A Status move is one of the three damage categories of moves and the only one that does not inflict damage.
Status moves include moves that change the weather, inflict status conditions, or raise or lower the stats of a Pokémon, among other effects.
The majority of Normal and Psychic-type moves, 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 Dragon and Fire-type Status moves.
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