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 who specialize in Fairy-type Pokémon include Gym Leader Valerie of Laverre City, Trial Captain Mina of Poni Island, and Lillie.

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

Overall

Stat
HP: 67.13
Attack: 64.64
Defense: 73.11
Sp.Atk: 79.98
Sp.Def: 86.25
Speed: 62.30
Total: 433.41

Fully evolved

Stat
HP: 74.09
Attack: 80.18
Defense: 88.29
Sp.Atk: 95.71
Sp.Def: 101.82
Speed: 76.06
Total: 516.15

Battle properties

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

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, Fairy-types 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. Because Hidden Power cannot be Fairy-type, Dazzling Gleam and Play Rough are the only effective coverage move for non-Fairy-types. 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 Fairy types 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, meaning 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 third rarest type, tying with Dragon, only behind Ice and Ghost.

Pure Fairy-type Pokémon

# Pokémon 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 764 Comfey

Half Fairy-type Pokémon

Primary Fairy-type Pokémon

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

Secondary Fairy-type Pokémon

# Pokémon Type 1 Type 2 038 Ninetales Alola Form Ice Fairy 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 Mega Gardevoir Psychic Fairy 298 Azurill* Normal Fairy 303 Mawile* Steel Fairy Mega Mawile Steel Fairy 334 Mega Altaria Dragon Fairy 439 Mime Jr.* Psychic Fairy 531 Mega Audino Normal Fairy 546 Cottonee* Grass Fairy 547 Whimsicott* Grass Fairy 702 Dedenne Electric Fairy 703 Carbink Rock Fairy 707 Klefki Steel Fairy 719 Diancie Rock Fairy Mega Diancie Rock Fairy 730 Primarina Water Fairy 742 Cutiefly Bug Fairy 743 Ribombee Bug Fairy 755 Morelull Grass Fairy 756 Shiinotic Grass Fairy 778 Mimikyu Ghost Fairy 785 Tapu Koko Electric Fairy 786 Tapu Lele Psychic Fairy 787 Tapu Bulu Grass Fairy 788 Tapu Fini Water Fairy 801 Magearna Steel Fairy

Moves

Gen	Move	Category	Contest	Power	Accuracy	PP	Range	Description
VI	Aromatic Mist	Status	Beautiful	000—	000—%	2020 (max 32)	1 Ally	The user raises the Sp. Def stat of an ally Pokémon by using a mysterious aroma.
VI	Baby-Doll Eyes	Status	Cute	000—	100100%	3030 (max 48)	Normal	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)	Normal	The user gazes at the target rather charmingly, making it less wary. This harshly lowers its Attack stat.
VI	Crafty Shield	Status	Clever	000—	000—%	1010 (max 16)	Your Party	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	08080	100100%	1010 (max 16)	Many Others	The user damages opposing Pokémon by emitting a powerful flash.
VI	Disarming Voice	Special	Cute	04040	000—%	1515 (max 24)	Many Others	Letting out a charming cry, the user does emotional damage to opposing Pokémon. This attack never misses.
VI	Draining Kiss	Special	Cute	05050	100100%	1010 (max 16)	Normal	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	000—	000—%	1010 (max 16)	All	By locking down the battlefield, the user keeps all Pokémon from fleeing during the next turn.
VI	Fairy Wind	Special	Beautiful	04040	100100%	3030 (max 48)	Normal	The user stirs up a fairy wind and strikes the target with it.
VII	Fleur Cannon	Special		130130	09090%	055 (max 8)	Normal	The user unleashes a strong beam. The attack's recoil harshly lowers the user's Sp. Atk stat.
VII	Floral Healing	Status		000—	000—%	1010 (max 16)	Normal	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	000—	000—%	1010 (max 16)	All	The user raises the Defense stat of all Grass-type Pokémon in battle with a mysterious power.
VI	Geomancy	Status	Beautiful	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.
VII	Guardian of Alola	Special		000—	000—%	011 (max 1)	Normal	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.
VII	Let's Snuggle Forever	Physical		190190	000—%	011 (max 1)	Normal	After obtaining Z-Power, the user, Mimikyu, punches the target with full force.
VI	Light of Ruin	Special	Beautiful	140140	09090%	055 (max 8)	Normal	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	000—	000—%	1010 (max 16)	All	This protects Pokémon on the ground from status conditions and halves damage from Dragon-type moves for five turns.
VI	Moonblast	Special	Beautiful	09595	100100%	1515 (max 24)	Normal	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	000—	000—%	055 (max 8)	Self	The user restores its own HP. The amount of HP regained varies with the weather.
VII	Nature's Madness	Special		000—	09090%	1010 (max 16)	Normal	The user hits the target with the force of nature. It halves the target's HP.
VI	Play Rough	Physical	Cute	09090	09090%	1010 (max 16)	Normal	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)	Normal	The user kisses the target with a sweet, angelic cuteness that causes confusion.
VII	Twinkle Tackle	Physical		000—	000—%	011 (max 1)	Normal	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		000—	000—%	011 (max 1)	Normal	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.

Gen	Ability	Description
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.

Gen	Ability	Description
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.

In the TCG

Main article: Fairy (TCG)

Introduced in the Kalos Starter Set set, Fairy-type Pokémon in the TCG are generally weak to Metal with resistances to Darkness. Fairy-type Pokémon can be strong against Dragon, whilst no Pokémon can resist this type.

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.
• The Fairy type is the only type without any Pokémon with gender differences.
• 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.

In other languages

Language Title Japanese フェアリー Fairy Chinese Cantonese 妖精 Yíujīng Mandarin 妖精 Yāojing Czech Vílí Danish Fe Dutch Fairy Finnish Keiju European French Fée German Fee Greek Νεράιδα Neráida Hungarian Tündér Indonesian Peri Italian Folletto Korean 페어리 Fairy Norwegian Fe Polish Wróżka Portuguese Fada Romanian Zână Russian Фея Feya Spanish Hada Swedish Fe Älva Thai ภูต P̣hūt แฟรรี่ Færrī̀ Turkish Peri Vietnamese Hệ Tiên