What is normal? Clearly, Normal is not an element but simply a state of being of a living or non-living item. It’s whatever is being kept in balance in terms of logic and physics. For instance, it’s not something too hot or too cold, too hard or too soft, too slow or too rapid, too big or too small; it’s everything in between! Normal is what is called the state of an item which is believed to balance between generally imposed beliefs, usually compared to the human kind. For example, the water could have a normal temperature for the human kind when it doesn’t exceed what the main body receiver, the skin, affords. So balance it is, and we shall see that this is also a fact that has been replicated into the Pokémon games as well!

Normal in the Games

As one from a total of seventeen elemental types in the Pokémon games, Normal is considered to be the base of all, as its category includes a vast number of moves which have many, various and interesting effects, as well as many Pokémon. Thus, Normal is a type which could easily bear the title of the most versatile type in the games. It belongs in the category of the Physical types.

Normal Type Pokémon

HP	76.3
Attack	66.0
Defense	55.5
Sp.Atk	54.2
Sp.Def	60.8
Speed	62.5

As you can see from above, Normal Type Pokémon are weak to only one type (Fighting) and are immune to another (Ghost). Due to this fact, no resistances have been given to it, although this is often good as only the Defenses of the Pokémon are taken into account when determining final damage and nothing else (such as Effective or Not Very Effective hits). They are characterized by the big amount of Hit Points they usually have, as well as the good Attacking and Defensive stats. Briefly, they are very balanced Pokémon.

Normal Type Pokémon do not fall under a particular Egg Group; the most common are Ground, Fairy and Flying. However, they are able to learn many types of attacks, including the majority of all other Physical and Special types; that is the reason why Normal types are so versatile.

Normal Pokémon List

There is a total of 62 Pokémon species out of 386 that belong to the Normal Type; 47 of them are pure Normal Types, while the rest, have Normal as their primary type.

Note that some new Pokémon from the upcoming versions, Diamond and Pearl, such as Munchlax, are not included above yet.

Normal Type Attacks

Normal Type attacks perform well in battle as only two types resist them; Rock and Steel. With an array of various effects, Normal Type moves can deal high amounts of damage to most of the types, particularly if used by Pokémon with a high Attack stat as well as with the Same Type Attack Bonus that Normal Types obtain, as this will increase the damage dealt to even highest levels.

Normal attacks usually utilize the user’s body parts in order to attack, such as claws (Slash, Scratch, Fury Swipes), head (Headbutt), arm or foot (Mega Punch, Mega Kick), tail (Slam) or even the whole body mass (Body Slam, Tackle). There are also attacks that manip