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The unused {{DL|List of glitch types (Generation I)|Bird}} type from the Generation I games is physical.
The unused {{DL|List of glitch types (Generation I)|Bird}} type from the Generation I games is physical.
==Icons==
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|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]]
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|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:StatusIC HGSS.png]]
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| style="background-color: #fcfcfc" | {{color2|000|Generation V}}
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|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:SpecialIC BW.png]]
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:StatusIC BW.png]]
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| style="background-color: #fcfcfc" | {{color2|000|Generation VI}} and {{color2|000|Generation VII|VII}}
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|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:SpecialIC.png]]
|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:StatusIC.png]]
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| 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]]
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| style="background-color: #fcfcfc" | {{color2|000|Pokémon Sword and Shield}}
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|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]]
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| style="background-color: #fcfcfc" | {{color2|000|Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl}}
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|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:StatusIC LA.png]]
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| style="background-color: #fcfcfc" | {{color2|000|Pokémon Masters}}
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|style="border:2px solid #{{Black color dark}}; background:#eee; width:100px; height:80px; {{roundy|20px}}" | [[File:StatusIC Masters.png|100px]]
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| style="background-color: #fcfcfc" | {{color2|000|Pokémon HOME}}
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==Trivia==
==Trivia==

Revision as of 17:47, 13 August 2022

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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 Generation I to Generation III are listed below.

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

The unused Bird type from the Generation I games is physical.

Icons

Diamond, Pearl and Platinum PhysicalIC IV.png SpecialIC IV.png StatusIC IV.png
Pokémon 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 Masters 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. 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

In other languages

Language Title
Chinese Cantonese 分類 Fānleuih
Mandarin 分類 / 分类 Fēnlèi
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Germany Flag.png German Kategorie
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Spain Flag.png Spanish Categoría


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