Fairy (type)
- Fairy redirects here. For the Egg Group, see Fairy (Egg Group).
The Fairy type (Japanese: フェアリータイプ Fairy type) is one of the eighteen types. Notable Trainers who specialize in Fairy-type Pokémon include the Gym Leader Valerie of Laverre City and the Trial Captain Mina of Poni Island.
The Fairy type was introduced in Generation VI. As well as introducing new Pokémon with the Fairy type, 22 Pokémon and 3 moves were changed to be of the Fairy type.
Statistical averages
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Characteristics
Defense
The Fairy type is considered to be one of the best defensive types, along with the Steel type. It has a key resistance to the powerful and common Fighting type, as well as the Dark and Bug types, making it very difficult to cover against. Its most crucial defensive aspect, however, is its immunity to Dragon-type moves, to which nothing else is immune and which is only resisted by Steel. Fairy's only weaknesses are to Poison and Steel, both of which were rarely used offensively prior to its introduction, and even post-introduction there are scarce instances of powerful offense in those types.
Since the Pokémon of this type tend to have a high Special Defense, they excel at the role of being a special wall, further strengthened by the fact that there are very few powerful special attackers among Steel and Poison types, neutral coverage moves will rarely do much damage.
However, Fairies tend to have unimpressive Defense, and although they resist common physical attack types such as Fighting and Dark, they are very easily taken out by physical Steel or Poison moves such as Iron Head and Gunk Shot, made worse by the typically mediocre Speed Fairy-types possess.
Offense
Fairy is also quite strong offensively. It is super-effective against Dragon, Fighting, and Dark, all of which previously only had two weaknesses. Dazzling Gleam and Play Rough are the only effective coverage move for non-Fairy-types (there being no Fairy-type Hidden Power). Fairy is resisted by the Fire, Poison, and Steel types. However, Fire types often struggle defensively and are not super-effective against Fairy. Poison, however, is weak to Psychic-type moves which Fairy Pokémon are frequently able to learn.
Additionally, all three of the types that resist Fairy are weak to Ground, making Fairy and Ground a strong hypothetical combination. No Fairy/Ground types exist, however, and Fairies are generally unable to learn any Ground moves. Fairy also pairs well offensively with Ghost and Dark, with the former combination being resisted only by Litleo and Pyroar and the latter being resisted only by Steel/Fairy types.
Similarly to Dragon types, though, Fairy's offensive moves generally rely on high Special Attack and same-type attack bonus, and their raw power tends to be underwhelming. The type's weakness against Poison and Steel, which are also both super-effective against it, mean that Fairy types generally have few options against these types.
Fairy-type Pokémon, on average, have the lowest Attack of all Pokémon and the highest Special Defense of fully evolved Pokémon.
Contest properties
In Contests, Fairy-type moves are typically Beautiful and Cute moves. None of them are considered Cool or Tough moves.
Pokémon
As of Generation VII, there are 50 Fairy-type Pokémon or 6.2% of all Pokémon (counting those that are Fairy-type in at least one of their forms, including Mega Evolutions and Alola Forms), making it the fourth rarest type.
Pure Fairy-type Pokémon
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Half Fairy-type Pokémon
Primary Fairy-type Pokémon
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Moves
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| VI | Aromatic Mist | Status | Beautiful | — | —% | 20 (max 32) |
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The user raises the Sp. Def stat of an ally Pokémon by using a mysterious aroma. | |||||||||
| VI | Baby-Doll Eyes | Status | Cute | — | 100% | 30 (max 48) |
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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 | — | 100% | 20 (max 32) |
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The user gazes at the target rather charmingly, making it less wary. This harshly lowers its Attack stat. | |||||||||
| VI | Crafty Shield | Status | Clever | — | —% | 10 (max 16) |
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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 | Beautiful | 80 | 100% | 10 (max 16) |
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The user damages opposing Pokémon by emitting a powerful flash. | |||||||||
| VI | Disarming Voice | Special | Cute | 40 | —% | 15 (max 24) |
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Letting out a charming cry, the user does emotional damage to opposing Pokémon. This attack never misses. | |||||||||
| VI | Draining Kiss | Special | Cute | 50 | 100% | 10 (max 16) |
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The user steals the target's HP with a kiss. The user's HP is restored by over half of the damage taken by the target. | |||||||||
| VI | Fairy Lock | Status | Clever | — | —% | 10 (max 16) |
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By locking down the battlefield, the user keeps all Pokémon from fleeing during the next turn. | |||||||||
| VI | Fairy Wind | Special | Beautiful | 40 | 100% | 30 (max 48) |
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The user stirs up a fairy wind and strikes the target with it. | |||||||||
| VII | Fleur Cannon | Special | 130 | 90% | 5 (max 8) |
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The user unleashes a strong beam. The attack's recoil harshly lowers the user's Sp. Atk stat. | ||||||||||
| VII | Floral Healing | Status | — | —% | 10 (max 16) |
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The user restores the target's HP by up to half of its max HP. It restores more HP when the terrain is grass. | ||||||||||
| VI | Flower Shield | Status | Beautiful | — | —% | 10 (max 16) |
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The user raises the Defense stat of all Grass-type Pokémon in battle with a mysterious power. | |||||||||
| VI | Geomancy | Status | Beautiful | — | —% | 10 (max 16) |
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The user absorbs energy and sharply raises its Sp. Atk, Sp. Def, and Speed stats on the next turn. | |||||||||
| VII | Guardian of Alola | Special | — | —% | 1 (max 1) |
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The user, the Land Spirit Pokémon, obtains Alola's energy using its Z-Power and attacks the target with full force. This reduces the target's HP greatly. | ||||||||||
| VI | Light of Ruin | Special | Beautiful | 140 | 90% | 5 (max 8) |
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Drawing power from the Eternal Flower, the user fires a powerful beam of light. This also damages the user quite a lot. | |||||||||
| VI | Misty Terrain | Status | Beautiful | — | —% | 10 (max 16) |
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This protects Pokémon on the ground from status conditions and halves damage from Dragon-type moves for five turns. | |||||||||
| VI | Moonblast | Special | Beautiful | 95 | 100% | 15 (max 24) |
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Borrowing the power of the moon, the user attacks the target. This may also lower the target's Sp. Atk stat. | |||||||||
| II | Moonlight | Status | Beautiful | — | —% | 5 (max 8) |
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The user restores its own HP. The amount of HP regained varies with the weather. | |||||||||
| VII | Nature's Madness | Special | — | 90% | 10 (max 16) |
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The user hits the target with the force of nature. It halves the target's HP. | ||||||||||
| VI | Play Rough | Physical | Cute | 90 | 90% | 10 (max 16) |
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The user plays rough with the target and attacks it. This may also lower the target's Attack stat. | |||||||||
| II | Sweet Kiss | Status | Cute | — | 75% | 10 (max 16) |
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The user kisses the target with a sweet, angelic cuteness that causes confusion. | |||||||||
| VII | Twinkle Tackle | Physical | — | —% | 1 (max 1) |
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The user creates a very charming space using its Z-Power and totally toys with the target. The power varies, depending on the original move. | ||||||||||
| VII | Twinkle Tackle | Special | — | —% | 1 (max 1) |
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The user creates a very charming space using its Z-Power and totally toys with the target. The power varies, depending on the original move. | ||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||||||
Abilities
Interacting with the Fairy type
A Pokémon with Color Change, Protean, Imposter, RKS System, or Multitype will become a Fairy-type Pokémon if (respectively) it is hit with a Fairy-type move, uses a Fairy-type move, is sent out against a Fairy-type opponent, is holding a Fairy Memory, or is holding a Pixie Plate or Fairium Z.
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| VI | Fairy Aura | Powers up each Pokémon's Fairy-type moves. |
| VI | Pixilate | Normal-type moves become Fairy-type moves. |
| All details are accurate to Generation VII games. For details that have changed between generations, please see an individual Ability's page. | ||
Exclusive Abilities
Only Fairy-type Pokémon can have these Abilities. This does not include signature Abilities.
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| VI | Flower Veil | Ally Grass-type Pokémon are protected from status conditions and the lowering of their stats. |
| VI | Pixilate | Normal-type moves become Fairy-type moves. |
| All details are accurate to Generation VII games. For details that have changed between generations, please see an individual Ability's page. | ||
Trivia
- More Pokémon were changed to Fairy than either of the other types added since Generation I (the other two being Dark and Steel in Generation II), with 22. Also, more moves were changed to Fairy, with three. All three of them were Status moves introduced in Generation II and were previously Normal-type.
- It is also the only one out of the three types to completely change the types of Pokémon from previous generations, changing several previously pure Normal-type Pokémon, such as Snubbull, to pure Fairy.
- Every type that resists Fairy also resists Grass and Bug.
- In addition, those types are weak to Ground.
- The Fairy-type is one of the two types that Hidden Power cannot become, the other being the Normal-type.
- This, combined with the lack of any Fairy-type moves in Kecleon's and Greninja's movesets, prevents all Pokémon that naturally have Protean from becoming Fairy-type using it (although Kecleon can become Fairy-type with its other Ability, Color Change).
- The Fairy type has the fewest physical moves of all types, with only one.
- Dazzling Gleam is the only Fairy-type move that is available via a TM.
- No Fairy-type moves are available via Move Tutors.
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