Sky Battle

A Sky Battle (Japanese: スカイバトル Sky Battle) is a type of Pokémon battle introduced in Pokémon X and Y. Sky Battles consist of two Pokémon battling each other in the air instead of on land or sea. However, because of this, only certain Flying types or Pokémon with the Ability Levitate are eligible for Sky Battles.

A Sky Battle

In the games

A Sky Trainer asking to have a Sky Battle with the player

At certain points in the game, the player can encounter Sky Trainers on top of cliffs or other distant areas who will challenge them to a Sky Battle. All Sky Battles are optional, since the player may not have any eligible Pokémon to use. If all legible Pokémon in the battle faint, the player will black out, but will resume the game standing where they were before battle.

Eligible Pokémon

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Many Pokémon with the Flying type or the Ability Levitate are eligible for Sky Battles.

#	Pokémon		Type
006		Charizard	Fire	Flying
012		Butterfree	Bug	Flying
017		Pidgeotto	Normal	Flying
018		Pidgeot	Normal	Flying
022		Fearow	Normal	Flying
041		Zubat	Poison	Flying
042		Golbat	Poison	Flying
092		Gastly	Ghost	Poison
093		Haunter	Ghost	Poison
123		Scyther	Bug	Flying
130		Gyarados	Water	Flying
142		Aerodactyl	Rock	Flying
144		Articuno	Ice	Flying
145		Zapdos	Electric	Flying
146		Moltres	Fire	Flying
149		Dragonite	Dragon	Flying
164		Noctowl	Normal	Flying
165		Ledyba	Bug	Flying
166		Ledian	Bug	Flying
169		Crobat	Poison	Flying
187		Hoppip	Grass	Flying
188		Skiploom	Grass	Flying
189		Jumpluff	Grass	Flying
226		Mantine	Water	Flying
227		Skarmory	Steel	Flying
284		Masquerain	Bug	Flying
291		Ninjask	Bug	Flying
329		Vibrava	Ground	Dragon
330		Flygon	Ground	Dragon
333		Swablu	Normal	Flying
334		Altaria	Dragon	Flying
337		Lunatone	Rock	Psychic
338		Solrock	Rock	Psychic
343		Baltoy	Ground	Psychic
344		Claydol	Ground	Psychic
415		Combee	Bug	Flying
416		Vespiquen	Bug	Flying
425		Drifloon	Ghost	Flying
455		Carnivine	Grass		Poison
458		Mantyke	Water	Flying
472		Gliscor	Ground	Flying
479		Rotom	Electric	Ghost
520		Tranquill	Normal	Flying
521		Unfezant	Normal	Flying
527		Woobat	Psychic	Flying
528		Swoobat	Psychic	Flying
561		Sigilyph	Psychic	Flying
581		Swanna	Water	Flying
615		Cryogonal	Ice		Poison
662		Fletchinder	Fire	Flying
663		Talonflame	Fire	Flying
666		Vivillon	Bug	Flying
714		Noibat	Flying	Dragon
715		Noivern	Flying	Dragon
717		Yveltal	Dark	Flying

Ineligible Flying types and levitating Pokémon

Certain ground-bound Flying-types are ineligible for Sky Battles. These Pokémon are either incapable of flight, such as Dodrio, or are not shown flying in normal battles, such as Hawlucha.

#	Pokémon		Type
016		Pidgey	Normal	Flying
021		Spearow	Normal	Flying
083		Farfetch'd	Normal	Flying
084		Doduo	Normal	Flying
085		Dodrio	Normal	Flying
094		Gengar	Ghost	Poison
163		Hoothoot	Normal	Flying
396		Starly	Normal	Flying
519		Pidove	Normal	Flying
661		Fletchling	Normal	Flying
701		Hawlucha	Fighting	Flying

Locations of Sky Battles

Kalos Route 8

Trainer	Pokémon
Mountain level
Sky Trainer Howe Sky Trainer Howe シュン Shun Reward: $1800	Drifloon♂ Lv.15 No item
	Pidgeotto♂ Lv.18 No item
Coastal level
Sky Trainer Aveza Sky Trainer Aveza マイ Mai Reward: $2200	Skiploom♀ Lv.19 No item
	Swoobat♀ Lv.22 No item
Sky Trainer Colm Sky Trainer Colm ツバサ Tsubasa Reward: $2900	Mantyke♂ Lv.28 No item
	Jumpluff♂ Lv.29 No item

Kalos Route 9

Trainer	Pokémon
Sky Trainer Orion Sky Trainer Orion マルセル Marcel Reward: $2100	Ledian♂ Lv.21 No item

Kalos Route 11

Trainer	Pokémon
Sky Trainer Yvette Sky Trainer Yvette ミソラ Misora Reward: $2400	Emolga♀ Lv.23 No item
	Wingull♀ Lv.23 No item
	Staravia♀ Lv.24 No item

Azure Bay

Trainer	Pokémon
Sky Trainer Indra Sky Trainer Indra リュウセイ Ryūsei Reward: $3100	Sigilyph♂ Lv.31 No item
Sky Trainer Elatal Sky Trainer Elatal ミホシ Mihoshi Reward: $2900	Fletchinder Fletchinder♀ Lv.28 No item
	Pelipper♀ Lv.29 No item

Kalos Route 16

Trainer	Pokémon
Sky Trainer Clara Sky Trainer Clara フウカ Fūka Reward: $4000	Emolga♀ Lv.38 No item
	Swellow♀ Lv.40 No item
Sky Trainer Gavin Sky Trainer Gavin フィリップ Philip Reward: $3900	Chimecho♂ Lv.37 No item
	Vibrava♂ Lv.37 No item
	Talonflame Talonflame♂ Lv.39 No item

Frost Cavern

Trainer	Pokémon
Sky Trainer Celso Sky Trainer Celso タクヤ Takuya Reward: $4400	Carnivine♂ Lv.41 No item
	Swanna♂ Lv.44 No item
Sky Trainer Era Sky Trainer Era ミウ Miu Reward: $4500	Cryogonal♂ Lv.45 No item

Kalos Route 17

Trainer	Pokémon
Sky Trainer Anila Sky Trainer Anila アマネ Amane Reward: $4400	Rotom Lv.42 No item
	Butterfree♀ Lv.44 No item

Kalos Route 18

Trainer	Pokémon
Sky Trainer Jeremy Sky Trainer Jeremy ショウタロウ Shōtarō Reward: $5000	Ninjask♂ Lv.46 No item
	Drifblim♂ Lv.47 No item
	Flygon♂ Lv.50 No item

Kalos Route 19

Trainer	Pokémon
Sky Trainer Sera Sky Trainer Sera セイラ Sera Reward: $5200	Noctowl♀ Lv.50 No item
	Aerodactyl♂ Lv.52 No item

In other languages

Language Title French Combat Aérien German Himmelskämpfe Italian Lotte Aeree Korean 스카이배틀 Sky Battle Spanish Combate Aéreo

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