Fairy (type)

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 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 -, -, and Pokémon, while Fairy-type Pokémon are weak to - and moves.
==Battle properties==
Note: Type effectiveness multipliers may vary in other outside the core series.
 
==Pokémon==
As of Generation IX, there are Fairy-type Pokémon or % 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 second rarest type after and before .
The Pokémon below are listed by their current types. have had their types changed, usually when a new type was introduced.
===Pure Fairy-type Pokémon===
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# 		Name
0035		
0036		
0173		
0175		
0209		
0210		
0669		
0670		
0671		
0682		
0683		
0684		
0685		
0700		
0716		
0764		
0868		
0869		
0869		Gigantamax
0888		
0926		
0927		
===Half Fairy-type Pokémon===
====Primary Fairy-type Pokémon====
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# 		Name	Type 1	Type 2
0176		 	 	
0468		 	 	
0888		 	 	
0905		 	 	
0905		 	 	
0957		 	 	
0958		 	 	
0959		 	 	
0985		 	 	
1006		 	 	
====Secondary Fairy-type Pokémon====
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# 		Name 	Type 1	Type 2
0038		Alolan form 	 	
0039		 	 	
0040		 	 	
0078		Galarian Form	 	
0110		Galarian Form	 	
0122		 	 	
0174		 	 	
0183		 	 	
0184		 	 	
0280		 	 	
0281		 	 	
0282		 	 	
0282		Mega 	 	
0298		 	 	
0303		 	 	
0303		Mega 	 	
0334		Mega 	 	
0439		 	 	
0531		Mega 	 	
0546		 	 	
0547		 	 	
0702		 	 	
0703		 	 	
0707		 	 	
0719		 	 	
0719		Mega 	 	
0730		 	 	
0742		 	 	
0743		 	 	
0755		 	 	
0756		 	 	
0778		 	 	
0785		 	 	
0786		 	 	
0787		 	 	
0788		 	 	
0801		 	 	
0858		 	 	
0858		Gigantamax 	 	
0859		 	 	
0860		 	 	
0861		 	 	
0861		Gigantamax 	 	
0987		 	 	
1016		 	 	
===Changed types===
These Fairy-type Pokémon have had their types changed.
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# 		Name	Original types	Original types	Original types	New types	New types	New types
0035		 	Gen I-V 	Gen VI+ 	 	 	 	
0036		 	Gen I-V 	Gen VI+ 	 	 	 	
0039		 	Gen I-V 	Gen VI+ 	 	 	 	
0040		 	Gen I-V 	Gen VI+ 	 	 	 	
0122		 	Gen I-V 	Gen VI+ 	 	 	 	
0173		 	Gen II-V 	Gen VI+ 	 	 	 	
0174		 	Gen II-V 	Gen VI+ 	 	 	 	
0175		 	Gen II-V 	Gen VI+ 	 	 	 	
0176		 	Gen II-V 	Gen VI+ 	 	 	 	
0183		 	Gen II-V 	Gen VI+ 	 	 	 	
0184		 	Gen II-V 	Gen VI+ 	 	 	 	
0209		 	Gen II-V 	Gen VI+ 	 	 	 	
0210		 	Gen II-V 	Gen VI+ 	 	 	 	
0280		 	Gen III-V 	Gen VI+ 	 	 	 	
0281		 	Gen III-V 	Gen VI+ 	 	 	 	
0282		 	Gen III-V 	Gen VI+ 	 	 	 	
0298		 	Gen III-V 	Gen VI+ 	 	 	 	
0303		 	Gen III-V 	Gen VI+ 	 	 	 	
0439		 	Gen IV-V 	Gen VI+ 	 	 	 	
0468		 	Gen IV-V 	Gen VI+ 	 	 	 	
0546		 	Gen V 	Gen VI+ 	 	 	 	
0547		 	Gen V 	Gen VI+ 	 	 	 	
==Non-Pokémon opponents==
Starmobile car powered by and two Pokémon featured in can be battled like Pokémon and it has designated Pokémon types.
* 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 and as the 4th rarest type among moves, after and before .
 have had their types changed.
===Changed types===
The following moves have had their types changed into Fairy.
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Move	Original type	Original type	New type	New type
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	
==Abilities==
===Interacting with the Fairy type===
A Pokémon with or will become a Fairy-type Pokémon if it uses a Fairy-type move. A Pokémon with , , , , or will become a Fairy-type Pokémon if (respectively) it is hit with a Fairy-type move, is sent out against a Fairy-type opponent, if the terrain is misty, if it is holding a Fairy Memory, or if it is holding a Pixie Plate or Fairium Z.
Gen 	Ability 	Description
 	 	Powers up the Fairy-type moves of all Pokémon on the field.
 	 	Normal-type moves become Fairy-type moves. The power of those moves is boosted a little.
All details are accurate to Generation IX games. For details that have changed between generations, please see an individual Ability's page.	All details are accurate to Generation IX games. For details that have changed between generations, please see an individual Ability's page.	All details are accurate to Generation IX games. For details that have changed between generations, please see an individual Ability's page.
===Exclusive Abilities===
Only Fairy-type Pokémon have these Abilities. This does not include signature Abilities.
Gen 	Ability 	Description
 	 	Ally Grass-type Pokémon are protected from status conditions and the lowering of their stats.
 	 	Turns the ground into Misty Terrain when the Pokémon enters a battle.
 	 	Normal-type moves become Fairy-type moves. The power of those moves is boosted a little.
All details are accurate to Generation IX games. For details that have changed between generations, please see an individual Ability's page.	All details are accurate to Generation IX games. For details that have changed between generations, please see an individual Ability's page.	All details are accurate to Generation IX games. For details that have changed between generations, please see an individual Ability's page.
==Items==
 	Name 	Description
 	Fairy Gem 	A gem with an essence of the fey. When held, it strengthens the power of a Fairy-type move one time.
 	Fairy Feather 	An item to be held by a Pokémon. This feather, which gleams faintly when hit by light, boosts the power of the holder's Fairy-type moves.
 	Fairy Memory 	A memory disc that contains Fairy-type data. It changes the type of the holder if held by .
 	Fairy Tera Shard 	On rare occasions, these shards form when a Pokémon falls in battle and its Tera Jewel shatters.
 	Fairium Z 	This is a crystallized form of Z-Power. It upgrades Fairy-type moves to Z-Moves.
 	Pixie Plate 	An item to be held by a Pokémon. This stone tablet is imbued with the essence of fairies and boosts the power of the holder’s Fairy-type moves.
 	Roseli Berry 	If a Pokémon holding this Berry is hit with a supereffective Fairy-type move, the power of that move will be weakened.
All details are accurate to Generation IX games. For details that have changed between generations, please see an individual item's page.	All details are accurate to Generation IX games. For details that have changed between generations, please see an individual item's page.	All details are accurate to Generation IX games. For details that have changed between generations, please see an individual item's page.
===Cram-o-matic===
	Name
	Berry Sweet
	Bright Powder
	Clover Sweet
	Flower Sweet
	Kee Berry
	Love Sweet
	Misty Seed
	Moon Stone
	Pink Apricorn
	Ribbon Sweet
	Sachet
	Shiny Stone
	Star Sweet
	Strawberry Sweet
	Whipped Dream
	
==Notable Fairy-type Trainers==
Gen	Trainer	Title 	Location
 	Valerie	Gym Leader 	Laverre Gym
 	Mina 	Trial CaptainPokémon Trainer	Seafolk Village
 	Lillie 	Pokémon Trainer 	Aether Paradise
 	Opal 	Gym LeaderPokémon Trainer 	Ballonlea Stadium
 	Bede 	Gym Leader 	Ballonlea Stadium
 	Ortega 	 	Ruchbah Squad's Base
 	Lacey 	Elite Four 	Blueberry Academy
==Icons==
===Core series===
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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==Statistical averages==
===Overall===
===Fully evolved===
==In spin-off games==
===Pokémon Sleep===
Unlike in the core series games, in , each Pokémon can only have one type, which determines the kind of Berry that the Pokémon will gather for 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.
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# 	Pokémon	Name	
0035	 	 	Snoozing
0036	 	 	Snoozing
0039	 	 	Snoozing
0040	 	 	Snoozing
0173	 	 	Slumbering
0174	 	 	Slumbering
0175	 	 	Slumbering
0176	 	 	Snoozing
0468	 	 	Snoozing
0700	 	 	Snoozing
0764	 	 	Snoozing
==In the TCG==
Fairy has its own energy type, which was introduced in the set. Fairy-type Pokémon in the TCG are generally weak to with a resistance to . Fairy-type Pokémon are strong against -type cards printed during the XY, XY BREAK and Sun & Moon series, while no Pokémon resists this type.
Starting with , the Fairy type was discontinued in the TCG, and new cards of Pokémon that are Fairy-type in the games are instead -type.
==Trivia==
* The Fairy type has been paired up with every other type except for and , 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 of all types. 
* Generation VI introduced the most Fairy-type Pokémon of any generation, with 37 (including Pokémon changed to Fairy-type and those that gain the type upon Mega Evolving). 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 15. 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 and 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 replace the types of Pokémon from previous generations rather than simply adding an additional type, 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.
** In addition, the Fairy type has the most gender-exclusive species of Pokémon, with many of them being female-only species.
* Every type that resists Fairy also resists and and is weak to .
** The types that resist Fairy are the three types with the most resistances.
* The Fairy type is one of the two types that cannot be outside of Pokémon Legends: Arceus, the other being the .
* The Fairy type has the fewest physical moves of all types, with three. Out of three, only one of them, , can be learned by different species of Pokémon, as cannot be known by the player's Pokémon and is exclusive to just two Pokémon, and . 
* The Fairy type is the only type to have a gem that has not been legitimately obtainable, namely the Fairy Gem.
* Prior to The Teal Mask DLC for , Fairy-type moves have the fewest held items that boost their power, with the Pixie Plate being the only one to have ever been legitimately obtainable. The Teal Mask introduced the Fairy Feather, which functions as a non-consumable type-enhancing held item in the same vein as Charcoal or Metal Coat.
* The Fairy type is one of the only two types — the other being — to not have any moves that cause flinching without the King's Rock or Razor Fang.
* Fairy is the only type to not have any Pokémon caught by in . Instead, his previously caught Mr. Mime has been retroactively made part Fairy type, as revealed in the Poké Problem extra scene of SM024.
* Every generation since the Fairy type debuted has introduced at least one Fairy-type specialist.
* , , , and share the "Fairy Pokémon" , which predates the introduction of the Egg Group and the Fairy type.
** 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).
* Lore-wise, Fairy types being weak to the Poison and Steel types and resisted by the Fire type may be in reference to the adverse effects that, in real life, these three types have been known to have on nature, with which fairies are said to have a close connection. Its Steel weakness specifically may also be in reference to folklore that states that fairies and other mythical creatures like sprites and nymphs have an adverse reaction to metal and iron.
==In other languages==
de:Fee
es:Tipo hada
fr:Fée
it:Folletto
ja:フェアリー
zh:妖精（属性）