The Fairy type (Japanese: フェアリータイプFairy type) is one of the eighteen types. It was introduced in Generation VI. As well as introducing new Pokémon and moves with the Fairy type, 22 Pokémon and three moves were changed to have the Fairy type. Fairy-type moves are super effective against Dark-, Dragon-, and Fighting-type Pokémon, while Fairy-type Pokémon are weak to Poison- and Steel-type moves.
Battle properties
Note: Type effectiveness multipliers may vary in other games outside the core series.
The stats shown for Starmobile are the exact stats, not base stats. The values are custom set rather than derived from base stats, level, Nature, IVs, and EVs.
Moves
As of Generation IX, there are 34 Fairy-type moves, which makes up 3.64% of all moves (excluding those that are Fairy-type only under certain circumstances), causing it to tie with Bug and Ghost as the 4th rarest type among moves after Ice and before Poison.
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.
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.
Changed types
The following moves have had their types changed into Fairy.
A Pokémon with Protean or Libero will become a Fairy-type Pokémon if it uses a Fairy-type move. A Pokémon with Color Change or Mimicry will become a Fairy-type Pokémon if (respectively) it is hit with a Fairy-type move or the terrain is misty.
Unlike in the core series games, in Pokémon Sleep, each Pokémon can only have one type, which determines the kind of Berry that the Pokémon will gather for Snorlax to feed on. Fairy-type Pokémon will gather Pecha Berries, and typically have the Snoozing sleep type.
The following is a list of Fairy-type Pokémon in Pokémon Sleep.
Fairy has its own energy type, which was introduced in the Kalos Starter Set set. Fairy-type Pokémon in the TCG are generally weak to Metal with a resistance to Darkness. Fairy-type Pokémon are strong against Dragon-type cards printed during the XY, XY BREAK and Sun & Moon series, while no Pokémon resists this type.
Starting with Sword & Shield, the Fairy type was discontinued in the TCG, and new cards of Pokémon that are Fairy-type in the games are instead Psychic-type.
Trivia
The Fairy type has been paired up with every other type except for Fire and Ground, and is the only type to not have been paired with either of these two types.
On average, Fairy-type Pokémon have the highest base Special Defense of all types.
Generation VI introduced the most Fairy-type Pokémon of any generation, with 38 (including Pokémon changed to Fairy-type and those that gain the type upon Mega Evolving, as well as the new Fairy-type form introduced for Arceus). Generation IX introduced the fewest Fairy-type Pokémon since the type was created, with 9.
If Fairy-type Pokémon were retroactively considered to be from the generation they were introduced in, Generation VI would still have introduced the most, with 16. Generations IV and V would have introduced the fewest, with two each.
Generation VI introduced the most Fairy-type moves of any generation, with 14. Generation IX introduced the fewest Fairy-type moves since the type was created, with only two.
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 replace the types of Pokémon from previous generations rather than simply adding an additional type, changing several previously pure Normal-type Pokémon, such as Snubbull, to pure Fairy.
The Fairy type has the fewest physical moves of all types, with three. Out of three, only one of them, Play Rough, can be learned by many different species of Pokémon, as Magical Torque cannot be known by the player's Pokémon and Spirit Break is exclusive to just two Pokémon, Grimmsnarl and Iron Valiant.
The Fairy type is one of the only two types — the other being Poison — to not have any moves that cause flinching without the King's Rock or Razor Fang.
In English, those four Pokémon have the same name for their type (from Generation VI onwards), Egg Group, and category.
In Japanese, those four Pokémon have the same name for their category (ようせいポケモン Yōsei Pokémon) and Egg Group (ようせいグループ Yōsei Group), but their type has a different name (フェアリータイプ Fairy type).
According to Junichi Masuda in an interview with Journal du Geek in 2013, the Fairy type's weakness against the Steel type stems from the folkloric belief of fairies being susceptible to iron and other metals[1] (the specific type of iron is traditionally known as "cold iron").
All Badges associated with the Fairy type are named the Fairy Badge (フェアリーバッジ Fairy Badge).