Fairy (type)

*Fairy redirects here. For the Egg Group, see Fairy (Egg Group).*

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 Pokémon with the Fairy type, 22 Pokémon and three moves were changed to be of the Fairy type.

## Characteristics

### Defense

The Pokémon of this type have the highest average Special Defense 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 Contests, Fairy-type moves are typically Beautiful and Cute moves. None of them are considered Cool or Tough moves.

## Pokémon

As of Generation AN-V, there are 25 Fairy-type Pokémon or 8.2% of all Pokémon, including those that are Fairy-type in at least one of their forms, such as a regional form, except through abilities like Multitype. This makes it the 11th most common type, tying with the Psychic type.

## Abilities

### Interacting with the Fairy type

A Pokémon with Color Change, Protean, Libero, 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.

 VI

### Exclusive Abilities

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

 VI
 VII
 VI

## Notable Fairy-type Trainers

Main pages: Category:Fairy-type Trainers and Category:Fairy-type Trainers

## Trivia

* Generation VI introduced the most Fairy-type Pokémon of any generation, with 37. 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 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 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 Hidden Power cannot become, the other being the Normal-type.
	+ This, combined with the lack of any Fairy-type moves in the movesets of Kecleon, Greninja, Scorbunny, Raboot, and Cinderace, prevents all Pokémon that naturally have Protean or Libero from becoming Fairy-type using it (although Kecleon can become Fairy-type with its other Ability, Color Change, or by using Camouflage on Misty Terrain.).
	+ This error, including all related errors, was fixed in Generation AN-I. The move still cannot be Normal-type, however.
* 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 not 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

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