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The '''category''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|分類|ぶんるい}}''' ''classification'') or '''kind'''<ref>In [[Pokédex 3D]]</ref> of a [[move]] is an element of said move that determines the kind of [[damage]] it deals.
The '''category''' (Japanese: '''{{tt|分類|ぶんるい}}''' ''classification'') or '''kind'''<ref>In [[Pokédex 3D]]</ref> of a [[move]] is an element of said move that determines the kind of [[damage]] it deals.


In games prior to Generation IV, the [[type]] of a damaging move determines whether the move is [[Physical moves|physical]] ({{DL|Damage|Damage formula|damage calculation}} is performed using the user's {{stat|Attack}} and the target's {{stat|Defense}}) or [[Special moves|special]] (the user's {{stat|Special Attack}} and the target's {{stat|Special Defense}}).
In games prior to Generation IV, the [[type]] of a damaging move determines whether the move is [[Physical move|physical]] ({{DL|Damage|damage calculation}} is performed using the user's {{stat|Attack}} and the target's {{stat|Defense}}) or [[Special move|special]] (the user's {{stat|Special Attack}} and the target's {{stat|Special Defense}}).


It was first assigned to individual moves in {{g|XD: Gale of Darkness}} for [[Shadow move]]s, and then applied to all moves starting in [[Generation IV]]. Among fans, this change is often known as the '''Physical/Special split'''.
It was first assigned to individual moves in {{g|XD: Gale of Darkness}} for [[Shadow move]]s, and then applied to all moves starting in [[Generation IV]]. Among fans, this change is often known as the '''Physical/Special split'''.
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==Type-based categories==
==Type-based categories==
The move categories used from [[Generation I]] to [[Generation III]] are listed below.
The move categories used from [[Generation I|Generations I]] to {{gen|III}} are listed below.
{| class="roundy" style="background: #ccc; border: 2px solid #333; table-layout: fixed;"
 
The unused {{t|Bird}} type only exists in the first two generations and was defined as a physical type.
{| class="roundy" style="text-align: center; background: #ccc; border: 2px solid #888" cellpadding="3px"
|- style="background: #C0C0FF;"
|- style="background: #C0C0FF;"
! style="{{roundytl|5px}}" | Category
! style="{{roundytl|5px}}" | Category
! colspan="9" style="{{roundytr|5px}}" | [[Type]]
! colspan="9" style="{{roundytr|5px}}" | Types
|- style="background: #fff"
| style="background: #{{Physical color}}" | '''[[Physical move|{{color|{{Physical textcolor}}|Physical}}]]'''
| {{typecolor|Normal}}
| {{typecolor|Fighting}}
| {{typecolor|Flying}}
| {{typecolor|Poison}}
| {{typecolor|Ground}}
| {{typecolor|Rock}}
| {{typecolor|Bug}}
| {{typecolor|Ghost}}
| {{typecolor|Steel}}
|-
| style="background-color: #{{Special color}}; {{roundybl|5px}}" | '''[[Special move|{{color|{{Special textcolor}}|Special}}]]'''
| style="background: #fff" | {{typecolor|Fire}}
| style="background: #fff" | {{typecolor|Water}}
| style="background: #fff" | {{typecolor|Grass}}
| style="background: #fff" | {{typecolor|Electric}}
| style="background: #fff" | {{typecolor|Psychic}}
| style="background: #fff" | {{typecolor|Ice}}
| style="background: #fff" | {{typecolor|Dragon}}
| style="background: #fff" | {{typecolor|Dark}}
|}
 
==Status moves==
{{main|Status move}}
 
Status moves act differently from both the other move categories, as they don't do direct damage. They also typically ignore type immunities, but Glare (in Generations [[Generation II|II]] and [[Generation III|III]]) and Thunder Wave are notable exceptions.
 
==Icons==
{| style="margin:auto; text-align:center; {{roundy|20px}} border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#{{Black color}}; font-size:80%"
| style="background-color: #fcfcfc; {{roundytl|20px}}" | {{color2|000|Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Versions|Pokémon Diamond and Pearl}}
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:PhysicalIC IV.png]]
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:SpecialIC IV.png]]
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:StatusIC IV.png]]
|-
| style="background-color: #fcfcfc" | {{color2|000|Pokémon Platinum Version|Pokémon Platinum}}, {{color2|000|Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver Versions|HeartGold and SoulSilver}}
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:PhysicalIC HGSS.png]]
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:SpecialIC HGSS.png]]
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:StatusIC HGSS.png]]
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #{{Physical color}}" | '''[[Physical move|{{color|{{Physical textcolor}}|Physical}}]]'''
| style="background-color: #fcfcfc" | {{color2|000|Generation V}}
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #{{Normal color}}" | {{typecolor|Normal}}
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:PhysicalIC BW.png]]
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #{{Fighting color}}" | {{typecolor|Fighting}}
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:SpecialIC BW.png]]
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #{{Flying color}}" | {{typecolor|Flying}}
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:StatusIC BW.png]]
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #{{Poison color}}" | {{typecolor|Poison}}
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #{{Ground color}}" | {{typecolor|Ground}}
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #{{Rock color}}" | {{typecolor|Rock}}
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #{{Bug color}}" | {{typecolor|Bug}}
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #{{Ghost color}}" | {{typecolor|Ghost}}
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #{{Steel color}}" | {{typecolor|Steel}}
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #{{Special color}}" | '''[[Special move|{{color|{{Special textcolor}}|Special}}]]'''
| style="background-color: #fcfcfc" | {{color2|000|Generation VI}} and {{color2|000|Generation VII|VII}}
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #{{Fire color}}" | {{typecolor|Fire}}
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:PhysicalIC.png]]
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #{{Water color}}" | {{typecolor|Water}}
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:SpecialIC.png]]
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #{{Grass color}}" | {{typecolor|Grass}}
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:StatusIC.png]]
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #{{Electric color}}" | {{typecolor|Electric}}
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #{{Psychic color}}" | {{typecolor|Psychic}}
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #{{Ice color}}" | {{typecolor|Ice}}
| style="text-align: center; background-color: #{{Dragon color}}" | {{typecolor|Dragon}}
| colspan="2" style="text-align: center; background-color: #{{Dark color}}" | {{typecolor|Dark}}
|-
|-
| colspan="10" style="{{roundybottom|5px}}; background: #ddd" | <small>The unused {{DL|List of glitch types|Bird}} type from the Generation I games is physical.</small>
| style="background-color: #fcfcfc" | {{color2|000|Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee!}}
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:PhysicalIC LGPE.png]]
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:SpecialIC LGPE.png]]
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:StatusIC LGPE.png]]
|-
| style="background-color: #fcfcfc" | {{color2|000|Pokémon Sword and Shield}}
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:PhysicalIC SwSh.png]]
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:SpecialIC SwSh.png]]
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:StatusIC SwSh.png]]
|-
| style="background-color: #fcfcfc" | {{color2|000|Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl}}
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:PhysicalIC BDSP.png]]
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:SpecialIC BDSP.png]]
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:StatusIC BDSP.png]]
|-
| style="background-color: #fcfcfc" | {{color2|000|Pokémon Legends: Arceus}}
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:PhysicalIC LA.png]]
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:SpecialIC LA.png]]
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:StatusIC LA.png]]
|-
| style="background-color: #fcfcfc" | {{color2|000|Pokémon Scarlet and Violet}}
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:PhysicalIC SV.png]]
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:SpecialIC SV.png]]
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:StatusIC SV.png]]
|-
| style="background-color: #fcfcfc" | {{color2|000|Pokémon Masters EX}}
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:PhysicalIC Masters.png|100px]]
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:SpecialIC Masters.png|100px]]
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:StatusIC Masters.png|100px]]
|-
| style="background-color: #fcfcfc" | {{color2|000|Pokémon HOME}}
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:PhysicalIC HOME.png|100px]]
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:SpecialIC HOME.png|100px]]
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:StatusIC HOME.png|100px]]
|-
| style="background-color: #fcfcfc; {{roundybl|20px}}" | {{color2|000|Pokémon HOME}}
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:Physical icon HOME.png]]
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:Special icon HOME.png]]
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:Status icon HOME.png]]
|}
|}
==Trivia==
* {{m|Bite}} and {{m|Water Shuriken}} are the only moves to have changed damage categories outside of Generation IV and [[Pokémon Legends: Arceus]]. Bite was changed from physical to special in [[Generation II]] when it was changed to a Dark-type move, and Water Shuriken was changed from physical to special in [[Generation VII]].
** {{m|Bite}} is also the only move to have changed damage categories twice: once in Generation II when it turned from a Normal-type and thus physical move to a Dark-type and thus special move, and again in Generation IV when it was changed back to a physical move in the physical/special split.


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Terminology]]
[[Category:Terminology]]


[[de:Schadensklasse]]
[[de:Kategorie (Attackeneigenschaft)]]
[[fr:Catégories d'attaque]]
[[fr:Catégorie de capacité]]
[[it:Categoria danno]]
[[it:Categoria danno]]

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Damage categories
Physical
Special
Status

The category (Japanese: 分類 classification) or kind[1] of a move is an element of said move that determines the kind of damage it deals.

In games prior to Generation IV, the type of a damaging move determines whether the move is physical (damage calculation is performed using the user's Attack and the target's Defense) or special (the user's Special Attack and the target's Special Defense).

It was first assigned to individual moves in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness for Shadow moves, and then applied to all moves starting in Generation IV. Among fans, this change is often known as the Physical/Special split.

Physical/Special split

The Physical/Special split allows Pokémon to use moves from a wider variety of types. For example, prior to Generation IV, Sneasel, which has a much greater Attack than Special Attack, was not effective at using moves with STAB, due to Ice-type moves and Dark-type moves both being special.

Several new moves were introduced to give more balance to formerly all-special and all-physical types, such as the physical Psychic-type moves Zen Headbutt and Psycho Cut; and the special Fighting-type moves Focus Blast, Vacuum Wave, and Aura Sphere. Other moves, such as Hyper Beam (which was physical prior to Generation IV but is now special), gained physical counterparts with the same characteristics (in this case, Giga Impact).

Type-based categories

The move categories used from Generations I to III are listed below.

The unused Bird type only exists in the first two generations and was defined as a physical type.

Category Types
Physical  Normal   Fighting   Flying   Poison   Ground   Rock   Bug   Ghost   Steel 
Special  Fire   Water   Grass   Electric   Psychic   Ice   Dragon   Dark 

Status moves

Main article: Status move

Status moves act differently from both the other move categories, as they don't do direct damage. They also typically ignore type immunities, but Glare (in Generations II and III) and Thunder Wave are notable exceptions.

Icons

Pokémon Diamond and Pearl PhysicalIC IV.png SpecialIC IV.png StatusIC IV.png
Pokémon Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver PhysicalIC HGSS.png SpecialIC HGSS.png StatusIC HGSS.png
Generation V PhysicalIC BW.png SpecialIC BW.png StatusIC BW.png
Generation VI and VII PhysicalIC.png SpecialIC.png StatusIC.png
Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! PhysicalIC LGPE.png SpecialIC LGPE.png StatusIC LGPE.png
Pokémon Sword and Shield PhysicalIC SwSh.png SpecialIC SwSh.png StatusIC SwSh.png
Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl PhysicalIC BDSP.png SpecialIC BDSP.png StatusIC BDSP.png
Pokémon Legends: Arceus PhysicalIC LA.png SpecialIC LA.png StatusIC LA.png
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet PhysicalIC SV.png SpecialIC SV.png StatusIC SV.png
Pokémon Masters EX PhysicalIC Masters.png SpecialIC Masters.png StatusIC Masters.png
Pokémon HOME PhysicalIC HOME.png SpecialIC HOME.png StatusIC HOME.png
Pokémon HOME Physical icon HOME.png Special icon HOME.png Status icon HOME.png

Trivia

  • Bite and Water Shuriken are the only moves to have changed damage categories outside of Generation IV and Pokémon Legends: Arceus. Bite was changed from physical to special in Generation II when it was changed to a Dark-type move, and Water Shuriken was changed from physical to special in Generation VII.
    • Bite is also the only move to have changed damage categories twice: once in Generation II when it turned from a Normal-type and thus physical move to a Dark-type and thus special move, and again in Generation IV when it was changed back to a physical move in the physical/special split.

References

  1. ↑ In Pokédex 3D

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