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Battle Tower

The Battle Tower, located in the Battle Park, is a Battle facility where the goal is to defeat a great variety of Trainers without losing.

Classes

Unlike previous versions of the Battle Tower, this one has two difficulty modes: the Regular Class and the Master Class. Beating the Regular Class is required to access the Master Class. The two classes have different mechanics.

In both classes, the player will battle in sets of 7 battles each. Players can take breaks and change their teams if they choose until reaching Battle 5, at which point they can no longer take breaks. This means the last three battles of any set have to be conducted with the same team.

Regular Class

The goal of the Regular Class is to win 49 matches in a row (7 sets). The power of the Pokémon used by the Trainers increases every set. At the end of sets 3 and 7, the player must battle Tower Tycoon Palmer, whose teams are shown later in this page.

Master Class

The goal of the Master Class is to win sets to increase the player's Rank from 1 to 10, with the ultimate goal being to complete a set of 7 battles at rank 10 without losing. Although the Master Class tracks the player's total win streak, and a loss will set the current streak to 0 and end the current set, this does not mean the player will return to Rank 1. The player's rank will always be reduced by 1 for a loss, and multiple losses may be required to trigger this reduction. The details are shown below.

After reaching Rank 10, the player can continue battling at Rank 10 indefinitely (unless their rank is lowered).

Battle Points and Rewards

The player will receive Battle Points for completing sets of 7 in both the Regular Class and Master Class. In Master Class, the player will also receive item rewards. The rewards are shown below.

Winning against 100 Trainers in a row in Singles or Doubles in either Class will also give the player a star for their Trainer Card.

Regular Class

Defeating Palmer (Singles only) will always give the player 20 Points for that round, instead of the number shown in the table below. This affects Sets 3 and 7.

Master Class

Modes

The Battle Tower has options for Single Battles and Double Battles. In the Regular Class, Double Battles are against one Trainer, and in Master Class, they are against two Trainers who each use two Pokémon.

The player can enter three Pokémon in Singles and four in Doubles.

Mechanics

• The player will not receive money, and their Pokémon will not receive experience. Instead, the player will receive BP, which is used as a currency for purchasable items in the Battle Park.
• Set Mode is enforced.
• Turning off the game mid-battle, or mid-round without saving, will count as a loss.
• Pokémon encountered in battles will not be added to the Pokédex.
• Enemy Pokémon will always take their Item, moves, and EVs from predetermined 'sets'.
• Enemy Pokémon that can be male or female will have their gender randomly determined, except for those used by boss Trainers.
• Two Pokémon of the same species cannot be entered.
• Two Pokémon holding the same item cannot be entered.
• The player's Pokémon will be set to level 50 if they are higher than 50. Pokémon lower than level 50 will not be leveled up to 50. The opponent's Pokémon will always be level 50.
• The opponent's team will never have two of the same Pokémon, or two Pokémon holding the same item.
• The player's Pokémon will be automatically healed after every battle.
• Items used or swapped (via Trick, Thief, Switcheroo, Covet, Knock Off, or Fling) during the battle will be given back to the Pokémon after the battle.
• Some Pokémon cannot be entered altogether, and will never be encountered on an opponent's team:

Resources

• Pokémon that can appear in the Battle Tower
• Trainers, and associated Pokémon rosters, that can appear in the Battle Tower
• Boss Trainers and associated Pokémon rosters
• Smogon's Battle Tower records & discussion topic (started 21 Nov 2021)
• Eisenherz' damage calculator

Boss Trainers

Achieving certain milestones in both the Regular and Master Class will allow the player to fight specific characters, referred to here as Boss Trainers.

Regular Class

In the Regular Class, the Tower Tycoon, Palmer, is battled first after 20 battles and again after 48. He will always use the same three Pokémon in each of his battles, but they can be in any order. His teams are as follows:

First Battle

Palmer Battle (1st)

Pokémon		Ability	Nature	Item	Moves								HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spe
	Milotic ♂	Marvel Scale	Bold	Salac Berry	Dragon Pulse		Hypnosis		Hydro Pump		Recover		189	58	129	139	135	91
	Rhyperior ♂	Solid Rock	Quiet	Expert Belt	Rock Wrecker		Ice Beam		Thunderbolt		Flamethrower		209	179	140	103	65	45
	Dragonite ♀	Multiscale	Adamant	Wide Lens	Dragon Rush		Aqua Tail		Iron Tail		Stone Edge		185	190	105	99	110	119

Second Battle

Palmer Battle (2nd)

Pokémon		Ability	Nature	Item	Moves								HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spe
	Regigigas	Slow Start	Adamant	Chople Berry	Crush Grip		Ice Punch		Stone Edge		Protect		217	233	130	90	130	121
	Heatran ♂	Flash Fire	Modest	Bright Powder	Earth Power		Magma Storm		Dark Pulse		Flash Cannon		198	85	126	200	126	97
	Cresselia	Levitate	Timid	Leftovers	Calm Mind		Moonlight		Stored Power		Substitute		227	67	141	95	150	150

Master Class

Every one of the ten Ranks has a specific Boss Trainer associated with it. In Doubles, there is instead a specific set of two Boss Trainers. Unlike Palmer in Regular Class, these Trainers can have multiple potential teams to choose from. These teams are shown on this page.

Credits & sources

• SadisticMystic's Battle Tower spreadsheet (make a copy of it from this sheet), for providing me with information about the enemy Pokémon and Trainers. Sadistic himself also answered several questions about the facility.
• Sincci on the Battle Facilities Discord, for answering some questions about the facility.
• Bulbapedia, for various facts such as the items that can be obtained as rewards and the Pokémon that cannot be entered.