User:Team Rocket Grunt/Move properties

Move properties are all properties of moves like type, category, and other effects.

Standard properties

Standard categories

Type Category Contest category
 Normal   Fighting   Flying   Poison   Ground   Rock 
 Ghost   Steel   Bug   Fire   Water   Grass 
 Electric   Ice   Psychic   Dragon   Dark   Fairy 

 Stellar   ???  (Typeless)  Shadow 

 Physical   Special   Status  Cute Clever Beautiful Tough Cool

Standard values

Other categories

Basic effects

Moves Properties
Contact move these moves make contact what has various consequences, most of them are physical
Prioity move these moves are performed earlier or later in a turn, ignoring the speed
High critical hit ratio these moves have higher critical hit ratio
Additional effect these moves have additional effect to their dealt damage
Fixed damage these moves deal fixed damage despite being physical or special
Animated ally these moves are always animater when target an ally

Move categories

Moves Properties
Aura and pulse move these moves are booster by the ability Mega Launcher
Ball and bomb move these moves fail when used against Pokémon with Bulletproof
Biting move these moves are booster by the ability Strong Jaw
Dance move these moves are copied by the Pokémon with ability Dancer
Explosive move these moves fail when used in presence of Pokémon with Damp
Powder and spore move these moves are copied by the Pokémon with ability Overcoat, wearing Safety Goggles or Grass
Punching move these moves are booster by the ability Iron Fist and the item Punching Glove
Slicing move these moves are booster by the ability Sharpness
Sound-based move these moves are affected by Liquid Voice, Punk Rock, and Throat Spray, but blocked by Soundproof and Throat Chop
Wind move these moves affect the ability Wind Rider and Wind Power
Defrosts user move these moves defrost the user
Defrosts target move these moves defrost the target
Moves that require use of mouth these moves fail when the user is Muzzled in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon
Light moves these moves summon a hostile Pokémon in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon

Reaction moves

Moves Properties
Protect Blocked by Protect
Reflectable moves Reflectible by Magic Coat and Magic Bounce
King's Rock Affected by King's Rock
Substitute Bypasses Substitute, mostly Sound-based moves
Mental moves Affected by Mental Herb and Aroma Veil
Minimize These moves trample Minimize
healing moves Blocked by Heal Block and Psychic Noise
Shield Dust Affected by Shield Dust
Prankster Affected by Prankster
Sheer Force Affected by Sheer Force
Gravity Affected by Gravity
Pressure Affected by Pressure despite not targeting the Pokémon with it

Moves that call other moves

Moves Properties
Assist Can't be called by Assist
Copycat Can't be called by Copycat
Me First Can't be called by Me First
Metronome Can't be called by Metronome
Mirror Move Can't be called by Mirror Move
Transform Can't be called by Transform**
Nature Power Can't be called by Nature Power**
Sleep Talk Can't be called by Sleep Talk
Snatch Can't be called by Snatch
Encore Can't be called by Encore
Mimic Can't be called by Mimic
Instruct Can't be called by Instruct
Sketch Can't be called by Sketch

Moves that work outside of battle

Moves Properties
Field move these moves can be used outside of battle
Field Move (Ranger) these moves can be used outside of battle in Pokémon Ranger
Moves prohibited in Sky battle these moves fails when used in Sky Battle
Hit natural objects these moves hit natural objects

SV flags

  • [Pledge move]
  • [Snatchable]
  • [animates when used on an ally]
  • [ballistic]
  • [banned in Sky Battles]
  • [biting]
  • [can hit distant targets in triples]
  • [can't be called by Metronome]
  • [can't be selected by Assist]
  • [charge]
  • [contact]
  • [copiable by Mirror Move]
  • [dance]
  • [defrosts the user or target]
  • [fixed damage]
  • [future move]
  • [healing move for Triage, Heal Block]
  • [ignores Subs]
  • [powder]
  • [prevented by Gravity]
  • [protect]
  • [punch]
  • [recharge]
  • [reflectable by Magic Coat]
  • [slicing]
  • [sound]
  • [wind]

See also

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