Full Battle

A Full Battle (Japanese: フルバトル Full Battle), also known as a six-on-six battle, is a Pokémon battle in which both Trainers use a full party of six Pokémon. The first Trainer to completely knock out all of the opposing Trainer's Pokémon wins the battle.

The team Red used in his Full Battle against Blue

These battles are rare, both in the anime and the games. Typically, Trainers will use fewer than the full six, usually one to three.

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In the anime

Most Trainers declare a specific number of Pokémon to be used in a battle. This number is very rarely the full six. The most notable Trainer to do so is Drake, the Orange Crew Supreme Gym Leader in the Orange League. Battles in the final rounds of each region's League Conference are usually Full Battles as well.

Main series

Original series

Episode	Trainer	Pokémon	Result
EP080	Ritchie	(or)	Loss
	Assunta	(or)	Win

Episodes	Trainer	Pokémon	Result
EP111 EP112	Ash		Win
	Drake		Loss

Movie	Trainer	Pokémon	Result
M03	Ash		Win
	Lisa		Loss

Episodes	Trainer	Pokémon	Result
EP269 EP270	Ash		Win
	Gary		Loss

Episodes	Trainer	Pokémon	Result
EP270 EP271 EP272	Ash		Loss
	Harrison		Win

Episode	Trainer	Pokémon	Result
EP272	Harrison		Loss
	Jon		Win

Episode	Trainer	Pokémon	Result
EP272	Jon		Win
	Unnamed Trainer		Loss

Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire

Episodes	Trainer	Pokémon	Result
AG128 AG129	Ash		Win
	Katie		Loss

Episode	Trainer	Pokémon	Result
AG129	Morrison		Win
	Unnamed Trainer		Loss

Episode	Trainer	Pokémon	Result
AG129	Tyson		Win
	Unnamed Trainer		Loss

Episodes	Trainer	Pokémon	Result
AG129 AG130	Ash		Win
	Morrison		Loss

Episode	Trainer	Pokémon	Result
AG130	Tyson		Win
	Unnamed Trainer		Loss

Episodes	Trainer	Pokémon	Result
AG130 AG131	Ash		Loss
	Tyson		Win

Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl

Episode	Trainer	Pokémon	Result
DP040	Paul		Forfeit
	Cynthia		Win

Episode	Trainer	Pokémon	Result
DP128	Paul		Loss
	Brandon		Win

Episodes	Trainer	Pokémon	Result
DP131 DP132	Ash	→	Loss
	Paul		Win

Episodes	Trainer	Pokémon	Result
DP186 DP187 DP188	Ash		Win
	Paul		Loss

Episode	Trainer	Pokémon	Result
DP189	Ash		Loss
	Tobias		Win

Episode	Trainer	Pokémon	Result
DP189	Tobias		Win
	Unnamed Trainer		Loss

Pokémon the Series: Black & White

Episode	Trainer	Pokémon	Result
BW108	Dino		Win
	Katharine		Loss

Episode	Trainer	Pokémon	Result
BW108	Ramone		Win
	Antonio		Loss

Episode	Trainer	Pokémon	Result
BW108	Virgil		Win
	Russet		Loss

Episode	Trainer	Pokémon	Result
BW108	Cameron		Loss
	Virgil		Win

Episode	Trainer	Pokémon	Result
BW108	Dino		Loss
	Virgil		Win

Pokémon the Series: XY

Episode	Trainer	Pokémon	Result
XY127	Alain		Win
	Remo		Loss

Episodes	Trainer	Pokémon	Result
XY127 XY128	Ash		Win
	Sawyer		Loss

Episodes	Trainer	Pokémon	Result
XY130 XY131	Ash		Loss
	Alain		Win

Pokémon the Series: Sun & Moon

Episodes	Trainer	Pokémon	Result
SM141 SM142 SM143 SM144	Ash	→	Win
	Professor Kukui	*	Loss

Pokémon Journeys: The Series

Episodes	Trainer	Pokémon	Result
JN122	Leon		Win
	Diantha		Loss

Episodes	Trainer	Pokémon	Result
JN123 JN124 JN125	Ash		Win
	Cynthia		Loss

Pokémon Origins

Episode	Trainer	Pokémon	Result
PO04	Red		Win
	Blue		Loss

Pokémon: I Choose You!

Episode	Trainer	Pokémon	Result
Pokémon: I Choose You!	Corey		N/A*
	Neesha		N/A*

Bidoof's Big Stand

Episode	Trainer	Pokémon	Result
Bidoof's Big Stand	Unnamed Trainer		Win
	Unnamed Trainer		Loss

In the manga

Full Battle are relatively rare in various mangas, although some Full Battles from the anime have appeared in its manga adaptations.

Ash & Pikachu

Chapter	Trainer	Pokémon	Result
SP16	Ash		Win
	Gary		Loss

The Electric Tale of Pikachu

Chapters	Trainer	Pokémon	Result
ET17 ET18	Ash		Win
	Drake		Loss

Pokémon Adventures

FireRed & LeafGreen arc

Rounds	Trainer	Pokémon	Result
PS273 PS274	Red		N/A*
	Blue		N/A*

In the games

Unlike the anime, the games allow two Trainers to use different numbers of Pokémon. While the player can have six Pokémon in the party at a time, many NPCs faced will not. Generally only rivals and Champions have a full team during the main storyline, while Gym Leaders and members of the Elite Four may also have a full team in rematches. Red also has a full team on the player's first match against him in Generations II and IV. Some Pokémon Breeders maintain a full team, although their Pokémon usually have lower levels than other Trainers' Pokémon in the area. Most main series games have at least one Fisherman with a party of six Magikarp. The non-experience earning battles in battle facilities also have Full Battles. Only on rare occasions do other Trainers have a full team.

Trivia

• Pokémon the Series: Diamond and Pearl is the only series in which a Full Battle took place outside of an official tournament, excluding movies.
• Pokémon the Series: Black & White is the only series which did not feature a proper Full Battle. Only small parts of the battles between Cameron and Virgil, and Virgil and Dino, were shown. Though all of Ash's battle was shown, it was only a six-on-five battle as a result of Cameron accidentally handicapping himself by only bringing five Pokémon to the match.
  • This also makes it the only series where Ash does not participate in a true Full Battle.
• Ash's battle against Gary in the Silver Conference is his only known Full Battle in the anime where he doesn't use Pikachu.
• If excluding Pikachu, Ash's battle against Cynthia marks the first time Ash has participated in a Full Battle without using a regional starter Pokémon.
• Paul is the only character in the anime that Ash has had more than one Full Battle against.

In other languages

Language Title Chinese Cantonese 全體對戰 Chyùhntái Deuijin Mandarin 全面對戰 / 全面对战 Quánmiàn Duìzhàn Danish Totalekamp* Totalkamp* Finnish Täysottelu Italian Lotta Totale Korean 풀배틀 Full Battle Norwegian Seks mot seks kamp Polish Pełna Bitwa Brazilian Portuguese Batalha Total Russian Полный битва шесть на шесть* Битва шесть на шесть Bitva shest na shest* Spanish Latin America Batalla completa Spain Combate Total Swedish Totalstrid Total Strid*

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