Horde Encounter: Difference between revisions

[[File:XY Prerelease Axew horde.png|220px|thumb|A horde of wild Axew]]

[[File:Horde Trainer Battle.png|220px|thumb|A horde of Trainers' Poochyena]]

A '''Horde Encounter''' (Japanese: '''群れバトル''' ''Herd Battle'') is a type of [[Pokémon battle]] in the [[Generation VI]] games. A Horde Encounter involves one of the player's Pokémon facing five opponents at once. In Pokémon X and Y, this was restricted to wild Pokémon, but in {{g|Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire}}, special scripted events allow five Trainers to engage the player in a Horde Battle.

Not all locations have wild hordes, but where they exist, hordes may be randomly encountered at approximately a 5% rate in [[tall grass]] or flowers (but not in {{DL|tall grass|long grass}} in Pokémon X and Y) or in caves. Horde Encounters can also be purposefully initiated by using [[Honey]] or {{m|Sweet Scent}}; however, in Pokémon X and Y, Honey and Sweet Scent will not cause a wild encounter if the overworld [[weather]] is not clear. As in all wild battles, a Trainer cannot throw a [[Poké Ball]] unless there is only one wild Pokémon remaining. In Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, while Horde Encounters can be forced at any time with [[Honey]] or {{m|Sweet Scent}}, they only otherwise appear in {{DL|Tall grass|long grass}}.

===Pokémon X and Y===

===Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire===

* An {{p|Oddish}} horde on {{rt|117|Hoenn}} will always include one {{p|Zigzagoon}}.

* A {{p|Lotad}}{{sup/6|AS}} horde on {{rt|114|Hoenn}} will always include one {{p|Swablu}}.

===Pokémon X and Y===

===Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire===

{{Catch/div|cave|{{color2|000|Meteor Falls}} 1F 1R}}

{{Catch/div|cave|{{color2|000|Meteor Falls}} 1F 2R & B1F 1R}}

{{Catch/div|cave|{{color2|000|Meteor Falls}} B1F 2R}}

{{Catch/div|land|{{color2|000|Hoenn Route 104|Route 104}} (south)}}

{{Catch/entryoras|278|Wingull|yes|yes|Horde Encounter|2|5%|type1=Water|type2=Flying}}

{{Catch/div|land|{{color2|000|Hoenn Route 104|Route 104}} (north)}}

{{Catch/entryoras|263|Zigzagoon|yes|yes|Horde Encounter|2|95%|type1=Normal}}

{{Catch/entryoras|276|Taillow|yes|yes|Horde Encounter|3|5%|type1=Normal|type2=Flying}}

{{Catch/entryoras|270|Lotad|no|yes|Horde Encounter|9|{{tt|35%|4 Lotad will appear}}<br><small>with Swablu</small>|type1=Water|type2=Grass}}

[[File:Ash fleeing Spearow.png|thumb|Ash being attacked by a flock of Spearow]]

* Although Horde Encounters have not been a feature of gameplay in the series until Pokémon X and Y, several instances of battles with similar circumstances had occurred or were invoked in the anime since [[S01|the very first season]]. Such instances include:

** In ''[[EP001|Pokémon – I Choose You!]]'', [[Ash's Pikachu]] single-handedly takes on an attacking flock of wild {{p|Spearow}}, electrocuting the entire group with a powerful {{m|Thunder Shock}}.

|ko=무리배틀 ''{{tt|Muri Battle|Horde Battle}}''