Fairy Type Editorial Analysis
Coverage Score
0
TypeMatchup score: super-effective targets minus resisted and immune targets.
Defensive Burden
-1
balanced defensive burden based on weaknesses, resistances, and immunities.
Role Fit
Fairy is a premium anti-Dragon and anti-Dark type with a Dragon immunity and only Poison and Steel weaknesses.
Original TypeMatchup judgment
Use Fairy when the team needs a safe Dragon stop or a way to punish Fighting and Dark pressure. It is reliable defensively but not invincible into Steel-heavy structures.
Team partners and coverage
Fire and Ground partners pressure Steel, Psychic or Ground partners pressure Poison, and Steel/Fairy cores can create strong mutual defensive coverage.
Data check: Fairy attacks are resisted or blocked by Fire, Poison, Steel. Candidate partner attack types that pressure at least one of those answers include Fire, Water, Fighting, Ground, Psychic, Rock.
Best use case
Fairy performs best on balance and offense that need one slot to check Dragon threats while still threatening Dark and Fighting targets.
On defense, Fairy is threatened by Poison, Steel. Teammate types that can resist or blank at least one of those threats include Fire, Water, Electric, Poison, Ground, Rock.
Important exception
Poison and Steel are predictable answers, so Fairy attackers should carry coverage, status, setup, or partners that convert those switch-ins into progress.