Fairy (type)

Fairy redirects here. For the Egg Group, see Fairy (Egg Group).

Types

Normal

Fire

Fighting

Water

Flying

Grass

Poison

Electric

Ground

Psychic

Rock

Ice

Bug

Dragon

Ghost

Dark

Steel

Fairy

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The Fairy type (Japanese: フェアリータイプ Fairy type) is one of the eighteen types. Notable Trainers that specialize in the Fairy type include Valerie of Laverre City.

The Fairy type was introduced in Generation VI. As well as introducing new Pokémon with the Fairy type, a handful of Pokémon were changed to be Fairy types.

Statistical averages

Overall

Stat
HP: 68.91
Attack: 54.21
Defense: 62.65
Sp.Atk: 69.71
Sp.Def: 76.59
Speed: 52.76
Total: 384.82

Fully evolved

Stat
HP: 81.41
Attack: 71.94
Defense: 79.53
Sp.Atk: 88.53
Sp.Def: 94.71
Speed: 69.24
Total: 485.35

Battle properties

Offensive			Defensive
Power	Types		Power	Types
2×			½×
½×			2×
0×	None		0×

Characteristics

Defense

The Fairy type is arguably one of the best defensive types in the game. It has key resistances to the common Dark and Fighting types, giving it resistance to common moves such as Pursuit and Mach Punch; as well as the Bug type, which means a resistance to U-turn. Most of all, It also has a useful immunity to Dragon-type moves (it should be noted, however, that most Dragon-type Pokemon can learn Steel-type moves to address this problem). Its only weaknesses are to Poison and Steel, both of which are rarely used. (Gardevoir is one such Pokémon that can counter that using Psychic or other Psychic-type moves and Focus Blast.)

Offense

Fairy is almost as useful on the offensive side as well; it has three strengths, being Dragon, Fighting and Dark, all of which are other great types defensively. However, it also has three resistors, though Fire-types still struggle defensively anyway, and Poison-types are still statistically weak. As a bonus, every type that resists Fairy is weak to Ground, making a Fairy/Ground attacking combo potentially popular.

Pokémon

As of Generation VI, there are 34 Fairy-type Pokémon, or 4.5% of all Pokémon (counting forms and Mega Evolutions that change typing as different Pokémon), tying it with Ghost as the rarest type.

Pure Fairy-type Pokémon

# Name 035 Clefairy* 036 Clefable* 173 Cleffa* 175 Togepi* 209 Snubbull* 210 Granbull* 669 Flabébé 670 Floette 671 Florges 682 Spritzee 683 Aromatisse 684 Swirlix 685 Slurpuff 700 Sylveon 716 Xerneas

Half Fairy-type Pokémon

Primary Fairy-type Pokémon

# Name Type 1 Type 2 176 Togetic* Fairy Flying 468 Togekiss* Fairy Flying

Secondary Fairy-type Pokémon

# Name Type 1 Type 2 039 Jigglypuff* Normal Fairy 040 Wigglytuff* Normal Fairy 122 Mr. Mime* Psychic Fairy 174 Igglybuff* Normal Fairy 183 Marill* Water Fairy 184 Azumarill* Water Fairy 280 Ralts* Psychic Fairy 281 Kirlia* Psychic Fairy 282 Gardevoir* Psychic Fairy 298 Azurill* Normal Fairy 303 Mawile* Steel Fairy 439 Mime Jr.* Psychic Fairy 546 Cottonee* Grass Fairy 547 Whimsicott* Grass Fairy 702 Dedenne Electric Fairy 703 Carbink Rock Fairy 707 Klefki Steel Fairy

Moves

Gen	Move	Category	Contest	Power	Accuracy	PP	Target	Description
VI	Aromatic Mist	Status		000—	000—%	2020 (max 32)	All allies	The user raises the Sp. Def stat of ally Pokémon with a mysterious aroma.
VI	Baby-Doll Eyes	Status		000—	100100%	3030 (max 48)	Any adjacent Pokémon	The user stares at the target with its baby-doll eyes, which lowers its Attack stat. This move always goes first.
II	Charm	Status	Cute	000—	100100%	2020 (max 32)	Any adjacent Pokémon	The user gazes at the target rather charmingly, making it less wary. This harshly lowers its Attack stat.
VI	Crafty Shield	Status		000—	000—%	1010 (max 16)	All allies	The user protects itself and its allies from status moves with a mysterious power. This does not stop moves that do damage.
VI	Dazzling Gleam	Special		08080	100100%	1010 (max 16)	All adjacent foes	The user damages opposing Pokémon by emitting a powerful flash.
VI	Disarming Voice	Special		04040	000—%	1515 (max 24)	Any adjacent foe	Letting out a charming cry, the user does emotional damage to opposing Pokémon. This attack never misses.
VI	Draining Kiss	Special		05050	100100%	1010 (max 16)	Any adjacent Pokémon	The user's HP is restored by over half of the damage taken by the target.
VI	Fairy Lock	Status		000—	000—%	1010 (max 16)	All Pokémon	By locking down the battlefield, the user keeps all Pokémon from fleeing during the next turn.
VI	Fairy Wind	Special		04040	100100%	3030 (max 48)	Any adjacent Pokémon	The user stirs up a fairy wind and strikes the target with it.
VI	Flower Shield	Status		000—	000—%	1010 (max 16)	All Pokémon	The user raises the Defense stat of all Grass-type Pokémon in battle with a mysterious power.
VI	Geomancy	Status		000—	000—%	1010 (max 16)	Self	The user absorbs energy and sharply raises its Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed stats on the next turn.
VI	Misty Terrain	Status		000—	000—%	1010 (max 16)	All Pokémon	The user covers the ground under everyone's feet with mist for five turns. This protects Pokémon on the ground from status conditions.
VI	Moonblast	Special		09595	100100%	1515 (max 24)	Any adjacent Pokémon	Borrowing the power of the moon, the user attacks the target. This may also lower the target's Sp. Atk stat.
II	Moonlight	Status	Beauty	000—	000—%	055 (max 8)	Self	The user restores its own HP. The amount of HP regained varies with the weather.
VI	Play Rough	Physical		09090	09090%	1010 (max 16)	Any adjacent Pokémon	The user plays rough with the target and attacks it. This may also lower the target's Attack stat.
II	Sweet Kiss	Status	Cute	000—	07575%	1010 (max 16)	Any adjacent Pokémon	The user kisses the target with a sweet, angelic cuteness that causes confusion.
All details are accurate to Generation VII games. For details that have changed between generations, please see an individual move's page. Target data assumes user is in the lower left.

Trivia

• As the Fairy type was introduced after physical and special became attributes assigned to individual moves rather than types, it is the only type without an associated damage category.
• Out of the three types added since Generation I (the other two being Dark and Steel in Generation II), the most Pokémon were retroactively changed to Fairy, with 23.
  • It is also the only one out of the three to completely change the types of Pokémon from previous generations, changing several previously pure Normal-type Pokémon like Snubbull to pure Fairy.

In other languages

Language Title Japanese フェアリー Fairy Mandarin Chinese 妖精 Yāojing Dutch Fairy European French Fée German Fee Italian Folletto Korean 페어리 Fairy Portuguese Brazil Fada Portugal Fairy Spanish Hada Thai เทวดา or นางฟ้า