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-:'''''Stats''', '''HP''', and '''Hit Points''' redirect here. For the Pokémon information screen formerly known as "stats", see [[summary]]. For the move commonly referred to in competitive battling as "HP", see {{m|Hidden Power}}. For the [[Pokémon Trading Card Game]] set commonly abbreviated as "HP," see {{TCG|EX Holon Phantoms}}. For HP in the Trading Card Game, see [[Appendix:Glossary (TCG)#Hit Points|Glossary of terms]].''
+{{samename|the Pokémon information screen formerly known as "stats"|summary}}
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-A '''statistic''' (Japanese: '''{{j|{{tt|能力|のうりょく}}}}''' ''ability''), or '''stat''' for short, also known as '''ability''' from Generations I to III, '''rating''' up to [[Generation II]], and '''effect''' in [[Generation III]], is an element which determines certain aspects of {{pkmn|battle}}s in the {{pkmn|games}}. Stats may also refer to the numerical values of each field in regards to individual Pokémon.
+A '''stat''' (Japanese: '''{{j|{{tt|能力|のうりょく}}}}''' ''ability'') is any of certain numerical values pertaining to each {{OBP|Pokémon|species}}. The Pokémon's stats are used in {{pkmn|battle}}s.
+This is short for '''statistic''', also known as '''ability''' from Generations I to III, and sometimes referred to as '''rating''' up to [[Generation II]], and '''effect''' in [[Generation III]].
 ==Terminology==
-===Statistic===
-The word "statistic" (or "statistics") is not used in-game with this meaning.
 ===Stat===
 :''Not to be confused with the Pokémon's [[summary]], called "stats" in Generations I and II.''
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 * According to [[Pryce]] in Generation II, the Glacier Badge raises the "<sc>Special</sc> stats of <sc>Pokémon</sc>".
 * Some dialogue in {{game|FireRed and LeafGreen|s}} uses "stat", replacing "ability" from the Generation I dialogue. For instance, an NPC in [[Lavender Town]]'s [[Poké Mart]], and two NPCs at the fifth floor of the [[Celadon Department Store]] talk about items that raise the Pokémon's stats (as opposed to "abilities" in Generation I).
+The word "statistic" (or "statistics") is not used in-game with this meaning.
 ===Rating===