having trouble with glitch field and terra

[andgarrett]

I don't fully understand the glitch field effect. it says that "The physical/special move split is undone." what does that mean exactly?

when I use "bulk up" (atk and def up one stage) nothing seems to happen. my physical attacks do the same amount of damage. I think my def gets stronger, but I'm not sure.

[Lostelle]

i was completely wrong look below lol

[Honchy]

It's more like, hyper beam is now physical.

[andgarrett]

I know steel type becomes normal, but how does the physical/special split work?

[Lord_Ludo]

Yes, Honch is correct. Ice, Dragon, Fire, Grass, Electric, Water, Psychic, and Electric moves are special. All others are physical. Fairy, steel, and dark are normal type moves, as they did not exist in Gen 1

[Marcello]

Yes, Honch is correct. Ice, Dragon, Fire, Grass, Electric, Water, Psychic, and Electric moves are special. All others are physical. Fairy, steel, and dark are normal type moves, as they did not exist in Gen 1

To elaborate, in Gen I (Indeed, in everything before Gen IV) this is how things where, whether a move was physical or special was based on it's type, not the particular move. So the reason Bulk up isn't seeming to work is you're likely using a move from a 'special' type.

[Fumble]

The physical/special split occurred in Gen 4. Back in Gen 1, as Ludo said, Ice, Dragon, Fire, Grass, Electric, and Water are all special (basically all the Eeveelutions plus Dragon), and Normal, Bug, Ghost, Poison, Fighting, Flying, Rock, and Ground are all physical.