Stellar (type)
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 Pokémon. Stellar-type moves are super effective against other Tera Pokémon.
Battle properties
Offensive properties of  Stellar-type moves
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| 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 Tera Pokémon will always retain its original typing's defensive properties. 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. As such, Stellar-type Pokémon are in practice always weak to Tera Blast and Tera Starstorm when performed as a Stellar-type move, in addition to any weaknesses of their original typing.
Additional effects
When a Pokémon Terastallizes into the Stellar type, it gains an attack boost for every move type (2× for original types and 1.2× for every other type), but only once per type. After a move is used, no other moves of that same type will receive this boost from being Terastallized. In Tera Raid Battles, all moves will be boosted in this manner without limit. In its Stellar Form, Terapagos similarly retains this boost at all times.
Stellar-type Tera Blast gains increased base power at the cost of lowering the user’s Attack and Special Attack 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
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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 | |||||||||
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| IX | Tera Blast | Special | 100 | 100% | 10 (max 16) |
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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) |
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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
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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
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| Symbol icon from Scarlet and Violet |
Icon from Pokémon Scarlet and Violet |
Tera icon from Pokémon Scarlet and Violet |
Tera symbol icon from Pokémon Scarlet and Violet |
Trivia
- The Stellar type is the most recent type to be introduced.
- 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.
- Stellar is the only type without a type-boosting held item, damage-reducing Berry, gem, Z-Crystal, or Plate.
- Written in katakana, ステラタイプ (Sutera type) is an anagram of テラスタイプ (Terasu 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.
- Stellar-type moves can only be resisted by the Tera Shell and Wonder Guard Abilities, the latter of which is unavailable in Scarlet and Violet.
- Stellar is the only type to be introduced mid-generation instead of at said generation's beginning.
In other languages
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