Normal-type Pokémon
The baseline type — deceptively versatile, immune to Ghost.
About Normal-type Pokémon
Normal-type Pokémon are the default of the Pokémon world — the rodents, birds and beasts you catch in Route 1 and underestimate until one of them ends up sweeping a tournament team. They have no defensive resistances but a single crucial immunity: Ghost moves pass straight through them. That one-line quirk has kept Normal viable in competitive play for every generation since Gen 1.
Competitive role
Normal is a support and utility type. Its trump card is access to wide, type-neutral coverage: Hyper Voice, Body Slam, Return, Double-Edge and Boomburst hit almost everything for neutral damage, meaning Normal attackers rarely dead-draw into a wall. The downside is that Normal moves are never super-effective, so Normal mons lean on secondary coverage and setup moves to close games.
Signature STAB moves
Body Slam (paralysis chance), Return/Frustration (max power at max happiness), Boomburst (140 BP, sound move) and Extreme Speed (+2 priority) define the Normal movepool. Snorlax's Body Slam para is one of the oldest cheese strategies in the game.
Did you know?
The first Pokémon ever shown to the public was Rhydon — a Ground/Rock type — but the most-encountered Normal-type in Gen 1 was Pidgey, which appears in Red's opening Route 1 grass within ten steps of Pallet Town.
All Normal-type Pokémon (131)
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#0916oinkologne male
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