Theia Sky Ruins

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Theia Sky Ruins (Japanese: テイア蒼空遺跡 Theia Sky Ruins) is a stadium in Pokémon UNITE. It was added to the game on September 2, 2022. Players can battle in it when selecting either Ranked Match or Standard Match. Theia Sky Ruins replaced Remoat Stadium in Ranked Match after its introduction. Battles here have five players on each team.

Full view of Theia Sky Ruins

It is an ancient ruin located on a mountain high above Aeos Island. It is the largest stadium in the game, notably featuring wider paths and a larger central area than Remoat Stadium. Many legendary Pokémon appear here. It is known for having strong winds blow through the area. Like all stadiums, it was built atop an Aeos energy spot.

Players gain the ability to partake in Unite Battles at Theia Sky Ruins starting at Trainer level 4 or 5.

Layout

Theia Sky Ruins can be divided into three areas: the Top Path, Bottom Path, and the Central Area. Additionally, each team has a base where all three areas branch off from. Each base has a barrier in front of it that members of the opposing team cannot pass through. While at their base, Pokémon recover health very quickly. All members of a team start a Unite Battle from this base and respawn there if they are knocked out.

Goal Zones

Each team has five goal zones. Two of them lie on the Top Path, the other two are on the Bottom Path, and the last is just in front of that team's base. As long as the 4 farthest goal zones remain intact, a speed-flux zone appears on the road between each goal zone. The speed-flux zone increases the speed of allied Pokémon moving within it while substantially reducing the speed of Pokémon on the opposing team doing the same. After a goal zone is destroyed, the speed-flux zone just behind it disappears. Two Sitrus Berries appear just behind each team's forward-most goal zones until those goal zones are destroyed.

Rayquaza:

• Forward-Most Goal Zones : 80 points each
• Middle Goal Zones : 100 points each
• Base Goal Zone : Indestructible (10,000 points)

Groudon:

• Forward-Most Goal Zones:
  • Top Path: 70 points each
  • Bottom Path: 80 points each
• Middle Goal Zones:
  • Top Path: 90 points each
  • Bottom Path: 120 points each
• Base Goal Zone: Indestructible (10,000 points)

The Top Path has the most tall grass. The Bottom Path has less tall grass, but more Exp. Points can be gained from the wild Pokémon there. However, the Central Area offers the most Exp. Points from wild Pokémon. Compared to the Rayquaza variant, the Groudon map has sections with no tall grass, where there were in the Rayquaza map.

The Central Area is separated from the goal zone just outside each base by a wall. This wall drops down after either of the middle goal zones for that team are destroyed. The outer portion of the Central Area contains two jump pad on each team's side. When a player stands on these pads, they are launched into the inner portion of the Central Area. The inner portion of the Central Area is separated from the outer portion by gaps, such that the inner portion can only be entered via two bridges on each side of the outer portion, via the jump pads, or from the center of the Top and Bottom Paths. Four Salac Berries appear in the inner portion of the Central Area, in a square shape where the Berries line up with the bridges to the inner portion of the Central Area. In the center of the Central Area, within the inner portion, lies the Pit. The Pit has two entrances at its north and south halves and walls to its east and west, but the top entrance closes off when Rayquaza appears in the Pit to battle. That entrance reopens after Rayquaza's defeat.

After five minutes have passed, the superjump springboard appears within each team's base. Activating this springboard allows players to leap to their choice of six different locations on their team's side of the map. Two of the destinations are on the Top Path, two of the destinations are on the Bottom Path, and the final two locations are in the outer portion of the Central Area. The latter locations on the Top and Bottom Paths line up with the location of the middle goal zones on that Path. Landing from the superjump springboard throws opposing Pokémon that are at the destination.

After Rayquaza appears at the last two minutes, circular air currents will in the appear. One appears just before the gap at the edge of the outer portion of the Central Area stage, and others appear at destroyed goal zones. They will also appear if a goal zone is destroyed past this point. Entering these currents briefly increases a Pokémon's movement speed.

Modified rules

The health of objective Pokémon can not be seen on this map unless the player or an ally is close to the objective. Objective Pokémon are more prone to restoring their health while not in combat compared to other maps. Objective Pokémon are more prone to disengage from combat compared to other maps.

Pokémon

Diglett pop out of the ground below the four jump pads, which allows the pads to launch Pokémon. Dugtrio does the same for the superjump springboards at each team's base. Magnemite cameo by holding cameras and screens outside of the stadium. Rayquaza can be seen flying in the background of the stage.

Rayquaza

Regular Pokémon
Pokémon	Aeos Energy	Evolution	Spawn	Respawn	Basic Attack	Behavior
Bunnelby	2 Aeos Energy	Doesn't Evolve	10:00	Doesn't Respawn	Doesn't Attack	When attacked, they move forward on the paths and do not retaliate when attacked. The last two are a set, and will both start running away even if only one of them is attacked.
Bunnelby	5 Aeos Energy	Evolves into Diggersby	9:40	60 seconds	Melee	Will attack when provoked, following the player until a certain point,before returning to its area
Baltoy	2 Aeos Energy	Evolves into Claydol	9:45	60 seconds	Ranged	Will attack when provoked, following the player until a certain point, before returning to its area.
Indeedee	5 Aeos Energy, 7 Aeos Energy (Final Stretch)	Doesn't Evolve	9:40	60 seconds	Melee	Will attack when provoked, following the player until a certain point, before returning to its area
Xatu	2 Aeos Energy, 3 Aeos Energy (Final Stretch)	Doesn't Evolve	10:00	60 seconds	Melee	Will attack when provoked, following the player until a certain point, before returning to its area
Swablu	2 Aeos Energy, 3 Aeos Energy (Final Stretch)	Doesn't Evolve	8:50	1 minute 30 seconds	Melee	Three Swablu spawn with one Altaria. It will attack once a player has entered their area
Altaria	4 Aeos Energy, 6 Aeos Energy (Final Stretch)				Ranged
Evolved Pokémon
Pokémon	Aeos Energy	Evolution	Spawn	Respawn	Basic Attack	Behavior
Diggerby	7 Aeos Energy	Evolves from Bunnelby	2:00	60 seconds	Melee	Attacks when provoked, following the player until a certain point, before returning to its area.
Claydol	4 Aeos Energy	Evolves from Baltoy	2:00	60 seconds	Ranged	Attacks when provoked, following the player until a certain point, before returning to its area.
Buffed Pokémon
Pokémon	Aeos Energy	Evolution	Spawn	Respawn	Basic Attack	Behavior	Buffs
Escavalier	4 Aeos Energy, 7 Aeos Energy (Final Stretch)	Doesn't Evolve	9:40	1 minute	Melee	Will attack once provoked. It will use Smart Strike, leaving Pokémon unable to act once it hits, as its first attack and every few basic attacks.	Provides a buff that makes attacks reduce opposing Pokémon's movement speed
Accelgor						Will attack once provoked. It will use Bug Buzz, pushing players back and leaving Pokémon unable to act with every sound wave, as its first attack and every few basic attacks.	Provides a buff that reduces moves' cooldown by 10%
Boss Pokémon
Pokémon	Aeos Energy	Evolution	Spawn	Respawn	Basic Attack	Behavior	Buffs
Regieleki	20 Aeos Energy, 12 Aeos Energy (Once defeated by the opposing team and is travelling to the ally goal zone)	Doesn't Evolve	7:00	2 minutes (It will not appear once Rayquaza has made its appearance)	Ranged	It has two moves: Electro Web, which fires 3 webs of electricity in three directions, leaving players caught by them unable to move, and Thunder Cage, which strikes electricity in a large area, leaving players hit by it unable to act.	Once defeated, Regieleki will travel to the opposing team's nearest goal zone and score 20 Aeos Energy into it , making it defenseless. It will attack all members of the opposing team that try to stop it.
Regice	20 Aeos Energy	Doesn't Evolve			Melee	It has two moves: Focus Blast, which fires 3 ice chunks in one direction in quick succession, pushing the player back when they hit, and Icy Wind, which blows a quick attack in the shape of a cone.	It grants an EXP boost, and provides a buff that increases HP Recovery Speed for 90 seconds
Regirock	20 Aeos Energy	Doesn't Evolve				It has two moves: Rock Blast, which fires 3 chunks of rock in a single direction in quick succession, pushing the player back when they hit, and Rock Slide, which causes a number rocks to fall from the sky and hit the ground, depending on how many players are attacking it.	It grants an EXP boost, and provides a buff that increases Defense and Sp. Defense
Registeel	20 Aeos Energy	Doesn't Evolve				It has two moves: Focus Blast, which fires a ball of energy, and Stomp, which sends players into the air, leaving them unable to act	It grants an EXP boost, and provides a buff that increases Attack and Sp. Attack
Rayquaza	30 Aeos Energy, 15 Aeos Energy (For each teammate)	Doesn't Evolve	2:00	Doesn't Respawn		It has three moves: Twister, which summons whirlwinds below each nearby player, sending them up into the air, unable to act; Draco Meteor, which sends fiery meteors into the boss pit; and Dragon Ascent, where Rayquaza flies into the sky, before slamming back to the ground, knocking players into the air and leaving them unable to act.	Once defeated, it gives a shield that doubles scoring speed and prevents interruption while scoring

Groudon

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Aesthetic events

From February 22, 2024 to March 12, 2024, Shiny Rayquaza replaced regular Rayquaza on Theia Sky Ruins. This included Rayquaza's appearance in the background. This extended to Shiny Rayquaza appearing in the Battle Guide menu instead of regular Rayquaza.

Practice Area

The Practice Area mode takes place in Theia Sky Ruins on the Groudon map. In it, the player battles against a single unseen Practice Partner. Players can pick the Pokémon that they and the Practice Partner use from any Pokémon in the game, even ones that the player does not own. Similarly, the player can choose any Holowear in the game for themselves.

The primary difference compared to a normal battle is that three Substitute Dolls are located throughout the stage. One is located in front of each team's base, and the last is on the far side of the middle of the top path. They can be attacked and shoved as though they are Pokémon. They are treated as being members of the opposing team, even though they are not displayed as such in splash and results screens. This means that moves that require targets that are opposing team members can be used on Substitute Dolls. The Dolls report the damage they have taken overall, the damage they have taken from basic attacks, the damage that they have taken from moves, the damage they are receiving per second, and the amount of time they spend under the effects of a hindrance. Substitutes have a large pool of HP, which resets to full at certain points. This makes it impossible for the Subsitutes to faint.

The Practice Area's button in the Practice menu still shows Remoat Stadium, even though the mode currently takes place in Theia Sky Ruins.

Practice Options

During the battle, the player can access a special "Practice Options" menu. This menu allows the player to change various elements of the game state.

• Buttons can be used to grant either participant extra levels in increments of 1, grant Aeos energy in increments of 5, or reset the level of either Pokémon to 1. Resetting levels causes Pokémon to devolve to their initial state, if they evolved prior. If the Unite Ball contains more Aeos energy than the Pokémon can have at level 1, then the excess energy is removed. (The energy is not dropped, the current total is just truncated down to the maximum.)

• The menu can also make either player invincible (not through the status condition, they simply do not take damage in cases where they would.) The player can remove the cooldowns on all their moves as well as their Battle Item; this includes setting the Unite Move gauge to full and preventing the Unite Move gauge from draining when a Unite Move is used. By flipping the "Attack" toggle off, the Practice Partner can be set to stand still and not attack instead of moving and acting like a normal AI.

• The presence of wild Pokémon can be toggled on on off using a dedicated toggle, causing all Pokémon to despawn when set to off and making them all spawn in when toggled back on. (A Regieleki moving to a goal zone will not despawn based on this toggle) Pokémon spawn in even if their conditions are not otherwise met: such as causing Bunnelby to spawn on the paths when they normally never do so and causing Rayquaza to appear before the 2:00 mark. This can allow for some incongruous situations compared to normal gameplay, such as allowing the legendary giants to coexist with Rayquaza, allowing the original three legendary giants to exist during the Final Stretch, allowing multiple Regieleki to coexist, and allowing Indeedee to be present while goal zones are destroyed. However, the Altaria and Swablu that appear in the pit will despawn in the presence of Rayquaza. When this is toggled on, Rayquaza's air currents will appear but do not disappear if it despawns. If this toggle is flipped on during the Final Stretch, Pokémon that evolve at the Final Stretch will spawn in their evolved forms.

• Instead of displaying a minimap, a "Stats" option can be toggled which replaces that display with a display of each participating Pokémon's current and maximum HP, Defense stat, and Sp. Def stat.

• The presence of Substitute Dolls can be toggled on or off, disappearing with no animation if they are set to off and reappearing in the same way when set to on. If any Substitute Doll has taken damage, this toggle is disabled until the Substitute Doll resets its HP. (In other words, they cannot be disabled while they are being attacked.)

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Legacy Trainer Showdown

Legacy Trainer Showdown was an event that ran from September 9, 2022 to October 6, 2022. It was also repeated from April 21, 2023 to May 21, 2023. In it, players battled against the team of Leon, Raihan, Korrina, Cynthia, and Green. In contrast to the rest of the game using three dimensional models for characters, all five of these characters are only represented by two dimensional artwork.

Participating in these battles required the player spend Trainer battle tickets. One Trainer battle ticket was provided per day, and extra tickets could be purchased using Aeos coins. Apparently, these battles occurred at random. These battles rewarded Trainer battle coins, which could be exchanged for a number of items. One of those items was Trainer Outfit (Leon), a Trainer Outfit based upon Leon's design.

The opponents always use the same Pokémon and Battle Items, but never use Holowear:

• Leon uses Charizard and X Attack.
• Raihan uses Duraludon and ______.
• Korrina uses Lucario and Eject Button.
• Cynthia uses Garchomp and X Attack.
• Green uses Blastoise and Eject Button.

Additionally, all five trainers have custom Unite Snapshots used in place of the Unite licenses normally seen on the battle loading screen. These Unite Snapshots show the Trainer and their Pokémon using two dimensional artwork. Notably, the Battle Item is not visible on these Unite Snapshots, and the Trainers can't be selected on the battle loading screen at all.

A battle in Legacy Trainer Showdown proceeds much like a regular Unite Battle. However, a number of aesthetic modifications occur with the presence of the legacy Trainers.

• The art of the Trainer appears along with the icon of their Pokémon when notifications appear indicating they have knocked out a Pokémon or have been knocked out by a Pokémon.
• When one of the legacy Trainers' Pokémon knocks out the player's Pokémon, a tab will pop in from the right side of the screen using the artwork for that Trainer and a background based upon that of their Unite Snapshot
• When one of the legacy Trainers' Pokémon uses a Unite Move,and the player is nearby, a comic style cut in will appear in the upper right corner of the screen, using the art for the character of the Pokémon and an orange background.

At the end of the battle. none of the characters can be sent a friend request, congratulated for being a worthy opponent, or reported.

Solo Challenge

Solo Challenge is a modified version of Legacy Trainer Showdown for solo play. While the opposing team remains a set of five Trainers from the core series games which are CPU controlled, the player's team strictly consists of four other CPU controlled Aeos Trainers. Additionally, this mode has four difficulty levels, Casual, Intermediate, Expert and Extreme, which determines the composition of the opposing team. The specific roster and order of the roster depends on the event, but the Expert and Extreme difficulties use all five trainers. The Casual and Intermediate difficulties replace the missing trainers with Ace Trainers. While the main trainers always use the same Pokémon and the same Battle Items, the Pokémon and Battle Item that the Ace Trainers use is randomized.

The difficulty levels above Casual must be unlocked by winning battles on lower difficulties. The requirements are as follows:

• Intermediate: Win Solo Challenge 1 time on Casual
• Expert: Win Solo Challenge 2 times on Intermediate
• Extreme: Win Solo Challenge 3 times on Expert

There are event missions to complete in Solo Challenge, divided into three types. The Challenge Missions are a set of 40 missions that are completed in linear order. After one is completed, the next one appears in its place. Only two Challenge Missions are available at a time. The Daily Missions are missions that update daily. They can only be completed once per day, except for the repeatable, "Win 1 battle with Solo Challenge", which is completed every time a Solo Challenge battle is won. There are three Daily Missions per day, including the "Win 1 Battle with Solo Challenge" one. When all of the Challenge Missions are completed, they are replaced by Bonus Missions starting from the day after the accomplishment. Bonus Missions work exactly the same as Daily Missions, but do not have the repeatable mission. There are two Bonus Challenges per day. All of these missions can only be completed in Solo Challenge battles, even if the mission does not explicitly say so. This is unlike how many events in UNITE work.

Completing event missions rewards players with Solo Challenge Tokens, and collecting enough Solo Challenge Tokens allows players to obtain rewards from the event. The Solo Challenge Tokens are not spent; the event is based on the running total. The number of Solo Challenge Tokens each mission rewards varies by the mission. Solo Challenge Tokens are not retained between different event periods; each one starts players off with 0 Solo Challenge Tokens

Solo Challenge recurs on a regular basis, to the point where when one Solo Challenge ends it is immediately followed up by a different Solo Challenge event. These events can be sorted into two different groups: a "Cynthia themed event" and a "Leon themed event". Each one primarily features that Trainer. The events alternate, such that when a "Cynthia event" concludes the "Leon event" will start, and vice versa. The cycle started on December 7, 2023, with a "Cynthia event" and appears to be running indefinitely.

Cynthia themed event

In a "Cynthia themed event", Cynthia is always on the opposing team. The rewards include a Sticker and Background for Unite Snapshots featuring Cynthia, a Cynthia themed frame for Unite Snapshots, and a Trainer Outfit based on Cynthia's design.

This event has run from December 7, 2023 to January 15, 2024 and from February 27, 2024 to April 17, 2024.

Opposing team

• Casual: Cynithia and Garchomp, four Ace Trainers
• Intermediate: Cynithia and Garchomp, Korrina and Lucario, Raihan and Duraludon, and two Ace Trainers.
• Expert and Extreme: Cynithia and Garchomp, Korrina and Lucario, Raihan and Duraludon, Leon and Charizard, and Green and Blastoise.

Leon themed event

In a "Leon themed event" Leon is always on the opposing team. The rewards include a Sticker and Background for Unite Snapshots featuring Leon, Leon's signature pose for Trainers to use in Unite Snapshots and while readying for battle, and a Trainer Outfit based on Leon's design.

This event has run from January 16, 2024 to February 26, 2024.

Opposing team

• Casual: Leon and Charizard, four Ace Trainers
• Intermediate: Leon and Charizard, Korrina and Lucario, Raihan and Duraludon, and two Ace Trainers.
• Expert and Extreme: Leon and Charizard, Korrina and Lucario, Raihan and Duraludon, Cynithia and Garchomp, and Green and Blastoise.

In animation

In Challenge the World!, a Unite Battle took place on Theia Sky Ruins, as part of the 2023 Pokémon World Championships. The purple team consisted of Mew, Comfey, Tsareena, Dodrio and Greninja, and the orange team consisted of Hoopa, Sableye, Cinderace, Aegislash and Lucario. Greninja was seen scoring a goal, but the exact result of the match was not shown.

In the manga

In Pokémon UNITE Manga - Come On Over to Aeos Island!, the location that becomes the Theia Sky Ruins appears as the setting of the fourth chapter, In Search of an Aeos Energy Spot. In it, Professor Phorus and Erbie climb into the mountains and discover ancient ruins on top of an Aeos energy spot. While it is naturally foggy, Eribe removes the mist with his Rufflet's Defog. At the end of the chapter, the area is declared to be the site of the Theia Sky Ruins stadium. Wild Natu, Bunnelby, Baltoy, and Rayquaza are seen in the area.

Names

Language	Name	Origin
Japanese	テイア蒼空遺跡 Theia Sky Ruins	From Theia
English	Theia Sky Ruins	Same as Japanese name
German	Theia-Himmelsruinen	Same as Japanese name
Spanish	Ruinas Celestes de Tea	Same as Japanese name
French	Ruines Célestes de Théia	Same as Japanese name
Italian	Rovine celesti di Theia	Same as Japanese name
Korean	테이아창공유적 Teia Chang-gong Yujeok	Same as Japanese name
Chinese (Mandarin)	媞亞蒼空遺跡 Tíyǎ Cāngkōng Yíjī 媞亚苍空遗迹 Tíyà Cāngkōng Yíjì	Same as Japanese name
Chinese (Cantonese)	媞亞蒼空遺跡 Tàih'a Chōnghūng Wàihjīk

References

This article is part of both Project Sidegames and Project Locations, Bulbapedia projects that, together, aim to write comprehensive articles on the Pokémon Sidegames and Locations, respectively.