Stellar (type)

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The Stellar type (Japanese: ステラタイプ Stella type) is a type that exists only in Generation IX. Unlike other types, no Pokémon or moves bear it naturally, being exclusive to the Terastallized state of a Pokémon. Stellar-type moves are super effective against other Tera Pokémon.

Battle properties

Offensive properties of Stellar icon.png Stellar-type moves
Super effective (×2) Not very effective (×½) No effect (×0)
Terastallized Pokémon None None

Uniquely, the Stellar type has no defensive properties, as a Stellar-type Pokémon will always retain its original typing's Defensive properties, aside from the Terastallized state itself being weak to Stellar-type Tera Blast and Tera Starstorm. As such, outside of Terastallizing, any attempts to change a Pokémon's type into the Stellar type (such as the moves Conversion 2 or Reflect Type) will fail.

Additional effects

When a Pokémon Terastallizes into the Stellar type, it gains increased STAB for every move type, but only once per type; 2× for original types and 1.2× for every other type. After a move is used, no other moves of that same type will receive increased STAB from being Terastallized. In Tera Raid Battles, all moves will be boosted in this manner without limit. Terapagos similarly retains this boost at all times.

Stellar-type Tera Blast gains the drawback of lowering the user’s Attack and Sp. Atk stats by one stage, and Stellar-type Tera Starstorm changes to hit multiple opponents. Other moves cannot be changed into the Stellar type.

Pokémon

No Pokémon is naturally Stellar-type. All Pokémon in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet except Ogerpon can gain the Stellar type through Terastallization, but defensively, they are treated as their base type.

Special Terastallized states

# Name Base type
1017 Terapagos Terapagos
Stellar Form
Normal

Moves

These moves are naturally Normal-type, but they become Stellar-type and have special changes if the user Terastallizes into the Stellar type.

Gen Move Category Contest Power Accuracy PP Range Description
IX Tera Blast Special 80 100% 10 (max 16)
     
     
Normal
Inflicts damage with the user’s Attack or Sp. Atk stat— whichever is higher. Super effective against Terastallized targets. This lowers the user’s Attack and Sp. Atk stats.
IX Tera Starstorm Special 120 100% 5 (max 8)
     
     
Many Others
With the power of its crystals, the user bombards and eliminates the target. When used by Terapagos in its Stellar Form, this move damages all opposing Pokémon.
All details are accurate to Generation VII games. For details that have changed between generations, please see an individual move's page. Target data assumes user is in the lower left.

Items

Name Description
Stellar Tera Shard Stellar Tera Shard On rare occasions, these shards form when a Tera Pokémon falls in battle and its Tera Jewel shatters.
All details are accurate to Generation IX games. For details that have changed between generations, please see an individual item's page.

Icons

Core series

StellarIC Tera.png TeraGem Stellar.png
Tera icon from
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet
Tera symbol icon from
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet

Trivia

  • This is the only type to be exclusive to a transformation mechanic. Likewise, it is the only type a Pokémon can not be without the mechanic.
  • Written in katakana, ステラタイプ (Stella type) is an anagram of テラスタイプ (Teras Type), the Japanese word for Tera Type.
  • The Stellar type, along with the rest of the Terastal phenomenon, was created by Terapagos. Pokémon gain the Stellar Tera Type due to the influence of the crystals found in the Area Zero Underdepths.
  • Terapagos cannot have any other Tera Type than Stellar.

In other languages

Language Title
Japan Flag.png Japanese ステラ Stella
Chinese Cantonese 星晶 Sīngjīng
Mandarin 星晶 Xīngjīng
France Flag.png French Stellaire
Germany Flag.png German Stellar
Italy Flag.png Italian Astrale
South Korea Flag.png Korean 스텔라 Stella
Spain Flag.png Spanish Astral