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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.
Gen 1 to 2
Bite: physical to special

Gen 6 to 7
Water shuriken: physical to special

Legends Arceus only
Double hit: physical to status
Spikes: status to physical
Stealth rock: status to physical

source: https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/List_of_modified_moves
This question will be much easier to answer after someone makes sure the Bulbapedia page is up to date with LZA. Also the split happened in gen 4, not gen 5.
This question wasn't asking about the physical-special split, it was asking about moves changing category after the split had already happened.
Also, Dark Void was changed to a special move in Legends Z-A, as seen here: https://www.serebii.net/attackdex-sv/darkvoid.shtml
Yes, that's why I ignored gen 4 and just listed the changes that happened in other generations.
According to this video, dark void is a status move in LA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-MmWikhweM
Legends Z-A, not LA :/
Fair for your other point, though.
In that case, I guess I'll convert my answer to a comment for now.

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