If you're looking for a fairy Pokémon weakness guide, you're in the right place. Whether you're taking on a new game or trying out the competitive scene, knowing how to take out a fairy such as Wigglytuff or Togekiss is crucial to coming out on top, and we've got all the details you need to make it happen, including a list of viable counters for when you're facing down a fairy-type.
For more help figuring out how to take down certain types, check out our guides to grass Pokémon weakness, ghost Pokémon weakness, water Pokémon weakness, psychic Pokémon weakness, and electric Pokémon weakness. Or, to get the lowdown on the latest in Game Freak's monster-taming series, check out our Pokémon Legends: Z-A review.
Here's our fairy Pokémon weakness guide.
What are fairy Pokémon weaknesses?
Fairy Pokémon are weak to both poison and steel type Pokémon. It's a short list of weaknesses if you compare it to something like grass or fire typings, but if your opponent has a steel- or poison-type Pokémon, it's time to switch out your monster. With multiple fairy types featured on our list of the cutest Pokémon, it makes it even sadder to see them faint.
If you want to know how you can beat these two types, make sure you check out our poison Pokémon weakness and steel Pokémon weakness articles.
What are fairy Pokémon resistances?
Fairy Pokémon are completely immune to dragon-type attacks but also resist bug, dark, and fighting type moves. So, if you think your opponent might specialize in any of these typings, it's a good idea to add a fairy type to your team to soak up some not-very-effective attacks. Or, failing that, a lot of psychic Pokémon can learn fairy type moves.
Want to know where these four types fall short? Our dragon Pokémon weakness, dark Pokémon weakness, fighting Pokémon weakness, and bug Pokémon weakness guides hold the answers.
What are fairy Pokémon strengths?
- Dragon Pokémon
- Dark Pokémon
- Fighting Pokémon
Fairy Pokémon attacks are strong against dark, dragon, and fighting types, dealing twice as much damage. This means that moves such as Dazzling Gleam and Draining Kiss hit for four times damage against Pangoro, Hydreigon, and others that combine the typings we mentioned, often leading to a one-hit KO.
What are the best fairy Pokémon counters?
If you're trying to counter fairy Pokémon like Granbull or Gardevoir, our list below has options from across every generation so far to help you out. However, it's worth pointing out that some trickier dual-typing fairy Pokémon can complicate things with their second typing, like Mawile and Grimmsnarl, so you might have to get creative now and then.
- Gen 1 Pokémon - Gloom, Nidoking, and Gengar
- Gen 2 Pokémon - Crobat, Skarmory, Scizor, and Steelix
- Gen 3 Pokémon - Metagross, Aggron, and Swalot
- Gen 4 Pokémon - Roserade, Lucario, and Dialga
- Gen 5 Pokémon - Scolipede, Amoongus, Excadrill, and Bisharp
- Gen 6 Pokémon - Aegislash
- Gen 7 Pokémon - Toxapex, Celesteela, and Kartana
- Gen 8 Pokémon - Toxtricity, Corviknight, Zacian, and Zamazenta
- Gen 9 Pokémon - Revaroom, Iron Moth, Clodsire, Archuladon, and Iron Crown
What is a fairy Pokémon?
Fairy Pokémon are often pink and have cute designs, with Jigglypuff being the perfect example. They tend to have higher special attack stats than attack stats, though there are a couple that buck the trend, such as Granbull, Grimmsnarl, and Tinkaton.
Fairy Pokémon can make for irritating supporters in double battles with access to moves like Follow Me and Fairy Lock that dictate the battle, as well as Moonlight, granting HP recovery. In terms of dual typing, there are still no fire/fairy or ground/fairy Pokémon, so we're expecting to see both combinations at some point in future games.
Are there fairy Pokémon cards?
If you're playing the TCG, you don't have to worry about fairy Pokémon weakness, as fairy Pokémon cards no longer exist. In 2020, Creatures Inc. removed the typing from the game, bundling any fairy types from the game in with the psychic typing, much in the same way that fighting, rock, and ground Pokémon all belong to the same group of fighting-type cards. The same also goes for cards in Pokémon TCG Pocket, with fairy types lumped in with psychic Pokémon.
There's our fairy Pokémon weakness guide, including resistances and strengths. While you're here, check out another engrossing game world with our Honkai Star Rail codes and Honkai Star Rail tier list. Or make some monster pals with our guides to the best dog Pokémon, bird Pokémon, cat Pokémon, and monkey Pokémon.