Fairy Type Guide: Strengths & Counters
Explore the Fairy type: learn its strengths, weaknesses, resistances, immunities and practical tips for VGC and Showdown ladder play.
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Offense rank
#8 · Okay
Defense rank
#5 · Good
Offensive power
108%
Defensive strength
103%
What Is Fairy Strong Against? Offensive Matchups
Strong against
Not very effective against
Has no effect
Enchantment outshines Fighting grit, topples Dark scheming, and fells mighty Dragons, but it flickers against Fire, melts before Poison, and rebounds off cold-iron Steel.
Super-Effective
- Fighting
Pixie dust confounds pugilists.
- Dragon
Legends decree dragons fall to pure hearts.
- Dark
Light dispels malevolence.
Not Very Effective
- Fire
Flames scorch delicate wings.
- Poison
Blight spoils fairy dust.
- Steel
Cold iron blocks magic.
What Is Fairy Weak To? Defensive Matchups
Weak to
Resists
Immune to
Toxins and steel blades nullify fae magic, yet fairies dance around punches, shrug off bugs, tame darkness, and in timeless tales stand utterly unharmed by dragon fire.
Weak To
- Poison
Tainted mushrooms wilt pixies.
- Steel
Iron is an ancient fairy bane.
Resistant To
- Fighting
Grace dodges brute force.
- Bug
Fairy agility and magic make swarms easier to shrug off.
- Dark
Starlight overwhelms shadows.
Immune To
- Dragon
Storybook law: dragons cannot strike the pure of heart.
Uneven Matchups
- Fairy→Fire0.5×←Fire→1×
- Fairy→Bug1×←Bug→0.5×
- Fairy→Dragon2×←Dragon→0×
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