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In Gen 4, many moves had their category changed from Physical to Special or from Special to Physical because of the Physical/Special split causing them to no longer by sorted by type.

Seeing Dark Void change from a status to a special move in Z-A made me wonder if any other moves have had their move categories changed after moves had already been updated to reflect the split (i.e., Gen 5 or later). Dark void is still an interesting case cause I think it's the only move thats changed from a status to an attack at the top of my head

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All water fire grass and electric and some others were all special before gen 1. Fighting and normal and some others were all physical
You can go to Bulbapedia's list of moves and sort by generation and category. Any move that's older than gen 4 and is in the opposite category (like bite or razor wind) had its category changed in gen 4.
no, stealth rock changed in legends arceus to a physical attack before dark void, i think
I edited the question so it's hopefully a bit clearer to everyone. OP is aware of the Physical/Special split and isn't asking what changed during it, but wants to know which moves were altered after the split had already occurred.
Ohhhhh that makes sense now. I hope to answer this soon (:

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