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Battle Subway

The Battle Subway is a facility, accessible in Black, White, Black 2, and White 2, where the goal is to defeat Trainers without losing in one of three different modes. Each mode has a leader, known as the Subway Boss, who can be battled after a given number of Trainers have been defeated, without the player losing to any one. Each Subway Boss has two encounters in their mode. Rewards can be obtained from people on the platforms for achieving specific win milestones as well; information about these items is given below.

The subway station that contains the Battle Subway also contains the Anville Train to take the player to Anville Town.

Battles conducted in the Subway are subject to restrictions.

• 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 Maison.
• Enemy Pokémon, and Pokémon used by allied Trainers in Multi Battles, are always level 50. The player's Pokémon above or below level 50 will be set to level 50.
• Set Mode is enforced.
• Items cannot be used in battle.
• The moves Return and Frustration, when used by the opponent, will always have their maximum power.
• Losing a battle will reset the player's streak to 0. Turning off the game mid-battle will count as a loss and reset the streak.
• Pokémon encountered in battles will not be added to the Pokédex.
• Enemy Pokémon will always take their Nature, Item, moves, and EVs from predetermined 'sets'.
• Enemy Pokémon that can have multiple Abilities will always have a random Ability, although they cannot have their Hidden Ability. Enemy Pokémon that can be male or female will have their gender randomly determined.
• The player cannot enter two Pokémon of the same species or holding the same held item, unless they are playing Multis.
• Any Pokémon holding a Soul Dew cannot enter.
• Some Pokémon cannot be entered altogether, and will never be encountered on an opponent's team:

Resources

• Pokémon that can appear in the Battle Subway
• Trainers, and associated Pokémon rosters, that can appear in the Battle Subway
• Smogon's Battle Maison records & discussion topic
• turskain's damage calculator, with the possible opposing movesets built in
• Battle Subway Guide

The teams of the Subway Bosses and the amount of BP the player can receive from Subway battles is given below. The Items and Trainers sections that follow are about the items that can be found in the Battle Subway building, but not as part of the Subway challenge.

Subway Challenge Information

Battle Points

The player will receive the following amounts of Battle Points for every round of 7 battles completed.

In the Wi-Fi Train, the player is always awarded 10 points per 7 battles, unless the player chooses to re-battle Trainers from the previous train, in which case the player is awarded 5 points.

Normal Train

Battles	Points
7	3
14	3
21	10

Super Train

Battle(s)	Points
7	5
14	6
21	7
28	8
35	9
42	10
49	30
56+	10

Subway Bosses

Each of the two regular modes (Singles and Doubles) has a single Subway Boss that serves as the leader of that mode. The player will battle them first as the 21th battle on the Normal Train and again as the 49th battle on the Super Train, and a commemorative monument will be placed in the player's room for each Subway Boss the player defeats on the Super Train. In Black 2 and White 2, obtained monuments from Black and White can be seen in the player's room if they use Memory Link with that game. The Subway Bosses' teams are always the same, but the order of Pokémon within their party varies.

When battling a Subway Boss in Multis, the player will engage both Subway Bosses in a Multi Battle.

Their Pokémon always have 15 IVs on the Normal Train and 31 on the Super Train.

Singles

Subway Boss Ingo - Normal Train

Pokémon		Nature	Item	Moves								HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spe
	Crustle	Adamant	Rocky Helmet	Stone Edge		X-Scissor		Earthquake		Flail		137	152	169	69	87	57
	Garbodor	Modest	Black Sludge	Venoshock		Psychic		Focus Blast		Toxic		179	96	94	114	94	87
	Klinklang	Adamant	Occa Berry	Shift Gear		Gear Grind		Volt Switch		Giga Impact		127	158	127	73	97	134

Subway Boss Ingo - Super Train

Pokémon		Nature	Item	Moves								HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spe
	Chandelure	Modest	White Herb	Overheat		Shadow Ball		Protect		Will-O-Wisp		167	67	110	216	110	100
	Excadrill	Adamant	Life Orb	Earthquake		Aerial Ace		Poison Jab		Rock Slide		185	193	101	63	106	108
	Haxorus	Jolly	Yache Berry	Dragon Dance		Dragon Claw		Dragon Tail		Earthquake		151	199	110	72	90	163

Doubles

Subway Boss Emmet - Normal Train

Pokémon		Nature	Item	Moves								HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spe
	Crustle	Adamant	Rocky Helmet	Stone Edge		X-Scissor		Earthquake		Flail		137	152	169	69	87	57
	Garbodor	Modest	Black Sludge	Venoshock		Psychic		Focus Blast		Toxic		179	96	94	114	94	87
	Durant	Jolly	Occa Berry	X-Scissor		Iron Head		Rock Slide		Shadow Claw		125	153	124	54	60	168
	Klinklang	Modest	Steel Gem	Flash Cannon		Thunderbolt		Protect		Toxic		127	100	127	125	97	134

Subway Boss Emmet - Super Train

Pokémon		Nature	Item	Moves								HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spe
	Eelektross	Quiet	Magnet	Discharge		Gastro Acid		Thunderbolt		Thunder Wave		192	135	100	172	100	63
	Chandelure	Modest	White Herb	Overheat		Shadow Ball		Protect		Will-O-Wisp		167	67	110	216	110	100
	Excadrill	Adamant	Life Orb	Earthquake		Aerial Ace		Poison Jab		Rock Slide		185	193	101	63	106	108
	Haxorus	Jolly	Yache Berry	Dragon Dance		Dragon Claw		Dragon Tail		Earthquake		151	199	110	72	90	163

Multis

Subway Bosses Ingo & Emmet - Normal Train

Pokémon		Nature	Item	Moves								HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spe
	Garbodor	Modest	Black Sludge	Venoshock		Psychic		Focus Blast		Toxic		179	96	94	114	94	87
	Klinklang	Adamant	Occa Berry	Shift Gear		Gear Grind		Volt Switch		Giga Impact		127	158	127	73	97	134
	Durant	Jolly	Occa Berry	X-Scissor		Iron Head		Rock Slide		Shadow Claw		125	153	124	54	60	168
	Galvantula	Adamant	Scope Lens	X-Scissor		Wild Charge		Cross Poison		Thunder Wave		137	133	72	98	72	152

Subway Bosses Ingo & Emmet - Super Train

Pokémon		Nature	Item	Moves								HP	Atk	Def	SpA	SpD	Spe
	Excadrill	Adamant	Life Orb	Earthquake		Aerial Ace		Poison Jab		Rock Slide		185	193	101	63	106	108
	Haxorus	Jolly	Yache Berry	Dragon Dance		Dragon Claw		Dragon Tail		Earthquake		151	199	110	72	90	163
	Eelektross	Quiet	Magnet	Discharge		Gastro Acid		Thunderbolt		Thunder Wave		192	135	100	172	100	63
	Archeops	Jolly	Sitrus Berry	Rock Slide		Earthquake		Aerial Ace		Protect		150	192	85	118	85	178

Credits & sources

• The Battle Subway records topic on Smogon, for the collected resources of many players, including Pokémon movesets, Trainer information, and all the collective team-building knowledge.
• The Inundata Sheets Index, for the Pokémon and Trainers that can be found in both Trains.
• Bulbapedia, for the items that can be found in the Battle Subway building.