There were two kinds of moves for attacking an opponent. Choosing physical or special moves based on the Pokémon's Attack and Special Attack was an important part of planning a battle strategy. That was why knowing your Pokémon's base stats was important-or rather, essential.
"We've gotten a little off topic. To finish up, status moves are all the moves that fall outside those two categories of attacks."
Examples included Protect, Screech, Nuzzle, and so on.
"In short, any move that doesn't directly damage the opponent is a status move."
Next, I would have them confirm the difference between Attack and Special Attack. I thought they understood, but even if it was common knowledge in this world, mixing them up would be a problem.
"Now, Water Gun and Aqua Jet have the same base power. But one knocked the tree down, while the other only shook it. So why did these two moves produce different results?"
"You mean its Attack is high, right?"
"Exactly. That's correct. Good, you're catching on quickly. Very nice. Just as Dawn said, this little one has higher Attack, which is why two moves with the same base power produced such different results. In this one's case, though, its nature also affects things."
"Ability? Oh, what was it again?"
Hmm.
Dawn had only just become a trainer, so she had probably done some preparation, but there were still gaps she couldn't fill. She needed to remember this sort of information perfectly, too.
"Was it 'Power'?"
"Yes. As expected of Miss Baina. Dawn, you need to remember these things too, so let's learn them bit by bit. Every Pokémon has an Ability. Marill can have either Thick Fat or Huge Power, and this little one has Huge Power. Huge Power doubles the power of its physical moves. Incidentally,