Double battle
Double battle is a battle format with two active Pokémon on each side at once
Ruby and Sapphire introduced double battles in 2002. Moves that hit more than one target deal 0.75 times damage from Diamond and Pearl, after 0.5 times in Generation III. The official video game championships have used doubles as their main format.
Main-series games; introduced in Generation III, Ruby and Sapphire.
3 later changes
- Diamond and Pearl set spread-move damage to 0.75 times.
- Black and White added triple and rotation battles.
- Sun and Moon dropped triple and rotation battles and added Battle Royal.
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