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Normal
Normal types are a very diverse lot, with varying strengths and TM compatabilities. Due to this, it's very hard to summarise them as a whole.
Weaknesses and Resistances
Normal - Weaknesses: Fighting - Resistances: None - Immunities: Ghost
Normal/Flying - Weaknesses: Electric, Ice, Rock - Resistances: Grass, Bug - Immunities: Ground, Ghost
Normal Attacks - Weaknesses: None - Resistances: Rock - Immunities: Ghost
Hyper Beam, 150 power, 89.5% accuracy, In Red/Blue/Yellow, forfeit the next turn unless the enemy Pokémon faints. In Stadium, always forfeit the next turn A great attack which is almost always guaranteed to finish off a weak enemy. Unfortunately, I do not recommend it in Stadium, as the recharge turn is a bit of a high risk to take.
Explosion, 340 power, 99.6% accuracy, User faints A great attack for a Pokémon that's on its last legs. Recommended on most Pokémon that can learn it, especially if they have a good Attack stat. Some Pokémon, like Snorlax, can learn Self-Destruct, but not Explosion. Self-Destruct is identical to Explosion, except it only has 260 Power. Self-Destruct is still as highly recommended as Explosion.
Slash, 70 power, 99.6% accuracy, High Critical Hit ratio As it has such a high critical hit rate, it really has about 140 power, making it very powerful. It also disregards Barrier, Reflect and Acid Armor.
Body Slam, 85 power, 99.6% accuracy, 29.7% chance of paralyzing Often considered to be the best Normal attack due to the very nice paralyzation effect, and the fact that most Pokémon learn it.
Double-Edge, 100 power, 99.6% accuracy, Attacker receives recoil equal to 1/4 of the damage inflicted Excellent on Pokémon with high HP, like Snorlax and Wigglytuff, as they can shrug off the recoil well.
Swift, 60 power, 99.6% accuracy, Ignores Accuracy decreases and Evade increasers Not much good on its own, but when coupled with Swords Dance, it can be deadly against some popular evade-based movesets.
Normal Pokémon
I
love Snorlax. It's my favourite Pokémon. It looks cool and cuddly, it
eats and sleeps all day, and it's one of the best Pokémon of one of the
best types. It learns Amnesia, possibly the best move in the game, it
learns Rest naturally, and it has the second best HP in the game. It
also has a high Attack, which is deadly when coupled with Normal STAB.
Chansey
has one huge advantage: the best HP in the game. This, coupled with
great Special, more then overcomes Chansey's awful Attack and Defense,
and mediocre Speed.
The
bull has great Speed, Attack and Defense, its Special being the only
thing letting it down. Howvever, it's still worth giving it a mix of
Physical and Special moves. An all-out offensive strategy is best.
Clefable
is one of the most versatile Pokémon there is. It can learn a
staggering 34 of the 50 TMs. The only problem is that its stats are not
the best. They are still pretty darn good, and Clefable is well worth
adding to the team of anyone who doesn't consider it to be too
gay-looking.
Persian
is fast. Real fast. This, coupled with Slash, makes Persian one
bad kitty. Plus, it's rarely used in serious play, meaning you have the
single most important element in Pokémon on your side; the element of
surprise. Alas, its other stats are pretty mediocre, so it can dish out
punishment, but not take it.
Dodrio
is easily the best Normal/Flying type. It's got great Attack and Speed
going for it. It's Defense and Special ain't what they oughta be, so
it's wise to go fairly offensive.
Overall,
a pretty average Pokémon. It has good HP, Attack and Speed, but its
Special is nothing short of shocking. Due to this, it can only handle
physical attacks. Kangaskhan might be forgiven if it weren't for the
fact that they're so hard to catch.
Pidgeot
suffers from being badly downstaged by our friend Dodrio. It's still
better than Fearow and Farfetch'd, but it's not really worth considering
in your team unless you happened to get attached to it, having trained
it from a Level 2 Pidgey. That said, its HP, Attack and Speed are pretty
good.
Like
Pidgeot, it's humbled by Dodrio. Unlike Pidgeot, it learns Drill Peck, a
useful attack. It's faster and has better Attack then Pidgeot, but its
HP, Defense and Special all suck.
Ah,
bless. Poor Wiggly looks so cute, and it has great TM compatibility,
with very high HP. However, its Attack is only average, and its Defense,
Special and Speed are despicable. Wiggly is Clefable's weak little
brother.
There
is no excuse for such a mediocre Pokémon being so hard to obtain. None.
All of its stats suck, especially its Speed. It learns some cool moves,
but lacks the ability to use them with any success. Porygon's special
move, Conversion, is handy. Howver, once Converted, it no longer gets
STAB for Normal moves. It would seem Porygon was invented solely to make
it harder to complete your Pokédex.
Another
Pokémon with good Attack and Speed held back by bad Defense and
Special. Raticate, like Porygon, learns a cool special move: Super Fang.
Super Fang is great for opening a battle, as it will immediately half
the opponent's health. Unfortuneatly, Super Fang is wasted on a monster
as crappy as this.
Using
Lickitung should be fun; just look at it! It has good HP and TM
compatabilities, and medium Defense, but its Attack and Special are bad,
and its Speed is awful. If Lickitung had Mewtwo's stats, it'd be
unstoppable. But it doesn't, so it isn't.
Like
Lickitung, a cool-looking Pokémon with good moves that was robbed of
any chance of being decent. Every single one of its stats is below
average.
No,
no, and thrice no. Bad Ditto. Go and stand in the corner. The worst
Normal type, if not the worst Pokémon in the entire game. Really. All
its stats are dire. Transform helps this, as it gives Ditto the same
stats as the enemy. But Ditto probably won't survive the first turn
before it can Transform. Also, Transform doesn't copy HP, and Ditto has
crap HP. A good idea, hideously executed.
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Snorlax
Chansey
Tauros
Clefable
Persian
Dodrio
Kangaskhan
Pidgeot
Fearow
Wigglytuff
Porygon
Raticate
Lickitung
Farfetch'd
Ditto