Pokémon Battle

Pokémon Battle is a term to state the situation of two Pokémon trainers battling with their Pokémon, or one Pokémon trainer battling a Pokémon, or two Pokémon battling each other. Gym leaders or any kind of trainer competitions always adopt this method to be able to declare a winner, and award the Pokémon trainers if they need to be. The trainers also often battle each other to improve themselves as trainers.

Pokémon Battles
Usually the two trainer challenge each other. They send out one Pokémon at a time. Once one side's Pokémon is unable to battle, the battle is over. Trainers or Gym Leaders may put their own rules if they want to, but the commonly used system is that the two trainers are allowed to use the same number of Pokémon, and once the one party's all Pokémon faint, then the battle is over.

Battle Ethics
Pokémon battles are not meant to harm each other, instead expected to remain civilized. Therefore, when a Pokémon takes serious damage or faints, the round is considered over. However, sometimes trainers may have to declare their withdrawals from the battles, as did in  when his  received serious damage by 's. No battle with hate porpuses is considered fine by authorities. It is known that the trainers who are known to abuse their Pokémon are required to return their Pokémon Trainer lisences.