Can a Pokémon be in both your party and your Battle team at the same time

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Is it possible to have a Pokémon be simultaneously in your party and in your Battle team? Or is it only possible for a single Pokémon to be in one place at any given point in time?

Best Answer

I can confirm that this is not possible. I tried it myself:

First, I moved my Salazzle into a PC Box and registered it to Battle Team 1, which caused an icon to appear over it to indicate that it was registered to a Battle Team.

registered Salazzle

Then, I put Salazzle back into my party, at which point the icon indicating that it was in a Battle Team disappeared.

before move

after move

To verify that Salazzle was no longer registered to my Battle Team, I checked the box for Battle Team 1:

empty battle team

Thus, a Pokémon must be in a PC Box in order to be registered to a Battle Team, however, once in a PC Box, the same Pokémon can be registered to multiple Battle Teams, as explained on the official Pokémon site:

In Pokémon Sun and Pokémon Moon, you can register Pokémon that you often use in Battle Teams, which can contain anywhere from one to six Pokémon. You can set up a maximum of six Battle Teams, and the same Pokémon can be registered to several Battle Teams simultaneously.