S		E		Walking	45, 60-95	48%
A colored background means that the Pokémon can be found in this location in the specified game. A white background with a colored letter means that the Pokémon cannot be found here.

Level 50

Type: Poison Unknown Ability: Shed Skin Held item: None Seviper♂/♀ Lv.46 Toxic Poison   --       Glare Normal   --       Sludge Bomb Poison   --       Body Slam Normal   --

Type: Water Unknown Ability: Marvel Scale Held item: None Milotic♂/♀ Lv.46 Toxic Poison   --       Hypnosis Psychic   --       Body Slam Normal   --       Surf Water   --

Type: Ghost Unknown Ability: Pressure Held item: None Dusclops♂/♀ Lv.45 Will-O-Wisp Fire   --       Mean Look Normal   --       Toxic Poison   --       Shadow Punch Ghost   --

Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Soundproof or Static Held item: None Electrode Lv.45 Explosion Normal   --       Selfdestruct Normal   --       Thunder Electric   --       Toxic Poison   --

Types: Grass Fighting Ability: Effect Spore Held item: None Breloom♂/♀ Lv.45 Spore Grass   --       Stun Spore Grass   --       PoisonPowder Poison   --       Hidden Power Normal   --

Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Shadow Tag Held item: None Wobbuffet♂/♀ Lv.45 Counter Fighting   --       Mirror Coat Psychic   --       Safeguard Normal   --       Destiny Bond Ghost   --

Open Level

Type: Poison Unknown Ability: Shed Skin Held item: None Seviper♂/♀ Lv.60-96 Toxic Poison   --       Glare Normal   --       Sludge Bomb Poison   --       Poison Fang Poison   --

Type: Water Unknown Ability: Marvel Scale Held item: None Milotic♂/♀ Lv.60-96 Toxic Poison   --       Hypnosis Psychic   --       Body Slam Normal   --       Ice Beam Ice   --

Type: Ghost Unknown Ability: Pressure Held item: None Dusclops♂/♀ Lv.60-95 Will-O-Wisp Fire   --       Mean Look Normal   --       Toxic Poison   --       Ice Beam Ice   --

Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Soundproof or Static Held item: None Electrode Lv.60-95 Explosion Normal   --       Selfdestruct Normal   --       Thunder Electric   --       Toxic Poison   --

Types: Grass Fighting Ability: Effect Spore Held item: None Breloom♂/♀ Lv.60-95 Spore Grass   --       Stun Spore Grass   --       PoisonPowder Poison   --       Hidden Power Normal   --

Type: Psychic Unknown Ability: Shadow Tag Held item: None Wobbuffet♂/♀ Lv.60-95 Counter Fighting   --       Mirror Coat Psychic   --       Safeguard Normal   --       Encore Normal   --

Battle Points

BP per round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Level 50	1	11	2	2	2	4	4	4	8	18	8	8	10	20	10	10	12	22	12	12	12	24	14	14	14	25	15	15	15	25	15
Open Level	1	11	2	2	2	4	4	4	8	18	8	8	10	20	10	10	12	22	12	12	12	24	14	14	14	25	15	15	15	25	15

Pike Queen

The Frontier Brain of the Battle Pike is Lucy. She challenges Trainers who complete two and ten passes through the pike. After that, she challenges the player every four passes—on rounds 14, 18, 22, etc. By beating her, one is awarded with the Luck Symbol.

Silver Symbol challenge

Pike Queen Lucy Battle Pike Emerald Reward: 11BP
# Pokémon Item Moves Nature EVs HP Attack Defense Sp. Atk Sp. Def Speed 0336 Seviper  Quick Claw Swagger Crunch Poison Fang Giga Drain Brave 252 - 252 6 - - 0213 Shuckle  Chesto Berry Toxic Sandstorm Protect Rest Bold 252 - - 6 252 - 0350 Milotic  Leftovers Ice Beam Mirror Coat Surf Recover Modest 152 - 100 152 106 -

Gold Symbol challenge

Pike Queen Lucy Battle Pike Emerald Reward: 18BP
# Pokémon Item Moves Nature EVs HP Attack Defense Sp. Atk Sp. Def Speed 0336 Seviper  Focus Band Swagger Crunch Sludge Bomb Giga Drain Bold 252 - - 252 6 - 0208 Steelix  BrightPowder Earthquake Rock Slide Explosion Screech Brave 252 - - 6 252 - 0130 Gyarados  Chesto Berry Dragon Dance Return Rest Roar Adamant 252 6 - - 252 -

Layout

Inside the Battle Pike	Room with three entrances	Before battle in the Battle Pike

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Artwork depicting the Battle Pike is seen in Lucy's mindscape.

Lucy & Seviper

In the anime

The Battle Pike in the anime

The Battle Pike's battlefield in the anime

The Battle Pike appeared in Queen of the Serpentine!. In the anime, it is located near Fuchsia City and was the fourth Battle Frontier facility challenged by Ash. The group discovered its location in Reversing the Charges, following Ash's victory against Tucker at the Battle Dome. The facility is run by Lucy and her assistants, one of whom is named Barbara. One of these assistants referees the battles against Lucy.

The Battle Pike has a battlefield with both land and water portions, allowing aquatic Pokémon, such as Lucy's Milotic, to battle effectively as well. In the Battle Pike, challengers have to defeat the Pike Queen in two consecutive Single Battles. Using his Donphan and Pikachu, Ash was able to defeat Lucy, earning the Luck Symbol, his fourth Frontier Symbol.

Pokémon used in the Battle Pike

The following is a list of Pokémon used in the Battle Pike:

		Seviper
		Main article: Lucy's Seviper Lucy's signature Pokémon is Seviper. It appeared for the first time fighting Jessie's Seviper and later battled Ash's Donphan, defeating the former and losing to the latter.
Debut	Queen of the Serpentine!
Voice actors
Japanese	Megumi Hayashibara
English	Bill Rogers

		Milotic
		Milotic was Lucy's second choice after defeating Seviper. It was able to defeat Ash's Donphan with a single Hydro Pump. In the fight against Ash's Pikachu, Milotic managed to deal severe damage to Pikachu, but Pikachu won after using Volt Tackle in one of Milotic's Twisters. Milotic's known moves are Hydro Pump, Twister, Iron Tail, and Facade.
Debut	Queen of the Serpentine!
Voice actors
Japanese	Chie Satō
English	Michele Knotz

In the manga

The Battle Pike in Ash & Pikachu

The Battle Pike in Pokémon Adventures

The Battle Pike in Pokémon Battle Frontier

Ash & Pikachu

The Battle Pike appeared in An Infinite Bond!!, where Ash battled and defeated Lucy there, just like in the anime.

Pokémon Adventures

Emerald arc

The Battle Pike first appeared in As Luck Would Have It, Kirlia, where Emerald challenged it as his second Battle Frontier challenge during the Battle Frontier's seven-day opening ceremony. Using a team of Pokémon he had borrowed from Crystal, Emerald eventually made it to the 140th room, where Lucy was located, and begun battling her. Although he seemed to be at a tight spot by the end of the battle, he managed to make a comeback and defeat Lucy, earning him the Luck Symbol.

After the battle, rather than exiting through the back door, Emerald chose to take the long way back through the rooms he had traveled through during his challenge. Accompanied by Todd Snap, he met Latias, who had disguised herself as one of the Battle Pike maids in order to secretly support him. Using his special mud pellets, Emerald calmed down a group of wild Pokémon that had been about to go berserk before exiting the facility, including a Dusclops, which would later start following him.

Pokémon Battle Frontier

The Battle Pike appeared in The Predestined Battle!, where Enta challenged the facility, eventually facing Lucy. His Zangoose, which he had caught shortly before entering the Batte Frontier, was full of anger, especially in the face of its natural enemy, Seviper. However, when Enta protected Zangoose from Seviper's Poison Tail, it calmed down and ended up winning the battle, earning Enta the Luck Symbol.

Trivia

• A girl inside the Battle Pike says, "I've completed the challenge 10 times now, but I've never had to battle a Trainer once." This would not be possible if these attempts were consecutive, because after two straight wins and again at ten straight wins, she would have to battle Lucy. However, if she had completed these challenges non-consecutively (e.g. by losing against a wild Pokémon), this would be possible.
• In the Gentleman's room, if the player does not press a button when his Pokémon attacks, normally two text boxes will be activated; if the player presses the A or B button when the Pokémon approaches, a third text box will activate, ordering the Pokémon to stop. This occurs because when the player enters in the room, the Pokémon approaches so quickly that the game cannot load all the text boxes in time.

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• If the player's Pokémon faints from poison before a Double Battle in the Battle Pike, the player can send out two Pokémon (the second one will be a clone of the first one). This can also cause a glitched party screen, like during Glitzer Popping. To do so, the player must do these steps:
  1. Have the first Pokémon faint.
  2. View the third Pokémon's status in the party.
  3. Faint the second Pokémon due to poison.
  4. Enter the Double Battle.

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In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 對戰管道 Deuijin Gúndouh * 對戰水管 Deuijin Séuigún * Mandarin 對戰管道 Duìzhàn Guǎndào * 對戰水管 / 对战水管 Duìzhàn Shuǐguǎn * Danish Kampspidsen Dutch Strijdslang Finnish Ottelukeihäs French Reptile de Combat German Kampfipitis Indonesian Tabung Pertarungan Italian Serpe Lotta Korean 배틀튜브 Battle Tube Brazilian Portuguese Pico de Batalha Spanish Latin America Pico de Batalla Spain Sierpe Batalla Thai แบทเทิลทูบ Battle Tube Vietnamese Đường ống giao đấu

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