Fairy (type)

The Fairy type was introduced in Generation 6 - the first new type for more than 12 years! Its main intention was to balance the type chart by reducing the power of dragons, while also giving an offensive boost to the Poison and Steel types. Several old Pokémon were retyped and new Pokémon introduced. In total there are just 34 Fairy type Pokémon (not including Megas/Formes), slightly above Ice.

53
Fairy type Pokémon
16
Single type Pokémon
37
Dual type Pokémon
24
Fairy-type moves

Attack pros & cons

Fairy moves are super-effective against:

Fighting Dragon Dark

Fairy moves are not very effective against:

Fire Poison Steel

Defense pros & cons

These types have no effect on Fairy Pokémon:

Dragon

These types are not very effective against Fairy Pokémon:

Fighting Bug Dark

These types are super-effective against Fairy Pokémon:

Poison Steel

Dual-type attack pros & cons

This chart shows the strength of the Fairy type against every type combination. The fraction of damage a Fairy type move will deal is shown - ½ means 50% damage (not very effective), 2 means 200% (super-effective) and so on.

Nor Fir Wat Ele Gra Ice Fig Poi Gro Fly Psy Bug Roc Gho Dra Dar Ste Fai
Normal ½ 2 ½ 2 2 ½
Fire ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ¼ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ¼ ½
Water ½ 2 ½ 2 2 ½
Electric ½ 2 ½ 2 2 ½
Grass ½ 2 ½ 2 2 ½
Ice ½ 2 ½ 2 2 ½
Fighting 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 2
Poison ½ ¼ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ¼ ½
Ground ½ 2 ½ 2 2 ½
Flying ½ 2 ½ 2 2 ½
Psychic ½ 2 ½ 2 2 ½
Bug ½ 2 ½ 2 2 ½
Rock ½ 2 ½ 2 2 ½
Ghost ½ 2 ½ 2 2 ½
Dragon 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 2
Dark 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 2
Steel ½ ¼ ½ ½ ½ ½ ¼ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½
Fairy ½ 2 ½ 2 2 ½

Fairy Pokémon stat averages

67.1
HP
Ranked #12
64.6
Attack
Ranked #18
73.1
Defense
Ranked #11
80.0
Sp. Attack
Ranked #6
86.2
Sp. Defense
Ranked #2
62.3
Speed
Ranked #14

Notable Fairy-type trainers



Valerie
Laverre City gym leader
X/Y

Fairy Pokémon

There are 53 Fairy-type Pokémon.
See also:

Clefairy
#035 / Fairy
Clefable
#036 / Fairy
Ninetales
Alolan Ninetales
#038 / Ice · Fairy
Jigglypuff
#039 / Normal · Fairy
Wigglytuff
#040 / Normal · Fairy
Mr. Mime
#122 / Psychic · Fairy
Cleffa
#173 / Fairy
Igglybuff
#174 / Normal · Fairy
Togepi
#175 / Fairy
Togetic
#176 / Fairy · Flying
Marill
#183 / Water · Fairy
Azumarill
#184 / Water · Fairy
Snubbull
#209 / Fairy
Granbull
#210 / Fairy
Ralts
#280 / Psychic · Fairy
Kirlia
#281 / Psychic · Fairy
Gardevoir
#282 / Psychic · Fairy
Gardevoir
Mega Gardevoir
#282 / Psychic · Fairy
Azurill
#298 / Normal · Fairy
Mawile
#303 / Steel · Fairy
Mawile
Mega Mawile
#303 / Steel · Fairy
Altaria
Mega Altaria
#334 / Dragon · Fairy
Mime Jr.
#439 / Psychic · Fairy
Togekiss
#468 / Fairy · Flying
Audino
Mega Audino
#531 / Normal · Fairy
Cottonee
#546 / Grass · Fairy
Whimsicott
#547 / Grass · Fairy
Flabébé
#669 / Fairy
Floette
#670 / Fairy
Florges
#671 / Fairy
Spritzee
#682 / Fairy
Aromatisse
#683 / Fairy
Swirlix
#684 / Fairy
Slurpuff
#685 / Fairy
Sylveon
#700 / Fairy
Dedenne
#702 / Electric · Fairy
Carbink
#703 / Rock · Fairy
Klefki
#707 / Steel · Fairy
Xerneas
#716 / Fairy
Diancie
#719 / Rock · Fairy
Diancie
Mega Diancie
#719 / Rock · Fairy
Primarina
#730 / Water · Fairy
Cutiefly
#742 / Bug · Fairy
Ribombee
#743 / Bug · Fairy
Morelull
#755 / Grass · Fairy
Shiinotic
#756 / Grass · Fairy
Comfey
#764 / Fairy
Mimikyu
#778 / Ghost · Fairy
Tapu Koko
#785 / Electric · Fairy
Tapu Lele
#786 / Psychic · Fairy
Tapu Bulu
#787 / Grass · Fairy
Tapu Fini
#788 / Water · Fairy
Magearna
#801 / Steel · Fairy