Pokémon Moves

STAB stands for Same-Type Attack Bonus. A Pokémon using a move that matches its own type gets a 1.5x damage boost. So a Water-type using Surf hits 50% harder than if a Normal-type used it. That bonus stacks with super effective damage too.

Physical moves calculate damage using Attack against Defense. Special moves use Sp. Atk against Sp. Def instead. Before Gen IV, the type of the move decided the category. All Fire moves were Special, all Fighting were Physical. Now each move has its own category set individually.

Over 900 moves exist across nine generations of Pokémon games. Not every move shows up in every game, though. Sword and Shield cut several long-standing ones entirely, and each new generation adds fresh moves while occasionally retiring others.

No. Every Pokémon has a fixed learnset. You can pick up moves through leveling, TMs, breeding (Egg Moves), or Move Tutors. Some moves are locked to certain Pokémon or evolution lines. Checking learnsets before you build a team saves a lot of wasted time.

Priority decides which move goes first regardless of Speed. Most moves sit at priority 0. Quick Attack (+1) and Protect (+4) go before normal moves every time. Negative priority moves like Trick Room (-7) always go last. Within the same priority level, Speed decides the order.