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Pokemon Legends: Z-A

A Sky Battle, for Old Times' Sake Walkthrough (Side Mission 69)

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Pokemon Legends Z-A - A Sky Battle, for Old Times

A Sky Battle, for Old Times' Sake is a Side Mission from Volli in Pokemon Legends: Z-A. Read on for a walkthrough on how to complete A Sky Battle, for Old Times' Sake, how to unlock it, and its rewards!

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How to Unlock A Sky Battle, for Old Times' Sake

Defeat the Rogue Megas in Main Mission 20

Mega Ampharos

A Sky Battle, for Old Times' Sake can be unlocked by progressing Main Mission 20: A Request from the Rust Syndicate, specifically after defeating the set of Rogue Megas. The Rogue Megas you need to defeat are Mawile, Barbaracle, and Ampharos.

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Accept Mission From Volli

Volli Location
A Sky Battle, for Old Times
Magenta District Map
A Sky Battle, for Old Times
On a rooftop in Magenta Street, overlooking Saison Canal

A Sky Battle, for Old Times' Sake can be started by talking to Volli on Magenta Street, near Saison Canal. You can fast travel to the Magenta Pokemon Center for a closer starting point, then make your way east to the Holovator, as Volli will be on a rooftop.

Take the Holovator to Reach Volli

Volli Location

To reach Volli, take the Holovator up to the rooftop. You can find this Holovator just east of the Pokemon Center.

At the top, clear the Mega Shards before the bridge if you haven’t yet, then cross it. Volli should be on the other side.

Lumiose City Interactive Map

A Sky Battle, for Old Times' Sake Walkthrough

  1. Bring Flying-type Pokemon
  2. Defeat Volli

Bring Flying-type Pokemon

Bring Any Flying Type
Upon accepting the side mission, you’ll be given time to prepare for a team of Flying-type Pokemon. Since you’re going against Flying types, consider a team that also covers the type's weaknesses to Rock, Ice, and Electric.

You can bring as many as you like, as long as they all share the Flying typing. It’s also better if you form a team around level 45–50 to make the fight easier.

List of All Flying Type Pokemon

Gyarados and Aerodactyl are Recommended

A Sky Battle, for Old Times

The best Pokemon to bring for this fight are Gyarados and Aerodactyl. Gyarados can learn Ice Fang, which easily targets Noibat's and Altaria's 4x weakness to Ice, and it also resists Talonflame's Fire-type moves.

It can also learn several Water and Dragon-type moves that can target secondary weaknesses, such as Talonflame's weakness to Water and the two Dragons' weakness to the same type.

Aerodactyl is another great option, as it can also learn Ice Fang via TM. Additionally, it can use several Rock-type moves such as Rock Blast, Stone Edge, and Rock Slide, allowing it to cover all of Volli's team's weaknesses.

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Defeat Volli

Noibat ImageNoibat
Level 47		 Talonflame ImageTalonflame
Level 47		 Altaria ImageAltaria
Level 48

Once you have a team of Flying-type Pokémon of your own, go ahead and challenge Volli. He'll lead with a Noibat, which you can easily defeat if you have Ice-type moves. Talonflame can also be defeated quickly if you target its 4x weakness to Rock, and Altaria has the same 4x weakness to Ice as Noibat.

Avoid bringing Electric-type Pokemon or using moves of this type, as two of the Dragons will reduce the weakness to normal damage, making Electric moves effective only against Talonflame.

Type Chart and Team Matchup Checker

A Sky Battle, for Old Times' Sake Rewards

Sharp Beak and Power Anklet

A Sky Battle, for Old Times' Sake Rewards
・ ₽3,900
・Power Anklet Icon Power Anklet x1
・Sharp Beak Icon Sharp Beak x1

Completing A Sky Battle, for Old Times' Sake earns you ₽3,900 and two held items: Sharp Beak and Power Anklet.

Sharp Beak, when held by a Pokemon, boosts the damage of Flying-type moves, while Power Anklet can help you with EV training speed at the cost of lowering your Speed during battle.

EV Training Guide

A Sky Battle, for Old Times' Sake Side Mission Details

Side Mission 69 Overview

A Sky Battle, for Old Times' Sake (#69)
A Sky Battle, for Old Times
Given By Volli
Location Magenta Sector 8, Magenta District
Description Apparently Sky Battles were a bit of a fad in Kalos until just a few years ago. Try having a battle using only Flying-type Pokémon.

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All Side Missions

No. Mission No. Mission
1 A Big Ol' Bunnelby 2 A Use for an Evolution Stone!
3 Sableye in the Cemetery 4 A Break Time Battle
5 I'd Like to See an Ekans! 6 Long-Range Moves Have Style
7 A Feisty Chespin 8 Get Well, Fennekin
9 A Challenge from Froakie 10 Skiddo's Fragrant Leaves
11 The Kakuna Master 12 The Many Flowers of Flabebe
13 Stumped at the Fountain 14 Slurpuff's Cafe Visit
15 A Sensitive Audino 16 The Budew Show
17 A Shiny Mareep? 18 A Pan-tastic Pot of Tea
19 Poisonous, Paralyzing Strategies 20 A Berry Clever Plan
21 Spewpa in the Museum 22 A Call from Mable
23 Underneath the Holovator 24 An Abra Playmate
25 Trubblesome Patrons 26 Burn, Litleo, Burn
27 Restored from a Fossil 28 Who Says Normal Is Weak?
29 Full Course of Battles: One Star 30 Show Me a Mega Camerupt!
31 Show Me a Mega Sableye! 32 Show Me a Mega Medicham!
33 Who Has the Bigger Magikarp? 34 Moves That Put Up a Wall
35 Guidance from a Yoga Master 36 Some Friendly Competition
37 Binacle by the Boatload 38 Chasing Status
39 Slowpoke for Slowpoke 40 A Holovator Without Power
41 Watch Out for Traps 42 A Fan of Fairy Types
43 A Big Weedle Problem 44 Vanillite's Fragrant Snow
45 On Maintenance Duty 46 Pidgeot Soaring High
47 Becoming a Furfrou Trimmer 48 All Tied Up
49 Hit and Heal 50 Just a Few Questions for You...
51 Floette Frolicking with Flowers 52 Numel Frozen Solid
53 The Most Electrifying Eelektrik 54 Get ENERGIZED!
55 Carvanha, Menace of the Deep! 56 We'll Just Muscle Our Way Through
57 The Camerupt Entrepreneur 58 Better to Detect Than to Protect
59 A Rematch with Hawlucha! 60 Full Course of Battles: Two Stars
61 My Favorite Holovator 62 Becoming a Pro Furfrou Trimmer
63 An Extra-Large Gogoat 64 Let It Rain, Let It Pour
65 Apartment Block Eeriness 66 Investigating with Shuppet
67 Sylveon the Soother 68 The Best Use of Leftovers
69 A Sky Battle, for Old Times' Sake 70 Who's the Strongest, Huh?!
71 The Burning Gaze of Watchog 72 Find My Galarian Stunfisk!
73 Full Course of Battles: High Rolling 74 Delibird Gets in a Flap
75 Some Unusual Pokemon 76 Let's Learn About Mega Evolution!
77 Catch Mawile If You Can 78 Inkay's Fragrant Ink
79 A Fateful Swing of a Metronome 80 A Shocking Territorial Dispute
81 Pancham the Courier 82 Clauncher Launching Water Gun
83 Honedge's Cutting Edge 84 Strike First to Make 'Em Flinch!
85 Follow Litwick! 86 Who Messed Up the Garden?
87 Becoming a Peerless Furfrou Trimmer 88 The Nervous Novice Cabbie
89 Up, Up, and Away After Emolga! 90 Froslass's Unfinished Business
91 Dragon You Into Battle 92 The Beldum Blockade
93 Finding a Place for Heliolisk 94 Full Course of Battles: Three Stars
95 A Haunting Experience 96 Let Us Battle...Artistically
97 Stop the Runaway Whirlipede! 98 Jumbo Variety Pumpkaboo
99 Pleasing Aron's Palate 100 Starmie on High
101 Steadfast as Steel 102 A Chilling Challenge
103 Facing the Furfrou League 104 Abuzz About Bug Types
105 Trevenant, the Haunted Elder Tree! 106 Klefki's Lost Key
107 The World's Greatest Pikachu! 108 Alola, Raichu!
109 Wondrous Self-Healing Pokemon 110 A Tune That Beckons Doom
111 My Adorable, Adorable Babies 112 Exploring the Scents of Spritzee
113 Bergmite sur un Avalugg 114 A Feather from Skarmory
115 Tyrantrum's Furious Jaws! 116 Show the Power of Aurorus!
117 Josee's Training 118 Goodbye, Gengar
119 Le Super-Tournoi de Jacinthe O 120 Donuts of Unworldly Deliciousness!
121 A Big Ol' Battle 122 Let's Golden Goooooo!
123 Charging Toward Victory 124 Multistrike, Multistrike, Multistrike Moves!
125 My Hasty Jolteon 126 Cyclizoom
127 Mime Jr.'s First Big Job 128 A Novel Adventure
129 A Work of Great Love 130 A Tale of Mystery
131 Rouge District's Utility Hole Covers? 132 Bitter Blue Flames vs. Blazing Crimson
133 Farfetch'd Ambush! 134 Squawking, Squabbling Squawkabilly!
135 Cubone's Survey 136 Fidough Loves Walks!
137 Fungi-ble Goods 138 Octolock Away the Pain!
139 The Dauntless Raichu Duo 140 A Message from Across Dimensions
141 Rogue Mega Showdown 142 That's Some Nacli Coffee
143 Which Meowth Do You Purrfer? 144 Imitation Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery
145 My Neighbor Tinkatuff 146 Terror in the Sands
147 Our Gluttonous Gulpin 148 A Sorta Scary Cemetery Story
149 Scovillain's Spice-Off 150 Corvisquire's Search
151 Hyperspatial Scuffle vs. DYN4M0! 152 Hyperspatial Scuffle vs. the Fist of Justice!
153 Hyperspatial Scuffle vs. the Rust Syndicate! 154 Hyperspatial Scuffle vs. the SBC!
155 Hyperspatial Scuffle vs. Team Flare Nouveau! 156 A Special Seviper
157 What's Wafting from Wigglytuff? 158 The Trainer Tipster
159 Who Nicked That Snack? 160 Feebas's New Friends
161 Frigibax's Friend-Finding 162 Maybe Morpeko Guards?
163 Help Us Pick a Name! 164 Kiosk Conundrum
165 The Lumiose Museum Heist 166 The Joy of Mimicry
167 Porygon's Polygon Count 168 Reve de Musharna
169 A Gallant Indeedee 170 Rotom Showcase!
171 Awaken, Cofagrigus! 172 Sawk vs. Throh
173 Be a Defenseless Dodger! 174 I Still Remember the Taste...
175 Romance avec Purrloin 176 Ultimate Beans of Supreme Ultimacy
177 Triste Dreams of Tatsugiri 178 Dondozo Down in the Dumps
179 A Sub-30-Second Loss?! 180 A Wild Rosebud
181 Hyperspatial Slugfest vs. DYN4m0! 182 Hyperspatial Slugfest vs. the Fist of Justice!
183 Hyperspatial Slugfest vs. the Rust Syndicate! 184 Hyperspatial Slugfest vs. the SBC!
185 Hyperspatial Slugfest vs. Team Flare Nouveau! 186 The Ultimate Techniques
187 The Dauntless Dragalge Trainer 188 Start Special Scanning!
189 Siblings of the Sky 190 A Mimikyu for My Cutie
191 Collecting Four Drives 192 The Stealthy Shadow
193 Dreams of Meltan 194 Volcanion Unleashed
195 Restarting Magearna 196 The Djinn Unbound
197 Ultra-Hardcore Lucario Showdown! 198 Lida's Lament
199 Naveen's Newfound Determination 200 Here in Lumiose City
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