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[[File:Status Icon SwSh.png|thumb|right|200px|The icon designating a Move as Status in Sword and Shield]] | [[File:Status Icon SwSh.png|thumb|right|200px|The icon designating a Move as Status in Sword and Shield]] | ||
Status moves include moves that change the [[weather]], inflict [[status condition]]s, or raise or lower the [[ | Status moves include moves that change the [[weather]], inflict [[status condition]]s, or raise or lower the [[stat]]s of a Pokémon, among other effects. | ||
Status moves typically do not employ [[type effectiveness]], so may affect Pokémon regardless of their types; however, {{type|Ground}} Pokémon are immune to {{m|Thunder Wave}} based on type interactions, and {{type|Ghost}} Pokémon are immune to {{m|Glare}} based on type interactions in Generations {{gen|II}} and {{gen|III}} only. Furthermore, status moves may be unable to affect Pokémon based on type-related interactions other than effectiveness; for example, {{type|Poison}} Pokémon cannot be afflicted with {{status|poison}} and are thus unaffected by {{m|Poison Gas}}. | |||
The majority of {{t|Normal}}- and {{type|Psychic}} [[move]]s, as well as the only {{type|???}} move (prior to Generation V, when the type stopped existing), are in this category. Very few moves of the other 16 types are status moves; for example, there are only two {{type|Dragon}} status moves, and there are only two {{type|Fire}} status moves. | The majority of {{t|Normal}}- and {{type|Psychic}} [[move]]s, as well as the only {{type|???}} move (prior to Generation V, when the type stopped existing), are in this category. Very few moves of the other 16 types are status moves; for example, there are only two {{type|Dragon}} status moves, and there are only two {{type|Fire}} status moves. | ||
When | When a Pokémon [[Dynamax]]es, its status moves temporarily become {{m|Max Guard}}. | ||
==List of moves== | ==List of moves== | ||