Battle Arena

Battle Arena
バトルアリーナ Battle Arena
Battle Arena E.png
"Let the toughest teams gather!"
Battles per round
7
Participating Pokémon
3
Arena Tycoon Greta
Arena Tycoon Greta
Guts
Silver
Guts Symbol
Guts
Gold
Guts Symbol
Wins to obtain the Guts Symbol
Silver
28
Gold
56

The Battle Arena (Japanese: バトルアリーナ Battle Arena) is a facility located with the Hoenn Battle Frontier in Pokémon Emerald.

Challenges

A match in the Battle Arena pits two Pokémon against one another for three rounds. If both Pokémon last all three rounds, they are rated on how they battled in three aspects, and the Pokémon with the higher score wins, and the losing Pokémon leaves battle. If they somehow tie, both Pokémon leave battle. A knockout results in an automatic win for the Pokémon that is still standing. Trainers are not allowed to switch out their Pokémon, and they must be sent out in the order they were entered.

See also: List of Battle Frontier Trainers in Generation III

Pokémon are scored on their mind, skill, and body. This is much like the Fallarbor Town Battle Tent rules. The Pokémon with the better rating in each category scores two points, while a tie will award one point to each Pokémon.

  • Mind judges Pokémon on their offensive style. One point is awarded if a move that deals damage is chosen for use (except Counter, Mirror Coat, and Bide, which do not award points, and Fake Out, which deducts one point), and one point is deducted if Protect, Detect, or Endure is chosen. All other moves do not award points. Only the move selection matters; even if the Pokémon does not actually use the move (due to an effect such as paralysis), it will still score in this category. The Pokémon with the higher number of points wins the two points in the overall judgment.
  • Skill judges Pokémon on accuracy. One point is awarded if any move is used successfully, while two points are deducted if the move misses, fails, or is prevented from executing due to an effect such as paralysis. If the move was caused to fail by Protect, Detect, or flinching from Fake Out, however, no points are deducted. Hitting a move super effectively rewards two points rather than one, but dealing not very effective damage instead deducts one point. The Pokémon with the higher number of points wins the two points in the overall judgment.
  • Body judges the amount of HP remaining at the end of the third round compared to their amount at the start of the first. The Pokémon with the better ratio wins the two points in the overall judgment.

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
Any level mode 1 1 1 12 2 2 3 13 4 4 5 16 7 8 9 20 11 12 13 24 15 15 15 25 15

Arena Tycoon

After 28 wins and 56 wins, Greta appears to challenge the player. On her defeat, she awards the player with the Guts Symbol.

Silver Symbol challenge



Gold Symbol challenge



Layout

Battle Arena interior E.png Battle Arena hallway E.png Battle Arena battlefield E.png
Inside the Battle Arena Hallway Before battle in the Battle Arena

In the spin-off games

Pokémon Masters EX

Artwork depicting the Battle Arena is seen in Greta's mindscape.

Greta & Breloom
Greta Mindscape.png

In animation

The Battle Arena's battlefield in Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire

Pokémon the Series

Pokémon the Series: Ruby and Sapphire

The Battle Arena appeared in Wheel of Frontier!. In Pokémon the Series, it is located near Saffron City and was the second Battle Frontier facility challenged by Ash. The group discovered its location in The Symbol Life, following Ash's victory against Noland at the Battle Factory. The facility is run by Greta, and it also houses her multiple martial arts students, one of whom referees the battles there.

Before the match begins, the challenger must use a special wheel machine to randomly decide whether the match will be one-on-one, two-on-two, or three-on-three, and both Trainers send out all of their Pokémon, which are only recalled once they've been defeated or the battle ends.

In Ash's case, the wheel landed on two-on-two. Although Ash's Grovyle was defeated by Greta's Hariyama, Ash's Snorlax managed to defeat both of Greta's Pokémon, despite being at a type disadvantage against both of them, giving Ash the victory and earning him the Guts Symbol, his second Frontier Symbol.

Pokémon used in the Battle Arena

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

Hariyama
Greta's Hariyama
Debut Wheel of Frontier
Voice actors
Japanese Unshō Ishizuka
English Bill Rogers

Hariyama was the first Pokémon used by Greta in her battle with Ash, where it first battled with Grovyle. Despite Grovyle managing to outmatch Hariyama in speed and dealing some damage on it, Greta was finally able to use Grovyle's momentum as her own advantage, and land a strong hit on the Wood Gecko Pokémon, knocking it out.

Ash next used his Snorlax against the Arm Thrust Pokémon. Despite having disadvantage in type, Snorlax was able to keep itself safe from Hariyama's attacks by using Protect. Eventually, one of Hariyama's Focus Punches missed its opponent and it instead punched the battlefield, leaving it with a sore hand. It was then frozen solid and knocked out with an Ice Punch.

Hariyama's known moves are Arm Thrust and Focus Punch.

Medicham
Greta's Medicham
Debut Wheel of Frontier
Voice actors
Japanese Megumi Hayashibara
English Sarah Natochenny

Medicham was the second Pokémon Greta used in her battle against Ash, going up against his Snorlax. With its great speed and offense, Medicham quickly overwhelmed Snorlax, even leaving it frozen with Ice Punch. Although Snorlax was able to heal itself with Rest while frozen, it was subjected to another barrage of powerful attacks, especially when its Hyper Beam missing forced it to recharge. Once Snorlax had finished recharging, however, Ash had it use Hyper Beam on the ground, sending Snorlax flying and allowing it to defeat Medicham with an airborne Body Slam, earning Ash the Guts Symbol.

Medicham's known moves are Focus Punch, Ice Punch, and High Jump Kick.

In the manga

The Battle Arena in Pokémon Adventures
The Battle Arena in Ash & Pikachu

Pokémon Adventures

Emerald arc

The Battle Arena first appeared in Skirting Around Surskit II, where Scott was trying to calm down the members of the press in front of the facility, as they were getting frustrated of the Frontier Brains' absence.

In Sneaky Like Shedinja, Emerald challenged the Battle Arena as his fourth Battle Frontier facility during the Battle Frontier's seven-day opening ceremony. His battle against Greta eventually came down to a match between Greta's Shedinja and Emerald's Sudowoodo. Thanks to Emerald's cheering, Sudowoodo was able to withstand Shedinja's Solar Beam, and the match was judged in Emerald's favor, making him the winner and earning him the Guts Symbol.

Ash & Pikachu

The Battle Arena appeared in An Awesome Showdown!!, where Ash, like in the anime, battled and defeated Greta there.

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 對戰競技場 Deuijin Ginggeihchèuhng
Mandarin 對戰競技場 / 对战竞技场 Duìzhàn Jìngjìchǎng
Denmark Flag.png Danish Kamparenaen
The Netherlands Flag.png Dutch Strijdarena
Finland Flag.png Finnish Taisteluareena (S08)
Otteluareena (S09)
France Flag.png French Dojo de Combat
Germany Flag.png German Kampfring
Indonesia Flag.png Indonesian Arena Pertarungan
Italy Flag.png Italian Dojo Lotta
South Korea Flag.png Korean 배틀아레나 Battle Arena
Brazil Flag.png Brazilian Portuguese Arena de Batalha
Spanish CELAC Flag.png Latin America Arena de Batalla
Spain Flag.png Spain Dojo Batalla
Thailand Flag.png Thai แบทเทิลอารีน่า Battle Arena
Vietnam Flag.png Vietnamese Sân vận động giao đấu

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