Fairy (type)

The Fairy type (Japanese: フェアリータイプ Fairy type) is one of the eighteen types.

The Fairy type was introduced in Generation VI. As well as introducing new with the Fairy type, 22 Pokémon and three moves were changed to be of the Fairy type.

Defense
The Pokémon of this type have the highest average of all types.

The Fairy type is also immune to Dragon-type damage.

Offense
Fairy attacks are resisted by Poison, but Poison 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 attacking combination.

Fairy-type Pokémon, on average, have the lowest physical Attack of all Pokémon.

Contest properties
In s, Fairy-type moves are typically and  moves. None of them are considered or  moves.

Pokémon
As of Generation VIII, there are 59 Fairy-type Pokémon or 6.6% of all Pokémon (counting those that are Fairy-type in at least one of their forms, including Mega Evolutions, and regional forms), making it the third rarest type, only behind Ghost and Ice.

Interacting with the Fairy type
A Pokémon with, , , , , or 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.

Exclusive Abilities
Only Fairy-type Pokémon can have these Abilities. This does not include signature Abilities.

In the TCG
Fairy formerly had its own energy type, which was introduced in the TCG Kalos Starter Set set. Fairy-type Pokémon in the TCG were generally weak to TCG Metal with a resistance to TCG Darkness. Fairy-type Pokémon were strong against TCG Dragon, while no Pokémon could resist this type.

Starting with TCG Sword & Shield, the Fairy type is no longer supported in the TCG, and Fairy-type Pokémon were reassigned to TCG Psychic.

Trivia

 * Generation VI introduced the most Fairy-type Pokémon of any generation, with . Generation VIII introduced the fewest Fairy-type Pokémon since the type was created, with nine.
 * Generation VI introduced the most Fairy-type moves of any generation, with 14. Generation VII and Generation VIII introduced the fewest Fairy-type moves since the type was created, each with seven.
 * 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.
 * 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, 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 and is weak to Ground.
 * The types that resist Fairy are the three types with the most resistances.
 * The Fairy-type is one of the two types that cannot become, the other being the.
 * This, combined with the lack of any Fairy-type moves in 's and 's movesets, prevents all Pokémon that naturally have from becoming Fairy-type using it (although Kecleon can become Fairy-type with its other Ability,, or by using  on .).
 * The Fairy type has the fewest physical moves of all types, at two.
 * The Fairy type is the only type to have a Gem that has never been officially released.
 * Fairy type moves have the least held items that boost their power, with the Pixie Plate being the only one to have ever been officially released.

In other languages
Fee Tipo hada Fée (type) Folletto フェアリー 妖精（属性）