??? (type)

??? redirects here. If you are looking for the Glitch Pokémon, look here. Or, if you are looking for the Generation IV Pokémon, see here

The ??? type, unlike the Bird type, is a non-Glitch element type in existence from Generation I onward. However, it has never been applied to Pokémon, only to particular moves. When a bad egg occurs, it will be this type.

Curse

Introduced in Pokémon Gold and Silver, Curse is an attack with the ??? type.

Curse is an attack that behaves differently depending on the element type of the Pokémon using it, more specifically, if the Pokémon is of the Ghost type.

Shadow Moves

Shadow moves are another kind of Pokémon attacks with the type ???.

In Pokémon Colosseum, Shadow Pokémon have the move Shadow Rush until they are purified. In Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, more Shadow moves are introduced. Starting in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, these moves are super-effective against regular Pokémon and not very effective against other Shadow Pokémon.

The ??? type does not run exclusively off of the Pokémon's attack stat or special attack stat. This differs from one attack to another.